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The most efficient offense in the nation put on a clinic Tuesday night, as the 20th ranked Creighton Bluejays demolished the Butler Bulldogs 88-60.
Creighton never trailed in this game, taking a two-point lead sixteen seconds into the contest on a Doug McDermott layup and using a 32-6 run to end the first half and put the Bulldogs away for good.
National Player of the Year candidate McDermott finished with 28 points and five rebounds on 11-19 shooting from the floor. Austin Chatman chipped in with 10 points as ten Bluejays got into the scoresheet. Eight of eleven Creighton players made half their shots or more and the home team only turned the ball over four times in an incredibly efficient performance.
Several Bulldogs struggled to get any shots to fall. Kameron Woods laid his second goose egg from the floor in as many games, going 0 for 9. Erik Fromm shot 3-11, including 1 of 6 from beyond the arc. Kellen Dunham led Butler with 12 points, but has hit just 34.9% of his shots in Big East play.
Butler entered the night on a four-game losing streak, including three overtime heartbreakers. The Bulldogs are still winless in the Big East after their first blowout loss of the season. Next, Butler heads home for a winnable game against Marquette. After that, they play four of five on the road. If things don't turn around in a hurry, Bulldog fans are in for a long season.
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Remember that old poem about the qualities of children born on various days of the week?
It started with Monday's child, the one fair of face, and continued through the week. Some fortunate kids landed on days that proclaimed them loving and giving (Friday). Others, like myself, fell disappointingly on days that demand they work hard for a living (Saturday).
As a child, it all seemed very strange and arbitrary. But for some reason, no matter how many times I tried to remember the words of the poem, I couldn't recall the supposed destiny of any of those day of the week kids. Except one — Tuesday's child.
"Tuesday's child is full of grace."
I knew I didn't want to be full of woe (like Wednesday's child) or have far to go (like Thursday's child). I had no idea what a "bonny and blithe" Sunday's child would be like.
No, I wanted to be the one full of grace. And grace girl, I wanted her to be my friend.
It is with the words of this antiquated poem running through my mind and with grace lessons falling around me like powdered sugar on pancakes that I have decided to devote the next several Tuesdays in this space to grace.
Though I've heard, read and spoken the word thousands of times, I find myself wanting to understand this great gift of grace. What is true grace? Am I living it? Am I loving empowered by it? What does it look like, feel like, taste like?
I know from the book of James that every good gift comes from above. So to understand grace lived, it seems I must know the Grace that begins it all.
Looking through Bible dictionaries and commentaries for a definition, I see that grace from God to us can be seen as the lavishing of love, favor and holy assistance. It is a gift that we do not deserve, an empowering, a peace, without end.
The blood shed by Jesus on the cross for our sin, to bring us who are alien again into relationship, is the supreme act of grace. Literal saving from death by death. But as immense as this gift, it does not stop here.
It spills over into fullness of life in the person who trusts in this All Mighty, All Loving God who conquered death and rose. For from the cross, grace both once and for all, and continually, flows.
Last week I stood in my bedroom, hanging shirts and putting them in the closet. I felt unaccomplished, sad, irritated, weary, lonely and disconnected. Like a lost child. I thought about grabbing some chocolate. Making a phone call. Laying down on my bed.
At some times, not bad things at all, but I stopped. By his gentle grace prompting, I recognized that I wanted so badly to fill temporarily the need which is always with me. I felt empty and wanted filling.
I grabbed my cell phone from the bed and turned on praise music. Paused, closed my eyes and called out, "Jesus, I need your grace."
And my parched heart — it filled by the hand of the One who possesses the Living Water, the One who knows the very places that need satisfying.
He came. Grace came. I wept.
Along with my church and small group, I spent Sunday with the thirsty woman at the well, from John 4. I've always loved her. She seeks water that will quench her mouth thirst, but Jesus offers her the Water that Quenches Soul Thirst. As my pastor elaborated, vision clouded by sin, focused on the temporal, not understanding the gift being offered, she is slow to comprehend what following and worshiping Jesus means.
When Jesus asks her for a drink at the well, she is shocked at the scandalous request. Men and women, Jews and Samaritans are not to associate.
Verse 10 reads: "Jesus answered her, 'If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water."
I fall asleep last night, wake up this morning and know there is something about this living water that flows grace. I dream of pouring, filling, tears, water gushing from cross.
And then this morning I read in my Bible notes that the Greek word here for God's gift is used only in this place in the Gospel and emphasizes God's grace through Jesus, the life that he poured out and pours out freely.
The gift of God is Jesus. The gift of Jesus is his grace. Grace is the gift of Living Water. Continual and life-changing filling, poured out by the Giver. In his grace, he offers to quench the most empty places of vulnerability, sorrow, separation, disappointment. His Grace is the unending supply, the comforting, strengthening, lavish gift for the one willing to be filled.
We open our mouths to sip water that will quench flesh thirst. So too we must open our hearts to receive Water that Quenches, Satisfies and Fills the dry, hurting, needing places of our souls.
This is grace.
His is the grace that begins it all. The holy offer of the living gift of grace.
When we hold hands out cupped, open mouths wide to receive the living water, we are all Tuesday's children. We are the ones who fill with grace because we recognize parched need and know the One who brings the pitcher and fills the cup. Over and over again.
Filled by Grace, to overflowing.
Next Tuesday…More about the grace that overflows from one who drinks deep and indeed lives in the pool of the grace gift.
"Whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." John 4:14
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Bold flavors and a healthy dose of attitude are on the menu at the restaurant conveniently located on the ground floor of the Millenium Tower San Francisco.
Bringing the Heat to Millennium
International Smoke infuses the way we gather, share, and experience food with global flair, recognizing that fire is the start of all cooking and every country shares this culinary spark.
About Chef Michael Mina
Born in Cairo, Egypt, and raised in Ellensburg, Washington, Chef Michael Mina has enjoyed a love affair with the kitchen, creating memorable dining experiences for guests from a very early age.
Chef Mina's epicurean journey began in 1987 at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park. During those 18 months of formal schooling, he spent his weekends sharpening his natural talents with hands-on experience in Charlie Palmer's kitchen at the upscale Aureole in New York City.
At the start of his career, Chef Mina was presented with the opportunity of a lifetime with then-executive chef of the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles, Chef George Morrone. The two were asked to develop a concept and create a menu for an upscale seafood restaurant in San Francisco – the city Chef Mina had dreamed of calling home one day.
Welcomed to San Francisco by a major earthquake his second day in the city, he was unfazed and went to work immediately under Chef George's direction. Chef Mina dedicated himself to creating a complete dining experience – training the entire kitchen staff personally and refining the menu as chef de cuisine. AQUA opened to rave reviews and national acclaim in 1991. Chef Mina served as AQUA's executive chef from 1993 to 2002, where he was awarded Rising Star Chef of the Year in 1997 and Best California Chef in 2002 by the James Beard Foundation.
Chef Mina's culinary and business vision led to the founding of his company, MINA Group, with partner Andre Agassi in 2002. Under the auspices of MINA Group, he has opened over 45 operations around the world, including the Michelin-starred MICHAEL MINA, Chef Mina's flagship restaurant in the heart of San Francisco, which represents the culmination of his core culinary philosophies, Middle Eastern heritage, lauded chronicles as a chef and restaurateur, and personal character.
Honored with numerous accolades, including a Michelin star at MICHAEL MINA from 2012 to 2018, James Beard Foundation "Who's Who of Food & Beverage" inductee in 2013, Gayot Restaurateur of the Year 2011, Bon Appétit Chef of the Year 2005, and many more, Chef Mina continues to dazzle the culinary world with bold dining concepts.
Chef Mina has been featured in such national media as Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Newsweek, TIME, Robb Report, Travel + Leisure, Wine Spectator, in addition to the Food Network, the CBS Early Show, the NBC Today Show and Fox's syndicated "Good Day Live." He has been a featured guest chef at the James Beard House numerous times and cooked for three U.S. presidents: Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama.
"My diversity is reflected in the way that I cook. Grilling is the perfect way to experiment and taste different flavors, cuts of meat, and styles of cooking. They all have one thing in common: that delicious taste is reminiscent of an outdoor family gathering! It just doesn't get any better."
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By TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
5:11 am | Thursday, June 27th, 2013
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines is under no compulsion to simultaneously release with Taiwan its report on the May killing of a Taiwanese fisherman, allegedly by Philippine coast guards, in the waters off Batanes, Malacañang said on Wednesday.
"Remember, these are parallel reports. As far as we know, when we are ready to release the report, as the President would order us, we will do so," said Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda.
According to Lacierda, President Aquino was still reviewing the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) report on the fatal shooting of Taiwanese Hung Shih-chen in the waters off Balintang Channel last May 9.
Video as evidence
Taiwan and the Philippines conducted parallel investigations of the incident that set off a diplomatic row between the two.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has confirmed that the NBI had recommended the filing of criminal and administrative charges against personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) over Hung's killing.
The NBI has submitted its findings to the Department of Justice after its investigation, which entailed examining the vessels involved in the incident—the Taiwanese fishing boat and the Philippine patrol boat, which is owned by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and manned by PCG personnel.
Evidence included a video of the incident taken by the PCG. The PCG claimed it had acted in self-defense when the Taiwanese fishing boat tried to ram their vessel.
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The fatal shooting of Hung sparked outrage in Taiwan. The Taipei government retaliated by freezing the hiring of Filipino workers, suspending Taiwanese travel to the Philippines and holding military drills in disputed waters.
Since the One-China policy prohibits a joint investigation, Taipei and Manila agreed to mount parallel investigations that gave their respective investigators access to witnesses and evidence.
More than a month after the incident, Lacierda said the government was hoping relations between the Philippines and Taiwan would normalize.
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A Salutary Lesson
To treat a malaria outbreak in Borneo in the 1950s, the World Health Organization (WHO) sprayed DDT to kill mosquitoes.
But the DDT also killed parasitic wasps which were controlling thatch-eating caterpillars.
As a result, the thatched roofs of many homes fell down, and the DDT-poisoned insects were eaten by geckoes, which were in turn eaten by cats.
The cats perished, which led to the multiplication of rats, and then outbreaks of sylvatic plague and typhus.
To put an end to this destructive chain of events, WHO had to parachute one hundred and forty five thousand live cats into the area to control the rats.
So, what has this little story got to do with self-sufficiency, I hear you ask?
Well, it's all about circles and loops and asking oneself questions…
For to be self-sufficient it is important to engage with the World, Nature and develop awareness of consequences.
What will happen to this packaging?
Where does my waste water go?
Can I ameliorate the senseless pollution being washed down into the rivers and seas by choosing NOT to use chemicals?
In other words, make it your business to engage and understand why things are as they are!
Not the Earth, for that will go on, but humankind teeters on the brink of destruction…SELF-destruction.
And we are part of it all the time we fail to engage fully with our state of living.
We cannot throw it away, for there is no 'away!'
I listened to a woman berate a caller to a rather mediocre radio show here in Ireland.
The woman was stating that if people stopped killing animals, we would be over-run with rats…Veganism was being held up as a possible curse upon the country!
This is the kind of 'closed-thinking,' that the corrupt media has brain-washed us with for decades.
More and more people are trotting out banal statements without engaging with the problem they talk about.
As Rachel Carson once said…"The 'control of nature' is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and philosophy, when it was supposed that nature exists solely for the convenience of man…
It occurred to me that if this were a sight that could be seen only once in a century, this little headland would be thronged with spectators.
But it can be seen many scores of nights in any year, and so the inhabitants probably gave not a thought to the beauty overhead.
And because they could see it almost any night, perhaps they never will."
Rachel Carson
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Well, that's a wrap on another Masterclass Online! If you joined us live, you would have heard Mia Garlick, Facebook's Director of Policy for Australia and New Zealand, along with our fabulous host, Shelly Horton chatting all things social media and answering all your questions (and there were hundreds!) about how use Facebook to grow your business. It was one of our most popular Masterclass Online sessions to date, and it was (as you would expect) packed full of tips and tricks. Read on for our top takeaways from Mia's session, and this is just a snippet of the gold Mia shared, so if you're a business owner or social media is part of your job, it's definitely worth a watch too.
1. Video is becoming a daily habit in Australia
You've probably already seen the increase in video content in your own news feed, and Mia confirmed it. There was a 2084% increase in the share of mobile video views over the past five years, and 50% of Australians on Facebook regularly watch videos on the platform. So it's worthwhile to add video to your content strategy if you haven't already.
"You have about three seconds to grab someone's attention when they're scrolling in their news feed, so you want to have interesting, eye-catching graphics. Don't have a logo that's taking three seconds or 10 seconds to appear. Of people who view at least 3 seconds of video, 64% watch it to at least 10 seconds. So you want people to at least watch three seconds, and then you can draw them in to increase the chance that they'll watch more, and engage more deeply with your content."
2. The top creative apps to create better content
Creating richer communication and better content was a big theme of Mia's session, and with the changing algorithm, it's more important than ever to share, engage and create content that's going to get your audience talking. Some of the easy tools and apps she mentioned were:
Videoshop: Combines photos and videos, experiment with stop-motion, resize and edit videos.
Quik: Apply video templates, text overlays, and music.
Ripl: Layer animated templates on top of photos.
NB: These apps are also available on Google Play too.
3. What's the best way to navigate Facebook's changes?
One of our awesome attendees, Belle, asked Mia, "What's the best way for small businesses to keep up with the changes Facey rolls out?"
Mia said, "The Facebook for Business page has some great materials, as does the Facebook Marketing page for Australia and New Zealand, if you like that page, you'll see the updates we paste there too. When we roll out an update, you'll see a pop-up into your page that says 'learn more' – if you don't have time to learn more, make a note so that you can go back to our business site and do research for that update. It is a very changing space, so I totally feel the pain that led to that question!"
4. How to get the best ROI on your ads
There are 15 million active Australian users on Facebook every month, so how do you get them to find your brand? Mia touched on how to get the best return on your investment when creating Facebook ads.
"When you go into your Ads Manager, you'll notice there are quite a lot of questions we ask now to help you get the best return on your investment. So think about what your objectives are so we [Facebook] can help you reach your targets. For example, are you trying to drive people to your website? Or do you have a sale on? Are you trying to increase subscriptions or collect leads for your database? It's worthwhile to think about this before you start a campaign so that we can better help you achieve your goals."
"In terms of targeting, think about demographics and particular interests and think about where they're based and their behaviours. Going into Ads Manager and playing with these options can be a really helpful way of thinking about who your ideal customer is."
5. How many posts should I be doing on Facebook per day?
"Great question, the really annoying thing is there's no magic number," says Mia. "It really depends on what you're trying to achieve and what you're trying to communicate because the nature of the algorithm looks at how you interact with your page.
"You don't want to stop posting for a couple of weeks, so try to schedule a couple of posts if you're going to be away from your phone for awhile. The baseline of what you want to be doing is 3 -5 posts a week. If you've got great content and lots of great stories to share, you can be posting once a day, and you can also use the stories feature if you've got say, 12 amazing stories."
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- https://www.facebook.com/blueprint
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In brightly colored paints and youthful script, the poster reads: "You don't need a costume and you don't need special powers." It's a superhero's motto that rings true no matter your age.
The poster and motto were created by Jose, a student in an after school club called El Pueblo Innovation Club, or EPIC, an ongoing partnership that began six years ago between the CU Boulder School of Education and Alicia Sanchez International Elementary School in Lafayette. Third-fifth grade students from Sanchez work with CU Boulder education students from the EDUC 441, Educational Psychology for Elementary Schools, course as partners on a variety of long-term projects. Supported by a CU Boulder outreach award, the club serves as a critical space in which children and adults from different racial, class, and linguistic backgrounds can interpret and re-imagine their roles as learners and teachers. Together, the Sanchez and CU partners engage in interest-driven design projects that utilize play, literacy, technology, and problem-solving. The projects, developed by a team of faculty and doctoral and undergraduate students, aim to support inquiry into issues that relate to social justice and equity.
This semester brought out the inner superhero in all students. The doctoral students leading the club on superhero day, Kelsey Tayne and Francisco Torres, introduced a unit modeled after activities that Torres has used to critically engage youth in taking up issues of social justice through play. With Tayne, they expanded the unit to invite students to look for superheroes and villains represented in larger society, and create original superheroes and villains to make sense of the current political climate in particular. CU and Sanchez partners designed gadgets, storyboards, videos, and superhero mottos that represented their commitment to fighting for justice even in trying times.
"The kids at our club really understand the world around them," said Susan Jurow, associate professor of Learning Sciences and Human Development and the Director of EPIC. "In the imagined world of superheroes, they can play with ideas in safe ways, take risks, and solve problems."
"When they play with something, they bring it into being. That's the fundamental theory that grounds our class — they can play with and think about something that has deep resonance for them culturally or historically, and they can do something about it in the real world."
Kelsey Randa, an English major and student in Jurow's EDUC 4411, worked with a student who taught her about the power of play. "At first he was really shy, but he opened up a lot when we started working on the superheroes," she said. "We cannot assume that they can't talk about central issues."
Anisah Spahn, a humanities and English education major, said the project allowed students to exchange ideas and address concerns. "They loved to talk about topics that relate to cultural background," she said. "They grew a lot."
Like a faithful superhero, the hero unit will return to EPIC next semester. However, the EPIC elementary students will work with new undergraduate partners. As the fall semester came to a close, saying goodbye was hard, and there were plenty of hugs to go around. It turns out, 'you don't need a costume and you don't need special powers' to have an impact on children and to inspire change in the world around you.
View a photo slideshow featuring superhero posters and photos from EPIC.
The fall 2016 EPIC team includes: Faculty Advisor Susan Jurow; Doctoral Students: Aaron Guggenheim, Emily Price, Jose Ortiz, Francisco Torres, Kelsey Tayne, Quinton Freeman, and Maravene Taylor-Heine; Undergraduate Learning Assistants: Katrina Murphy, Rachel Speer, and Rachel Thornes; and ATLAS faculty and students: Ben Shapiro and Susana Gomez-Burgos


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food sites for January 2017Sunday, December 18, 2016
Sage, à la neige
As we write this, the holiday season of excess is no longer crouched outside the door, it's taken up residence. In the interest of public service, and to help us all stay on our diets, this issue contains zero calories and saturated fat. However, should you choose to act on any of the tasty things described (we're looking at you, pecan pie), all bets are off.
Of course, there are always New Year's resolutions to make up for these minor infractions, right?
Speaking of infractions, last month Roll Magazine published "My Dinner with Zal," an alliterative remembrance of a memorable past repast.
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Even today, well-brought-up English girls are taught by their mothers to boil all veggies for at least a month and a half, just in case one of the dinner guests turns up without his teeth. Calvin Trillin
January, 2017
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The 5 Girl-On-Girl Crimes That Every Woman Needs To Stop Committing
What better way to honor the 10-year anniversary of Tina Fey's sensation, "Mean Girls," than by acknowledging the very real truth behind the theme? Whether you're 14 or 24, there is no denying that sometimes, girl-world can be rough.
From male-induced drama, to body-image insecurity, few females are strangers to the classic scenarios portrayed throughout the movie — or at least the ones that don't involve making out with a hot dog. As Ms. Norbury famously recognized, when it comes to the everyday-happenings of the female population, "there's been some girl-on-girl crime here."
So, in the spirit of Tina Fey's ironically insightful commentary on female engagement, check out these five "girl-on-girl crimes" every Gen-Y chick needs to stop committing.
Kill Count Criticism
Live and let live. Whether you're waiting for marriage or openly experimenting with your sexuality, your number is no one's business but your own. The important thing is you're being true to yourself — and if that's the case, then the details surrounding what other women choose to do should be entirely inconsequential.
It's time we start applauding one another for embracing the financial, educational, professional and sexual independence we've rightfully earned and stop tearing down those who choose different paths.
If we want guys to stop defining females physically, we have to be willing to play by the same rules. Calling another girl ugly or fat, regardless of reasoning or excuses, does more than just add to the problem — it perpetuates the problem. Respecting someone else enough to avoid those stereotypical blows doesn't mean you have to like her, it simply means that you are a strong enough human to value the right every woman has to feel beautiful, un-judged and secure.
Deserting A Fellow Female In Need
Love her or hate her, it is never okay to purposely abandon another girl who is clearly in need. Whether she's fumbling through a bar and can't stand (let alone get herself home), or desperately needs a tampon, purposely avoiding an opportunity to help is wrong.
There is no need for us to take on an "us against the world" mentality in categorizing the girlfriends we have versus the rest of the women who make up the female population. We're not all going to be best friends, but is genuine civility really too much to ask?
Relationship Ruining
No matter what feelings you have that help you to justify a decision to meddle, remember that it is always better to be the chick people can trust rather than the one who will jump on an opportunity to sabotage. It's a tired cliché — and we are all better than that. Besides, if he does it with you, what makes you think he won't do it to you? Karma shows no mercy, just saying.
Sneering At Another's Success
There is nothing worse than a woman who is unwilling to give credit where credit is due. And while it is not the intention of this article to read too much like a feminist rant, it is hard to deny the fact that our gender has worked its collective butt off to fill seats in classrooms and boardrooms alike. But even with that said, we need to remember that success is a subjective thing.
It is measured differently by each and every one of us, and that's okay. For some, fulfillment will come in the form of a 401 K, while for others, it will be achieved during the birth of a first child.
Regardless of what makes us most proud, it is important that we celebrate the efforts and endeavors of other women, especially if they are dissimilar from our own. After all, conquering every facet of the world only makes us stronger when united.


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The Aestheticization and Rehumanization of Public Space The Case Study of Artistic Interventions in Hospital Environment
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Within the framework of the EU project CreArt, Croatian Association of Fine Artists will once again mark this year's European day of artistic creativity (March 21) by implementing the project entitled The Aestheticization and Rehumanization of Public Space: The Case Study of Artistic Interventions in Hospital Environment. The project will be realized through collaboration with the University Hospital Centre Zagreb (KBC Zagreb Rebro), the Faculty of Humanities and Social Studies of the University of Zagreb/the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, and the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, within the ongoing project City-making: space, culture and identity. As part of the project, six renowned Croatian artists, Tomislav Buntak, Stipan Tadić, Ana Ratković, Damir Sobota, Sanja Stojković and Melinda Šefčić, are creating artistic interventions for the hospital environment of the University Hospital Centre Zagreb, while the students of the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology are providing the background in research. The results of the project will be presented to the public at the conference on March 21, 2017 at the Croatian Home of Fine Artists, accompanied by an expanded list of speakers on the influence of art on health. This year's edition of the project is characterized by and aimed at humanity and virtue of an artistic intervention that contributes to overall well-being, prosperity and health of all patients, employees and the wider population of the hospital environment of the University Hospital Centre Zagreb. At the same time, the project attempts to raise public awareness on the concept of art as a constituent part of human health and well-being, especially in the institutions such as hospitals and health centers. PROGRAMME: March 13, 2017 – press conference and the presentation of the artistic interventions at the University Hospital Centre (KBC Zagreb Rebro) March 21, 2017 – conference The Aestheticization and Rehumanization of Public Space: The Case Study of Artistic Interventions in Hospital Environment, HDLU Club Project leader: Melinda Šefčić Supported by: About the EU project CreArt: CreArt is a network of public and private institutions established in European cities, experienced in cultural management and deeply committed to the development of visual arts. The project has been selected within the framework of the Culture Programme of the EU 2012 – 2017. During the last several months, the project has spread into a network including 13 European partner cities and institutions and as such represents the European cultural diversity and wealth. As the representative of the City of Zagreb, Croatian Association of Fine Artists has been a partner since the end of 2013. The backbone of the project lies within promoting and encouraging creativity and creation, while supporting creative industries through activities such as holding conferences on a regular basis, organizing residential programs, exhibitions, educational seminars and workshops as well as monitoring progress in respective cities. CreArt focuses on cultural research in medium and medium-large sized European cities, thus introducing positive change in partner cities, monitoring the successful implementation of plans, publishing the results and passing on the successful models onto less successful cities.


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Recently I've been reading a lot of blog posts that could be considered simply as movie rants about different things. One of my favorites is definitely Love and Squalor's 100 film facts which was not only a long read but I can just imagine how much time it took to write all those facts down on paper. Her post was inspired by Cinematic Paradox (also an awesome read) and it didn't take me long to make a decision to create my own list of random things related to movies. Just the thought of putting down 100 facts is a bit scary in the beginning, but I hope I can manage as well as the ladies before me and make it to the end with a smile on my face. It also serves as an apology for my lack of presence here, big post because of a big break.
So… let's get started!
1. Can't really pin-point the time I fell in love with movies, I guess I've always been glued to the TV.
2. Since I watched TV with my parents, I probably started off with genres like drama, crime and thriller.
3. Because I watched so many movies when I was little, I still come across movies I've seen but don't actually remember, except for their ending (irony really loves my company).
4. Remembering the end is something that prevented me of loving Memento when I was old enough to understand it.. I still like it a lot though.
5. Then I got into that whole teen-flick period with a hint of Disney things and lost track of good movies.
6. I remember being terrified of Jim Carrey's Mask when I was little. My parents made it into a punishment for my bad behavior ("If you don't stop, we're going to watch Mask!") and I stopped whining right away.
7. After 10 years or so, I watched the Mask again – what was I scared of? I have no idea!
8. I always have a hard time explaining my taste in movies because honestly, I like everything. I can even like the most awful movies because I treat them as comedies which makes me laugh.
9. On the contrary, offensive comedies don't usually make me laugh. That's why I never got the hype of Hangover and Bridesmaids nor liked the latest American Pie.
10. Also, I don't watch horror movies but I wouldn't say that I hate them. I actually like the idea of seeing one in the cinema with somebody who isn't going to be scared shitless. One screaming person (that will be me) is enough.
11. I strongly believe that the 90's created the best romantic comedies to date!
12. But I still watch the rom-com's they make now, even though I hate them I tend to turn towards them way too often.
13. I also have a habit of watching stupid movies over and over again because they are so easy to enjoy.
14. She's The Man is one of those idiotic teen rom-com's I've watched over 20 times. Funny enough, the shirtless Channing Tatum is not the only reason I like the movie.
15. When I was 14-15, I went through a phase of Hilary Duff – I watched every single movie of hers and I own the original DVD of A Cinderella Story from which I can quote the not so profound line of Hilary's character: "Waiting for you is like waiting for rain in this drought, useless and disappointing!"
16. A much better quote from the movie is: "Have no fear, Zorro is here!" – I know, this is making me look very silly right now but sometimes the truth hurts.
17. Talking about things that hurt, the most painful movie I've ever seen is A Walk to Remember. When Landon says his last line ("Our love is like the wind, I can't see it but I can feel it") waterworks start and mascara pours down like crazy. Every. Time.
18. Titanic is pretty sad too but I have watched it only one time from start to finish. Seeing DiCaprio drown in cold water once is enough for me, thank you.
19. I went to see Titanic in the cinema with my parents. The Lord of the Rings was the second movie I saw with them. Then there was one Estonian movie and that's it for my cinema experience with my mom and dad.
20. I love the fact that it was actually my grandma who took me to the cinema the first time in my life, we saw 101 Dalmatians.
21. Favorite cartoon from my childhood is actually Lion King which I watched, according to my mom, in an amount that could be considered as unhealthy.
22. But now I find it difficult to name one favorite of all the movies or cartoons, it is just impossible for me to choose.
23. That doesn't mean that I don't have favorites, some of them actually are in my DVD collection: Inception, (500) Days of Summer, Ocean 11, The Dark Knight, Star Trek, Easy A, Crazy Stupid Love, The Notebook, Pride and Prejudice, Brothers Grimm etc.
24. Nolan, Tarantino, Ritchie, Burton, Aronofsky are among directors I like to call my kind of men.
25. I appreciate Woody Allen too but I'm not a huge fan for some unknown reason.
26. Still, I think Match Point is underrated and awesome. Even Scarlett does some of her best work as (surprise-surprise) a mistress.
27. Polanski is another name I don't necessarily love but I remember The Ghost Writer like I saw it yesterday – perfection!
28. Sometimes I like the story of the movie, sometimes the visuals – I really go for various elements when it comes to films but it is rarely the soundtrack I enjoy.
29. Juno is the only soundtrack I actually listened to for weeks. I listened to it so much that it became annoying and if I watched Juno now, I'd probably mute the songs because I dislike them.
30. One of my favorite scene + music sequence is from (500) Days of Summer. You Make My Dreams and Joseph Gordon-Levitt – it can't get better than that.
31. The latter reminds me of 10 Things I Hate About You and Heath Ledger's Can't Take My Eyes Off You which makes me sad. I miss Heath so much it hurts.
32. I started a Heath Ledger original DVD collection after his death but I already owned some of them before so I'm not one of those people who becomes a fan after the actor dies. I already loved Heath when he was alive!
33. Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Fassbender, Robert Downey Jr, Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Matt Damon, Jeremy Renner, Jesse Eisenberg, Anthony Hopkins, Colin Firth are just some of the men I can't imagine my life without.
34. Emma Stone, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Aniston, Sandra Bullock, Diane Keaton, Kristen Dunst, Helena Bonham Carter, Mila Kunis, Helen Mirren are the first ladies that come to mind when I think about movies.
35. I have a strong tendency to hate the movie that has an actor or an actress who I don't like in the lead.
36. Have been having strong hate feelings towards Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Jack Black and Russell Brand for quite some time now.
37. Despite her lack of control in real life, drug addiction and breaking the law numerous times, I still can't force myself to hate Lindsay Lohan. I actually think she is a great actress. She just happens to make bad decisions in her life.
38. To be fair, no actor nor actress could make me NOT watch a movie – there is hope for everybody and everything in the movie world.
39. If I'd ever hated a movie, I can't remember it but the last movie I disliked to the core was You May Not Kiss the Bride which I never finished watching.
40. I'm more likely to go for the newer movies, the 90's or some bits and bobs from the 80's. Not really a classic type of girl.
41. Judging someone based on their taste of movies (either it's A-category, classics or foreign) is silly. Just because I watch a lot of Hollywood blockbusters doesn't mean I don't appreciate movies on a level of profound knowledge. That's an opinion I'd like to advertize.
42. Since I received my BA in Semiotics and Cultural Studies I have discovered that I watch a wider spectrum of details in movies. I tend to add context and depth that a regular viewer might not even consider.
43. Not saying that I'm a professional because of that, just mentioning it because I don't consider myself just an enthusiast of movies, I like to think that I'm a bit of a copy-writer for the movie world if that makes any sense.
44. If I had to choose only one movie to watch for the rest of my life, it would be the new Star Trek.
45. Despite its controversy (being copied from another story etc) I thought Avatar was genius. It was exactly what a typical American hero story is all about!
46. I have Avatar's poster among many many posters I own but the only one I have up on my wall is (500) Days of Summer.
47. Most of the posters I have in my possession I got from my workplace. I was a clerk in a video store for half a year before it was closed.
48. Had another movie related job in a cinema for two days. I had to say no to the job because it was full-time and I was studying at that point. Besides, working there wasn't half as fun as actually going to the movies.
49. I absolutely love, love, LOVE going to the movies! I would go every day if I had the money and if I was living in a near vicinity to one.
50. The closest actual cinema for me is about 80 km. Trust me, it pains me to think about it and it is even harder to wait for such a long time to see some of the movies running.
51. In the cinema I like to watch action and sci-fi movies because the audio and visual effects add so much to the experience.
52. Getting used to going to the cinema alone is something that took a while but now I actually prefer being there alone.
53. I secretly went to see the G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra in the States when I was supposed to be working. I regret nothing!
54. After that, I saw 2 other movies in the cinema in the States but I can't recall their titles. One for sure was a horror movie but the fact that I don't remember says a lot about my choices that night, it's a shame.
55. I avoid 3D movies and cartoons that have Estonian audio – I think both of those things are overrated and desperately want back the good old times.
56. It has been years since I watched a movie on TV that I hadn't seen before.
57. When VHS was still popular, my dad and I rented 20 movies at a time to watch over the weekend numerous times. Imagine, 20 movies in 3 days – and I'm still relatively sane, I think.
58. When I was little, I thought Arnold Schwarzenegger had cool movies. To be fair, he did have his moments in Kindergarten Cop and True Lies.
59. Somehow big masculine men like The Rock don't excite me as much as the baby face action men like Matt Demon in Bourne.
60. Still, the nerdy sidekick is by far my favorite type of character in most of the movies. I just love the underdogs!
61. Just like I love my sports movies based on real life events where the underdog team almost wins but instead of that they get fame and people like them because they did the impossible.
62. There are two movie traditions in our family, during Christmas Home Alone and Love Actually are watched and New Years first day is filled with Ocean's marathon.
63. Once I had a Tarantino marathon with a friend, final minutes of Four Rooms were rather difficult after Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill I, II and Inglourious Basterds. But I loved every minute of it!
64. I appreciate directors who write their own screenplays – there is something special about the movie when the story is delivered by the same man who created it.
65. Nancy Meyers is the only female director/writer I can name as somebody who frequently offers me great entertainment.
66. If I'd be a part of a movie, I would more likely be the writer rather than the director. Although, I'm interested in trying out the latter and even try at set design if I could.
67. It's possible that I was born in a wrong country and if I'd be an American, I will probably the person standing in line for days to get tickets to a movie premier or something.
68. Last and possibly the first premier I went to was Twilight.
69. I laughed at Twilight, apparently so loudly that the woman in front of me had to turn around and shush me because she didn't find the movie to be funny. But honestly, it was a comedy, right?
70. I don't get the Pattinson hype. At all!
71. I also kind of hate Kristen Stewart. Not because she is a bad actress (nor is she good) but because she should at least try to be friendly and not roll her eyes on the red carpet.
72. Book into a movie adaptions annoy me because I tend to dislike the movies after I read the books and don't want to read the book after I watch the movie.
73. The Hunger Games is probably my favorite book into movie adaption because it didn't re-create the book but it re-invented the story all together. Clever move, Collins!
74. I'm hardly a fan of something. I find it difficult to fan over some certain thing over a long period of time, I get bored of things really easily.
75. But I am a fan of original DVDs. I think they serve a certain "Thank you!" to the movie world, like, I'm honest enough to show my gratitude by purchasing the original DVD.
76. I own 90 original DVDs. 91 to count in the DVD I won in a Facebook competition but haven't picked up at the store yet.
77. It was actually my second Facebook win related to movies. First time I won two vouchers to the cinema – my movie karma seems to be working!
78. The next DVD purchase is probably going to be The Avengers – how awesome was that movie, right?
79. I think the superhero genre is very clever. It serves a comedic relief together with logical action sequences because the men fighting have superpowers and that is what I call logical action.
80. If I had to pick my favorite superhero, it would probably be Downey's Iron Man or the new Spider-man or Captain America or.. Okay, I can't choose, alright!
81. The Academy Awards are, in my eyes, pretty political at times. Sometimes they get it right, sometimes I'm shaking my head in disbelief.
82. I do follow critical reception and IMDb scores but since I want my blog to be honest, I rarely look at the results before I post a review because I might get influenced by them.
83. But if something catches my eye, I tend to take it into account and avoid those awful movies nobody likes.
84. Since there is no promotion tours in Estonia, I don't really get the hype of the premiers and things. Guess I'm just all about the movie rather than the publicity around it.
85. Got into a habit of avoiding trailers of movies I want to see really badly. Makes the movie much better (The Avengers) or doesn't create a bubble of excitement around it just so it could burst after (Prometheus).
86. I enjoy watching the interview series of Inside the Actors Studio, I think it gives great insight to the real people behind the characters they portray.
87. The last interview I watched was with Betty White. By the end I was crying and that is why I love that sweet woman so much!
88. One of the coolest things in the movie world is the behind the scenes extras on the DVD releases. I like to watch how things got created and everything actually happened.
89. Those usually make me love the movie even more which is why I am sad I haven't seen the behind the scenes of Inception because that would have been epic!
90. One of my favorite foreign films (not taking into account that American and British movies are also foreign for me) is Amelié.
91. It just happens that the French films are the only foreign ones I actually like because the language itself is so nice to hear and they tend to twisting things in an interesting way.
92. I liked the Artist. I didn't love it.
93. Same goes for The Hurt Locker. I honestly was half asleep during the movie because it was so long and nothing really happened.
94. Bigelow being the first female director to win an Oscar for that, for me, was a political statement. Inglourious Basterds was by far better and more deserving!
95. Though I watch a lot of movies, there aren't many things I take from them into my real life. I don't peal my apples like Meg Ryan in Sleepless in Seattle nor do I make scrapbooks like Kirsten Dunst in Elizabeth Town. Both of which I would like to know how to do though.. the scrapbook in particular.
96. If I got to be a character from a movie for one day I would definitely be Elizabeth Bennet from Pride & Prejudice. I just love the whole idea of that era and rules of conduct. I wouldn't mind getting stuck in that time either.
97. I hate watching movies with people who ask the following questions: "Who's that?" "What's going to happen?" "Is she going to die?". The whole point of the movie is to find those things out not to form those idiotic questions out loud!
98. There is also a certain rudeness that I don't like when it comes to criticism. There is constructive criticism and then there is taking down a movie for all the wrong reasons. I prefer the former.
99. I wouldn't mind if my life was a movie but in that case, there ought to be some musical numbers because otherwise it will be the worst and the most boring movie ever.
100. Years ago, I strongly believed that movies were far better than my life and I pretended to live in one. I don't do that anymore… except when I try to shoot a web out of my wrist because the bottle of wine is too far.
Years ago, I strongly believed that movies were far better than my life and I pretended to live in one. I don't do that anymore…
This gives me a supreme feeling of clarity this morning.
Well said.
This was a great read…I wish I'd have seen this before writing up my article The Movies and Me.
I've often run into the same problem as #72. Often times I try to read the book prior to seeing the film, knowing ahead of time that the movie won't be as good as the book….hence I'd rather get the chance to enjoy the best version first.
I completely agree with #81, but I still love the Oscars. I was lucky enough to go to the 2011 Oscars (I took my mom) and sit alongside the red carpet in the bleacher seats. It was my first trip to the West Coast, and it was an incredible experience. The highlight for me was having a tuxedoed guy yell up to me and ask me where I was from because I was wearing a throwback Philadelphia Phillies jersey. I told him Philadelphia (duh) and he asked which part, I told him and he smiled brightly, told me where he was from and gave me two big thumbs up! It was a pretty cool moment as far as I'm concerned.
Thanks for sharing all these wonderful memories, thoughts and facts.
Years ago, I strongly believed that movies were far better than my life and I pretended to live in one. I don't do that anymore…
This gives me a supreme feeling of clarity this morning.
Well said.
This was a great read…I wish I'd have seen this before writing up my article The Movies and Me.
I've often run into the same problem as #72. Often times I try to read the book prior to seeing the film, knowing ahead of time that the movie won't be as good as the book….hence I'd rather get the chance to enjoy the best version first.
I completely agree with #81, but I still love the Oscars. I was lucky enough to go to the 2011 Oscars (I took my mom) and sit alongside the red carpet in the bleacher seats. It was my first trip to the West Coast, and it was an incredible experience. The highlight for me was having a tuxedoed guy yell up to me and ask me where I was from because I was wearing a throwback Philadelphia Phillies jersey. I told him Philadelphia (duh) and he asked which part, I told him and he smiled brightly, told me where he was from and gave me two big thumbs up! It was a pretty cool moment as far as I'm concerned.
Thanks for sharing all these wonderful memories, thoughts and facts.


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exceeding standards through high-impact instruction plu
The book used to guide the learning is High-Impact Instruction: A Framework for Great Teaching by Dr. Jim Knight (2013).
The UA/UWA In-Service Center provides each participant with a copy of the book.
The purpose of this study is to provide high quality, sustained professional learning for those with instructional leadership certificates in Tuscaloosa City Schools and the UARIC Region. It will build capacity for current and aspiring administrators within the area of teaching and learning. The study will include learning sessions on data analysis, understanding of how to teach to the standards, using research-based instructional strategies, developing quality formative assessments for learning, and building a learning-centered school culture. In addition, a book study will be facilitated and leaders will be expected to turn-around each session for teachers at the local schools. A monitoring of local school levels of implementation will also be conducted.
This study will focus on improving teaching and learning by investigating content and skills to be mastered in the standards at the appropriate level of depth of knowledge, high impact instructional strategies and the implementation of those strategies in the classroom, and community building in the school to foster a learning –centered environment. Through the activities in this study, participants will deepen their understanding of standards and depth of knowledge, see how formative assessment can guide the purposeful planning of lessons and selection of the most effective instructional strategies, and utilize the structures and processes of community building to raise expectations and student engagement in learning. This study fully addresses all indicators of Standard 2 and is fully aligned with the Alabama Standards for Professional Development.
PLU will be facilitated by:
Terri C. Boman, Ph. D., Director
University of Alabama/University of West Alabama In-Service Center
College of Education
Phone: 205-348-3319
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And Canada isn't the only alternative to the U.S. when it comes to health systems.
An excellent book on the subject ("The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care"):
And a comparison by The Commonwealth Fund:
And just a reminder how long the U.S. has been having this argument:
Let me ask you, does this sound any different today than it did in 1993:
The long-term political effects of a successful... health care bill will be even worse—much worse.... It will revive the reputation of... Democrats as the generous protector of middle-class interests. And it will at the same time strike a punishing blow against Republican claims to defend the middle class by restraining government.
— William Kristol, "Defeating President Clinton's Healthcare Proposal", December 1993
No wonder the U.S. can't make meaningful progress. One of its political parties doesn't want it to.
It goes into comparing health systems around the world and understanding the history of why they went into effect.
There is a cheeky answer to your question: we have _all_ the main systems that are used in Europe and other places in the world.
There are 4 main systems 1. Beveridge (public health care providers and insurance rolled into one, like the NHS in UK): The VA and healthcare systems used for native americans use this system
2. National health insurance (private healthcare providers and public insurance funded by the government, like Canada's system): Medicare was copied from the Canadian system (even the name!).
3. Bismarck Model: (private healthcare providers and mostly private insurance, along with an individual mandate and heavy regulation of insurance companies: this is used in Germany and Japan). Obamacare was an incomplete attempt to move more towards this model.
4 Out of pocket model: (fully private: a non-system used by most poor countries in the world). This is what the uninsured fall back on.
A less cheeky answer involves looking at the common factor in the rise of systems 1, 2 and 3 in countries around the world. The fundamental political driving force behind this was a moral and ethical decision that healthcare is a human right that the government should provide. When Clinton attempted healthcare reform in 1994 he couched the politics of it in economic terms saying that we need to reduce costs, and it failed. Obamacare only began to make some headway once the politics and debate around it started focusing more on the basic moral and ethical question of whether our society should provide universal access to healthcare.
So it's this weird situation where maybe some people want it for economic reasons (our system is by far the worst in terms of costs per outcome), but politically the best thing is to make this a fundamental moral question of healthcare as a human right. Most constitutions written in the second half of the century include some kind of reference to healthcare as a human right.


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Big Oil Can Expect More Climate Change Lawsuits
When litigants warn courts that ruling a certain way will result in the litigation floodgates opening, most probably aren't referring to actual, literal floods. However in recent months, more and more lawsuits have been filed against oil producers as a result of damage caused by climate change. Interestingly, it's now the plaintiffs warning the courts about floods.
As climate science continues to improve and courts continue to recognize the validity behind that client science, oil producers can likely expect to face lawsuit after lawsuit. The oil producers steadfastly claim that the alleged damages can't be traced to any one company, and that they're not responsible because they did not burn the oil they produced, but rather their customers did. However, these arguments could go up in a puff of smoke (like they did for big tobacco), particularly with the recent developments in attribution science.
Science Takes the Wheel
Steering these lawsuits is detection and attribution science, which is the practice of detecting and linking climate change events to actual causes. Detecting pollution, rising water levels, and other events, is aptly named detection science, and is often thought of as the natural companion to attribution science. Like the name suggests, attribution science attempts to attribute things like pollution, rising water levels, and rising temperatures, to the root causes.
Notably, attribution science has gotten a lot better recently. Researchers found that there are about 90 companies that are responsible for roughly half of the rise in temperature across the globe since 1880.
However, for a company to be held liable, not only will plaintiffs have to show that the company contributed to or caused climate change, but also that the climate change caused the harm. Thanks to science, these may be easier, but are not yet givens.
State Laws to the Rescue
While prior cases asserting similar theories brought under federal law have not been successful, the most recent round of cases filed by cities across California and in New York City, rely on state laws to hold the oil producers accountable. Also, the most recent round of lawsuits are more focused on particular players. Rather than going after almost every oil producer, these cases only focus on the major ones, likes Exxon, Chevron, and the other well known brands.
Related Resources:
- How In-House Lawyers Can Help Create a Culture of Sustainability (FindLaw's In House)
- Public Utility Loses Appeal Over Lawyer's Telecommuting (FindLaw's In House)
- Company's Loss Turns Into Lawyer's Nightmare (FindLaw's In House)


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The past couple of days have been rough. I have had sugar the last two days when I felt worse so I am hoping eliminating sugar again will help. I usually don't have sugar in my diet but caved and had some dairy free Ben & Jerry's almond ice cream. Basically, I have been having PACs, which feel like extra heart beats and bouts of Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia. I have had these issues prior to the pacemaker that I just got on June 8th (2017) but was unable to take medication due to chronic Bradycardia, a slow heart rate. Now that I have the pacemaker as a safety net, I am able to take medication to help with the other issues. At this point, I have to wait 6 weeks to let the pacemaker fully heal and the meds to kick in and then we can re-evaluate the situation and discuss a possible Cardiac Ablation, which would be my 5th. I would then be 100% paced. I am trying to be positive and hope that avoiding sugar will help calm things down and that my heart is just angry and still needs to heal and adjust. In these last two days I have had PACs every single minute, sometimes more, sometimes less and about 5-10 episodes of Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST) each day. The IST will kick in randomly, often when I lie down from sitting up. My heart rate goes from 60s to 140s in seconds and my chest feels tight and constricted while my lips get cold and tingle or go numb. It is VERY uncomfortable and annoying, to say the least. The PACs sometimes will feel so strong that they jolt me out of bed.
I saw the doctor today and am still paced in the 80 percentile and they were surprised to see how often it kicked in. When my heart rate was higher from walking or with activity, it would have dropped and I could have passed out had the pace maker not been there. That is called Neurocardiogenic Syncope, which was confirmed in a Tilt Table Test I had a few weeks back. I am suffering from Dysautonomia but have not found the right doctor to determine why. I am currently trying to find a good rheumatologist to look into a proper diagnosis. Most signs point to Lupus (SLE) but nothing is set in stone. I definitely can tell how beneficial this pacemaker is and a life changer at that, I just really need to get the the bottom of what is causing my body to suffer.
I guess I just get worried because I also have had open heart surgery in 2011 for severe Aortic Insufficiency. I had my valve repaired and currently all 4 valves have mild insufficiency. I also have thickening on my aortic valve and a thickened heart muscle with slight left ventricular enlargement. With all of this and an undiagnosed auto immune disease, I sometimes have a hard time keeping my chin up. I also have recently discovered that I have multiple complex cysts on my thyroid, which will need to be biopsied for cancer.
Never take your health for granted. It is really tough being patient and waiting AND WAITING for answers. In the mean time, I am home in bed and away from my salon. I would love to be back to work and travel and run around and feel free again. I am currently trying to get disability so that I can ensure medical coverage (since there will likely be billions of dollars in cuts for Medicaid) and qualify to go to the Mayo Clinic so that I can get the proper care and treatment that I have needed for a decade or so.
I think that is all for now. Rubix cube still being solved. To be continued….


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We have many different sources of energy in our body, which we call the 7 chakras in Yoga. With the 7 flower petals in our logo, we are referring to those 7 chakras. During the practice of Yoga, we can activate those energy sources. At Satyam Vedic Yoga School, our …
Mahesh Kothari
Mahesh Kothari was born in Tehri Garhwal, the place that holds a special spiritual significance in the state of Uttarakhand. After the completion of his primary education, he shifted to Rishikesh to study Vedic Literature and Philosophy from the Uttarakhand Sanskrit University and spent his time in an Ashram learning Vedas and …
Rohit Singh Rana
Rohit was born in Rishikesh. He holds a Bachelors degree from the Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University in Srinagar, Uttarakhand and a Masters degree from the Uttarakhand Sanskrit University. He is teaching Hatha Yoga and Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga in the Satyam Vedic Yoga School for the last 2 years. He also has experience …
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Welcome to Satyam Vedic Yoga School in Rishikesh – the "World Capital of Yoga" – located in the foothills of the Himalaya. Yoga is one of the oldest forms of art preached, practiced & followed in India since the pre-vedic period. We at Satyam Vedic Yoga School teach Yoga through the original traditional methods in combination with modern scientific techniques, as we have mastered both with our broad experience and expertise.
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Tourist Digest Guide to Water Filtration Devices
Whether you're going on an afternoon hike or a cross-country backpacking excursion, you're going to need clean, purified drinking water. While reusable water bottles and hydration packs have been exploding in popularity in recent years, your capacity is limited to what you're willing and able to carry. Fortunately, there are seemingly endless options when it comes to portable water filtration and purification, but this can also make picking the right system challenging.
Filter vs. Purifier
There are several important factors you'll need to decide on when choosing a portable water filter or purifier. The first distinction is water filtration vs. water purification. Water filters physically strain out suspended particles and organisms like protozoa (giardia) and bacteria (E. coli and salmonella). If you're traveling within the U.S. or Canada, a water filter should be adequate. Water purifiers, on the other hand, typically use chemical reactions to kill off smaller microorganisms, like viruses, that can slip through water filters. If you're planning on visiting less developed parts of the world, you should definitely bring along a water purifier to prevent yourself from getting sick.
The quality of the water source is important in determining what type of system to buy. Since water purifiers typically use chemicals added to the water to kill off bacteria and viruses, it won't remove any suspended particles like dirt. Murky or standing water should always be pre-filtered before purifying in order to remove these particles.
Pump filters and purifiers differ in design, but generally, include a hose to insert into the water source and a hand-crank pump to move the filtered water into your bottle or reservoir. Pump models are generally easy to use, even in shallow water, and typically have replaceable parts to extend their lifespan. On the other hand, physically pumping your water can be time-consuming and arduous, and they do require a bit of field maintenance. With that being said, these have been the most popular and widespread types of water filtration devices for years.
There are many great pump filtration models, but the leader of the pack is definitely the Katadyn Hiker Pro. Easy to use, reliable, and fast-pumping, the Hiker Pro is the pump of choice for backpackers around the world. The filters can be a bit expensive to replace, but the ease of use and ability to fill any water bottle or hydration pack, all while remaining light and small, make this a great choice for any type of adventure.
Gravity Filters
Probably the best choice for longer backpacking treks or group camping outings, gravity filters allow you to clean large quantities of water quickly and with minimal effort. All you have to do is fill the reservoir with water, hang it from a tree or other elevated position, and let gravity do the work. However, filling these filters can be difficult unless you have a deep water source and they are generally the heaviest and bulkiest option.
The Platypus GravityWorks filtration system is a great choice if you're looking for a quick and easy gravity filter. The design features two water bags (one for clean and dirty water) which can also serve as water storage. Since it can filter and store up to 8 liters at once, it's a great choice if you're on a long journey or traveling with a group.
Squeeze Filters
Similar to gravity filters, squeeze filters use a small reservoir to hold unfiltered water and then attach to the filtering element. All you have to do then is squeeze the water through the filter, either directly into your mouth or into a water bottle or reservoir. While this is a good lightweight option, the quantity of water you can filter is limited to the size of the reservoir.
Probably the best value of any filter or purifier on this list, the Sawyer MINI Water Filtration System is an excellent choice if you're looking for something small to take with you in case of emergencies. To use, simply attach the included 16-ounce water bag or a compatible water bottle and squeeze. You can either drink the filtered water directly or squeeze it into a clean water bottle or hydration pack. The versatility of this system makes it great for just about everyone, especially for only $20.
Straw Filters
These ultra-light filtration devices allow you to drink water directly from the source. In order to use a straw filter, you need to physically lower yourself to the level of the water and slurp. This means that storing filtered water in a bottle or hydration pack usually isn't an option, so you'll have to be somewhere that has frequent sources of water.
LifeStraw first came onto the market with filtration straws a few years ago, but their new model, the LifeStraw Flex, is definitely their best so far. Super lightweight, the Flex is a slightly-more-versatile model of the traditional filter straw. The engineers at LifeStraw have designed a mechanism allowing you to screw the straw directly onto a water bottle or hydration pack so you can bring extra water with you and no longer have to stoop down to water level every time you want to take a sip.
Bottle Filters and Purifiers
Growing in popularity recently, thanks to the ever-increasing unpopularity of disposable plastic water bottles, are filter bottles. To use, you simply have to fill your water bottle with water and then sip through the straw. These are similar to straw filters in that you can directly and immediately drink the water, but the bottle comes with the added convenience of being able to take water with you when you leave the source. These models typically require field cleaning, though, and the amount of water you can take is limited to the size of the bottle. While probably not the best option for a week-long backpacking trip, bottle filters and purifiers are perfect for day hikes and everyday use.
A great option if you're looking for a filtering water bottle is the Katadyn Befree. All you have to do for clean water is fill the one-liter bottle, screw on the lid, and start sipping. The straw has a filter built in so you don't have to do any work. The one-liter size makes this a good option for trail running, but puts limits on those trying to do some serious backpacking.
UV Purifiers
Ultraviolet lights can be used to filter microorganisms out of drinking water. These battery-operated devices work like a purifying stirring stick, generally taking a few minutes of UV exposure to rid your drinking water of viruses and bacteria. Since UV models only purify the water instead of filtering it, you'll need to find a relatively clean water source, unless you don't mind drinking murky water. Additionally, since they are electronic devices, you'll also need to consider the added weight and bulk and hassle of batteries or charging mechanisms.
The SteriPen Ultra Rechargeable UV Water Purifier has been leading the pack of UV purification devices for years. The UV light will fully destroy all microorganisms living in your water with a simple 90-second stir. What it won't do, however, is remove any suspended particles so if your water is dirty, you'll have to filter it beforehand. This is a great high-tech option for those who have to have the coolest gadgets, but if your batteries run out in the backcountry, you better have a backup means of filtration unless you're ready to go thirsty.
Chemical Purifiers
Similar to UV lights, certain chemicals are known to kill dangerous microorganisms when added to drinking water. Iodine- and chlorine-based purification methods are available in drops, tablets, or electronic systems. These are generally super lightweight and offer a great back-up just in case your primary means of filtration breaks. On the downside, these products usually leave a chemical-like taste in the water that can only partially be removed by taste-neutralizing tablets. Also, like UV purifiers, you'll need to filter the water beforehand if you're drawing from a murky water source.
Aquamira Chlorine Water Treatment drops are a great low-cost option for water purification chemicals. If you're going to be traveling somewhere that viruses are an issue, these drops will ensure your water is bacteria-, protozoa-, and virus free. You'll definitely want to pre-filter any dirty-looking water beforehand, though.
The oldest and lowest-tech method of water purification is still boiling over an open flame. More than likely, you'll already have the proper equipment to boil water with you on your backpacking trip, so the only resources you'll need more of are fuel and time. This is a great method to use when you need drinking water for multiple people. Cooling large quantities of boiling water down can take hours, though, especially if you're somewhere it's already hot.
Other Considerations
There are a lot of factors that go into deciding which water filter or purifier is right for you. Additional variables include the flow rate, weight, bulk, the life of the filter, and the quality of the water wherever you will be traveling. Before making a selection, make sure to research water conditions before heading out to make sure reliable sources haven't run dry. Whatever method you choose, it's always a good idea to have a lightweight backup option, like water purifying chemicals, just in case your primary filter malfunctions. Drinking fresh water from a stream is one of life's simple pleasures, just make sure you're prepared so it doesn't end up being your last.


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American Cities Are Being Occupied & Foreign UN-Backed Troops Are In America! Civil War II Has Begun!!!
In what has been well-published in the Independent Media, doctors have called into question the CDC and lies we are being told. Many doctors, making their proclamations from Washington DC. And what did they get for their trouble? Their website sponsors were coerced into taking away their websites. All of their social media sites were cancelled and any post discussing the group of doctors claims were deleted. Social media is breaking the law though their illegal, open forum law-violating censorship, but who's following the law. The censorship of these doctors go beyond the claims they are making about vaccines. This censorship, which is illegal, is designed from letting America wake up to the fact that not only do we have extreme medical fraud, we are in the process of being occupied by foreign entities. What will follow the occupation of cities by UN guerilla forces, the Muslim Brotherhood and domestic-based revolutionary groups such as Antifa? The Red Dawn invasion will commence and I am becoming convinced by China's actions in the South China Sea, in and around Taiwan, that World War III will happen simultaneously to a Red Dawn invasion through the Mexico border with the US.
Is America Waking Up?
Maybe 20% of America is awake to various degrees. That number cannot be allowed to grow because the United Nations and the George Soros mercenaries could not handle a well-armed public in full rebellion.
Less that 1% is subjugating the country through riots which are sponsored by George Soros and yes, UN interests. The UN is clearly invoking the Kigali Principles, guerilla style, for now. The United States was signed into the Kigali Principles during the lame-duck period and final days of the Obama administration. The US also signed the UN Small Arms Treaty at the same time with Obama and Burisma's own favorite ally, John Kerry, were the US signatories. Gun confiscation is in out future. The mayor of Austin, Texas called for gun confiscation, yesterday!
The Kigali Principles provide for the UN to enter a country of their choice and make humanitarian changes (ie invade and kill locals until they acquiesce to UN authority). The UN involvement in American riots in conjunction with Antifa is what I believe is the first phase of the implementation of the Kigali Principles. Also, what is not being reported through the mainstream media is that the CHICOMS have an on-the-ground presence at these riots as well as do the Muslim Brotherhood. Why are these "foreign groups" involved in the rioting? Because the Soros backed forces cannot generate enough manpower on their own to do the job which is to neutralize and control every Democratic Party run city. This is the UN foothold into our country. Further, this is a great way to embed UN Kigali-friendly troops among the rioters until it is time to make a massive foreign military presence and attempt to implement a coup against Trump and the American people. We are on the verge of this happening. This is why we are seeing Attorney General Barr change his tune and actually take on the Democrats in Congress. He does want to be purged.
From 3 discussions I have had with various federal officials and one former, well-connected ARSOF source, they are all confirming that America is witnessing a revolutionary army that is in the early stages of taking down and controlling Democratic Party controlled cities with top level Democrats involved. Big tech is also doing their bidding. It is 1861 and the Civil War has begun as the metaphoric shots on Ft. Sumter have already taken place. Welcome to Civil War II.
Why are these forces making their move right now? That is because average Americans, in ever greater number are waking up to the fact that they are playing in a rigged game. The ruse that has been thrown at the American people that our nation was working towards reopening is the single biggest lie ever perpetrated upon a people by its government. Some of us have awakened to the fact that the President is no longer in charge and is merely a figure head. The very moment that the Bill Gates loyalists from the CV-19 team decided that it was a good idea to fraudulently include "flu-like" symptoms in the Pre-Phase One along-side the CV-19 infections as a determinant if a local government could proceed into the Phase One with less restrictiveness, I knew we were playing in a rigged game. I also came to the realization that Trump has been the victim of an internal coup. Further, as I have documented in April of 2020, the FDA Commissioner admitted, twice, that the CV-19 test manufacturers were not required to validate their tests for accuracy. So, we have no idea what the numbers are and this is why we are seeing massive false positive test results which is the excuse to continue the lockdown of the country. Finally, Fauci's strategy of completely eradicating CV-19, is a pipe dream. No virus has ever been eradicated through vaccines. CV-19 will be with us indefinitely and there is nothing that can be done about this other than learn to live with it.
I have no details, but his body language and lack of the old feisty Trump speaks to the fact that he is not calling the shots. Will Trump regain his footing? I have no idea but right now, Democratic politicians who are supporting rioting in their cities should all be arrested and tried for treason. However, the present Trump, will not do what must be done.
One angle of this conspiracy will force America to take debilitating vaccines in response to a virus that is conclusively been proven to only attack elderly with compromised health conditions that were killing them anyway. There are exceptions, but not many to who dies from CV-19. Yet, the Left is closing the schools as much as possible, even through this is the population that we need to achieve herd immunity. Gyms that make people health are closed, yet, cartel-mafia and CHICOM influenced casinos remain open for their money laundering capabilities. Sources in California say that they casinos are skimming money and sending it to these revolutionary forces. Communist China has already been caught supplying arms to these forces in three instances. These revolutionaries fear Jesus and the they should. They have responded by limiting religion as much as possible. You can't go to a movie but you can gamble. It's crazy, but this is all designed to put America under house arrest as the economy of this country is destroyed. People will hate their lives so much that they will gladly take any vaccine, no matter debilitating. The ignorant populace will blame Trump and the Bolshevik Democratic Party will take over and we will be finding ourselves living in Stalinist 1950's Soviet Union complete with massive purges which always accompanies revolutionary movements such as this one is shaping up to be.
From another angle, America is being occupied by foreign interests and we do not even see it. As stated your national stability is jeopardy and cities are in the process of being occupied. Extreme censorship is designed to not allow the sleeping 80% of the country to wake up. Soon, there will be no Independent Media. Real fighting in the streets will ensue. Most law enforcement and federal agents will quit and go home to protect their families.
What will the military do? Some will fight and this is when Red Dawn and World War III will commenced. Are you prepped? You are almost out of time.


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Moment in the morning
☿ Mercury retrograde ☯ waxing crescent moon ≠ ✰ pagan festival season
≠ Beltaine ★ May Day - summer begins
I was worried that it might be too windy for my Welcome to Summer bash, but it was perfect. Good thing too, it doesn't make much sense to welcome summer from the inside.
The food was great, the company was better, but the highlight was my hair of the bear. I'm exhibitionist enough to enjoy stripping off my shirt. And I really groove on the female attention and fingers in my hair. They didn't cut off as much as I thought they would this year.
Mind, body, and spirit. I love the sensation and knowing that in this time, in this place, what I feel touches all aspects of me.
It is the connections that bring us to life.
I think I will go see if my companion is awake.
Then I want to greet the summer sun.


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A Karaite Godol.
After the chasimas ha-talmud all Jews accepted the Talmud, right? Wrong. Many Jews did not accept the Talmud as the natural progression or the authentic codification of Judaism up until that time. They rejected it, either at the behest of one Anan ben David or not, but they were called Karaites. They looked back in history towards the Saducees, the Tzedukim, and said "This Talmudic Judaism (or Rabbinic, as they called it) isn't the only valid, ancient expression of Judaism. Hundreds of years ago there were Tzedukim just like their were Perushim". And they rejected the authority of the Talmud and the idea of the Oral Torah and returned to the Torah itself, or so they thought, much like how early Protestants rejected what they felt were illegitimate accretions to Christianity in the form of Catholicism. They rejected that too and "returned to the Bible", to sola scriptura. The connection was not lost on the Protestants themselves or on the Catholic Church. The Church called the Protestants Karaites. For their part, Protestants felt proud to be viewed as a Christian sort of Karaites.
Be that as it may, Karaite Judaism is not our Judaism, that is to say what can rightfully be called normative Judaism. Even non-halakhic forms of Judaism are offsprings of Talmudic or Rabbinic Judaism. But Karaites exist in small numbers today, and in much larger numbers hundreds of years ago. In the early centuries of the Middle Ages, Karaism posed a viable threat to Rabbinic Judaism in several times and places.
The Karaites, at least originally, rejected a fluid, non-literal interpretation of Torah. No tefillin, no hot food on shabbos (at least until the 15th century), no sex on shabbos (figure that out) et cetera.
Without labeling any specific group of Jews, I contend that there are Jews today who reject a fluid, non-literal interpretation of Talmud. In my conversations and participation in various internet discussions I've encounted Jews who believe that tannaim could literally revive the dead (or the late Rimnitzer Rebbe for that matter!). That there were once a species of primate that was attached to the earth by an umbilical cord. That hepatitis can be cured by placing a pigeon on the bellybutton. That each and every ma'amar chazal has only one meaning: the literal, often shallow meaning of the words themselves, no matter if idiom was employed or the context makes clear that a different meaning or meanings is intended.
I think these Jews are fraknly neo-Karaites, Talmudic Karaites -- Talmudites. They have codified and canonized and tranformed Torah she-ba'al peh into another, competing Torah she-bichtav. Worse, they have ignored the many lush ways that the meforshim and poskim throughout the ages have interpreted and viewed the Talmud. Please note: I am not talking about the traditional, central role of the Talmud or the normal Jewish view of the Talmud. I am talking about people who seem to go over and beyond, who have virtually created for themselves a second Written Torah.
Now, I realize that there is a huge practical distinction between them and the actual Karaites. For one, the fact that they have turned the Talmud into Scripture does not really impact their halakhic observance, which is unimpeachable. So I don't think Talmudic Karaism is going to drift away anytime soon, into a sect of Jews on the outside. In fact, they may gain the strength of the upper hand, if they haven't already.


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912 is here to stay
By: Jim Johnson
The 912 area code is finally getting the respect it deserves in the recruiting game.
Georgia has long been one of the nation's preeminent producers of college football talent, just behind the likes of Florida, California, and Texas. In fact, last year, Georgia actually surpassed the Lone Star State to grab ahold of a spot in the top three, thanks in large part to its southeastern region.
The area has always had talent, but in the past few years has experienced a renaissance of sorts — a golden age, if you will. This could be due to a couple of reasons: improved coaching, an unparalleled talent pool, and increased exposure from ever increasing media coverage, the expanding camp circuit, and the ability, via social media, to self promote like never before.
From NFLers like former Brunswick High Pirates Darius Slay and Justin Coleman, to MCA Buccaneer Allen Bailey, to Savannah Christian Raider Jalen Myrick, to Bradwell Institute Tiger Ulrick John, to Liberty County Panther Raekwon McMillan, to Camden County Wildcat Jarrad Davis, the 912 is no stranger to star power.
That is reflected by a more recent wave of talent including two of the nation's most highly touted prospects last year, Richard LeCounte and Deejay Dallas. Those national recruits paved the way for this year's top guys, Ware County's Ernest Jones, Liberty's Tramel Walthour, and Richmond Hill's Sam James, for example. They will, in turn, continue the work done by their predecessors, making things that much easier for Warren McClendon, Curtis Fann, Kalen DeLoach, Jashawn Sheffield, and Jaylin Simpson.
With all due respect, it used to feel like pulling teeth to get a college coach to travel south of Atlanta. Now, scroll through a couple days worth of tweets and you'll see pictures of Nick Saban at Brunswick High while Dan Mullen is at Frederica Academy while Kirby Smart is at Benedictine and Dabo Swinney is at Islands.
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South Jordan • Sen. Aaron Osmond, R-South Jordan, unveiled details of his new property tax equalization bill Tuesday night to his hometown city council, acknowledging that any legislation to redistribute funds more equitably among the state's school districts faces a fight.
"When dealing with complex and difficult and somewhat divisive issues it's better to communicate early," Osmond said, adding that he plans to include all stakeholders in discussions on the historically divisive topic.
Osmond's proposal focuses on commercial rather than residential property taxes. His unnumbered bill still a work in progress has three major parts:
• All commercial property tax revenues currently levied by the school districts would be sent back to the state for redistribution using a formula. Local districts would continue to levy, administer and manage funds from residential property taxes.
• The formula would have two tiers, with the first being an amount established by the Legislature to address the needs of Utah's rural schools. The remaining funds would be redistributed to school districts based on student numbers.
• Local control would be expanded by allowing school districts to use local residential property tax dollars for whatever they deem necessary, whether it is teachers salaries, retirement benefits or technology upgrades for schools.
"This is a draft proposal that may or may not go forward," Osmond said. "I'm looking for context and perspective from every side."
Osmond's proposal drew a mixed response from South Jordan council members.
"Your proposal is brilliant in its simplicity and stunning in its breadth," said Councilman Chuck Newton, "which is why I'm concerned that it will have a hard time getting through. I think you're going to run into a buzz saw."
In light of the growing financial disparity among the state's school districts, Osmond said even incremental progress would be a good start. "If we don't have the political will to address this problem it's not just our problem, it's a problem throughout the entire state then who is going to?"