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Free slots no download or registration are getting popular very fast in the UK and all around the world in the past decade. They are the same as those machines in the real casinos except they are being played online and from the comfort of your home! Some gamblers can't find any casinos in their area, but with the real money online casinos, they can gamble, earn and enjoy anyplace they like. The only requirement is the Internet access and device to play with such as: PC, Laptop, Mobile phone, Tablet.
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Even though some casinos have slot machines without the "fun" version, because of the welcome bonus, the majority still includes it. The Book of Ra by the Novomatic is a video slot with 9 paylines, 5 reels, and 3 rows. It has the free mode in which players get 1000 demo credits at the beginning with the fixed one coin per line and the minimum coin size at 0.02, while the maximum of 5.00. The RTP (Return To Player) is 96%.
It is a great machine to start with as it includes both Wild and Scatters, has the Autoplay option and awards free spins. No bonus games or progressive jackpots are included, and because they can get complicated sometimes, it is the best to try out a slot like this.
Some of the most popular no download slots include:
Lucky Lady's Charm Deluxe
Lucky Lady's Charm Deluxe first gained popularity among gamblers in brick and mortar casinos. Its massive popularity led to its production by Novomatic on the online gaming arena. The theme of the game is based on a pretty lady who is on a quest for riches. In her endeavors, she makes use of charms and spells to get the fortunes she craves. Therefore, this five reel and ten win line slot comes with icons that are related to sorcery including:
- Crystal balls
- Rabbit foot
- Four-leaved clovers
- Lady luck herself, etc.
The wild icon is represented by lady luck and offers one of the highest payouts in the game. By matching five of these icons on active win lines, a player is made eligible to ninety thousand coins. However, this win is only available to players who place the maximum wager amount that is one hundred coins. Additionally, the wild in this slot acts as a multiplier. When a player uses it to replace any of the icons on the reels to form a winning combo, the winnings are multiplied by two.
An exciting feature offered in this game is the free spins bonus round. One can trigger it by matching three or more scatter symbols, which are represented by the crystal ball icon. Once this bonus round is activated, players receive fifteen free spins. The free spins are played immediately they are won in continuous order. Any winnings that are acquired during the free spins are multiplied by three. Also, the player is awarded an extra fifteen free spins for acquiring a set of three or more scatters during this feature.
This no download slot game is suitable for a wide range of players. The lowest possible bet that can be placed on each win line is one credit, while the highest is one hundred credits. Since the win lines are fixed and cannot be adjusted, the minimum total wager is ten, and the maximum is one thousand credits. These limits make the slot one of the slots with the highest bet range. A free play version is also offered for players who would like to first have a look at the game before wagering actual cash.
Lucky Fishing Slot
Fishing is a theme that has popularly been used in the production of slot machine games. Lucky Fishing is one of the best slots that feature the theme. The slot has a big following in both land-based and online casinos. The appearance of the game is similar to a cartoon and has bright and exciting colors.
The Lucky fishing slot has five reels and twenty selectable win lines. The reels have icons that are related to fishing ventures. The betting range is set from one coin to five dollars for each win lin. Therefore, the minimum total bet is twenty coins, and the maximum is one hundred dollars: this applies when the player uses all provided win lines.
This no download slot suits players who are looking for small wins as well as those aiming for big cash. The highest win is offered in the bonus round, where one can walk away with ten thousand coins from a single spin of the reels.
Like any other slot game, Lucky Fishing slot machine game has wilds and scatters that allow players to build their bankroll. The wild symbol is represented by a crab while the scatter is represented by the red and yellow fish. The wild symbol makes the player eligible for wins when two or more are matched on the reels. Matching two of them awards the player ten coins, three come with one hundred coins, four come with one thousand coins, and five offer a whopping ten thousand coins.
The scatter in this slot acts as a multiplier. Getting three or more in the reels can multiply winnings by as high as one hundred. The bonus round in the slot is activated by three fisherman icons, where the player can win over two thousand eight hundred coins. In this round, the player gets to fish for coins until their time depletes.
Double Diamond Slot
This no download slot is a production of International Gaming Technologies (IGT). Double Diamond slot comes with three reels, as opposed to the popular five found in most slots. This makes it one of the easiest slots to play in both online and brick and mortar casinos. The reduction in the number of reels makes the betting terms quite low. Therefore, most gamblers opt to play on it. The single win line also makes things a whole lot simpler.
Even though the win lines and reels are few, and the betting terms are low, the maximum payout is quite high, standing at two thousand five hundred coins. This winning is offered by the Double Diamond logo if it makes an appearance two times on the single win line. The second highest winning stands at one thousand six hundred coins
The bets placed on the line can be as little as one penny and as high as five Euros. However, this amount will vary depending on the currency the player decides to use. For instance, the use of American dollars allows one to place a bet as high as one hundred dollars. In the case of Euros, one credit translates to ten euros. Therefore, winning the highest amount means the player gets to walk away with twenty-five thousand euros: not bad for a slot with just three reels and a single bet line.
As all of the games are played online using the internet browser because of the no download requirement, all money transactions are operated online as well. The most popular service is in most cases PayPal, but there are also other methods such as the Skrill online wallet, Visa, MasterCard, eWallets, bank transfers, etc. Each casino has the support service available 24/7 and can be contacted via email, phone number or using the live chat.


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SeaWorld's Summer Nights kicked off Saturday -- the first official day of summer -- with two new shows. My family and I were invited to the final dress rehearsals on Friday for Shamu's Celebration: Light Up The Night and Genreation Nature LIVE, and I have a lot to share with you about them.
Let's start with the theme park's new evening orca show, which replaces the popular Shamu Rocks. It's definitely worth the wait for Shamu's Celebration: Light Up The Night, which is the final show of the day and usually starts at 9 p.m. Featuring new, original music, ever-changing lighting and colorful backdrops, the show does indeed feel like a celebration. It even has its own DJ, who guides the evening's entertainment.
"That's really what this show is about -- moving and having a good time," said Kelly Flaherty Clark, curator of animal training at SeaWorld Orlando.
As with the previous show, Shamu's Celebration showcases its stars performing breathtaking jumps, twists and turns, individually and in groups, under the direction of their trainers on the sidelines. But the whales also perform some new behaviors. Kayla, a 25-year-old whale, loves a challenge, according to Clark, and learned a new sequence of jumps just for Shamu's Celebration. She jumps with her dorsal fin up, then jumps with her belly up, and then returns to fin up on her third pass. Another whale gets quite a few laughs from the audience when it props up both pectoral fins on the slideout and shimmies from one side to the other.
The slideout also provides trainers with the opportunity for more one-on-one interaction with the whales. During one of the show's slower songs, the trainer pets, kisses and even hugs the animal before signaling the orca to perform a series of up-close behaviors.
Shamu's Celebration delights in the whales' ability to get the audience wet. If you are sitting in the lower sections on either side of the slideout, you WILL get wet. Be sure to heed the multiple warnings if you have unprotected electronic equipment. The whales make multiple passes throughout the show, dousing visitors with powerful flips of their tails.
The show ends with a bang -- quite literally -- as fireworks appear behind the stadium. Though I still wish SeaWorld offered a separate fireworks show at Bayside Stadium, I did appreciate not having to rush from one show to another to grab seats for the finale.
Shamu's Celebration is sure to be a popular ending to a day at the theme park, so be sure to get there early for a good view. Don't worry about being bored if you have a short wait because there is an entertaining pre-show presentation that gives the audience a chance to revisit music from past decades and enjoy a few laughs as cameras catch audience members caught up in the dancing.
SeaWorld's other new summer show, Generation Nature LIVE, also runs through August 10 and can be seen only on Saturdays in the Nautilus Theater. The show is an extension of SeaWorld's Generation Nature initiative, which aims to empower kids to make a difference with animals and nature. Youth ambassador Bindi Irwin, daughter of famous 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin, is the face of the campaign and can be seen in video clips at the theme-park show.
Generation Nature LIVE uses a host to introduce the audience to key experts at SeaWorld, including members of the Sea Rescue team and the veterinary staff who share their stories of interacting with the animals. Of course, the stars of the show are the animals that are brought out on stage. During our show, we saw a roseate spoonbill, a pelican and a bald eagle.
To an adult, the show's message of conservation probably seemed a bit heavy-handed, but maybe that's not what children perceive. And, after all, they are the target audience. I know my own 9-year-old daughter was fascinated, especially by the video story about rescuing dolphins.
"This is an opportunity to affect the next generation," Clark said. "The power of one is huge."
Perhaps more memorable, though, is a visit to the SEA Garden outside the theater, where SeaWorld team members will introduce guests to various animals. We had a rare sighting of an Asian river otter, as well as the bald eagle from our show. Miniature ponies and flamingos can be viewed in corrals. An added bonus: Team members pass out collectible cards with information about the animals they are handling.
DISCLAIMER: I was a guest of SeaWorld Orlando for its Summer Nights preview. This did not affect my story, and my opinions are my own.
The previous post in this blog was June is the time to plan your Christmas trip to Walt Disney World.
The next post in this blog is Kids with World Cup fever can register for Disney Soccer Academy.

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Facebook Launches 'M,' Its Answer To Google Now, Siri And Cortana
Facebook is making a jump into personalized artificial intelligence, with a new personal assistant being turned on in Facebook Messenger on Wednesday.
The service is called 'M,' and it allows users to ask it for information that might be useful to them, tapping into the vast database created by Facebook over the past few years. It can help with a range of things, including finding restaurants nearby, finding a gift for a friend, and so on.
"M is a personal digital assistant inside of Messenger that completes tasks and finds information on your behalf. It's powered by artificial intelligence that's trained and supervised by people," said Facebook's head of messaging, David Marcus, in a statement.
Of course, many will be wondering what makes M different from other personal assistant on the market, such as Siri or Google Now, which will already be installed on a users phone. The main difference, according to Marcus, is that M can actually complete tasks on the behalf of the user. For example, if a user is purchasing a gift for someone, instead of simply suggesting gifts to buy, M can go and order the gift for you.
A computer that can understand what a user wants has become commonplace over the past few years. Google, Apple, IBM, and Microsoft have all begun created artificially intelligent personal assistants to help users with day-to-day tasks.
Facebook, however, says that it has made some big developments in personal assistants. Earlier this year, the company explained at its developer conference that it had taught a computer to understand the plot of Lord of the Rings. The computer was then able to answer questions about the plot.
In order to make it work, users simply need to tap a small button at the bottom of the messenger app, after which a request can be made in the same way that a user types a message to a friend.
It's important to note that M will not use social data collected by Facebook over the years. Instead, it will only use information provided by the user in that conversation and previous ones, learning as it goes. The service is free, and will eventually be made available to all Facebook users.
Of course, artificial intelligence is still in its infancy, and is nowhere near like what can be seen in the movies. We'll have to wait a little longer until we have a real life J.A.R.V.I.S.
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Hey Everyone! Good Monday to you. Lori here with you today I wanted to share this altered gelli print index card I created.
To create this altered gelli print index card I printed from my computer the Japanese proverb "No road is too long in the company of a friend". I made sure it was printed to the far left and bottom of the gelli print. The printer I used is a laser printer so The ink will not smear.
After cutting out the appropriate size rectangle of 3X5 inch so it would fit on an index card I stamped Geisha on a field of flowers with Fun Stampers Journey black ink using a stamping tool. I stamped it to the far right of the 3X5 inch gelli plate rectangle print. The ink I used to stamp the Geisha is an ink that is permanent and wont smear if you heat set it and that's what I did, I used a heat tool to set the ink since the gelli print was a chalky type of surface and stamping on that type of surface can cause an ink not to set/dry properly.
With a die in the shape of bamboo branches I die cut seven bamboo branches which I then glued in a scattered pattern in the upper left corner of the stamped gelli plate rectangle.
I used a small punch to punch out three swirls from gold foiled card stock. I glued those three swirls in the middle of the stamped gelli plate rectangle.
With a strong adhesive I glued the stamped gelli plate rectangle onto a 3X5 index card making sure the lines of the index card faced outward.
My altered index card is completed and I can use the lines as a guide on the back to add whatever info I want. To see a video tutorial of this altered index card click HERE.
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Having cancer and undergoing cancer treatment can be tough on just about every part of your body, mind and soul.
Complementary therapies
Many women with ovarian cancer are interested in trying complementary therapies — natural therapies that are used together with mainstream medicine.
Carefully chosen complementary therapies can help to:
- Manage symptoms and side effects — including nausea, pain and fatigue.
- Relieve stress, anxiety and sleeplessness.
- Support your immune system.
- Encourage an overall feeling of wellbeing.
Research shows that women with ovarian cancer can benefit in many ways from using complementary therapies. These therapies are not intended to cure cancer, but to help you feel as well as you can.
Please seek expert advice from a qualified health professional when you are making choices about using any complementary therapy.
Before you start …
Before beginning any type of complementary therapy, have a chat to your GP or specialist and tell them about what you want to try. This is no time to be shy or embarrassed: it's not your doctor's job to judge your choices, but it IS their job to make sure that the therapy can work side-by-side with conventional treatments. Your doctor should also help you to access quality information and to understand information that you access for yourself.
Some natural therapies can interact with chemotherapy, preventing it from working properly or causing side effects. Think of your GP or specialist as the coordinator of your treatment who needs to be kept in the loop at all times.
Which different therapies might help?
There are many different therapies that may help in different ways and at various stages of your illness and treatment.
We have included information about some of the more popular complementary therapies in the pages that follow. To learn more about any of these therapies and about other therapies not mentioned here, see 'More information' at the end of this section.
The skin is your body's largest organ and is covered in sensors. Massage stimulates those sensors to produce endorphins and encephalins — your body's natural feel-good and pain-relieving chemicals. Benefits may include relief of muscle tension, improved sleep, reduced fatigue, pain relief, deep relaxation and immune support.
Acupuncture is an ancient form of traditional Chinese medicine that uses ultra-thin disposable needles or laser to stimulate the nervous system. Acupuncture has been well researched and it is known to help relieve pain, nausea, vomiting and other side effects of chemo and radiotherapy. It can also help with the sleeplessness that is often part of living with ovarian cancer.
If your GP or specialist has limited knowledge about complementary therapies, ask an appropriately trained health professional for their opinion.
Meditation and relaxation
Meditation is simply a way of slowing down and observing your mind. There are many different types of meditation and you may wish to try a number of different types to see what suits you best. But it helps to remember that meditation doesn't have to be mystical or involve special techniques, and can be as simple as sitting in a quiet place and focusing on your breathing. By slowing down your body and mind, meditation helps you to relax and allows your body to focus its energy on getting well.
Mindfulness meditation is a popular type of meditation that has been widely used and can be very helpful for people living with long-term illnesses. This technique helps you to pay attention to the present moment in a non-judgemental way — accepting things as they are right now without worrying about the past or fearing the future.
Relaxation practise can be similar to meditation, and usually focuses on deliberately relaxing each of the major muscle groups in your body and often uses deep, conscious breathing.
Both meditation and relaxation can help with pain management, anxiety and depression, as well as improving immunity. Many people notice they have a greater feeling of general wellbeing and begin to sleep better when they practise meditation or relaxation exercises regularly. You can also use guided meditation and relaxation recordings that are specifically designed to help you enter into a deep, relaxing sleep.
There are many meditation and relaxation CDs available from libraries, bookstores, support groups and health professionals — you can also download guided meditations from the internet onto your computer or iPod. Some women prefer to join a class. There may be classes available at your cancer treatment centre or at a local community centre.
Cancer Council NSW has two helpful CDs: Mindful Meditation —For People With Cancer and Relaxation — For People With Cancer. To download the CDs, go to the Cancer Council website and enter 'meditation' or 'relaxation' into the search box. To have a free CD sent to you, call 13 11 20 in NSW or (02) 9334 1900 outside NSW.
A simple meditation
Settle yourself in a comfortable armchair, on a mat on the floor, or on your bed. Close your eyes and take several long, slow, deep, calming breaths.
Now imagine that with each breath IN you are drawing a stream of golden healing light into your body, allowing every cell to absorb and be rejuvenated by the light.
With each breath OUT, feel every cell in your body release any tension, negativity and toxicity.
Keep breathing in this way: drawing in the healing golden light and then releasing all tension and negativity.
Some people find it helpful to use a word like 'revive' or 'refresh' on their in breath, and then 'release' on their out breath. Experiment and see what feels right for you.
When you are ready, become aware of the sounds around you, wiggle your fingers and toes, and slowly come back to everyday consciousness.
Tai chi, qi gong and yoga
Tai chi, qi gong and yoga are all types of exercise that are based on ancient Eastern philosophies and combine gentle movement, focused breathing and elements of meditation. These types of exercise are sometimes called moving meditation and help to encourage flexibility, balance and a deep sense of calm. They are very popular with people recovering illness. Joining a class at your local community centre or treatment centre is an ideal way to learn and using a DVD at home is a good way to keep up regular practise.
Positive imagery
Positive imagery uses the power of your mind to remember and imagine all kinds of positive experiences. It may be as simple as remembering a time when you felt happy, energised and well and then bringing those feelings back into your body.
Use any opportunity to bring positive thoughts and experiences into your life. It's just another way to get your body producing those feel-good and pain-killing chemicals — and we can all do with plenty more of those!
Herbal medicine
Some naturopaths may recommend herbal medicines to help with symptoms and chemo side effects. When prescribed carefully by a naturopath who specialises in this area, these medicines can be helpful, but it's vitally important that you talk to your GP or oncologist before starting to take any herbs or vitamins, as some of these can interact with conventional cancer treatments.
Homeopathy is a system of medicine that uses tiny doses of substances that support your body during illness. A natural therapist that specialises in homeopathy may prescribe remedies to help with nausea, sleeplessness, anxiety and energy levels.
Art and music therapy
Even if you think you haven't got a creative bone in your body, you could be pleasantly surprised if you give art or music therapy a go. These are fantastic ways to 'lose yourself ' in activity that is totally removed from your illness — helping you to relax and distract you from pain.
Physical wellbeing: eating well and staying active
Eating a variety of different foods and staying active can help your physical and overall wellbeing in many ways when you have cancer and when you are recovering from treatment.
Eating well and being active can help:
- Improve your overall wellbeing.
- Lift your energy levels and mood.
- You to cope better with the side effects of treatment.
- Wounds and tissue to heal after surgery, chemo and radiotherapy.
- Improve your body's ability to fight infection.
- Keep your weight at a healthy level.
For eating tips to help overcome nausea, vomiting, constipation and diarrhoea, see our 'Coping with chemo' factsheet. The same section includes simple ideas to help reduce fatigue — which is another important part of your overall wellbeing.
Healthy eating
There are no special foods that you need to eat or avoid when you have cancer. Healthy eating during cancer treatment and beyond is all about eating a wide range of nourishing foods that can help you in your recovery and keep your weight at a healthy level.
But cancer and its treatment can often make healthy eating a bit of a challenge — especially when you feel nauseous, you're constipated, you've lost your appetite, or you're simply too tired to eat.
The ideas on the next couple of pages will help to provide you with a basic framework for healthy eating.
Building blocks for healthy eating
Plant foods should make up the biggest part of your diet: vegies, fruit, wholegrain breads and cereals and legumes. (Talk to a dietitian first if you are having problems such as constipation or diarrhoea, as they can advise whether you need to eat more or less fibre to help.)
Choose a range of colourful plant foods — orange, red, yellow, green — to help ensure that you are getting many different nutrients.
Go easy on fatty, highly processed foods such as chips, doughnuts, pies and pasties and many take-away foods that don't do anything for your overall health and may make nausea and constipation worse.
Include canned or fresh fish a couple of times a week. It's very easy to prepare and digest and full of nutrients that your body needs.
Remember that supplements cannot replace a healthy eating plan.
Eggs, skinless chicken and lean red meat are also good protein choices. It's ideal to limit the amount of red meat you eat to less than 500 g of cooked meat a week and to avoid processed meats. (A medium portion of roast beef or pork is about 90 g and a medium steak is about 145 g).
If you choose to drink alcohol, limit yourself to one drink a day.
Salty foods like dry, salty crackers or pretzels can often help with nausea, so it's fine to use these foods to help get you eating again when you are going through treatment. Once you've finished treatment, it's ideal to limit salty foods and food processed with salt.
If you're interested in reading more about current recommendations regarding lifestyle and cancer, visit the World Cancer Research Fund's website at www.wcrf-uk.org and click on 'Recommendations'. Following treatment, it is recommended that cancer survivors follow the recommendations for cancer prevention.
Enjoy being active
A physiotherapist may see you while you are in hospital and help you work out a plan of activity that will help your recovery without putting strain on your wound.
Once you are home, you can gradually add more activity into your day. Your family may want you to rest, but as long as your doctor has said you are ready to start exercising, then it will become a very important part of your recovery. Being active helps to boost your energy levels, decrease fatigue, relieve stress, help digestion and constipation, increase your appetite, reduce anxiety and depression, and increase your general wellbeing — all very important when you are recovering from cancer and having chemo.
Always talk to your doctor or physio if you are unsure if a certain activity will still be OK for you, or if you are well enough to start exercising again.
Walking, swimming, cycling and water exercise classes are gentle activities that many women feel comfortable with when they are recovering from ovarian cancer. Yoga and tai chi can be especially beneficial for your body and mind. Whichever activity you choose, you will need to start very slowly and gradually increase your activity level.
If you're looking for a new activity to try or would like to do something active in a group, ask at your treatment centre or local community health centre.
As you continue to recover, it's ideal to enjoy being active for at least 30 minutes a day on most days of the week. Your doctor, physio or dietitian can provide you with more specific advice on the ideal amount and intensity of activity for you.
Emotional wellbeing
Being diagnosed with ovarian cancer is the beginning of an emotional journey that has no rules.
Section 3 of this guide: Finding out talks about the range of emotions that you may experience when you are first diagnosed and how you might share your feelings, build support and nurture yourself. For some women, the early days of shock, anger, panic and numbness are the most frightening. Over time, these intense feelings of distress usually begin to ease.
As your journey continues, different emotions are likely to surface at different times. The phase of your treatment, your physical health and the way you have previously coped in difficult times will affect the way you feel. Your family situation, financial stress and work situation will also influence how you feel.
Given that the timing, intensity and persistence of emotions varies greatly from one woman to another and there is no 'right' or 'wrong' way to feel, what does emotional wellbeing mean?
Emotional wellbeing means:
- Acknowledging that feeling emotions including fear, uncertainty, isolation, grief and loss are normal in your situation and allowing yourself to experience and express these emotions.
- Identifying your personal strengths in coping with a life crisis such as cancer.
- Using meditation, relaxation, exercise and other enjoyable activities to manage stress and to help yourself feel better.
- Asking for help from a health professional when you need to.
Sadness, loss and depression
Many women with ovarian cancer experience sadness, loss and some level of depression.
If you have had your ovaries and uterus removed and can no longer have children, you may feel a profound sense of loss surrounding your fertility.
Ovarian cancer can result in many other losses in your life — a loss of financial security, relationships, work security and some of your hopes and dreams.
The physical effects of cancer and side effects of treatment can also leave you feeling tired and low.
Anxiety and fear
Anxiety and fear are natural responses to new and distressing situations.
Not knowing what is going to happen next or what the future holds can make you feel worried and anxious.
Many women feel very anxious when waiting for their first chemotherapy treatment — the side effects and how you will respond to treatment are an unknown.
When you finish treatment you may feel alone and worried about the cancer coming back. And as time goes on, your follow-up visits may re-ignite fear and anxiety.
Turn to page xx for information about getting professional help for strong feelings of depression and anxiety that are not improving.
Working through your feelings
However you are feeling, you need to acknowledge strong emotions and allow yourself the opportunity to experience them. Don't try shutting them out or putting on a brave face — they will just keep simmering away.
Talk about how you are feeling. Share your concerns with a family member, a friend or a member of your healthcare team. Describe how you are feeling to those closest to you. Saying something like 'I am feeling really alone and afraid because …' can begin a supportive conversation, whereas withdrawing from friends and family can leave them feeling unable to help.
Your healthcare team is treating YOU, not just your cancer. But they also depend on you to let them know how you are feeling; how those feelings are affecting your daily life and the way you cope with treatment. When your healthcare team knows how you are doing and any specific areas where you are struggling, they can direct you towards the help you need.
Practical ways to help yourself
Try thinking back to ways of coping or problem solving that have worked for you in the past. There may be a counsellor that you have seen before or a relaxation practice that you used. If you know something has worked for you before, it's worth re-visiting. But if it isn't working, it's time to try some new approaches:
Make sure you get out of the house regularly and keep connecting with other people. Identify the people in your life who give you hope, motivation and strength and spend time with these people. This is no time to put up with people who drag you down.
Do little things that make you happy. Take a short walk in the park and enjoy being part of nature. Put a few drops of a favourite essential oil on your pillow at bedtime. Buy yourself a trashy magazine and enjoy getting lost in it. And never underestimate the power of a new lipstick!
Make humour part of your life. Watch funny DVDs or TV programs. Laugh out loud as often as you can. Even when you don't feel like laughing, you'll be surprised how good you can feel afterwards.
Take up a new hobby — choose something that you feel passionate about, that brings you joy and helps you feel good about yourself: it may be the creative joy of photography, writing, painting or playing a musical instrument, the satisfaction of growing vegetables, herbs or flowers, the release and flow of yoga or the quiet contemplation of sewing, cross-stitch or bird watching. Make your new enjoyable activity part of your life several days a week.
Try relaxation exercises, meditation or deep breathing
Ovarian Cancer Forum
Our Ovarian Cancer Australia Connect online forum gives you access to a community of compassionate and supportive women who have been affected by ovarian cancer. The forum includes a group on staying well through treatment and beyond; click here to explore further.


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Please check out the NatGeo site for photographer credits. For some reason my computer isn't meshing well with the site. Enjoy!
Some of the finalists from the 2016 National Geographic Photographer of the Year contest. With such great images we're all winners.
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An early Christmas present from JPL and NASA. Travel posters to see the universe. Fun!
Some great art provided by NASA and the JPL. For monster files on these to print out as posters, visit: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/visions-of-the-future/
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Helado Negro & Mikael Jorgenson Blend Acoustic Heart and Analog Soul.
February 26th, 2013
In collaboration with Wilco keyboardist Mikael Jorgenson, Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist Helado Negro blends piano, vibraphone and a "mountain of synths" to create a brand new track for Weathervane Music's Shaking Through series.
Shaking Through is a new music incubator that seeks out the most exciting young minds in music today and challenges them to create a track in just 2 days. From first take to final mix, everything must be realized in just 48 hours.
For Helado Negro's session, Moog Music provided a Minimoog Voyager, 3 Slim Phattys and a battery of Moogerfoogers. Used in tandem with an ARP 2600, EMI SYNTHI, Teenage Engineering OP-1 and Critter & Guitari Pocket Piano, these machines provided the dreamy soundscape that became the basis of the track, Mitad Del Mundo.
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Like being scammed on ebay...Very interesting how powerfully effective the media is, if they are ideologically on the same page, at the art of deception and myth making...We saw it with the deconstruction of Bush, and the construction of Obama. Both were fabricated perceptions...When they dance in the street in Africa, they celebrate in the Middle East, and they gather in the former fascist state of Germany, you know something is very very fishy.Wibbler wrote:Change has come.
You got a new kite, USA got a new prez.
How's that feel Mully?
KittyHawk apologized for the misleading advertising...Democrats are lucky that they have a virtual monopoly on the media, otherwise everybody would be demanding a full refund.spork wrote:Yeah - and according to Mulholland both are the wrong color. If he can figure out who to whine to I'm sure he'll make some calls to see about getting one that looks more like the pics (on our money).Wibbler wrote: You got a new kite, USA got a new prez.
How's that feel Mully?
Why? Are you buying the empty words of an inner-city smooth talking politician?...Please enlighten me as to what I am missing here. What, beyond empty words, encourages you about Osama?Wibbler wrote:USA got a new prez.
How's that feel Mully?
I'm feeling pretty damn good about your future now.
More like the IMPLOSION of Bush. I can't for the life of me understand how people can call Obama a terrorist and stand behind the man that they watched do more harm to this country than the terrorists that brought down the twin towers.Mulholland wrote:We saw it with the deconstruction of Bush...
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LiveNote® 2018-19 Season
We are excited to invite you, our valued and loyal patrons, to join us as we continue to feature the LiveNote app during the concert season. We will employ this concert enhancement initially on select subscription concerts in an effort to engage concertgoers and learn more about the collective appetite for the use of new technology in the concert hall across many different types of Orchestra concerts.
LiveNote will be featured on certain pieces only on select dates during the following performances in the 2018-19 season:
Celebrate 10 years of music-making between Yannick and the Philadelphians. André Watts soloed at Yannick's Philadelphia Orchestra debut in 2008; he celebrates the 10th anniversary with Grieg's stirring Piano Concerto. With the Metropolitan Opera giving the U.S. premiere of Nico Muhly's sensational opera Marnie, based on Winston Graham's book and Alfred Hitchcock's film, we present the world premiere of the companion orchestral suite (a Philadelphia Orchestra commission).
Yannick and Lisa Batiashvili have enchanted concert audiences all over the world; she returns to the Orchestra with Tchaikovsky's spectacular Violin Concerto anchoring two different programs over two weekends. This concert highlights Scandinavia: Sibelius's Seventh Symphony was a U.S. premiere for the Orchestra with Leopold Stokowski, long a champion of the Finnish master's works. And you may not be familiar with Sweden's Franz Berwald, but his beautiful Third Symphony, composed in 1845, makes a compelling pair with the Sibelius.
Yannick and Lisa Batiashvili have enchanted concert audiences all over the world; she returns to the Orchestra with Tchaikovsky's spectacular Violin Concerto anchoring two different programs over two weekends. In this concert, Lisa reprises the Tchaikovsky Concerto, bookended by Dvorák's Othello Overture (a moving musical exploration of Shakespeare's tragedy) and Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances, the composer's final piece, written expressly for The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Principal Guest Conductor Stéphane Denève leads two weeks of concerts inspired by the glorious art of the Barnes Foundation. Albert Barnes and Leopold Stokowski were both importing the best of European culture into Philadelphia in the 1930s, with a shared desire to make that culture accessible to the public. They debated art and music in a series of letters; Stokowski even spoke at the dedication of the original Barnes Foundation building in Merion.
Acclaimed French conductor Emmanuelle Haïm makes her Philadelphia Orchestra debut, presenting two of the leading lights of English Baroque music. Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks has been lighting up the sky (in concert halls!) since 1749. In his cantata Il delirio amoroso (The Delirium of Love), soprano Erin Morley brings the "silken clarity … and the needlepoint precision of her coloratura" (The New York Times) to this Orpheus-like tale based on classical mythology.
A pair of Philadelphia Orchestra debuts, by two rapidly rising stars: David Afkham on the podium and Seong-Jin Cho at the keyboard. Cho brings his prize-winning technique to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20. Beethoven's stirring Coriolan Overture was inspired by a play about war and peace in ancient Rome. Brahms was daunted by Beethoven's towering legacy; that may be why it took him so long to finish his majestic Symphony No. 1. For almost 150 years, audiences have agreed it was worth the wait.
Yannick teams up with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, one of the biggest vocal talents in the world, a rare combination of exceptional skills and winning personality. She'll shine in Chausson's musical poem about love, death, and the sea. The Philadelphians take center stage in Wagner's Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin and Respighi's Fountains of Rome. And we are eager to welcome back American composer Mason Bates after the resounding success of his fascinating and futuristic Alternative Energy in 2017.
You may think you know Appalachian Spring, but the newly completed version performed here is the complete chamber ballet score orchestrated for a large ensemble. (Eugene Ormandy himself asked Copland to expand the orchestration a half century ago.) Consider it our "simple gift" to you! Our good friend Cristian Macelaru leads this all-American program. He's arranged a suite from Jake Heggie's opera Moby Dick ("a masterpiece of clarity and intensity"—San Francisco Chronicle).
The breadth and depth of Tchaikovsky's musical genius are on display in this dazzling celebration of his music, led by our dynamic Assistant Conductor Kensho Watanabe. Inspired by a trip to sunny Italy, Tchaikovsky transforms the sounds he heard all around him into a delightful "Italian Fantasia" (his original title for Capriccio italien). He turns to Mozart for inspiration in his Rococo Variations, the closest Tchaikovsky came to writing a cello concerto, performed by rising star Edgar Moreau.
We welcome back Esa-Pekka Salonen for a program of music that's sure to win hearts, minds, and ears. There's more to Richard Strauss's Zarathustra than the few notes heard in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey: It's a unique experience in the concert hall with orchestra and the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ. The Viola Concerto was one of Bartók's last compositions.
Soloist James McVinnie cut his teeth in the great British cathedrals (he played for William and Kate's wedding at Westminster Abbey) and consistently wows the critics ("musically and technically immaculate"—Los Angeles Times). He joins the Orchestra in the East Coast premiere of Nico Muhly's Organ Concerto, a co-commission with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In McVinnie's hands, hear the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ in all its glory.
Hannibal completes his tenure as composer-in-residence with the world premiere of Healing Tones, a hymn for the City of Brotherly Love. He's spent the past two years immersing himself in Philadelphia, collecting inspiration, texts, and music from all walks of life. Given his past triumphs here (including One Land, One River, One People), Hannibal's new piece is sure to enthrall. Yannick continues his complete cycle of the Sibelius symphonies with the Second.
Jonathan Biss once declared himself "a fanatic for every note Schumann wrote." Reap the benefits as he performs the composer's only piano concerto, strongly championed by his wife, Clara, who played the work's premiere in 1846. From its indelible opening theme to its thundering finale, the "Eroica" Symphony is one of Beethoven's most popular works. It simply must be experienced live; no one does it better than the Fabulous Philadelphians!
With a premiere performance by Fritz Kreisler, and a premiere recording by a teenaged Yehudi Menuhin, Elgar's Violin Concerto was no doubt destined to become a staple of the violin repertoire. Our soloist, Nikolaj Znaider, is internationally renowned as a violinist. And he has a special connection to the Elgar Concerto: He plays Kreisler's Guarneri violin! Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 is among his most popular works, with its stirring evocation of "fate," from somber to triumphant.
With LiveNote you can:
- Follow along during the performance with real-time program notes including text and translations for vocal works.
- Watch the slides of information automatically advance with the music on your phone's screen during the concert.
- Enjoy key highlights, engaging details, and images relating to the composition.
- Access a musical glossary, a digital version of the traditional program notes, and information about The Philadelphia Orchestra.
- Adjust the font size and brightness for optimal viewing during a performance in Verizon Hall.
A critical feature of LiveNote is that it has been developed to have minimal impact on concertgoers in the hall and thoroughly tested in rehearsals and postlude performances. The application is designed with grey text on a black background specifically to minimize light and disruption. The content is custom designed for each piece to optimize the experience of hearing the work without distraction. It can be used throughout Verizon Hall, and its use is optional. LiveNote will be a companion to Playbill, which will continue to be distributed at performances when LiveNote is available.
"Today, we all are finding ways to merge technology with the things that we love in our lives, including listening to music. I welcome the opportunity to facilitate this in the concert hall in a thoughtful manner, providing listeners with the choice to use the LiveNote application, or not. It is yet another option for our audiences to appreciate and enjoy the music differently."
-- Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin
We are committed to providing you the best possible concert experience. We are excited to bring this new concert enhancement to Verizon Hall and plan with you the next steps for this technology. Please share your thoughts with us via the contact form.
LiveNote was funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and the William Penn Foundation.


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Notebook: Illinois Wesleyan Fends Off Chicago
Dec. 8, 2009
By Amy Farnum
TRIUMPHANT TITANS: Top-ranked Illinois Wesleyan fended off a pesky University of Chicago squad with a 10-0 run in the second half to seal a 64-57 victory over the No. 17 Maroons on Dec. 5. The Titans are No. 1 in the D3hoops.com Top 25, and improved to 7-0 on the year.
Junior Hope Schulte's 14 points led IWU in a below-average 37 percent shooting effort. The Titans also overcame a 12-rebound margin by forcing the Maroons into 24 turnovers.
The Titans look to continue its flawless season when they host Saint Francis on Dec. 12. IWU tops the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin statistics in scoring (81.3 ppg), steals (113) and turnover margin (+10.14 pg).
UPSET CITY: Grove City College notched a big win in Presidents' Athletic Conference action on Dec. 5 as the Wolverines handed No. 19 Washington & Jefferson its first loss of the season with a 72-70 defeat. It was Grove City's first win over the Presidents since 2005.
Junior forward Christine Slater averaged 17.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game last week for the 1-1 Wolverines, including 22 points and seven boards in the W&J victory after recording 13 points and eight rebounds in a 77-56 loss to No. 13 Thomas More on Wednesday. The native of Aliquippa, Pa., shot 56 percent (15-of- 27) from the field in the two contests, earning PAC Player of the Week for her efforts. Slater leads the PAC with 16.5 points per game, and ranks third with 8.8 rebounds per contest.
Grove City hopes to keep up its winning ways in a non-conference contest against Hiram on Dec. 9.
SISTER ACT: UW-River Falls began Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play with a 2-0 mark last week, including an upset of No. 15 UW-Stevens Point behind stellar sister Tiffany and Brittany Gregorich. Both Gregorich sisters netted double-figures in the win over the Pointers.
Tiffany Gregorich, a sophomore guard from Altoona, Wis., began the week with a game-high 27 points at UW Superior on Dec. 2. In two games last week, she shot 64 percent from the field and combined for 11 rebounds and five steals to earn WIAC Player of the Week honors.
The Falcons improved to 6-0 with the win over the nationally-ranked Pointers, and look to extend that streak against UW-Eau Claire on Dec. 9.
HITTING THE BOARDS: Oglethorpe grabbed a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference single-game team record 78 rebounds in the squad's 90-75 win over Sewanee on Dec. 5.
Four players registered double-digit rebound performances for the Stormy Petrels led by Sarah Giles, who came off the bench to post 16. The Petrels had 25 offensive rebounds and 53 defensive grabs in the record-breaking showing. The 78 rebounds are seven more than the previous SCAC single-game record set by Hendrix College against University of Dallas on November 26, 2005.
Oglethorpe currently leads the SCAC with 48.2 offensive rebounds per game, while Kaci Palmore paces the Petrels with 10.3 rebounds per game, which ranks second in the conference.
BEAR FACTS: Bowdoin College senior forward Leah Rubega turned in a pair of double-doubles last week as she guided the Polar Bears to road wins over Southern Maine and Colby last week. The No. 7 Polar Bears improved to 5-0 with the victories.
The native of Norwich, Conn., averaged 16.0 points and 13.0 rebounds per game, while shooting 65.2 percent from the floor. Rubega was named New England Small College Athletic Conference Player of the Week for her contributions. She ranks third in the league with 10.0 rebounds per game.
Rubega was also honored as Player of the Week for the New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) and Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association (MWBCA). It is the third-straight week that a Bowdoin player has been honored by the MWBCA.


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Ruth Torres
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Born and raised in San Diego, Ruth serves as the Executive Assistant for Council District 4 and handles Councilmember Cole's scheduling, manages her calendar as well as correspondence and administrative tasks.
Ruth enjoys spending time with her parents and family in Ramona, CA. as well as reading, baking, camping and riding quads with her 2 children and her husband of 25 years.
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STATE v. SIDNEY WADE, SC 18510
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Criminal; Remand Orders; Resentencing; Whether Trial Court Lacked Authority to Resentence Defendant for Convictions not Specifically Referenced in Remand Order; Whether Increasing Sentences for Convictions Affirmed on Appeal Constitutes Judicial Vindictiveness. The defendant was convicted of four drug offenses, and one count of first degree manslaughter. He was sentenced to concurrent seven year terms of incarceration on each of the four drug convictions. This sentence was ordered to run consecutive to the eighteen year sentence imposed for the first degree manslaughter conviction, for a total effective sentence of twenty-five years imprisonment. On appeal, the Appellate Court affirmed the defendant's drug convictions, but reversed his first degree manslaughter conviction for insufficiency of evidence. The court remanded the matter to the trial court "with direction to modify the judgment to reflect a conviction of manslaughter in the second degree . . . and to resentence the defendant in accordance with that conviction." At the remand proceeding, the state argued that, under the "aggregate package" theory of sentencing adopted in State v. Raucci, 21 Conn. App. 557 (1990), the trial court had the authority to restructure the individual counts within the sentencing package to effectuate its original sentencing intent as long as the revised total effective sentence did not exceed the original total effective sentence. Therefore, the state requested that the court, consistent with its original sentencing intent, reimpose a total effective sentence of twenty-five years incarceration. While acknowledging that the court was bound by its original sentencing intent, defense counsel nevertheless argued that, because the Appellate Court's remand order limited the trial court to resentencing the defendant only as to the second degree manslaughter conviction, the court lacked authority to resentence the defendant on the drug convictions. The trial court rejected defense counsel's argument, noting that the remand order did not expressly prohibit the court from resentencing the defendant on the drug charges. Thereafter, applying Raucci, the court vacated the defendant's sentences on all the counts. It then increased the defendant's concurrent terms of imprisonment for the drug convictions from seven years to thirteen years. The court ordered that those sentences run consecutive to a ten year sentence imposed for the second degree manslaughter conviction, for a total effective sentence of twenty-three years imprisonment. On appeal, the defendant claims, inter alia, that (a) the trial court had no authority to resentence him on the drug convictions because the Appellate Court's mandate was limited to resentencing him solely on the second degree manslaughter conviction, (b) the "aggregate package" approach to sentencing is not applicable where a conviction is reversed on appeal for insufficiency of evidence, and (c) the imposition of a higher sentence for the drug convictions by the trial court on remand after the defendant successfully appealed his first degree manslaughter conviction was vindictive and, therefore, violative of his due process rights under North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711 (1969).


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Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe.
By: Sayre Quevedo
This week's 5-4 Supreme Court decision struck down mandatory sentences of life without parole for juveniles convicted of murder. It's estimated more than 2000 felons already in prison across the country could be affected. In Michigan, a state with one of the largest numbers of people who could be impacted by the ruling, Efren Paredes Jr. was waiting patiently on the ruling.
Efren Paredes Jr. says he's been reading every amicus brief leading up to this week's Supreme Court ruling, hoping to find a way out of his sentence of life without parole. Peredes is 40 now, and was 16 years-old when he was convicted of murder. At 10 AM Monday in the Chippewa Correctional Facility in Kincheloe, Michigan, Paredes says he was glued to the TV.
"I was in my cell," he said, "I was in the prison cell watching the television. The immediate response was excitement. I smiled. I was really happy about the decision."
Paredes was a teenager when he was sentenced to life without parole in 1989, for the murder of his boss, Rick Tetzlaff, a manager at the grocery store where he worked in St. Joseph,Michigan. He claims he was framed by three teens who all took plea deals and got off on shorter sentences. Around the country, Latino civil rights activists have taken up his cause believing his innocence. But until this week, efforts to free Paredes have fallen short.
With the Supreme Court's ruling, Paredes is now hoping to have his former attorney Stuart Friedman bring his case back to court for resentencing or to apply for parole. But Friedman says there are still a lot of unknowns. He said, "The best case scenario is that he could be home within a year, but you know I don't want to count my chickens before they're hatched and I'm not telling him to start packing yet either."
Michigan State officials say they're working on a plan to move forward based on the Supreme Court's ruling. It's unclear whether felons who were convicted as juveniles, will even been eligible for resentencing, but many legal experts think they will. Though, even if they are resentenced, they could end up getting life without parole all over again.
While optimistic, Efren Paredes is still trying to figure out how the ruling might affect his fate, "You know for me specifically it's been 23 years. I think it's overwhelming. There's so many
different things that have to be done now and none of them are going to be easy. So those are the things now that are on my mind."
Of the roughly 2100 prisoners nationally who could be impacted by the Supreme Court ruling, most will need representation to figure out their status. Alicia D'Addario was co-counsel on the case decided by the Supreme Court this week and she expects this issue of available and affordable counsel to be a big one, especially in states like Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and Michigan."One of the big challenges will actually be finding counsel for all of those folks," she said, "Many of these people are in states where there is no right to counsel for that kind of proceeding, and so one of the unexpected things going forward is that these children are going to be desperately in need of lawyers."
Michael Sepic was the Michigan prosecutor in Efren Paredes' case. If given the chance, he says he'dargue for the same sentence all over again because he believes Paredes acted as an adult. Paredes has maintained his innocence from day one. Despite what the Supreme Court ruled this week, Sepic's greatest concern is not for those convicted but for the families of victims. "It just opens open these wounds to victims who basically, in short, were told that this person that killed their loved one would be in prison for the rest of their life," he said when asked about the ruling this week.
In response to the ruling, the Michigan Attorney General 's office says its committed to working with prosecutors around the state, to make sure that victim's families are able to tell their side of the story during future resentencing hearings. The family of Rick Tetzlaff, the man murdered in the Paredes case, declined interview requests, but its families like theirs that will be asked to break their silence during resentencing, as prosecutors call upon them to make statements.
Recent public opinion surveys 1show a majority of Americans believe that teenagers can be rehabilitated and they want sentencing to reflect that. This week a majority of Supreme Court Justices agreed.
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Why I Will Never, Ever, EVER Get a Tattoo
Would I have to start planning outfits around the tattoo like I plan for weather?
Sometimes I think I have no idea what I actually look like. I think this is partly where my love of unflattering photographs comes from -- they're "unflattering," sure, but I also do look like that sometimes. And it's okay! It's okay that I look terrible sometimes, because everybody does, and social pressures aside, none of us are technically under any kind of martial law requiring that we look good 100% of our lives.
My curiosity on this point is not for lack of effort. I'm not a mirror-avoider by any means. Indeed, if anything, I'm mirror-obsessed: if there's a reflective surface in my eyeline, I am probably trying to catch my own reflection in it. Some will call this vanity, but I recognize it as just another manifestation of my lifelong interest in trying to see myself as other people see me.
It never works, of course. Anyone who looks at anyone brings their own background to the table, and we can never know what people really think of us. Which is a good thing. And those times that I do manage to momentarily trick myself, when I spy a woman reflected in a window that I don't immediately recognize as myself, I always think, oh hey, who's that brazen ass-swingin' dress-wearin' broad over there? She's fantastic! DAMN, IT'S ME. Because I, too, bring my own background to my perception of everyone I see, and years of seeking out radical images of everyday people who aren't models has trained my brain to appreciate how gorgeous humanity is because of our diversity, not in spite of it.
Still, I have days when I wonder what my butt really looks like, at least what it looks like when seen not from my perspective, three feet up and looking over my shoulder into a mirror. It turns out taking a picture of your own butt is nearly impossible -- as Emily asserted in literally the first thing she ever wrote for xoJane -- so on those days I go and look at other people's butts on The Adipositivity Project, a photo series that the magnificent Substantia Jones has been working on since 2007. It is bonkers not safe for work, but it is also a perspective-challenging collection of photographs, many of them nude or semi-nude, of fat people of all shapes and sizes.
I had to pick images that are clothed for this piece, but trust me, there's a whooole lotta nakedness going on over there.
Adipositivity is also running a print sale at present, but it ends tomorrow, so get on it if you want to support this amazing work.
And that's my awesome contribution for this week. What awesome thing are you excited about right now?


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March 3, 2014
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Need an economical and safe way to send something to the other side of the world (or maybe just the other side of the state) and have some flexibility as to how and when it gets there? Perhaps SocioTransit can help you out.
SocioTransit is a Copenhagen-based social networking site that connects travelers with people needing to send or pick up something from another part of the globe. The objects for transport can range from a can of Turkish coffee to an iPhone to toys (for kids and adults, I presume).
The platform allows for open communication directly between the sender and the traveler, with all payments taking place online. No transfer of secure information is necessary, or recommended. Since safety is an obvious concern with such a marketplace, the website spells out all of the security features and recommendations. From the website:
"We recommend all users that before carrying out transaction, it's important that they should try to connect with each other on social media, get acquainted with each other and get contact details of each other. The goods or package which is being carried must be checked by traveller thoroughly and there shall be no mismatch between what is booked on sociotransit website and physical thing or good being sent. In any discrepancy, immediately warn the website and abandon carrying the goods/package!!"
Other safety features include secure online payments, detailed profiles that empowers users to establish a reputation, authentic reviews that can only be posted after a confirmed transaction has taken place, community flagging, and the ability to build a network of friends and references similar to Airbnb.
So now for a quick run-through how it works. First, register and set up a free profile. Then you can search through the list of travelers and if you find someone coming from a place where you'd like something, request that they pick it up for you. You can build a bit of a rapport with them before the transaction takes place, and they are at full liberty to accept or deny your request. You can also post an advertisement for an object you would like to receive or deliver and wait for potential travelers to find you.
SocioTransit is still in beta and there are new features in the works that will help travelers earn money while transiting. They were also a featured startup at The Challenge Cup – London back in November.
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My experience is that the spot next to the phone gets cluttered up with all sorts of odd papers and cards that rarely seem to find a home. To combat the problem that impedes on my rare dusting missions, I put together this handy Modern Note Clipboard.
What you'll need:
1 X 4 piece of wood, 16" in length - finished with routered edges and sanded smooth (thanks Jonas!)
Paint in your desired colour
Paint brush
Cutting mat
Rotary cutter
Fancy paper
5 clothespins
Mod podge or similar
Small paint brush
Hot glue
Step 1. Paint the wood in your desired colour, dry between coats. I chose black to match my decor.
Step 2. Cut the fancy paper to the size of the clothespins and affix it to the front of the clothespins with a thin layer of mod podge.
Step 3. Once the paint is dry mark the spots where you want the clothespins mounted and use hot glue to secure them in place. I mounted one in the centre, two 1" from each side, and two centred between the centre and side clothespins. I mounted them about 1.5" from the top of the wood panel.
Step 4. Secure it to the wall. I drilled two holes in the back of the wood panel and mounted it on screws in the wall.
And now I can dust my counter with ease.
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Ackee And Saltfish The Jamaica National Dish
Ackee and Saltfish is Jamaica's national dish.
Just a little something about the ackee. This fruit was first brought to Jamaica from West Africa by the slaves as they were taken from their homes and brought into slavery. I believe that these people were not sure what they were going to eat and the ackee being a favorite of theirs, well then they just couldn't resist it. For more information about the ackee I will be publishing a hub about it in a few days and will permalink it here: "Ackee: History, Uses and Nutritional Value".
Being the first place to bear this fruit after it was brought from Africa. The ackee became the national fruit of Jamaica. This fruit is one of those fruits that are eaten like a vegetable since in most cases you have to cook it first. Of course there are some people who eat it raw but still they have to eat it as a part of a meal.
The ackee tree in Jamaica bears fruit about two to three times per year. It is not fair to say the ackee is seasonal, for when one tree has no ackees the other tree might. Meaning that, when my area has no ackees you can always get them elsewhere.
Ackees are mostly sold in the market or on the street-side by vendors. They are counted by each pod which bears three seeds. Each pod is counted to the dozen and that's how they are sold. A dozen ackees can be sold for anywhere between JA$100 - $300.
Cook Time
- 6 cups or 2 1/2 to 3 lbs uncooked ackees, in Jamaica this would be the equivalent to about 3 dozen ackees. See above for explanation.
- 6 oz salted codfish, known only as saltfish in Jamaica
- 8 cups water
- 1/2 medium onion, sliced
- 1 stalk scallion, chopped
- 1 scotch bonnet pepper
- 6 tsbps vegetable oil
- 4 garlic cloves, chopped
- ground black pepper
- 6 pimento seeds
What to serve with your ackee and saltfish
Ackee and salfish is such a diverse dish that it goes well with any carb. If you aren't sure, here are my suggestions:
- Roast breadfruit is the most popular ackee saltfish combination
- Fried dumplings served with this dish is probably the most popular Jamaican breakfast yet!
- Boiled banana, yams and boiled dumplings are a popular Jamaican dinner combo
- Many people like ackee and plain white rice, very nice!
- Left over Sunday rice and peas goes extremely well with ackee and saltfish
- Need a quick snack or light breakfast? Try ackee and saltfish with bread.
As you can see I have named all the most popular Jamaica starches to have with your ackee and saltfish. Now please enjoy!
- When you get your ackees if they still have their black seeds in please remove them. The easiest and best way to do this is use a small knife and cut around the seed about 1/16 of an inch. See photo. You may also just pluck the seeds out but you still need to remove that area where the seed was attached to the flesh.
- Your three dozen ackees should yield you around 2 1/2 to 3 lbs or 6 cups after the seeds have been removed.
- Pour your 8 cups of water in a pot and add whole scotch bonnet and pimento seed.
- Rinse the excess salt from the cod fish and add to pot. Cover and bring to a boil.
- Let codfish boil for about 5 minutes then add ackees, seeds removed and cleaned.
- Cover and bring to a boil again. Cook ackees until tender.
- Another thing you need to know is that there are different specie/breed of ackees so the cooking times may differ. You need to check you ackees after ten minutes for tenderness.
- After the first 10 minutes keep checking after every 5 minutes. It should take no longer tha 30 minutes to cook and 30 minutes is very long for cooking ackees.
- When ackee is cooked, remove from flames and drain in a colander.
- Remove codfish and run under cold water until cool enough to handle.
- Remove scale from codfish and rinse. Remove all bones if possible then break up salt fish into moderately small pieces. The pieces can be as small or large as you like but I prefer a size that is about 1/2 a bite size. See photo.
- Using the same pot (to reduce cleanup and the ackee just taste better in the same pot to me...lol), heat oil on medium.
- When oil is hot add salt fish and let fry for three minutes then add onion, garlic and scallion. Stir and fry until fragrant.
- Add your ackees and stir. Note that the ackees wont remain whole after this. Don't worry about it that's the way it is supposed to be. There is only one type of ackee that doesn't break up when cooking and it's not a very popular ackee.
- Add a couple pinches of black pepper and stir. Turn flames down and cover. Let ackee steam for three minutes to absord all the flavours.
- Remove from heat and serve.
Ackee and Saltfish Faux Pas - NO-NOs
There are different ways that people make ackee and saltfish that will definitely give the impression to a newbie eating it, that it's not tasty at all. I have seen this before. I have had people tell me that they don't like the dish, then I make it and they are hooked, I discovered a few things that people do with the dish that takes away the great flavour. See list:
- Don't boil the ackee with thyme or don't use thyme at all. Thyme has a very strong flavour and will take away the natural ackee flavour instead of enhancing it. Remember that ackee is a fruit and needs simple ingredients to enhance it.
- Don't use tomatoes in your ackees. If you must have tomatoes add them as a complement and not as a part of the dish. Definitely do not cook the tomatoes with the ackee. The acid from the tomatoes will definitely detract from the real flavor.
- To get a great flavor without overpowering your dish, boil the ackee with the pepper instead of when frying it up.
- If you must use ackee from the can, drain properly by letting it sit in the colander for at least half hour. If you have a spray nozzle at the sink, spray a little hot water over it (not too much) and let drain thoroughly. This will help reduce some of the tin flavor that canned foods normally have.
- Don't add sweet peppers to your ackee. Even though it looks good, sweet pepper sweat and will cause the ackee to gather water...we don't want ackee gravy. Another reason to leave out this vege is because they have a sweet flavour and takes away from the natural flavour of the ackee and saltfish.
- You can leave off the onion and use more scallion/green onion or spring onions. Spring onions are the ideal flavor for the ackees. If you must use onions, do so sparingly for onions are sweet.
- Never add powder seasoning to your ackee and saltfish dish, I can't describe how insipid that tastes.
- The oil you use must complement your dish and you should either use coconut oil or vegetable oil. Olive oil's flavor is too strong for this dish.
- Don't use butter with your ackee. I know in countries this is the norm but trust me, you can't get a better flavor than with the coconut or vegetable oil.
- Don't over-cook or under-cook the ackee. Make sure the ackee is tender but not raw when it's done.
Looks good to me! voted up.
Seems like a tasty Recipe but I wouldn't eat that pepper on Top. :-) They are so small but so hot. Thanks. Rated it 5, but the computer decided to put 4.5.
This sounds pretty simple and delicious. Darn it; I wish I could find ackee around here!
Oh I'd love to taste this exotic wonderful dish! Maybe one day?
And it just looks so amazing too.
Thank you for sharing. First I ever heard of this.
Every time I read one of your Jamaican recipes I long to return to Jamaica for a visit. I love all the unusual things there are to offer.I had never heard of ackee before but would love to try it. The recipe looks very interesting.
Very interesting fruit Cardisa; I am not familiar with it at all, but I sure would give it a try if it were available in my neck of the woods. What does it taste like; I may missed that part. Hope all is well.


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The way these polls are rapidly shifting it's obvious Obama's debate thrashing has moved the needle, but we're thinking now his national security meltdown and the repeated lies over Benghazi are taking a toll. This new poll suggests voters are abandoning Obama rapidly. (via John E.).
Barack Obama's lackluster debate performance last week has dramatically altered the presidential race in Florida, with Mitt Romney opening up a decisive 7 percentage point lead, according to a new Tampa Bay Times/Bay News 9/Miami Herald poll.
The survey conducted this week found 51 percent of likely Florida voters supporting Romney, 44 percent backing Obama and 4 percent undecided. That's a major shift from a month ago when the same poll showed Obama leading 48 percent to 47 percent — and a direct result of what Obama himself called a "bad night" at the first debate.
The debate prompted 5 percent of previously undecided voters and 2 percent of Obama backers to move to Romney. Another 2 percent of Obama supporters said they are now undecided because of the debate.
"There's no question in my mind that debate made people stand up and pay attention, and it really wiped away any questions people had about Romney, whether they were undecided or soft for Obama," said Brad Coker of Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, which conducted the poll for the Times and its media partners.
Across the board, from who is better suited to improve the economy, to who will protect Medicare, to looking out for the middle-class, to handling foreign policy, likely Florida voters now favor the former Massachusetts governor over the president.
"It's a very big shift since the debate, and where the shifts are taking place are very, very interesting because they are the types of shifts you see in Florida when something starts to break one way or another," said Coker, likening it to when Ronald Reagan shot past Jimmy Carter in 1980.
These numbers must be devastating for Obama:
Likewise, Obama's lead among likely women voters in Florida fell from 15 percentage points last month to just 2 points, 49 percent for Obama and 47 percent for Romney.
Obama's once 11 point lead among likely independent voters had cascaded into a 13 point lead for Romney this week, 52 percent to 39 percent.
Sadly, delusional Obama supporters just can't come to grips with reality.
But even fans of Obama are shaking their heads about his debate last week.
North Port resident Virginia Leonard, 92 is a registered Republican who voted for McCain four years ago, but is firmly in Obama's camp this time. Still, she wondered if Obama had been drugged he was so lethargic in the debate.
Democrat Dora Williams, a 71-year-old St. Petersburg retiree, also supports Obama but was taken aback by the debate.
"I was like, 'Ooh, why didn't he speak up?' But he was caught by surprise so I understand that," she said. "When somebody is lying to your face, you can be caught off guard."


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Judge Nips Impending Big Apple Big Soda Ban in Bud
Regulations "fraught with arbitrary and capricious consequences"
NEW YORK -- A state judge on Monday stopped Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration from banning the sale of large sugary drinks at New York City restaurants and other venues, a major defeat for a mayor who has made public-health initiatives a cornerstone of his tenure, reported The Wall Street Journal.
The city is "enjoined and permanently restrained from implementing or enforcing the new regulations," New York Supreme Court Judge Milton Tingling decided Monday, according to the newspaper.
The regulations are "fraught with arbitrary and capricious consequences," the judge wrote. "The simple reading of the rule leads to the earlier acknowledged uneven enforcement even within a particular city block, much less the city as a whole. … The loopholes in this rule effectively defeat the stated purpose of the rule."
See File Attachments below for the full ruling.
Beginning March 12, the city was set to prohibit restaurants, mobile food carts, delis and concessions at movie theaters, stadiums and arenas from selling sugary drinks in cups or containers larger than 16 ounces. Fines assessed against sellers for violations of the rules would have been enforced starting in mid-June.
The city rules did not include convenience stores and supermarkets, both of which are regulated by the state government.
"The court ruling provides a sigh of relief to New Yorkers and thousands of small businesses in New York City that would have been harmed by this arbitrary and unpopular ban. With this ruling behind us, we look forward to collaborating with city leaders on solutions that will have a meaningful and lasting impact on the people of New York City," the American Beverage Association (ABA) said in a statement.
In a speech reacting to the decision, Bloomberg said that he is "confident that [the] decision will ultimately be reversed."


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Pippa Middleton and Princess Beatrice attend Day Eleven of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Friday (July 1) in London, England.
The 27-year-old younger sister of the Duchess of Cambridge watched Novak Djokovic defeat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to secure a spot in Sunday's finals.
With the win, Novak is now the world's number one men's tennis player!
Beatrice, 22, watched the match from the Royal Box, while her dad, Prince Andrew, later attended Andy Murray's semi-final against Rafael Nadal.
Earlier in the week, Pippa took in a game with her parents and on-again, off-again beau Alex Loudon.
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