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See the Downton Abbey Cast Reimagined As Dogs (and One Cat)
Aw, Bates is a hound!
Lady Mary a poodle? Yup, pretty much. [Dogster]
Aw, Bates is a hound!
Lady Mary a poodle? Yup, pretty much. [Dogster]
Jennifer Lopez Returned to Her Block at the VMAs and Shut It Down
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A dangerously uneventful episode is almost redeemed by Gina, this season's best new addition.
Jimmy plots a tiny heist, Kim reads a letter, and yet another familiar, tragic face shows up.Nico Tortorella Does So Much on the VMAs Red Carpet, There's Barely Anything Left for the Rest of Us
The Younger star wore what appears to be the new U.S. Bill of Rights on the back of their MTV red carpet look.Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood Recap: I Like Kandie
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Travis and Kylie were originally supposed to sit directly behind their new enemy.Music Review: Bernstein Is Paid Half-Hearted Tribute at Tanglewood
Andris Nelsons conducted as if he would rather be at home watching TV. Some music can endure an uncommitted performance; Bernstein's can't.


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The greatest club to ever walk this earth. A band of 4 studs who are money (noted by the dollar sign). SC$E stands for Singles Club 4 Ever. The 4 is interchangeable with its <shift><4> counterpart, the dollar sign ($). Coincidence? I think not.
SC$E can also be used as an adjective, similar to "cool" for those born in the 60's. Example:
"Wow, look at those fellas...they're SO SC$E!'
"Wow, look at those fellas...they're SO SC$E!'
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Emilia Clarke made a splash at the 'Dom Hemingway' press conference during the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.
The actress's structured aqua cropped top and high-waisted white pencil skirt, both from Versace's Resort 2014 collection, were reminiscent of the midriff-baring looks we've seen saturating the scene—even with no sliver of skin on display.
White pumps reared their trendy head again here with these Christian Louboutin 'Batignolles' heels.
There is no denying the allure of the vibrant teal hue. But, despite the lovely colour, this minimally accessorized look and Emilia's wispy, hardly styled 'do almost became a bit too effortless for its own good.


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Oophaga pumilio
La Selva Biological Field Station, Costa Rica
July 13th, 2009
Here is another photograph from my trip last summer to Costa Rica. I captured this little frog during a solo walk through the forest. Although these frogs were ubiquitous in La Selva, I couldn't help but photograph one every chance I got. They were easy to spot in the leaf litter and on the roots of trees both because of their bright color and their resounding vocalizations.
The Oophaga pumilio (formerly of the genus Dendrobates) are an interesting species in that throughout their range they exist in several distinct color morphs. The blue-jeans variety, as photographed above, is the most common but they can be solid orange-red, as well as green, yellow, or even blue, all with or without spots. Another interesting characteristic of this species is the high degree of parental care from both parents. The male of this species, though less involved than the female, provides a degree of parental care by depositing water on the eggs and defending the nest. The females expend more energy and time into the care of her young. She will take the newly hatched tadpoles one at a time from the nest to a small water filled cavity, often a bromeliad axil. In these little pools her young are safe from predators, but have no food, so she will come back periodically and lay unfertilized eggs for her young to eat.
Frogs are amazing creatures, unfortunately across the World their populations are being threatened with extinction from habitat loss, climate change, and infectious disease (chytrid fungus). Hopefully with a conscious effort we can protect the species we have left.


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13 years as classroom teacher in 1st through 4th grade classes 18 years as counselor K-6th grade classes
Integration of toys and music into lessons Integration of math into lessons of all subjects Repetition of activities as jumping off point for current lesson Use of my own mistakes during a lesson as part of the lesson
Arkansas Christa McAuliffe Fellowship, 1997-98 Arkansas Christa McAuliffe Fellowship, 2001-2002 Arkansas School Counselor Writer of the Year, 1998 2000 Profile in Excellence from Oklahoma Baptist University Honorary Lifetime Membership in Arkansas PTA, 2004
Graduation from Southeast High School in Oklahoma City, 1968 Graduated with a Bachelor's degree from Oklahoma Baptist University in 1972 Graduated with a Master's degree in 1986 from the University of Arkansas
After graduation from college in 1972, I married my husband, David, and began my first teaching position in Laredo, Texas. David's transfer in the Air Force to Enid, Oklahoma led to two and a half years of teaching in the elementary school there. In 1976, we moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas. In August of that year we bought the home we still live in. I began teaching at Farmington Elementary where I retired from after 28 years. I found the church where I still participate in children's and mission activities. In 1986, I became the first elementary counselor in Farmington and remained in that position until I retired. While teaching first grade, I had two September children (well planned as you can see!!) Bob was born in September of 1979. He has finished his Master's degree and is leaving to teach English in South Korea. Michael was born in September of 1982. Gratefully, he is staying here and is a great support (especially anything with the computer.) In 1986, I wrote a lesson to introduce the counselor's role to the children. It was a big hit and has been used all over the country. Life is like a pickle. Sometimes it's sweet. Sometimes it's sour. That led to a published book and others followed. I have had the blessing of presenting workshops in Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Colorado, Missouri, and California. The presentation at the North Central Accreditation Association meeting in Chicago made for a great trip with my principal, superintendent and a co-worker who happened to be a close friend and neighbor. The most significant person I met in my travels was Grace Corrigan, Christa McAuliffe's mother. I visited with her at both the Christa McAuliffe Fellowship meetings we had in Washington, D.C. As part of P-I-C-K-L-E-S for Parents, a Christa Mc Auliffe Fellowship project, I visited some of the small schools in Arkansas. One of those is located in an area that once prospered with work for the cotton industy, but has little to offer residents now. After doing school projects there, the town has now become the focal point of my church projects. I still go teach lessons in the school when I can get there. Now I can also go in the summer with activities and supplies. After retiring, I opened Ladybug Hug Flowers and Gifts, named after one of my children's stories, Ladybug Hug. I learned quickly that I am not a business person. Now I am looking for opportunities to use my educational materials with children and adults.
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Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Specialty, Arithmetic, Social Studies - History, U.S. History, Other (Music), Health, Other (Specialty), Other (ELA), Life Skills, Classroom Management, School Counseling, Character Education, Study Skills, Problem Solving, Holidays/Seasonal, Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month, Tools for Common Core, Classroom Community


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So, are you dying to return to Bluebell, Alabama? What did you think of the Hart of Dixie series premiere?
Zoe had some problems on it, of course, but she'll look to rectify that next week. On the episode "Parades and Pariah," Rachel Bilson's character will do all she can to be accepted by her new southern neighbors, including taking a ride on the mayor's float.
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This distinctive bell-shaped bottle (see photo) is embossed on its bottom, "DR. V. C. BELL'S MOUTH ELIXIR." What on earth was that?
Described in ads (as one in The Maccabaean, published by the Federation of American Zionists, January 1907, p. 40) as "Dr. Bell's Scientific Mouth Elixir," it was, in a word, a mouthwash. Or as described by its manufacturer, it was "a highly fragrant antiseptic mouth wash for healing, soothing and hardening inflamed tissues of the mouth, purifying the breath and destroying the germs which cause the teeth to decay." It promised, "Will Positively Tighten Loose Teeth" (i.e., presumably by early treatment of periodontal disease, but that seems somewhat of an overstatement).
The rinse was "prepared under the direct supervision of Dr. Victor C. Bell, A.B., D.D.S., the authority on teeth." It came in two sizes, priced at 25 and 50 cents. I would expect that the blown-in-a-mold bottle shown here from my collection (only about 21/8" diameter by 31/4" tall) is the small size. The product contained alcohol (as I learned from a N.Y. customs action) and no doubt some flavoring, but I have no other information about its formula.
I found a biography of Dr. Bell in The Druggist's Circular of January 1907 (p. 64). After graduating from college and dental school, he became, in 1889, a practicing dentist and a senior instructor in both the New York College of Dentistry and the New York Dental School. He emphasized saving rather than pulling teeth, and developed his elixir as a treatment of Riggs' disease (an historical term for periodontitis). He wrote textbooks on tooth care used in New York City public schools where he also became the lecturer on dental hygiene. He won a gold medal at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition for an exhibit on dental surgery and preparations.
Bell established his American Dentifice Company, incorporated in New York in 1905, which marketed both his mouthwash and a tooth powder. He advertised in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Washington Post, and many other newspapers in 1907. However, I found that, despite an initial capital stock of $250,000, which was increased in 1907 to $1,000,000, the enterprise went into bankruptcy (as reported in the January 1907 Practical Druggist and Pharmaceutical Review of Reviews, p. 304).
In 1908 Bell patented a toothbrush (U.S. Pat. No. 888, 310) and the next year was involved in planning a "Pure Drug Show" in Madison Square Garden. This was in response to the new Pure Food and Drug Act which took effect at the beginning of 1907. The act forced many nostrum peddlers to list their contents and to desist in making outrageous claims. In contrast, Dr. Bell seems to have embraced the law.


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Listen closely to Cole Porter's "I've Got You Under My Skin," and it's hard not to marvel at the composer's genius. Neither showy nor self-conscious, the song makes its point with a quiet sophistication, keeping its language simple and straightforward, and limiting the melodic material to a few variations on a basic theme.
Within that framework, however, Porter exhibits astonishing degrees of wit and ingenuity. Just look at what he does with the song's title. Knowing that his audience is familiar with this figure of speech, Porter plays around with those associations by setting the melody to a percolating Caribbean beat. That exotic touch puts a different spin on the phrase; as our mental imagery shifts to the tropics, "I've got you under my skin"somehow suggests mosquito bites as much as it does infatuation.
Suddenly, the lyric's description of sleepless nights and vain attempts "not to give in" take on a new meaning. Is this love, or some sort of romantic malaria? Porter wants us to imagine both, but does so with such subtlety -- and such unmistakable melodic grace -- that we barely realize we're being led to this unlikely conundrum.


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When Latin America Was Awakened by a Hug
Special report by Telesur TV English: On 13 December 1994 two men with justice & vision at their hearts met and embraced each other in a hug - those men were the leader of Venezuela Hugo Chavez and the Revolutionary leader of Cuba Fidel Castro.
Find out more about this special meeting, and the renewed hope for social justice & and the prospects for a better life that it has given millions, not just in Latin America but across the world.
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Friday, 25 August 2017
Here is a DLO ( digital learning object) of in experiences in Netball.
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Successful DLO!
Throughout this week I've been trying my best to ignore distractions and move on with my learning. Turns out I actually got some work done and I'm proud that I've completed the task too!
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Revising Using Place Value
Not only that but I was able to also revise using Place Value again for finding Fraction of a set. So yeah as you can see here on the left side, I basically learnt 3 things during maths time in just one day.
Hope you learnt something from my sharing and I'm hopefully looking forward for your comments thank you!
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Friday, 11 August 2017
Reading: knowing what the story is about
In reading I manged to read a novel for 15 minute from page 1 to page 28. After reading the novel I now have an understanding of the story that I just read and that I can finally answer the questions that is related to the story.
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Maths - Multiplication and division
Throughout week, in maths I learnt how to solve division problems using my known facts.
Fore example:
There were 36 students and they heading to the zoo. The students had to be shared equally into 3 buses. How many students were in each bus?
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Responding to the gospel ( Mathew 14: 22 - 23)
After hearing the gospel I pull out this one word that I value in my heart : FAITH.
Began to write a prayer to God in term of the word I adore: FAITH
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Thanks for popping in my blog and please put your thought down on the comment below :)
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Teams can start signing players on Tuesday and plenty of eyes will be on Miami, where the Dolphins are expected to reel in wide receiver Mike Wallace when teams are able to put the final touches on contracts. Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald will join Mike Florio on Monday's PFT Live to discuss what the Dolphins will be doing when the NFL finally throws the gates open.
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The Gunslinger is a Spy Satellite located on the space. It appeared in Digimon World 3, as Galacticmon, when it fuses with Snatchmon.
At the end of Digimon World 3, after defeating MAGAMI's President, seeing 3 Vemmon in Asuka's A.o.A Headquarters and finding out most humans have been turned into Oinkmon in both servers, you must go to Amaterasu City. In Amaterasu's A.o.A. Headquarters a strange machine appears, calling itself Lord Megadeth, which will lead you to the Gunslinger Spy Satellite in order to battle you. As you arrive, you will see that there are several Blocks blocking your way, you have to teleport around to find the machines used to move the Blocks (2 of these machines are guarded by a robot with an Infermon and an Apokarimon), and later go to the Second Floor of the Satellite. However, as you go to the Control Room, there's an earthquake and an Armageddemon appears. You must defeat him, and then you face Lord Megadeth.
Finally, after defeating Lord Megadeth, it will leave to awaken Snatchmon, and you must follow. However, Snatchmon refuses to obey his master; he instead absorbs Lord Megadeath's Matrix Data. As he states he'll fuse with the Gunslinger to become Galacticmon, and then with the Earth to become Gaiamon, Junior opposes him, and Snatchmon agrees to have a final battle against Junior as Galacticmon.
Galacticmon has two parts to attack you: the tail and the head. The tail uses only physical attacks. Immediately after defeating the tail, the body appears and uses Ragnarok Cannon, which reduces the HP of your Digimon to 1; then you have to face the head. It is much harder to defeat than the tail, as it is much faster, has much more HP, can Counter attack if your attack missed, takes lower damage, and also copies one of the techniques used in the battle against the tail. Once you finally defeat Galacticmon's head, the A.o.A is absolutely defeated.


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60 Years In 60 Words
Inspired by this: A Briefer history of time. I thought I had read a similar one on India, but couldn't locate it (let me know if there is one) – Acorn had something similar a while back.
Freedom. Exhilaration. Kashmir Incursion. Integration. Republic formation. Linguistic division. Industrialization. IIT formation. Growth stagnation. Chinese aggression. Aksai Chin occupation. Green Revolution. LOC creation. Corruption. Emergency declaration. Democracy restoration. World cup acquisition. Punjab terrorization. Sensex popularization. Mandal commission. Reservation. Liberalization. Communal conflagration. Nuclear detonation. Kargil invasion. Media revolution. Y2K resolution. Outsourcing nation. Investment destination. Terrorism explosion. Leadership Inaction. 60 years completion.
Not sure if I got this entirely correctly, but wish you all a happy Independence day.


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Kim Libreri
Epic Games CTO Kim Libreri is responsible for continuing Epic's tradition of fusing state-of-the-art technology with the pinnacle of visual artistry, and for defining the studio's Unreal Engine as the platform of choice for all types of interactive experiences including games, movies, visualization and virtual reality.
Prior to joining Epic Games, Kim was the Chief Strategy Officer at Lucasfilm, where he was responsible for the company's Star Wars technology strategy and innovations in interactive storytelling, including the highly-awarded 1313 prototype.
Kim's career in digital technology and visual effects spans over 20 years, and he has credits on more than 25 films including 'Super 8', 'Speed Racer', 'Poseidon' and 'The Matrix Trilogy.'
He led the development team for the award-winning 'What Dreams May Come' as well as for the original 'Matrix,' developing the now-legendary Bullet Time technology.
Kim is a respected member of many visual effects bodies, including the visual effects branch of the Academy. He has received numerous awards for his work and contributions to Motion Picture technology including an Oscar nomination in 2006 and two Academy Awards in 2000 and 2015.
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Starting on Monday, March 18, there will be service disruptions on the E, F, M and R trains between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m, as part of the MTA's Fastrack maintenance program. The changes will last until the early morning of Friday, March, 22.
According to the MTA, there will be no service on the E line between Roosevelt Avenue and World Trade Center and no service on the F between Roosevelt Avenue and 21st Street-Queensbridge from 10 p.m. Monday until 5 a.m Friday. Customers may take the 7 or N lines, or free shuttle buses as alternatives. Also, customers coming from Manhattan who normally ride the E or M to Court Square can instead take the 7 instead.
Trains will operate as follows:
E in Queens only between Jamaica Center and 74th Street/Roosevelt Avenue
F in two sections:
1. Between 179th Street and Roosevelt Avenue and
2. Between Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue and 21st Street-Queensbridge.
M service ends early each night and the M shuttle operates between Metropolitan and Myrtle Avenues all night.
R service ends early each night and the R shuttle operates in Brooklyn between 95th Street and 36th Street all night.
As alternatives customers may:
Take the 7 between Manhattan and 74th Street-Roosevelt Avenue or Queensboro Plaza
Take the N between Manhattan and Queensboro PlazaIn Manhattan, transfer at 5th Avenue/42nd Street-Bryant Park 7, F, Times Square-42nd Street/42nd Street-Port Authority 7, A, and 34th Street-Herald Square F, N
In Manhattan along 8th Avenue, take the A local instead of the E
Take free shuttle buses running LOCAL between Queensboro Plaza and 74th Street-Roosevelt Avenue making station stops at Queens
Plaza, 36th Street, Steinway Street, 46th Street, Northern Blvd and 65th Street
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Veteran Forcibly Dragged from Air Force Ceremony for Mentioning God - Exclusive Video
When a veteran started offering traditional remarks at a military flag-folding ceremony, several uniformed airmen assaulted him, dragging him out of the room because his remarks mentioned God. Now First Liberty Institute lawyers representing retired Senior Master Sergeant Oscar Rodriguez are demanding that the U.S. Air Force apologize and punish those responsible or face a federal civil-rights lawsuit.
For countless years, service members have given the "flag-folding speech" at military and civic events, including retirement ceremonies. Traditionally, this speech explains the colors, symbols, and history of the flag.
The flag-folding speech also contains several religious references, including, "Let us pray that God will reflect with admiration the willingness of one nation in her attempts to rid the world of tyranny, oppression, and misery. It is this one nation under God that we call, with honor, the United States of America."
The speech closes with, "God bless our flag. God bless our troops. God bless America."
In 2005, the Pentagon changed the speech to remove all references to the divine.
(side note: Obama took office just the year before.)
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Isaiah 59:13 Transgressing and denying the LORD, And turning away from our God, Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving in and uttering from the heart lying words. Mark 8:38 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father's glory with the holy angels."
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A.P. Indy is the one horse in this year's Triple Crown series who has received more attention for not running than for actually competing.
Yesterday, trainer Neil Drysdale pulled him out of the Preakness lineup, stating that the bruised left front foot that forced him to scratch the horse from the Kentucky Derby is still not right.
Drysdale said, "I'm not happy with the foot, but we haven't eliminated the Belmont. For the time being, we'll keep him at Churchill Downs and see how things work out."


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Our web site has hundreds of pages of detailed information. Please search our site by one of the links, product or site, to find the information you are looking for before calling us or emailing us. We want to help you and this can sometimes help you sooner than waiting for our reply. Newcomers to Live Foods can learn a lot from our charts here. If you are unable to find the information you need, please email us or call us for help.
To everyone reading this section: Please also read section below under "Methods of Ordering and Payment Options".
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Perishable food orders are shipped Monday-Wednesday. Fresh Royal Jelly foods are shipped frozen and must be refrigerated when received. They generally ship Monday-Wednesday. Products #1a2-2D and #LC10 require 2nd Day Air or 3 Day Select option from the drop down menu in summer months. Depending on your proximity and during cooler months we may ship fresh items on Thursday if delivery can be made before the weekend. Natren Probiotics are shipped only in the lower 48 states. They go via FedEx 2nd Day Air (must be selected during check-out) with ice. Non-perishables are shipped Monday-Friday. We do not guarantee to ship packages the same day we receive them although we do our best to accomplish this. Orders are processed in the order they are received and we must meet shippers deadlines. Please allow 1-2 business days for processing of your order in case of delays beyond our control. Heavy items are sent FedEx, lighter items FedEx or U.S. Priority Mail insured. Some drop shipped items are shipped UPS. Please allow enough time for your payments to clear and shipping time according to your zone. We are not responsible for orders that "do not arrive in time" because you were not available to receive it. Please check your email for tracking information and be available to receive your order. Alive & Well is not responsible for shipments when tracking shows delivered and driver confirms it has been delivered. Customer accepts all responsibility for delivery once a package leaves our facility.
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Due to the weight, shipping on bulk quantities of food or other commercial sized shipments will be charged shipping based on the carrier. These quotes are also good for 30 days.
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To expedite shipping, we reserve the right to ship some smaller packages by United Postal Service instead of FedEx whenever FedEx Ground Shipping is selected at checkout.
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All drop ship merchandise is to be handled in the same manner as stated above, and we must be notified as well. If a customer returns undamaged, drop shipped merchandise to the manufacturer without prior authorization by Alive & Well and the manufacturer accepts the merchandise, ALL initial shipping charges, restocking fees and return shipping will be the responsibility of the customer. You will only receive a credit to use for merchandise from the same vendor you originally placed your order with.
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Storage - All foods must be kept cool or refrigerated. Our foods do not have preservatives and we are not responsible for damages due to improper storage. Many products may be frozen. Please supply a street address, as UPS will not deliver to a P.O. Box.
Newcomers to Live Foods can consult our charts here. You may also search our site and read the informational pages for each product line that contain a wealth of information from the manufacturers to help you make the best choices to suit your needs. Please also use our search box which appears on the bottom of every page.
We accept payments by Western Union or Postal Money Order in U.S. funds. To place orders by mail, select items in the shopping cart, choose the correct shipping and hit RECALCULATE. Print 2 copies of the page. Keep one for your records and send one to us with your payment. Make Postal M.O. payable to Alive & Well, 2127 Oak Street, Bunnell, Florida 32110. Please supply a daytime phone number in case we need to reach you about your order and an email address so we may send you tracking information once your order has shipped.
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Yesterday was release day for the new iPhone GS, and our family now owns two iPhones. We upgraded my wife's "normal" cell phone to the iPhone GS, and are going to the AT&T store later today to swap SIM cards and register that swap with AT&T so our numbers will remain the same. She is getting my 1st generation iPhone, and I'm getting the iPhone GS. I was surprised that the new iPhone 3.0 software downloaded free to the 1st Gen iPhone, I was expecting we'd have to pay for the update. We would have to pay for the update ($10) to put it on our son's iPod Touch, but the feature set doesn't seem to justify it yet.
The first thing I was eager to do on the new iPhone GS was shoot a video and directly upload it to YouTube. Here is our first iPhone recorded/YouTube published video, taken by my 8 year old daughter. She was a little shaky holding the iPhone still, but overall I think the quality is really good for both audio and video. The key is, this video was DIRECTLY uploaded to YouTube! The title of this one minute commentary is, "Irrelevant Paper."
iPhone GS owners: Welcome to the world of "publish at will" mobility to YouTube.
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On this day..
- Podcast425: Reflections on the 2015 Mobile Learning Experience - 2015
- KidBlog Update - 2015
- A Radio Spot from Sir Ken Robinson Reminding Voters About the Importance of Teachers - 2013
- Visual Notes and Narrated Art: Benefits of Student-Created Videos on YouTube - 2013
- What Makes an Effective Technology Committee in Education (v.2) - 2012
- Social networking sites (SNS), Convivial Technologies and Digital Discipline - 2011
- Limewire in the classroom and the principal's office - 2010
- links for 2008-06-20 - 2008
- Podcasting facilities to be provided at NECC 2008 - 2008
- Changing the Face of Our Educational Practice Using Web 2.0 Technologies - 2007


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Fortune favours the bold with an amazing blank canvas opportunity to complete the renovation of this modern estate with resort sized pool and tennis court
Excellent project for builders or savvy buyers with an eye for potential, the home shows great flexibility with a practical current layout that's adaptable to change
Tranquil cul-de-sac position adjoining the bushland surrounds of Cowan Creek that offers a leafy saunter to Pymble Golf Course
Interiors showcase vaulted timber ceilings with all living areas opening to the outdoors
Open plan living and dining
Family room integrated with kitchen
Large rumpus room with wet bar and flow out to the pool
Open plan study or gym
Four bedrooms, two with ensuite bathrooms, built in robes
Three bathrooms, internal laundry
Outdoor entertaining pergola and deck adjoining the pool
Impressive resort sized pool fully tiled in mosaics
Full tennis court awaiting a resurface
Double lock up garage
In popular St Ives North Public School catchment, in St Ives High School zone, walk to Brigidine and Masada Colleges, close to Sydney Grammar Prep, short commute elite private schools
Stroll to buses for Gordon, City and Hornsby, walk to St Ives Village shopping
Land Size: 1,908sqm approx.
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No. We request that no alterations are made to the Statcounter code.
Any such alterations can break the code and cause it to malfunction. We are unable to provide support or assistance for problems which arise as a result of changes made to the Statcounter code.
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It's one thing to look great online. But the real question is—what do you offer your online visitors beyond just a good-looking homepage?
Here's where your website's functionality comes in. It's not enough for a nonprofit website to look awesome; it needs to serve a purpose and offer something substantial to the people who land on it. Functionality refers to the online tools that make it possible and, in some cases, necessary for users to connect and engage with us.
These tools give people the ability to donate, view an event calendar, register for an event, sign up to volunteer, access a private area for key people and more, depending on what our website visitors need. All of these tools work together to create a worthwhile nonprofit website.
For example, let's say I'm on the board of directors of an organization, and I'm traveling during an important board meeting. No matter where I am, I should be able to connect to the internet and access a web page that includes the minutes from that day's meeting—maybe even chat with other board members. I'm a much more effective board member when I can stay engaged and connected with the organization I'm serving. Proper functionality is crucial that way.
Here's the most important thing to remember about functionality: It's crucial that our nonprofit websites provide the right tools for all different types of end users, not just one kind. We may have supporters, volunteers, prospective donors, media folks, board members, other nonprofit professionals and people curious about our cause all visiting our website, each one looking for something different. Our job is to identify our users and then make sure we have what they need to reach their goals.
One of the most important online tools that every nonprofit should have, of course, is email marketing—this will allow you to engage with just about all of your users, regardless of which category they fall into. The third party tools on the market today are easy to use, inexpensive, and have a high rate of return. Plus, it's so easy to measure results. If you don't have a "Subscribe" button on your homepage and the ability to capture visitors' email addresses, you're missing out on an important opportunity to engage with your visitors in a meaningful way.
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Fan-Made Kingdom Death: Monster - Organizer
$ 65.00
Keep your cards, tokens, and papers organized with our Fan-Made Kingdom Death: Monster (KDM) Organizer. This box organizer was designed for intuitive storage as well as ease-of-use during play. Take out what you need, leave the rest in the box!
Photos show organizer with core game and all current expansions, with room to expand.
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text: Fernando Alonso drove Ferrari's new Formula 1 car for the first time in Barcelona on Tuesday February 19, 2013, and said it was on another planet compared to the tricky one he wrestled into title contention last season.The Spaniard, ending a long absence from the cockpit, clocked the third fastest time in testing at the Circuit de Catalunya.110 LAPS COMPLETEDThe 31-year-old, runner-up to Red Bull's triple champion Sebastian Vettel in 2012, had skipped the first pre-season test in Jerez to focus on his physical preparations for the season starting in Australia on March 17.With the team declaring his training workouts in the gym and on the road to have been "worthy of the best Olympic athlete", Alonso completed a total of 110 laps in the F138 with a best time of 1min22.952.Alonso said: "I feel reasonably pleased with this first day and I can say I share Felipe's (Massa) opinion that the car is on another planet compared to the one we began with on the first day of testing last year.He said the target was to work on reliability, aiming to complete more than 100 laps each day, before focusing on performance in the final test."I knew from looking at the Jerez data what sort of car I would find here today, as in fact we know more or less what we will see at the first race in Australia, in terms of what new parts we will have and how many tenths they will produce.TESTING STATSMercedes's Nico Rosberg was the fastest driver on track on an overcast but dry day, lapping in 1min22.616 and just quicker than Kimi Raikkonen in the Lotus (1min22.623).Rosberg was sidelined for a while by a gearbox problem after 14 laps and ended up completing 54.Rosberg said: "It's always nice to be quickest at the end of the day. In general I feel happy and comfortable in the car and it feels better than the last time we were here at this track." Raikkonen did 44 laps in the new Lotus car, the lowest tally of any driver, with the team suffering telemetry issues that limited their track time.Vettel was fourth fastest for Red Bull in 1min22.965 with Pastor Maldonado, winner of last year's Spanish Grand Prix, fifth on the timesheets in the first run for the new Williams.Maldonado said: "The FW35 feels like we have made a real step forward. There is still a lot to discover with the new car but this is a good starting point for us this season."Red Bull said Vettel had been hampered early in the day by a software issue but the champion was top of the timesheets for much of the afternoon.Vettel said: "It's very important for us to put good mileage on the car and this morning that wasn't really possible. We had a small software issue this morning, I think many teams did. That wasn't ideal but we got it fixed and after that it was another decent day."


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LONG BEACH, Calif. --A search is underway for a man who threw what may have been acid in a woman's face.It happened in front of a liquor store in the 1300 block of Long Beach Boulevard in Compton Saturday night.
Police say the woman was standing on the corner when a man walked up, called her a profane name and threw something, possibly acid, in her face.
The woman was blistered and taken to the hospital.
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Birmingham-Southern downs Berry
Richards' double-double lifts Panthers past Vikings
ROME, Ga. -- Junior Zac Richards scored 18 points and pulled down 13 rebounds to lead No. 8 Birmingham-Southern to a 69-58 win against Berry on Tuesday.
BSC moves to 23-1 with its 16th consecutive win, while Berry falls to 3-18.
In the first half, Birmingham-Southern led by no more than eight points as it struggled to convert from 3-point range, shooting a 14.3 percent from long distance in the first 20 minutes. On the other hand, 3-point shooting kept Berry close, as the Vikings hit 6-of-12.
|No. 8 Birmingham-Southern 69, Berry 58
|No. 15 William Patterson 75, CCNY 49
|No. 16 Oswego State 67, Geneseo State 56
|No. 20 Albertus Magnus 87, Johnson Wales 73
The Panthers, though, were dominating on the boards, outrebounding Berry 23-9 in the first half. Richards almost singlehandedly outrebounded Berry's team, grabbing seven boards himself to Berry's nine.
Berry continued to keep the game within single digits in the second half, and did not trail by double figures until a Griffin Schamp basket just more than eight minutes into the second period.
Birmingham-Southern began to stretch its lead out to more than 10 points due in large part to squeaky-clean free throwing shooting. The Panthers did not miss a shot from the charity stripe until the final three minutes of the game, successfully making their first 16 attempts.
Richards went to work in the paint for BSC, tacking on 18 points and hauling down a game-high 13 boards. Senior Jasen Jonus also finished in double figures with 16 points on the strength of five 3-pointers.
The play down low for Birmingham-Southern had a major impact on the game's final score as the Panthers outscored Berry 34-20 in the paint.


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§ 46.2-868. Reckless driving; penalties.
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§ 18.2-11. Punishment for conviction of misdemeanor.
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BEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Nearly half of Chinese existing 1,176 dairy producers have failed to obtain new production licenses amid the government's efforts to shore up the scandal-tainted milk industry, China's top quality supervisor said Saturday.
Only 643 dairy producing companies, or about 55 percent of the country's total 1,176 milk enterprises, were granted licenses to continue production by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), Li Yuanping, a spokesman for AQSIQ, told Xinhua.
Li said quality supervision departments are canceling the production licenses of 553 dairy companies and have ordered the companies to halt production immediately.
Quality supervision government departments must strengthen their law enforcement activities to crack down on unlicensed production, he said.
Meanwhile, the AQSIQ demanded subordinate quality supervision government departments to strengthen supervision over those qualified dairy makers to guarantee the safety of their products.
China's dairy industry was severely harmed after a melamine-tainted baby formula scandal in 2008 undermined Chinese consumers' confidence in domestic brands.
In its annual working food safety campaign plan, the Chinese government ordered the establishment of a unified national database of dairy product manufacturers and a system to verify relevant certificates.
The plan requires the establishment of a registration system to record all purchases of melamine, a prohibited food additive that killed at least six infants and sickened 300,000 children across the country since 2008.
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Arundhati Baitmangalkar
Arundhati Baitmangalkar is a yoga teacher, student, and founder of Aham Yoga - helping others achieve a healthier and happier life through the wisdom of yoga. She also runs international trainings and retreats, and is a Bollywood dance instructor and blogger. When not in the studio or in the office, you can often find Arundhati spending her time at home reading or drinking a hot cup of tea.


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Mark this one down in the WTF category. Apparently two weeks ago Baron Davis was abducted by aliens. I will say that again, the former UCLA star, 2-time NBA All-Star, 4 time NBA eating team champion Baron Davis said, to interviewers, that he was abducted by aliens two weeks ago. I'm gonna let that sink in for a second while you come up with your own Space Jam joke.
Davis, in a hilarious profanity ridden dead pan, recalls how he was driving back from Las Vegas "a little tired" when all of a sudden he was being poked and prodded (probed?) by "these crazy looking people".
Eventually Davis finds himself back in Montebello, California not knowing exactly why he was driving there. Perhaps sensing Mulder and Scully closing in Davis backed off his "abduction" claim a little near the end of the interview:
"I don't think it was an abduction, dude — I think that they were, like … because now, like, I come back and, like, I'm, like, sharper and shit, you know what I mean?" Davis said. "Like, I'm retaining information."
"I'm like sharper and shit" Yeah ok BD, sure. This story is so ridiculous it has to be some kind of inside joke. But then again Davis is known for being a little strange. Either way this story made me laugh hard enough to write a whole post about it. Check out the whole interview below, its well worth the listen:
Related articles
- Baron Davis claims he was abducted by aliens (cbssports.com)
- Baron Davis Says He Was Abducted By Aliens (deadspin.com)


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I'll start with my Summoner's spells:
Flash: You'll need flash for either jumping into your opponents, or escape with it if you loose a battle and you need to get away.
Ignite: You dont NEED ignite, buf it is awesome for the first 6-10 levels..
I play Rammus this way and i always end up tanking awesomely for my team and being godlike, or even legendary.
You can lane with anyone as Rammus, but I prefer someone like Sion, or any champion who has a stun or a "knock up" cause with powerball and ignite, they'll be down in no time! :)
Remember always to have some potions both mana and health with you, because Rammus´ mana will drop quickly, and after battles or even in battles its a great help to have healing and mana come in quickly.
As item build - if there is 3 or more melee attackers on the enemy team (including tank) you go with Boots first, then Thornmail. If theres only 2 or less, you go with Sunfire Cape first.


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I read an interesting article recently on Mental Health Today. A recent report from the London School of Economics suggests the NHS in England is failing millions of adults and hundreds of thousands of children with common mental health problems such as anxiety and depression.


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Biodiversity: What's the Big Deal?
Lesson 8 of 9
Objective: SWBAT explain why maintaining biodiversity is important to the health of an ecosystem and develop suggestions for maintaining biodiversity.
Big Idea: Students work to recognize that changes to part of an ecosystem can have positive or negative impacts on the entire ecosystem.
This information corresponds with check in 4 of the spider biodiversity quest.
It is challenging to find ways to inspire student thinking about topics without directly telling them what they need to know or what exactly they have to do. It is worth taking this approach, however, as it allows (forces?) students to chart their own course and adds variety to the answers students develop. This reinforces the idea that there are many ways to complete a task and that students need to determine the path that makes the most sense to them.
The PowerPoint on the Kudzu Vine is my attempt at prompting student thinking about the importance of biodiversity. The kudzu vine is an invasive plant that has begun to destroy large plots of land in the southern United States and other parts of the world. The 'Vine that ate the south' Discovered in Canada article has a lot of interesting facts about the issue and makes a good supplementary article for students to read following the PowerPoint discussion.
I use the Kudzu Vine as the focus of the discussion because it is similar to an issue found in the book series The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld in which a beautiful rare plant was genetically modified to be more hardy and it ended up growing wild to the point that it starved out every other plant including food crops. This caused the leaders of society to drastically alter our way of life. If you haven't read this series, I strongly recommend it as there are a lot of science connections you can make throughout the series.
The article Coming Soon to a Habitat Near You: From Pythons to Pine Beetles, Alien Wildlife Is on the Move by Bryan Walsh was recently published in Time Magazine's 100 New Scientific Discoveries. It is excellent at explaining the threat that invasive species pose on ecosystems and is worth investing some time having students read and respond to this information.
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One point about biodiversity that I want students to fully understand is the connection between high biodiversity and the health of the ecosystem. The Biodiversity Activities on Access Excellence is great for demonstrating this idea in a way that middle school students can understand.
This activity focuses on the spread of disease through two different environments: one with high biodiversity and one without. The goal of the activity is for students to recognize that disease spreads much further and more quickly through an ecosystem with only one type of plant (mono-culture) than it does when there are a variety of organisms (diversity). This is because in a mono-culture the plants are typically close together (think of a corn field), allowing disease to spread quickly through the population. In an ecosystem with high diversity, there are more organisms between any two plants, which slows the spread of disease and increases the likelihood of containment to just a few individuals.
In this activity students are given a card; one side of the card is labeled as Douglas Fir, representing a mono-culture, and the opposite side of the card is labeled with a wide variety of tree species including Douglas Fir, Noble Fir, Western Red Cedar, Vine Maple, Western Hemlock, White Fir, Lodgepole Pine, White Pine, Bigleaf Maple, and Western Dogwood.
I begin by showing students the following image and have them count how many different types of plants they can see. In their journals, I ask them to quietly write if they believe this is good, bad, or has no effect at all on an ecosystem and to explain why they think so. You may choose to have some students share their answers but since it is more to activate student thinking it is not necessary.
- Give all students a card and have them keep the side labeled Douglas Fir visible.
- Each person is to meet and shake hands with 5 other people and write their names on the card.
- When each student is done, they go back to their original seats but remain standing.
- I symbolize the disease by shaking hands with 1 student. That student must sit down (sadly, they are dead) and they must read the names on their card. As those names are read, those students also sit down as they were infected as well.
- Each of those students should read the names on their card and any student still standing must sit when their name is called. This continues until almost all students are sitting.
- Ask students to explain why the disease spread so fast (they are all the same type of tree so their similar genetics are affected by the disease in the same way)
- Ask students to identify places in which this type of disease spread may actually happen (any type of crop; you may choose to elaborate on any example such as Hawaii's banana bunchy top virus)
- Students now flip over their card (this should show a much larger variety).
- Explain to students that some forests, specifically old growth forests, have a variety of trees.
- Students repeat the handshaking activity, being sure to record the names of the students they interact with on their card.
- I again symbolize the disease by shaking hands with a student. This time, only those students that are the same variety as the diseased tree that touched them will sit down. Different variety trees don't sit (die) even if they are touched by a diseased tree.
- Most students will remain standing (alive).
- Ask the students to explain why the disease did not spread this time (genetic/biological diversity lessens the impact of disease spreding)
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I really like the following questions from the Access Excellence lesson. I use a variety of strategies when giving students questions like these to answer. Sometimes I give students the entire list and have them select any two or three to answer. Because all of these questions are worth considering, I create papers with two or three questions on them and distribute them among the student groups for the students to answer and use their responses as a discussion starter the following day. The resource Post Activity Analysis Questions is set up to print and cut on the line for this method.
Follow up questions (refers to the second of the card simulations)
- What does biological diversity mean?
- Why didn't all the different trees get the disease? (hint - genetics)
- Why didn't the disease spread as fast among the Douglas firs as it did in the first simulation?
- In which forest would you need to use more chemicals to control disease: the Douglas Fir forest or the more diversified, old growth forest? Why?
- Summarize what this simulation symbolized.
- Which forest would have more diversity of wildlife (Douglas Fir or old growth)? Why?
- a. If you cut down the variety in a piece of forest you owned and replanted with 1 type of tree, what will happen to much of the wildlife that was adapted to that forest? (Hint: they cannot just move elsewhere. If other habitats are good, they will probably be near carrying capacity already.) b. Will this fate happen to all the wildlife? Explain.
- Many species can only live/reproduce in 1 type of forest. The spotted owl is an example - it can only live and successfully reproduce in old growth forests(big, old cedars, hemlocks, etc.). If these old growth forests are cut down, it's unlikely this owl will survive. Environmentalists call it an "indicator" species." What does this mean? Why be concerned about 1 species?
- Growing one plant, as is the case of growing only Douglas fir, is called monoculture. Give an example of growing one plant a) in your home (obvious )
b) in farms
- Why would you need to use more insecticides in monoculture? Is this good or bad?
- If you wanted to help wildlife, what would you with regards to the landscaping of your own home?


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What's the definition of desperate?
Republicans looking for dirt on Debbie Wasserman Schultz' summer home in New Hampshire sounds pretty desperate to me.
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