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Huge W. J. McElroy Knife
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The knife shown here has an interesting history. It was recorded in the Macon Telegraph in early 1862.
"We saw excellent specimens of Swords, Regulation Staff, Service
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The article quoted above refers to this knife as a "Lasso Knife" and says "It is designed for throwing at the enemy". Knowing something of throwing knives, and in fact all manner of archaic and modern arms, I am certain that when the article mentions "throwing" he does not use it in the common vernacular. This knife is balanced wrong for throwing in a traditional manner, which requires the knife to flip end over end numerous times. Furthermore, the lanyard attached to the handle would make it impossible to throw in the traditional manner; it would tangle as the knife flipped end over end. What he really means is 'slinging'. In other words, twirling the knife around the head by the lanyard attached to the hilt, which would make the knife fly point first, and letting go at the proper time to strike the target. One could learn to do this well in an hour, while to learn how to throw in the traditional manner would take endless hours of practice.
A spear-point example of the Lasso Knife mentioned in the article is shown here. Its condition is virtually perfect. The hilt is so tight that one cannot see, nor feel any movement, but when shaken it makes a clicking sound, so there is some movement, which is too small to feel or see. The Roman numeral XXII is cut into the underside of the hilt. This is not a serial number as there is another number XXII known, and there exists one that was unhalted that had the same number on the blade tang, meaning that this is an assembly number. Only one scabbard for these rare knives is known to exist, so it can be assumed that the leather was of extremely poor quality. The semi bright blade has never been cleaned and is one hundred percent original. The hilt is as tight as when it was made. It would be near impossible to find a better example.


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The Empress (hotel)
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Coordinates: 48°25′19″N 123°22′05″W / 48.42185°N 123.36797°W
|The Fairmont Empress hotel
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721 Government Street
Victoria, British Columbia
|January 20, 1908
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The Fairmont Empress (most commonly known as The Empress) is one of the oldest hotels in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Located on Government Street facing the Inner Harbour, the Empress is an iconic symbol for the city itself.[citation needed] It has been designated a National Historic Site of Canada due to its national significance.[1]
The hotel has 412 rooms and 52 suites, with 76 rooms and suites overlooking the Inner Harbour. Since the completion of a $60 million restoration in 2017, the hotel has three restaurants, including Q at the Empress, Q bar with views of the inner harbour, and the Lobby Lounge which serves the "world renowned" Tea at the Empress.[citation needed] The Veranda, part of Q at the Empress, is open seasonally, and is located under the Empress sign at the front of the hotel.
The hotel has gym facilities, a whirlpool bath and an indoor swimming pool. Willow Stream Spa was added in 2002 and was listed by Conde Nast as one of the world's best spas.[citation needed] The hotel has received several accolades including a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence and Travel + Leisure Best Hotels of the World and recognized on Conde Nast Gold List.[citation needed] The hotel became Victoria's first Five Green Key hotel as acknowledged by the Hotel Association of Canada for sustainability practices.[citation needed]
During the 1989 renovation, the Victoria Conference Centre was built on the parking lot behind the hotel and connected to the hotel via the hotel's conservatory. The hotel provides catering for the conference centre.[2]
As of April 2016, the Bengal Room (formerly the Bengal Lounge) is no longer one of the hotel's restaurants. It now operates as private function space, often used for weddings and private events.
May 2017 marked the completion of the hotel's most recent restoration, named 'Return of the Queen'. Nearly the entire hotel, including all guest rooms and suite, spa, function spaces, dining outlets, and reception lobby were renovated. The only spaces which were left renovated were the Crystal Ballroom and the Palm Court.
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The Edwardian, château-style hotel was designed by Francis Rattenbury for Canadian Pacific Hotels as a terminus hotel for Canadian Pacific's steamship line, whose main terminal was just a block away.[3] The hotel was to serve business people and visitors to Victoria, but later as Canadian Pacific ceased its passenger services to the city, the hotel was successfully remarketed as a resort to tourists. Victoria emerged as a tourist destination beginning in the mid-to-late 1920s.
The hotel was built between 1904 and 1908, opening for service in that year. Additional wings were added between 1909 and 1914, and in 1928. During this time, The Empress (as it was known then) played hostess to kings, queens, movie stars and many famous people. In 1919, Edward, Prince of Wales waltzed into the dawn in its Crystal Ballroom - an event considered by Victorians to be of such importance that almost 50 years later, the obituaries of elderly ladies would appear under headlines such as, 'Mrs. Thornley-Hall Dies. Prince of Wales Singled Her Out.' In the 1930s, Shirley Temple arrived accompanied by her parents amid rumours that she had fled from California because of kidnapping threats, a story borne from the presence of two huge bodyguards who took the room opposite hers and always left their door open.
On May 30, 1939, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth attended a luncheon at the Empress, as guests of the Provincial Government.
For many years the hotel did not have a sign above the front entrance. The strong emotions the hotel evoked in Victorians and its guests and protectors is exemplified in the statement made by an irate gentleman, as workers raised the sign above the front entrance: 'Anyone who doesn't know this is The Empress shouldn't be staying here.'
In 1965, there was much debate on whether to tear down what was becoming a faded, dowdy hotel, to make room for a more modern, functional high-rise hotel. One local newspaper warned that, 'Without this splendid relic of the Edwardian era, literally tens of thousands of tourists will never return. This is the Mecca, this is the heart and soul of the city.' A decision was announced on June 10, 1966: The Empress would not be demolished. Instead she would embark on a $4 million campaign of renovation and refurbishment, playfully dubbed 'Operation Teacup.'
In 1989, over $45 million was spent in additional restoration known as The Royal Restoration. All the guest rooms were renovated, and a health club, indoor swimming pool and guest reception were added. With an emphasis on craftsmanship, no attempt was made to give the hotel a new image. Instead, the goal was to restore The Empress to its original, pre-war elegance.
Until this renovation, the engineering staff from the hotel confirmed that there was what has been described as a tunnel that ran from James Bay into the basement of the Empress. At high tide one was able to visit the basement and see the salt water flood the opening. It is not clear what the purpose was. Some have suggested that it was part of the hotel's waste management system and that at one time the sewage from the hotel was being flushed into James Bay.
In 1998, Ian Powell took over as the General Manager of the hotel. He was there through 2004 where he oversaw many of the changes to the hotel both esthetically and internally through staff and management.
In 1999, Canadian Pacific spun off Canadian Pacific Hotels, along with all its properties. The new company was renamed Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in an effort to reflect its growing global presence and ambitions. As such, all former CP Hotel properties were to be renamed and rebranded with the prefix 'Fairmont'. This led to a loud uproar and consternation by Victoria's newspapers and its citizens, a decision they viewed as sacrilege. Although the new name stuck, Fairmont made no changes to the hotel's original exterior signage, as a compromise to soothe local anxieties and respect its iconic heritage.
Fairmont later sold the hotel on October 31, 2000, to the Legacy Hotels REIT for CAD $120 million. However, Fairmont has a long-term management agreement with Legacy Hotels, and as of August 2005, held an 11.14% ownership in this REIT.
The hotel was sold on June 27, 2014, to Vancouver-based owners, Nat and Flora Bosa. They invested more than $60 million dollars in renovations.[4]
Tea at The Empress[edit]
The hotel is known for its classic Victorian afternoon tea service.[citation needed] During the summer months, the hotel serves tea (along with tea sandwiches, fresh scones, preserves and clotted cream known as Empress cream) in its "Tea Room" to more than 400 guests and tourists daily. Afternoon tea is approximately CAD $75 per person, and reservations are often required in advance.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
- ^ Empress Hotel. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ "Food Services". Victoria Conference Centre. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
- ^ Luxton, Donald (2003). Building the West: The Early Architecture of British Columbia. Vancouver, British Columbia: Talonbooks. p. 515. ISBN 0-88922-474-9.
- ^ Wilson, Carla. "Nat Bosa spending $30 million to renovate Victoria's Empress Hotel".
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- The Fairmont Empress, Victoria hotel website
- Emporis Listing
- The Empress Hotel (first wing) nearing completion, 1908 (British Columbia Archives, call number B-04739)
- Construction of the Humboldt Street wing of the Empress Hotel, 1928 (British Columbia Archives, call number G-03999)
- Inner Harbour and Empress Hotel, 1975 (British Columbia Archives, call number I-21018)
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Title: Paper & Fire
Background: We're Now a Society Built on Paper
Idea: There are all kinds of ways to protest in a society built on paper, not all of them are in the streets.
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I have a friend who hasn't been very much fun to be around. She has only wanted to do things that she enjoys doing and when someone else wants to do something or go somewhere different, she refuses. She gets anxious to get home. She has never enjoyed going to events and she treats every occasion as something to dread. As kind as she is, the relationship has been one-sided and devoid of spontaneity and joy. We recently got to the root of the matter.
I wanted her to spend the afternoon with me. I just blurted out. You don't have to be afraid to die, we are just going shopping. She started crying at that statement and continued until I picked her up.
When I arrived at her house. I saw images of one of her past lives that was affecting her joy in this life. Multiple images overlaid the one that I was seeing vividly. This showed that the trauma was ingrained and reinforced in many lifetimes. What happens is there is a small transgression to a part of the body or psyche and that part becomes vulnerable to similar transgressions in different scenarios. For example, if I see someone was decapitated in a causal (past life) image, I may also see hangings, choking or other injuries to the same area of the body.
The trauma of being surprised by an attack was so ingrained that my friend was shutting down her own hormones as a response. It was as if her excitement became a trigger for trauma and so she preferred to stay in a slightly depressed state rather than risk reliving the attack in any way. Her own enthusiasm conjured up a state of distress. This happens more than people realize and can be address with the taps.
Here are some of the taps I led my friend through.
I release the fear and trauma of being Shanghaied, in all lifetimes.
I release associating spontaneity with being Shanghaied, in all lifetimes.
I release forgoing spontaneity for security, in all lifetimes.
I release being imprisoned in a routine, in all lifetimes.
I release converting my life into a fortress, in all lifetimes.
I release confusing excitement for danger, in all lifetimes.
I release using fear to squelch my enthusiasm, in all lifetimes.
I release diminishing my life to monotonous state, in all lifetimes.
I release squelching my enthusiasm, in all lifetimes.
I release shutting down my happiness, in all lifetimes.
I release the pain and trauma of the attack in all lifetimes.
I release allowing small issues to trigger the attack, in all lifetimes.
I release holding myself hostage, in all lifetimes.
I release the fear that loved ones will hurt me in all lifetimes.
I release seeing enemies in loved ones, in all lifetimes
I release turning my sacred space into a prison, in all lifetimes.
After the taps, the sun broke through from behind the clouds (this happens more that sounds credible to mention). My friend saw everyday things in her neighborhood that she had never noticed before. She enjoyed a presence and an enthusiasm that I have never experienced from her before. It was pleasant all the way around.


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A very fit Vargr, Gozaefou generally wears his old Scout jumpsuits. He has an Aslan-made ballistic cloth jacket covered with the skin of a tlei'aolrahkeaw, a rare, exotic Aslan creature that is colored in the garish colors Vargr find so attractive.
Gozaefou has found it difficult to trust anyone since his tragic incident in the Scouts. It took all his willpower to convince himself to invest in the Wayfarer with seven other people. He is now comfortable with the group, but can be over-protective of them. Deep inside he fears he might make the wrong decision and cause them harm like the crew of his Scout ship.
Gozaefou, born in Imperial space, joined the Scouts as he has always dreamed of. After years of working in the Xboat network, he was finally transferred to the First Contact branch. For the next several years he led aggressive contact missions throughout the frontier. His impulsiveness and stubbornness soon caught up with him. When Gozaefou insisted his team make contact with what appeared to be a village of shipwrecked survivors lost hundreds of years ago, disaster struck when the settlement was actually a Vargr corsair base. His scout ship was destroyed, and the Wayfarer, a passing free trader, picked him up several weeks later. He left the service afterwards, bitter and distrustful. Gozaefou stayed with the free trader crew that rescued him, eventually investing his life savings in the ship's purchase for an equal share in its profits.


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Evaluating Development Packages
The following five criteria should be carefully considered when evaluating vendor software for either mining data or building Knowledge-Driven DSS.
Cost. With the significant costs of technology and the rapid advancement of new technologies, companies want affordable packages. A development environment with multiple tools is often better than purchasing a more specialized development package. MIS staff want to learn software that can be applied to a wide variety of problems
Scalability. Companies need development software that will easily integrate with existing software applications and hardware platforms. Many Knowledge-Driven DSS need to be distributed to users so Web technologies are often appropriate. Some observers want more managers and analysts to have data mining tools so a distributed, scalable solution is also an issue in statistical analysis and knowledge discovery.
Security. With the increase in shared data, there is an increasing concern regarding the security of DSS knowledge and large databases. Both rule bases and behavioral data that will be mined need to be protected. Security is easily overlooked in developing knowledge applications.
Development features. Knowledge-Driven DSS are not usually standard "off-the-shelf" packages. It is important that packages allow for easy development of customized capabilities, rule input and maintenance. If uncertainties, frames or other capabilities are part of the development environment, then the package needs to help ensure that features and capabilities are used appropriately.
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Alone amongst every plant known, Cupuaçu fruit has phytonutrient polyphenols (theograndins). These have a myriad of nutritional benefits. Often called «the pharmacy in a fruit».
Vitamins B1, B2, B3 (Niacin), fatty and amino acids, and at least nine antioxidants including Vitamins A and C).
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Aliko Dangote's Journey To Wealth
"I built a conglomerate and emerged the richest black man in the world in 2008 but it didn't happen overnight. It took me 30 years to get to where I am today. Youths of today aspire to be like me but they want to achieve it overnight. It's not going to work. To build a successful […] More


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Day 30 Time ....it's what you make of it!
30 days, 1 day, 1 hour. It's all important. What we make of every minute in our life contributes to who we become, how we grow and the more significant life becomes. It's our choice how we spend our lives. We can sit around and feel sorry for ourselves and wonder why? OR We can take each moment, go after what we want, make big goals, little goals, to do list, challenge ourselves and see how capable we really are. It does take a plan, it does take a few challenges. More importantly, it takes ACTION and BELIEF. Without action our plan and goals are meaningless. Without belief, we cannot implement the action with full force.
You have to believe your goal is obtainable. Forget what everyone else thinks. Prove them wrong. You may stumble, fall and the goal may not be reached in the time frame you expected, but it's keeping the goal alive, keeping it in the forefront of your mind at all times and finding the strength, motivation and willingness within you to keep you going day in and day out while you hurdle over every obstacle. We all have them. Think of someone who's already achieved the goal you are after. They did it. Maybe under different circumstances, they had different obstacles. But they did it. YOU can too! Believe it!
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The Leeds Looked After Children Fund aims to support organisations that provide direct support to children and young people who are looked after (in the care of the local authority either with a foster carer or in a children's home) living in Leeds or Leeds care leavers up to the age of 25 who are, or were, in public care and are placed with carers, living in a children's home, living with other relatives or living independently.
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I've been messing around with the site a little bit. I noticed that when I posted a book review, and it got duplicated to the main page via the awesome MultiBlog plugin, the formatting was off. I decided to just reset the template and go with a built-in color scheme to make things easy on myself. As long as I was messing around with stylesheets, I redid the formatting for the book reviews. It now just uses the color scheme of the page it's getting posted on rather than the odd greenish color. I also took off the "buy now" link. You can still click the book picture or title to get to the Amazon page for the books.
The last thing I did was implement the MultiBlog plugin for The D's RSS feed. It's only on the RSS 2 feed though, in case you wanted to subscribe. That means you can subscribe to one feed, and get all my news, Ellie's, Baby #2, and and the KC D's together. Enjoy!


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A 29-year-old man from Rochdale suffered serious leg injuries after being hit by a Vauxhall Cavalier while on a night out in Chester.
The accident happened as the man was crossing the road with a friend at the junction of Watergate Street and Nicholas Street in Chester on Saturday night.
Witnesses are asked to call police on 0151 355 4066.


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Canadian Musician @ RBC Bluesfest OttawaThursday, July 27th, 2017
Canadian Musician correspondent Samantha Everts (@urockred) & photographer Mark Matusoff (@mmatusoff) were on the ground (albeit only for a day) at the annually-awesome RBC Bluesfest Ottawa. Here's their review & shots from Day 6, which featured performances by The Shins, Phantogram, and more, leading up to the headlining slot by the almighty LCD Soundsystem.
RBC Bluesfest Ottawa proved yet again that it's worthy of its reputation as one of the best North American rock festivals with the legendary Brooklyn dance band LCD Soundsystem headlining the evening of July 12th.
Attending Bluesfest is like coming home for this Toronto writer, having covered it for so many years, and nothing was more nostalgic than seeing Ottawa band Fevers perform a set for the first time in almost five years. The electro-pop band was clearly thrilled to be back on the big stage and with them they brought a new female vocalist for new songs and thoughtful harmonies.
Slack Bridges
Local band Slack Bridges performed with a full horn section and filled the tent stage with funky soul beats.
New York's Phantogram set focused on material from their 2016 album Three, with a handful of songs spanning the rest of their catalogue. Live, the duo of Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter was joined by a full band of musicians that brought their alt-electro-pop to life. Crowds of teenagers formed as soon as the gates opened awaiting their favourite new band, and the band won them over with ease.
With Barthel on lead vocals and synth and Carter primarily on guitar, the duo commanded the crowd with their hits "Black Out Days" and "Fall in Love," both from their second album Voices. In comparison to their 2014 performance at Bluesfest, the impact of their spectacular light show, which featured video content, strobe lights, and heavy smoke, was lost with their early evening performance time. Closing out their raucous set, the crowd immediately sung the words back to Phantogram's current radio hit, "You Don't Get Me High," which visibly pleased the band.
The Shins
Launching immediately into a rockin' version of "Caring is Creepy" from their debut Oh, Inverted World, The Shins let Ottawa know who they really came to see. While the band has changed lineups over their career, frontman James Mercer led a mostly new version of The Shins through a relatively even selection of new songs from their 2017 album Heartworms and Shins classics like "Kissing the Lipless" and "Phantom Limb." Perhaps best known for their song "New Slang," from the film Garden State, as they left the stage after "Simple Song," members of audience could be heard asking, "Will they come back?" Far across the festival site, a roar of applause could be heard as they jumped into it with the assistance of thousands of Shins fans desperate for the show not to end.
LCD Soundsystem
Rain was threatening to damper the LCD Soundsystem stage but the crowd would not have it as the sun descended over the Ottawa River and wind picked up. Fans crammed in together to talk about the previous times they'd seen the band, trade picks on which songs they'd hoped to hear, and just generally praise how amazing it was that the legendary group had begun to tour again, albeit selectively.
As the rain started to come down, the energy of the crowd was not dampened as frontman James Murphy opened their set with "Yr City's a Sucker" and crowd favourite "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House." Having seen them perform at WayHome the summer before, the live show didn't differ much with cool black and white projections and various film filters applied to the big screen images appearing as if it was a carefully calculated 90-minute music video.
The beauty of seeing LCD Soundsystem live is seeing what is essentially electronic dance music performed entirely on real instruments rather than relying on pre-recorded rhythms or loops. Midway through the set, Murphy mentioned that the water had possibly affected one of the vintage synths on stage, but from the audience, it was impossible to tell anything was wrong with indie dance party hits like "Tribulations" and "Dance Yrself Clean," motivating everyone to ignore the rain. The group also played brand new singles "Call The Police" and "American Dream," ultimately closing with "All My Friends." LCD Soundsystem reminded everyone why they – and Bluesfest – remain good friends of music fans to this day.
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State and federal laws protect individuals and families from housing discrimination due to religion. The law protects individuals who are religious, as well individuals who do not believe in any religion or any God. It is illegal for a housing provider to ask about religion or religious beliefs, and it is illegal for a housing provider to give preferential treatment to individuals or families based on their religion or lack of religion.
If you believe you were discriminated against because of your religion, you can fill out an intake form online or contact our office.


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Artist Residencies | School Programs
Lorraine Chapman, one of New England's most respected dancers and choreographers, will be working with dancers – and non-dancers – on contemporary dance and interdisciplinary movement. Lorraine will work solo for 5 days, offering classes for dancers and theater artists around the region, including ballet, modern and Grotowski-based movement awareness and improv sessions. She will also create and set a work on PSU dance students that they'll present at one of LCTC's final public performances. In addition she and Emily will spend two days offering school and community programs, including participatory movement workshops for elders.
These workshops and performances are an extraordinary opportunity for local students and adults to experience contemporary dance from an extraordinary practitioner of contemporary dance. Email us to sign up your school! Learn about our public events, including workshops for dancers and theater artists as well as public performances, here as they are added.
About Lorraine Chapman:
Lorraine Chapman danced professionally with Eliot Feld Ballets/NY and Ballet British Columbia as well as for several Boston-based choreographers including Amy Spencer, Richard Colton, Diane Arvanites, Jose Mateo and Marcus Schulkind. As a choreographer, Chapman has received several grants and has created works for numerous venues, festivals and companies including On The Boards-Northwest New Works, The Yard, World Music/CRASHarts, Dancing Nor'easters-Arts & Ideas, Alberta Ballet, Summer Stages Dance, Festival Ballet of Providence, SOAKING WET, Stonington Opera House, Jacob's Pillow Dance Inside/Out, Yes, Virginia – Dance, Flynn Center Performing Arts, The Dance Complex, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Dixon Place, and Citigroup Theater Alvin Ailey. She officially formed Lorraine Chapman, The Company (LCTC) in 2002, and it is now one of Boston's most notable contemporary dance companies.
LCTC was represented by Pentacle — a NYC-based management support organization, from 2013–2016. Chapman's awards include a Boston Dance Alliance Rehearsal & Retreat Fellowship, a Brother Thomas Fellowship from The Boston Foundation, a Boston Center for the Arts Dance Residency and a Summer Stages Dance/Baryshnikov Arts Center Residency. She was featured in Dance Magazine as one of "25 To Watch". She received her training at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School and L'Ecole Superieure De Danse Du Quebec as well as from Boston veterans Frances Kotelly and Samuel Kurkjian. She teaches at the Northeast School of Ballet's Conservatory, Urbanity Dance, and the Ballet Arts Centre of Winchester where she is the Co-Director of their PreProfessional Dance Division. She is also the Dance Artist-In-Residence for Plymouth State University and Canterbury Shaker Village.
As a choreographer, Lorraine explores the known elements of dance in significantly original and unexpected ways and comes to different, invented and idiosyncratic conclusions from other dancemakers. She is interested in the state of mind, heart, and spirit of "the performer," or "one who performs," and here lies the connection to the source energy of each and every dance she creates.
Through LCTC, Lorraine trains and nurtures young dancers, providing them opportunities and exposure to professional dance experiences, and she offers an educational and comprehensive outreach program that communicates positivity and the value of dance as artistic expression.
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Tweet for website traffic using hashtags
Use Twitter to attract customers to your website
When your Tweets are of interest to your readers they will often visit your website to establish your credibility or look for more information. This blog will show you how to use Tweets to flag down more website traffic even if you don't have many Twitter followers.
The power of the Twitter #hashtag
There are millions of Tweets posted every day so Twitter users search for messages of interest using the # (hash) symbol.
# placed at the beginning of a word flags it as a searchable string of letters. When a user clicks on this #hashtag keyword in a Tweet or searches for it in the Twitter search bar they see a real-time stream of Tweets that include the phrase. So hashtags allow users to watch threads of tweet discussions.
Note: a complete phrase becomes a clickable hashtag when #YouLeaveOutSpaces or #replace_them_with_underscores.
Use multiple #keywords in your #Tweets
You can incorporate as many #hashtag keywords as you like into a Tweet but I'd suggest 2 or 3 max or they'll start to look like spam. Try to work your #keywords into the text of your tweet as this will #SaveSpace and reads more fluently.
Let's search for #Wellington #accommodation in the Twitter search bar:
Along with the two Tweets on the left, People results are displayed on the right. Clicking on one of these displays a list of their recent Tweets and a link to their website.
Targeting your Twitter audience
Users who search specifically for your #hashtag keyword are guaranteed to be interested in your keyword subject. Your message will have a great chance of being seen by your customers or prospects.
Twalk is cheap
Tweets are free so there is room to experiment with keywords. When using #hashtag keywords you're likely to find it's not easy to predict which words or phrases will attract your audience so try some out. Test broad keywords and also more specific words. You have nothing to lose. When you find one that works, stick with it.
More and more customers are using Twitter and careful use of the # tag allows you to connect with them even if you don't yet have many Twitter followers.
- Try to use an original hashtag phrase to avoid tangling with other conversations. To check whether a hashtag is in current use go to http://hashtags.org/.
- See which hashtags are trending in New Zealand right now at http://trendsmap.com/local/new+zealand and http://trendsmap.com/local/nz/wellington for popular Wellington topics.
- Follow @hashtags and they'll start tracking your hashtags for you.


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LPAC Producers: 2016 and beyond ...
In the past few months, LPAC Producers has gone through some changes; new members come and go each year and therefore the programme has to be adaptable in order to fulfill the needs of its participants.
The staff at Lincoln Performing Arts Centre are now including young people in every aspect of the venue as shadowing opportunities are available in the Marketing, Box Office and Technical departments. This gives group members the chance to gain hands-on skills in areas they are keen to develop in, as well as having a real sense of ownership in the venue and the way it functions.
Another new strand to the programme is the regular masterclasses, workshops and discussions lead by a variety of professionals across the theatre and arts industries. So far we have had artistic directors of venues discussing programming and producing, theatre companies talking about starting a company as well as workshops focusing on applications and CVs and chats with recent graduates.
Programming and commissioning
LPAC Producers are given many opportunities to visit festivals such as Edinburgh Fringe and Bite Size Festival at Warwick Arts Centre. This is for two reasons; to see work that is already booked for the venue in order to understand the shows when assisting the marketing team, and to choose shows to be added to the programme at Lincoln Performing Arts Centre. This really does give our members a great opportunity to take control of their venue!
Recently, the group have programmed Louise Orwin's show 'Pretty Ugly' as part of Frequency Festival and assisted with the marketing for JOAN by Milk Presents ...
(LPAC Producers taking part in the 'Drag-up' in order to promote JOAN. #JoansArmy)
In the coming months we will be planning the FreshArts Fayre - an event that brings together local creative businesses and University Societies to inform students and the wider community about arts opportunities across the county. We will also be visiting more festivals and continuing with the shadowing and masterclasses.
If you are interested in hearing more about the group or how to join, drop us a message on Facebook or Twitter (@LPACProducers) Alternatively you can email us on firstname.lastname@example.com


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Toll Brothers Posts 47% Order Decline, Sets Bleak Outlook
Luxury-home builder Toll Brothers Inc. said orders in its fiscal third quarter fell 47%, with no signs of a rebound in sight.
The Horsham, Pa., company said orders in the quarter ended July 31 totaled 1,443 units, compared with 2,746 units a year earlier. The decline was bigger than the 33% to 40% decrease Wall Street had expected and worse than its 32% order decline in the previous quarter.


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Hardaway Hall
With increased enrollment, the College of Engineering had outgrown B.B. Comer Hall by 1930. With the assistance of funds from the Public Works Administration, Hardaway Hall was built in 1936 and named after the University's first full-time engineering professor, Col. Robert A. Hardaway. This space provided labs and classrooms for the mechanical and civil engineering programs.
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Best Online Term Insurance Plan: Insurance plans are very much necessary if your child, life partner or your parents depend on your income. In this case you need to take Life Insurance Plan. The Term Insurance Plan is very simple to understand. The Term insurance plans are designed to ensure that in the event of the policyholder's death, the family is going to get the sum assured.
The Term plan provides risk coverage for a certain period of time which may be called as the policy term or duration. In case if the insured person dies during the time period specified in the policy and the policy is active or in force then a death benefit will be paid. This is the cheapest form of Life insurance in terms of premium.
The Term plan provides risk coverage for a certain period of time which may be called as the policy term or duration. In case if the insured person dies during the time period specified in the policy and the policy is active or in force then a death benefit will be paid. This is the cheapest form of Life insurance in terms of premium.
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One can select the best insurance plans based on the Claim Settlement Record of the Life Insurance Companies, Affordability (Premium amount), Brand name, Quality of service provided to its customers during the online buying process and after issuing the policy, Ease of buying the Term Life Insurance plan online, Feedback received from friends who bought online term insurance plans directly.
The Best online Term Insurance Plans in India are Given Below:
HDFC Life's Click 2 Protect Online Term Insurance Plan:
The claim settlement ratio of HDFC Life is 94%. The maximum Sum Assured that a person can buy is Rs 10 crore under this plan. HDFC Life offers advanced version of this basic online term plan, which is known as HDFC Click2protect plus.
ICICI Prudential iProtect Online Term Insurance Plan:
The ICICI Prudential is the second best after LIC as per the latest Claim Settlement data with 94.10% of the claims received were paid. This plan is known as 'iProtect.' This term insurance plan also provides the optional Accidental Death Benefit (ADB) rider and the maximum Sum Assured that is offered under ADB Rs 50 Lakh.
Max Life Insurance's Online Term Plan:
The Max life insurance company is having a claim settlement record of 93.86%. The premiums are also comparatively very less. Max's online term plan provides optional Accident Death Benefit rider. Besides basic cover the Max's online term plan offers two options, which are the Basic Life Cover plus Monthly Income and Basic Life Cover Plus Increasing Monthly income.
SBI Life Insurance eShield online Term Plan:
The premium of e-shield plan is very low when compared to LIC's e-term plan. SBI Life's e-Shield plan offers four options which are Level Cover, Level Cover with Accidental Death Benefit, Increasing cover which means the Basic sum assured is increased at the rate of 10% simple interest after every 5th policy year without increasing the premium, Increasing Cover with Accidental Death benefit.
Reliance Life Online Term Plan:
In this plan the insurer will get the death benefit covered during the policy term without expecting any maturity benefit. The person can opt for an additional accidental rider. In case of death during the policy tenure due to accident he/she may get some additional benefit as agreed upon during the policy subscription. This policy can be bought in online only, which means premium will be very less like other online term insurance plans.


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As part of Pennsylvania's Public-Private Partnership law, PennDOT and other transportation authorities and commissions can pursue sponsorship of projects or services they offer.
Potential sponsor agreements and sponsors must adhere to PennDOT's Standards for Marketing and Sponsorship and FHWA's Policy on Sponsorship Acknowledgment and Agreements within the Highway Right-Of-Way.
To learn about or express interest in a sponsorship opportunity, contact PennDOT's P3 Office at 717-787-3154 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Sponsorship Agreements to Date
In September 2014, PennDOT announced a sponsorship agreement with State Farm for the state's highway safety patrol.
12/2/2015 - PennDOT's State Farm Safety Patrol Assists Thousands of Drivers


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Emergency Dental Services & Treatment
Handling the Unexpected
Dental emergencies have a tendency to occur at the most inopportune moments. Sometimes ignoring minor dental problems or symptoms can create an environment where little problems can evolve into larger ones. Unfortunately, it is often easier to ignore minor problems when they are not causing pain.
If you are not an existing patient but are in need of assistance for a toothache, broken tooth, avulsed tooth, facial swelling/suspected infection, we will be pleased to assist you.
As a patient of Lewis Estates Dental Centre, you have access to our after hours emergency dental services. Our patients have direct access to Dr. Bains in the event of an after hours emergency.


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Sales & After Sales Support
Product Range
We employ an internal sales team based at our Lancashire factory to aid in the customer's initial enquiry. We also employ a team of Technical Sales Engineers covering the UK; they are able to carry out site surveys, provide technical advice, on-site filling machine trials and product testing, formal quotation and machine specifications, assistance with machine installation, and staff training.
Demonstration & Product Trials
Within our factory, we have a fully equipped demo room containing a selection of volumetric depositors and filling machines, transfer pumps, cooking kettle for direct feed trials, refrigeration units for storing customer product, and a comprehensive stock of depositing nozzles and decorating heads for testing purposes.
As part of our sales service, prior to receipt of an order we will conduct no-obligation product trials here at the factory to ensure the filling machine we supply will meet the customers specific production requirements. All product trials are filmed with depositing weight results being recorded. Customers are also welcome to attend the trials.
Alternatively, our UK Technical Sales Engineers will visit the customer on the same no-obligation basis and conduct product trials on-site using a Riggs Autopack demonstration filling machine.
Factory Acceptance Test
Prior to delivery of automatic conveyor line orders, customers are invited to our premises for factory acceptance test and sign-off. We provide this service to ensure the customer is fully satisfied with all aspects of the equipment ordered, and will indeed fulfill production requirements.
Staff training can be conducted here at the factory prior to machine delivery. Alternatively, during machine installation and commissioning at the customers premises, our service engineers will provide comprehensive staff training in all aspects of the equipment. This service is provided as part of the purchased package and at no additional cost.
Delivery & On-Site Service Support
Riggs Autopack's depositors and volumetric filling machines are exceptionally reliable and built to an extremely high standard. With the appropriate servicing and maintenance, our machines are designed to provide decades of outstanding performance and highly accurate, damage free depositing.
Riggs Autopack service engineers provide comprehensive on-site support for customers based in the UK and Republic of Ireland. This includes machine delivery, installation and commissioning at the customers premises, staff training, annual maintenance agreements and engineer call-out.
During machine installation and commissioning, a Riggs Autopack service engineer will provide on-site staff training in all aspects of the equipment. Additional staff training can also be arranged upon request; please contact the after sales department at our Lancashire office for details.
Spare Parts Supply
As our depositing and filling equipment is built in-house at our Lancashire factory, we have complete control over parts quality, availability and supply. We manufacture and stock a full complement of quality assured replacement parts for our full machine range, and are able to dispatch at short notice to national and international customers.


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Chiangrai Bicycle Tour is a bicycle tour company that operates half day – five days cycling tours around Chiang Rai and Golden Triangle area. Chiang Rai Bicycle Tour is the only bicycle touring group based in Chiang Rai, the northernmost province of Thailand
The cycling is on well-planned routes on quiet roads and lanes used by the local villagers, chosen for the interest and contact with the Thai countryside and Thai way of life. The bike tours are easy exercise and relaxing in beautiful surroundings that highlight the beautiful sites around Chiang Rai.
Address: 222/6 Moo 3 Chiang Rai 57000Thailand
Phone: +66(0)856624347
Website: Chiang Rai Bicycle Tour
Highlight of my trip to Northern Thailand
Rating: 5 out of 5
Rating: 5 out of 5
I did this one-day tour on my last day in Chiang Rai. This was easily the highlight of my trip to northern Thailand. Bee, our guide, was fantastic- he stopped to point out interesting natural features about the environment, plants, flowers, birds, etc. He was knowledgeable in explaining how rice farming and rubber plantations that we saw worked. We biked at an easy pace- through villages, farmland, and country roads- and it was really a wonderful way to take it all in and get a sense of rural life in Thailand. Lots of opportunities for great pics.
We stopped for breaks many times, the food and fruit was fantastic. Lunch is also included, as well as a tour of the magnificent White Temple (unique in Thailand). At the end of the day, we hiked about 1.5km to a beautiful 70 m waterfall in a nature preserve- a really nice trip through the rain forest at an easy pace.
In short, I loved this experience and had a great time and am most enthusiastic in my recommendations!
Highly recommended
Rating: 4.5 of 5
Rating: 4.5 of 5
I initially just booked the tour to keep up my mountain biking chops and have a convenient guide to the White Temple I was going to visit anyway, but the tour was much better than I expected. Bee and the crew are all very friendly, willing to answer questions both frankly and humorously. Interesting cultural things are pointed out along the way, that one would probably easily otherwise miss. Lastly, ample food and drink provided throughout the day. If you're not in the best biking shape or in great shape, the guides are willing to speed up with you/trail behind based on your speed, which is also a plus. If you've got a day to spare in Chiang Rai, you won't be disappointed joining along!
This was so much fun
Rating: 4.5 of 5
Rating: 4.5 of 5
We signed up for a half day tour thinking it would be too hot to ride in the afternoon, but after lunch we decided to do the whole day ride because it was so fun. The guides were great and they took us on these wonderful back roads skirting town and rice paddies, through rubber tree farms, and to the White Temple. We ended the day with a nice walk through bamboo forests to a beautiful waterfall. Food and water were plentiful, and the guides were always smiling and fun. Totally worth it.
The best part of my trip
Rating: 4.5 of 5
Rating: 4.5 of 5
I am so happy we booked this Chiang Rai Bicycle Tour.
Bee was the best tour guide I could ask for. He was a monk for 8 years, and was able to offer us meaningful information about Buddhist ideologies and practices. The tour was incredibly well-organized. Just as I would think "I don't think I can go on…too much uphill" there would be a rest stop, and his van would magically appear with cold drinks and delicious snacks.
Bee showed us very interesting things along the way (I won't spoil it for you!!) and was very knowledgeable about the culture of the village inhabitants.
I enjoyed every minute of this tour. I booked the full day, and would recommend this option. This was one of our favorite days in Thailand, and made the trip to Chiang Ria totally and completely worthwhile.
Have you been to Chiang Rai Bicycle Tour? Why not write a review and share your experiences below!


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Load-bearing beams can be constructed from a variety of materials, including timber, steel and reinforced concrete, depending upon the precise application.
Timber Beams
The bearing capacity of a timber beam is determined by the crushing strength of the timber fiber. Like dry density, bearing capacity depends on the thickness of the cell walls in any given timber species, so dry density is often a good indicator of bearing capacity.
Steel Beams
The application of a heavy, concentrated load to a steel beam or girder can induce high stress in the area of the beam immediately beneath the load. This can cause outward buckling of the area, and it may be necessary to insert a plate to spread out the load.
Concrete Beams
Concrete beams are commonly used in structural design. When a load is applied to a concrete beam, the bottom of the beam must stretch, or become longer, while the top of the beam must contract, or become shorter. Building designers must take these compressive forces into account when calculating the bearing capacity of a beam.


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Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Meatloaf inspired by Italy
I should really call it a Boston Meatloaf, because this kind of meatloaf was found on a family trip to Boston many years ago. We had a holiday apartment on Beacon street at Boston Common downtown and found an Italian supermarket - Da Luca - just a few streets away. That was our daily source for food and groceries for a whole week. At the deli counter this meatloaf made a daily appearance and the old lady behind the deli counter got us hooked on it the first day we went inside looking for food. It became a classic in our family. My Dad and I experimented several times until we got the taste right. Then it became our family favourite dish. When we made meatloaf, we made it the Boston way.
recipe for 4:
300 g pork mince
300 g beef mince
2 tsp Dijon mustard
2 onions chopped
1 spring onion chopped
3 cloves of garlic chopped
6 pieces of sun dried tomatoes in oil chopped
2 tbsp capers chopped
4 caper apples chopped
3 tbsp green olives chopped
2 dinner rolls soaked in milk and squeezed out
1 egg
1 tsp dried oregano and dried thyme
salt and pepper
1 tbsp olive oil
500 g passata
3 bell peppers roasted in the oven
8 button mushrooms roasted in the oven
1/2 glass wine
In a big bowl mix the meat with the ingredients and with your hands make sure to make a well mixed and smooth dough. Divide it in two portions and shape two bread like loafs.
You can rest these in the fridge for 30 min to firm up.
In a saucepan with a lid, heat up the oil and fry the loafs on both sides until they get a good colour.
Add the tomato passata, the wine and the oven roasted veggies, season and bring to a boil.
Reduce the heat, close the lid and simmer for 60 min.
I usually make my meatloaf the day before I will serve it and after 45 minutes, I get it off the heat, cool it down and store it in the fridge until the next day. That way all the flavours will intensify.
The next day I slowly reheat it and cook it for 15 more minutes. That is the time the pasta will need to get ready.
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Obama's Medicaid Expansion Proving a Bad Bargain for States
[Editor's Note: The are groups building a coalition to force this expansion in Tennessee this next session of the General Assembly. Be ready with the TRUTH.]
Advocates in Washington of the Affordable Care Act have been fighting tooth and nail to preserve the president's signature health-care law–and they're fighting even harder to expand it in the states. Conservative lawmakers in our home states of Utah and Florida recently defeated a combined three proposals to expand Medicaid under ObamaCare. They were absolutely right to do so, as the fiscal messes in states that did expand Medicaid demonstrate.
Recall that the Affordable Care Act was designed to essentially bribe states to expand their Medicaid programs: The feds offered to pay 100% of additional costs through 2016, dropping to 90% by 2020. This "free money" prompted 30 states and the District of Columbia to take the deal. Democratic activists have joined with state hospital lobbies to pressure lawmakers in the remaining 20 state capitals to follow.
Continue reading "Obama's Medicaid Expansion Proving a Bad Bargain for States" at wsj.com.


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HK shares higher ahead of corporate earnings results
Hong Kong shares reversed early losses to end higher on Monday, powered by a surge in China Mobile.
This week sees a plethora of corporate earnings results released this week which will test the strength of the market and provide a read on the current valuation of the Hong Kong market.
There is still significant cash levels held by local and international funds still underweight from 2011 when the Hong Kong market fell 20 per cent.
The Hang Seng Index rose 0.2 percent to 21,134.18 points. It briefly flirted with 21,200, a level it tested on Friday.
China Mobile (0941.HK) surged to its highest since August 2009, after HSBC upgraded the Hong Kong-listed shares of China's largest mobile operator from neutral to overweight, raising its target price by 25 percent to HK$100. The stock rose 3.9% to HK$87.45.
Goldman Sachs upgraded China Mobile, which sent the stock up 4 percent that day.
For the year, China Mobile is up 15.2 percent, while smaller rival China Unicom (0762.HK) is down 15.3 percent -- a stark reversal from 2011.
Turnover on the Hong Kong main board slumped to its lowest since January 16, while in Shanghai A-share turnover rose for a third-straight session to its highest in a week.
Other Market analysis articles
- Beijing's struggle to keep arable land away from the developers
- The iron-ore deposit that grows with every headline
- The end of scientific development, return to property speculation
- CNOOC looks to unconventional oil and gas to increase production
- Hang Seng Index climbs 1.3%, strong start to year
- China's Shanghai Index kicks on signs of easier monetary policy
- Guangdong inks 10% GDP growth
- Hang Seng Index hits three months high
- China stock index broaches 2,300 level
- China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group closer to offer for uranium company
- China's steel output up 8.9% in 2011
- Shanghai's GDP grows 8.2% in 2011, strong retail sales
- Guangxi is now China's largest coal importer
- Hong Kong stocks climb 1.6%, highest close since Sept. 1
- Hang Seng Index unchanged in light Fri trading


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Parish co-opts TWO councillors to replace Leslie Jarrett!
Not one but two candidates for "co-option" to Colnbrook Parish Council were considered this week and the Parish may just take both of them, minutes show.
As we reported on Wednesday, Scott Bryant was selected as the new councillor-designate to replace Leslie Jarrett, subject to formal approval at the full Council meeting on March 4.
However minutes show that councillors also interviewed Mrs Safia Akram during the closed meeting.
While the committee decided that Mr Bryant be co-opted into the current vacancy, it also recommended that Mrs Akram be co-opted as a "supernumerary" councillor.
It is not clear whether the unusual status would entitle Mrs Akram to vote at council meetings. The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994, which brought the parish into existence, only allows for twelve councillors.
While Cllr Brenner's resignation – announced on the same day as the meeting – has created an additional vacancy, the Parish may not legally fill this vacancy without first giving the opportunity to residents for a by-election.
The anachronism of the legislation around parish councils gives residents 14 days to request an election without knowing who may or may not stand. But with both candidates declaring after the window, fellow councillors get to make the choice without a public vote.
Both new councillors live "in the west" of the Parish where representation is poorest.
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Sayer Ji – Modern science is only beginning to catch up to the wisdom of the ancients: plants possess sentience and a rudimentary form of intelligence.
Joe Battaglia – Grow incredible foods in a fraction of the space with this incredible artform.
Media – Author of Intelligence in Nature, shares a fascinating discovery of a thread of highly intelligent behavior in the natural world.
Sayer Ji – A groundbreaking new study reveals more about how plants communicate with humans.
Sergey Baranov – The Amazon is home to countless species of plants, many of which have incredible curative properties which know no equal in the world.
Alisa Opar – New research into plant senses reveals how plants can hear, touch, feel, and identify attackers.
Josh Richardson – The role of the Fibonacci sequence in the growth of plants is an intriguing example of the unifying order behind all creation.
Sayer Ji – Today, the weight of evidence indicates that plants and not chemicals are the solution for reversing the global cancer epidemic…
Video – Plants do behave and lead anything but solitary and sedentary lives.
Christina Sarich – "Biotech would like us to believe that genetically modified organisms have been around for ages…"
Film – A film that questions the intelligence of plants and examines how plants perceive their environment and if they have the ability to remember and feel.
Mae Chan, Prevent Disease Waking Times Many people are finally becoming acquainted with how plants such as cannabis are effective medicinally. Others are very familiar with the healing abilities of…
E. Dahl, Prevent Disease Waking Times A word is a thought expressed, and it has been said that our thoughts speak louder than our words. The power of the mind…
Stephen Harrod Buhner, Reality Sandwich Waking Times Stephen Harrod Buhner will be joining Dennis McKenna for the live, interactive video course, "What Plants Can Teach You: Consciousness and Intelligence in Nature."…
Sayer Ji, Green Med Info Waking Times A groundbreaking new study published in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research titled, "Interspecies communication between plant and mouse gut host cells through edible plant derived…
Jefferey Jaxen, Contributor Waking Times Many of the plants we pass in the background of our day are hard at work. They are employed by the planet as construction workers,…
April McCarthy, Prevent Disease Waking Times Like higher organisms, plants appear able to make complex decisions. A new study shows that plants may be able to initiate a survival mechanism…
Jill Richardson, AlterNet Waking Times Sometimes herbs can deliver up healing powers that pharmaceutical companies can only dream about. Can't sleep? Try lemon balm. Suffer from anxiety? Lemon balm. Want…
Daniel Chamovitz, Prevent Disease Waking Times Have you ever wondered what the grass under your feet feels, what an apple tree smells, or a marigold sees? Plants stimulate our senses…
Paul Lenda, Guest Waking Times There's a heightening level of awareness within the human race with regards to nature and all that is contained within it. Everything from the discoveries…


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Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
Cepeda Systems & Software Analysis, Inc. (CSSA) recently received formal notification of winning NASA's Agency-Level 2016 Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year Award in the national Small Business Industry Awards. The company won the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Award earlier in the year, and the center then nominated CSSA for the prestigious agency-level award.
Each year, the national awards program through the NASA Office of Small Business Programs honors companies for outstanding support of NASA and its mission. The four categories of competition include Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year, Small Business Subcontractor of the Year, Large Business Prime Contractor of the Year and Mentor-Protégé Agreement of the Year.
CSSA has provided engineering support to NASA's MSFC for more than a decade, and leads the agency's Flight & Ground Software Division in implementing process improvement solutions. Each NASA center submitted nominations, and CSSA rose to the top once again to earn the highest possible award, the company reported.
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Trailer (2008)
"Everything you know is about to change forever." 15 May 2008 Adventure, Fantasy, Family 150 mins
One year after their incredible adventures in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter, Edmund, Lucy and Susan Pevensie return to Narnia to aid a young prince whose life has been threatened by the evil King Miraz. Now, with the help of a colorful cast of new characters, including Trufflehunter the badger and Nikabrik the dwarf, the Pevensie clan embarks on an incredible quest to ensure that Narnia is returned to its rightful heir.
Watch the official The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 2008 trailer in HD below or find more The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian videos on Vidimovie.


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These generators deliver significant power in a compact package and are highly customizable to meet an end user's specific requirements.
KOHLER, Wis. (PRWEB) July 19, 2017
Excitement surrounding the availability of the KOHLER KD Series of industrial generators continues to build as the company hosts informational open house events in partnership with its dealers and distributors around the globe. By the end of the year, Kohler anticipates holding more than 100 events worldwide to celebrate the rollout of its new, high performance KD Series. Each event includes networking and entertainment, educational sessions, and a live product demonstration for key decision makers in targeted industries.
The KOHLER KD Series is now available worldwide under the KOHLER and KOHLER-SDMO brands. The 800kW to 4000kW industrial line is designed to deliver extreme durability and ultimate reliability in a variety of emergency and prime applications. Targeted industries include: data centers, healthcare, water treatment, oil and gas, telecommunications, mining, and more.
"Being involved with these events has been rewarding because everyone who sees the KD Series in action walks away with a favorable impression," said Jim Rummel, senior product manager for Kohler. "These generators deliver significant power in a compact package and are highly customizable to meet an end user's specific requirements. Based on the responses that I've seen, the KD Series is definitely connecting with an important group of customers who are seeking a fresh alternative when it comes to highly efficient, dependable industrial power systems."
For additional information about the new KD Series of industrial generators, visit http://www.KohlerPower.com. A dealer locator is available on the site, making it easy to pinpoint the nearest KOHLER sales and service organization.
A global force in power solutions since 1920, Kohler is committed to reliable, leading-edge products and comprehensive after-sale support. Kohler's acquisition of SDMO in 2005 created one of the world's largest manufacturers of generators and power solutions. The companies collectively have more than 150 years of experience in industrial power and now benefit from global R&D, manufacturing, and sales and service. For additional information, please visit http://www.kohlerpower.com or http://www.kohlersdmo.com.
Founded in 1873 and headquartered in Kohler, Wisconsin, Kohler Co. is one of America's oldest and largest privately held companies. With more than 55 manufacturing locations worldwide, Kohler is a global leader in the manufacture of engines and power systems; kitchen and bath products; premier cabinetry and tile; and owner/operator of two of the world's finest five-star hospitality and golf resort destinations in Kohler and St Andrews, Scotland. For more details, please visit http://www.kohler.com.


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Insurance companies refer to our facility frequently with the confidence that the patient's problems will be resolved in an efficacious manner. Rascal Creek PT has a reputation throughout the insurance industry of ethical, appropriate, timely, and cost effective care. Because of the level of expertise of the therapists at Rascal Creek, patients are evaluated to set up a specific treatment program designed to resolve problems quickly, without unnecessary, palliative, and time consuming treatments.
We Specialize in... Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Orthopedic rehabilitation encompasses a wide range of injuries and problems involving the joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones and peripherial nerves. In physical therapy we work to resolve pain, limited motion, gait problems, weakness, loss of function, and to prevent recurrence. We take a global approach to the patient's body and don't limit our evaluation and treatment to just the problem area. We look at the whole patient and provide solutions.
Athletic Rehabilitation
Athletic injuries are essentially orthopedic injuries which have a sport specific component. Our goal for the athlete is to return the patient to the sport quickly, while preventing re-injuries through proper warm-up and training procedures.
Spinal Rehabilitation
Spinal rehabilitaion refers to problems with your neck or back. It is a subspecialty of orthopedics and should be treated as such. Because of the unique structure of the spine and special problems related to this area, specilaized training is necessary to ensure appropriate treatment.
Because the majority of problems are mechanical, relating to specific activities, postures, and habits of the patient's life style, a mechanical solution is necessary. Our staff are experts in spinal care with post-graduate training in the manual therapy approach to diagnosis and treatment. A thorough evaluation will be performed to identify movements, positions, and activities that aggravate the condition as well as those that will decrease symptoms. Emphasis here is on active self-treatment in which the patient plays a vital role.
Hand Rehabilitation
Because of the unique structure, anatomy and functional requiements of the hand, specialized training is necessary for proper rehabilitation. Hand rehabilitation is truly a subspecialty of orthopedics. We work closely with your physician to be sure appropriate treatment is being rendered for the specific surgical intervention you have received. Splinting will be done as needed.
Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy is a specialized area of medicine, focusing on returning function and treating symptoms in the upper body. This may be needed after a work injury, following surgery or with the repetitive trauma of overworking the wrist and hands. Carpal tunnel syndrome and other repetitive stress disorders are particularly responsive to treatment by our OT.
Speech Therapy
By special arrangements with a local speech pathologist, you can arrange for treatment of speech and language disorders at RCPT as well. This is a new service for us and we hope you will remember us if the need arises for Speech Therapy.
Pelvic Health
Our Pelvis specialist can evaluate and treat incontinence, pregnancy related issues (pre and post partum), pelvic pain, painful tailbone and other painful conditions of the joints and muscles of the pelvis and lower abdomen, neuralgia, nerve entrapment and many other problems of the pelvis. Please call if you have questions about our evaluation and treatment options in the pelvis.


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Executive Moves
Brian Harniman
Brian Harniman, 42, was elected Advisor.
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|eCommission Solutions
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|December 4, 2014
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|Job Function
|Corporate Mgmt - Chrmn, CEO, CFO, Owner, Pres, VP, Other Exec
|Job Description
|Brian Harniman joins the newly appointed Advisory Board for eCommission Solutions, the travel technology and business intelligence leader. As an advisor, Harniman will provide ECS management with counsel and guidance pertaining to growth strategy, global expansion, product development and customer relations. Harniman is a serial entrepreneur with over 18 years experience leading innovation in travel companies. He was on the founding team of priceline.com and held executive positions at KAYAK, Hickory Global Partners, Open List and Where I've Been. Harniman co-founded Brand New Matter in 2013 and leads the firm�s Travel & Hospitality practice.
|Company Headquarters
|New York City, NY
|Company Description
|eCommission Solutions is a technology, services and data solutions provider to the travel industry. The company�s suite of proprietary products and services help travel management companies and corporate travel departments generate incremental revenue, reduce costs and gain visibility into their businesses. ECS has industry leading data consolidation, reporting and analytics, revenue recovery, and transaction reconciliation solutions to meet the needs of any size seller of travel.
|Office Location
|1350 Broadway New York, NY


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Summer's coming…
This year really seems to have flown by so far. Goodness knows what we have been doing for 4 months. It is nearly May already! We have got through another winter and the days are getting lighter. We love spring and summer here at Poppy Kitten Designs. We believe it is important to appreciate the simple things in life…such as morning coffee in the garden with our kitties, long summer walks, summer evening strolls to the pub for a glass of wine, the smell of freshly cut grass and summer flowers. Yes, it is safe to say we LOVE summer. Not only do we love summer…..but we also love our holidays and travel….and this is the time of year we start planning for our holidays and travels.
So, what better to add a range of summer and travel themed products to our online shop……Here are our brand new travel wallets :
Travel in Style
Keep all your documents safe and in one place with one of these beautiful travel wallets. Whether you are backpacking round the world, jetting off for a city break, on a family holiday to Disneyland…….these are just perfect to get organised.
Get super organised for your trip with one of our beautiful travel wallets. We have a range of different designs to choose from and they are all absolutely gorgeous. They also make perfect leaving gifts, maybe for someone going on a gap year or trip of a lifetime. This one is the Bon Voyage Travel Wallet and is available here.
Travel Wallets for Cat Lovers
For the cat loving travellers amongst you, we have this beautiful Meow Travel Wallet and you can also purchase matching luggage tags and even a little compact mirror to go with it :
Check out more……
We have more travel wallets in different designs in the Gifts section of our website. Check out some of the beautiful designs and choose your favourite. We also have lots of beautiful jewellery, scarves and cosmetic purses which are perfect for summer holidays.
See us in Person?
If you would like to see our ever-expanding range of jewellery, travel and animal themed gifts and accessories – it would be lovely to meet you at one of our fairs & shows. We are travelling the length and breadth of the country this year, why not see if we are dropping anchor in your part of the UK by checking out our Events page.
We hope to see you soon,


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The guardian | Christopher Knaus:
Irreplaceable Indigenous rock art at a site in remote Western Australia has been vandalised with graffiti, treated with contempt by outsiders, and placed under threat by an invasive weed, an inquiry has heard. Murujuga, commonly known as the Burrup peninsula near Karratha, holds the largest concentration of ancient rock art in the world – 2,500 registered Aboriginal heritage sites… Read more
Image: Murujuga paleolithic rock art, which is threatened by visitors, an invasive weed and an planned ammonium nitrate plant, according to submissions to a Senate inquiry. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian


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The release of the trend map comes a day before the preliminary rounds of the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee, where spelling champs from across the nation will compete for up to a $40,000 cash prize, trips to NY and Los Angeles and an engraved trophy. Next year he will begin learning Spanish in school. He has taken Indian Carnatic music lessons and is now taking piano lessons.
Ben is a well rounded kid who plays viola and baseball, in addition to studying for spelling bees.
Her scores from the oral competition will be added to scores from a spelling and vocabulary test she took Tuesday to determine whether she will advance to Thursday's finals. "My wife has been the one who has worked with her the most".
When the proverbial curtain raises on the National Spelling Bee on Wednesday, two Arizona girls will be among the students vying to win it all.
Still, most of us just struggle with the basics. She loves trying new foods. She's a little bit nervous - but not a lot. When the 13-year-old started elementary school, he had to learn how to talk and interact with his classmates. Isacson says she also studies word origins. She likes to read and is on her school's student council. Eleven represent the Bahamas, Canada, Ghana, Jamaica, Japan and South Korea.
Wednesday's preliminary rounds will whittle at the contestants until only about 50 are left. A good portion, including the final rounds, are aired on national television.
The local competitor at the National Scripps National Spelling Bee, Sidney Area LEAH homeschooler Melodie Loya, said on Tuesday she was feeling well-prepared as she awaits the next round of the competition. The winning spellers get seriously rewarded for their knowledge - in cash prizes.
Where: Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, metropolitan D.C.


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DIY Montessori Dressing Frames - On the Cheap ($5 each)
While writing that article we did a lot of research and looked at a lot of DIY options as alternatives, since quality dressing frames are generally $20+ each. There were no easy and cheap DIY options that could match the quality of purchased dressing frames, so we came up with our own method to construct Montessori dressing frames that rival the high quality ones you can purchase at Neinhuis or Amazon.
As an added bonus, this is an activity your child can help you with, making the dressing frames is a Montessori activity in itself. Double whammy! These are perfect for homeschooling, keeping a toddler busy, kindergarten prep and just downright fun.
Here is the guide step by step. We also have a video at the end that shows our whole process! It is our first upload to YouTube. If you like it, please subscribe as that will keep us pumping out new stuff.
Step 1. Go and buy the parts, Here is our list.
4 - 90 degree 1/2 inch copper elbows
1 - 48 inch long 5/8 inch diameter dowel rod
1 - old piece of clothing that has the fasteners you like.
1 - staple gun
1 - small tube of super glue.
That is it. These are super simple to make.
Here is a list if you want to order it all on Amazon:
Step 2. Fold
Fold the clothing item as pictured. Make sure to get it even on both sides.
Step 3. Measure
Measure the width of of the folded shirt as pictured. Try to land this about 8 inches wide.
Step 4. Saw
Cut the dowel rod into two 8 inch lengths, or whatever width your clothing item wound up being. Cut the remainder of the rod in half. In our case this yielded two 8 inch pieces and two 16 inch pieces.
Step 5. Assemble
Assemble the frame into a rectangle with the copper elbows and slide it into your folded shirt. If it fits, remove it and super glue all of the copper elbows to the dowel rods.
Step 6. Staple
Once the glue has dried on the connections, slide the frame back into the folded shirt and flip it buttons down. Pull the shirt where it is tight across the button side and begin to staple it to the frame. Be generous with the staples here.
Step 7. Tie
Once everything is stapled together, take the sleeves and tie them into a knot as shown. This is keep them out of the way. Alternatively, you could cut the sleeves off at this point as they are no longer useful.
Step 8. Play
That is all there is to it. These frames can be completed for around $5 each and will stand up to toddler abuse. Also, if they happen to rip the clothing, a couple more staples should mend it.
Let us know what you think.
Thanks for reading!