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"Close Tones in Tuscany" - Gum arabic gouache
Marta Bartolozzi, a native New Yorker and resident of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, is a graduate of the Parson's School of Design. She also studied at the Art Students' League in New York City and at the Instituto del 'Arte a Ristauro in Florence, Italy.
"Houses on the Hill" - Gum arabic gouache
Marta lived in Florence from 1984 to 1990 where she apprenticed and worked with master artisans in the field of restoration and decoration of wood. It was here that she mastered the use of gum arabic gouache, the medium used exclusively in that field, and the medium she used for her paintings.
"Tuscan Road" - Gum arabic gouache
Her work has been exhibited in galleries and juried art shows in the Greater Philadelphia area. She has won awards from the Plastic Club, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, Chester County Art Association, among others. She has exhibited in New York City's Chris Ellis Collection, Columbus Ohio's David Barker Corporate Art, Main Line's Acton Galleries and Gallery Off The Square. Her work is in private collections throughout the United States.
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The Hotel Ciudad de Navalcarnero is a three star hotel in Navalcarnero, Madrid. Created to satisfy a demanding public that appreciates not only a strategic location of the premises and quality services, but also seeks an exquisite personalized service during your stay.
In our premises we were interested in knowing your tastes to make you feel at home.
We are many employees at your service with one and the same goal: that our professionalism and experience will translate into a memorable stay for you.
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Manual/Moving and Handling Assessment and Training
N-Able Services are able to provide manual handling assessments where required by a qualified assessor and trainer.
This will commence with a full and effective risk assessment process. We keep our Clients at the centre of the risk assessment process to ensure that issues or concerns are recognised, addressed and managed. We have a holistic and rehabilitative approach when undertaking the process with sensitivity and respect.
The assessment process can help to indicate training required by support workers. We provide training which is evidence based and responsive to risks associated with moving and handling Clients.
Assessment and training tailored to suit the individual Client and their support team can be arranged.


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Community Group Questions 11/13/11/
11/13/11 – Grounded Check out this quick video tip for you this week:
Main Text: Ephesians 3:14-21, Romans 8:32Topics:
- As we are more aware of God's incredible love for us, we are strengthened and filled.
- We are unable to grasp God's love, it is beyond our capacity to fully comprehend. Understanding this is something that God has to do in our hearts.
- Awe of this incredible love of God is what GROUNDS us as Christians.
- When we pray, we have total rest and faith that He can do far more than all we ask or think. And we know when He does act, it will be out of love.
- We can pray to Him with great expectation that however He answers is with the utmost of intentionality.
- How do we know He loves us? He gave us His Son. If He would not spare His own Son, will he not give us all things? (Romans 8:32)
Key Questions:
- If someone is said to be "grounded," what do you think that means?
- How does feeling loved by someone, strengthen us?
- What does it feel like to be "filled with all the fullness of God?" Can anyone share a time when you experienced that?
- When have you been awed by God's power?
- When have you been awed by His love?
- How do you tend to feel, when it seems like God is neglecting your prayers?
- When is a time you are glad God did not give you what you asked for?
- How does reflecting on how He sacrificed Jesus for us (the Gospel), strengthen our faith in His love?
- When we feel like our prayers are being neglected, what is something practical we can do to be strengthened by the love of God? (...and don't just say read you Bible and pray. What should you read? What should you pray? What else can you do? Be creative.)
- How do we fuel each other's awe of God's love and power?
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Since 2006, Lost City has written and reported on the changes of the city. The site now says goodbye in a well-composed, all-to-true letter. Embedded: It is still inconceivable to me that New York could have (and elect, and "elect") a mayor who witnessed the extinction of such irreplaceable city landmarks—Chumley's, Gino, Gage & Tollner, Cafe Des Artistes, Manny's, Astroland, The Green Church, Cedar Tavern, Gertel's Bakery, CBGB's, Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium and countless other institutions—and never uttered a peep. No comment, no stump speech, no recognition of what was passing into history on his watch. Not even lip service. He stood by and watched Coney Island, one of the most iconic neighborhoods in New York, utterly destroyed. He never saw the value of what was vanishing.
I'm proud of Lost City. As a writer, it's the purest and most idealistic thing I've ever done. It may not have saved a single building, or prevented a single piece of luxury crapitecture. But I know it occasionally caused discomfort to the powers that be, and that it alerted some readers to a few of the City's treasures. For that alone, it was worth it.
Thank you for opening our eyes, Lost City.


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Growing List Shows Success of VerticalResponse for Partners and the VerticalResponse Application Programming Interface
San Francisco, Calif., November 28, 2007 – VerticalResponse, Inc. (www.verticalresponse.com) today announced three new partners who are deploying its award-winning, on-demand email marketing services to affect change in their respective industries. VerticalResponse provides email delivery, bounce/unsubscribe management, open/click tracking and much more for its partners through the VerticalResponse Application Programming Interface (API) and VerticalResponse for Partners.
"We've developed our product to be as broadly applicable as possible, to as many types of small businesses that exist," said Janine Popick, founder and CEO of VerticalResponse. "Our partner program helps make our product available to those who want to resell another great tool in addition to the ones they already have."
VerticalResponse API
VerticalResponse launched its API in April 2007, allowing its award-winning self-service email marketing software to be extended and integrated into other platforms. The API allows businesses to hook into the robust VerticalResponse Email platform and extend marketing activities for not only themselves, but also their customers.
Integrating VerticalResponse's world class email marketing solution takes a single SOAP (web services language) call customary in most APIs. The API grants access to all the features of a VerticalResponse account, and several leading companies have taken advantage. The end result is the reliability and top-notch deliverability of VerticalResponse's email marketing platform, granting real-time access to new VerticalResponse functionality they choose to use as it's released. In addition to recently-announced integrations with LongJump from Relationals, Inc. and NetBooks from NetBooks, Inc.®, Pet Portals, powered by VetInsite, has found great success with VerticalResponse.
Pet Portals provides automatic client communication services to veterinary practices throughout the United States and Canada. Email services are an integral part of Pet Portals and are included in the standard Pet Portal package. Using VerticalResponse's API, Pet Portals automatically send a variety of pet health-related e-mails to veterinary clinic clients, including vaccination and exam reminders, pet birthday emails, seasonal pet health updates, and more. Pet Portals emails always use a hospital's name as a return address and contain the practice's signature, so they appear to come directly from each individual veterinary practice, but require no work on their behalf.
"VerticalResponse's email marketing solutions play a key role in the communication services Pet Portals provides," said Sean Phillips, CIO of Pet Portals. "Helping the veterinarians in our customer base keep in frequent, highly personalized touch with their clients leads to stronger relationships, and better revenue. Pet owners who use Pet Portals increase their spending by 34%!"
VerticalResponse for Partners
VerticalResponse for Partners is designed for companies who can benefit from providing a solid email marketing service to their customers. The most successful users are those who offer a value added service which can be complimented by VerticalResponse's easy to use tools and industry leading delivery.
"The beauty of our partner program is that we allow our partners the flexibility to integrate our suite of tools into their business," said Alex Scalisi, Director of Sales for VerticalResponse. "Partners can immediately expand their service offering by using a best of breed co-branded solution, all while leaving the backend work of maintaining a world class email marketing engine to us."
In addition to allowing partners to provide greater marketing tools to their customers, VerticalResponse for Partners provides the following:
- Commissions on Every Purchase or the ability to forego commissions to give customers a discount
- Partner Dashboard, to give a full view of who's signing up for the co-branded solution, how they're using it, and what they stand to earn
- Built-in Viral Marketing, in the form of a logo positioned on all of their customer's outbound email campaigns to improve brand awareness and drive more traffic
- Assigned Account Manager serves as a single point of contact for any account-related or other questions a partner needs handled by an experienced marketing professional
- VIP Customer Service is a trademark of VerticalResponse, and partners get email, chat and phone technical support at no extra cost to their customers
- Access to salesforce.com Partnership, with a place for each partner business on Salesforce's AppExchange, whether is an existing or new partner, a salesforce.com reseller, incubator or implementer
Many partners have successfully deployed VerticalResponse for Partners, to their benefit and that of their customers.
Infoswell (www.infoswell.com), a leading service provider of revenue producing online media solutions for startup and mid-size publishing companies, provides an entirely new channel for delivery. Online tools allow magazine publishers to manage, market, and leverage their brands with web content and with custom digital media publication formats. In addition to the core publishing technology, Infoswell provides publisher specific consulting support for marketing, circulation growth, and maximizing online revenues – and VerticalResponse plays a central role.
"The two key online tools every publisher must leverage today are the publication website and digital edition," said David Blankenship, VP of sales and marketing for Infoswell. "VerticalResponse not only promises delivery of the digital edition, but also provides the tools we need to provide audited trend metrics to track and measure against the unique strategy we develop for each publication brand to ensure profitability online. It's invaluable to our business, and a huge differentiator to be able to provide our customers with a proven leader in the field."
By using VerticalResponse to guarantee delivery for traditional publishers, Infoswell takes advantage of award-winning service and product. Without having to create a custom system, Infoswell also saves customers money, while building brand.
Another successful partner relationship helps SGW – Integrated Marketing Communications (www.sgw.com/campaigns), a traditional agency where eight integrated business units work together, create and deploy strategic, step-by-step communications roadmaps for customers. SGW goes beyond designing and programming websites, by also developing email campaigns, sales lead distributions systems and inquiry handling fulfillment programs to provide two-way electronic communications and real-time online measurement reporting capabilities.
"VerticalResponse replaced a legacy email system that had been developed in-house, and the advantage of the service and upkeep taking place on their end is huge considering it would have cost well over $50,000 for us to program and develop our own system," said Kris Scelba, Vice President at SGW. "In addition to what that means to our customers, VerticalResponse proved its unparalleled service by getting us up and running in three days."
The VerticalResponse Partner program is part of the company's continued growth. The company has seen nearly 36% increase in revenue over this time last year.
About Infoswell
Infoswell (www.infoswell.com) is the leading service provider of revenue producing online media solutions for startup and mid-size publishing companies. The company's online publishing media tools allow magazine publishers to manage, market, and leverage their brands online with web content management and in digital media publication formats. In addition to the publishing software technology, Infoswell provides publisher specific consulting support for marketing, circulation growth, and maximizing online revenues.
About Pet Portals, powered by VetInsite
VetInsite was founded by Peter S. Glassman, DVM, and Athena Haresign to provide veterinarians with new ways to build relationships, offer their clients 24/7 convenience, and grow their businesses. The Pet Portals service is our core product. Pet Portals work in conjunction with practice management software systems to create private, individual websites that pet owners access through their veterinarians' websites. (Pet owners view ONLY information commonly shared with them on an invoice, statement, medication label, or reminder card. Private medical notes and comments are never shared.) Pet Portals are compatible with the practice management software systems used by over 90% of veterinary hospitals in the U.S. and Canada. They are easy to use, strengthen client relationships, and increase practice revenue.
About SGW
SGW - Integrated Marketing Communications (https://www.sgw.com/Campaigns/) – is an integrated marketing and communications company, where eight individual business units (research/brand strategy, creative/brand development, media analysis/buying, PR/Publicity, web/interactive development, video/multi-media production, local marketing (Co-op advertising), and IT/network administration work as a team to create a strategic integrated marketing and communications strategy enabling each of their client's brand to reach its ultimate destination.
About VerticalResponse
VerticalResponse, Inc. () is a leading provider of self-service email marketing and direct mail services empowering businesses of all sizes to create, manage and analyze their own direct marketing campaigns. VerticalResponse's flagship product, which allows customers to deliver sophisticated yet easily deployed email campaigns, is the most intuitive and affordable Web-based direct marketing solution available. VerticalResponse is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For additional information, please visit www.verticalresponse.com.


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We believe that keeping children safe from harm of any kind is every adult's responsibility and we take our safeguarding responsibilities seriously.
Safeguarding in school is a very wide area which covers all aspects of keeping children safe at all times. It includes the physical environment of the school buildings and land, a wide range of practices and procedures, and close liaison with a range of other agencies.
We are committed to monitoring and listening to all our pupils to identify possible problems. Where there are serious concerns about a child's safety, we will share our concerns with the relevant authorities.
As part of our Safeguarding role, we teach all children how to keep themselves and others safe (at an age-appropriate level). Our PSHE Scheme of Work includes work on Domestic Violence, Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Bullying, Personal Safety, Inappropriate touching, Secrets, Relationships, Cyber Bullying, Internet security etc. Children are also given clear information about how to report things they feel uncomfortable about.
We work closely with other agencies eg the Police, Social Care, the Health Service etc. to ensure that children in danger are identified and kept safe.
From time to time, families may find themselves in difficulties which could prove detrimental to their children. We will work with those families so that they are supported to ensure their children's safety and well-being and signpost them to other agencies who may be able to offer help and support.
There are two designated Safeguard Leaders in school: Mrs. A. Sherwood and Mr. J. Patching. Concerns about child protection and safeguarding should be reported to them as soon as possible. Safeguarding is monitored by the Governors and the designated Governor is Mr. M. Battle.
If you have any concerns that a child is in danger, you should report it to Social Care Emergency Duty team 0116 305 005 or the Police.


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Friday, October 30, 2009
Smart Growth Lost
Dr Weast, US Surgeon General David Satcher, and MHTSA Administrator Dr. Sue Bailey at East Silver Spring ES for Walk to School Day. Harriet Tregoning is at the podium in the photo on the lower left.
I was first introduced to Smart Growt back in 2000, when I met Secretary of the Office of Smart Growth, Harriet Tregoning. She came to help celebrate Walk to School Day at East Silver Spring ES. In 2003, she came to speak at a meeting I organized to support Smart Growth in Montgomery County. Many "Slow-Growth" Councilmembers had just lost their seats, and I thought it was mainly because they seemed "anti-everything" to a lot of voters. I beleived that people wanted to vote for candidates who were FOR somet hings, too.
Many of the peoploe who came to the meeting were from Bethesda - the first wave of Smart Growth retro-fit in Montgomery County. These people were skeptical about Smart Growth, saying that it was used as an excuse to circumvent established Mmasterplans, and expedited the process where ordinary citizens couldn't keep-up. They claimed that Smart Growth was not real, but was being used to sell ultra-high density development.
The meeting was strange. I don't know what I was thinking at the time. Still, it informed me - if no one else. I got to spend a lot of time talking with some very smart people - with opposing views, in some case. I heard the stories about sprawl and loss of green space. Impervious surfaces, pollution, loss of habitat for wildlife, etc. I know first-hand how liviable an urban community can be if it is designed well. I thought fighting and losing this war was not an option. I had naive notions of people finding common ground and working together. Even thought I didn't agree with everything that was said, I respected the people who spoke-up. I was especially impressed with Marc Elrich and Jim Humphries. They had REASONS for their positions. They had experience and instincts that I didn't have.
I don't feel that way anymore. This is not to say that I have been won-over by one side or the other. I still beleive what I beleive - that working together is the key. I just don't know if our community can pull it together enough to demand that Smart Growth be Smart, not just Growth. I still beleive, but people have to fight for it. It won't happen by itself. Left unattended by the public, it will tilt towards those who are looking for profit.
Fortunately, Smart Growth came with a set of principles that we can refer to. Again, these were introduced to me by Harriet Tregoning.
Principles of Smart Growth
Create Range of Housing Opportunities and Choices
Providing quality housing for people of all income levels is an integral component in any smart growth strategy.
Create Walkable Neighborhoods
Walkable communities are desirable places to live, work, learn, worship and play, and therefore a key component of smart growth.
Encourage Community and Stakeholder Collaboration
Growth can create great places to live, work and play -- if it responds to a community's own sense of how and where it wants to grow.
Foster Distinctive, Attractive Communities with a Strong Sense of Place
Smart growth encourages communities to craft a vision and set standards for development and construction which respond to community values of architectural beauty and distinctiveness, as well as expanded choices in housing and transportation.
Make Development Decisions Predictable, Fair and Cost Effective
For a community to be successful in implementing smart growth, it must be embraced by the private sector.
Mix Land Uses
Smart growth supports the integration of mixed land uses into communities as a critical component of achieving better places to live.
Preserve Open Space, Farmland, Natural Beauty and Critical Environmental Areas
Open space preservation supports smart growth goals by bolstering local economies, preserving critical environmental areas, improving our communities quality of life, and guiding new growth into existing communities.
Provide a Variety of Transportation Choices
Providing people with more choices in housing, shopping, communities, and transportation is a key aim of smart growth.
Strengthen and Direct Development Towards Existing Communities
Smart growth directs development towards existing communities already served by infrastructure, seeking to utilize the resources that existing neighborhoods offer, and conserve open space and irreplaceable natural resources on the urban fringe.
Take Advantage of Compact Building Design
Smart growth provides a means for communities to incorporate more compact building design as an alternative to conventional, land consumptive development.
Are these principles being observed in Montgomery County? Some? Most? You tell me. I, for one, can only answer one of these definitively. The Second Principle is , "Create Walkable Communities." We're definately not doing that. People are working hard to make things better, but we need to do more to say we are living-up to that principle in places like Silver Spring. I will be happy to repeat some suggestions in future posts...
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My dear,
Every morning I wake up and chase my dreams until midnight tolls. And then I do it again the next day, and so on. People say you need rest in your life, I choose not to. People say you should slow down, I speed up. People say you need a ton of sleep to work properly, I prove them wrong every day. People say that I'm not driven, but instead insane; I tell them I am.
You can't live a normal life and expect to do extraordinary things. Part of being successful means being a little insane.
And every morning I wake up and continue being successful until midnight tolls, and then I do it again the next day, and so on.
Falsely yours,
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Yes, it's the same old story – that 5-paragraph essay that you began writing in high school! As a college student, you will write many essays that are in the 5 paragraph format, and hopefully you understand that this means you will open with an introductory paragraph, make your point(s) with three body paragraphs, and then sum everything up with a concluding paragraph. Not every essay you write will be in this format, but enough will be that you will want to find or construct an exemplary 5 paragraph essay example. You will then be able to refer back to this 5 paragraph essay sample to make sure that you have included all of the needed elements within your essay. There are many ways to approach creating a five paragraph essay example.
The first approach might be to use your own work as an example. However, you may not wish to do so, unless you have an original essay that you truly believe is written well enough that you can reliably refer to it in the future as a 5 paragraph essay outline template. If you have written such an essay, you can take the following steps to convert it into a sample 5 paragraph essay for future reference:
Another approach to creating a sample five paragraph essay for future reference is to find an example online. Fortunately, because it is such a common essay format, there are plenty of 5 paragraph essay examples that you can download and use for your own purposes. If you go this route, please take the steps outlined above. When you use this example of a 5 paragraph essay in the future, it will make it much easier to see the various elements that you should always include. The only potential issue with downloading an essay is that you must make sure you use a reliable source. There are hundreds of essay repositories out on the internet, but not all of them have high standards of quality. Make sure that the essay you decide to use as an example has been checked for quality and originality.
A third way to obtain a five paragraph essay sample is to write one yourself. It doesn't have to be written about any particular subject. In fact, the more generic you make it, the more likely you will be able to save it as a Word template and open it up whenever you have to write an essay using this format. Then, all you will need to do is follow the example essay like a map, by placing the required pieces in the correct statements. This will make translating outlines into essays a snap! If you are particularly computer literate, you may even be able to program a macro to facilitate your essay writing.
Remember that the purpose of a five paragraph essay is to make a strong thesis statement, support that statement in the body paragraphs, and then wrap things up for the readers at the end. Having a template to refer to will help you keep your essay writing on the right track, because all you will need to do is follow the map that you have created for yourself.
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TELUS Community Board Supports Business Education for youth in Kamloops
June 25, 2014
Kamloops, BC – Junior Achievement of British Columbia (JABC) is pleased to announce that the TELUS Thompson Okanagan Community Board has donated $5,000 in support of business education programs for youth in the Interior. This generous contribution will specifically go towards the Economics for Success day program, held at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, BC.
JABC's Economics for Success program encourages middle and high school students to take a closer look at the advantages of staying in school and how the choices they make can positively impact their future dreams, aspirations and outcomes. As one Economics for Success student said, "I learned [that] I need to have a realistic look on life and not expect everything to come to me. I have to seize opportunities". This is only one of the lessons that prepares youth with the basics of work readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy through Junior Achievement's educational programs.
"The TELUS Thompson Okanagan Board is honoured to be able to assist our young people become more knowledgeable in business and provide the opportunity to support such a successful program," said Bert Braybrook, General Manager of Kamloops/Cariboo, Customer Solutions Delivery.
The TELUS Thompson Okanagan Community Board's partnership with Junior Achievement exemplifies their commitment to making a meaningful difference in the lives of the people in their community. The Economics for Success one-day program at TRU reached over 500 grade 9/10 students, and was a very memorable field trip for students who might not otherwise visit a university campus. Students learned that success and education go together, through participating in program activities and listening to a guest speaker and motivational volunteer educators, becoming inspired by hearing the stories of successful adults who stayed in school to pursue their dreams.


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I'll be on Radio 3 at 5.45 this afternoon discussing some of my favourite books, with extracts read by actor Charles Dance. The five books will be by James Joyce (Ulysees), Patrick White (The Tree of Man), Hermann Hesse (Siddartha), Boris Pasternak (Doctor Zhivago) and Fynn (Mister God, this is Anna). Listening etails here
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Pink tiny house in the Boise neighborhood: Sleeping in Portland
Had I thought about it, I might not have packed a lime green shirt to stay in a pink painted house. But in Portland's Boise neighborhood, color is waved like a flag.
I smile at a woman wrapped in a leopard print jacket and sizzling silver pencil pants. I compliment the man in a blazing Hawaiian shirt mowing his lawn in front of his sage-color Craftsman with burgundy railings. I stop to admire the bicyclists streaming down Williams Avenue, their heads crowned with a kaleidoscope of helmet hues.


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Welcome to West Valley School District from the Superintendent
It's hard to believe that summer is slipping away and that the start of the 2017-18 school year is right around the corner. Like our students, their parents, and our staff, I am eagerly anticipating the arrival of students on our first day of school. Many of you, like myself, will undoubtedly mark another year of your family's history with the start of a new school year. Whatever the year has in store for us, I can assure you that West Valley will support you and your family in every possible way to insure your student's success.
West Valley takes pride in our ability to offer a variety of unique programs designed to meet the needs of each and every student. We are a community of partnerships between students, parents, educators, businesses, churches, and neighbors working together to maximize each student's educational opportunity. One shining example of the success of these partnerships is the West Valley High School extended graduation rate of 98.8%, which is over 17% above the state average.
West Valley voters continually support levies that provide our students with high quality fine arts and music programs, state of the art technology, successful athletic programs, extra-curricular activities, an Outdoor Learning Center, field trips, a safe, reliable bus fleet, and well maintained facilities. This February when we run our Enrichment Levy, we look forward to your continued support.
We believe in partnering with our community to prepare our students for college, career, and citizenship. We do this by creating unique high-rigor programs that respond to the needs of our students, staff, and community. We are the West Valley School District.
All my best,
Dr. Gene Sementi


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text: I still can't get over how extraodinary that match with Mahut was.... Isner Puts His Feet Up as Mahut Hits Grass Again. A Chat with the Tall One. John Isner took in some R&R this past weekend hitting the Jeremiah Weed Backyard at Daytona's midfield. He relaxed and played ping pong with driver Matt Kenseth before going to work Monday at his John Isner Tennis Camp in Athens Georgia. Meanwhile Nicholas Mahut checked in at Newport's International Tennis Hall of Fame where he donated his shirt, shorts and one signed sneaker from "The Match" to the museum and began his pursuit of the Van Alen Cup. Back to the grind. Isner had a little time for questions. What kept you going physically during your marathon match? Over the past year I worked really hard off-court on my strength and endurance. I spent a lot of time in the weight room and on field wearing cleats doing sprints, suicides and more to keep my cardiovascular up. I also swam once a week. I don't think I would have performed as well if I hadn't done all that. Any secrets to what you eat or drink for fuel? I eat a lot. I'm not stuffing down Big Macs or anything like that; I eat healthy foods - a lot of them. I like pasta but try to keep a good combination of carbs and protein to fuel my big body ( 6' 9", 245 lbs). For hydration I drink coconut water prior to a match and on court. It's loaded with potassium and electrolytes which help keep me from cramping no matter how much I'm sweating. What's your on court style? Well I wear Nike and have for eight years. They did our team uniforms at the University of Georgia and so it was a natural transition when I went pro. They have the best stuff out there; the Dri-Fit is great. Do you choose what you wear in tournaments? Nike gives me a new batch of clothes about five times a year. I don't have much of a say in it but I like what they give me. How much do you hang and play with tennis friends who are the competition? Mardy Fish and James Blake live nearby in Tampa. It's good to have friends who are also players. We motivate each other. No one wants to fall behind. Did you compete in tennis as a teen? Yeah, I grew up in North Carolina and did tournaments in the state and the section. Lots of driving. Are you going to donate anything from the big match to the Hall of Fame yourself? I'm not sure of my plans yet. Give him time..he's chillin and still enjoying his win. Isner plays with the Prince O3 white racquet. http://www.tennisidentity.com/tenni...its-grass-again-a-chat-with-the-tall-one.html


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10 Home Remedies For Milk Allergies
Milk allergy is probably one of the most common allergies among children. Milk allergy is caused by over reaction of the immune system to milk and other milk products. The immune system treats milk and milk products harmful and over reacts causing an allergy.
Children are generally allergic to cow's milk, but other milk may also cause allergy. Allergic reaction may start minutes after consuming milk or it may develop after hours. Symptoms of milk allergy may be mild or severe. The allergic reactions may be wheezing, vomiting, hives and digestive problems. Sometimes it may even cause anaphylaxis, which is life threatening and warrants immediate medical attention. Some home remedies which can be administered at home for milk allergies are discussed here.
#1. Build Immunity
This natural remedy for milk allergies is done by introducing very small quantity of the allergen into the system. This will help the immune system to become less sensitive to the offending food. The quantity of the allergen is progressively increased over a period of time. The immune system will become less and less sensitive and finally it will not have an abnormal reaction to the offending food. To get over milk allergy one part of milk is mixed in 99 parts of water and this is fed. This is gradually increased to 100 percent milk over a period of 11 to 12 weeks. In most cases the allergic reaction is found to have stopped.
#2. Turmeric
Turmeric is an excellent natural home remedy for many ailments and milk allergy is one among them. The anti-inflammatory properties of turmeric will help in reducing symptoms of milk allergy. Adding turmeric to your meals daily is highly beneficial.
#3. Ginger
Ginger is has a number of health benefits. Ginger is also very useful in treating many allergies, milk allergy being one of them. It helps to increase the tolerance of milk proteins in the body. It also helps to lower the level of histamine in the body which also helps because histamine causes allergic response.
#4. Lemon
Lemon is rich in vitamin C. Vitamin C has anti allergic properties. This lowers the levels of histamine in the body. Histamine is responsible for causing allergic reaction and therefore lowering its levels in the body helps to fight allergy. Drinking lemon juice daily is an excellent home remedy that will help reduce allergic reactions.
#5. Care while Eating Packaged Food
It is important to read the label carefully and check if it contains any milk products before you consume packaged food. Preventing an allergy is the best form of getting relief from allergy.
#6. Vitamin E
Vitamin E and Selenium have antioxidants which help to fight allergic reaction. 50 to 100 micrograms per day. This is one of the best natural remedies, especially useful in treating milk allergy in adults.
#7. Carrot Juice
Carrot juice in combination with cucumber juice and pomegranate juice is a good remedy for milk allergy. The combination of these juices helps in improving the body's tolerance for milk allergens. Drinking this mixture every morning helps in getting over milk allergy.
#8. Honey
Honey has many health benefits. The benefits include the treatment of allergies. Honey is known to improve the immune system of the body. It is known to alleviate the symptoms of milk allergy. It helps to take one teaspoon honey a day before breakfast.
#9. Calcium and Magnesium
These minerals are very useful In improving the immune system of the body, calming the nerves and relieving the symptoms of allergy. Therefore adding fruits and vegetables which are rich in calcium and magnesium helps to get over milk allergy. Bananas, eggs and fresh vegetables are a good source of these minerals.
#10. Auto Suggestion
Depending upon the type of allergic reaction you can try to get over the allergic reaction by auto suggestion. When you feel the allergic reaction imagine you are feeling good and comfortable. Tell yourself that there in nothing wrong and you are feeling fine. Doing this repeatedly will help to get over the allergic reaction for milk.
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Due to continuing eye infection problems, I have temporarily given up painting for a while. Instead, I shall play a few games, which in my case is what all the painting is about anyway.
It's been a long time since I used the Black Powder rule set, in actual fact, I think I only played it once. I did play quite a bit of its supplement, Pike & Shotte, which uses basically the same mechanics, but obviously with a few period specific alterations. I have the Glory Hallelujah supplement, so once I am up to speed again with basic BP, I shall employ the modified rules that GH has to offer.
The table laid out for a training battle, measures 43 inches by 28 3/4 inches (110cm x 73cm). A little small, but big enough for the 6mm troops I shall be using. I will simply substitute, moving and firing distances with centimetres as opposed to inches. I have included a little of everything, terrain wise, in an attempt to bring most of the rules into play.
A walled farm complex will allow assault/defence of buildings and the crop field will be classed as rough ground.
The raised hill in the centre, with its rocky outcrops will also be rough ground.
Views of the hill.
The scrub around the field edges and alongside the road, are not classed as fixed terrain, and can be moved out of the way. They are for aesthetic purposes only.
The crop field is simply a piece of a carpet tile and the split log fencing is home made. The walls around the farm are resin pieces, bought from a model railway shop, and are designed for 'N Gauge.'
The trees are a mixture of 4Ground and others purchased from a Chinese dealer on ebay.
The hill is a pair of socks placed beneath the battle mat, and arranged to form a realistic looking hill and ridge. The rocks are from my garden and are mostly granite chippings with a couple of pieces of slate.
Scrub and bushes are common lichen, nothing fancy at all.
The battlefield will be fought over a few times, as I reacquaint myself with the rules. First with just a single, mixed brigade on each side. Then increase to a couple of brigades aside, and finally I shall then fight a battle using the GH supplement rules.
Should be fun, and takes away the frustration of not being able to paint.
Model Soldiers, Table Top Battles, Campaigns and N Gauge Model Railways.
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Returning to Black Powder/Glory Hallelujah Rules.
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looking forward to seeing how your game pans out. I have squeezed a BP game out of a large pinboard, like you, converted inches to Centimetres, though had unit frontages at 80mm (2 x 40mm bases).ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Norm, not sure how well it will work, but I don't see any major problems, my infantry are on 30 30 mm bases, others on 60 x 30, so there should be enough room to manoeuvre.Delete
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After years of failure, immunotherapy finally is working wonders for some cancers, transforming death sentences into long-term remission. The problem? It doesn't work in most cancers — at least, not yet.
The Gift of Grab
An experimental device snags tumor cells like Velcro to speed cancer diagnosis and predict disease spread. The experimental device, the NanoVelcro Chip, could replace traditional biopsies with a simple blood draw.
The Smoking Gun
A study shows how cigarettes may cause pancreatic cancer — and uncovers a potential way to treat it.
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Machine learning, a fast-growing branch of artificial intelligence, is helping scientists overcome the human eye's limitations — with radical results.
The Diversity Question
Can precision medicine help solve the problem of inadequate diversity in medical research? The practice of precision medicine may contain its own solution: Technology has made it easier than ever to tap into the complexity of all humankind.
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A kit refill contains everything you need to make the bracelet except the instructions.
Design by June Wiseman
Posted by Shepley on 21st Mar 2015
I am a new bead weaver and have only made a few simple flower earrings with seed beads before making this bracelet. It took patience, but was well worth the result. I love it and it has received lots of complements. The instructions were detailed and easy to follow. I made the green one, am ordering the refill kit for the turquoise one.


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Charli Xcx was given a sick bucket during an appearance on live TV as she thought she would vomit following a big night out.
The Boom Clap singer realized she needed to rein in her wild partying ways for a while after she turned up to film an unnamed cooking show while hungover and was feeling so terrible she had to have a sick bucket within reach.
"I absolutely nearly vomited on the TV show," she told Britain's Daily Star newspaper. "And it was a cooking show, and they made (me) flip a pancake and try a load of breakfast cocktails.
"So I'm flipping a pancake, having a mimosa, with a bucket by my feet about to throw up... That was when I was: 'Maybe I should take a break from partying for a second.'"
The revelation comes shortly after the singer told her fans her New Year's resolution was "don't be so hungover."


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In the spring of 2011, I rediscovered the art of flower pressing after being inspired by orange Peruvian lily petals (aka Alstroemeria) that had fallen from a bouquet onto my living room table. Those petals soon became the very first pair of earrings I made (pictured below) and was the start of IMPRESSED by nature. The special stripy, multi-colored petals that you see below are making a comeback for the first time since that spring in 2011!
I discovered the same pink and orange variety growing in a friend's Oakland garden in the spring of this year and knew it was time to bring them back. Plus, they perfectly align with two of Pantone's fall colors: spicy mustard and dusty cedar.
I chose to pair the necklace below with dusty rose glass seed beads as well as copper chevrons and matte metallic flax-colored glass beads. These minimal geometric beaded elements complement the organic stripes and highlight the many-colored petals.
Last Friday, I wrote about my favorite hydrangea variety--Expression. These two-toned floral beauties draw on Pantone's dusty cedar in the almost rusted highlights on otherwise green petals. In this season's designs, I wanted to pair these flowers with matte metallic flax beads as well as antiqued copper satellite chain. I noticed that when the chain lengths are lined up, they create a Gatsbyesque art deco look, which I think suits these starry wonders.


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Postnatal Depression and Puerperal Psychosis
Approximately 1 in 7 women suffer from postnatal depression which has all the usual symptoms of major depression, along with often feeling indifference towards the baby.
The key point about postnatal depression is that it can have a much greater impact on the woman and her family than depression experienced at other times in her life.
This is because of the strain it can put on relationships and family life, the mother – infant bond and even to later child development.
Seeking early treatment for postnatal depression
It is very important to seek help as soon as possible if you feel depressed or low after having a baby.
Managing a new baby can be difficult and tiring in normal circumstances but with the added complication of depression it can truly effect how you cope.
For many women it can be very difficult to admit their 'true' feelings about how they are coping, how they are feeling and how they feel about their new born baby. They might feel worried that they will be judged or deemed not to be coping. This can prevent women from seeking postnatal depression help.
The earlier you seek help the better; without treatment postnatal depression can last for a significant time and can return with subsequent pregnancies.
With the right postnatal depression support and help you can overcome it and start enjoying your life with your new baby.
Video: Baby blues or postnatal depression? How to know the difference.
There are some important differences between the baby blues and postnatal depression.
Signs and symptoms of postnatal depression
It is very common for women to experience low moods following the birth of their child. Tiredness, hormonal fluctuations and adjusting to a new family can all cause normal 'baby blues'.
Postnatal depression may seem like the normal baby blues at first but the symptoms of insomnia, irritability, mood swings, low self-esteem, sadness and anxiety are more severe and longer lasting.
Additional symptoms include:
- Lack of energy and motivation
- Feelings of guilt and worthlessness
- Loss of pleasure
- Lack of interest or negative feelings toward the baby
- Change in appetite or weight
- Suicidal ideation
PND can start soon after childbirth but it can also occur within six months of having a baby.
Women with a history of depression are also at a higher risk of experiencing PND and stressful events during pregnancy, at the birth or in the first few months can increase the chances of suffering from PND.
Puerperal Psychosis
Puerperal Psychosis (PP) is the most serious mood disorder following child birth but is also thankfully the rarest, occurring in about one postnatal woman in a thousand.
Mania, severe depression, persecutory beliefs about the child, delusions and confusion are prominent symptoms. Puerperal psychosis seems to be highly heritable, with 10–25% of relatives of women with puerperal psychosis having some kind of severe psychiatric disorder. Most importantly for its correct management, it also tends to recur, with a chance of about 1 in 4 in each subsequent pregnancy.
Treatment for Postnatal Depression and Puerperal Psychosis
It is important to seek professional help and post natal depression support as soon as possible as early treatment for postnatal depression can help resolve the problem.
If left untreated the symptoms can last for a significant length of time and become more severe. Treatment can include talking therapies, medication and support groups.
How can we help?
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Our qualified, friendly, clinical advisors will be able to advise you on the best course of action. Appointments with a clinician can often be available with a day or so at a location that suits you.
We also can support you if you feel that you are suffering from other issues which can be connected including: alcohol or substance abuse and marriage and relationship counselling.
Call us on 0203 326 9160 in complete confidence and we can arrange for you to see a specialist in postnatal depression as soon as possible.


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Thousands turned out for the season's first home CardMarch
U of L head coach Bobby Petrino visits with family during the CardMarch
The team's march continues into the stadium through the Crunch Zone
End of CardMarch
Players finish the CardMarch
Players enter Howard Schnellenberger Complex
Warm Up
Cardinals warming up
Running Backs
Running backs coach Kolby Smith working with the backs before kickoff
Johnson & Thomas
Offensive linemen Kelby Johnson and Kenny Thomas
U of L offensive coordinator Garrick McGee & head coach Bobby Petrino
Louisville Marching Band pregame
U of L Marching Band
Freshman Khane Pass during the team entrance
Traveon Samuel
Freshman Traveon Samuel led the Cardinals with 135 all-purpose yards against Houston.
Bobby Petrino watches the offense
Houston Cougar mascot
Lamar Jackson
Freshman Lamar Jackson received his first career start.
Jackson was 17-27 for 168 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions. He also rushed for 16 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries. He was sacked twice.
Charles Standberry
Standberry put the Cardinals in scoring position with a 16 yard reception.
Jackson's 1 yard touchdown run was Louisville's first score.
Go Cards!
Greg Ward Jr.
Houston QB Greg Ward Jr., threw for 236 yards and three touchdowns, while also running for 98 yards in Houston's 34-31 win.
Safety Josh Harvey-Clemons wraps up a Houston receiver
Fiesta Bowl
The 1990 Fiesta Bowl Champions were honored during the game.
All-Time Leader: Mark Sander
Former linebacker Mark Sander, a member of the 1990 Fiesta Bowl winning team, chats with media during Saturday's game. Sander, who played from 1987-90, is Louisville's all-time leader for career tackles with 488.
Fiesta Bowl Champs
The 1990 Fiesta Bowl Champions pose in front of Johnny Unitas statue.
Defensive coordinator Todd Grantham and head coach Bobby Petrino watch the Cardinals defense.
Bobby Petrino
Devonte Fields
Devonte Fields tackles Houston receiver Demarcus Ayers.
DeAngelo Brown
Cardinals defensive tackle totaled four tackles.
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Freshman Jaire Alexander during a 28 yard punt return.
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Here's something interesting in science: according to a new study, leg power can improve cognition stability especially for older women.
The research conducted by King's College London and published in Gerontology reflects on the relationship between leg exercise and a woman's ability to retain good cognitive function once they are already old.
The study was conducted for a period of 10 years and participated by over 125 pairs of twins between the ages of 43 and 73 at the beginning of the study. The researchers measured their leg power and cognition using different tools. For the legs, they modified a gym equipment so they can evaluate both the speed and extension of the legs. For the brain, participants went through a series of computerized tasks that measure their mental processing.
The participants' cognition was assessed before and after the study while the leg power was determined at the beginning. Upon analyzing the results, they learned that those who had a high score in leg power at the start of the research were able to do well with cognition after a decade compared to those who didn't have good scores. The results hardly changed even if other factors including dementia were accounted for.
The researchers then believe that leg strength or power can be a good indicator of a woman's susceptibility to diminished cognitive function once he gets older. Further, they hypothesized the chemicals released by the body during exercise can help improve the brain's cognitive ability.
The results can add to the mounting evidence of the importance of physical activity to protect the brain from degeneration including disorders such as dementia or Alzheimer's disease.
However, the researchers stressed that the study still requires deeper exploration. For example, the study wasn't specifically focused on degenerative diseases like dementia, and there's no proof yet that it can reduce the risk. Second, the study was conducted among women. It's unclear whether the same results can be expected among men.


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CHICAGO --According to reports published Saturday, Chicago police are investigating whether the weapon used in the Hudson family murders had once belonged to one of the victims.
Police found the gun in a vacant lot on the city's West Side Wednesday, one block away from where officers found the body of Jennifer Hudson's 7-year-old nephew, Julian King, inside a parked SUV.
The Chicago Tribune reports Jason Hudson owned an identical gun that he thought was stolen from the family's home a few months ago.
A public memorial for all three victims is scheduled for Sunday 4 p.m. at the Pleasant Gift Missionary Baptist Church.


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The Lotus Flower is a restricted fund under the auspices of Prism the Gift Fund, registered charity number 1099682.
The Collective Fund model aims to remove the obstacles involved with setting up a standalone charity, instead providing The Lotus Flower with a charitable account underneath Prism's auspices. Prism operates as an umbrella for around 70 Collective Funds who fundraise for different causes.
It is cost and time effective for the Lotus Flower to outsource our administration and financial management to Prism, so we can focus on our projects and charitable activities.
Alongside the outsourcing of financial administration, Prism allows us to:
- Receive 25% more in gift aid on all eligible donations
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- Benefit from a full board of Trustees
- Gain transparency in charitable activities
We pay a quarterly percentage fee on our funds raised through Prism, which allows us to keep the lowest overheads possible, without the need of employing a financial administrative team.
The Lotus Flower's structure and relationship with Prism means that our annual accounts and annual reports are incorporated within Prism's, since they are the registered charity with the U.K. Charity Commission.
Non-Profit status
The Lotus Flower is a Limited Company by Guarantee, Company Number 10039687. This means all profits in non-charitable fundraising efforts are reinvested back into charitable projects.
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Monday the Rabbi Took Off
- A Rabbi Small Mystery, Book 4
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Series: Rabbi Small, Book 4
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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- Release date: 12-11-12
- Language: English
- Publisher: Recorded Books
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By Mary Carnegie on 15-11-16
Fascinating classic mystery
The Rabbi's sojourn in the Holy Land isn't all milk and honey, how could it be? Quite apart from the intrigue of the crime, it is instructive to look back a few decades (to a time I remember as a teenager) on the world tensions, politics, trouble in the Middle East of those days and compare with today's situation! I went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land a few years ago, so I found particularly interesting to note developments in Jerusalem and elsewhere-some good, some not at all good- and to hear the impressions of other, earlier visitors as expressed by the Smalls, the journalist and his student son, and a couple of Barnard's Crossing's unsubtle businessmen.
The narration is well done, and fortunately the entire series has the same reader, thus maintaining continuity.
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By MidwestGeek on 11-12-15
Interesting mystery, almost incidental to story.
The Rabbi takes a leave of absence to spend 3 months in Jerusalem. The book was publshed in 1972, so was written in the period between the 6-day war (1967) and the Yom Kippur War (1973). This was around the time I first visited Israel, so I experienced a certain nostalgia in the listening. Among other things, the story dramatizes the tension between the sabras and non-religious Jews and the strictly observant Hasidim and other religious sects, a tension that has only become more exacerbated with time, especially in Jerusalem and environs. In this story, it is dramatized mostly by conflicts between parents and children. The mystery itself concerns the murder of an auto trader, apparently by a terrorist bomb. As usual, the Rabbi eventually solves the crime for the police, seemingly by logic, although I found it hard to believe he could have discerned all that he told just by a careful examination of some of the evidence. Despite my disappointment, I don't regret the time spent listening. The narration by George Guidall is excellent, as usual.
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By Mark on 19-08-14
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
less trivia and some mystery or detective content
Would you ever listen to anything by Harry Kemelman again?
no thanks
What about George Guidall's performance did you like?
good reader, boring book
You didn't love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
no thanks
Any additional comments?
very misleading, the book was described as a mystery but it is so full of irrelevant interpersonal conversations and trivial details that have nothing to do with a crime or mystery, it is a waist of time
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Why does a person choose to own a gun? Is it because they want to feel Protected? Safe? or Cool? While these are not always some of my reasons, they are reasons that someone would choose to become a gun owner and with much consideration and contemplation I have decided to become one. Its a big deal deciding what you want to have. I had my heart set on a cute tiny little Micro Desert Eagle .380. I was lucky enough to shoot it as well. It handles great and because its heavier then the average small handgun it handled the recoil pretty well. I also tried a Ruger LCP which is a .380 as well. I didn't mind it but it hurt my hand when I shot it and I felt like I was going to drop it. It just didn't feel sturdy enough in my hands. But it is a great little gun and a popular choice among those who like to carry. In the end, I purchased a Ruger LCR .38 special and I love it. Its a revolver so there is no messing with a slide. Once its loaded its ready to go (and I don't need Jared to load it for me). I still shoot better with Jared's gun but with some practice I think I will get pretty good with it.
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This has been quite a week and honestly, I can hardly believe that it has been a whole 7 days since I managed to post something. I have started on a number of occasions but alas, this was a week for the to-do list and, I'm delighted to say that a lot has ticked off…I moved on from the mental list that has been failing me for months now and, though there is still much to be done, progress has been made on the hand written version! I must confess, a number of items which have been ticked off were in fact only added and ticked after completion – I bet I'm not the only one who does this… ( anybody? somebody? just me?! uh oh!). Anyhow, enough digression… at this late hour… here our the #littleloves from Little Green Tree this week!
Have you ever found yourself being totally sucked in to something you didn't know you were interested in until it was too late? Well, for me this week, that was the power of the Egyptian Mummies. Our eldest had a mini project to do on just this subject and I have to say, we all got a bit caught up in her research (… by the way… can anyone tell me how we coped before Google?? I am so thankful I did not become a parent before its invention…to those who survived parenting little people without it, I salute you!) I had no idea that many pharaohs were buried not just with their possessions, but with their servants (yes living ones!!!!) as well… Unthinkable! We had visited the Ulster Museum last summer and had the opportunity to see Takibuti – their resident mummy – so it was lovely to be able to recall a real life experience and put it to good use. In all honesty, I was more than happy to catch just a glimpse of the 2500 year old Egyptian, but the Ulster Museum is fabulous and well worth a visit!
(p.s. a bag and a half of Tesco's gorgeous fresh and naked salad leaves, I also read that it wasn't like most salad bags and it wasn't pre-washed. oops…still I have lived to write about it. Probably should read packaging a little more closely in future!!!)
This week was our GB display. Our girls absolutely love it and I am truly grateful for the time, dedication and care that the wonderful leaders commit to the girls as they show and tell them about the love of God but, I do love the fact that the display signals the end of the Tuesday night running – a detect a drop in fuel sales until mid September!! I digress… the display was great and all involved did a wonderful job. It was a lovely celebration of a packed 6 month session.
I listen to the radio a lot if I'm in the house or car in the mornings and I must confess to being a bit of a Radio 2 fan! There, I said it – Chris Evans, Ken Bruce and Jeremy Vine, I've listened to you all for so long now, I kinda feel that if I were to bump into you, you should recognise me as we're such old pals. As well as listening to what I think is some of the best range of music to be around for a while across all three programmes, Jeremy has indulged us in a lot of pre-election talk. I have to be honest, I find the whole thing quite funny, we listen to grown-ups telling wonderful stories about what could be if we allow them the chance to give us our happily ever after, all the while hearing them bicker among themselves in ultimate playground fashion… and these are the people we are expected to trust with the running of the country. In fairness, I'm all talk… I wouldn't want the job for fat free chocolate cake… ok, well maybe for that ;o)
As a special treat on Sunday, I made Rachel Allen's Chocolate Lava Cakes. These are a-maz-ing little creations… gorgeous chocolate sponge on the outside and gooey chocolate sauce in the inside. These little creatures are pure magic – Rachel Allen, for these alone, you are my hero!
This week also saw Little Green Tree creating a number of bits and pieces, including some special cards which I will reveal once they have been safely delivered to their recipients. I love creating something totally unique for customers and it's always a joy to hand something over to my customers!
This week I spent a lot of time wearing grubby clothes whilst trying to give my garden the once-over after the ravages (cover word for neglect) it has endured. At risk of being carted away in a straight jacket ( my husband having called for the reinforcements), I actually did a bit in the back garden this evening, after dark in the glow of the sensor lights ( a sport in itself). I reckon I'll probably realise in the morning just how bad an idea this was but, for now, I'm happily deluded that the Chelsea Flower Show will want to move my garden as a new exhibit… not so much rose-tinted glasses as total delusion!!
I did however manage to smarten up a couple of times and I was able to wear a gorgeous new scarf a lovely friend gave me for my birthday… lovely gifts are sure to make a body smile, aren't they?
And Lastly
I've been doing a lot of thinking lately, having decided a few weeks ago to do some preparation and activities for Easter with the girls, based on a similar format to our Advent activities, So, all being well, I'll be posting throughout next week as we share our experiences with the Easter Eggs… check in next week to find out more.
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Reading Borough Council is putting together proposals for the conservation and promotion of Reading's historic Abbey Quarter. We have been asking for people's view on our proposals. The online consultation closed on 31 January 2014. This will inform our grant application to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) that will be submitted in February 2014.
Friends' fundraising lecture a great success
On Saturday 25 January museum supporters enjoyed a fascinating lecture on our portrait of Queen Elizabeth I in the Sir John Madejski Art Gallery, raising funds for Tudor education sessions for schools.
Grant helps mark Great War centenary
Reading Museum's plans to commemorate this year's centenary of the First World War have been given a significant boost with a £10,000 grant from the Ministry of Defence's Armed Forces Community Covenant Grant Fund. The funding will pay for a poet in residence and military heritage leaflets. It comes after Reading Museum promised to work with local armed forces to develop wider appreciation of challenges they face in everyday life.
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Teacher of Spanish, Cairo, Egypt
Closing date:
Start date: 1st September 2018
Contract type: Full Time
Contract term: Fixed Term
Suitable for NQTs: No
Spanish is the second-most widely spoken language in the world. With 450 million native speakers spanning Hispanic America, the USA, Spain, parts of Africa and SE Asia, Spanish is one of the key languages of commerce, education and communication. With increasing numbers of out students learning the language, we need to satisfy that growing demand and seek experienced, flexible and well-qualified Teachers of Spanish able to share their linguistic passion and love of Hispanic culture with our students. Previous experience of teaching Spanish within the National Curriculum for England is desirable as is knowledge and experience of the IB Diploma. An ability to teach a second language, preferably French, would be an advantage. The successful candidates will also be expected to contribute to the School's co-curricular programme.
The successful candidates will be expected to support the development of the subject, and will:
● be a graduate in Spanish Language/Literature or related subject, and with qualified teacher status;
● have an outstanding knowledge and understanding of a range of Spanish language, literature and culture;
● be an enthusiastic and innovative teacher who can motivate and inspire students using a wide range of teaching strategies.
Applications are welcome from teachers with experience of teaching in a British-curriculum school. To comply with Egyptian employment law, applicants must have a MINIMUM of three years teaching experience.
The British International School, Cairo (BISC) operates its own teaching scale, which mirrors that in the UK, and is related to teaching experience. All salaries are paid in Pounds Sterling and are tax free meaning you can expect to take home 20-30% more than you would in the UK. In addition all teachers appointed from outside Egypt on an overseas contract benefit from rent-free accommodation, private medical insurance, annual return travel to the UK, and generous fee remission for school-aged children (100% for the first two children, 50% for each additional child).
Please apply by submitting a letter of application, addressed to the Principal (Dr. Carlo Ferrario) accompanied by a copy of your curriculum vitae. The latter should include contact details for at least two professional referees one of whom must be your current employer.
Completed applications should be submitted electronically via 'Apply Now' on TES Online. The deadline for receipt of applications is 12.00 p.m. GMT on 20th February 2018.
Shortlisted candidates will be notified and invited to interview in London, Cairo or via Skype in early March.
Early applications are encouraged as the school reserves the right to make an appointment early if suitably qualified candidates apply.
Applicants must:
● have at least three years' teaching experience preferably in a British-curriculum school;
● hold Qualified Teacher Status or its equivalent.
Contract type/term: Full time/two years renewable
Start date: 1st September 2018
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With President Obama taking Cuba off the State Department's State Sponsors of Terrorism List, could Iran be the next terrorist state to benefit from the President's generosity?
Probably not, but stranger things have happened, like Fidel and Raul Castro having the label of terrorists be lifted off their heads.
Only Iran, Sudan and Syria remain on U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism List.
The loudest voice of opposition to Obama's move to "normalize" relations with communist Cuba is none other than Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL).
Rubio penned a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry pressing him to "prioritize actions in four key areas" during the ongoing "normalizations of relations" between the Castro brothers and the U.S.
Rubio threatened that if these four areas were not addressed, he would oppose any conformation of any nominee to be the U.S. ambassador to Cuba.
The four key areas:
- Concrete results on political reforms and human rights
- The repatriation of U.S. terrorists and fugitives being harbored in Cuba
- The removal of restrictions on U.S. diplomats in Cuba
- Resolving uncompensated property claims
Rubio has recently stated that he would look to block funding for a "fake embassy" in Cuba, as well as
Here are excerpts of Rubio's letter to Secretary John Kerry, who recently fell of his bicycle and broke a leg.
"Despite more than five months of discussions with the Cuban government, I am very concerned about the lack of political reforms, and progress on human rights; the continued harboring of known terrorists and other fugitives from U.S. justice; the outstanding American property claims and judgments against the Cuban government; and the limitations that continue to be placed on American diplomats working in Havana," wrote Rubio. "By conditioning any normalization of relations with Cuba on these topics and other areas, the U.S. can leverage the prospect of improved bilateral relations to obtain tangible benefits for both the American and Cuban peoples.
"It is important for the United States to continue being a beacon of freedom for the Cuban people," Rubio continued. "I intend to work with my colleagues to block the Administration's efforts to pursue diplomatic relations with Cuba and name an Ambassador to Havana until substantive progress is made on these important issues."
Read Rubio's letter to Kerry here.


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Bear Creek Back Country Trail [CLOSED] is a 9.8 mile lightly trafficked loop trail located near Rising Fawn, Georgia that offers the chance to see wildlife. The trail is rated as moderate and primarily used for hiking and horses. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
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Just called the park and the trail is and has been closed and no permits are being given at this time
Beautiful panoramic views on the bluff. Bright orange markers throughout the trail to keep you on track. I went in January so they were easy to see. There is a creek crossing and the rocks are slippery. It's a long hike so take water and snacks. Some steep areas as well. We did not see another person on the trail after the creek crossing. I saw a group of wild turkeys and a deer. There are a few campsites way out there called the primitive campsite near an amazing bluff view. I enjoyed it. Would do it again.
Bear Creek Backcountry Trail is by permit only for hiking (no bikes). It's a 7.1 mile loop with some challenging sections. It's well marked and has two backcountry camping sites. There is a water crossing 2 miles in but if the water is at normal levels is easily accomplished without getting wet. They do not issues permits after noon for hiking that day. We completed the entire loop without seeing another hiker, very peaceful.


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HOLY MONASTERY OF St NIKOLAOS ANAPAFSAS
500 years of Monastic life and Orthodox presence
The History of the Monastery
While ascending the winding road that leads us from Kastraki to the heart of the monastic community of Holy Meteora, past the small chapel of Panagia Doupiani, we come across the first monastery, St Nikolaos Anapafsas.
Should we gaze at the rock on which this small but quaint monastery hangs, we can start realizing the number of difficulties which the monks had to face while living on the top of these gigantic rocks, rising to the sky like flames.
Nowadays, the ascend to the monastery of St Nikolaos Anapafsas is easy and pleasant, as the visitor walks through a picturesque, lush landscape. Upon arriving at the Monastery, the pilgrim is given the opportunity to admire from close up the exquisite frescoes decorating the main church of the Monastery.
Our Monastery has recently celebrated 500 years of Monastic Life and Orthodox evidence (1510-2010).
St Dionysios, Bishop of Larissa the Merciful, and hieromonk Nikanor were the founders of this Monastery.
The theology of the holy icons
The features of the orthodox painting are modesty and solemnity as it is the spiritual not the physical beauty that matters. Holy people are depicted as unfading, spiritually and physically robust, bold and brave at heart, direct, sincere and with integrity.
The icon is the ladder that takes us to heaven but also brings heaven to earth! It is the meening point for the fading and unfading, past and future, "now" and "ever" !
The orthodox church is heaven on earth, it is the place where God resides and walks among people, according to St John Chrisostomos. The church is decorated with frescoes as "the icon is a reminder. And as the Bible serves the literate one, so does the icon serve the illiterate ones..."
The monumental painting of the 16th century and Theofanis at St Nikolaos Anapafsas
The 16th century stands out as the century of growth for monumental painting in the great monastic centres of Agion Oros and Meteora.
The main representative of this art is the painter Theofanis the Cretan.
Theofanis the Cretan seems to be the first accomplished heir of the art of old artists. His work depicts the spirit of orthodox worship.
The mixture of sadness and joy, the essence of our religion, projects through his works. Theofanis narrates the orthodox tradition of spirit and shapes that he has inherited, adding colour to the unfading.
I wish every pilgrim a pleasant stay at Holy Meteora and i hope each one has the chance to get familiar with the work of the great teacher of Cretan School, Theofanis the Cretan, who painted the katholicon of our Monastery.
The Hegoumenos
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What I've Been Up To:
Creative Advocacy Coordinator: Theatre of the Oppressed NYC
CORE Fellow: NYCLU Community Organizing Institute
Associate Counsel & George N. Lindsay Civil Rights Legal Fellow: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC
Member: Dignity in Schools Campaign, DC/NYC
Fellow, Black Organizing for Racial Justice Retreat, Atlanta, GA
Trainer: Civic Education & the Arts: Black and Engaged 2016 #BE16, Philadelphia, PA
Federal & District Policy Advocate: School Diversity and School-to-Prison Pipeline, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC
Lead Organizer: Voter Discrimination & Election Administration
Hearings, National Commission on Voting Rights, Florida, South Carolina, and Virginia
Policy Advocate: Arts Advocacy, Americans for the Arts, Washington, DC
Lead Organizer: Election Protection, Ohio
Lead Organizer: Breaking the School-to-Prison Pipeline, Truman College, Chicago, Il
Lead Organizer and Trainer: Attorney Training on K-12 General and Special Education Laws-School Discipline, Chicago Coalition for Fairness in School Discpline, Chicago, Il
Lead Organizer: Reconstruction Revisited-The Narrative of Civil Rights, Guest Speaker: Aderson B. Francois, UConn School of Law, Hartford CT
Lead Organizer, Interdistrict Public Education: Equalizing Opportunity Beyond Racial Integration, UConn School of Law, Hartford, CT
Lead Organizer and Curator: Expand Your Jurisdiction Diversity Art Show, Featuring works from Edjohnetta Miller, et. al., UConn Law Library, Hartford, CT
Co-Symposium Producer: One Nation Under Law: How the Law Impacts the Muslim-American Experience, Public Interest Law Journal, Hartford, CT
Judicial Intern: US District Court for the District of Connecticut, Hon. Vanessa L. Bryant
Law Clerk: US Department of Education, Division of Educational Equity and Ethics
Enforcement Law Clerk: Connecticut Office of State Ethics
2008 Field Manager & Canvasser: Grassroots Campaigns, Inc., Obama/DNC
On May 16, 2014, as part of the Dignity of Schools Campaign's organizing efforts against the school-to-prison pipeline, I led a google discussion reflecting on Brown v. Board of Education and whether it truly has operated to create educational equity in today's school system.
Professor Vernellia Randall from Racial Justice Now shared her experiences attending public schools at the time of Brown vs. Board and discussed the continued segregation and lack of quality education in public schools today. She was joined by Jasmine Jones and Misha Cornelius from Black Organizing Project and Joyce Parker from Citizens for a Better Greenville
ROLLING STONE: Can We Fix the Race Problem in American Schools?
Presentation for 15th Annual American Bar Association National Conference: Children and the Law, 2013, Promising Strategies to Combat STPP
Ghostwriter for Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 2011 DREAM Act Advocate Guide publication
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Malta Pavilion, 57th Venice Art Biennale, exhibition design project
The Malta Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale a complex installation that brings together the work of thirteen artists and a diverse selection of artefacts from national and private collections, in a non-hierarchical and a-chronological set up.
Architecture Project developed purposely modular exhibition structures, based on elemental structural principles and on a limited palette of materials. The exhibition design provides a homogeneous and neutral background to exhibit over 220 objects of different natures within the large historic Arsenale building with its striking bricks and trusses. Large parts of the exhibition structures were composed of pre-fabricated triangular shaped foldable elements and addressed the demand for an economic production, compact shipping volumes and a short installation time. The flexibility and inter-changeability of the exhibition tables facilitated the crafting of carefully constructed physical and visual connections between the 19 chapters and their objects, setting up a framework of views in support of the overall spatial experience.
The exhibition set-up enables the audience to participate, ask questions and discover both intricate details and the wider collection of objects at one go. Using both the floor and trusses of the imposing hall to display and piece everything together immerses the audience, blurs the relationship between 'looking at' and 'being part of', and eliminates the separation between subject and object. The work unfolds whilst the audience changes position. Moving between the cluster arrangements, underneath banners and firework structures, behind the curtain of a box and in front of a billboard, visitors find themselves within the work whilst viewing it. For a moment, time and space, inside and out, beginning and end collapse to make the audience disappear in the non-hierarchical, a-chronological world of Homo Melitensis.
Artist-Curators: Bettina Hutschek and Raphael Vella
Scenography: Tom Van Malderen, Architecture Project, assisted by Martina Cutajar
►Project Details
- Date:May 2017
- Client:Arts Council Malta
- Value:20.000
- Location:Venice (Italy)


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Ricanstruction: Reminiscing & Rebuiliding Puerto Rico is an anthology featuring contributions from writers and artists from the comic book industry like Frank Miller, Gail Simone, Greg Pak, Reginald Hudlin, Denys Cowan, Tony Daniel, Ken Lashley, Bill Sienkiewicz, Yanick Paquette, Gabby Rivera, Will Rosado, Jorge Jimenez, Mike Allred, Chris Sotomayor, to Puerto Rican and Latinx celebrities like Rosario Dawson, Rubén Blades, Javier Muñoz, Sonia Manzano and over 100 more. Produced and also featuring stories written by Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, this anthology teams up his original character LA BORINQUEÑA with some of the most iconic comic book heroes of all time from DC COMICS: Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, Aquaman, The Flash and many others. Original stories also take us to the past to explore the beautiful history of PUERTO RICO as well as tales that envision a stronger and rebuilt island. 100% of the proceeds from this anthology will go to the continued work to help over 3 million Americans living in Puerto Rico, providing solar-powered lamps, food, clothing and so much more. These short stories remind us all that the true power of being a hero is inside each of us. When we come together as a united people, we will never be defeated! ¡El pueblo unido jamas sera vencido!
Thanks to DC for generously giving our studio, Somos Arte, permission to use some of DC's iconic characters in original stories for this anthology, whose proceeds Somos Arte will contribute towards the continued hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico.
La Borinqueña is an original character and patriotic symbol presented in a classic superhero story created and written by graphic novelist Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez. Her powers are drawn from history and mysticism found on the island of Puerto Rico. The fictional character, Marisol Rios De La Luz, is a Columbia University Earth and Environmental Sciences Undergraduate student living with her parents in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She takes a semester of study abroad in collaboration with the University of Puerto Rico. There she explores the caves of Puerto Rico and finds five similar sized crystals. Atabex, the Taino mother goddess, appears before Marisol once the crystals are united and summons her sons Yúcahu, spirt of the seas and mountains and Juracan, spirit of the hurricanes. They give Marisol superhuman strength, the power of flight, and control of the storms.
Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez is the Creative Director and owner of Somos Arte, a Brooklyn-based creative services studio. With close to 20 years of experience, Edgardo has delivered exemplary services in graphic design for both digital and print for such clients as Atlantic Records, Columbia University, and Marvel. Under his leadership, Somos Arte, provides graphic novel production, web design/development, branding, key artwork and video production. In addition, Edgardo is a curator of art exhibitions having already produced three original Marvel comic book art exhibitions and his very own La Borinqueña for the Smithsonian Museum.
Edgardo continues to be recognized widely for his work on NBC, CNN, The New York Times, Washington Post, NPR and numerous other media outlets as a graphic novelist having already produced his creator owned project, the critically acclaimed La Borinqueña. In addition he has produced graphic novels under the Darryl Makes Comics imprint which he co-owns with Darryl DMC McDaniels (from RUN DMC), and the comic book series Freak written by Emmy award winning writer John Leguizamo. He has also written for Marvel Comics critically acclaimed anthology, Guardians of the Galaxy: Tales of the Cosmos.
As part of his national tour he continues to speak on such topics as diversity in comic books and current socio-political issues related to Puerto Rico. The Smithsonian, The American Museum of Natural History, Columbia University, Princeton University, Colgate University, Contemporary Art Center of New Orleans, New York Comic Con, Rhode Island School of Design, Viacom, Hasbro and many other institutions and events invite him to deliver keynote presentations and talks to audiences that range from elementary school children to graduate students.
Jun. 23-24 | Cradle-Con, Long Island, NY more info
Jun. 27 | 6-8PM, Pop-up Art Show and Book Signing with SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY ROSARIO DAWSON, Gallery 151, 245 W14th Street, NYC more info
Jul. 25 | 5:30-7:30pm, BK Wearhouse, 175 Roebling Street, Brooklyn, NY
Jul. 29 | 3-6PM, CCCADI'S "Descarga En El Barrio" Street Festival, East 109th Street (Between 2nd and 3rd Avenue), NYC more info
Aug. 2 | 5:30-7:30pm, Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse, 2578 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia PA more info
Sept. 13-14 | University of North Carolina, Allcott Gallery, Art Exhibition - Arte de La Borinqueña & Lecture, Chapel Hill, NC
Mar. 28 | 7pm, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
1st Issue Cover Artwork by Ralph Anthony 'Rags' Morales & Emilio Lopez, 60 pages including a bonus story.
2nd Issue Cover Artwork by George Perez & Juan Fernandez, 64 pages.
2nd Issue Variant Cover Artwork by Nicole Virella, 64 pages.
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