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Priceline Partner Network To Provide Hotel, Flight And Car Rental Deals For Grandparents.com
Jan 22, 2013, 09:30 EST
NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Grandparents.com, Inc. (OTCBB: GPCM), today announced that it had entered into an agreement with Priceline Partner Network, a business unit of Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN), to power the latest addition to the company's website -- Grandparents.com Travel.
In just a few weeks, visitors to Grandparents.com website will have a robust collection of U.S. and international travel services from the Priceline Partner Network, including:
- The ability to book published-price hotel rooms through 245,000 hotels around the world. Grandparents.com Travel customers also will have access to Priceline's extensive database of hotel freebies, including instant discounts, free breakfast, free Internet access, and more.
- The ability to book rental car reservations worldwide. Grandparents.com Travel will also support rental car company discount codes.
- Airline ticketing with almost all major airlines through priceline.com. This service includes seat mapping, the ability to book different classes of seats, and it supports airline frequent flier numbers.
- A broad lineup of money-saving air & hotel vacation packages. When air and hotel are booked together, customers can save up to $500 compared to booking separately.
"As The Ultimate Resource for Grandparents, we strive to deliver top quality products and services to our audience and we continue to build our offerings with superior savings on the best deals on the Internet – most recently through our partnership with Priceline Partner Network. We are pleased to grant our very first Grandparents.com Recommended® Award for best in class providers of travel services to Priceline.com," said Jeffrey Mahl, President.
"Grandparents.com website visitors will have the best travel services we have to offer," said Randy Schartner, President of the Priceline Partner Network. "We believe that Priceline's broad array of travel services, which are also focused on delivering savings, will fit well with Grandparents.com's mission to provide savings to its members. We appreciate Grandparents.com's trust and confidence in Priceline to serve its members and website users and are honored to receive the first Grandparents.com Recommended® Award."
About The Priceline Partner Network
The Priceline Partner Network (PPN) http://www.pricelinepartnernetwork.com is the private-label distribution channel for priceline.com travel services. Working behind the scenes, PPN powers travel websites for a spectrum of affinity groups, airlines and hotel management firms and chains. PPN believes that it offers the most customizable private-label travel affiliate program on the market today. PPN's private-label services include hotels, flights, rental cars, flight & hotel packages, and priceline.com's famous Name Your Own Price® travel services for hotels, airline tickets and rental cars.
About The Priceline Group
The Priceline Group (Nasdaq: PCLN) is a leader in global online hotel reservations, with over 270,000 participating hotels worldwide. The Group is composed of four primary brands - Booking.com, priceline.com, Agoda.com and Rentalcars.com - and several ancillary brands. The Priceline Group provides online travel services in over 180 countries in Europe, North America, South America, the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East and Africa.
Booking.com is the number one online hotel reservation service in the world, offering over 245,000 hotels (as of November 1, 2012), and is available in 41 languages. More recent hotel counts are available on the Booking.com website. Priceline.com gives leisure travelers multiple ways to save on their airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, vacation packages and cruises. In addition to getting compelling published prices, travelers can take advantage of priceline.com's famous Name Your Own Price® service, which can deliver the lowest prices available, or the recently added Express DealsSM, where travelers can take advantage of hotel discounts without bidding. Agoda.com is an Asia-based online hotel reservation service that is available in 38 languages. Rentalcars.com is a multinational car hire service, offering its reservation services in over 6,000 locations. Customer support is provided in 40 languages.
About Grandparents.com, Inc.
Grandparents.com, Inc. (OTCBB: GPCM) is engaged with the largest and wealthiest demographic group in the U.S. – America's 100+ million grandparents, boomers and seniors who control 75% of the nation's personal wealth. As the # 2 website in the age 50+ segment of the population, and a social media and marketing company approaching 2 million registered members, Grandparents.com seeks to deliver a seamless experience to its audience across all digital platforms.
Grandparents.com seeks to strengthen the ties between family members, promote health and wellbeing, and give timely information and expert advice on what really matters to grandparents, from family, relationships, health and money, to entertainment, travel and retirement. More than anything, Grandparents.com celebrates what it means to be a grandparent today. The company's mission is to give today's grandparents—who like no other grandparents in history are engaged, vibrant and ageless, ideas and opportunities to connect to what's important to them.
Forward-Looking Statements
Various statements in this release, including those that express a belief, expectation or intention, may be considered "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from projected results. Accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. The forward-looking statements may include projections and estimates concerning the timing and success of specific projects. Forward-looking statements may also include projections and estimates concerning our future operating results and financial condition. When we use the words "will," "believe," "intend," "expect," "may," "should," "anticipate," "could," "estimate," "plan," "predict," "project," or their negatives, or other similar expressions, the statements which include those words are usually forward-looking statements. When we describe strategy that involves risks or uncertainties, we are making forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release; we disclaim any obligation to update these statements. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and assumptions about future events. While our management considers these expectations and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory and other risks, contingencies and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control.
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Word: calligraphy
Definition: beautiful writing; excellent penmanship
Definition: beautiful writing; excellent penmanship
Sentences Containing 'calligraphy'
Its main adornment is a frieze that crowns calligraphy, the latter surmounted by a line of pointed openwork merlons, features an inscription in flowery kufic character carved on the background of interlacing plants.
This collection is a unique source for studying the history and evolution of calligraphy of medieval manuscripts in the Maghreb, covering the period from the ninth to the eleventh century.
Another one of his hobbies was Chinese calligraphy.
He also wrote about and taught calligraphy extensively during the 1970s.
Wang kept a large collection of books at his mansion, and on one occasion, Wu Zetian visited his mansion to request to see some of his ancestors' calligraphy.
Wang stated that his family had previously already submitted the calligraphy of Wang Xizhi (of another line of his clan) to Emperor Taizong, but that he was willing to submit the calligraphy of his 11th generation ancestor Wang Dao as well as 27 other ancestors' calligraphy.
Wu Zetian displayed the calligraphy to the officials and had an official of the legislative bureau, Cui Rong (崔融), collect them into a collection, and then awarded the collection back to Wang, considered a great honor at the time.
By age seven, she was able to read some texts in classical Chinese, with some assistance, and was studying Japanese calligraphy.
His wife, Ada Louise Powell, née Lessore (1882-1956), was the daughter of an artist, and studied embroidery, calligraphy and illuminating.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, calligraphy experienced a newfound resurgence due to its use in advertising, magazine design and commercial presentation.
As Guangshui is a city known for its calligraphy, the connection to Kuixing is apparent.
His son Poornachandra Tejaswi was a polymath, contributing significantly to Literature, Photography, Calligraphy, Digital Imaging, Social Movements, and Agriculture.
In this Detour, teams chose between Choreography or Calligraphy.
In Calligraphy, teams had to copy Chinese characters written by a calligrapher at four stations.
Once the calligrapher was satisfied with the teams' calligraphy, he stamped their paper, and they proceeded to find the next station, which was named in the characters they had just copied.
The villa is now home to a collection of close to 400 artefacts, including calligraphy works, photographs, old books, paintings, sculptures etc., all spread over the five galleries in two levels.
Calligraphy is the most highly regarded and most fundamental element of Islamic art.
The employment of calligraphy as ornament had a definite aesthetic appeal but often also included an underlying talismanic component.
One should always keep in mind, however, that calligraphy is principally a means to transmit a text, albeit in a decorative form.
Geometric patterns make up one of the three nonfigural types of decoration in Islamic art, which also include calligraphy and vegetal patterns.
The book was copied in very neat early official script, making it a precious material for studying the change of the Chinese character and the art of calligraphy.
He specialized in both Art Nouveau and Oriental art, and started drawing miniatures and calligraphy.
Since 1995, he has participated in numerous painting exhibitions, and his art has evolved from an abstract Arabic calligraphy to a Sufi style, all the way to a dense and monochromatic black vision.
Sōgen Asahina did the title calligraphy.
The park has a monument of poetry by Emperor Meiji (calligraphy by Tōgō Heihachirō) among other monuments calligraphed by Nogi Maresuke and Konoe Fumimaro.
The odes are sung in Late Middle Chinese pronunciation, and conceal a second 'clock' in broad 4/2 superimposed on the rapid 3/4 of the first. "The third ensemble executes a series of quarter-tone glissandi that are geometrically exact musical transcriptions of seven characters from the Song Emperor Huizong's (宋徽宗) 'Slender Gold' calligraphy (瘦金體), chosen to form seven of the eight words of a Tang emperor's verse in praise of a clock: 「制器垂象,永鑒無惑」.
The album's artwork contains no digitally manipulated images; instead, it contains customized calligraphy in both Arabic and Hebrew.
In Japanese culture, garden-making is a high art, intimately linked to the arts of calligraphy and ink painting.
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More Vocab Wordsfabricate - build; lie; make up (a story) in order to deceive; Ex. fabricate the whole story; CF. fabric: underlying structure; Ex. fabric of society
stipend - pay for services
scholarly - full of learning; erudite; like a scholar; Ex. scholarly journal
cadence - rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat; regular beat of sound; rhythm
morbid - given to unwholesome or unhealthy thought; moody; characteristic of disease; Ex. morbid curiosity; N. morbidity; CF. disease
bulge - protruding part; swelling of a surface; Ex. The apple made a bulge in his pocket; V: swell outward; protrude
contaminate - pollute
tremulous - trembling; wavering
nutrient - nourishing substance; ADJ: providing nourishment
cavalcade - procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages; parade; CF. cavalry


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Partner Chelpers: Equations in the form p - x = q
Lesson 13 of 23
Objective: SWBAT work with partner chelpers to solve two-step equations including negative one as a coefficient.
Do Now
Students enter silently according to the Daily Entrance Routine. There are Do Now assignments at their desks. Our work with one step equations is complex and requires regular check-ins with student progress toward mastery. The use of technology helps students identify problem areas they need to improve before the end of week quiz. Students are encouraged to ask questions about the steps involved in solving for x in an equation. Now that we are solving equations using all 4 operations, students often get confused about the operation that needs to be used to isolate the variable. For example, in question 9,
–5y = 35
Some students may not understand why adding 5 is an incorrect procedure. The concept of like terms can be used here are –5y and +5 cannot be combined. Furthermore, y is being multiplied by –5, thus the opposite operation is division. The conceptual understanding of a balance is helpful in understanding this opposite operation as well. If we had a balance with 5 canisters, each with an equal but unknown amount of chips inside, they would be balanced by the weight of 35 positive chips on the opposite side. We can rationalize that y, the number of chips in each canister, would need to be negative if the product is to be positive because a negative times a negative equals a positive. We would divide 35 by –5 to determine the amount of chips inside each canister.
Class Notes
The coefficient in the equation 9 – x = 18 is important for the solution. Students must recognize the coefficient as –1 in order to understand why the sign flips to –18 when x is positive. Many students are still struggling with the vocabulary, sometimes mixing the definition of constant and coefficient. Thus, we begin class notes by reviewing these definitions. I explain to students that they need to push themselves to use the mathematical language when talking about and writing about the solutions to these equations. I attempt to inject joy in the lesson by explaining that lately I have been using a lot of new language and often I will look at a student's face and the look is a "say wha'?!" look. The impression is the key to a quick laugh in the class. I explain that I will try to provide friendlier definition that students can access to understand a concept, but they are still expected to push themselves to use the proper language.
I then introduce the steps for solving a two-step equation: isolate the variable term, and then isolate the variable. A conversation about the difference between isolating the variable term and isolating the variable is necessary. In the example
9 – x = 18,
the variable term is identified as
– x
- Why is it not alone, or isolated? Because there is a +9 in the way.
- What is the opposite of +9? Minus 9.
- Therefore we must subtract 9 from both sides first. This leaves the expression:
– x = 9
Now we must isolate the variable. The variable is x.
- Why is it not alone, or isolated? Because there is a –1 as a coefficient, it is being multiplied by the variable.
- What is the opposite of multiply by –1? Divide by negative 1.
This is a series of questioning that students are to follow throughout the task today. The study tip at the bottom of the page is noted so that students have an alternate explanation to seek out at home should they need additional practice and explanations.
Worksheets are distributed. Half of the room will receive task A sheets and the other half will receive task B sheets. Students are instructed to solve silently for 6 minutes. At the end of 7-8 minutes, I will ask all students to stop working. Then, I will show everyone on the board how I use substitution to check the answer to a solution. This guidance is especially necessary when x equals a negative number. For example, in task A, the solution for question one is the following:
5 – y = 1
__–5 –5
_–y_ = _5_
–1 –1
y = –5
Since this is a negative answer, when substituted in the check step, it looks like this:
5 – y = 10
5 – (–5) = 10
5 + 5 = 10
10 = 10
After showing students how to check, the following directions will be given:
- if you are not finished solving continue working silently.
- if you are finished and have a task A worksheet, hold up a #1
- if you are finished and have a task B worksheet, hold up a #2
- If you are finished, look for a student holding up the OPPOSITE letter worksheet as yours. If there are booths available, you may take one. Use the right hand column to check your partner's work. After checking, if you find they have made a mistake, quietly show them the mistake and ask them to fix it. Make sure your partner understands why this is a mistake (MP3).
I will continue to help students complete the solving steps.
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At the end of 15-20 minutes of check steps and solving equations all students will be asked to return to their seats. If there are 10 or more minutes left in class I will answer questions for 2-3 minutes about the solutions and check steps and then students will be asked to complete the exit ticket on the back of their classwork. Exit tickets will be collected at the end of class as homework is being distributed. They will be graded and returned to students the next day to provide feedback as we get closer to the Friday quiz.


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Good running into you. running into you=meeting up with you
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Nice talking to you.
Take care.
(It was) good to see you.
(It was) nice to see you.
Nice meeting you.
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Bird Skulls, the new EP by local indie-rock band Company, is drenched in dark atmospherics and bearing some eerie production touches by Ryan Zimmerman (Brave Baby), Dan McCurry (Run Dan Run), and Joel Hamilton (Mechanical River), the 20-minute collection by songwriter Brian Hannon is well-suited to the relentless rain and gray skies that kicked off our summer. The EP's four songs were written after the death of former Company drummer Kelly Grant, and the loss hangs heavy in the lyrics. On the track "Mt. Pisgah," Hannon sings, "Took you to my brother's graveyard/ His body rests below the earth/ To heal these wounds, now we must labor/ But you will not share the work." Hamilton's fingerprints are all over the standout track "Curse," which he produced. With Hannon's fey vocals echoing over ominous synthesizers, nylon-string guitar strums, and sampled drums, it is Company's most powerful and haunting statement to date. Bird Skulls is streaming for free on the Exit Stencil Recordings Soundcloud page, and it is also available on iTunes and Spotify. CD copies will be available for purchase at the show. —Paul Bowers SATURDAY


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MTV utterly changed the movies. Since music television arrived some 30 years ago, music videos have introduced filmmakers to a new creative vocabulary: speeds of events changed, and performance and mood came to dominate over traditional narrative storytelling. Popular Music and the New Auteur charts the impact of music videos on seven visionary directors: Martin Scorsese, Sofia Coppola, David Lynch, Wong Kar-Wai, the Coen brothers, Quentin Tarantino, and Wes Anderson. These filmmakers demonstrate a fresh kind of cinematic musicality by writing against pop songs rather than against script, and allowing popular music a determining role in narrative, imagery, and style. Featuring important new theoretical work by some of the most provocative writers in the area today, Popular Music and the New Auteur will be required reading for all who study film music and sound. It will be particularly relevant for readers in popular music studies, and its intervention in the ongoing debate on auteurism will make it necessary reading in film studies.Throughout the scene, the recording of aDanny Boya works on several levels in order to achieve its rather unusual emotional impact. On the one hand, the song seems to function as a bit of stock music used to reinforce character. The songa#39;sanbsp;...
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CAIRO, Egypt — Although President Hosni Mubarak announced Tuesday that he wouldn't run for a sixth consecutive term, he will retain a considerable ability to influence the political upheaval unleashed by the biggest anti-government protests in his 30-year rule.
Here are brief profiles of Mubarak and some other major players in the crisis roiling the most populous nation of the Arab world.
President Hosni Mubarak
Mubarak was born in the Nile Delta province of Menoufiya in 1928 and graduated from Egypt's prestigious Military Academy in 1949. A pilot, he participated in two major wars — 1967 and 1973 — with Israel.
Mubarak rose to the rank of general and commanded the air force during 1973 conflict. He became president after the 1981 assassination of Anwar Sadat by army officers opposed to peace with Israel. He promptly imposed the emergency rule that the regime has used ever since to justify arbitrary arrests, infinite detentions and other harsh measures against opponents.
He became a close U.S. ally, preserving Sadat's 1978 peace treaty with Israel and ruthlessly pursuing Islamic extremists. Since 2004, he's permitted criticism of his regime by independent news media and bloggers, and allowed some protests. At the same time, Mubarak gave the police free reign to crackdown on his political opponents, especially the Muslim Brotherhood.
During his 30-year rule, Egyptians endured rising food prices, deteriorating infrastructure and public services and high unemployment, especially among the young. They also complained of rampant official corruption symbolized by businessmen appointed to Cabinet positions and top posts in the ruling National Democratic Party.
Mohamed ElBaradei
ElBaradei, 69, gained prominence as the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog, winning the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize for the agency's work.
While some opposition activists consider him a unifying figure who could win the presidency, others regard him as too pro-Western and an opportunist who remained outside the country for years while they took on the regime.
ElBaradei was born in 1942 to a well-off Cairo family. His father headed the Egyptian Bar Association.
He obtained a law degree at Cairo University and went to work for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry. He earned an international law degree at New York University Law School in 1974.
In 1984, ElBaradei became a senior official at IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria. He was selected in 1997 as the agency's director general, a position in which he took on the regimes of North Korea, Iraq and Iran.
But he also disputed the Bush administration's justification for invading Iraq, saying there was no evidence that Iraq had rebuilt its nuclear arms program. He also challenged U.S. charges that Iran was close to developing a warhead.
The U.S. was the only country to oppose ElBaradei's reappointment to a third term as IAEA chief in 2005, eventually dropping its objections.
After leaving the IAEA in 2009, he returned to Egypt to co-found the National Association for Change, a loose coalition of opposition groups, and said that he was prepared to contest this year's presidential election.
Muslim Brotherhood
Started by Hassan al Banna in 1928, the Muslim Brotherhood is one of Egypt's oldest political organizations and its largest, most cohesive opposition movement.
In its contemporary incarnation, the brotherhood forswears violence and opposes al Qaida, embraces the democratic process, and says women can hold public office, except for the presidency. It is fiercely critical of Israel and the United States, but it says it would preserve the peace accord with Israel.
The brotherhood was founded to promote Islamic morals and charitable works with the stated goal of making the Quran and Sharia the "sole reference point for . . . ordering the life of the Muslim family, individual, community . . . and state." One of its key slogans is "Islam is the solution."
The organization's political involvement grew out of its agitation for an end to British colonial rule. The brotherhood supported a 1952 military coup that brought Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser to power. But he outlawed the movement in 1954, jailing and killing hundreds of activists. Others fled, establishing branches abroad.
The movement moved underground. A leading member, Sayyid Qutb, is regarded as inspiring the founding of al Qaida and other radical groups by advocating the establishment of Islamic rule through jihad. Qutb was accused of trying to overthrow the government and hanged in 1966.
The mainstream movement re-emerged in the 1980s, seeking to join the political mainstream. It built a large following by providing social services and appealing to the religious sentiments of Egypt's conservative Muslim-dominated population.
It won an unprecedented 88 seats in Parliament in 2005 by having its candidates run as independents. During the 2010 election campaign, the regime cracked down so severely on the movement that it boycotted the vote.
Omar Suleiman
Born in the impoverished Upper Egypt governate of Qena in 1936, Mubarak's former intelligence chief was appointed first vice president last weekend.
Not much is known about Suleiman, 75, who kept a low profile in line with his previous post as intelligence czar, a go-between Israel and Palestinians who was close to the U.S. and Mubarak's most trusted adviser and troubleshooter.
Some experts suggest that he could lead a transitional government. But many protesters have rejected that idea, chanting that he, too, should leave office.
Stephen P. Cohen, a U.S. scholar who has served as an intermediary between Arab and Israeli leaders and has known Suleiman for years, said Suleiman has no interest in taking over from Mubarak.
"He sees his main responsibility now to make sure that there is no confrontation between the military and the people," said Cohen, the head of the Institute for Middle East Peace and Development. "That he considers a disastrous outcome that would challenge the very nature of the state."
Suleiman, who's fluent in English, is said to be brilliant, urbane and well-read.
But as head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service, or EGIS, he's closely identified with the abuses meted out to Mubarak's opponents. He also worked closely with the CIA on renditions of al Qaida operatives, including one who was tortured in Egyptian custody.
Suleiman entered the Military Academy in 1954 and served as an army officer during the 1967 and 1973 wars with Israel. He rose to become deputy chief of military intelligence in 1986.
In frequent contact with Mubarak, he was elevated to EGIS director in 1993, a post in which he directed a harsh clampdown on Islamic extremists.
He reportedly sealed his position of trust with Mubarak by insisting on having an armored car flown into Ethiopia for a 1995 visit there by the Egyptian strongman. The vehicle saved the pair from an ambush by Egyptian Islamic Jihad in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa.
Ayman Nour
Nour, a lawyer and a former member of Parliament, is the founder of the opposition al Ghad (Tomorrow) Party. He ran a distant second to Mubarak in the country's first multi-candidate presidential election in 2006.
The following year, Nour was jailed and spent more than three years behind bars on disputed charges that he used forged signatures to start his party. He suffered ill-health while in jail and the Bush administration repeatedly called for his release, infuriating Mubarak.
While Nour, 46, was in jail, his party split into factions and its headquarters caught fire.
After his release, Nour resumed his opposition activities and regularly attended anti-Mubarak demonstrations.
Nour was a founder of the National Association For Change, the informal movement of secular and Islamic opposition groups pressing for constitutional changes that would allow ElBaradei to run for president this year.
(Naggar is a McClatchy special correspondent; Landay reported from Washington.)
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Mark Davis, Tulane Law School senior research fellow and director of the Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy, talks with Marie-Pierre Meganck, head of international and European affairs/risk prevention within the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, after a May 14 program on coastal protection.
French Consul General Jean Claude Brunet discusses his country's interest in dealing with coastal protection and prevention to open a May 14 program at Tulane Law School.
With more than 2,100 miles of coastline, France has been lashed by hurricane-force winds, too.And the French have sought to learn from Louisiana's experiences in handling storm recovery and damage prevention, Jean Claude Brunet, Consul General of France in New Orleans, told a gathering at Tulane Law School on May 14.
Despite different magnitudes of scale, dealing with coastal protection, climate change and other environmental concerns "are global issues and global challenges," Brunet said.
French experts on coastline management, natural disaster prevention, urban planning and other areas shared their perspectives during a multidisciplinary program examining how researchers and planners from France and Louisiana are approaching coastal challenges.
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Overly specific prayers are a pitfall for parents because it is impossible to know every battle that a child faces and pray for each one. Offering general prayers for intercession in a child's life demonstrates trust in the Lord. Another good general prayer technique is to refer to that uncertainty when asking an omniscient God to act in the way best-suited to the situation.Learn more about Parenting


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The Bachelor of Science degree in Human Services in the Department of Educational & Clinical Studies is a rigorous program of study that helps students acquire the awareness, knowledge and skills necessary to promote mental well-being and to advocate for the populations they serve. The degree program has an applied emphasis with a strong grounding in counseling research and theory. Human Services graduates are prepared to enter the workforce in paraprofessional counseling positions in mental health, addictions, and child and adolescent services or pursue graduate degrees in the helping professions.
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By Matt Spiegel–
(CBS) It happened. The paradigm has shifted for good.
On Saturday night at Wrigley Field, it was proved unequivocally that things don't always go wrong for the Chicago Cubs and their fans.
There's more to do this week, beginning with Game 1 of the World Series in Cleveland on Tuesday, and a championship is a necessary final hurdle to complete the transition.
But make no mistake: The sports world is now different.
Cubs manager Joe Maddon makes a point to intellectualize the game every day. He writes an acronym for "Do not be a fan" on his lineup card before each game, knowing he can't ride the roller coaster toward his decisions. But after an on-field trophy presentation as his team dispatched the Dodgers, 5-0, in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series, he finally expressed his perception of the crowd's perspective.
"Getting to the World Series is a big accomplishment," Maddon said. "Of course, winning it would be even greater than that. But I still believe that, in seasons to come, people are going to believe more easily now. They're not going to look for the next shoe to drop. They'll believe that something good is going to occur, as opposed to something bad."
That's powerful stuff. Collective cynicism, fueled by relentless failure and outside derision, can now be fought off by citing actual events. A giant group of people have the chance to become more optimistic.
The path to this seismic shift began when owner Tom Ricketts pried executive Theo Epstein away from his hometown Red Sox in 2011. Epstein brought tremendous acumen, a defined and transparent plan, with an ever-growing front office of smart, successful people to help implement it.
He just as importantly brought the knowledge and experience of having blasted through painful baseball mythology in 2004. Been there, won that. Twice, in fact. Relentless execution of a well-orchestrated long view can trump a century of failure.
Through three awkward seasons of losing on the big league level, the fans grew so much. They were asked to be patient for 1,000 days, to have their daily couch time damaged in the short term, their companion sport made uglier. In a moment captured here at the 2012 trade deadline, many were able to zoom out from Clark and Addison, to widen the lens and see the holistic changes that could lead to a juggernaut.
What you, the fan, have been asked to set aside is no small thing.
Take the moment of last Wednesday as a template. This specific 2016 Cubs team doesn't deserve the doubt so many felt with their team down 2-1 in the NLCS, but dread set in for some, failure beginning to feel guaranteed. The flames were fanned by taunts of White Sox fan friends and the learned cynicism of grumpy Cubs fan elders.
The collective sense of doom was palpable and, for me, completely understandable.
Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant, et al have nothing to do with the specific ghosts of Wrigley past. They themselves have no "curse" to carry, no emotional weight to bear. The relationship of fan to aspiration is where the feelings come from. The aspiration of excellence and triumph have gone unrewarded for decades. The needed good breaks to win it all haven't come. The unrequited aspiration is what haunted you.
The Cubs fan has had this dream of a title as a dark passenger for decades. That dream has gone unfulfilled, as it did for parents and grandparents. Generational gravitas often transcends logic. You yourself might be smart, but the seeming certainty of doom makes you feel stupid.
And that, that seeming certainty, is what is now irrevocably changed.
There were so many moments since Wednesday to point toward. Addison Russell's home run in Game 4 seemed to unlock a door. Tack-on insurance runs in late stages of Games 4 and 5 showed that the contagion of confident hitting had finally spread like a welcome virus. Rizzo's homer in Game 6 made it a 5-0 score and unleashed a foreign presumption of victory.
But I'll always think of five outs to go in Game 6 at Wrigley Field on Saturday night, with a runner on base. Maddon called for Aroldis Chapman, and both the pitcher and the situation were enough to bring the heebie jeebies. It was a glaring instance of fear.
Yeah, five outs to go, eighth inning of Game 6. But here's what happened: 98 mph, called strike one; 98 mph, swinging strike two; 99 mph, hard groundball to Javier Baez for a 4-6-3 double play.
Inning over. It was a hilariously emphatic "eff you" to irrational fear. Millions exhaled. It got very, very real — three outs to go, with a five-run lead.
As the clock crept toward a World Series berth, so many thought of their deceased relatives. At a time like that, those who've passed have some immortality, courtesy of a baseball team. It 's perhaps the greatest comfort sports can offer.
Congratulations to the fans of the Chicago Cubs, living or dead. It's a whole new world.
Matt Spiegel is a host on the Spiegel and Goff Show on 670 The Score from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on weekdays. Follow him on Twitter @MattSpiegel670.


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Dr Nariani provides perioperative care for patients coming for various procedures in various specialities, mainly gynaecology, plastic surgery and brachytherapy. She has an interest in critical care and provides cover for the critical care unit out of hours and occasionally during routine hours. This includes looking after level 2 and level 3 patients. Dr Nariani also holds practising privileges as a consultant at The Christie Clinic.
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The Slants: Concert & Conversation
The Slants: Concert & Conversation
The UNH Law Sports and Entertainment Law Institute, in conjunction with Rock On Foundation and the Sports & Entertainment Law Society, presents:
The Slants is a dance rock band that took the dispute over its trademark registration all the way to the Supreme Court, with oral arguments coming up on January 18. The USPTO initially refused to register the group's trademark "The Slants" for entertainment services, deeming the mark offensive to Asian-Americans in violation of a federal prohibition barring the registration of disparaging marks. The Slants' founder Simon Tam disagreed, asserting that "Slants" has a number of different meanings and that, as members of the group allegedly being disparaged, the band was reclaiming the slur in the manner of groups like NWA and Dykes on Bikes. More broadly, Tam has challenged the Lanham Act's prohibition on registration of disparaging marks as running afoul of the First Amendment. (The Washington Redskins' management has made similar arguments in recent litigation—the Redskins and many other sports teams will be affected by the outcome of this case).
If you're interested in intellectual property, constitutional law, music, speech, appellate litigation, or any combination of those, this event is for you. Come for the conversation and stay for the concert. In the meantime, keep an eye on this case!
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Lord Boyd-Carpenter: My Lords, the noble Lord ignores the excellent speech of the noble Baroness.
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: My Lords, if the noble Lord refers to the noble Baroness, Lady Young, it seemed to me that she concluded in favour of the recommendations. She is indicating her assent now.
There were one or two differences of opinion about wording. The noble and learned Lord, Lord Griffiths, himself indicated that, after consultation with the noble Lord, Lord Allen of Abbeydale, he wished to make some textual changes in one case. The noble Lord, Lord Chalfont, disagreed with some of the wording but did not propose to press the point. However, in general, only two noble Lords out of all those who have spoken
Action is needed. There can be no doubt about that. Action is possible because we have a three-part package to be put before the House. I believe that it is in both the immediate and long-term interests of this House that we deal with the matter as swiftly as possible. I say that not at all in the sense that we should be seeking to appease the media. I shall not join in attacks on the media because I believe they perform a necessary function and usually perform it to a very high standard. Those we have to be concerned about are not the media but the public, and the public expect us to behave as a responsible House of Parliament. This report gives us an opportunity to do so.
Lord Strathclyde: My Lords, I am delighted to take part in this debate. I have found it extremely interesting. In particular, I have been struck by the way in which all noble Lords who have spoken, whatever their viewpoint, have sought to make a constructive response to the proposals before us.
I suggest that that says much for the excellent job done by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Griffiths, and his sub-committee in producing their report. I should like to congratulate the noble and learned Lord, Lord Griffiths, who this afternoon gave tremendous clarity and life to the rather dry words of the original report. I shall recommend to my Back-Benchers, many of whom have not yet seen the report in detail, that they read his speech in Hansard.
Of course there are plenty of good reasons for opposing the proposals that we are debating today. First, no change is necessary because there is no evidence of any abuse. There are unsubstantiated allegations, and there are the contrived and mischievous interpretations indulged in by the media. That is not an attack on the media, more a concern or perhaps even more an observation. There is nothing more than that.
I can assure your Lordships that the Government Chief Whip in this House gets to know a great deal about what goes on hereperhaps not everythingand I know of no improper behaviour of Peers in respect of their activities in the House and any financial interests they may have.
Secondly, this is an amateur House, in the true sense of the term, if I may borrow the phrase used by the noble Lord, Lord Jenkins. The noble Lord, Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank, disagreed with that description. It is perhaps a professional House made up of amateurs. Such rules as may be appropriate for the salaried representatives of the people in another place are not necessary for your Lordships. I disagreed strongly with that part of the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, in what was otherwise an excellent speech, in which he said that the two Houses should have similar arrangements. That point was echoed by the noble Lord, Lord McIntosh.
Noble Lords receive no salary, participating in parliamentary life from a sense of public duty and service. The wisdom and experience acquired in other walks of life enrich our proceedings. It would be a great loss were endless scrutiny of Peers' private affairs to deter those who, not being professional politicians, make such a unique and valued contribution.
To return to the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, he suggested that there was little to distinguish in principle between registration of an interest and declaration of an interest before participating in a debate. Without wishing to spoil what has been a good-hearted debate this afternoon, I disagree fundamentally with both the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, and the noble Lord, Lord McIntosh of Haringey, on that point. To me the difference is very clear. It is for that reason that I am very glad that the sub-committee of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Griffiths, did not recommend compulsory registration of interests other than those which have been described as paid advocacy.
To those of us who are not professional politicians the prospect of being obliged to disclose all our financial interests, including those which may have no relevance whatever to our activities in Parliament, is one which may altogether deter participation in your Lordships' House. By contrast, the requirement to declare an interest in a debate permits a noble Lord to choose on each occasion whether or not he wishes to participate.
The third point that I wish to make is that these proposals will be difficult to interpret. As a Chief Whip I am particularly conscious that I am likely to receive endless visits from Back-Benchers seeking advice as to whether their particular interests should preclude them from taking part in a particular item of business. I suspect that my noble friends the Chief Whips on the Opposition and Liberal Democrat Benches, if I can call them noble friends in this instance, would join me in saying that it is a headache that they will not relish. However, I am delighted to hear that my noble friend Lord Lyell will go direct to the Clerks with his concerns about registration rather than come to me.
The House will now realise that I believe that much of what is proposed is, in the words of the noble Lord, Lord Jenkins, nasty medicine. However, I believe that we must put our doubts on one side. As my noble friend the Leader of the House said earlier today, Parliament does not exist in a vacuum. The world has changed and we must recognise the way we are seen by others. The noble Lord, Lord Chalfont, made the point about how we are universally perceived. It was a point that was made rather more forcefully by my noble friend Lord Marlesford who said that public confidence has been undermined.
I join with my noble friend Lord Dean of Harptree in saying that much doubt surrounds some of our most cherished institutions. The denigration of our national institutions. including Parliament, is one of the unfortunate features of our age. I deeply regret that. However, this report gives us, in the House of Lords, an opportunity to declare ourselves in favour of the highest standards of probity in parliamentary life. For that reason we must support the proposals and do our utmost to make them work effectively.
It is in the traditions of your Lordships' House that we seek our own solutions and that we operate by agreement and, if necessary, by compromise. Compromise was a word which was central to the speech of my noble friend Lord Hesketh. I pay tribute to both him and my noble friend Lord Pym, who sat on the sub-committee in a non-partisan way, as did other members of the sub-committee, purely with the very best interests of the House at heart.
I hope that the fact that most speakers today have, by and large, found the proposals bearable will encourage others of your Lordships to give them your support in the interests of good order and consensus. I say "by and large" because I am conscious that two of my noble friendsmy noble friends Lord Campbell of Alloway and Lord Boyd-Carpenterexpressed grave reservations about certain aspects of the report and how it will be implemented. I take those reservations seriously.
I wish to deal with one point raised by my noble friend Lord Campbell of Alloway who suggested that we should not proceed to implement those recommendations in advance of scrutiny of our practice by the Committee on Standards in Public Life. I sympathise with some of his views. However, on that point I cannot agree. As my noble friend the Leader of the House indicated, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Nolan, has said that implementation of the recommendations before the House today would not inhibit his committee in any way but that on the face of it they were a positive response to public concern about the integrity and probity of those in Parliament. That being so, I believe that it would be far preferable to pursue our long and constructive tradition of self-regulation rather than wait to be instructed.
It is not for me to answer the debate today. That distinction rests with the noble Lord the Chairman of Committees. I have no doubt that subsequently there will be need to give further consideration to the views expressed by your Lordships before any decision is taken about what further action may be required.
Perhaps I may say a few words about the powerful speech of my noble friend Lady Young. She referred to the television programme to be screened on Channel 4 this evening. I very much agree with the concerns expressed: that it is most regrettable that allegations should be made in this way and propagated by the press with no opportunity given for the other side of the question to be examined. Until I have an opportunity to view the programme, I believe that I can say little more than that it appears to have all the hallmarks of mischief making. I am rather confirmed in that opinion by the fact that the makers of the programme showed such poor judgment as to cancel their interview with my noble friend Lord Campbell of Alloway.
I have no doubt that what is said today will not be the end of the story. It is a difficult subject as the protracted discussions in another place have demonstrated. I know that what the sub-committee of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Griffiths, proposed is a compromise between those who want no change and those who wish to see
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If anyone noticed, I put in my 90 day routine to take these for the duration of the program then make a decision if you want to continue with the supplements.
This was to get your body ready to do the exercises as most young people are vitamin deficient from a bad diet.
If anyone feels that there is too much zinc in this suggestion, simply don't take the zinc. (jP
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Very much depends of the age and the diet of the person concerned whether should take vitamins (quality and quantities vary in different brand names) or not then again it is up to the individual to judge his own intake. We are not talking about any medical trial or treatment here.
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Drink a lot of water.
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Those who are telling you that it's the B-complex and it's normal are absolutely correct. Be sure to drink plenty of water; you should be getting 10-12 ounces every hour (assuming an 18 hour day) and it should be distributed over the course of the hour (e.g. 4oz every 20 minutes) for maximum hydration. Drinking 24oz of water every couple hours is not so good because not only does it fail to hydrate you as well is it could, but it also rushes through your system taking other things (like some of your vitamins) with it. Your first couple urinations after the B-complex is in your bloodstream should be bright yellow. If you take the B-complex in the early morning and you're pissing neon yellow after lunch, that's not good. You're not getting nearly enough water. (Big no-no for PE and health in general.) Also, the 85mg of zinc is bit high. As you probably know, it is a critical component in protein synthesis, tissue regeneration, and it is very important to the male reproductive organs. It's definitely one of the most important supplements for male health and PE but too much of it will interfere with healthy iron and copper levels. I would recommend taking between 40 and 50mg daily. (I take 50.) However, if you really want to benefit from it, you should take a vitamin (or separate vitamins) without copper and then take a small amount (<=1mg) of chelated copper 12 hours opposite your zinc dose. Hit me up if you have any questions.
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The Effects of Cannabis Smoke on the Developing Brain
Although the fight for legalization progresses with each passing day, there is still confusion about the effects marijuana and marijuana smoke may have on children. Here are some major facts you should know.
Although the fight for legalization progresses with each passing day, there is still confusion about the effects marijuana and marijuana smoke may have on children. Here are some of the major facts you should know.
Before we get started, check out this video for a quick summary of how cannabis affects the human brain.
May Cause Learning Deficiencies in Your Child
Studies conducted by Dr. Andra Smith, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Ottawa, compared brain activity in 18-22 year olds who did not use cannabis against those who have smoked at least one joint per week for three or more years. Their findings showed how marijuana can hijack normal brain function in teens, possibly leading to permanent effects on brain development. The researchers found that brain activity increased in smokers as they performed the proposed tasks as the brain had to work harder to get normal jobs done.
May Cause Structural Changes to the Brain
A recent study published in the Journal of Neuroscience alluded to the fact that the brains of 18-25 year olds who used cannabis at least once a week showed structural changes compared to those who didn't use cannabis. Researchers from Northwestern University found alterations in the brain's emotion and reward processing regions with heavy marijuana usage. "This study raises a strong challenge to the idea that casual marijuana use isn't associated with bad consequences," said the researchers.
May Damage Blood Vessels
According to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions in 2014, blood vessel function in rats dropped 70% after just a half-hour of secondhand smoke exposure. Even with marijuana, which contained no THC, blood vessel function was still impaired. This could lead to atherosclerosis and even a heart attack in extreme cases.
"Most people know secondhand cigarette smoke is bad for you, but many don't realize that secondhand marijuana smoke may also be harmful," says Matthew Springer, Ph.D., senior author of this study. However, more research is still needed to fully discover if secondhand marijuana smoke has similar effects to secondhand cigarette smoke in humans.
May Help With Childhood Illnesses
Though marijuana smoke may not be conducive to a child-friendly environment, the use of cannabis, especially oil, can alleviate symptoms of certain childhood illnesses.
The use of cannabis oil in treating children's illnesses is still a new treatment. Although research is limited and often contested, stories of children coping with epilepsy by using cannabis oil speak for themselves. The stories are picking up traction in mainstream news, increasing public awareness and influencing powerful people and potentially policies.
Although cannabis smoke may affect children, the benefits of using the plant through different consumption methods should not be dismissed immediately. It's important to talk to your doctor or health care practitioner to find out what is right for you and your family and to keep track of news in the medical marijuana community.
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In-form Mohammad Hafeez led Pakistan to a six wicket win over England in the first one day international in Abu Dhabi.
England were all out at 216 after winning the toss. Earlier, England was reduced to 14-3, then looked well set when Eoin Morgan (76) and James Taylor (60) shared a partnership run of 133. But lost five wickets for 33 runs and were bowled out for 216.
Targeting a run of 217, Pakistan were reduced to 41-3 by Reece Topley's three wickets but Hafeez's 102 not out sealed the win with 38 balls to spare.
The 35-year-old Mohammad struck a six and ten fours in his 11th one-day international century and made a partnership of 106 runs with Babar Azam to guide his side to victory.
Azam finished 62 not out off 62 balls.
England lost Jason Roy who was bowled out by the 7ft 1 inch Mohammad Irfan, Joe Root and Alex Hales who were lbw and caught at slip respectively by Anwar Ali with only 14 runs on England's scoreboard. Morgan and Taylor's partnership run of 133 though dragged them back into the game.
Morgan hit 11 fours in his 76 and Taylor made 60 but the dismissal of the skipper prompted another disheartening collapse as Jos Buttler, Taylor, Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid followed him back to the pavilion soon after.
England's innings came to an end with Woakes being run out at 33 with two balls remaining of their 50 overs.
Pakistan's trio of pace bowlers and leg-spinner Yasir Shah were too good for England batsmen.
The pace trio of Irfan, Anwar and Wahab Riaz found seam movement early in England's innings and returned with reverse swing.
Captain Eoin Morgan acknowledged that that his side were "slow out of the traps".
"Our batting let us down massively. We were looking at a minimum of 250," says Morgan.
"I don't like making excuses. In the last two series we've played, we have been slow starters. We have to learn what we can from today and put things right in the next game."
"I don't think we can look to the bowling too much. Defending 217 is pretty harsh on the bowlers. We didn't bowl as well as we have in the past, but the fault today lies solely on the batting unit."
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Stillness of an early autumn evening is predatory,
Disguised inside small pockets of dozy, warm air,
For the first frost at dawn,
As fine as the fresh gauze over a new wound.
Barely touching.
But covering.
Before the rains expose the earth anew.
And there were some rains this year already.
Opening river banks and washing small settlements away.
Peoples and dogs swimming for each other.
And before that there was a summer without warmth.
It never arrived.
When my daughter returned from her travels abroad.
Where 'abroad' names any place outside our floating islands.
Otherwise you could say that she went to visit home country outside of which lays 'abroad'.
It all depends on the name you give to horizon you see while standing with both feet planted in the soil.
We can only ever see one.
Unless you are a character in Murakami's novels. Two moons might be handy.
It would certainly explain a lot.
Anyway, it was a slow summer and I was teaching myself to write poetry.
What a mess!
Silences stretched across summer nights like the elaborate tablecloths my dead grandmother made from the thin white cotton she called 'konac'. They were heavy.
She would lay them across our wooden table to fully show their opulence.
While all I learned is that poetry is like a fickle lover; it tempts, it seduces, it intoxicates,
Only to turn away without a warning,
Or a word of comfort,
Or a word of hope.
And still one waits.
And hopes.
And loves.
In our times, they are serious people (and seriously trained for number of years) whose job is to name such state of affairs. They come up with names like 'psychosis' or 'disorder'. It helps rest of the population cope.
But I did learn other things too.
For instance – a man to whom I wrote a poem some four or so years ago invited me out.
He still remembers it.
I do too.
The poem.
Not him.
The trouble with people in poems is they take it for real.
Poetry is not real! No more than our souls and our hearts!
Otherwise what would be the point – you can hug your knees – they are real enough!
Still, I listen while my daughter talks.
She carefully pronounces names of streets in Zagreb she visited, people she spoke with, dishes she tasted.
She watches me carefully waiting for recognition.
I have none to offer.
The trouble with exiles is that everyone wants them romantic.
They are not.
Your memory makes a fool of you.
Nobody remembers the square you swear on your father's grave (missed the funeral) was just on the left from the war museum, complete with cheerful flower sellers and an old man playing accordion in all weather.
Your words mock you.
You say not what you want but what you can.
No language would have you.
And that surely is a death of any poet;
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