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A Journey To Restore The
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Putting Soul Back Into Your Skin For True Beauty From Within
At SkinSoul, we believe that skin has its own life force – its own soul – that radiates with natural beauty and youthful glow when properly nourished and taken care of.
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We strive to grow our business with the same honesty and integrity we use to create our products with sustainability and healthier skin for all!
Our Promises
- Formulated With Swiss Glacier Water
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SkinSoul was developed by its founder to be kind to the most sensitive skin while restoring your skin's soul through the miraculous powers of nature. Which is why you can trust our skincare and makeup range to always be free from any ingredients that is dangerous for your health.
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Welcome to Alaska Sound Celebration Chorus
We are Alaska's premier female a cappella chorus, based in Anchorage. Our chorus is made up of over 70 ;fun-loving women from all walks of life who share a passion for singing a cappella music in the barbershop style.
Under our Director, Peggy Benton, Alaska Sound Celebration is heavily involved in the vibrant arts community in Anchorage. The Chorus is the creative force behind the highly successful Fur Rondy Melodrama. But we are also committed to the musical education of our members and to developing young vocal talent in Anchorage and beyond. Alaska Sound Celebration is a chapter of Sweet Adelines International.
Deke Sharon will share with his insight into the world of 4-part harmony,
including what he considers the black belt of a cappella- BARBERSHOP!
OCTOBER 26th, 2018
7:00 PM - Wendy Williamson Auditorium
Congratulations to Brilliance! Quartet
North by Northwest Region 13 2nd Place Quartet
2018 Sweet Adelines International Competition Quartet Wildcard Contestant
ASC is celebrating the Brilliance! Quartet's recent 2nd place award which also earned them
a Wildcard slot at the 2018 International Competition this October in St. Louis.
|Alaska Sound CelebrationRehearsals: Tuesdays 6.30pm
7801 E 32nd Avenue (off Muldoon), Anchorage, AK 99504
Do you sing? Do you want to be part of a special group of women? Find out how to Join Us!
Please contact us to sing at your next special event!
Alaska Sound Celebration is funded in part by the Municipality of Anchorage

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Sustainable Seattle
Blog post #1
November 18, 2014
Setting the Scene for 2015
Paul Inghram, AICP; and Deborah Munkberg, AICP Co-chairs, Local Host Committee;
Ivan Miller, AICP; Chapter President
Want to see 5,000 of your fellow planners under one roof? Want to see the future of planning coming over the horizon? Want to see what's happening in smart, sustainable cities — and what's rolling out across the country?
See you in Seattle!
APA's National Planning Conference is the biggest event of the year for people who care about communities. If that's you, start packing your bags now, because you won't want to miss a minute of it. This year's call for proposals brought in 830 submissions, which set the bar high for quality sessions. New this year: a Masters Series of sessions for experienced planners, a Tech Zone at the Planning Expo and, back by popular demand, a mixer for first-time conference goers. Whether this is your first conference or you've been to many, you're sure to find more events you'll want to attend than you could ever fit into your schedule. And you'll find something more.
Granted, those of us on the Local Host Committee may be a little biased. But we can't help thinking that Seattle is a city every planner needs to experience, up close, in person, and more than once. To get a feel for the city, start with this video from Visit Seattle.
Gems of the Emerald City
For planners, Seattle is a city with endless avenues to explore. The theme of this year's conference is Sustainable Seattle, so let's start there. Take a walk in the park — Green Lake has a newly reconstructed 2.8-mile path — or stroll through Belltown, with "green streets" that double as parkland. Or experience a different shade of green at Bullitt Center, the world's greenest commercial building.
Enjoy getting to know neighborhoods? Go back to Seattle's roots in Pioneer Square, the city's most historic neighborhood, and the International District, once known as Chinatown. Then cross the floating bridges of Lake Washington and see what's happening in Bellevue, with its high-tech city center and upscale shopping.
Looking for an artistic experience? Soak in the sights at Olympic Sculpture Park, a short walk on the waterfront from the convention center. Is economic development on your agenda? Head over to the Innovation Districts of South Lake Union, tour Starbucks' headquarters, or watch the ships and harbor seals come in at the Ballard Locks. Or, get on the water at the Center for Wooden Boat or the West Seattle Water Taxi.
When you're ready for a break, take your pick of Seattle homebrews in Fremont, SoDo or Georgetown. As you'd expect in Starbucks' hometown, you'll come across a cafe at every turn if you need a different type of boost. The locavore movement started on the Pacific coast, and many Seattle restaurants feature regional fare. For sustenance with a side of sustainability, check out the Bastille Café & Bar or Ravish, where rooftop gardens take "sourced locally" to a new level.
No visit to Seattle would be complete without spending some time at Pike Place Market. While you're there, catch the famous fish-throwers of Pike Place Fish Company. And how could you miss the Space Needle at Seattle Center, site of the 1962 World's Fair?
So much to do …
If you're wondering how you could possibly see half of those sights, APA has you covered. Sign up for the orientation tour, take your pick of mobile workshops, and you'll get a true flavor of a real planner's city. For more ideas, check out these Local Links.
Of course, everyone who lives in Seattle has a set of special places to call out. And everyone who visits will come away with favorite memories. We'll show you ours in the APA Washington Planners Guide, which will come with your registration materials. And, in future blog posts, you'll learn about our dominant and emerging sports teams. Our musical history. Our waterfront redevelopment and Bertha – the slow-moving "deep bore" tunnel.
What will your favorite memories be? Come to the Emerald City and find out for yourself.


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If you're looking for professionals who can do a quality oil change Mira Mesa Automotive Repair is the place to go. Our dedication to auto repair goes back over 40 years. We know cars, and we know how to keep up with the new innovations that happen every single year.
The Mira Mesa area has its fair share of options for an auto repair shop. Making a choice might feel like picking a name out of a hat, especially for something as routine as an oil change. However, even an easy job can cause complications if it's performed by someone without solid experience and strong work ethic. Your car is important, and your auto repair shouldn't be left up to people who only view you as a job or a number instead of a person who depends on their vehicle. An oil change should be fast, easy, and always done correctly the first time. Mira Mesa residents can confidently count on this shop to get it done.
We've been serving Mira Mesa and the surrounding areas for over 40 years, and we'll continue to give our customers, new and old, the very best in automotive service. Whether you're in for an oil change or any other auto repair services, we'll make sure you're taken care of. Call us to make an appointment or use our online form anytime!


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Killing Pablo The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw, by Bowden, Mark
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A tour de force of investigative journalism-Killing Pablo is the story of the violent rise and fall of Pablo Escobar, the head of the Colombian Medellin cocaine cartel. Escobar's criminal empire held a nation of thirty million hostage in a reign of terror that would only end with his death. In an intense, up-close account, award-winning journalist Mark Bowden exposes details never before revealed about the U.S.-led covert sixteen-month manhunt. With unprecedented access to important playersincluding Colombian president Cisar Gaviria and the incorruptible head of the special police unit that pursued Escobar, Colonel Hugo Martinez-as well as top-secret documents and transcripts of Escobar's intercepted phone conversations, Bowden has produced a gripping narrative that is a stark portrayal of rough justice in the real world.


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BlurbBin Dokuz Yüz Seksen Dört, George Orwell tarafından kaleme alınmış alegorik bir politik romandır. Hikayesi distopik bir dünyada geçer. Distopya romanlarının ünlülerindendir. Özellikle kitapta tanımlanan Big Brother kavramı günümüzde de sıklıkla kullanılmaktadır. Aynı zamanda kitapta geçen "düşünce polisi" gibi kavramları da George Orwell günümüze kazandırmıştır...
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This book is hard to read and a boring in places. It likes to ramble in places and doesn't always make sense. Despite this, it was a good read. It was amazingly set up, and it gets amazingly great toward the end, and just feels like the author knew what he was talking about. Everything was very meticulously done, and made you question things you have never even thought about. It was horrifying in the best possible way. The book was at least interesting to read despite pacing issues and long world-building segments, and has an important message that everyone should learn.
My favorite book of all time
El autor ha sido capaz de crear una utopía cada vez más cercana a la realidad.
Although George Orwell is a pessismist author, his book presents how the human beings can degrade themselves for power, power for power itself.
A história é muito boa, mas o livro fica é muito descritivo e acaba ficando repetitivo demais.
A foreshadowing of 21st Century America. Scary.
..sadly, I dare say not only America.
great read !
has the depth of a classic but the readability of a YA
So, 1984 it was. When I finished this book, I had this brilliant idea of writing a long, well-thought and insightful killer-review. But whenever I sat down, starting to type, I just couldn't do it. Thoughts would rush through my brain, exploding like bombs. So I'll keep it simple: Please read this book. It will be a painful, horrible, somewhat disgusting experience. It will hurt. It may haunt you. It may scare you. Maybe it will come to your pillow. Maybe you will get a little paranoid for a couple of days, looking over your shoulder more often than you would usually do. But worst of all, it will make you question everything. And that is so important. Now, maybe more than ever. And you know what's even more worse? People told me, that they had this "Now maybe more than ever"-thought 20 years ago. And 25 years ago. And 30 years ago. So please, read this. In it's unpleasent way, it's brilliant.
"a little paranoid for a couple of days" - you name it!
Glad to know I'm not the only one who thought so!
"Now maybe more than ever" - this is excactly the way I feel now. I didn't have this feeling so much at the time I read the book - maybe because at that time I saw it more related to history, especially as there are quite a few links to (russian) history. Disturbing...
This book is a foreshadowing of 21st Century America. Scary.
Das gruseligste Buch, welches ich jemals gelesen habe. Wenn Orwell wüsste, wie nah er mit seinem Buch der zukünftigen Realität gekommen ist. Beim Thema Überwachung wird sein Buch ja noch um damals schier unvorstellbare Dimensionen übertroffen. Jedem nur zu empfehlen.


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d) SALTDEAN CHURCH: St Nicholas's Church in Saltdean Vale was designed by Edward Maude and was dedicated by the Bishop of Chichester on 8 May 1965. Constructed in a grey stone with a tall tower, it was erected following a fund-raising campaign and replaced a temporary church of 1951 which is now the church hall. St Nicholas's was consecrated as Saltdean parish church in December 1970.
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My wife and I were married in this church on the 05/09/98. It was a day I will never forget. We still live in Saltdean and I couldn't think of a better place to live.
My children were Christened here in 2003 just before we moved to Spain after living in Saltdean for 17 years. Saltdean was lovely and very good to us. We have fortunately found somewhere equally as nice,and a tad warmer.LOL. Paul,Bev,Holly and Harry Hubbard.
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The No. 3 Alabama football team took advantage of five turnovers by No. 20 Mississippi in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, beating the Rebels 22-3. The Crimson Tide's total included five field goals by senior Leigh Tiffin, who moves to second all-time for the Crimson Tide in made field goals. Tiffin, with 67 career field goals, trails school record holder Philip Doyle by 11.
Alabama's defense was dominating, limiting Mississippi to just 19 yards of total offense in the first half and 193 on the day. Four different UA defenders grabbed interceptions including Kareem Jackson's 79-yard interception return, the 10th longest in school history. The Crimson Tide offense rolled up 355 yards of total offense led by 190 yards by sophomore running back Mark Ingram who scored the Tide's lone touchdown on the day. Alabama returns to Tuscaloosa next weekend to take on South Carolina for Homecoming.


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Some popular online gymnastics games are "Gymnastics Competition," "Vaulting Adventures," "Gymnastics Girl Dress Up," "Graceful Gymnast" and "Handstand Harriet." "Vaulting Adventures" has over 184,000 plays on Fupa.com and over 43,000 plays on FreeOnlinePCGames.net, as of July 2015. "Gymnastics Competition" has over 126,000 plays on Y8.com.
"Vaulting Adventures" earns a rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars on FreeOnlinePCGames.net, and 64 percent of players on Y8.com enjoy playing "Gymnastics Competition," as of 2015. In "Gymnastics Competition" players memorize symbols and then draw those symbols on the screen using a mouse to perform tricks.
"Gymnastics Girl Dress Up" and "Graceful Gymnast" have over 35,000 plays on FreeOnlinePCGames.net, and "Handstand Harriet" has over 25,000 plays. These three games have 3-star ratings on FreeOnlinePCGames.net.


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Georgia's Dual Enrollment program allows qualified high school students to maximize their education and career training by taking courses that earn college and high school credit at the same time. Under Dual Enrollment, students may take academic core courses that can transfer to TCSG colleges or USG colleges and universities. Students may also take occupational and career courses that can help jump start a career.
Students who are in the 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grades, attend a participating Georgia high school or an approved home study program may qualify to take college level courses under the Dual Enrollment Program.
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(a) RECOGNITION- Congress recognizes that the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, which was a product of the legitimate aspirations and a recognition of the inherent authority of Indian nations, was and is a crucial positive step toward tribal and community control and that the United States has an obligation to assure maximum Indian participation in the direction of educational services so as to render the persons administering such services and the services themselves more responsive to the needs and desires of Indian communities.
(b) COMMITMENT- Congress declares its commitment to the maintenance of the Federal Governments unique and continuing trust relationship with and responsibility to the Indian people for the education of Indian children through the establishment of a meaningful Indian self-determination policy for education that will deter further perpetuation of Federal bureaucratic domination of programs.
(c) NATIONAL GOAL- Congress declares that a national goal of the United States is to provide the resources, processes, and structure that will enable tribes and local communities to obtain the quantity and quality of educational services and opportunities that will permit Indian children —
(1) to compete and excel in areas of their choice; and
(2) to achieve the measure of self-determination essential to their social and economic well-being.
(d) EDUCATIONAL NEEDS- Congress affirms —
(1) true self-determination in any society of people is dependent upon an educational process that will ensure the development of qualified people to fulfill meaningful leadership roles;
(2) that Indian people have special and unique educational needs, including the need for programs to meet the linguistic and cultural aspirations of Indian tribes and communities; and
(3) that those needs may best be met through a grant process.
(e) FEDERAL RELATIONS- Congress declares a commitment to the policies described in this section and support, to the full extent of congressional responsibility, for Federal relations with the Indian nations.
(f) TERMINATION- Congress repudiates and rejects House Concurrent Resolution 108 of the 83d Congress and any policy of unilateral termination of Federal relations with any Indian nation.


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For issue advocates and policy opponents, an ad campaign may become a necessary part of any future lobbying fight, inside and outside the Beltway.
"Not many people will spend as much as tobacco, but there is a chance that this will create a whole new industry," said David Doak, president of Doak, Carrier,
O'Donnell & Associates, Washington, who credits the "Harry & Louise" campaign against the Clinton healthcare proposal four years ago for starting the trend.
The tobacco campaign began March 11 and was sponsored by the country's five biggest tobacco companies. TV spots from Bozell/Eskew, Washington, first supported a plan by state attorneys general to settle issues but soon were changed to suggest Congress was trying to raise taxes.
At the height of the campaign, the ads aired on CNN and in more than 50 markets, with some print.
Tobacco marketers ended the campaign Sept. 15 because further prospects for passing tobacco legislation in Congress appeared to be unlikely.
Critics of the tobacco industry have filed complaints with several government agencies, charging that the continued airing of the ads was a payoff to Republican leaders, aimed at protecting legislators who violated federal campaign financing and lobbying laws.
Tobacco marketers denied that running the campaign until last week had any goal beyond its original intent.
The anti-tobacco groups, which never significantly countered the ad campaign while Congress was debating legislation, announced a counter-effort one day after tobacco marketers halted their ads.
The American Cancer Society, which generally doesn't pay for advertising, said its directors authorized the expenditure of $5 million for paid TV spots that accuse the tobacco companies of "a big lie."
The ads -- produced by Squier Knapp Ochs Dunn, Washington, a Democratic campaign agency, and Murphy, Pintak Gautier Hudome, Falls Church, Va., a GOP shop -- will air on CNN and in seven or eight markets for a period of 17 days.
The tobacco campaign "was aimed at blowing smoke in the eyes of Congress," said Robert Squier, president at Squier Knapp.
John Gautier, a partner in Murphy Pintak, and Mark Mellman, a political pollster, told Advertising Age that polling showed the industry's campaign didn't change the public's perception about tobacco but that it may have given legislators reason to think they didn't have to act.
Both Messrs. Squier and Gautier said there was a need for critics of tobacco to respond to the industry's ads, and hoped that the American Cancer Society's willingness to advertise might influence other groups to follow suit on controversial issues in the future.
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balcony design. Friday , February 16th , 2018 - 08:49:17 AM
While landscaping can add immensely to the value, beauty and comfort of a church site, most architectural firms do not provide detailed landscaping design in their scope of services unless specifically requested by the owner. Many jurisdictions will require a rudimentary landscaping plan consisting of a site plan indicating the location, type and size of new and existing trees and shrubs, areas of sod and mulch, as well as an erosion control plan. It is now common for permit authorities to require landscaping islands in the parking areas based upon the amount of pavement. These islands are usually located at the ends of parking rows. Landscaping islands, however, can become an impediment to snow removal. In transition yards (a green area separating the church parking lot or buildings from adjoining residential or commercial property) a screen of trees and shrubs is also often required by permit authorities.
Another thing that you can do is to implement a multi-layer lighting design that is sufficiently adaptable for creating the right ambiance for different uses and events. Shop around for outdoor wall sconces, miniature lampposts, task lights and overhead lighting. Versatile lighting options can create the same level of aesthetics that you enjoy with your lighting on the inside of the home.
Bedroom balcony is usually not used in the way as it should be. Many people just take it as a source of having a view of the adjacent buildings and street etc. But for people with innovative minds, this is not just a drab part of the bedroom. They literally know how to transform this small piece of land into a green, colorful and scented landscaping. You will feel privileged and pampered by transforming your dull concrete land into a small garden.
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Collected near Inverness in Scotland in 2007. Pinus sylvestris scotia, is a true native Pine in the UK. The Pine had been worked once before but no photos I'm affraid. I love the gentle movement in this tree.
An alternative front to this tree. It will probably go in a round pot but suggestions would be appreciated
So, 4 years on and time for a wiring. This tree has been fed strongly and pruned for backbudding and ramification. A couple of smaller branches died off but nothing major. The tree last weekend. March 2014
Right side
Most shoots have 3 terminal buds which is down to good feeding. The middle one will be removed during wiring.
Tree wired this morning. Now for the fun part
Right side done
And the back
Left side
My prefered front is to the right of centre and will be marked as so for potting. The bottom branch is not quite right. It will develop into two pads but is in this position now to access more light.
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I have sold a property at 6918 143 ST in Surrey.
This is home! Lovingly cared for by Mr & Mrs. Clean! A quiet & private 6 bedroom, 3.5 bath basement-entry home, nestled in the hillside of E Newton/West Sullivan. Over 7,500 SF fenced lot is rectangular & flat, perfect for entertaining! Surrounded by fruit trees & landscaped flower beds in the front & back. The main level upstairs, features a gas fireplace in the main dining room, huge flex room and laundry, family room with another dining room, plus 3 good sized bedrooms; the Master has a bonus full ensuite. The lower ground level features an extra bedroom & rec room, plus a 2 bedroom legal suite w/laundry & separate entry w/ covered patio. Loads of parking! Central to schools & shopping. SOLD OVER ASKING! Call Billie to get your home sold efficiently, timely & for your benefit!


text: Can anyone help me with a Windows problem? I just reformatted my girlfriends computer (WinXP) due to some serious slowdown, and now its all clean, everything runs as fast as it should, except for one thing: windows. (kind of ironic that i'd have a problem with windows in Windows) Anyway, the problem is this. Anytime I am scrolling a window (internet windows [I'm using firefox] seem to be the worst culprit) or moving the window, I notice some serious lagtime. I don't have any idea what's causing it, as it did this as soon as I finished the reformat. It's 1.5 Ghz, and it has 512 MB of RAM, so thats not the problem. The CPU usage isnt spiked or anything weird. Is there some setting I need to turn off to help it out? (smooth scrolling in firefox is off, when on, the lag is kind of reduced, but the pages scroll slower). I can't remember it doing this before, but then I can't remember much. At the very least, can you people send me to a better forum to post this? I come here for most of my computing woes, and I know a lot of you are window's users, so any help would be appreciated.


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With just twenty rooms, and within walking distance of the Duomo, the JK Place Firenze is the ideal spot if you're looking to be right in the heart of the city, and yet want somewhere relaxed and intimate to return to after a day's sightseeing.
Ranging from a J.K. Classic to The Penthouse (with 360 degree views) and the Master Room (with four poster bed and piazza views) the rooms are all elegant, with masculine lines, soft colours, and state-of-the-art technology. Celebrated Florentine designer and architect Michele Bonan's influence is evident throughout.
In the public spaces, animal prints, brass lamps and Chinese prints stand out against panelled walls, monochrome furnishings, and painted ceilings.
Breakfast and light lunches are served in the glass-covered courtyard, with tea and cakes in the sitting room and drinks on the roof terrace in summer. The hotel's restaurant; JK Lounge, has a terrace opening onto the piazza, and dinner here can be followed by a cappuccino and a cocktail in the underground pop-art Pink Room.
Guests at the JK Place Firenze have access to the Olimpo Spa on nearby Via Tornabuoni.
In spite of being quite so cool, JK Place Firenze is very friendly towards families: cots and extra beds are free, nannies and babysitters can be booked, and there are highchairs in the restaurant.
JK Place Firenze Information
- Location:Florence, 20 mins drive to Florence Airport (FLR).
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(To be fair, Means' should have seen something like this coming when he decided to frequent the creepy sauna in the middle of a swamp.)
You guys remember how the booking of Tim Means and Abel Trujillo — two former convicts — on the undercard of UFC on FOX 5 raised some interesting questions regarding just who the UFC should allow to fight under their banner? Well, we can put that debate to rest for now in the case of Means, as Dana White announced over Twitter just a couple hours ago that "The Dirty Bird" has been pulled from the card for — we shit you not — slipping in the sauna and knocking himself unconscious:
I hope you all are happy, because you kind of predicted this.
If this sounds familiar, it's because a very similar situation occurred at UFC 24 when Kevin Randleman slipped on a pipe backstage and knocked himself right out of the headlining heavyweight title match he was scheduled to compete in opposite Pedro Rizzo. At least we're only dealing with an undercard injury for the time being.
At this point, the injury curse of 2012 has officially gone full-retard. Drunk on power and arrogance, it is basically stumbling through mess halls and vomiting into harpsichords, looking for the nearest hapless gent to pick a fight with. It's beyond the point of parody, really, kind of like how fast food drive-thru window pranks and AIDS jokes just aren't as funny as they used to be. The question is, will 2013 be just as bad? There's truly no earthly way of knowing which direction the injury curse is going, but not a spec of light is showing, so the danger must be growing. YES, the danger MUST be growing, for the woe-ers keep on woeing, and they're certainly not showing ANY SIGNS THAT THEY ARE SLOWING!!
As DW mentioned, stepping up on short notice to face Trujillo will be Marcus LeVesseur, who lost his original opponent in TUF 15 winner Mike Chiesa due to a sudden illness that forced him to pull out from the fight at the last minute. If I were one to buy into conspiracies, this is where I'd start speculating that a Higher Power was behind all this, perhaps attempting to prevent some sort of ecological disaster or terrorist attack through a series of frivolously connected events that begin with this fight. Thankfully, I'm not one of those loons.


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LAKE FOREST – More than 15,000 participants in Saddleback Church's fitness program have lost 250,000 pounds since starting last January.
The churchwide program, called the Daniel Plan, was developed by Pastor Rick Warren in collaboration with Dr. Mehmet Oz, cardiac surgeon and host of the nation's No. 1 talk show. Dr. Daniel Amen, an expert on the brain, and Dr. Mark Hyman, an expert on metabolism, joined to develop the plan.
Warren said he became interested in becoming more fit when he recognized the impact fitness had on the size and functionality of the brain. Other plan participants also cited concern of what could happen to their brains as their primary inspiration to get into shape.
Those on the plan have sworn off sugar, white bread, white rice, pastas, white and wheat flour, hydrogenated fats or oils, caffeine and processed food. On Saturday, Saddleback will hold a one-year anniversary rally to celebrate the success of the Daniel Plan.
The event will include a talk on metabolism by Hyman, a discussion of how to change your brain by Amen and cooking demonstrations with Warren. Billy Blanks, founder of Tae Bo Fitness, will make a guest appearance. The event will also include testimonials from participants — some of whom have lost more than 100 pounds.
The Daniel Plan includes a 52-week customized program, a curriculum for small groups, and an interactive website with a meal menu, and exercise and shopping tips. The website averages 27,000 visits a week. There also are monthly conference calls for encouragement.
Amen, of Newport Beach, founded the Amen Clinics, Inc. He said Daniel Plan's core principles are similar to his own online community, theamensolution.com.
Amen said helping create the Daniel Plan was an answer to prayer.
"While attending another church one weekend," he said, "I walked by donuts for sale, a grill filled with hot dogs and sausages, and the pastor referred to 'last night's ice cream social.' It was then I realized churches are sending people to heaven…early."
Amen said he asked God to use him to help churches get healthy. Within two weeks, Amen said Warren called asking for help with the Daniel Plan.
In an interview with the Register, Amen talks about fitness and brain health.
Q. Many participants in the Daniel Plan embraced the effort primarily motivated by keeping their brain functioning at its optimal best. Why does weight gain affect the size of a person's brain?
A. There are several factors involved. Fat cells produce inflammatory chemicals that cause diffuse inflammation in the body, which hurts the brain. Fat also stores toxins, which also hurt the brain. In addition, people who are overweight often have bad habits, eating poorly or a lack of exercise that also causes the brain to age prematurely.
Q. How does a healthy lifestyle play into the chances of being stricken with Alzheimer's? Have there been any studies done to address the impacts of food and the debilitating disease?
A. One study published this year reported that a healthy lifestyle can cut the risk of Alzheimer's disease in half. Exercise, new learning, great nutrition, and avoiding any of the illnesses associated with Alzheimer's are very important. There are many recent studies showing the impact of a healthy diet. For example, the Mediterranean Diet has been shown to be good for the brain and the heart.
Q. Once a person's brain shrinks, can it regain its original size?
A. Yes, this is the good news that the brain can recover with a brain smart plan, such as the one we give our patients at the Amen Clinics and through The Daniel Plan.
Q. Anti-depressants and anxiety prescriptions are becoming the norm for many. Can food and fitness change the need for these prescriptions?
A. Absolutely. Exercise, fish oil, and learning how to correct negative thinking patterns all have excellent scientific evidence they help with mood and counteract depression. I think these strategies should be the first ones used before medications.
Q. What about supplements, hormones and the human growth hormone? How does their use affect the brain?
A. At the Amen Clinics we often use supplements as a first line effort in boosting mood, energy and mental focus. Hormones are critical to brain health. They need to be tested and optimized, which can often be done through a brain healthy lifestyle.
Q. In a year of the Daniel Plan, have you found any interesting statistics among participants related to brain function and or improvement?
A. In a number of subjects we have done before and after cognitive testing and found high levels of improvement, the same as we did with the players in our NFL study.
The Daniel Plan rally starts at 9 a.m. at the Worship Center at Saddleback Church, 1 Saddleback Parkway. The event is free and open to the public.
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Jessica Biel takes her pooch out for a walk in Runyon Canyon Park in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
The 26-year-old will be hosting the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Scientific and Technical Awards this Sat., Feb. 7, at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills.
Jess will present six awards, but, the ceremony will not be televised. Some clips from the event, however, will be integrated into the Oscars telecast which will air on Feb. 22.
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In case you ever wondered, I do create a musical playlist for every book I write. It's one of the first things I do when I begin plotting. It helps me get a certain sense of the tone for my book–meaning, setting, my characters motivations or backgrounds and even how they fall in love.
Will they fall in love quick and cute or more thoughtful and deep? All that kind of depends on the music I choose.
I have a music app called NAPSTER (formerly, Rhapsody). There I can discover new music and if I think it's a good fit, I'll add it to my playlist. Sometimes I knowingly search for certain songs because of titles that go with scenes in the book.
In my book, Fiancé by Fate, I knew I had to add "Superstitious" by Stevie Wonder (because my heroine is extremely superstitious) and "Boston" by Kenny Chesney because the story takes place a majority of the time in Boston. 🙂
For the new book I'm working on, I happened to find a lot of WONDERFUL music while watching The Vampire Diaries on Netflix. The music is a little deep and emotional, but I feel it fits the mood, particularly with my hero. (He has a traumatic past.)
Here are a few songs that made the cut on my recent book playlist.
I hope you check out them out, because they're my personal favs:
- "All We Are" by Matt Nathanson
- "Belong" by Cary Brothers
- "Echo" by Jason Walker
Until next month, happy reading (and listening)!
PS. If you're on Facebook, my friend, Leigh Fleming – Author has a new release coming up!
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Some of the best music I hear is in the subway. Many talented musicians perform against the din of the trains. One talented singer I've had the pleasure to hear at the Blue Line section of Government Center is Wesley Ray Thomas, a baritone, known as The Opera Guy. Wesley's rich baritone soothes hurried commuters and opens their minds to the sounds of opera.
I hope you have the opportunity to hear this talented baritone during your commute. Take a moment to visit his MySpace page.


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How to Access Your Home Files From Anywhere
It's becoming easier and easier to just store your files in the cloud. By cloud, we mean online. For example, a lot of people are now using Google Docs as an easy way to store their files. This makes them accessible via any internet connection and saves the hassle of always keeping your files backed up and up to date.
Even though the cloud is excellent for files, it's not the best way of storing all of your files, especially the larger ones. Sure, Gmail has got some Firefox extensions that will really let you leverage the 7 GB of storage that Google offers you for free, but what about larger files? That's why network attached storage is becoming so popular.
Both Seagate and Netgear have dived into the consumer NAS market. Seagate has released an NAS Adapter, which will transform any external USB drive into an NAS device. The $100 DockStar will be complemented by an lineup of compatible hard drives, from 750 GB to 1 TB capacities. Prices for these FreeAgent HDs vary between $200 to $250. Seagate's offering combines PogoPlug technology, which enables you to back up data into the cloud. The first year of this backup solution is free, but after that, it will cost you an additional $30 a year for unlimited sharing and remote access. This doesn't stop you from accessing the data stored on you HD from anywhere, which is really cool and it also works with other external HD brands.
Netgear's most recent offering is slightly different. It's named Stora and meant for users who want to make their data available via the internet. They can bet accessed via FTP or the mystora website. It works with Windows, Linux, and Mac. It can double as an iTunes server and has two bays, which can be configured to mirror data. The MS2110 only comes with a single 1 TB drive and costs $230. There is also an optional service which allows for third-party integration, such as Flickr and mobile phones. This will cost you $20 a month after one free month.
Of the two options, Seagate's sounds better. It's cheaper in the long run and the $30 a year service is really worth it compared to Netgear's $240 a year. Clearly Seagate beats Netgear's. Plus, you can use the adapter to work with your existing external HD. However, you have to remember that uploading data will hamper your bandwidth quota. Usually, internet providers put a cap on upload speeds. This means that anytime that you are accessing your data via the internet from afar, you'll be eating into your quota. This doesn't concern users with unlimited data plans. Both are easy ways of making your data available to yourself and others via the internet.
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That was one of my favorite shows (besides the one with Dr Brian Weiss and Panache Desai).
Lucky you! I love Dr Phil. He just tells it as it is.
How fortunate you are!
I have been to show tappings and it's quite long but I bet you came out feeling empowered right?
Thank you for sharing and happy to know you had a fun time with your friend ;)
It was a great experience! I like Dr Phil's tell it like it is attitude as well. It was fun to see him "behind the scenes" with Oprah. They were teasing and cutting up. If you watched the show did you see me in that shirt I'm wearing above? If you catch a rerun, look for me. I was in the show a lot. :)Delete
wow, that looked like alot of fun, thanks for sharing the inside view of this studio.ReplyDeleteReplies
I loved the experience! Glad to share!Delete
What a great 'inside' story. You watch these talk shows and only get the usual sweeping glimpse of the audience so it is fun to hear what really happens out there.ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I just went to another one this week and took more pictures. Each time it is a different experience.Delete
How exciting. Glad you enjoyed it and it was great seeing behind the scenes of such a well known show.ReplyDelete
This sounds like such a wonderful experience. I love all the behind-the-scenes photos. You are so lucky to have been to so many tapings. Oprah's original show went off the air right about the time that we moved overseas, and I haven't had a chance to watch anything on OWN since they don't broadcast it in Malaysia.ReplyDeleteReplies
You can watch a lot of it on Oprah.com and the OWN network has a YouTube channel. Let me know if those work for you.Delete
How lucky you are to have such a neat experience!ReplyDelete
Interestingly enough, just last week, another Oprah fan shared with me her experience on the show. She went to several tapings and actually went to Australia with Oprah.
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That would have been awesome to go to Australia! And yes, I was so excited to see my tweet! :)Delete
What a fantastic experience! Looks like fun and so interesting!ReplyDelete
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Thanks for hosting!Delete
So neat! It sounds like an awesome studio. I've been to the taping of Nate Berkus and Martha but things aren't as interactive.ReplyDelete
Great to have you at "Oh, the PLACES I've been!" Hope to see you this Friday (but kindly include a link back)!
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Attending Nate Berkus and Martha would be fun! Sorry about the link, not sure what happened there. :)Delete
How fun for you and your friend!ReplyDelete
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Creative people from around the world are invited to make artworks with the image of Alyonka, a well-known Russian chocolate brand. Works are collected by Ivan Zemtsov (P.O. BOX 28 YOSHKAR-OLA 424037 RUSSIA) and posted there. The first "Alyonka" show was presented to public in Yoshkar-Ola Museum of Fine Arts in October 2006 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk9ruvAzT5M). But the project is still ongoing! Download Alyonka's image at http://denis.charmot.free.fr/ivan_zemtsov.htm.


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Dehua Lai—University of Science and Technology of China
Dehua Lai is a second year graduate student in Temple University's Dual Bachelor's Master's Degree (DBMD) Program, who plans to graduate in May 2011. Automation was his undergraduate major at University of Science and Technology of China and at the graduate-level he currently studies electrical engineering.
While enrolled at University of Science and Technology of China, Dehua created software to control water-levels in a laboratory there. Today, the equipment he created is still functional and they continue to use the software. Last summer, Dehua interned with a power company called ABB in China and he is fortunate to already have a job offer to work there once he graduates. "For students who want to stay and work in the United States, Temple offers regular industry job fairs on campus, where you can speak to company representatives about the field," says Dehua, "I found them to be very helpful."
"Temple's DBMD program has been a rewarding experience," remarks Dehua. "The professors are very knowledgeable about their subject matter, as well as accessible and patient with international students when English is their second language. Dr. Saroj Biswas and Dr. Li Bai in the College of Engineering were particularly helpful in my academic pursuits." Dehua worked on an independent project through the College of Engineering where he created software that detects moving objects in videos. The process is called "objects classification" and the software is able to distinguish a human from a vehicle.
"The advisors in the Office of International Affairs, especially Dr. Martyn Miller, are extremely accessible and helpful when I have questions about visa requirements," he says. "Many of the advisors have dual citizenship themselves, so they understand the intricacies of the process and want to ensure the procedure is as streamlined as possible for international students."
"I love Philadelphia," says Dehua Lai, "Students who enjoy a big city with a historical setting will feel right at home here." Another advantage of Philadelphia is its proximity to New York City, Boston, Washington, D.C., making it a hub for national travel. Dehua has traveled to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Boston, New York City, and he spent two weeks with a friend in Alaska. The two of them camped in the forest and went boating during the day. They saw whales, sea lions, and had a chance to visit some hot springs. He plans to visit Alaska again before he returns to China this summer.
"I encourage Chinese students to look into Temple University's DBMD program because it is a great way to learn more about the United States and earn a graduate degree at the same time," recommends Dehua. "After two years, students can then make a serious decision about whether to stay for a PhD, which is a much longer commitment of 6+ years."


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Dear Ms Aspin,
Thank you for your further email of 26 September addressed to Vaughan Gething AM, Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport regarding your concerns about the services provided at Pen y Maes health centre in Wrexham. I have been asked to reply.
I am sorry that you were disappointed to receive a response from an official rather than direct from the Cabinet Secretary. Welsh Government Ministers receive a large volume of correspondence and cannot always respond personally. For this reason correspondents may from time to time receive a reply on the Cabinet Secretary's behalf from his officials. However, the Cabinet Secretary takes a close interest in all his correspondence.
I note your further concerns. It was explained in our previous response that the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board took over management of the practice in October 2016 and is continuing to explore potential options for the future provision of services.
In Wales, the Cabinet Secretary has a role to set the strategic direction for health services and hold the NHS to account. Health boards plan how services are delivered 'on the ground' and regularly review these services to ensure they meet the needs of their resident population. Therefore, the health board will be the most appropriate organisation to contact to provide the specific answers to your enquiry.
Yours sincerely
Paul Haynes Government Business Team Health and Social Services Group
In reply to the second and third emails I sent to Vaughan Gething, this dropped into my inbox yesterday. No more informative and equally 'helpful' as the last reply from him. Obviously, Mr Gething, who is, remember, the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport in the Welsh Assembly, is an extremely busy fellow and hasn't got time to reply in person to the likes of me. The fact that, being Secretary for Health, means that it is his job to be interested in what's going on in the Health scene throughout Wales, seems to have passed him by, and of course, as his constituency is in south Wales, he doesn't rely on us to vote him back in when the next election rolls around.
So, once again, in spite of the fact that I did inform him previously that I have already contacted BCUHB and a great many more bodies and people besides, the official line continues to be, 'Not interested, go and ask them.'
We have now gathered a fair amount of coverage of what is happening in our Health Board and it's all grist to our mill. For example:
- In BUCHB and doubtless in other Welsh health boards too, directly managed GP practices get £29 per patient more than GP managed practices.
- Although the East Area team have assured us several times that they are 'committed to GP managed practices', they also told the recent Scrutiny meeting with the Council that they 'have no intention of putting Pen y Maes out to tender again in the near future'.
- They are NOT 'meeting the needs of the resident population', unless you count days with no GPs and a shortage of nurses as meeting our needs.
So the bottom line is that although one of our MPs has become involved and is asking questions, even though Welsh NHS is devolved so he does not have any obligation to do so, Mr Gething, who does have a responsibility (the clue is in your title, you know!), has decided not to bother.
Sadly, we're not the only practice suffering. http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/gp-surgery-blasts-bullying-health-13754767
But we're not going away. We're going to keep on keeping on!


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The Chosen
There is no place that really explicitly states my least favorite myth, but you see evidence of it everywhere. There is the "hanging by a thread" prophesy. There are things about this being an elect generation of youth. There is our persistent isolationism, coupled with the idea that everybody knows and cares about what we are doing. There is the notion that, in spite of the fact that BYU has a restrictive honor code and limited draw for big-time non-LDS football stars, it should have a perpetual top-25 (even top-10) football team. We think that we are chosen.
Perhaps I am still thinking about the foreordination posts from last week. Perhaps I am just tired of being a bit of a freak to people who think they know everything about me (JP's excellent post reminded me of many high school religion conversations). Maybe I've been engaged in Bloggernacle navel gazing too long. It just seems like if there is one group in the country that is absolutely certain that God likes us more, it is us.
There may be plenty of reasons for this feeling. We do believe that God blesses us on a regular basis individually (Elder Bednar's recent "tender mercies" talk is an excellent example of this notion). We also believe that blessings are somewhat dependent on our behavior. Since we behave well, and since our "pioneer ancestry" behaved well, it is possible that we believe that we have stored up sufficient good behavior to guarantee God's blessings on us.
This is the kind of thinking that got Israel overrun with Assyrians and Jerusalem destroyed by Babylonians and Romans. Chosen-ness does not mean that we are God's special task force, ready to step in whenever an area needs a spiritual beat-down. Chosen-ness doesn't mean that God will spare you because of how wonderful you are and how much more he likes you. If we are chosen, an idea that I am not entirely ready to grant, the kind of special treatment we receive is not the kind you want.
Let's take a look at a people whom we know were "chosen": The Israelites. There were the aforementioned Assyrians, Babylonians, and Romans. There are the years and years of anti-semitism, oh, and the Holocaust.
The chief sin behind all the earlier events seems to be pride (I won't speak of the Holocaust, because God hasn't discussed the Holocaust). The Israelites were convinced, because of numerous escapes in the past, that God really would protect them no matter what, that they really were the special ones. It is this tendancy that I see in modern Mormonism and it scares me.
You may say, "It is different for us, we have modern prophets." They had prophets speaking to them up to and including the moment that the invaders began to tear the temple down. You may reply, "But those people didn't listen to their prophets." According to the book of Jeremiah, Jeremiah was an advisor to King Zedekiah. The King chose to ignore his advice and you know the rest of the story.
I am not saying this to engage in fear-mongering. I hope that God chooses to spare us the kind of judgment that he has thusfar laid out on his chosen people, the Jews. Nonetheless, so long as we feel that we are already sufficiently righteous, sufficiently blessed, or sufficiently chosen, we face that same danger.
Getting back to Elder Bednar's talk (what with Conference this weekend and all), the lesson that we should learn from God's blessings isn't that we are chosen, it is that he loves us. No one receives any more or less of God's love by earning it. It, along with all of God's good gifts, is freely given to all who ask sincerely (and some who don't). If we are blessed, it is to remind us of our dependence on God and, thereby, to humble us.
This chosen thing. It worries me. Especially since we seem to believe that our isolation is what makes us chosen (much moreso than righteous acts). If you think the manner in which the Mormons will save the constitution will be with some sort of military coup or minority vote, I don't know what kind of constitution you will be saving. If you think it will be our shining example of goodness that we lead people to make the decision, then I'll need to see more goodness and less of the kind of thinking that brought Jerusalem down.
If we are chosen, if our wealth and our knowledge was intended to set us apart from the world, then our goal is to open ourselves up to others, not cut them off as dead weight. We shouldn't be a tower in the sky, forcing others to climb over each other to get to the blessings we enjoy. If we are meant to be lofty (an imputation that I might dispute), we are at least intended to stretch all the way down to the ground. There is room in our tower for all and as many doors as there are people wanting to get in.


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Archive for June 12th, 2017
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Kids
Samsung Electronics announced the Samsung GALAXY Tab 3 Kids, a tablet built specifically for kids with the educational tools and safety features parents want. In terms of technical specs, the device has an 7-inch screen and will run Android 4.1, or Jelly Bean. The front and rear facing cameras


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The Walls of August
Fifty years ago this month, the Berlin Wall was born, and 20 years ago this month, hardliners in the Soviet government attempted to overthrow Mikhail Gorbachev. The instinct for imperial preservation that underlay both efforts remains strong in Russia to this day.
MOSCOW – History's milestones are rarely so neatly arrayed as they are this summer. Fifty years ago this month, the Berlin Wall was born. After some hesitation, Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet Union's leader, allowed his East German counterpart, Walter Ulbricht, to erect a barrier between East and West Berlin in order to ensure the survival of communism in the entire Soviet bloc. By that point, East Germany had hemorrhaged three million people – including many of its most talented – as hundreds each day peacefully walked into the zones of Berlin that were controlled by the United States, the United Kingdom, and France.
And 20 years ago this month, hardliners in the Soviet government attempted to overthrow President Mikhail Gorbachev, who, two years after US President Ronald Reagan memorably called on him to "tear down this wall," had done just that. Somewhat miraculously, a reformer who wanted Russians to be part of the democratic West had come to power in the Kremlin.
Gorbachev's hard-line Politburo adversaries, like those who had hemmed in Khrushchev at the time of the Berlin Wall's construction, were determined to preserve the decrepit system that the Wall symbolized. But, in August 1991, ordinary Muscovites stood their ground. They defied the coup makers, and in the end carried with them much of the Russian Army. With their defiance, the coup was doomed.
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GSP vs Diaz at UFC 137 in October: Is Nick Diaz's Title Shot Unfair?June 7, 2011
"The first UFC vs Strikeforce Superfight is official. But was it justified?"
Poses an interesting debate, doesn't it? I'm Andre Harrison, but you already knew that (If you're from the Pro Wrestling section, this is my first MMA column). In case you've been living under a rock for the past 24 Hours when it comes to combat sports, Dana White announced on Twitter yesterday that at UFC 137, the UFC Welterweight Champion, Georges St-Pierre, will fight Strikeforce's Welterweight Champion, Nick Diaz, in a superfight in Las Vegas on October 29th (Date is subject to change).
Whether Diaz's Strikeforce title is on the line hasn't been announced yet, but what is confirmed is that Diaz has signed a new multi-fight, multi-year contract, which enables him to fight in the UFC AND in Strikeforce. Apparently, according to Cesar Gracie (Diaz's trainer), Showtime wasn't really the issue, it was the pre-arranged agreement regarding the Jeff Lacy boxing fight which caused the difficulty. (To be honest, I don't think Diaz is going back to Strikeforce unless he loses multiple fights in a row, which is unlikely to begin with, but it's a clever catch in the contract.)
So, with Nick Diaz thrust straight back into the UFC, and immediately getting a title shot, I have to pose the question, is this fair to GSP, and to the rest of the Welterweight Division in the UFC? Let's break some things down, look at multiple angles and see what I think of the situation.
First of all, let's take a look at some facts about GSP. He's the UFC Welterweight Champion with a record of 21-2. He's won 10 in a row in the UFC, having avenged his only two losses, and has successfully defended the Welterweight Championship six times, against Jon Fitch, BJ Penn, Thaigo Alves, Dan Hardy, Josh Koscheck and Jake Shields.
GSP is easily the #2 P4P fighter on the planet, with only Anderson Silva being more dominant when it comes to weight classes and fighters. Nick Diaz is/was (depending how you look at the situation), the first Strikeforce Welterweight Champion. He's ALSO won 10 in a row, including three title defences against KJ Noons, Evangelista Santos and most recently, Paul Daley in April. Without question, GSP's fought the better names while being in the UFC, but if you think about it, has Diaz done enough to suggest that he can really hang with GSP? Hmm…
I think the reason Diaz has been brought in is due to the fact that the UFC's Welterweight Division is a murky place to be right now. GSP is the dominant champion, and there isn't a fresh contender for him in the Top 5 right now, as he's already beaten Jake Shields, Josh Koscheck, Jon Fitch, BJ Penn (Twice), and others.
The problem also is that Penn and Fitch are both injured and may not fight again in 2011, Koscheck is still medically suspended after breaking his orbital bone at UFC 124 during his fight with GSP in December, and he won't fight again until Autumn. Koscheck's suspension ends this month, and there's at least another two months of training to get through after that as well.
Fitch has a shoulder injury and can't fight until December, not to mention he's stubbornly, demanding a rematch with BJ Penn or a fight with GSP after rejecting Rick Story. This automatically makes Joe Silva's booking much harder, as Shields and Penn want to fight each other in the first 5-Round Non-Title fight in the UFC.
Don't also forget guys who are moving up quickly in the division, like Rick Story (Who's won six in a row), Jake Ellenburger, who's won two fights in as many months, and the veteran names still in the mix, like Diego Sanchez and Carlos Condit who are there as well.
Sanchez will be fighting Hughes in September, while Condit will be fighting the Korean Stun Gun, Dong Hyun Kim at UFC 132 in July. So we could be here for a while before we can truly have a legitimate number one contender, with injuries, suspensions and time having to elapse first. Here's how I rank the Welterweights right now:
1) Georges St-Pierre (UFC Welterweight Champion)
2) Jon Fitch
3) Jake Shields
4) Nick Diaz (Strikeforce Welterweight Champion)
5) Josh Koscheck
6) BJ Penn
7) Rick Story
8] Carlos Condit
9) Jake Ellenburger
10) Thiago Alves
As I've said, GSP has beaten four of the Top six welterweights in the world in my eyes, one of them twice, as a matter of fact. Nick Diaz is a very versatile fighter, he can stand and bag with the very best, has a big chin, and with a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, he can easily take it to the ground and fight off his back if need be.
Unlike some of GSP's opponents in the past, he won't be afraid to get stuck in and give it to Georges, which Shields and Koscheck didn't do. However, in my eyes, Diaz hasn't beaten anyone in the top 10-15 guys in the world at 170. He's gotten by because of his skill set, but he hasn't really fought anyone top quality since Takanori Gomi and Sean Sherk in 2007/2006 respectively.
Carlos Condit recently said that he thought it was unfair for Diaz to get the title shot, and to an extent I can see where he's coming from, as other guys have been working very hard to try and climb the ladder. Diaz has come in straight away and becomes the #1 Contender with the snap of Dana White's fingers.
It's not like this hasn't happened before. Look at Diaz' fellow camp-mate Jake Shields. He was Strikeforce Middleweight Champion, but relinquished his title to join the UFC's Welterweight Division to fight Martin Kampmann back in October 2010. He won (albeit in a close one), and got a title shot. White even admitted that Shields would have gotten a title shot right away if the timing was better (St-Pierre vs Koscheck 2 was already booked for December after The Ultimate Fighter Season 12.)
Overall, I can see why White's done this. He made the move because the fans wanted a Superfight for GSP, and from a business standpoint, this a huge fight. It can be hyped up for the fans as the first real UFC/Strikeforce Champion v Champion contest, and outside of the Heavyweight Division (Everyone likes a good Heavyweight fight), GSP is the company's biggest draw for Pay-Per-View buys, his fight with Koscheck pulling in about 800,000. His average is over 600,000, the third-highest of all time (Behind Brock Lesnar and Michael Bisping…Don't ask), so a fight like this would pull near a million if Diaz was allowed to trash talk like Kos did for his fight.
It's a shame he wasn't given a coaching slot on The Ultimate Fighter Season 14 with GSP, as Mayhem and Bisping now have those roles.
From the fan's perspective and from a business standpoint, this should be awesome.
But if you're a fighter, especially in the Top 10, and you're one or two fights away from a title shot, you're going to have to feel like this was slightly unfair. This super-fight pretty much presses the pause button on the entire division for six months or so. But for me, as a writer, and fan of MMA, this is awesome, and something I've been wanting to see for a couple of years.
So I say, bring it on! Georges St-Pierre vs Nick Diaz for UFC 137, let's do it! Sayonara!
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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama said in a nationally televised address Tuesday night that recent diplomatic steps offer "the potential to remove the threat of chemical weapons" inside Syria without the use of force, but he also insisted the U.S. military will keep the pressure on President Bashar Assad "and be ready to respond" if other measures fail.
Speaking from the East Room of the White House, Obama said he had asked congressional leaders to postpone a vote on legislation he has been seeking to authorize the use of military force against Syria.
The speech capped a frenzied 10-day stretch of events that began when he announced he was stepping back from a threatened military strike and asking Congress to pass legislation authorizing use of force against Assad.
Events took an unexpected turn this week when Russia and Syria reacted positively to a remark from Secretary of State John Kerry indicating the crisis could be defused if Damascus agreed to put its chemical weapons under international control.
Obama said he will send Kerry to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday, and added, "I will continue my own discussion" with Russian President Vladimir Putin.


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The rich benefits of expository preaching
Expository Preaching is the Power of the Pastorate Becuase it is Vocationally SatisfyingThose words make me weep, even as I re-read them in putting together this post. I've had several different vocations in my life: teacher, writer, historical investigator. I've enjoyed all those jobs, some intensely. But I've never been able to relate to the heart-felt declarations of purpose from the devotees in any of those fields. I've heard some particularly moving descriptions from teachers on why we teach and writers on why we write. But as much as I feel passionately about the value of those pursuits, I've never been able to rise to the devotion of a true believer.
Let us not be gullible. Expository preaching fulfills God's purpose for our lives as preachers. He has called you to preach the Word, and you will never be happy until you go to that Word, live in that Word, exegete the meaning of that Word, dive like a Pacific native to the bottom of the ocean for the rich pearls of that Word, and then come back up from your time in the deep-blue of God's presence, string those pearls together in a sermon, and put them on the neck of your people.
Only a preaching method, a preaching approach, that is radically Word-centered, Christ-centered, Gospel-saturated, and uncompromisingly faithful to the text will give you joy. For you were made to preach.
Then I found preaching. I don't think preaching is by any means the only calling from God. But it is mine. "For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!"
Full disclosure: I've recently been given a one-year complimentary subscription from the folks at Preaching. That doesn't mean I'll always say good things about the magazine, but it's certainly easier to be charitable to those who have been charitable to me. Michael Milton's article, however, would have been worth the cost of a subscription, as far as I'm concerned.


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News for the Hospitality Executive
The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, December 2010 … Benchmark Hospitality International, a leading US-based hospitality management company, has announced the addition of World of Whirlpool to its management portfolio. The new World of Whirlpool conference center is located in the historic Reid Murdoch Building in the River North area of Chicago. Nearby is the landmark Chicago Merchandise Mart with its LuxeHome collection of luxury boutiques.
"I am very pleased to welcome the World of Whirlpool to the Benchmark Hospitality family," said Burt Cabañas, chairman and chief executive officer, Benchmark Hospitality. "This is an extraordinary meetings and events facility that has been thoughtfully designed to showcase Whirlpool Corporation's innovative consumer products, and to support Whirlpool's company growth initiatives."
The World of Whirlpool facility is Whirlpool Corporation's flagship venue in Chicago and is designed as an experience for a wide variety of audiences important to Whirlpool, including trade customers, designers and key influencers. The facility's innovative approach showcases branded kitchen and laundry solutions in settings optimal for training, demonstrations, meetings and special events.
This private, day conference center features 28,000 square feet of state-of-the-art meeting and event space within the unique riverfront facility, including several floors of the Reid Murdoch Center's signature clock tower. The space is comprised of 12 immersion kitchens, an outdoor kitchen with herb garden and fireplace, demonstration laundry rooms, classrooms, an executive board room, a gathering space for entertainment events, as well as skyline dining at the top of the clock tower.
World of Whirlpool's facilities will be supported by Benchmark Hospitality International's award-winning hospitality and conference concierge services. For 30 years, Benchmark Hospitality has been a leader in the delivery of productive meeting environments.
About World of Whirlpool
The "World of Whirlpool" is Whirlpool Corporation's product experience showplace for designers, trade customers, sales associates, industry influencers and media. Located in Chicago, Ill., the center facilitates interaction with products from Whirlpool Corporation's brands including Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air and Gladiator GarageWorks.
About Whirlpool Corporation
Whirlpool Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, with annual sales of approximately $17 billion in 2009, 67,000 employees, and 67 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. The company markets Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, Bauknecht and other major brand names to consumers in nearly every country around the world. Additional information about the company can be found at http://www.whirlpoolcorp.com.
About Benchmark
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Hospitality International Names Recipient of the First Annual Bob
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Hospitality Names Taylor Amara as First Recipient of the Bob Zappatelli
Culinary Arts Scholarship In Partnership with The James Beard
Foundation, New York / December 2010
Hospitality International's Steve Kander Receives Prestigious Certified
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Mentored by Benchmarks Chief Sommelier, Mary Watson-DeLauder /
December 2010
Hospitality International Named A 2010 "Top Work Place" by The Houston
Chronicle; Places in the Top 50 / November 2010
Hospitality International's Hawaii Resorts Achieve Travel + Leisure's
"2010 World's Best Awards" List as "Top 25 Resorts in Hawaii" /
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|Benchmark's Turtle Bay Resort A Top 25 Hotel in Hawaii for 2008 According to Travel + Leisure Magazine / July 2008


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Two Rivers Native American Training Center was founded by Dr. Jay Swallow of the Southern Cheyenne and Sioux Nations and Dr. Negiel Bigpond of the Yuchi Nation. After traveling and ministering to the Native Nations for many years separately, both men of God reached the conclusion that many more qualified ministers were needed to serve reservations of North America. As they crossed paths, they began to share their concerns with one another. Soon they realized that God had brought them together to bring forth the vision of Two Rivers.
Two Rivers is located approximately 15 miles south of Tulsa. The first classes were held in September 1998 in a large trailer, which also served as Morning Star Evangelistic Center, a church led by Dr. Bigpond. The students received classroom instruction, but they also participated in outreach trips to various reservations in the U.S. and Canada.
As Drs. Swallow and Bigpond shared their vision with other ministers, friends and their families, finances began coming in and professionals donated valuable skills. A great Architect, Dickson Gunn voluntarily designed the first major building on the campus and the dormitory phases. The first building was completed and dedicated on June 3, 2000. It was originally two stories, 55' x 80' feet, and housed a sanctuary with a meeting/storage area at the back, the administrative offices of Two Rivers and MSEC, and a prayer room upstairs with bathroom facilities on both floors. We began construction on an addition in 2009 and now have an 80' x 100' foot facility with two nice size classrooms, a beautiful conference room with additional offices and restrooms.
In January 2001, Dr. Bigpond asked his long-time friend and fellow-minister, the late George Henry Autaubo, to be the administrator of the school. George faithfully fulfilled the duties of that position and was responsible for getting the school accredited by the spring semester of 2001 through American Christian College and Seminary.
In 2004 Drs. Swallow and Bigpond saw the need for Spiritual Warfare Training and developed The Strategic Warriors At Training Boot Camps. There was an enormous amount of prophetic information throughout this nation concerning a major move of the Spirit of God in visiting the Tribes of this hemisphere. It was discerned that the enemy had planted himself within the areas targeted for transformation. A state of emergency had risen as the result of this resistance by the enemy in Indian country. Many intercessors realized that they had fallen short of understanding how Territorial spirits operate in these areas. The fact that we have declared war against these principalities has mandated us to provide specialized strategic and tactical training to prepare for the anticipated Move of God. In May of 2004 we held our first SWAT Boot Camp with our recruits sleeping in tents. We have successfully graduated over 200 highly skilled warriors, equipped to challenge and dismantle those entities that are hidden in the religious mixtures in Native America.
Also in 2004 we moved our first modular unit onto our property and remodeled it, transforming it into a co-ed dormitory to house our students. This worked so well in 2007 we acquired another modular unit transforming it into our men's dorm with room for our instructors, allowing the women to have a dorm of their own. We have received a donation from the Kaw Tribe of another modular unit we will be transforming into nice quarters for instructors. This is the unit we are calling "The Roaming Buffalo Lodge" as a special tribute to honor Dr. Swallow, as it was one of his desires to have a place specific for our instructors and visitors. If you would like donate money, labor, equipment, or furnishings for these facilities, please partner with us today! Thank you for your interest in Two Rivers and may God bless you mightily!
Dr. James J.W. (Jay) Swallow, Co-Founder of Two Rivers Native American Training Center, Cheyenne-Sioux, U.S. Navy veteran, who preached, taught, fed, clothed, and prayed for native people from the Arctic Circle to Central America for over fifty years. An apostolic father to many Christians of all colors and backgrounds, and in recent years he had traveled to other continents to minister to indigenous and non-indigenous people, with the intent of healing their lands and nations through the redemptive power of Jesus Christ. He had been an instrumental advisor to 253 Native American Tribes. As a direct descendant of two notable Cheyenne Nation Chiefs, Chief Black Kettle (Peace Chief) and Chief Little Bear (Military Chief), he was regarded as one of the leading influential men of the Cheyenne Nation.
To fund his ministry on the Indian Reservations, years ago Dr. Swallow learned to be a silversmith. He soon became one of our most skilled native jewelry makers and taught others this craft.
Today many reservations, isolated geographically from the mainstream of city life are still pressing toward establishing churches in their part of the world. Dr. Swallow saw the need to train leaders who could be a support to pastors. These leaders could travel to remote areas and assist pastors in their efforts to effectively reach their communities with the Gospel. In 1997, Dr. Swallow and Dr. Bigpond realized that by combining their visions they could reach more people. In 1998 Two Rivers Native American Training Center was formed and officially opened its doors. Two Rivers was founded by and administered by Native Americans training Native Americans to reach their tribes with the Gospel. Dr. Swallow taught many subjects, among them "Native Americans and Christianity: Cross-Cultural Issues."
He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Jacksonville Theological Seminary, Jacksonville, Florida. Dr. Swallow played an active role in the development of a joint resolution of apology to Native peoples for ill-conceived policies by the U.S. government regarding Indian Tribes; frequently traveling to Washington D.C. to work with Senator Sam Brownback (Ret.) now Governor of Kansas. In light of his tireless work with the resolution, Charisma Magazine named Dr. Swallow one of the Ten Most Influential Christian Leaders of 2006.
Dr. Swallow was a frequent featured guest on "Light of the Southwest" on God's Learning Channel in Midland, TX. He co-authored the book, "The Plains Indians and the Buffalo - a God-created Relationship," and his most recent book, his biography, "Roaming Buffalo."
Heartland Apostolic Prayer Network- Dr. John Benefiel, Chairman
Native American Apostolic Council- Dr. Jay Swallow, Chairman
National Prayer Committee– - Chuck Colson, Chairman