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Thanks to all of you for excellent points. I'm contemplating walking away, but the sense of urgency is not dire enough to make me do it yet. I will keep monitoring my psyche and take it one month at a time.From your description it's not dire at all and never has been.Quite frankly, it sounds like you're really just looking for someone to ease your conscience by telling you it's OK to go dead-beat on your obligations. It's my opinion that that should not have any influence at all on your decision, it just complicates things. You're either someone whose word is good or you're not. Don't overthink it.
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Love those nuts!
Just came back from Walmart and have discovered my new favorite nuts to snack on. Planters Pumpkin Spice Almonds… Yummy! They are slightly sweetened, so you have to watch that, but they are so good! Love 'em! Going to stock up on these to last through the holidays.
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i like the cinnamon cocoa planters almonds
Oooooohh… I might have to try those too! :-D
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Dr. Dan Sykes
Education: Ph.D.- University of Alberta
Home Institution: Pennsylvania State University
Teaching: Chemistry, Biology
Dr. Dan Sykes received his B.S. in Geosciences from the University of Oregon, a Ph.D. in Geochemistry from the University of Alberta, and held a postdoctoral research appointment at Caltech. Along with Bob Shaler, he co-founded the Forensic Science Program at Penn State. He also started the Small Mobile Instruments for Laboratory Enhancement (SMILE) program. SMILE provides STEM resources (equipment and curriculum) to middle school through undergraduate science programs. Currently, SMILE partners and collaborators include several state-wide school districts, several US and international universities and educational institutes (e.g., Campbellsville, Indiana, PSU CSATS, Denmark, Ghana, Singapore).
Dr. Sykes is a senior lecturer in the chemistry department at Penn State University, and teaches everything from general chemistry classes of 350 students to analytical chemistry classes of 16 students and advanced chemical spectroscopy classes of 9 students. He was the co-chair in charge of hosting the national Biennial Conference in Chemical Education at Penn State in 2012, and is currently on the national BCC committee for the ACS. He was recently awarded the Priestly Prize for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching in Chemistry at Penn State, which is a student-nominated prize that is awarded annually to a faculty member for excellence in undergraduate instruction.
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The ATS Methods in Epidemiologic, Clinical and Operations Research (MECOR) Program began in Latin America under the leadership of Sonia Buist, MD, and has since expanded across the globe to include Africa, China, India, Indonesia, Turkey, and Vietnam.
The MECOR Program is vital to filling the research-training gap among many physicians' medical education in low and middle-income countries.
Your gift to MECOR Education supports training courses for ATS MECOR Program students.
Your gift to MECOR Research supports seed grants for outstanding MECOR graduates that allow them to transition from trainees to investigators.
MECOR students learn a variety of skills needed to become successful researchers, including research design, data collection, management and analysis, presentation skills, and manuscript preparation.
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- Led to a ban on sandblasting in clothing factories in Turkey;
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text: IT may be like pulling teeth, but the European Community will resolve enough of its internal differences to approve a new treaty on economic and political integration at its summit here this week.That was the reigning consensus as leaders of the EC's 12 member states gathered here yesterday for at least two days of difficult bargaining and compromise on the half dozen points that separate them from their goal of an "ever-closer union." The winter sun was shining and the EC's flag of 12 gold stars on a crisp blue field was fluttering all around this city on the Maas River. But that could not change the summit's somber, determined mood. "There is no joy here," said Dick Istha, chief spokesman for Dutch Foreign Minister Hans van den Broek, whose country holds the Community's six-month revolving presidency and is the summit host. "There will be an agreement, because not to have it would be too great a setback. But it will come at the last minute, with everyone holding out for his own interests." With an economic treaty closest to agreement, EC leaders took up that issue first. An advanced draft treaty on economic and monetary union was referred back to finance ministers for fine-tuning at the end of the morning, but a consensus was forming around a two-stage plan that would lead to a single currency for at least a majority of countries no later than 1999. "It is clear that a large majority [of countries] see that Maastricht is the beginning of a process of irreversibility," said Dutch Foreign Minister Wim Kok. But Britain's insistence that the treaty include an "opt-out" clause for countries not wishing to go along with monetary union was still a point of contention. Under the two-stage plan being discussed, at least seven countries would have to meet a set of rigorous economic "convergence" criteria for the move to a central bank and single currency, perhaps by 1996. The criteria would include tight fluctuation bands for inflation, public debts and deficits, and interest rates. If the central bank and single-currency agreement were not passed by 1996, a second vote, perhaps in 1998, would be taken on a majority basis and without the "critical mass" requirement. Some countries that do not yet meet the criteria argued against the divisive effect such requirements would have on the Community. But German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, whose country would be giving up its powerful and dominant deutsche mark under the plan, insisted that strict and objective economic criteria are necessary to ensure European monetary stability. British government sources, whose government supports the German position, claimed Mr. Kohl was even attempting to strengthen the criteria before final decisions were reached. EC leaders were to move into discussions of the thornier issues grouped under "political union" yesterday afternoon. Among the trouble spots remaining are European defense policy, extension of majority voting on foreign and security policy, inclusion of social policy in the Community treaty, and additional funding for the EC's poorer countries. Spain was also keeping the heat up on the EC's richer members to either accept treaty language guaranteeing new funding to poorer members, or risk a Spanish veto of any final text. "We are noting some signs of receptivity to our position," said Miguel Gil, spokesman for Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez. "But this cannot be settled by any bargaining or gentlemen's agreement promising something for the future. It has to be in the treaty." Yet as the summit gets down to what French President Francois Mitterrand calls the "last five minutes of trading," bargaining among gentlemen unavoidably will take place. "At the end of [today] they'll throw everybody out, and it will be just the [country leaders] by themselves. And they'll make those last, difficult decisions."


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When real estate changes hands, taxes become an important issue. In a typical property deal, the seller agrees to pay excise taxes which are levied on the sale by both state and local taxing authorities. An excise tax is not a "sales tax," even though it is paid when a home is sold. For that reason, it is not a deductible expense -- but it does reduce the proceeds of your sale.
Excise Taxes
Some states levy an excise tax when you sell property. While tax rates vary by state, any tax levied by the state will be uniform in all localities. A city, county or township may also levy excise tax, however, and the rate varies by location. In Washington state, for example, the state excise tax on real estate sales stood at 1.28 percent as of 2013, while most cities levied an additional 0.25 or 0.50 percent. This is not the same as a "sales tax," which is levied on the buyers of merchandise such as clothing, cars and (in some states) food.
Federal Deductions
Although the IRS allows you to deduct state sales or income taxes, the rules do not allow you to deduct any state or local excise taxes paid on the sale of your property. You may reduce the proceeds of your sale by the amount of excise tax paid on the transaction, however, which will in turn reduce any capital gains on the transaction.
Income or Sales Taxes
The total amount received for your home will appear on Form 1099-S. The settlement statement on the sale will show the amount of excise taxes paid by the seller (as well as any charged to the buyer). If the buyer is responsible for paying any portion of the excise tax, the IRS will consider that amount as a refund of state and local taxes, and will not allow you to subtract it from the proceeds of the sale.
Other Costs and Exclusions
Excise taxes are only a portion of costs you can use to reduce the proceeds of your sale. Other expenses include agent commissions, transfer taxes, liens and outstanding mortgage amounts that you paid, and appraisal fees. There's no use for the excise tax and other adjustments if you sell a relatively inexpensive home; as of 2012, the IRS allowed individual homeowners to exclude $250,000 in capital gains on the sale of a principal home from income tax.
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The photographic prints of winners in Focus '85, the Morning Call's summer snapshot contest, who went on to compete in the Kodak International Newspaper Snapshot Awards, are now on exhibit until Jan. 30. at the Citicorp Center, 153 E. 53rd St., New York.
The center is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 9 p.m. Sunday.
The exhibit includes selected finalists from about 500,000 snapshots submitted to the 159 participating newspapers from the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Area photographers whose work is on display are Brian McGunnigle of Allentown, winner of a $100 special merit award, and John Bartholomew of Bath, winner of the $1,000 second prize in the special Kodachrome category and a $100 special merit winner in the color category.


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The tiny, powerful Roku 2 XD makes it a snap to stream over 500 entertainment choices to your TV instantly in up to 1080p HD quality.500 channels and counting. Features the top sources, like Netflix, Hulu Plus, HBO GO, and Amazon Instant Video.High-definition streaming up to 1080p HD.The smallest footprint. The size of a hockey puck, Roku 2 uses less power than a night-light.The easiest setup. Works with virtually any TV, includes built-in wireless, and sets up in minutes.The best in movies and TVRoku puts over 150,000 titles at your fingertips, including The biggest Netflix experience around, with support for 1080p HD video, Dolby Digital+ surround sound, and English subtitles Hulu Plus, with an amazing selection of current TV shows from the biggest networks. Amazon Instant Video, featuring the latest movie releases, virtually all the blockbusters of the past, hit TV series, and much more all on demand. Hundreds of free Hollywood movies from Crackle. Access to premium services like HBO GO and EPIX, available via participating providers. With Roku, you ll always find that perfect movie or show to fit your mood.Plus even more choicesWith over 500 entertainment channels and counting, there s something for virtually everyone, including Unlimited music from Pandora, MOG, Rdio, and Live365 Live sports packages including NBA League Pass, NHL GameCenter Live, MLS Matchday, UFC, and MLB.TV. Photo and video sharing via Facebook, Flickr, and Picasa The top news sources like NBC, FoxNews.com, and CNN.Of course, there are also tons of international and lifestyle programming, tech news, social networking, podcasts, cartoons, clips, cat tricks, and well, you get the idea. It s ridiculously easyFrom the simple remote to the easy-to-use interface, Roku 2 was designed to p


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In an article published earlier this year, we said "public schools' focus on teaching to the test may be squelching students' creativity." Bright students don't want to be spoon-fed information, and teachers want imaginative students who think outside the box. Learning how to foster and unleash a creative mindset in students is one solution to this problem!
Fostering creative mindsets in your students isn't just something that will make your school days run more smoothly. As Dr. Michael Hogan suggests, "beyond memory of information we should seek to cultivate comprehension, analysis, and evaluation skills — and at the top of the hierarchy Bloom places synthesis, which implies creativity and possibly the creation of some new knowledge or other artifact of culture. Without synthesis and the creative push to constantly create something new, cultural evolution would cease."
It's true that higher-order thinking skills in Bloom's Taxonomy promote independent learning, thinking, and creativity; however, Dr. Hogan reminds readers that Beghetto and Kaufman's book, "Nurturing Creativity in the Classroom," demonstrates how the current transmission and acquisition model of education is responsible for "a creativity deficit in students, who ultimately fail to reach their full potential." No teacher wants to be responsible for the failure of students, so fostering creativity is a must in the modern classroom.
Educators often aren't sure how to start fostering creativity. They know it's not as easy as simply telling kids to be creative. That's why we started our search for creative inspiration on 99U, which offers "insights on making ideas happen." We determined that there are four steps all educators can implement quickly and easily in order to start fostering creativity in students:
Step 1: Use Ambient Noise to Increase Creativity
Students beg to listen to music in class, and nearly all of them have their devices and earphones with them. Often, educators deny the requests because they think students concentrate better without much noise. However, a 2012 study published in the Journal of Consumer Research determined that an ideal work environment includes some background noise. Led by Ravi Mehta of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a group of researchers studied the effects of various noise levels on participants' creative thinking skills. They found that a moderate level of ambient noise enhances performance on creative tasks, while a high level of noise harms creativity.
So while your students shouldn't listen to their music at ear-splitting levels, you can allow them to listen to it at a reasonable level. If you aren't comfortable allowing students to listen to their own music in class, foster creativity with background noise in group settings. A range of browser-based and mobile apps featuring white noise, coffee shop sounds, and background music are available for you to use in your classroom. Check out raining.fm, Ambient-Mixer.com, and Coffitivity to set the mood for creativity in your classroom with some background noise or music.
Step 2: Restrict Students' Brainstorming and Thinking Processes
It may sound counterproductive, but restricting students when they brainstorm helps them to be more creative. The original 1994 study on structured imagination showed that people naturally build from old or existing concepts when brainstorming because it's easier than being creative. As later studies on this concept have shown, by providing restrictions on brainstorming and other thinking processes, teachers can help students move beyond their background knowledge and delve into unknown areas, thereby fostering and unleashing creativity.
If you're still unsure about how to constructively restrict students while still allowing them the freedom to create, read this 2013 post from our friends at Edutopia on cultivating imagination. Ainissa Ramirez offers this advice: "Buy a toy without an end goal, like a set of building blocks, and make something that isn't one of the examples pictured on the storage box." This principle is applicable for older students as well; for example, consider limiting the number of words in a writing assignment or limiting the number of steps to solve a science problem.
Step 3: Keep Work and Consumption Separate
Students have a number of responsibilities in the classroom, including consuming information and making it their own. It's difficult, however, to concentrate on learning new information and being creative at the same time. Teachers need to help students learn how to separate work from consumption, and they need to do this by giving students the appropriate tools to consume new information. As a result, students can get down to the business of using their new knowledge and getting creative.
First, provide students with the tools to help them during the acquisition of knowledge during your lessons. Record your direct instruction using a widely available (and free) app such as Evernote, which can be integrated with student portfolios and allows for easy sharing. You also can use Screenr to create screencasts if you're demonstrating something on your computer. Kids will have access to the lesson materials long after class has ended, and they'll be able to check their knowledge prior to starting to creatively apply it. Again, Bloom's Taxonomy comes into play; provide more support at the lower cognition levels so that students are able to synthesize the information creatively.
Step 4: Encourage Counterfactual Thinking
Again, this step may seem a little counterintuitive, but that's the point. Counterfactual thinking works at any content level, and it is the last step we have included because students need to ask particular questions — i.e. "What might have been?" and, "What would have happened if x and y were to happen?" — after learning the concepts and skills of a particular lesson or unit in order to create meaning. These alternative scenarios are inherently creative, and by answering them, students unleash their creativity and prove they've learned something in class.
Fostering and unleashing a creative mindset in your students may require you to get a little creative yourself. But if you follow these four steps, your kids will be more creative than ever before, and you will see positive outcomes of your lessons and units.


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Planning to introduce a second male dog to your household? Or maybe you just want your boy to play nice with other male dogs when you run into them at the local park. Young puppies usually get along with everybody, but as they grow up, hormones kick in -- and fights are a very real possibility. Want to prevent that? Get to work on it right now.
How to Get Two Male Dogs to Get Along
Tip #1 - Neuter your boy -- or boys, if both are yours. Talk to your vet about the best age to do it, if your puppy is young. Neutering alters male dog behavior -- your pup will no longer see other male dogs as competition for the lady dogs out there in the world. And as hormones go down, so does the need to fight and dominate other males.
Tip # 2 - Let them figure out who's the alpha. Although you should be the leader of the pack, the pups will still battle it out for position No. 2. Some dogs are naturally submissive, so this might only take a few growls and snaps before they decide to agree on who's the boss. Or you might end up with two dogs who will absolutely not agree on being in third place and might be in constant war for months or years to come. Unless the fights get ugly, let them work things out -- it will be quicker and you won't be seen as "showing favorites."
Tip #3 - Respect whatever pecking order they've chosen. Once "top dog" has been declared, treat him as that. Top dog gets food first, gets petted first and gets walked first -- unless you can do everything at once. Break the rules and the top dog will be forced to put the other male "in his place" because you're not doing your job. This doesn't mean one dog gets more love than the other -- they just get it in a particular order.
Tip #4 - Socialize your dogs. If you take Fido to the park or for a walk, he's likely to run into other males -- both neutered and not. Your boy needs to learn to behave in those occasions. Don't let him try to hump the other dog and no butt-sniffing for more than just a few seconds, and only if the other dog is not growling and showing teeth.
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Tammy Dray has been writing since 1996. She specializes in health, wellness and travel topics and has credits in various publications including Woman's Day, Marie Claire, Adirondack Life and Self. She is also a seasoned independent traveler and a certified personal trainer and nutrition consultant. Dray is pursuing a criminal justice degree at Penn Foster College.


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Cancer CAN be beaten
Yesterday the UK said good bye to another British national treasure, Victoria Wood. The cause: cancer. A BBC Radio 4 survey last weekend announced that between January and March this year an astounding 24 celebrities passed away, a figure significantly higher than 2014 and 2015 combined. …Alan Rickman – taken by pancreatic cancer… …Sir Terry


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Montreal International Jazz Festival: Irwin Block's jazziest picks
Here are my picks for the most promising shows at this summer's Montreal International Jazz Festival. Choices are limited to what qualifies as jazz.
Here are my picks for the most promising shows at this summer's Montreal International Jazz Festival. Choices are limited to what qualifies as jazz.
With both insouciance and passion, singer Karen Young engages and entertains in the many facets of music she has explored.
For those whose souls are nourished by music, Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal offers free organ concerts Sundays at 3:30 p.m.
It's 10am on a Friday and the owner-manager of Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill has been at work for almost an hour. He won't leave until midnight.
Both opera buffs and neophytes will be delighted by Opéra de Montréal's much-anticipated production of Madama Butterfly, starting September 19 at Place des Arts.
The 14th edition of the Montreal International Musical Competition celebrates the art of singing, featuring 24 young singers from nine countries who will share over $80,000 in prizes during the competition taking place May 25-June 5.
This up-lifting recording of mainly new versions and re-arrangements of traditional synagogue prayer-songs will strike a positive chord with Jewish listeners familiar with their content and meaning.
The amazing Swingle Singers, the French vocal group that grew out of the Double Six of Paris in the early 1960s, returns to Montreal for a concert at Place des Arts this month.
The McGill Chamber Orchestra once again kicks off its new season with Bach's music.
Norman Marshall Villeneuve is back in town, and the party's on.


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Mercer Island School District
The Mercer Island School District serves approximately 4300 students at 4 elementary schools. 1 middle school, 1 high school and 1 alternative high school program. The district enjoys a wide-spread reputation for quality and excellence with achievement test scores at the elementary, middle, and high school levels consistently the highest in the state.


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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - If the Formula One world championship is all over bar the shouting, then Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel provided plenty of noise as he chalked up a 50th career pole position in Mexico on Saturday.
The German whooped and hollered after clinching the top slot for Sunday's race ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
Lewis Hamilton, who needs only to finish fifth for Mercedes to secure his fourth championship, will start third and right behind the only man still left in the chase - even if Vettel is 66 points behind the Briton with two races remaining.
"It sounds like a lot. I guess it is a lot. I don't know really what to say. It's a big number," said the delighted German, already a four-times champion with Red Bull, of his 50 poles.
"I'm very, very happy with today. Before qualifying I didn't look at it that way, so I was surprised myself to hear just now," added the German, whose title challenge has almost evaporated after recent retirements.
"(I'm) really, really happy with the session that we had, with the lap I had at the end. So I think at the moment, right now, that probably means more than the raw number. But for sure overall it's a great achievement."
The German was only the fourth driver to reach the milestone half century, after Hamilton, Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna.
Hamilton has been the pole king this season, with 11 from 17 races before Mexico, and an all-time career record of 72. Saturday was Vettel's fourth of the campaign.
The German's best time of one minute 16.488 was nearly half a second faster than Hamilton, with all eyes instead on 20-year-old Verstappen who had looked like becoming the youngest driver ever to secure pole after leading the second phase.
"The altitude has a different affect on the asphalt in terms of ageing, so it's very slippery for all of us," said Vettel.
"Very easy to do a mistake, very difficult to find that limit, to understand where exactly it is, where you can push, where you can't, where you have to be careful.
"And then he (Verstappen) goes four tenths quicker than everybody else. It's a bit 'How do I do that?'. I guess the track improved a bit.
"When I heard it was enough, then, yeah, it's like an explosion in the car," added the German. "I had one yesterday with the (fire) extinguisher (going off in the car) but today was a real one, so I am really happy."
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The UMBC women's lacrosse team ended its scoring slump in a big way, overwhelming visiting Central Connecticut State, 22-2, in a Northeast Conference league matchup yesterday.
The Retrievers (1-3, 0-3) opened the scoring just 17 seconds into the game and scored the game's first eight goals.
UMBC, which had scored 20 goals in losing its first three games, extended its lead to 12-1 at the half.
Jamie Gerhart scored six goals to lead UMBC, and Stephanie Crouch, Jen Dragoni and Lauren Traber all scored three times.
Western Maryland 16, Oneonta State 14: Erin Mulhern scored eight goals, all in the second half, to lead the Green Terror (3-2) to a come-from-behind victory over visiting Oneonta State (5-1) in a nonconference game.


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When and where is Bricks LA?
Bricks LA 2018 will take place January 5-7th, 2018 at the Pasadena Convention Center (Conference Center Lower Level) – 300 E Green St, Pasadena, CA 91101
The public exhibit hours are Saturday the 6th from 9am-5pm and Sunday the 7th 9am-4pm.
How do I attend Bricks LA?
Tickets for the public exhibit can purchased online through Ticketmaster and at the box office the day of the show. Admission is $5 per person / kids 5 and under are free!
Will there be vendors at Bricks LA?
Yes! Several vendors will be there selling new and old LEGO® sets, parts, accessories, jewelry, and more!
Can I bring in my own brick creation to display?
No. For legal and logistic reasons, only models made by registered attendees will be on display.
Who should attend Bricks LA?
Brick fans of all ages are invited to explore over 13,000 square feet of fan built models, shop with vendors for sets and unique gifts, and let their imaginations run wild in the play area!
If you are an adult fan/builder and would like to explore more of the convention, please check out the registered attendee details.


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There's a paradoxical consistency to the brothers Jarman. Amidst the milieu of blood-splattered live outings, well-publicised indie tabloid break-ups and the brief adoption of one Mr Johnny Marr into the family fold, there's been an unfaltering consistency of quality and irrepressible identity to The Cribs' 8-year output. With 4 well-received albums under their belt, their latest opus In The Belly of The Brazen Bull might ultimately offer more of the same, but further demonstrates the Wakefield trio's well-documented capacity for crowd-busting choruses and bristling energy.
The trio perhaps have a reputation as underwhelmists. From the lo-fi twang of their eponymous debut, through the hook-laden The New Fellas and on to their recent Marr-assisted output, there have been few major changes in sound; there have been deviations, but rarely has the rough-edged path that The Cribs walk on been abandoned. Equally, their fifth effort offers few surprises. There is however, a palpable change in mood. In the wake of that much-discussed break-up, the sneering anger and snotty sloganeering that crept into Mens Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever and on into Ignore The Ignorant has been replaced -mostly – with a bittersweet air of introspection. The excellent 'Uptight' takes on mournful realisation, ("Nobody has to tell me/I know I have to let it go"), and even the fairly chirpy three-chord punk of 'Chi-Town' is fraught with memories of romance past. That's not to say, of course, that they've taken entirely to lovelorn balladry, but simply that their catchy Replacements-esque twang is informed by – even at odds with – a certain amount of retrospective remorse.
Considering the direct, quick-fire manner in which the first seven songs are delivered, there's perhaps a slight sag towards the latter part of the album. 'Back to Bolthole' is an impressive cacophony of coarse, chaotic guitars, but compared to the sharp delivery of 'Anna' or 'Chi-town', it can be a struggle to permeate the drudging pace and tide of fuzz-laden guitars. Whilst 'I Should Have Helped' may display the album's only reprieve from cutting guitars and pounding drums, the fingerpicked Americana-lite it gives us offers little in the way of excitement. These strangely-timed, oddly-placed moments of deviation cut through the album's atmosphere with odd juxtaposition and, at the heart of it, are simply just not as interesting as when The Cribs are delivering the sort of frenetic, contemporary punk energy in which they're so well versed. When the Jarman brothers go down this route, they usually do it with particular finesse. From the squeal of feedback that launches the 'Glitters Like Gold', it seems pretty likely that The Cribs will only ever really specialise in delivering this sort of buzzsaw spirit – though occasionally, as on the relatively weak 'Jaded Youth', it feels a little lost and formulaic.
The four-part closing sequence of In the Belly of the Brazen Bull more than makes up for the album's occasional shortcomings, offering a disparate segue through to the album's end. Launched by the marching snares of the dark 'Stalagmites', the last portion of the album moves through the shimmering guitars and quasi-psychadelia of 'Like a Gift-Giver' and into 'Butterflies' – resplendent in its Cure-a-like guitar work. The arrival of the rather knowingly titled 'Arena Rock Encore with Full Cast' is a fittingly redemptive close to the album; an impassioned, utterly bombastic moment of hand-on-heart yelling from a band who specialise in being the right sort of noisy.
Whilst more than likely to divide critics for being an exercise in old dogs performing their – unashamedly enjoyable- old tricks, In the Belly of The Brazen Beast revels in its own defiance. With more of the spiky independence that has always hung around the Jarman brothers, it is filled with enough hook-laden energy and clamourous noise if not to broaden their fanbase, then at least to please established initiates. The darkening of mood that informs this album is simultaneously its most confusing element and its most fascinating and beguiling. These remorseful patters don't suffocate, they just sometime sit at odds with the rowdy hooks and venue-filling cries. As ever with The Cribs though, this heady mix of enthusiasm and bitterness ultimately deliver up another raw-edged opus. They may have not spent the past near-decade carving out new directions, but they've honed a personal sound that keeps retaking our attention, and as the closing portion of the album shows, they're still capable of slinging a few surprises our way.


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, is basically just a lump emerging out of the altiplano desert and very much a non-technical ascent. That said, the weather, remoteness, and altitude of the area are all quite formidable. Medusa is a volcano, although I would assume it to be dormant or extinct -- I certainly did not smell anything while on it (in contrast to
Ojos del Salado
). It is just adjacent to Ojos del Salado and only a kilometer or two away from the base camp used to attack OdS from the Argentinian side, making it a perfect acclimatization peak that might take half a day to get up, down, and back to camp.
Name Confusion
There is much confusion regarding the name and location of Volcán del Viento and Cerro Medusa. Which is which?
The short answer: Volcán del Viento is south of El Arenal, Cerro Medusa is to the north.
The long explanation: The confusion can be sourced to the otherwise top-rate Alpenvereins map of the area. It incorrectly IDs Cerro Medusa as "Volcán del Viento" and does not label Cerro Medusa. We know this is incorrect for two reasons:
1. Witold Paryski, who, along with three other climbing companions, put up the first ascent on Volcán del Viento, clearly places the mountain south of the El Arenal basin and south of the Argentina-Chile border on his 1956 Polish Mountaineering Club map of the region (scanned image imbedded). Since he was the first guy to climb the volcano, he should well know where it is!
2. While the titulary provenance of Cerro Medusa's is unclear, Jill Neate's authoritative
Mountaineering in the Andes
Cerro Medusa as being "S.of
Nev.del Muerto
, above Laguna Medusa" (Neate's note is on pg. 10 of the .pdf [see previous hyperlink] and on pg. 155 of the book). This pretty much settles things, positively IDing Cerro Medusa as being above/north of the little lake adjacent to El Arenal and leaving Volcán del Viento below/to the South of the lake and El Arenal.
This second map Google Earth map is a nice 3D representation that correctly labels both Volcán del Viento and Cerro Medusa as well as the other nearby peaks (map created by Janne Corax).
This matter could not have been settled without the help of John Biggar, Eberhard Jurgalski, and Janne Corax -- please see the
credits section
(This section is cross-posted to the
Volcán del Viento
SummitPost page.)
Getting There
Medusa is a border peak and like the other border peaks in this particular area of the Puna, it is much more easily approached from the Chilean side. I climbed it, however, from the Argentinian side and its approach is identical to the approach for Ojos del Salado (or
Walter Penck
, Nacimento,
El Muerto
, etc.). Below is the "Getting There" section from the Corax's superb SummitPost write-up on OdS (with some additions thrown in by me):
La Rioja and Catamarca are the two major cities in the region and both are the capitals of provinces with the same name. When in either city look for local transport to Tinogasta or Fiambalá. Most buses only go to the former and you may have to transfer buses to get to the latter, which is the perfect base for Medusa. If you arrive late in Tinogasta and there are no more buses, shared taxis runs until very late and even if you have to rent one for yourself, it's inexpensive at USD$10 for the 50-55 km ride.
All the most basic food items (pasta, Parmesan, etc.) are to be found in Fiambalá, although the minimercados obviously do not cater to the limited climbing clientele that comes through town, so for higher quality food options (granola, oatmeal, dried fruit) buying food in Mendoza, Catamarca, La Rioja, or another larger town/city is an excellent idea. For every other logistical concern, though, go through Mr. Jonson Reynoso, who operates out of Fiambalá and knows the Puna better than just about anyone else. A 4x4 vehicle and driver can be hired with a day's notice and will take you for a two-hour ride on good asphalt to Refugio Cazadero Grande, a hut along the main road (alternatively, you can hitchhike - the pickup rate is astronomical, although there may only be 10-20 cars going through the road/pass on any given day). This refugio is a good place to spend a day or two, if you're not acclimatized. The 4x4 can take you another 10-12 km on a bumpy path until you hit the Cazadero Grande River Canyon, or you can walk it.
Most expeditions make arrangements with muleteers (arrieros) to take over from here and extremely few have done the trek towards the peak unsupported. For the first day there is plenty of water to Agua Calientes, the source of the river, which is a spring with lots of warmish water oozing out of the ground. There are good camp spots all along the way and plenty of curious llamas and vicuñas. The next day's trek to Agua de las Vicuñas is a dry and windy walk over wide plains, where Nacimiento and Incahuasi dominate the horizon. You want to carry plenty of water with you on this stretch as there is *no* running water after Agua Caliente and the first penitente fields (read: snow, thus water) usually appear around Agua de las Vicuñas -- a distance of about 23 km. If you hurt yourself badly, you want to have enough water to do whatever you might need to do, otherwise you're in quite a bind. Also, it can be easy to become disoriented in this stretch as there are many small winding valleys throughout the plain that are just deep enough to obscure your view of the surrounding terrain.
After Agua de las Vicuñas the going gets steeper and tougher on loose scree and the rough path finally takes you to a pass called Portezuelo Negro at 5500 m. In this area there is much more water. Penitente fields, small glaciers, and sometimes even running water in a small creek are easy to find. From here it's hard to make a mistake where to go as Ojos del Salado, Medusa, and the other high peaks in the range are visible almost all the time. Many expeditions use a small camp called El Arenal (approximately: "The Sands") as a base camp.
From El Arenal, Medusa will be the peak nearest camp (in a somewhat conical volcano form), only a kilometer or two away. You literally just walk towards it and then up it. There's a nice little summit crater lake at the top that may or may not be frozen over and the view is positively spectacular!
The normal starting point is the city Copiapó. Many tour operators are located here and the journey from Copiapó to Laguna Verde takes five to six hours on mostly good roads. If not acclimatized it´s a good idea to make an acclimatization stop at Laguna Santa Rosa at 3,600 m before continuing to Laguna Verde, which is at 4,400 m. There is a police post here and they want to see your climbing permit before you´re allowed to go further. A rough road will take you to the first refugio, Atacama. From there you need to walk around the Ojos massif to the El Arenal basin and Medusa is readily accessible.
Photos showing the route, step-by-step.
Red Tape
Again, see Corax's entry on
Ojos del Salado
El Arenal is the camp you generally climb out of. There's a small wind wall for one tent and a minimalist cooking area. There's a small pond (sometimes frozen over, sometimes not) only a few feet from camp, plus snow and penitentes all around. Of course, on the Argentinian side, you can camp anywhere -- El Arenal is just usually the easiest.
I didn't climb from the Chilean side, but as Medusa is adjacent to El Muerto I imagine it's very similar. If you've climbed Medusa from the Chilean side, please e-mail with any information about the approach!
External Links
A day-by-day account of my trip
I was originally intending to climb Ojos, but after climbing Medusa for acclimatizing purposes I ended up turning around and hiking out.
Jonson Reynoso, Fiambalá
The person who probably knows the area best.
Andes Handbook
Route information, access and photos (Chilean side).
Maps of the area
A good selection of digital and paper maps from the Military Geographical Institute.
Interesting info on volcanoes
Lists of prominent and high volcanoes and more
List of 6000m peaks in the Andes.
John Biggar's list is probably the most authoritative out there.
Dry Andes
A scientific site about the area.
A somewhat sensationalist account of a trip in the region
Very in depth, though, and lots of good photos.
For help on the Medusa/Volcán del Viento name controversy, a giant round of applause to:
Eberhard Jurgalski - 8000ers.com
John Biggar - Andes.org
Janne Corax
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We Indians are remarkably indifferent to our history. We have little interest in the feats of our forefathers. Even so, it is indeed strange that an institution in Calcutta does not even realize that this year marks its 225th birth anniversary.
By 1765, the East India Company was firmly established in Bengal and Britons of various kinds ? military men, priests, business people, administrators ? descended on Calcutta. Wherever the Britons went they carried with them their bat and ball. India was no exception. Thus a cricket club came into being in British Calcutta.
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Now, more convincing evidence has surfaced to show that the cricket club existed in Calcutta even earlier, in 1780. Thus the Calcutta Cricket Club has every right to consider 2005 to be its 225th birth anniversary. This evidence consists of a newspaper article from 1780. The 48th issue of Hicky?s Bengal Gazette, dated ?from Saturday December 16th to Saturday December 23rd, 1780? reported that the ?Gentlemen of the Calcutta Cricket Club are getting themselves into Wind, and preparing to take the Field, for a very active Campaign?? (sic).
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Thus, all that we knew previously about the year of birth of the CCC needs to be revised and the conclusive new evidence accepted. To retain its credibility and its authenticity, the Wisden Cricketers? Almanack would do well to accept the recently discovered year of birth of the Calcutta Cricket Club.
With the year of birth advancing from 1792 to 1780, the Calcutta Cricket Club becomes senior to the Marylebone Cricket Club, which was established in 1787, by a clear margin of seven years. The London-based MCC, which was till a few years ago the parent body of cricket, still holds an eminent position in the world of cricket.
The acceptance of the new-found year of origin, 1780, would surely be a feather in the cap of Calcutta Cricket Club, which is today known as the Calcutta Cricket and Football Club after its mergers with the Calcutta Football Club and the Ballygunge Cricket Club. The CCFC would do well to highlight the issue and force the cricketing world to acknowledge this fact.
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Imo, the viewing conditions for spectators probably depends on their numbers, the environment, and how ritualized the event becomes as a sport. Since there are plenty of stadiums in China today, but (afaik) not much evidence of stadiums existing in antiquity, I'd say that fighting on platforms may have helped people view. But, that would depend on the size of the town or city and the number of spectators. Otoh, where there will be large audiences (in the thousands, for ex.), it'd be more effective to raise the audience than to raise the competitors. It's the same for theater and theaters.
Afa ropes, when it comes to boxing, "pushing" isn't allowed, and the only things that count happen inside the ring. Ok, pro-wresting is another case altogether . But, take mma. Why do they use an octagon-shaped cage that's raised? It's all arbitrary.
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WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A business executive who gunned down a police officer responding to a trouble call at his suburban Detroit house committed suicide, an autopsy found Tuesday.
Ricky Coley, 50, killed himself with a gunshot to the mouth, according to a report by Dr. Cheryl Loewe of the Oakland County medical examiner's office.
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Coley and his wife had recently divorced and federal authorities filed a lawsuit accusing him of mishandling employees' insurance funds.
West Bloomfield Township police said they were also called to his home about a month ago because he was reportedly suicidal.
Coley owned CNC Holdings, a private equity firm that bought 51 percent interest in Translogic Auto Carriers in 2008. Translogic, an 8-year-old company based in the Michigan Thumb area town of Bad Axe, hauled new vehicles from automakers to dealerships. It had more than 200 drivers and employed dozens of others in the community.
Coley, who had worked for Ford Motor Co. and General Motors, believed he knew what automakers needed, said business partner Lyn Tetreau, who owned the other 49 percent of Translogic.
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Tetreau said Coley fired him twice as company president, leading Tetreau to go to court so he could stay in charge of operations.
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"He put himself on a huge salary, working a couple of days each week while barking out orders," Tetreau said. "Coley was trying to leverage as much capital as he could for himself. Myself and the staff became puppets and he was pulling the strings."
The U.S. Labor Department recently filed a lawsuit accusing Coley of mishandling money that was supposed to cover employee insurance at Translogic. The lawsuit says Coley also transferred $342,000 from Translogic to himself or his affiliates.
GM spokesman Greg Martin said Coley had worked in the automaker's information technology section from 1996 to 2001.
Tetreau said he and his family grieve for O'Rourke, a West Bloomfield officer for 12 years, was married and had four children
A vigil for O'Rourke is planned for Tuesday night outside the West Bloomfield Township police station. A funeral Mass is scheduled for Friday.
"I don't believe what has taken place with Coley was based on his life at Translogic," Tetreau said. "I think he had financial troubles and couldn't get his hands on much cash and was not being able to control his personal life."


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Back in April of this year, a small group of maybe 5 educators started playing around with the idea of using Periscope in the classroom in somewhere in the midst of the discussions, the idea of passing the Scope was birthed. I so happened to catch the broadcast of a friend of mine @knikole as she was introducing one of my personal favorite tools, Makey Makey's. Then she passed the scope to another educator I was connected with in Georgia. I immediately equated the concept to the my "Pass The Mic" days when I was in the music industry which I later adapted to my classrooms when I taught and of course I was hooked. I immediately contacted @iamvlewis and told her how dope the concept was and I was wanted a chance to drop the scope the next time.
I joined the group on @voxer and the movement blew up. The decision was to Pass the Scope every 3rd Thursday of the month based on a specific theme. May's theme was Summer Learning. I had the chance to involve some students on my main campus and they had a blast. However, I soon realized that this was only the beginning. The group grew from 5 to 21, to now 40 phenomenal educators from Hawaii to Singapore. That's a great distance, especially if you take the long route around the globe. The @voxer group allows for awesome collaboration opportunity to share idea, ask questions, receive wonderful feedback and essential create what is now known as #passthescopeEDU
So on June 16, the scope was passed beginning at 12:15 PM EST for 9 hours. The Scope was dropped in twice in Michigan, Utah, Nevada, North Carolina, Florida and in Georgia. The Scope was also dropped in Connecticut, Vermont, Ohio, Kansas, Tennessee, New York, New Jersey, Hawaii and Toronto, Canada. Then dropped 3 times in California and 8 times in Texas. It was happening all over the map. Educators shared their Big Idea going into the 2016-2017 school year along with Global Collaboration thoughts. It boiled down to FREE PD for most of the day. Every participator was engaging and shared great ideas for any educator to consider as they plan for the upcoming school year. (You can catch some of the educators here: https://youtu.be/hC3i2Nw3pTw)
More importantly, the event brought to light the potential power @periscope can have in the classroom! Virtual Fieldtrips, expert speakers sharing content for classrooms, interviews with relevant people relevant to an Historical piece of study, or maybe even live streaming of events that are taking place in and out of school where there is limited student participation due to cost. The possibilities are there and the #passthescopeEDU movement will be there to help bring to light some of those ideas. Here is a list of the wonderfuls educators who have participated so far:
- Toutoule Ntoya @ToutouleNtoya
- Deniece Frideley & Christine Grimm @piggyreads/@brightchicks
- Jacqueline Rose @JRose_Edu
- Brian Smith @1to1Brian
- Kimberly Lane @askatechnogirl
- Mark Barnes @markbarnes19
- Jennifer Gonzalez @cultofpedagogy
- Cynthia Day @msdayvt
- Stacy Lovdahl @braveneutrino
- Sarah Thomas @SarahdaTeechur
- Knikole Taylor @Knikole
- Tara Linney @techteachert
- Heather Campbell @seriousgiggles
- Derek Larson @lars3eb
- Jordan Pedraza @RemindHQ
- Cassie Reeder @reeder_cassie
- Molly Levitt @Molly_Levitt
- Valerie Lewis @iamvlewis
- Jason Bretzmann @jbretzmann
- William Jeffery @CoachJeffery
- Shaina Glass @svicglass
- Heidi Samuelson @swampfrogfirst
- Laura Iskowitz @LauraIskowitz
- Kerry Gallagher @KerryHawk02
- Anabel Gonzalez @amgonza
- Jessica Martin @thewhimsicalteacher
- Karen Corbell @CorbellHiAK
- Dene Gainey @dene_gainey
- Kiana Porter-Isom @EdupreneurToday
- Megan Whitney @EdTechDash
- Jennifer Williams @JenWilliamsEDU
- Katrina Keene @teachintechgal
- Starr Sackstein @mssackstein
- Judy Arzt @judyarzt
- Heidi Carr @carr_8
- Makisha Rogers @kisha4tech
- Kami Butterfield @kamibutterfield
- Dene Gainey @Dene_Gainey
- Tracy Brady @mmebrady
- Ron Madison @madison_ron
- Rusul Alrubail @RusulAlrubail
- Lisa Dabbs @teachwithsoul
- Shelly Terrell @ShellTerrell
- Jessica Esposito @jesespo
- Jennifer Bond @TeamBond
- Justin Schleider @SchleiderJustin
- All handles are the same for both Twitter and Periscope
I'm excited to see what is coming in the month of July. We may even do something for ISTE, who knows. The goal is to hit all the U.S. States and touch each continent. So, make sure to follow those above to see how you can get involved and to see where this movement take us.


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- Engine size: 4 cylinder gas
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This is a very rare 1911 Metz Runabout. The Metz automobile was made from 1909 until 1921 in Waltham Massachusetts. In 1909 the automobiles came with a 2 cylinder engine and in late 1911 and early 1912 they were supplied with a 4 cylinder engine. This car has the original 4 cylinder engine in it with the name "METZ" cast right into the cylinder head. The car still has its "friction drive" transmission, or as C.H. Metz preferred to call them, a "pressure drive" transmission. The rubber bulb and the conduit are missing from the horn but the trumpet is still under the hood. Also missing is the speedometer and the drive cable, the gear is still on the wheel. In 1911 they made 1,812 automobiles. I have no idea how many of these cars may have survived but you would be hard pressed to find another one. This car came out of a 4 car purchase from a dwindling museum and it has not been started or run in many years. The motor does turn over freely though with the hand crank. I will leave the adventure of starting the car to the new owner. Even though I had to list the car as having a "clear" title to get the ad to go through, the car is being sold with a bill of sale as it does not have a title, and being as old as it is I doubt if it came with one originally. I bought it from the owner of the museum and he had a bill of sale and he has owned it for many years. Email with your questions.


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It's been 45 years since I had that amazing experience. I was poet laureate of my graduating class at Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn, N.Y.
It was class night, and I was to recite the graduation poem on the very stage where, four years before, I'd seen Edna St. Vincent Millay recite her marvelous poetry. I remember how she ran nervously from one end of the stage to the other, turning off footlights. Nevertheless, she held me spellbound.
Now it was my turn.
I stood on the darkened stage in the spotlight, ready to ''hush the world'' with my own poem that spoke of the Depression but ended optimistically with the words, ''In the chaos of the present lies the order of the future.'' I had faith.
On that night I wore my first long gown, made of blue silk, and a tiara of real roses. Mama had made the gown from a Sears catalog pattern, and my teacher contributed the roses.
I knew Papa and Mama were sitting somewhere in that huge auditorium, holding hands callused with work, and glowing with pride. I would give it all the emotion I was capable of, and that was plenty in those young years. I would make them proud. I would put my stage fright on hold. I started with ''We surge forward....''
Then I heard the soft prompting from behind the curtain. Whenever I stopped to pause, the voice continued. Didn't the fool know better?
I would not let that prompting destroy my poem. I stood staunchly and ended bravely, with all my feelings reaching out to the people I loved who were sitting somewhere in the back. I could almost hear Papa bragging, ''That's my girl!''
I stepped behind the curtain, amid the applause, and turned to face the hapless young man who'd been doing the prompting. I'd never seen him before.
''Haven't you ever read a poem?'' I asked. ''There are pauses in a poem.''
He had green eyes and an incredible smile. His face flushed, and he held out a palm full of what looked like black ants.
''Have some breath perfumers,'' he said. I fumed but wondered who he was.
I hugged my parents at the end of the program, and we walked out in the snow to where the bus was waiting for us. We, like many of the other graduates, were going to Katz's Jewish Delicatessen in lower Manhattan to celebrate. On the bus everybody sang, including Mama in her thin soprano and Papa in his lovely tenor.
I didn't sing with them. Something had happened to change my life that night. That I knew, but I did not know what it was.
We filed out onto the crunchy snow and into the warm store. It was a lively scene: waiters shouting orders, the young graduates calling out greetings. The smell of snow clung to us as the waiters called harshly, ''Two pastramis, two pickles, and three potato knishes, four celery tonics....''
''You're in another world,'' Papa said. ''What are you thinking?''
''Something happened to change my life tonight, but I don't know what it is.''
And Papa who was so knowledgeable had no answer.
Something had happened. I'd met my future husband, the young man who didn't understand poetry.


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Poor digestive health is a major problem in America. Fueled by bad diets, the side effects of prescription drugs, sedentary lifestyles, and the normal decline of digestive system efficiency associated with aging, many people suffer from uncomfortable gastric issues.
Such issues run the gamut of:
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Most often, these conditions occur because either we are not clearing the food we consume through our digestive systems quickly enough, or because we have upset the proper balance of digestive bacteria in our gastric tracts. And when you are suffering from one or more of these conditions, you tend to restrict your activities, feel lethargic and irritable, and struggle to sleep. Sound familiar?
To relieve bloating or blockage, many people take laxatives. But laxatives are really just a short-term Band-Aid. They do nothing to address the core issues causing the problems. A better long-term strategy is to boost fiber-rich foods in your daily diet and engage in regular physical activity. Both actions help the body move food though the digestive tract with greater ease and speed. We recommend fiber-rich foods commonly found in a Mediterranean-style diet, including raw fruits and vegetables, nuts, beans, and whole grain breads, pasta and cereals. For people who cannot envision consistently ingesting the recommended 7-10 daily servings of the fiber-rich foods just mentioned, we suggest complementing your daily servings with a greens dietary supplement that is fortified with fiber.
A greens/fiber supplement will generally come in a powdered form that you scoop into a glass of water or fruit juice (although some greens formulas are available in capsule form). The powder contains granules of various fruits, vegetables and grasses. Typically, these products also contain a sampling of digestive enzymes. A greens/fiber supplement assists your body in three ways:
1. The fiber content and digestive enzymes aid in quicker absorption and digestion, meaning food clears your digestive tract at a faster pace.
2. The combination of the greens and fiber help create softer stool that moves through your digestive tract more easily and with less discomfort.
3. The antioxidant content of the greens help support the body's fight against oxidative stress (we'll explain more about this in the antioxidant section of this report).
While you will quickly notice an improvement in your digestion from adding a greens/fiber supplement to your daily routine, don't fool yourself into thinking that you can skip eating fiber-rich foods altogether. A daily dose of a greens/fiber supplement will generally provide the equivalent nutritional content of 3-5 servings of fruits/vegetables and 2-3 grams of fiber. The National Academy of Sciences considers 30-38 grams of total dietary fiber daily adequate for men and 21-25 daily grams for women, so the fiber in most greens formulas represents a small portion of your daily needs. In other words, a greens/fiber product is not an outright substitute for raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans and whole grains.
Most scientists who study dietary supplements caution their findings by recommending that food sources of vital nutrients are preferred because they believe the interactions of the various elements of fiber and nutrients contained in raw foods are more effective than the extracts of these key nutrients typically found in dietary supplements. While the research evidence supporting these scientists' position is thin (i.e., there are few studies that definitively demonstrate that food-based nutrition is more effective than concentrated extracts of the key nutrients in dietary supplements), we agree that entirely eschewing raw fruits, vegetables, etc., in favor of dietary supplements is likely not healthy for antioxidant protection and digestion.
A greens/fiber supplement is really intended to complement the raw, fiber-rich foods already in your diet and help fill the gap when you can't reasonably eat 7-10 servings of these foods each day.
But this is only half of the solution to a healthy digestive system. The other big issue most people with gastric problems face is an imbalance of the bacteria in the intestines that assist in breaking down food and removing unfriendly toxins. These "body friendly" bacteria are known as probiotics.
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Rua General Andrade Neves, 118, Centro, Niterói – RJ
Tel.: +55 (21) 2620-8008 / 2620-5618
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Rua Gal. Andrade Neves, 134 - Centro, Niterói - RJ - Brasil
Tel.: 55 21 2716-5250 | 2620-2155
Fax: 55 21 2719-2800
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Rua General Osório, 62 – São Domingos - Niterói - RJ - Brasil
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ATM Machines in Brazil and Banking
ATMs in Brazil are everywhere and you won't have any problems using them with a US or EU ATM card.
Banco Bradesco, HSBC, Banco 24 Hors and Banco de Brazil all work well.
Banco 24 Horas tends to charge high fees – their rate is about 10% higher than the interbank rate.
Bradesco is somewhat better – about 5% over interbank rate.
Banco do Brazil is perhaps the most fair – usually charging at the interbank rate itself.
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Register with the Brazilian Federal Police
If you do not register within 30 days, you may have a fine of up to R$900,00 upon your return. Do not wait until the last few days of your trip or the paperwork may not have time to be processed. Exception: Any civil servant who is traveling on an official government visa, or traveler on a tourist visa does not need to register.
- Allow plenty of time.
- Notify your hosting institution or meeting logistics personnel in advance they can prepare to assist you with the process.
- Dress nicely. Do not wear shorts, sleeveless t-shirts or beach-type sandals.
Registrants will need to obtain:
- The original visa request (pedido de visto) containing full and complete names - NO ABBREVIATIONS - and which the Brazilian Consulate should have returned, stamped, along with the visa.
- Copies of all (used and unused) pages of passport; these may or may not need to be notarized (autenticadas) at a local notary (cartorio) office (ask).~R1,00
- Two 3 x 4 cm color photos (with white background); these can be obtained at a local (Brazilian) one-hour photo shop. ~R5,00
- Two sets of Gar-Funapol papers; one set is for registration (registro), and the other set is for an identification card (identidade); these papers can be purchased at the local paper store (papelaria), or perhaps even at the Federal Police station. The cost shoudl be about R$1,00 each.
After applicants have delivered the documents listed above and filled out the papers, the Federal Police attendant will send them to Banco do Brasil to pay the registration fee. The fee ranges between R$105,00 and R$135,00.
The Federal Police agent will stamp the passport and give the applicant a small piece of paper, called a protocolo. Travelers should make copies of it and keep one with them at all times. They should note that by the expiration date on the protocolo, they must re-register with the Federal Police. If they are not in the country before the expiration date, they should go as soon as they arrive.
Travelers should receive an ID card within three months with a registration number (RNE = registro nacional de estrangeiro), but should not worry if it doesn't arrive within three months. (It would not be unusual for it to take one year for you to receive the identification card.)
Travelers must always carry this protocolo - and a passport - when traveling in and out of Brazil.
Checklist for Federal Police Registration
Register within 30 days of arrival in Brazil. Do not wait until you are about to leave the country as the paperwork may not have time to be completed before you leave. You may be fined upon your return.
1. Dress nicely. No shorts, sleeveless t-shirts or beachy sandals.
2. Allow plenty of time.
3. Bring:
- Someone who speaks Portuguese
- your original visa request (pedido de visto)
- copies of all used and unused pages of passport - these may or may not need to be locally notarized - ask ahead of time.
- two 3 x 4 cm color photos
- two sets of Gar-Funapol papers, R$1,00 each.
- cash to pay the registration fee
4. Make a copy of the protocolo given to you at registration
5. Re-register by the expiration date
Federal Police Registration Site
Av. Rodrigues Alves, 1 - 3º andar - Centro / CEP 20081-250
Phone: (21) 2203-4000 - Fax: (21) 2253-3454
Visit http://www.aai.uff.br/en/ for more information.
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