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Hello everyone! Today's Coffee post is late and long....I hope you can stay around for it!
I love being a Mom. It is one of the hardest jobs (if not THE hardest) around but I love it. Even on the ugly days when I don't know what I'm doing, I love it! Then there is Mother's Day. I hae a different approach to Mother's Day than some. Instead of having the "day off", I like to spend the day with my kids. We go to church, go out for a picnic, and if the weather is pretty, we take them to the pool for swimming. I love to just "watch" them and I love to "be" with them. I am so thankful to God for my children and for the opportunity to be a "Mom".
For many of you, you know our story but not all of you know "the rest of the story". Before Sal and I got married, I knew that I would not be able to have a child (and he married me anyway...what a guy!). On Father's Day 1996, I prayed desperately to God to allow us to have a child. I knew that Sal would make an awesome Dad and I remember the words I spoke to God on that morning just as if I had spoken them five minutes ago..."Dear God, loving Father of all, you know the desires of my heart, and I beg of you to allow us somehow to have a child. I don't want Sal to go through another Father's Day fatherless. Through some miraculous healing of my body, adoption, or whatever path you choose, Lord I beg of you....please hear my prayers."
What a path we went on beginning that very day! We started an adoption process and were matched with a birth mom and in October of that very year, received the call that the baby had been born and we were quickly on our way to San Antonio. After 4 long days there, we learned that the birth mom had changed her mind and we were devastated. I can't tell you, unless you've ever walked in those shoes, how painful and how deep that hurt was. My sister flew to San Antonio to drive us home and Sal's brothers and sisters came to our home and took down the nursery. Today, I still get teary eyed thinking about how hurt, how sad, and how empty we were. We returned home on a Wednesday night and a very dear friend of ours came to take us to church. I also remember the pastor's prayer over us that evening..."God heal the pain, fill the void, and Lord we believe that you will fulfill the desires of their hearts according to your will".
We set out to heal, each in our own way, and in March of that year were approached by a 16 year old girl who we knew (I'll leave out the details of that for now). After much consideration, we committed to her to adopt her baby. I took her to every doctor's appointment and was in the delivery room with her when Jonathon was born. To add to this blessing, we took him home the Saturday of Father's Day weekend, 1997. God is good.
In May 1999, Jonathon asked us for a baby sister. We told him that we had to pray and if it was God's will, then we would have one. After two years of him praying daily for a sister, even for her birth mom, Clarissa Faith was born into our lives. Our experience with her was much different. We went through a wonderful agency in Abilene, we only knew about her for a week prior to her birth, and wasn't there when she was born (we were driving very fast to get there though!) I did have a very different experience though with her birth mom. She was 17, had had a very difficult life, and had no relationship with her Mom. She asked if I would stay with her in the hospital the night that Clarissa was born. So, over the next two days and nights, I took care of Clarissa's birth mom. The morning that she discharged, she asked the nursery to bring Clarissa to the room. She held her, she loved her, she kissed her, we took pictures, she kissed her some more, and then she walked over to me, placed Clarissa in my arms, hugged me and whispered in my ear "thank you for loving my baby and thank you for taking care of me". She then sobbed the deepest sob I have ever heard and walked out the door.
The journey to have our children was difficult. I've been told before that I got the easy way out because I didn't have to go through childbirth. Well, not quite. I had emotional childbirth three times, one that ended in death for us but two that are alive and well in our lives today. I could not be celebrating Mother's Day this weekend without some very special young ladies who gave me the greatest gift of all, my children. I have not seen or heard from either birth mom since the kids were born. That doesn't mean I don't think of them often. I get so many questions about adoption and I know that some people don't understand it, but for me, I'm so thankful that I couldn't have biological children because then I wouldn't have MY children. These are the children God ordained for Sal and I and they are 110% mine. However, that doesn't make me any less aware that I could not be celebrating this weekend, had it not been for "the OTHER Mother's" that loved them so much to give them the life they could not.
God is good. I will be forever grateful for my children but also for the journey He took me on to get them. I mentioned the adoption that fell through because I believe God allowed us to go through that situation so that we could see the power of His almighty hand. God is faithful, in HIS time.
This weekend as you celebrate Mother's Day, please say a prayer for all of those ladies (young and old) who have loved their babies enough, to give them them life and to allow other Moms to teach them to live that life.
"Faithful Father in heaven, I pray today for birth moms everywhere. I am thankful for the two ladies that allowed me to be a Mom to my beautiful children. As I rejoice and am filled with love beyond measure this Mother's Day, I would pray that they too be filled with YOUR love and YOUR peace. Bless them dear Lord and protect them from those that judge."
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
Saturday, May 9, 2009
The Other Mothers
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Friday, May 1, 2009
Happy Days!
Good afternoon everyone! I don't have long to talk today. My family and I are headed out of town to celebrate my Dad's 80th birthday!!!! It is so hard for me to believe! God has richly blessed me with my parents and the fact that I still have both of them to share this earthly life with!
I am so VERY proud to report to you that Jonathon won SECOND place in Trampoline at the Regional USGA (United States Gymnastics Association) This is a SEVEN state region!! I am so very proud of him. He also placed 6th overall in tumbling!
Clarissa is trucking along with all of her "TEETH" stuff. She is such a trooper! She will be getting her bottom expander on Wednesday. Please pray for her!!!
I hope you have a great weekend and I'll post birthday pictures of Daddy early next week!
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The Club de Excelencia en Sostenibilidad is the reference business forum of sustainable development in Spain. It aims to boost sustainability from the business scope, sharing and spreading business practices for contributing to the excellence of companies and the society progress, purpose that fits perfectly with the corporate social responsibility policy of Renault and objectives of its Strategic Plan 2016 "Renault Drive the Change".
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OBC Open TT Series - 2009-May-14 - 15km (Rockliffe Pkwy) (EvtFactor = 0.8381)
Weather (18:00): Mostly Cloudy. Temp.: 19.9°C, Humidity: 36%, DewPoint: 4.4°C, Wind: W 39km/h gust 50km/h, Pressure: 99.67kPa, Visibility: 24.1km.Weather (19:00): Mainly Clear. Temp.: 19.5°C, Humidity: 39%, DewPoint: 5.3°C, Wind: WSW 30km/h gust 45km/h, Pressure: 99.78kPa, Visibility: 24.1km.Weather (20:00): Mainly Clear. Temp.: 18.1°C, Humidity: 43%, DewPoint: 5.2°C, Wind: W 22km/h, Pressure: 99.94kPa, Visibility: 24.1km.
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I brought my Prius to the Toyota dealership today for a regular check-up and a recall repair (some pin thingamajiggy in the steering column). I said to the service guy that Toyota sure seems to have a lot of recalls these days -- four in the past three years for my car. He said,
"Sometimes it's tough to keep track of all the little things when you're the world's largest car company."
Okay, he was proud of Toyota's growth, but really, that was a disappointing response.
Consumers don't care if you're the largest car company, heart transplant clinic, or high-cholesterol salty snack food producer. They only care that you're the best. Period.
Much of my work is done in the outdoor industry, where products are, by and large, guaranteed for life. No one will buy a tent or a carabiner that isn't backed by the full confidence and credibility of the company. No consumer will buy a tent because it comes from the largest tent maker; that's totally irrelevant when you're hunkered down in a hail storm in the Wind River Range, or anchored to the side of El Cap. The only thing that matters is the value and the quality of the product.
Size doesn't matter. If you can't keep track of "all the little things," you won't be the largest company in your industry for long.
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She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not.../
Okay my lovely fanatics, I have been dying to write this post because it's my favourite tale of all. The famous tale of a magic spell cast upon a prince and his subjects, waiting for a girl to fall in love with him and break his curse before the last petal falls and he lives forever as a horrible monster. Yes, it is the tale of Beauty and the Beast! And what a tale it was.
The original story, La Belle et la Bête, was written by a French woman, Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont and as much as I enjoyed the tale all together, I was expecting more from it. I suppose I can thank Disney for that. Nevertheless, the story's message of accepting appearances and "virtue before wit or beauty" is a very powerful and humbling message to carry in modern day life. Let's go over the differences of the original story from Disney's, shall we?
In this story, Belle is a poor merchant's daughter who takes care of her father and spoiled, wicked sisters. As we all know, her father stumbles upon Beast's castle in the woods where he finds shelter from the rain and wolves. Beast is kind to him but when her father takes roses from Beast's garden, he gets angry and says to the father that unless he receives one of the daughters, the father will have to die for his treachery. This is where the similarities kick in and Belle takes her father's place and promises to live with Beast forever. That's one brave girl. Belle and Beast eventually grow to appreciate each other but alas, Beast sets her free. Belle returns just in time from visiting her father to save Beast from the brink of death, kiss him, and break his curse ending in a happily ever after.
In the ending, instead of an on-the-edge-of-your-seat battle between Beast and Gaston in Disney's version, it's more intimate with Belle returning to a dying Beast lying in the garden. She confesses her love for him, begging him not to die, begging him to live and be her husband because she can't live without him. How romantic is that? And now, a drum roll for my favourite part; as soon as her words of love leave her lips, Beast transforms into a gorgeous Prince. I just love that, don't you? Sigh.
It may not be a tale as old as time, but it certainly beats most fairy tales in the romance category. Once again, hats off to Disney for bringing this hopelessly romantic story to the big screen. Fifty points to Gryffindor! Er, Disney.
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Twitter was sent into a heated frenzy Friday afternoon when a tweet by a public relations representative allegedly visiting Africa sparked outrage amongst users.
"Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS," read a tweet by Justine Sacco. "Just kidding. I'm white!"
InterActive Corp, Sacco's employer and owner of websites CollegeHumor.com, The Daily Beast and OkCupid, immediately released a statement to the International Business Times stating:
"This is an outrageous, offensive comment that does not reflect the views and values of IAC. Unfortunately, the employee in question is unreachable on an international flight, but this is a very serious matter and we are taking appropriate action."
Twitter users wasted no time to respond in outrage to the hurtful tweet:
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Time Warner Cable today announced the launch of its new company website designed to provide customers more choice, convenience and control. The newly redesigned www.timewarnercable.com website includes enhanced entertainment and product content, new self-service tools and is reorganized to significantly improve and simplify the user experience.
New e-service capabilities include the new Online Knowledge Base, Click-to-Talk and Click-to-Chat capabilities. In an upcoming enhancement, new support tools, including the "MyServices" section of the site provide customers the ability to access self care and account management options. These enhancements combined with electronic bill pay and online purchasing makes the Time Warner Cable website a more valuable resource for customers to manage their account, get answers to questions regarding their services, and stay up-to-date on the latest Time Warner Cable offerings.
"These new transformations to timewarnercable.com allow us to provide our customers with the online experience they would expect to find from a digital company like ours," said Sam Howe, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Time Warner Cable. "As we move further into 2009, we will leverage the site as an important marketing channel within all our communications plans."
The new look and feel of the Time Warner Cable website will be consistent for users across the Company's service areas. This includes standardized functionality and uniform branding and product messaging.
About Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is the second-largest cable operator in the U.S., with technologically advanced, well clustered systems located mainly in five geographic areas — New York State (including New York City), the Carolinas, Ohio, southern California (including Los Angeles) and Texas. As of September 30, 2008, Time Warner Cable served approximately 14.7 million customers who subscribed to one or more of its video, high-speed data and voice services, representing approximately 34.2 million revenue generating units.


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FeedKind is a new fish and animal feedstock product which uses methane gas, partially from gas pipelines and partially in the form of biogas released from the anaerobic digestion of waste organic material. This product is currently in pre-production phase, and will be released into the European feedstock markets from the beginning of 2018.
The manufacturing process is called natural proprietary fermentation, and is very similar to the way in which Marmite and other yeast-extract sandwich spreads are produced.
Initially, natural gas will be the primary input. However, the company asserts that where possible, they will aim to purchase renewable sources of gas, from anaerobic digesters and landfill biogas producers.
In this process, methane is collected and used as the breeding grounds for Methylococcus capsulatus, a naturally occurring single cell organism. The methane acts as their main source of carbon and energy, allowing these organisms to grow and produce protein. This creates a high quality microbial bio protein that can be harvested, dried and pelletized ready for the market. The production ratio is one tonne of protein produced per one tonne of gas.
This process was initially developed in the 1980s and tested by groups such as JV, Statoil and Dupont. However, their plans eventually spun out because this product was not commercially viable at the time. In 2014, US-based company Calysta bought the patent to the process. They are the only company taking hold of this process at the moment, under the brand name FeedKind. Because of the low price of gas, the product will be cost-competitive to other feed-sources.
Image caption: Gas guzzling protein producer
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So what?
FeedKind offers an alternative to conventional fish feed products like fishmeal and soy protein, which can put pressure on land and wild marine fish populations. Its production uses minimal land and water and it is a non-GMO food source. Alan Shaw, CEO and President of Calysta, notes that can this feedstock can "minimize impact on the environment and contribute to food security" and "contribute to the aquaculture industry's need for sustainable products to meet increasing global demand for new sources of protein."
Demand for fisheries has been growing at 6-8% a year. However, the global production of fishmeal has been steady at 5 million tonnes a year, as limited by the number of global fisheries. This divergence has put pressure on fish prices.
The potential for this product is huge, given that it gained EU approval in 2011 for consumption in not only fish, but all other animal groups except humans. At moment this development is just a plan in motion. All going well, production will begin at the end of 2017/start of 2018, where they hope to begin producing 80,000 tonnes of feed annually in Scotland and Norway.
However, while the product itself uses little land and water, the same cannot be said for the production of its primary input of natural gas, which raises many questions for its sustainability. Is it better to produce fish feed which supports natural gas fracking, or produce a conventional feedstock which can reduce numbers of marine and terrestrial species or replace areas of high carbon stocks?
The use of biogas from waste organic matter is a more sustainable option, as the reuse of wasted product towards food production is a closed loop system of materials and energy.
Calysta makes claims to be sustainable by decoupling feed production from demands on land, water and fisheries. However, its current dependence on fossil fuels can also be seen to be increasing the long-term strain on these resources. It begs the question, are the environmental pressures we face in fossil fuel use less pressing than the challenges we face in protein production?
Interview with Allan LeBlanc by email, conducted by Gillian Phair for the Futures Centre on 1st May 2015
Interview with Simon Pugh by email and phone, conducted by Gillian Phair for the Futures Centre on 5th May 2015
The Economist (2015, April 25) Gas guzzlers
Calysta on Twitter
Sustainable Feed for a Sustainable World. FeedKind uses naturally occurring microbes that metabolise methane to create protein rich ingredients for animal feed @SeafoodSource @indbio @FuturesCentre @Ffoodinstitute @foodtank


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REPSOL Honda's Marc Marquez blitzed the rest of the MotoGP field to win at the Circuit of the America's by over six seconds.
Marquez stole the show in America as he lined up on the grid in pole position, but it was Jorge Lorenzo who grabbed the lead into Turn 1 and then unfortunately running wide allowing Marquez to race ahead.
The field all made it through the opening corners without any crashes with Lorenzo in second and Valentino Rossi hot on his tail. Andrea Dovizioso also made a good start and used the power of the Ducati to slide into second down the back straight.
As Dovizioso came through, so too did Aleix Espargaro as the Spaniard finding himself in fourth at the start of the second lap after starting in ninth. Espargaro had gone against the norm and opted for soft front and rear, the extra grip giving him a clear advantage in the opening laps.
The third lap began with Rossi crashing out of the race at Turn 2 after losing the front mid corner whilst Marquez and Dovizioso ran away at the front with Lorenzo defending his third place position. Rossi's crash ended a 24-race run of top five finishes.
Marquez continued to eke out an advantage as the action intensified further down the field with Maverick Viñales (Team Suzuki Ecstar) attempting to make up for a poor start.
Lap after lap, Marquez extended his lead and after only five laps his fourth straight win in Texas looked certain. The remaining two spots on the podium were wide open as Lorenzo snook past Dovizioso with Dani Pedrosa waiting patiently behind.
At the start of the seventh lap Pedrosa had a huge moment going into Turn 1 and unfortunately lost control of his Honda which then in turn ploughed into Dovizioso. Pedrosa was able to re-join, but shortly retired whilst Dovizioso's race was certainly over fortunately not due to injuries.
Showing true sportsmanship, not only did Pedrosa run to Dovizioso immediately after the incident, but the Spaniard also went to the Italian's Ducati garage to apologise and check he was OK when they both returned to the pits.
At Turn 11 on lap eight Cal Crutchlow was left having to jump over Bradley Smith's Monster Yamaha Tech 3 machine as both riders crashed shortly after each other. Both were able to remount and complete the race, but the leading four now had huge gaps between them, separated by at least three seconds.
All the crashes had promoted Iannone to a provisional podium in third place. The Team Suzuki Ecstar duo meanwhile continued to dice it out for fourth place, Viñales also running the softer rear but had opted for the medium front.
Chaos unfolded behind, but Marquez upped his pace to the 2:04s, almost half a second faster than Lorenzo's laps. Each lap saw Marquez set a new fastest lap of the race which none of the top three were able to match.
The rhythm of the race continued as Viñales was now a second clear of his team-mate as all of the top seven riders were spread out on track.
As many had predicated, Marquez walked to victory and crossed the line 6.107s ahead of Lorenzo. For just the second time in his career, Lorenzo took a podium position at CotA as he ended the race second. Iannone rounded out the podium with a safe ride to third place.
Viñales secured his best ever premier class finish with fourth ahead of his team-mate Aleix Espargaro - a great day for Suzuki with a double top five.
Scott Redding, Pol Espargaro, Michele Pirro, Hector Barbera and Stefan Bradl completed the top ten.
Round 4 of the MotoGP World Championship takes place on the 24th April at the Gran Premio Red Bull de España.
Race results:
1. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team 43:57.945
2. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 44:04.052 (+6.106)
3. Andrea Iannone ITA Ducati Team 44:08.892(+10.947)
4. Maverick Viñales ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar 44:16.367(+18.422)
5. Aleix Espargaro ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar 44:18.656 (+20.711)
6. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Yakhnich 44:26.906 (+28.961)
7. Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 44:30.057 (+31.112)
8. Michele Pirro ITA Octo Pramac Yakhnich 44:30.702(+32.757)
9. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing 44:32.537(+34.592)
10. Stefan Bradl GER Factory Aprilia Gresini 44:38.156 (+40.211)
11. Alvaro Bautista ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini 44:43.368 (+45.423)
12. Eugene Laverty IRL Aspar MotoGP Team 44:45.072(+47.127)
13. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS 44:45.371 (+47.426)
14. Yonny Hernandez COL Aspar MotoGP Team 44:49.135 (+51.190)
15. Loris Baz FRA Avintia Racing 45:10.874(+1:12.929)
16. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda 45:17.197 (+1:19.252)
17. Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 45:25.981(+1:28.036)
DNF. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team
DNF. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team
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Righteous As A Moral Term
Philippians 3:9
In Scripture, righteousness is often a legal term, not a moral one. It means that a judge would pronounce someone righteous. Naturally, the ideal was that the person would actually be righteous, but the focus is on what the judge said. The verdict did not necessarily depend on the moral realities. In accord with that, the primary question of both Judaism and Christianity was "what must a man do if God is to declare that he is in the right and so give judgment in his favour? The Jewish answer was that he must obey the Law of Moses. For Paul, a righteousness attained by the law was only a relative self-righteousness. The best that could be hoped for was the blamelessness of which he spoke in 3:6b, but which he nonetheless had found inadequate for gaining salvation. Thus, the law provides one approach to righteousness, but it is a flawed approach. The problem is not the law. Paul taught that the law is good (Rom 7). The problem is the sin which indwells each person (Rom 7:13–25). Clearly, no one has the kind of righteousness that will secure a verdict of innocent when God examines the life.
Melick, R. R. (1991). Philippians, Colossians, Philemon (Vol. 32, p. 133). Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers.


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Chancellor Street Preschool Cooperative is grateful to the Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation (CACF), who awarded us a grant that supported the purchase of new instruments to enhance our school's music program. From xylophones to ukuleles, the children are enjoying learning about instrument families, and listening to and playing a wide variety of exciting new instruments. Here is what our teacher, Pam Evans, has to say:
"We now have a large set of xylophones and metalophones which allow for all kinds of musical experimentation. The children take turns playing in parts and accompanying each other at music time, which is normal for a well-equipped music program, but how many of us remember as a child wanting to play that big xylophone and hoping to get a turn? At Chancellor Street all the children have the opportunity during the morning to play and explore these fun instruments at their own pace. What a joy to watch them discover a variety of sounds and harmonies. We are so thankful for the grant!"


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Welcome to the Paradise........
The Zanzibar Island is Archipelago which located in the Indian Ocean 15 miles off the coast of Tanzania, is a breathtaking spot to escape from the world. You'll enjoy clear, turquoise-blue water; shallow sandbars perfect for wading; and many small, nearly deserted islands virtually unvisited by tourists. Explore the World Heritage Site of Stone Town, Zanzibar City's old quarter. Or just go beach to beach between tiny fishing villages—each one's better than the next.
Approximately the Island has got 20,000 hotels. As we are the connection of all of these hotels we will assure that we meet your desires and accommodate you in any of these 20,000 hotels either in Stone Town Hotels or Beach Side Hotels.
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Ep. 43 - Speechless - s4e6
October 11, 2016
Speechless on ABC breaks new ground as a show with one of its main characters being disabled and the format being a 30-minute comedy. That's right a comedy. And it is tasteful and touching, centering on a family trying to adjust to a big move to a new community who in turn is trying to do their politically correct best at welcoming them with open arms.
Families with disabled children have reacted positively to Speechless, as have the reviewers for the show, given them the levity they have craved. Speechless' main character JJ who has cerebral palsy and is restricted to a motorized wheelchair brings a character to life that has rarely been seen on television. Speechless' creator Scott Silveri channels his own life story of growing up with a sibling with disabilities to bring a realism and humor to the show. It stars Minnie Driver, John Ross Bowie, and Cedric Yarbrough.
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Laptop Flop
Me: "Hi! How can I help you today?"
Customer: "I would like to purchase a laptop but want to customize it a little bit."
Me: "Okay, great I can help you with that!" (I pulled up her account, pull up the laptop that she wants to customize.)
Customer: "Okay, I want 3gb of memory, 160gb hard-drive, oh and also, can you please move the 'delete' key next to the space bar? I hate having to go to the top of the keyboard to press that."


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Did you know that January 27 is Family Literacy Day across Canada? How are you going to celebrate? For me, there are snowmen to be built, stories to be shared, games to be played, songs to be sung, baking to be done and so much more! And what does all of this have to do with family literacy – absolutely everything! Each of these activities has some component of literacy built into it. Gone are the days when literacy only referred to the ability to read and write – it is so much more!
Although the term family literacy is fairly new, the concept has been around a long time. Family literacy includes all the ways that parents, children and family members use literacy in their everyday lives to "get things done". It's important to note that it's an approach that looks at the whole family as a learning unit and builds on the strengths of each member to develop the skills needed. This includes many activities we do without thinking about the literacy embedded in the activity itself.
When we do everyday tasks with our children or family members, we are developing many different components of literacy:
- Trying out a new recipe that you found on the internet - numeracy, document and digital literacy
- Skyping with Grandma on the weekend – digital literacy
- Going to the zoo – numeracy, document and prose literacy
- Playing a game of "Go Fish" or Dominoes – numeracy, reading
- Keeping the family schedule on the fridge up to date so nobody misses a class or event – writing, document and critical thinking
- Listening to the stories of when Grandpa went to walk two miles to school – oral communication and storytelling
And let's not forget other skills that support literacy development. Did you know that having a strong language foundation is a precursor for success as a reader and writer? You are building vocabulary and an understanding of how language works by talking about how you get ready to try that recipe, looking at the flyers before heading out to pick up the weekly groceries, asking "what if" or "I wonder" questions about animals at the zoo, or just the conversation that happens when playing a game. Communication is a big part of literacy. Chances are you are already doing much more than you thought in supporting early literacy.
So the next time you:
- Take a walk around your neighbourhood, read all the signs and numbers. Play a game by finding four stop signs
- Build a snowman, talk about the number of rocks you need for his eyes or smile
- Share a story, make it interactive by asking and answering questions during the story
- Go grocery shopping, let your child help you make the list and then find some of the staples you need
And as for Family Literacy Day – go out and celebrate it anyway that you see fit. Just make sure that everyday becomes a day full of family literacy activities!
The Centre for Family Literacy has tons of useful resources for parents online. Check them out!


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Family Weekends at Dartmouth
Welcome parents and families!
Dartmouth hosts two weekends for families: First-Year Family Weekend in May and Summer Family Weekend in July. The dates of each Family Weekend are released one year in advance. This website provides information for both weekends to help families plan their visits to campus.
We look forward to seeing you on campus soon!


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We are striving to learn more about brain, skull base and pituitary tumors through leading-edge genomic & proteomic sequencing.
Through collaborations with Dr. Dave Hoon, Director of Molecular Oncology at John Wayne Cancer Institute, and Dr. Santosh Kesari, Director or Translational Neuro-oncology, we can perform detailed genomic and proteomic analysis on all brain tumors including Next Generation Sequencing, microRNA profiling, and proteomic analyses. We also use advanced methods such as circulating tumor cells and circulating tumor DNA. In addition. we can facilitate sending tumor tissue and blood specimens to other institutions and commercial companies for specific biomarker analysis, whole genome sequencing and to search for specific tumor markers.
Our goal is to characterize the genetic and molecular changes that occur in individual brain tumors, determine which genes are driving these tumors and find out what enables them to become resistant to treatments such as radiation therapy, chemotherapy and immunotherapies.
When the unique molecular characteristics of each patient's tumor are determined, we can select the most appropriate targeted treatment based on these molecular and genetic abnormalities. This tailoring of treatment to each person gives us the greatest chance of achieving tumor remission and hopefully a cure. In some instances, what we learn from sequencing a tumor will lead to an established treatment and in others it will lead to clinical trial options.


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I love this breakdown clip from Ryan vs. Dorkman 2 (which, if you haven't seen it, is totally worth watching). Based of the so-simple-it's-brilliant notion of showing Star Wars Lightsabers doing things that "we personally think would be fun to see," these guys staged a Lightsaber battle in a factory between, well, two regular guys. The effects work is excellent, and one reason why is that they shot a lot of practical elements.
When you're just getting into effects, it's easy to get stuck thinking that you have to do everything with your computer. These guys wanted to create a realistic reflection, smoke, and sparks. So you know what they did? They shot something that would create a reflection. Then they filmed some smoke. Then they filmed some sparks.
Easy, right? Well, maybe not. To some people it's easier to sit in front of a computer for hours trying to get particles to look like smoke than it is to black out a space and heat up a metal rod with a blowtorch. But the latter is worth the extra effort, because the results will look better and ultimately take less time to create. Sometimes making something look photo-real is just as easy—and as difficult—as shooting something real.


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I have over one million followers on my personal style board, trends board and recipes board, and 560,000+ overall followers. I have no idea who all of these people are, where they live or what they do. BUT, now through this new social media platform, I do know what they like. That's one of the best things about Pinterest. You not only can categorize your favorite things, but you can keep track of what the majority of the people love too!
So, I thought it would be interesting to see what trends and outfits everyone thinks are the best and to see if y'all agree. All of these images have received 600+ repins, and some of them have received over 1,000. AND the ones at the VERY top have gotten 3,000+ repins. Next time I have a party I will wear a yellow dress and make margarita popsicles and turtles. =) haha!
It is apparent that my Pinterest followers are obsessed with shoes. The funny thing is that I'm not really a shoe gal. Are you?
These are the top four shoes. Out of this group the ones that I would actually purchase are the flats. I love the others, but I would be a walking giant if I gave the rest a go.
I guess a lot of users on pinterest are ready to put on a pair of shorts!
The interesting thing about these top pins is that there isn't a specific style that is represented. There's glam, all-American AND indie.
As far as beauty trends, women are ready to put their hair up in elegant ways.
And neon and gold hues are catching their eyes!
But what outfits are their all time favorites?
There is something for everyone woman - pretty lace, simple white, or tomboy chic. I'd wear them all! Would you?
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dat music is really good, whats the name?
dat music is really good, whats the name?
A very fun game that is simplistic. It's original and made fun of politics, win/win in my book. Also, could I have the name and location of the song used in the game (the drop da bomb one)?
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Do you love where you live? Florida isn't for everyone, but at the end of a long winter in Germany, Florida is a much welcomed change of scenery. We'll be here for about 2 1/2 months, and then we'll head back up north to see family before we take off once again for Germany. Until then, I'll be soaking up all that I love about Florida.
1. The beach. Yoga on the beach, reading on the beach, swimming at the beach. All along the beach people are always out running, riding their bikes, or walking their dogs. It's a buzzing little active beach community and we love that.
2. Southern charm. I went to Whole Foods the other day and the cashier kept calling me "ma'am." "How you doin' today, ma'am?" "Did you find everything okay, ma'am?" "Have a great day, now, ma'am." Most people we pass when we're out walking the dog mumble a "hey ya'll". It feels friendlier down here.
3. Cheap living. In New York, we paid $3.88 for gas. It's $3.41 down the street in Florida. Everything is cheaper than up north. Going out to eat, movies, golfing, real estate.
4. The weather. Almost every single morning we wake up to blue skies and bright sunshine. It's impossible to wake up on the wrong side of the bed when every day is sunny and beautiful. What a huge change from Germany's grey, wet winters.


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A pretty solid game with a nice difficulty curve. Game starts off fairly easy and as you go deeper it scales just right. Most of the bosses are pretty interesting, although some of the early ones feel a little too weak. Game is pretty lengthy though and produced well. Would definitely recommend.[2] Likes
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Really great starter adventure game with a few gimmicks to keep things spicey. The length of the game will surely improve any newcomers to fangames and the production value will hold their attention with easy. All these awesome aspects ramp up in sync with one another creating a really progressive feeling game. Theres a few hills and valleys but overall stellar game. Highly impressed.[1] Like
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Absolutely amazing game spoiled by a piece of garbage RNG-based world 5 boss. Such a shame.[0] Likes
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This game have a nice learning/difficult curve.
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This game have a nice learning/difficult curve.
It beginns very friendly and at the end its pain in the ***.
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Rating based on normal mode. It's a nice little adventure type game with a lot of good parts and some unbearably bad parts. The bosses are well made and I enjoyed all of them. The save balance in this game though is honestly pretty terrible. It's probably the worst part of it and really drags this game down for me. Even still I would give this game a recommendation as it's one of the better intermediate adventure games out there.[0] Likes
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It is just a comfortable 50 minutes ride along the highway that runs through the Tuscan countryside until the small town of Montevarchi, where the Space Outlet of Prada (Prada, Miu Miu, Helmut Lang, and Church shoes) is located.
After your Prada shopping, you will continue northwards for about 30 minutes towards the Valdarno area where "The Mall" is placed;where you can also visit the Dolce and Gabbana Outlet.
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My personal sketchbook between April 2014 - April 2016. Around mid 2015, I stopped drawing, in the sketchbook and essentially dumped it with a little less than half the book complete (Something I do with most of sketchbooks). I decided to pick it up early 2016 and complete the whole book, something I don't do often. That is why the book is separated into two parts.


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On the second day of Christmas, there was an unbelievably fudgy, deep-dark chocolatey, ooey-gooey cookie. Deep Dark Chocolate Crinkles are pretty much the exact opposite of yesterday's Pecan Snowballs. Where those are hard and crumbly, these are soft and chewy. But hey—it's #12DaysofChristmas and who says we have to choose? Make both and enjoy the compliments.
Like the snowballs, these need to chill. I actually made the dough in the evening, stashed it still in the mixing bowl in the fridge overnight, and shaped, rolled, and baked them in the morning. The balls of dough can even be frozen for up to three months, so keep a a bag in the freezer to bake up for impromptu gifts. If you're a chocoholic, it really doesn't get any better than these cookies.
Deep, Dark Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Fudgy and impossibly chocolatey, these cookies will please the pickiest of palates.
Servings 24
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs at room temp
- 3 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- powdered sugar for rolling
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
In a stand mixer or medium bowl, combine the cocoa, sugar and vegetable oil. Mix with stand or hand mixer for 3 minutes. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix until evenly combined.
Add the flour, baking powder and salt and incorporate all the ingredients. Cover the dough and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
With a cookie scoop or teaspoon, measure out 1-inch balls of dough.
Roll each ball in powdered sugar before placing onto prepared baking sheets.
Bake for 8-10 minutes. Middles will still look wet when done.
Let cool for two minutes before transferring the cookies to a cooling rack to finish cooling.


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Tesco reluctant to give 'Halal' refund
A Tesco store in Northern Ireland is reported to have been 'reluctant' to refund a woman who unknowlingly purchased Halal lamb. Belfast woman Andrena Robinson joins the growing campaign to ensure that products are clearly labelled.
by Christian Institute
A Tesco store near Belfast was reluctant to refund a Christian woman who unknowingly bought Halal lamb until she said: you wouldn't treat a Muslim this way.
Mrs Andrena Robinson took the meat back to her local store after she read in the press that all of Tesco's New Zealand lamb was slaughtered according to Islamic ritual.
The duty manager at the Tesco store said he would not refund her unless there was a problem with the quality of the meat.
But Mrs Robinson told him that if she had been a Muslim who had unknowingly bought non-Halal meat, the store would give her money back.
She said:
"I felt that as a Christian I had as much right to demand a refund. At that point he relented and reluctantly took the meat back."
If Tesco had continued to refuse her a refund when it would have given one to a Muslim, Mrs Robinson could have launched a legal action.
She added:
"If I'd known it was Halal I would not have bought it. It is an issue of conscience for me, something I feel strongly about.
"If meat is Halal, it should be clearly labelled. Then customers can make an informed choice."
Woman initially refused refund by store giant
There is now a growing campaign for supermarkets to properly label any Halal meat sold in their store.
Read on in the Christian Institute.....
Christian Institute, 14/10/2010
Penny Lee
04/08/2012 09:47
Yes, I was aware of this at the time. This has nothing to do with 'food offered to idols' but I find it quite repulsive, as I'm sure many others do.
I guess some people would say, "We drink cows milk, so why not human milk?" Well, we eat meat from various animals but wouldn't eat humans - I hope!
Penny Lee
04/08/2012 09:55
What is your reason for being vegetarian? Is it purely animal welfare? If so, but you weren't vegetarian, would you have any problem eating 'food offered to idols'?
Seumas, Tobermory (Guest)
04/08/2012 11:55
Penny, multiple reasons. Firstly, I have an allergy to nitrite preservative used in a lot of meats. The effects have been quite serious on occasions, causing urticaria, angioedema and other nasties. Secondly, I have never been a great meat-eater anyway. The animal welfare side of it doesnt bother me too much, although I would echo the words of Paul Mcartney "If slaughterhouses had glass walls, most people would be vegetarian!"
Regarding the idols matter, false "gods" simply do not exist, so there is not actually an entity to which the food can be offered. It is in effect meaningless
So, to answer your question it wouldnt bother me too much. It depends if you accept that a religious ceremony (eg halal slaughter) endows the product with anything special or not.. Its a bit like a Catholic eucharist in that respect. To my mind, its irrelevant.
Penny Lee
04/08/2012 12:48
I guess it does all come down to conscience. Certainly, from 1 Corinthians 8, it doesn't appear to be a sin but if you feel uncomfortable doing it, then don't do it. It seems to be the same as other practices which, in themselves, are not sinful but, if it just doesn't feel right, or if it causes someone weaker to sin, then it is best not to do it.
"4 So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: we know that 'An idol is nothing at all in the world' and that 'There is no God but one.' 5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many 'gods' and many 'lords'), 6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.
7 But not everyone possesses this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. 8 But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
9 Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling-block to the weak. 10 For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol's temple, won't that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols? 11 So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. 12 When you sin against them in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.
04/08/2012 13:28
In a Christian context, it is (as Penny and others have said) to do with 'conscience' and deference to the views of others (in whose company one is eating - or drinking or observing special days, etc). Rom 14:21
However given that there are no other Gods there are demonic entitities, and a Christian knowingly and against their conscience who eats 'meat sacrificed to idols' may be opening themselves up to the 'other spirits' (in the way that they might by practising Yoga).
To introduce an analogy, Protestant teachers differ on how they view the spiritual dynamic present at the Communion celebration. But (bearing in mind that the Lord's Supper was and should be a proper meal) how would/should a believer respond to eating Halal meat at the Lord's table?
But apart from the Christian aspects, surely 'honest' labelling is a principle that both the Christian and non-Christian world would look to be upheld?
Regarding Paul Macartney and vegetarianism, he might be encoured by a reading of Isaiah 11: 6-9, but if he is wise he will also read the rest of the Bible (which - pray God - would give him pause for further thought).
romin (Guest)
13/08/2012 19:42
"My own understanding of it would be due to the following instruction and practice:
"animals should be slaughtered upon utterance of the Islamic prayer "in the name of God"
Since this is Allah, rather than God, then I do not feel comfortable eating it" well penny your own understanding is flawed, God is a germanic word if you are aware Jesus spoke Aramaic which is a sister language to Arabic, if you google an Aramic translator type in God it will say Allah or very close.
Christians Arabs also call God Allah and Muslims believe in the God of Moses and Jesus the One and only God. Hence muslism can eat the meat of teh Christians and Jews.
Terry Boyle (Guest)
13/08/2012 20:31
The point here is not so much the 'name' of the deity but rather the person of the deity.
Christians worship the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob who is - Christians believe - the God (the Father) of Jesus Christ (the Son).
Islam is a derivative of Ishmael, and Allah (as followers of Islam call their deity) is not the same as God (in whom Christians place their trust).
This is not to disrespect belief and believers (of any faith). However the Muslim deity and the Christian diety are not one and the same.
Followers of Islam do not accept that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. (They believe that Jesus was only a prophet and a lesser prophet than Mohamet. However Muslims who do follow Jesus Christ accept Him as Saviour and the Son of God (and 'God in human form').
I may be wrong, but I am told that the inscription around the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem states that God has no son.
Penny Lee
13/08/2012 20:49
Thank you Terry for your explanation. Like yourself, I am not interested in the derivations of the word God, only the understanding of who I am referring to. I don't accept that muslims and Christians worship the same God, regardless of the name they use.
Also, if muslims had no problem eating non-halal meat, then there wouldn't be separate slaughter-houses, rituals and retailers selling halal meat.
Roy Thompson (Guest)
15/02/2013 22:05
With all the noise about horsemeat being sold for beef and David Cameron calling supermarkets and suppliers to clean up their act is it now time to press for Halal meat to be labelled as such?
Guest (Guest)
01/03/2013 19:24
Oh Christians, if you are really followers of the truth then open your eyes and find out the truth from the true scriptures of Jesus. Don't follow man made bibles.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The UMKC women's soccer team (11-3, 3-0 WAC) captured their fourth consecutive win on Sunday, picking up their third shutout win in Western Athletic Conference (WAC) play with a 3-0 trouncing of New Mexico State (1-12, 0-3 WAC).
After dominating possession for the opening 15 minutes of the match, UMKC broke through to find the opening score of the contest in from of the home crowd. A pass from Reighan Childers (Grain Valley, Mo.) near midfield down the right side to a streaking Rylan Childers (Grain Valley, Mo.) set up a great look for the Roos in the 18' of action.
Childers would receive the pass and make a quick toward the middle of the field to connect with Kelsey Mothershead (Smithville, Mo.) who would fire a missile from just outside the top-right corner of the box to the far post to give the team an early lead on her conference-leading 10th goal of the year. Both Childers' were credited with assists on the play.
UMKC continued to apply pressure as the first half resumed and found another score at the 32:28 mark to extend their advantage. A nice pass out to the right wing from Ry. Childers hit senior Ryann Burnett (Wichita, Kan.) in stride deep in opponent territory. Burnett slid past the defender and sent in a ball just in front of the NMSU keeper, finding Lexie Howard (Kearney, Mo.) who routinely redirected the pass into the net with a nice header on her sixth score of the season.
The Roos completely dominated the first half of play, outshooting NMSU by a line of 16-2 while also holding sizeable advantages in shots on goal (9-0) and corner kicks (3-0). The team worked into a number of quality scoring chances aside from the two goals, but a solid effort from NMSU keeper Ashley Martin kept the score at 2-0 into halftime.
Second half action was significantly more evenly matched as NMSU came out with a great display of energy in their comeback attempt. Despite the boosted effort, the Roos' defense continued to shut down nearly every attack that came their way, holding NMSU to eight shots and three shots on goal in picking up their third consecutive shutout to open WAC play.
UMKC put the finishing touches on the victory with a late goal in the 76' for the final score of the match. A shot from five yards off the foot of Howard was saved by Martin but the rebound was collected by Burnett and quickly sent into the net for her second goal of the season.
Afton Fennewald (Lake Winnebago, Mo.) was given the start in net for the Roos and was largely untested in the contest. She finished the match with three routine saves in picking up her fifth shutout of the season and improving her record to 8-1 between the posts.
"Although there were some areas in our game today that definitely could use improvement, we are still very much excited to come out with a solid win over a quality WAC opponent," noted head coach Chris Cissell. "Scoring three good goals, playing our entire roster and picking up another shutout to move to 3-0 in conference play is something we are very excited about."
The Roos will look to add to their winning streak with a pair of conference matchups next weekend. The team will travel for a road match at California Baptist on Friday, Oct. 12 before returning home to host Grand Canyon on Sunday, Oct. 14.
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Public relations maven Karla Otto founded her eponymous company in 1982 after a short career as a model exposed her to the fashion industry. Since then, she has helped brands like Jean-Paul Gaultier , Prada, Marni and Jil Sander expand and promote their businesses abroad. With a full suite of services including showrooms, public relations strategies, media consultations, show production and event planning, the agency has nine offices all around the world and now handles PR for over 70 brands, including Celine, Christian Dior, Givenchy and Simone Rocha , as well as beauty and lifestyle brands.
German-born Otto was a former runway model in the 1970s who walked in Milan, Tokyo and Paris before settling in Milan to work in the press department of Italian fashion brand Elio Fiorucci. After amassing a few years of experience, Otto set out on her own and quickly grew her client list to include some of the world's most prominent fashion labels.
Hosting local showrooms for designer and brand clients, so that editors and members of the press no longer had to travel to the designer's own showroom, was one of Otto's innovations. It was also under her guidance that Jil Sander grew from a local German womenswear label to an international fashion brand. Otto upholds the stereotype of wearing all black, as she told Harper's Bazaar: "I prefer to focus on the shape and the texture. Besides, when you travel as much as I do — I'm in a different city every week —everything must go with everything."


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The final operation I am going to do for now on the leg framework is to cut out the inside of the middle layer. There are two reasons to do this. First it reduces the weight of the let by a little bit. Second, if you plan to motorize the feet, it provides a place to run the wires. The cutout of the shoulder also provides some space for the leg mounting hardware.
On the 3/4" center layer I marked a line 1 1/4" in from the edge of the leg. It wasn't necessary to follow all the contours of the edge, 1 1/4" provides enough clearance all the way around. The line goes right to the end of the foot leaving an open space to run wires if you want to.
Before making the cuts on the band saw I drilled some holes at key points to make if easier to turn the piece.
Here is the final piece temporarily pinned to the inside layer. This cutout will not be seen so the rough cut it not a problem.


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Samsung's new Galaxy J3 (2016) intends on bringing biking and mobility together. And it intends on doing so without burning a hole in your pocket. "While studying the consumers' phone usage behaviour, we realised that incoming calls are a major distraction to bikers," said Asim Warsi, senior vice president, Samsung India Electronics at the launch event on Thursday. "About 70 per cent of our entry-level consumers are two-wheeler drivers. We are very happy that we have come up with something that will benefit millions of two-wheeler users and promote responsible riding," he added.
Biking and mobility aren't exactly the best of friends and neither we nor Samsung encourage bike riders to flout any traffic rules, with or without the Galaxy J3 (2016). But at least there's now a way to make them -- biking and mobility -- come to the table. It's made for India, and totally made in India. Samsung calls it the S Bike Mode.
Also read: Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (and Galaxy S7) review: On the edge of perfection
Developed inside Samsung's Indian R&D centres, S Bike Mode is a "hardware and software solution to not only propagate responsible riding but also ensure a tension free ride."
Samsung's proprietary Bike Mode allows users to concentrate on the road ahead and not be distracted by incoming calls. The feature is enabled via NFC for which the phone will ship with a specialised NFC tag. This makes the Galaxy J3 (2016) one of the cheapest smartphones in India to come with NFC connectivity option. Riders can affix the NFC tag at a convenient place -- helmet or fuel tank for instance - and activate the Mode by simply tapping the phone on it. Alternatively, the feature can also be enabled via the pull down notification panel on the phone.
If, however the call is urgent, the caller can press 1 to get through. The Galaxy J3 (2016) user in that case will receive a distinctive tune to know the call is urgent. But he/she won't be able to take the call unless he/she stops his/her bike. This is because the Bike Mode also adds a feature called Motion Lock to the phone that prevents the rider from taking the call while he/she is in motion. The rider can only answer the incoming call when he/she bring the bike to a halt. The feature has been designed to encourage responsible riding, says Samsung. Additionally, riders can also select specific contacts who will receive an auto SMS with an estimate of when he/she would likely be available for a call. Samsung has also incorporated a built in rewards program (in association with Freecharge) to encourage riders to use the S Bike Mode. More they use it, bigger the reward.
That's all about the S Bike Mode, folks!
Also read: Galaxy S7 Edge camera review: The biggest reason to buy this Samsung phone
That's the problem with most Samsung budget phones. They seem to be frozen in time from a design point per se. The physical home button on the front flanked by backlit capacitive keys, the power button on the right and volume rocker on the left, the squarish camera module flanked by the speaker out and LED flash - all been there done that. It's like we are seeing the same thing again and again. Hello Samsung, your budget phones need a makeover, and they need one now!
The new Galaxy J3 comes with a 5-inch HD display boasting of a 720 x 1280 pixels resolution. Samsung has used its proprietary Super AMOLED panel here. Unlike sAMOLED seen in Samsung's high-end and mid-tier phones, the screen of the Galaxy J3 shows washed out colours. Brightness levels are fairly adequate though, more so for the price that it commands. Note that we now have FullHD phones in and around this price point, so that leaves the Galaxy J3 in quite a tight spot as well.
The Galaxy J3 sports an 8-megapixel camera on the rear with autofocus and LED flash along with a 5-megapxiel camera on the front. The sensor on-board was pretty quick to lock focus (in tricky light situations) in our brief usage and shutter speed was also fairly good. Images clicked, well, not so much. These came out with lots of noise, even with blurry subject in some cases in indoor well-lit conditions. We however reserve our final verdict for our full review of the phone.
The phone is backed by a 2,600mAh battery which is pretty standard for a phone at its price point.


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Selling Illicit Phone Records Not Protected By Safe Harbors
from the a-little-more-involved deptWe've talked about the importance of "safe harbors" protecting service providers from the actions of users. Too often, companies go after service providers because they're easier to target and because they have more money -- but they're not the ones actually breaking the law, and making them liable for the actions of their users would be an incredible burden on any company that allowed users to do... well... anything. However, a recent ruling has shown one limitation to the section 230 safe harbors found in the CDA: if you're selling illicit phone records that were obtained via pretexting, you are still liable, even if you didn't do the pretexting yourself. In this case, a company called Accusearch offered to sell phone records, but contracted out the actual pretexting work to obtain the phone records. So, when the FTC came calling to fine Accusearch, it claimed that it was protected under section 230. As Eric Goldman explains in the above link, some of the court's reasoning was a little suspect, even if it came to the right conclusion at the end. One key point as to why this is different? This wasn't about "users" generating content that was potentially a problem. This was a company specifically buying and then reselling content -- so it was clearly a part of the process. If, say, a similar service opened up where it was simply bulletin boards where people posted illicitly gained phone records (or the ability to get them), then the company might have retained safe harbor protections.
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A British scientist is hoping to reverse the critical decline of the honeybee by breeding 'cleaner bees' to protect hives from potentially devastating diseases.
Francis Ratnieks, the UK's only professor of apiculture, is undertaking pioneering research based on a breed of worker bee genetically programmed to keep hives clean. So-called 'hygienic' bees are responsible for removing dead pupae and larvae from hives, but they only exist in very small numbers.
The Sussex University academic believes that, if more of them can be artificially bred, they will protect hives from parasites such as the varroa mite which last year killed two billion honeybees and wiped out one in three colonies.
His research comes as beekeepers last week marched on Whitehall calling for £8m of emergency funding from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to tackle bee diseases, which are estimated to have cost the economy £54m in the past 12 months alone. His three-year project is being funded privately, partly by leading UK honey brand Rowse Honey, which has warned that Britain could run out of home-produced honey by Christmas.
The role of 'hygienic' bees was first observed in the 1930s. But because only about 10 per cent of hives are 'hygienic', and within those hives only about 10 per cent of worker bees have the 'hygienic' gene, it is difficult to identify which bees to breed from for the best results.
In every hive the queen can produce up to 2,000 eggs a day fertilised by as many as 10 males. Ratnieks's research concentrates on breeding queens from the same father line as the most hygienic worker bees. Those queens will then be supplied to beekeepers. In all the project should take three to four years.
'Hygienic bees have a strong tendency to clean things up, removing pupae and larvae if they are dead or dying,' said Ratnieks, who has been studying bees, ants and wasps for 25 years. 'What this hygiene can do is control certain types of disease, particularly diseases of the brood like chalkbrood, American foulbrood and varroa mite.
'In the case of varroa mites, the female lays eggs on the pupa in its cell. These eggs turn into baby mites. Hygienic bees can detect this is taking place and they remove the wax cap to the cell and yank out the pupa. So they don't actually kill the female varroa mite, but they do prevent her breeding. It is not a complete control against varroa, but it can slow down the growth, therefore helping beekeepers keep on top of the disease.'
As well as producing honey, bees pollinate some £165m worth of crops in the UK annually, as well as wild plants and garden flowers. The Bee Farmers' Association is supporting the project by helping to test colonies with hygienic queens in 100 hives across Britain, to see if they are also good at making honey.
Stuart Bailey, chairman of Rowse Honey, is committing £100,000 to the project. 'Our money will get the ball rolling,' he said, 'but much more needs to be spent on bee research. We totally support the British Beekeepers' Association campaign for £8m emergency funding from Defra over the next five years.'


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Data Dress, the first smart garment powered by Google and designed by H&M's backed Ivyrevel has now a set of features placing it as the future of fashion.
Ivyrevel, the digital fashion house backed by fashion giant H&M, is still developing under the so-called "Coded Couture" project, a program targeted towards Android users in which you use an app to design a personalized dress known as a "Data Dress" which will reflect your lifestyle and preferences, developed under Google's Awareness API technology.
The app is enough to order the dress, and as revealed on February 6, several new technologies are being added to maximize the functionality of the intelligent garment, such as a Snapshot API that will monitor your movements throughout the day, as well as the weather and locations visited to get the maximum customization possible for the Data Dress' development.
The project now sits in closed alpha testing, but you can sign up for a trial if interested before the public release expected for the Fall/Winter 2017 season.
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In one YouTube comment thread an atheist has asked this question: 'Which god? I like Zeus... Can I study his word as the one and only truth? Odds are he's as right as Yahweh is or Allah or Odin or Shiva or Osiris or... You get the point'
So the most crucial question is: which god? Because there are thousands of gods which man has imagined so far. Out of so many gods, which one is the true god?
Actually there can be only one true God, a God who has created the universe. The answer is as simple as that.
The difference between the atheists and the scientists is this: atheists can afford to be dogmatic or close-minded, but scientists cannot; their job or profession forbids them to be so. As scientists they have got some responsibility that the atheists do not have. As scientists they are supposed to provide explanation for all the events, phenomena or effects in nature and therefore they have to keep their mind open to the possibility that they may not always be able to explain everything purely naturally.
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Countdown to the Arizona Bridal Show Tip #1 - Set Up Your Wedding Email Address/
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One of the easiest and cheapest things you can do to make your day at the show and your overall wedding planning is to set up a free email address that is dedicated just for wedding related email. I prefer Gmail since it easily allows you to set up folders for all of your different vendors and guests to keep things organized, has virtually unlimited storage, and comes with a slew of other goodies like Google Docs, Google Calendar and more that can be a huge help.
Set up an address that is easy to remember and reflective of your wedding day like: firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com. You can use this address to give to vendors but also use it for an electronic RSVP or a way to keep in touch with your wedding guests with out having your personal email bombarded.
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Wallabies scrum-half Will Genia believes he still has a role to play for his country and is determined to make a successful return from injury.
Genia is recovering from knee surgery and last played for his Top 14 club, Stade Français, in January.
Wallabies head coach Michael Cheika has been in touch with the 28-year-old, during his visit to Europe recently, and Genia is working hard to strengthen his knee so that he can make his return at Test level against England in June.
Cheika has said Genia is likely be the only European-based Wallaby to be considered for the series against England due to his lack of game-time in France.
"I've had ongoing discussions with Cheik," Genia told Fox Sports.
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"I go for my first run this week and if everything goes well and we can progress to the point that where I feel I've done enough work as far as conditioning and speed to be ready to play Test footy, I'd love to.
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What you need to know about Louis Vuitton's star-studded show
All of Louis Vuitton's biggest celeb fans showed up to witness Nicolas Ghesquière's Spring 2017 collection.
The A-list front row at the show today included Alicia Vikander, Jennifer Connelly, Miranda Kerr, Sophie Turner, Léa Seydoux, and Michelle Williams, all decked out in head-to-toe LV.
Instead of having the show at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, this runway was set at the Place Vendôme in Paris, where models strutted down a concrete runway.
Ghesquière showed a collection of bias-cut dresses tied at the waist with black ribbons, midi boots in endless colourways, and '80s influenced cobalt blue and gold looks.
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India's second largest motorcycle manufacturer Bajaj Auto added one more two-wheeler to its garage by launching the Discover 125T. The bike is available in two variants- with disc brake and without disc brake, and priced at Rs. 55,500 and Rs. 52,500 respectively (all are ex-showroom Delhi prices).
The all new Discover 125T extremely looks similar to its sibling the Discover 125ST. The only change physically found out is its Nitrox Twin (110 mm) rear suspension, while it's Nitrox Monoshock rear suspension in the Discover 125ST. Interestingly, Bajaj engineers have taken some pain here to modify technical specifications a bit. That's the Discover 125T is powered by a 124.6cc, Single cyl, 4-Valve, DTS-i engine instead of a 124.6cc, 4 Valve Twin Spark Air Cooled engine powers the Discover 125ST. Well, both bikes are coupled with a 5 speed gear transmission.
A slight power variation is also visible in the new Discover brother. The Discover 125T is slightly less powered with a max output of 12.5 ps @ 9000 rpm and a max torque of 10.8 Nm @ 6500 rpm, where as the Discover 125ST delivers a peak power of 13 Ps @ 9000 rpm and a peak torque of 10.8 Nm @ 7000 rpm. This minute variation in the power distribution pulls the Discover 125T to the second position in the initial delivery. However, the top speed of both machines remains 105 kmph.
The launch of the Discover 125T proves the word given by Bajaj officials in a press meet that the company would be launching 6 Discover bikes in the Financial Year 2013-14. According to the company strategy, the firm will launch 6 Discover bikes in each 6-8 weeks. The Discover 125T was the first to be launched. The next will be garaged either by the end of August or by the beginning of September.
Currently, the entry level motorcycle segment in India is facing very much competition than ever before. Each companies are launching more than one bikes in the same class. Hero MotoCorp is the best player in this category with its Splendor brand. The Discover machines was once took over the Splendor bikes in units. But, the position was retained by Hero. Meanwhile, Honda sounds challenging performance with the Dream Yuga and Dream Neo bikes. So Bajaj found no other way than introducing new products to win hearts of cutomers.As Hero, Honda and other companies are working out on new machines, competition will be tougher for the manufacturers.
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Check out the new video from Chris Brown, the leading single from his eagerly anticipated follow up album Fortune. Expected to be released Spring/Summer 2012. Remember where you saw it first.
Check out the new video from Chris Brown, the leading single from his eagerly anticipated follow up album Fortune. Expected to be released Spring/Summer 2012. Remember where you saw it first.
Always innovating, sometimes cooky and outside the box Moncler Grenoble recently held what can only be described as a digital look book, meets flash mob on ice show at Wollman rink in Central Park, New York. Professional athletes performed a variety of synchronized routines, wearing designs pulled from the Moncler Fall/Winter 2012 collection. The entire show was set to the sound of a choir singing New York, New York followed by M.I.A's latest single Bad Girls
Run The World. The impressive show was choreographed by Luam who has previously created movement with Beyonce, Rihanna, Kelly Rowland and Britney Spears. Watch the full video below.
Damian Marley has released the video for latest single Affairs Of The Heart. After premiering Affairs Of The Heart on Robbo Ranx's Dancehall Radio Show on February 9th 2012, single is already available to download on itunes. Remember where you saw the video first and enjoy the visuals below.
Kanye West graces the pages of US Vogue. The rapper-turned-designer poses alongside Givenchy's creative director Riccardo Tisci as well as his current muses in the world renowned
fashion magazine's/ style bibles March edition. Kanye West Poses alongside Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine in a provocative image which also features supermodel Karolina Kurkova in the frame posing it up behind Kanye who is the centre of attention, however Ethiopian model Liya Kebede poses upfront attempting to steal the show in the four shot image on the right hand side of the double page spread. In the image on the left hand side of the double page spread, Actress Liv Tyler, lays across the brown leather chair that Tisci sits in creating an edgy editorial two shot. The full feature appears in the March edition of US Vogue.
Sean Combes aka Diddy visited "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" hot on the promotional trail of his latest role as executive producer of the Oscar-nominated documentary Undefeated. Topics of discussion included the origins of half moon part hailing from Brooklyn, New York Barber Shop's, Drinking Ciroc, visiting the playboy mansion, partying, family, valentines day and more. Check out all three parts of the full interview below.
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Robin Thicke stopped by the Jimmy Kimmel show February 14th to perform a Valentines Special for the live concert series. Robin performed two tracks from his current album Love After War, Pretty Lil' Heart and album title track Love After War. Watch the soulful performances below.
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Beyoncé may have given birth to her first child last month, but the singer is already planning two new projects to write and record in 2012. Ryan Tedder, OneRepublic frontman and co-writer of Beyoncé tunes such as "Halo" and "I Was Here," says that he and other producers are cooking up raw material that the singer will have the option to complete in the studio. "All I can say is, you kind of feed her the best that you have and she's this phenomenal filter and she takes it all in," Tedder told the BoomBox at the Grammy Awards ceremony on Sunday.


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The alkaline diet focuses on consuming alkalizing foods, such as certain fruits and vegetables, root crops, tubers, legumes and nuts.
The Food Evolution
Our ancestors had a far different kind of diet compared to the one 'western' diet that we have today. Their diet was generally from unprocessed plants and animal products. However, as people evolve, so did the technology and our foods.
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As people discovered tools to make their lives easier, they also discovered new 'food products'. Refined flour and grains were made available right after mankind invented automatic rolling, grinding and sifting equipment.
When livestock domestication was introduced, dairy production followed; and along came salt production and consumption with the mining, processing and transportation of salt. There was also an increase in meat consumption when animal husbandry boomed.
During this time, the technology for grain processing has improved, enabling man to provide food for cattle, thus allowing them to quickly fatten for the slaughter. When the industrial revolution started, the demand and consumption of sugar also heightened.
Alkaline Foods: What Are They?
Alkaline foods are foods that release alkaline into blood after they are metabolized.
Never confuse it with foods that are alkaline during their natural state. The food needs to release alkaline AFTER metabolization in order to be considered as alkaline. In general, foods that are good for us are mostly alkaline.
Foods such as:
- Vegetables
- Fruits
- Whole Grains
- Nuts
- Unprocessed Foods
Most variations of these foods are usually considered to be alkaline.
Why the Alkaline Diet?
You may wonder why more and more people are following an alkaline diet. One of the reasons might be they wish to have a better health. Alkaline diet is believed to alter the acidic system. Acidic diets, according to alternate health practicioners, are among the culprits of having chronic diseases and other b conditions such as  fatigue, stress, and some infections.
On the contrary, the alkaline diet is believed to minimize stress and irritability, as well as give us more energy to burn. In addition, it is also said to burn faster, thus might help in weight loss, as well.
However, although it is proven that eating more fruits and vegetables and minimizing the consumption of meat and processed food help in reducing the risk of having chronic diseases, scientists and doctors are yet to prove that the alkaline diet can do the wonders that alternative practitioners claim.
Safety Precautions
Since there is a lack of actual researches about the alkaline diet's contribution to general health, it is better to talk to your doctor before you try it.


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I believe there's a meaning to all things that happen. I also believe that believing is a choice that I've made. Our left brain combined with the ego can really run the show if we let them, so I make conscious choices about what I want to believe and when I've made the choice I get to witness my belief grow.
A belief is nothing but a thought we keep thinking and we can decide what thoughts we want to feed. It's pretty amazing when you think about it. It means we really do create our own reality. Two people in identical circumstances can witness the world profoundly different, all because of the beliefs they foster.
This doesn't mean I always easily find the meaning even though I believe it's there. Most of the time I get to connect the dots looking backwards, but sometimes I don't understand. That's okay. That's when I conclude that the simple meaning of what happened could just have been to distract or delay me from something that wasn't meant for me.
I believe there is a meaning to everything. What do you believe?
With all my love,