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#Enough gun violence, a pathway to citizenship, and faith-based discrimination: Civic action to-do list for 3-26-18
3. #Enough
On Saturday, more than a million people came together, from around the country and the world, to demand that policy makers do their job and protect us all from daily gun violence and frequent mass shootings. JWI stood with tens of thousands of students to demand our nation's leaders act to save lives! The message is simple – pass gun violence prevention legislation now if you want to stay in office! Some basic commonsense policies that would make a real difference:
1. All firearms purchasers should have to go through a background check
2. No perpetrator of intimate partner violence should have access to firearms
3. No assault weapons or high capacity magazines should be sold in the United States
If your elected officials don't agree, it's time to vote them out of office. Make sure you are registered to vote at your current address and check here to see if you can request an absentee ballot to make voting even easier for the 2018 midterm elections!
2. Demand a DACA Fix
Due in large part to urgent demands from grassroots activists across America, last week President Trump signed into law an omnibus spending package that provides funding for much needed domestic priorities and incentivizes states to add domestic violence records to the background check system. While this funding is incredibly important, it is reprehensible that Congress has not yet found a pathway to citizenship for the 800,000 DACA recipients. For the next two weeks, with Congress in recess, visit a town hall meeting and demand that your Representative and Senators protect these young people from deportation.
1. Stand Up Against Discrimination
It is unconstitutional for health care providers to deny services based on their own religious beliefs. On Tuesday, JWI will submit a formal comment opposing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' proposed rule to do just that! HHS uses a deeply flawed interpretation of religious liberty to justify denying healthcare services because of a provider's "moral or religious belief." On Tuesday at noon EST, watch on Facebook as organizations participate in a comment delivery event and click here to submit your own comment to Secretary Azar


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Interview: Jake Howe
Jake Howe is a photographer, maker and graphic designer. I was lucky enough to interview Jake about his photography, inspiration and what he is currently up to.
Hello! Thank you so much for letting me interview you. How are you?
Pretty good thanks.
Tell us a little bit about your background.
I grew up making stuff, my mum fed me with cardboard and tape from a young age, and I spent most of my childhood building pulse rifles and spaceships. In my late teens I sort of pushed that creativity into learning graphic design, in my early twenties I rediscovered my love for making things (having only fallen out of it in my mid teens), I studied a little design, I went on to work at a print works, started dabbling in photography, then worked for a web design company out of London before finally cutting loose and working for myself. I am based out of Nottingham, which is a really vibrant creative city.
Describe your style in three words.
Grunge. Lazy. Refined.
I adore your work. What inspired you to start taking photographs?
Well, there was a small mix of things, the first and foremost was wanting to take some nice photos on my Honeymoon to the Lake District. At the same time I was putting loads of projects up on Instructables and wanted good photos so stuff would get featured. Later on I started to play around taking portraits of my wife Hannah, I just wanted to take a photo that she could look at and see that she was beautiful. I got bored of landscapes and started doing product photography along side my design work, so I just naturally settled on portraiture.
How has your creative process changed since the start?
As a kid I was just always making. As an adult I got lazy I think, a few years back I was looking at all the amazing stuff people were doing, and I remember thinking 'How do I get from here to there?' I realised these people were just as creative as me, but were super obsessed with that they were doing. I realised that the only way I was going to get really fucking good at something, is if I started making myself obsessed with my projects.
Working for myself, life can be a massive blur, I am doing a mixture of stuff for clients and stuff for myself, all using the same skills. It can be a little hard to describe, but I tend to embrace that freedom and dropping in and out of my personal stuff. It makes for a really enjoyable if slightly erratic work week.
What equipment do you use for your work?
I get asked this question a lot, I tend to avoid answering it, because it really doesn't matter, I see so many people making amazing creative work with pretty much anything. For what I do, graphic design and photography, a 2 year old MacBook Refurb does a perfectly good job.
My main love is my Mamiya TLR. These things are like the mechano kit of the camera world, I have a whole draw of spare parts. Film equipment is inherently prone to failure. So being able to fix it up myself is great. I love that I can just fix it, I know if it fails me I will make it work again.
I love that its quirky, its much easier to take someones photo when they want to be photographed by something that looks interesting.
Most of my portraits are shot on this. Its entirely capable of achieving all the things I want.
What equipment would you recommend for someone who wants to get into photography?
Up until earlier this year, my workhorse of a camera was my Canon 600D. Which is still a great camera and can be had for like £200, anyone wanting to get stuck into all this, get that. Its had helped pay my wage for years. I have made amazing photographic work with that camera, including several shoots where I really pushed myself creatively. I always worried someone, a client or some such would see what I was using and question it, but thats never been the case.
If you want to get stuck right into film photography, which I thoroughly recommend, especially for hands on people, a good starting point is any nice solid feeling SLR with a 35mm or 50mm lens (it says around the rim on the front normally!). There are a wealth of resources for reading about the different ones, but the important thing is to not over extend yourself financially, because you are going to need that money for film.
Why has social media been an important platform for you to use?
Its basically been entirely critical, but entirely un-needed all at the same time.
Its great for discovering new people, new places and new events. Most of the creative groups and organisations I am involved with here in the real world I found online. I stumbled across The Photo Parlour via twitter for example, and its a major part of my life now. I am constantly finding new and interesting people to work with via Instagram as well. I have literally just picked random people off the internet and made them my friends. Its amazing that we live in a world where you can just find like minded people.
Social media for me is not where I get new work from though, I rarely pick up clients randomly via it, and when I do they are normally trouble or want things too cheap.
Who inspires your work?
We had an exhibition on recently at Nottingham Contemporary, it has some work from some very famous photographers, including people like Stephen Shore, Bruce Davidson, William Eggleston and Diane Arbus. Its pretty amazing to have this work here in the city and very inspiring.
I have been reading a book on portraiture by Gregory Heisler recently, thats pretty nice.
Its good to have a continuing 'rotation' of inspiration too. A few favourites at the moment are @matieresfecales and @daniolivier_arton on Instagram.
Magazines are an amazing thing making a come back along side hands on things like film photography, rather than having a subscription I pop into my local magazine shop Ideas on Paper, it has all the usual favourite, but loads of independent magazines too. I always find something inspiring there and it helped to break the cycle of getting a magazine through the door and that issue just not being for me.
Why is photography important to you?
I actually think its the perfect hobby, there are so many variants within it, there is always something to take my fancy. This makes it super accessible for anyone creative, but also super easy to keep doing. Just have to grab a camera and walk out the door.
On a more personal level, I really enjoy how you can convey a feeling via a photo, its like a universal language. In most of my photos I am creating a feeling, using people and applying an aesthetic or surroundings, its like writing a novel and people can get lost in it.
I really enjoy inspiring people, I always tell people I don't mind if they end up being a better photographer than I am. I think people struggle to understand that way of being, always out to push themselves ahead of other people by any means possible.
In recent years, without even realising it, my photography has also been about empowering people. Whether thats people who are used to being in-front of a camera, or people completely new to it. You take a good photo of someone and it empowers them, they look at themselves and think 'oh hey, that me.' and feel good.
Why did you get into film photography?
I had always played around with film photography, but the final slap in the face was my mate Dan taking over an old film lab about 3 years ago. Just over a year ago I helped him gut out some of the space there to transform it into a member accessible darkroom. He has a big passion for teaching and providing space for people to learn, doing darkroom prints is a lot of fun and can essentially remove computers from the photography equation completely, its all hands on and the results are beautiful.
When the darkroom was nearly done I realised that I needed to get really stuck into this film malarky, as I had this great resource. So I sold my upright bass and bought a medium format film camera.
What makes a good photograph?
I think its important that this question be 'What makes a good photograph to me?' because its super subjective.
I love it whens someone shows me a new photo they took and they are excited by it, in that moment its interesting because I can share in that excitement.
If I was to focus specifically on portraits, I tend to go by the phrase that a good portrait either makes you want to be that person, or be with that person. It creates a connection or implies a feeling.
I also really enjoy seeing people pushing their respective boundaries, even if its not a type of photography I am doing myself, I love seeing what happens on the edge of things.
What are you currently working on?
I am always going through phases of experimentation and refinement, on the refinement side I have been shooting a whole series of simple yet dynamic headshots. Essentially getting everyone I have enjoying photographing before, as well as a few new people in-front of my camera.
As for experimentation I have also just modified an old eye camera, which currently only shoots circles, so that falls firmly into the experimentation side of things, not sure where it will lead, but I am enjoying it so far.
What's your typical working day?
The only thing typical about my working day is that I have a desk at The Photo Parlour, so most days normally start there, normally later than they should. Thats pretty much where it ends, often there is delicious poor over coffee somewhere in the middle, we have falafel fridays. I tend to help out a little bit there, but otherwise I am working on design work, I often walk out into the city, either to meet with clients, friends or just taking photos.
What are your career plans?
Working for myself, its not really something I tend to think about. I am always looking to pick up new clients. It might be nice to introduce more of my film photography into paid work, nice feel for clothing designers or some such. I don't tend to think about retiring, I just want to keep doing what I currently do.
What's the best piece of creative advice you've ever been given?
This is actually a bit of advice I get given often, but its great. I just got a message off a complete stranger today they phrased it 'yeah just keep doing you man - too much of the same thing everywhere!'
I tend to keep to myself, I tend to have a vision, always inspired by everything in my life, that I want to see made real. You have to stay true to that, if you don't know what it is, you need to find it. Don't try and imitate someone else, be inspired and find your own thing in-between all the other things.
You can follow Jake on his website 'www.jakehowe.co.uk'. You can find wonderful imagery and graphic design work.

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Do You Want to Save Tax ?
The press have had a field day over the Prime Ministers personal attack on Jimmy Carr over legally saving tax. You will have to decide for yourself whether you think it is morally wrong or not. You also will have to decide yourself whether the HMRC tax settlements with big companies like Vodafone is morally acceptable or not. Mr Cameron is not shouting too much about that is he ? And he refused to comment on Take That star Gary Barlow's tax affairs – saying it was a different case. It puts a whole new slant on the phrase 'Take That'.
So what should small business owners do to legally save tax ? If you start a business from scratch it is often a good idea to to start as a sole trader to prove your business concept and have the flexibility of self employment until you have established your business foundations. When you are confident of the resilience of your business you should consider the tax saving possible through converting to a Limited Company. I usually suggest that sole traders consider incorporation after reaching profits in excess of £30,000 (dependant on your circumstances). Various factors can influence the timing of your incorporation, eg do you use a registered childminder hence qualify for childcare vouchers, or would you benefit from a company pension, etc. Before you decide to go ahead with incorportion you should consider the pro & cons. See my earlier blog re the pro & cons of incorporation.
Have you got a family member who could make a contibution to business, and hence pay them wages and/or give them some company shares. Could you use company resources to develop products or process such that you qualify for research and development tax credits ? This can offer very attractive tax incentives. High end TV and computer game designers can also also benefit from tax breaks introduced in the budget. Make sure you consult with your accountant to benefit from these and other more advanced tax strategies.
Sir Tax Accountants of course support all legal methods of saving tax. We will help business owners in Camberley and surrounding areas review your business processes and marketing strategies to grow your business profits. After all the higher your profits the more opportunities there are for tax savings.
Sole Trader vs Limited Company – How Should You Structure Your Business?
Are you starting a business ?
That can be quite scary if you have never run a business before.
How do you structure the business ?
The question of whether you set up as a Sole Trader or Limited Company tends to be more involved than you think.
As for all areas of tax planning you should consult your accountants before you take action not afterwards. Sir Tax Acountants Camberley are happy to give advice on the issues listed below.
There are 3 scenarios (not including further options for partnerships):
1 Do you start with the intention of trading as a sole trader until you cease trading or sell the business ?
2 Do you immediately set up as a Limited company ?
3 Do you start as a sole trader with the potential strategy to convert to a Limited Company at a later date when you have proven the growth potential of the business ?
The answers to these questions will inevitably be affected by individual's circumstances. Key points to note are as follows:
1 Sole Trader
• Operating as a sole trader is the easiest approach from an administration point of view, and gives you flexibility in terms of how capital is introduce and drawn from the business.
• It is easy to start a sole trade business – just make sure you contact HMRC within 3 months of trading to avoid a fine.
• Your legal obligation is to submit a tax return to HMRC by 31st Oct for paper filing or 31st Jan for online filing
• You should adopt the mentality that you are growing your business to sell your business. In some circumstances it is more advantageous from a tax point of view to sell a sole trade business than a Limited company
2 Limited Company
• Operating as a limited company can: offer some tax advantages; limit your personal liability if the company fails; and give you a better level of credibility with your potential customers
• As a director of a Limited Company you have a number of statutory obligations laid out in the companies act 2006. Keeping it simple you have legal obligations to your shareholders, customers, and suppliers, H M Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and Companies House. Eg, you can only draw dividends from the company if there are profits available to do so
• Each year you are required to: submit accounts and a company tax return to HMRC, Accounts and an Annual Return to Companies house; prepare resolutions to declare dividends and other significant company actions; and operate PAYE and submit the associated returns to HMRC
• Due to the extra administrative effort the cost of accounting is significantly higher for Limited Companies than a sole trade business, so you need to have a reasonable level of profit to make the extra cost worthwhile.
• It is difficult to get buyers to agree to buy your shares when you sell a Limited Company. Under these circumstances it is usually less tax efficient to sell a Limited Company when compared to selling a sole trade business
3 SOLE TRADE transferred to LIMITED COMPANY
• Unless you have experience of running a business it is difficult to be sure how successful you will be. Of course you should do market research and assess the risks in your business plan, as covered by my earlier blogs. Unless you are experienced and confident in your ability to grow your business, it is a good idea to start as sole trader and potentially convert to a limited company at a later date
• If you transfer your sole trade business to a Limited Company you are effectively selling your personal business to the Limited Company. In most cases a 'goodwill' value will be created.
• You may have to pay capital gains tax on the goodwill value transferred to the Limited Company, be it at a relatively low rate where entrepreneurs relief is available
• The goodwill value that you transferred to the limited company is available in the director's loan account and can be useful for tax planning purposes.
• For companies incorporated after 31March2002, the goodwill value can be amortised in the accounts to reduce profits. This reduces the amount of corporation tax to be paid, but you should also be aware that this reduces the amount of profits available to be distributed as dividends.
Please make sure you discuss these points in more detail with your accountant


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Come on...admit it...there are times when you pass one of these machines and see something that looks worthy of a try!
My son sees something just about EVERY time we pass a hook game. So I usually watch him ( and give him sage advice) win something that is cool for about 10 minutes.
Yesterday.....that all changed! :-)
I saw this bear. It tugs at your author's heartstrings. Because I was a HUGE Oakland A's fan growing up as a wee little one in Fresno California.
I reached for my pocket. $3. did the math.....50 cents a try....daaaaang should have passed that higher math stuff....ummmm that makes 6 tries! first try....miss, second try won a horrible looking swan ( which was given away to a passer-by...had bigger fish to fry here!) 3rd try I had it hooked and it fell off ( did a angry fist pump on that one) 4th try....missed. 5th try....lifted up and fell off...right by the slot. sixth try....................................................
41 year old dancing! How sad!


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Mixed Martial Arts
Martial arts have always been popular, but for many years most people only trained in one martial art at a time. Boxers boxed, judoka practiced judo and wrestlers wrestled. However, the question that always came up was – which martial art is best?
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) attempted to answer this question, and pitted experts from a variety of martial arts against each other to see who was the best of the best. The answer was a surprise to many; and Royce Gracie, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighter beat the far bigger Karate expert Gerard Gordeau in less than two minutes!
Martial artists around the world sat up and took notice and began to integrate elements of other martial arts into their own training – MMA was born.
What is MMA?
Bruce Lee, often considered the original MMA fighter, summed up MMA perfectly when he said "Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless, and add what is specifically your own." MMA participants learn a variety of martial arts methods to create a hybrid fighting system designed to employ the best offensive and defensive techniques available.
MMA fighters can punch like boxers, kick like Muay Thai fighters, throw like judoka and grapple like wrestlers and Jiu-Jitsu fighters. This means they have the perfect technique for whatever their opponent throws at them. It's no longer a question of which martial art is best but which MMA martial artist.
MMA Benefits
Above and beyond fighting ability, MMA offers a number of benefits to anyone who trains regularly. Those benefits include:
- Increased strength and endurance
- Improved cardiovascular fitness
- Increased mobility and flexibility
- Enhanced balance, coordination, and athleticism
- Greater determination and self-discipline
- Improved eye-hand coordination
- Greater core strength
MMA training is also a great way to burn fat and lose weight, as training for MMA is very energetic and can burn upward of 600 calories per hour. Most MMA fighters have very enviable physiques and combine leanness with great muscle development. It could be argued that the MMA physique is amongst the most desirable and MMA fighters are the fittest all-round athletes around.
MMA celebrities
As well as being a much-loved sport, MMA has helped a number of celebrities get in great shape and also develop the skills necessary to be convincing heroes or villains on the silver screen. Christian Bale, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Sean Patrick Flannery, Sarah Michelle Geller, Adrianna Lima, Ice-T, and Shaquille O'Nea are all big fans of MMA.
Safety and MMA
Of course, MMA, like any martial art, is not without risks. Full contact punching and kicking plus throws, joint locks, and chokes can leave you fit but battered, bruised and even injured. For some participants, these risks are justifiable bit for others the risks outweigh the benefits.
Luckily, there is now an alternative…
Arena Fitness MMA
If you are in the Brisbane area, come in and check out Arena Fitness MMA's wide variety of classes designed to get you fighting fit but without the risks commonly associated with full-contact martial arts. Classes include:
- Total Fighter MMA HIIT
- Strength HIIT
- Total Fighter Striking
- Ground
- Ultimate
- Total Fighter Little Ninja's and Samurais (for younger age groups)
Each class is led by an experienced, qualified instructor and designed to deliver all of the benefits of martial arts without any of the negatives.
During each class, you'll learn and practice a variety of MMA techniques and then perform them using striking pads and punch bags giving you all the benefits with none of the risks.
Designed for men and women, each class delivers a uniquely effective and fun workout that will provide all of the benefits of MMA and the Total Fighter program is non-contact and conducted in a friendly environment, injuries and risk of getting hurt are all-but eliminated.
MMA and other sports
MMA training is not just a good way to work out – it also develops the skills and fitness necessary to do well in other sports and activities too. Whether you are a runner or a golfer, a soccer player or a swimmer, the wide range of programs at Arena MMA will help you improve your game.
As MMA pioneer Chris Haseman says, "this program will teach you the raw skills and conditioning you need to experience the explosive nature of MMA by getting you motivated and into the best shape possible."
Try Arena MMA for FREE!
Whether you are an experienced exerciser looking for a new fitness challenge or a fitness newbie looking to get into shape for the first time, Arena MMA has a class that will get you there. With many locations around the Brisbane area, there is sure to be an Arena that works best for you. Come and try a class for free and experience this great workout for yourself?


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This Week:
All practices will be running as scheduled this week. There is no core class on Monday evening. Ranil will not be out Monday and Wednesday.
Weather Reminder:
As the winter weather begins please remember some of our club policies:
- Please remove wet shoes and boots before entering the stage/gym area.
- If the weather is unsafe we may cancel practice, as many of our fencers and coaches commute from out of town. Please check the website for closures before heading to practice!
- Regardless of the club's status, if the weather is dangerous and you don't feel safe driving, stay home!
Competition Results:
This weekend, WFC attended the Newmarket OCC Tournament. Results:
Senior Men's Foil: Dan 2/48, Logan 7/48, Daniel 14/48
Senior Men's Sabre: William 5/15, Logan 9/15
Senior Women's Sabre: Kristina 2/14, Victoria 11/14
Senior Women's Foil: Jackie 3/26, Victoria 12/26
Christmas Schedule:
Regular Practices will run until December 17th and will resume January 4th.
We will be holding open practices on December 20th and December 29th from 6 - 8:30.
The 2010 WFC Holiday Party will be taking place on December 15th from 6 - 8pm at the church. Sign up sheets are posted at the doors to the gym.
Youth and Intro Classes:
Our new intro class will begin January 26, 2011. Link to registration here.
Our Youth classes will also resume January 29, 2011. Link to registration here.


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Testing the beds for next week's #AccoraVillage Bed Race for #Kiwanis. The race is on Feb 16th during #Winterlude in the #ByWardMarket. www.ottawakiwanis.org/bedrace
Christmas Luncheon for Seniors 2018
2018 will represent the 64th Christmas Luncheon for Seniors to be put on by the Club. Again this year it will be at the Good Companions Centre. With the help of the Centre, and chef Frank.. 125 Seniors will be in attendance, along with 25 volunteers including Kiwanians, family and friends for a wonderful meal, along with entertainment from Noel Dimar.
Here are some photos from 2017:
Kiwanis Christmas Food Hampers
With funding from our Watch-it, Shred-it Day, the Club will prepare and delivered over 600 food hampers to over 185 families.
The project is made possible with the help of: Algoma Orchards, CapitalDrone.com, Costco Canada, Dole Food Canada, Erb Group of Companies, Hendry Warren LLP, Omega Advanced Technologies Inc., Ottawa Carleton District School Board, Ottawa-Carleton Mortgage Inc., Shred-it, The Boys Give Back, The Ray Otten Group.
The Club is still accepting donations on line to help next year with more hampers.
Here are some photos from the 2017 version of loading up the last of the hampers, and getting them ready for pick up by 65 volunteers for delivery.
Kiwanis Luncheon - Turn Over Day
Join us to say Goodbye and Thank You to President Stephen Tanner and the Board of Directors for that past year, and to Welcome President Steve Moore and the Board of Directors for the new year starting October 1st.
All Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs will also be recognized for their support and contribution.
We will be entertained by the Music Committee and Jamie Johnson will present the year-end video which captures our club activities this past year. Join us to share in the memories.
Invite a guest or potential member!
It was indeed a busy year for the Club and President Stephen Tanner, and the video below gives some ideas what that would include.
Introduction for Corporate Members
The Kiwanis Club of Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) is one of the most active and dynamic service clubs in the world.
With 150 members from the private, public and voluntary sectors, the Club has a focus on community service projects for children and youth including the Kiwanis Music Festival and mentoring with Cadets, Circle K and Key Clubs.
These projects require thousands of volunteer hours from Club members, and the Club spearheads a number of high profile fund raising events to help fund these projects.
The Club is one of over 16,000 Clubs in Kiwanis International. Click here for a quick fact sheet on Kiwanis.
2017 Bed Race Results
With the race back on the Rideau Canal at Dows Lake, we had a cool windy day for racing. The event was able to raise over $35,000 for projects of the Kiwanis Club of Ottawa and the Queensway Carleton Hospital Foundation.
Best Decorated
- Signarama Nepean
- Brazeau Seller
- Accora Village #2
Fastest Bed
- Accora Village #3
- Myers Motors
- Int. Union of Elevator Constructors
Best Fund Raisers
- Int. Union of Elevator Constructors
- Myers Motors
The race was one of our closest ever, with a virtual three way tie.
CTV Ottawa did a nice piece on the race during their 18:00 broadcast on Saturday.
Lots of photos now posted here -> with a sample below.
Watch-it Shred-it Day
Shred your unwanted documents, help the Kiwanis Club support needy families at Christmas
Everyone has a few boxes of unwanted important documents buried in storage – and has no idea what to do with them.
These could be important yet obsolete papers such as old bank statements, tax bills, old agendas and diaries, and other personal items that – to guard against identity theft – shouldn't be put into the black box recycling bin. So these papers remain in the basement, closet or storage unit indefinitely, taking up space and gathering dust.
Fortunately, you can safely and responsibly dispose of these unwanted documents, while helping deserving Ottawa-area families receive a week's worth of groceries – including a turkey – at Christmas. The place to do this is at the Kiwanis Club of Ottawa's eighth annual Watch-it, Shred-it Day fundraiser at Ottawa's Hampton Park Plaza on Saturday, Oct. 15. Hampton Park Plaza is located at the corner of Carling and Kirkwood Avenues, with the Watch-it, Shred-it event running from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parking lot.
Watch-it, Shred-it Day is where you can bring your unwanted documents to be safely shredded into unreadable scraps once and for all.
"In partnership with the mobile document destruction company Shred-it, which is providing ve document shred-ding trucks staffed by Shred-it employee volunteers, the Kiwanis Club of Ottawa will destroy these unwanted documents as you watch," said Neil McDonald, co- chair of the club's Shred-it Day committee. "That's right: You can have them chopped up for a good cause."
"Better yet, we accept documents with staples, paper clips, and even small bull- dog clips," said Ian Peddie, the Shred-it Day committee's other co-chair. "Shred- it's powerful shredding trucks can even chop up wire spiral binders and bound books. And if you feel the need, you can watch while your unwanted documents are chewed up; just to feel assured that they are gone for good."
The cost to shred your unwanted documents is just $8 per banker's box (or equivalent) load of documents, with a limit of five boxes per vehicle. One hundred per cent of the funds raised will be used to prepare the Kiwanis Club of Ottawa's Christmas food baskets.
Previous Watch-it, Shred-it Days have collected anywhere from $7,000 to $10,000 per year for the Kiwanis Club of Ottawa's Christmas food basket program.
"Watch-it, Shred-it Day is the perfect mix of safe document disposal and help- ing your neighbours," said McDonald. "And you'll free up space in your storage area," added Peddie.
For more information call 613-233-1900.
Kiwanis Luncheon - Turnover Day!
Thanks to now Past President Wayne French and his Board of Directors, and a welcome to President Stephen Tanner and the new Board of Directors.
Enjoy the year in review video, and some images from the meeting.
Push For Change on Parliament Hill
After sleeping out with sKreamers and a walk in from Orleans with the Kiwanis Club of Orleans, The Push for Change with Joe Roberts and Marie MacDonald were on Parliament Hill as they push a shopping cart across Canada to draw attention to the problem of youth homelessness.
Bed Race at a Sens Game
On Sunday, January 24th, between the 2nd and 3rd period of the game between the Ottawa Senators and the NY Rangers, the Club ran a single bed race to show off much fun the event can be. Our thanks to the Sens for hosting us, and to the Accora Village (our title sponsor), Algonquin College (a gold sponsor and bed maker), the Chateau Laurier (13 year participant) and the International Union of Elevator Constructors (last year's fastest bed and best fund raiser) for racing.
Tons of fun to be had at the Accora Village Bed Race for Kiwanis on February 6th, with room still left for teams.


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Kennel Stellanova - Our dogs have following titles:
International Champion, Champion of Poland, Champion of Russia,
Champion of Czech Republic, Best of Europe, Best of Poland, Best of Club, Best of Breed, Best of Group, Best of Junior, Best in Show Puppy, Best in Show Junior, Best in Show, Best Female of
All our life we deal with animals, mostly with dogs. Our favorite breeds are: pugs which are always in a good mood and French bulldogs wishing to play all the time. In our kennel we try to fulfill all the rules and our dogs are in a very good shape what could be seen on the shows. We show our dogs frequently participating in most of the shows organized by Polish Kennel Club. We took orders/sell French bulldog and pug puppies. The film " The alphabet of breeds" was recorded in our kennel. The well known journal" My dog" decided to choose our farm to present the portrait of pugs. Many pictures were taken and then presented in different journals and newspapers. In our kennel was also recorded a film " Our pets". Our French bulldogs, pugs and basenji dogs participated in " Szymon Majewski show", one of the most popular talk show in Polish TV.
Le bouledogue français est un chien extraordinaire au caractère en or massif, Gentillesse, bonne santé, socialisation et beauté sont critères importants qui nous guident dans nos choix.
We breed with the best english blood lines, we do not produce a few puppies but we have a big quality puppies!!English Bulldog
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We are a french bulldog kennel in Hungary. On our site you can see our dogs with pedigree, show results and photos and puppies for sale.
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Oregon v. Stanford Preview & Prediction
Both teams, by turns, have looked great but beatable over the past few weeks. In it's last game, Oregon State tested Stanford more than the 38-13 score would indicate. Once again, Stanford's best wide receiver, Chris Owusu suffered a concussion. (If I were his dad, I'd urge him to retire. He's suffered too many concussions.) Also missing for are two tight ends who have caught many of Andrew Luck's passes.
By contrast, Oregon's starting quarterback and best runner recently returned from injury. But Oregon's offense did not impress me against Washington, despite the 34-17 score. Although Darron Thomas has performed brilliantly at times, at other times, he looks shaky, especially in the first couple possessions of big games. Oregon never quite replaced its clutch receiver from last year, Jeff Maehl. Against Washington, a few drops kept Oregon's score down. Also, Oregon continues to have some issues with turnovers.
I focus on the offense, because offense dominated the last two meetings. In 2009, Stanford won 51-42 with methodical, run-first drives. 52 runs plus 20 passes for Stanford added up to 505 yards. Oregon's 570 yards of offense made for an entertaining game. In 2010, the teams combined for 1144 yards of offense and 83 points in Oregon's 52-31 home win. Perhaps the sad turning point in the 2010 game was another Chris Owusu knock out. He was out cold and dropped the ball before dropping to the ground. Oregon scooped it up and turned the game around.
Stanford will again rely on the run as much as possible to keep Oregon's big-play athletes off the field. Stanford will march down the field and score. (It averages 44 points per regulation Pac-12 game). Oregon's defense is looking pretty good and is pretty healthy (despite the absence of All-American Cliff Harris).
Oregon also averages about 44 p.p.g. against Pac-12 competition. Oregon will score on special teams to make up for whatever fumble or interception it gives away.
This is a tough game for picking a winner. As of this writing, the betting line is Stanford – 3.5 points. Three points is the home field advantage. I think Stanford's loss of three pair of receiving hands will neutralize its home field advantage. In my mind, however, that only means that the slight tip in Stanford's favor is gone, making the outcome a coin-flip. In Jeff Sagarin's computer schemes, the predictor rating ranks Stanford above Oregon.
Oregon has too many game breakers. Final score: Oregon wins: 44 – 42.
P.S.: Look for the fun side show between mascots: the Stanford tree and Puddles, the Oregon duck. Here's the tree taking care of the Virgina Tech Turkey. (Come on, who can't beat up a turkey.) The Oregon Duck is known for Harley riding and a viscous smack-down of a Cougar.
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1. Cook At Home As Much As You Can
+ Cooking at home instead of going out will save you tons of money. Instead of getting one meal for $8, you can get 8.
+It helps if you meal prep for work lunches so you don't get the urge to eat out.
+ You can completely control your ingredients when you're the chief. Want to cut out sugar? Easy, don't add it...I promise it won't be missed.
2. Buy On Sale
+ I find that Kroger has the best sale items of any grocery store. Look for their clearance meat section (be sure to freeze it when you get home if you're not using it ASAP), clearance produce section (which are in red mesh bags) and miscellaneous clearance section.
+ Whenever you find fresh produce on sale, freeze it. Here is a list of some of the best produce to freeze.
+ Be sure to sign up for emails to Kroger, Whole Foods, Trader Joes and Sprouts. Also check out any apps these stores may have for more exclusive deals.
3. Stick To The Outside Grocery Aisles
+ The healthiest foods can be found in the produce, freezer and meat sections on the outside aisles of the grocery store.
+ The canned food aisle is another good one, as long as you check the ingredients.
4. Adopt Meatless Monday
+ If you haven't already noticed, meat is expensive. Save yourself a few bucks and adopt the "Meatless Monday" concept.
+ Beans, rice and produce are so much cheaper and more nutritious for you.
5. Make Your Own Sauces and Dressings
+ This is a huge money saver and will keep all the bad stuff out of your sauces and dressings.
+ Dressings are the easiest to make and usually consist of olive oil and spices.
+ Sauces are a little harder, but can be done and stored for future use.
6. Create A Meal Plan
+ To save money and stretch your food out longer, create a meal plan.
+ I like to pick one new recipe each week and then grab whatever clearance items I can while at the store. I then come back home and plan with whatever I found in the clearance section and grab any additional items I need.
+ This also helps you eat out less and stops you from eating something unhealthy just because it's quick and easy.
7. Always Check Restaurant Menus Ahead of Time
+ I find it very helpful to check menus ahead of time to be able to stick to a healthy diet while out to eat.
+ This way you know some options going in instead of just impulsively deciding.
8. Split Meals When Out To Eat
+ This is a great way to not leave a restaurant feeling incredibly full and saving a lot of cash. Most meals are way too big anyway and you're getting it half priced.
+ If no one wants to split with you, split it in half and take the remaining home to have another night.
9. Never Throw Out Leftovers
+ When you cook at home or eat out, don't ever throw away leftovers. So many people are weird about leftovers, but there is nothing to be scared of.
+ These make great meals when you don't have time to cook.
+ This also includes any leftover produce you don't use in your recipes. It's fun to see how creative you can get with what is left.
10. Try Different Grocery Stores
+ Shop around at the different grocery stores in your area to see which has the best prices on items you buy most.
+ For me, it's usually Kroger but Trader Joes is almost tied. Sprouts and Whole Foods have some great sales each week.


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The Northwest Parkinson's Foundation (nwpf.org) has a community blog. Recently a blogger named Pete Beidler reviewed a book by Jolyon Hallows titled "A Parkinson's Life and a Caregiver's Roadmap." In the book, Jolyon describes his journey with his wife Sandra, who lived with Parkinson's Disease for 20 years. The third part of the book is focused on caregiving.
The reviewer describes the third part this way: it "draws from Hallows' own experience to give to other caregivers advice about what he calls the three dimensions of caregiving: the physical, the structural, and the emotional. I recommend the book for readers who want to know the gritty details of what probably lies ahead for them: the inevitable decline, the end of driving, the bedside commode, the in-bed sponge bath, the dressing, the legal decisions, the end-of-life decisions, and so on. … Hallows says that among the lessons he has learned in confronting Parkinson's is that it is good to seek humor in dealing with situations that are not in themselves funny: 'laughter is not disrespectful'."
You might enjoy reading this book. If you do, please share what you learned. And consider donating the used book to our local support group's lending library.
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PD Community Blog, May 17, 2018
Pete Beidler Reviews "A Parkinson's Life"
A Parkinson's Life and a Caregiver's Roadmap, by Jolyon E. Hallows. Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada: WCS Publishing, 2018. 225 pp.
In his Afterword to "A Parkinson's Life and a Caregiver's Roadmap," Jolyon Hallows confesses to a certain uncertainty of purpose: "When I started writing this book, my motivations were unclear. It seemed important to me, but I wasn't sure why" (185). By the end he seems to have found clarity of purpose. He wanted his readers to know what a Parkinson's marriage is really like, both for the one with the disease and for the caregiving spouse.
Hallows divides his book into three parts. Part I, Prelude, gives the history of the author's and his wife Sandra's life together before she receives her diagnosis, and it describes the basic facts about Parkinson's disease and the various treatment options for people who have it. Part II, Living with Parkinson's, gives a mostly chronological account of the progression of Sandra's disease and her husband's increasingly desperate efforts to care for her. Part III, Caregiving, draws from Hallows' own experience to give to other caregivers advice about what he calls the three dimensions of caregiving: the physical, the structural, and the emotional. I recommend the book for readers who want to know the gritty details of what probably lies ahead for them: the inevitable decline, the end of driving, the bedside commode, the in-bed sponge bath, the dressing, the legal decisions, the end-of-life decisions, and so on.
Hallows is an excellent writer. He has a rare gift for explaining complicated concepts in simple language. What does a dopamine neuron do? Hallows explains it this way:
"Let's say you pass a storefront in the mall and you see something in the window that interests you. Do you go into the store to examine it or do you move on? It all depends. Do you have the money? Is there someone waiting for you at the coffee shop? Are you in a hurry? Do you really need, or want, whatever this is? The evaluation of each alternative—to go into the store or to move on—is one of the things the dopamine neurons provide. They help us choose.
But what happens when the signals fail? In that case, there's nothing to tell the brain what to do. So, lacking direction, it does the logical thing—it freezes," (19–20).
Why can't we get artificial dopamine into the brain to replace the natural dopamine that the brain has stopped making? Hallows elaborates:
"The brain is persnickety. It doesn't tolerate some of the stuff the bloodstream carries, so it's protected by something called the 'blood-brain barrier,' which acts like a security guard in an exclusive gated community, keeping out the riffraff. Among the many substances that can't cross the barrier is dopamine. You can take all of it you like, but none of it reaches your neurons. . . . Enter levodopa," (32).
A Parkinson's Life and a Caregiver's Roadmap is not about malls, of course, or coffee shops, or gated communities, or riffraff, but Hallows uses these familiar concepts to help us to understand unfamiliar terms like dopamine neurons, blood-brain barriers, and freezing.
One of the attractive features of Hallows's writing is his sense of humor. When he introduces levodopa, for example, he quips, "No, levodopa is not curt advice to someone married to a dullard" (32). Get it, leave-a-dope? Another example: when Hallows's wife Sandra has deep brain stimulation surgery, he has to learn how to use the control stimulator: "I showed the stimulator to Sandra's sister Vivian and boasted I could now turn Sandra on and off. She said it was a sorry excuse for a man who needed an electronic device to turn his wife on," (78). Toward the end of the book Hallows says that among the lessons he has learned in confronting Parkinson's is that it is good to seek humor in dealing with situations that are not in themselves funny: "laughter is not disrespectful" (183).
One of the most striking features of "A Parkinson's Life and a Caregiver's Roadmap" is its honesty. Sandra lives for more than two decades after her initial diagnosis. During those decades she grows less and less able to do the things she had always enjoyed: her work as a nurse, her driving, her ability to travel, her ability to take care of herself, her independence. It would perhaps have been possible for Hallows to report Sandra's losses in positive terms as gains in love or devotion or knowledge or humility, but Hallows does not do that.
He focuses squarely on the disabling features of the disease: "In the final stage of the disease, the person is bedridden and needs help in all areas of his or her life including getting dressed, eating, and personal hygiene" (26). Hallows tells us that he has to brush Sandra's teeth, help her get on and off the portable bedside commode, wipe her, give her sponge baths in bed, help her put her panties and bra on, and so on. Nor does he sugarcoat the unpleasantness of the disease for both of them by promising a cure: "Parkinson's is far more complex than researchers had suspected and. . . . it will be a long time before there's a cure on the horizon" (20). Furthermore: "This prolonged research is expensive—one source cites over a billion dollars and ten to twelve years to bring a new treatment to market. . . . So even if researchers find a real cure, it will take years to prove it" (28).
The medications and surgeries that are now available have helped many Parkinson's patients, but they can help for only so long: "Medications have given generations of Parkinson's patients extended time and a better quality of life, but there's only so much they can do in the face of the disease's inexorable progress," (34). When Sandra dies, Hallows tells readers that "Sandra put up a valiant fight against her Parkinson's. But it's not a fight anyone ever wins" (181).
Should you read this book? That depends. If you want to know the grim facts about what probably lies ahead for people with Parkinson's and for those whose lot it is to care for them, "A Parkinson's Life and a Caregiver's Roadmap" is a good choice. If you remember always that Parkinson's follows a different trajectory for each person and that no single "roadmap" will work for all caregivers, then Hallows' book can help you to anticipate and plan ahead for some of what probably lies in front of you. As you come to terms with the disease and with its almost inevitable downward progression, you may find solace in learning from this book that you are not alone.
Pete Beidler has read and reviewed many books about Parkinson's disease. Parkinson Pete's Bookshelves: Reviews of Eighty-Nine Books about Parkinson's Disease (Coffeetown Press, 2018, ISBN 978-1-60381-746-2) can be purchased here.


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Paris (AFP) – Will locusts feed the world?
The voracious flying insect, capable of swarming in millions and stripping fields of crops, has long been associated with hunger.
But if a major conference gathering food experts and entomologists is right, captive locusts — and many other protein-rich insects — will be heading to a menu near you just a few years from now.
"There are 2,000 sorts of insects that can be eaten. Insects are an enormous opportunity and a huge market," said Arnold van Huis, a professor at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, where the four-day "Insects to Feed the World Conference" began on Wednesday.
More than 450 researchers and delegates from international groups, including the European Union (EU), the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), are taking part.
The conference will also gather a constellation of private entrepreneurs — pioneers who believe that rearing and processing insects for food is the buzz of the future.
The FAO in May last year gave its official blessing to insect-eating, declaring it to be not only a time-honoured source of vitamins and amino acids but also an environmental boon.
Grasshoppers, yellow mealworms, ants, mopane caterpillars and many other species provide a low-cost and safe way to feed the hungry millions on a planet facing environmental stress and an exploding population, it judged.
This photo taken on October 24, 2013 shows cooking grasshoppers in Sittard
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The agency estimates that the world needs to increase food production by 70 percent by 2050 in order to serve a global population of nine billion.
Animal feed production is increasingly competing for resources — land, water and fertilizer — with human food and fuel production, cities and conservation of nature.
Already, 70 percent of the world's agricultural land is already directly or indirectly dedicated to meat production.
Ground-up insects are starting to be served as feed for farm animals — a tonne of flour from black soldier flies costs fish farmers around $1,000 (730 euros) compared with $13,000 for fish meal — and, in some novelty restaurants, creepy-crawlies are being fried or fricasseed for humans.
But this is just the start, said van Huis. Interest, he said in an interview Tuesday, "is growing exponentially."
"If you're talking about animal feed, it could become mainstream very soon," he said in an interview. "For human consumption, it could take maybe five to 10 years."
Paul Vantomme, in charge of the edible insect programme at the FAO, said the surging demand for meat meant it was urgent to diversify feed sources away from soybeans, which are 90-percent dependent on just three countries — Argentina, Brazil and the United States.
Each year, 12 million tonnes of fish are scooped up from the oceans before being ground into feed, a figure that is plainly unsustainable.
Other environmental benefits from insects include a very small "footprint" in carbon emissions and water use compared with conventional sources of food.
Insects have a high feed conversion efficiency because they are cold-blooded, and — in spite of their creepy image — may be less likely to transmit diseases to humans than some farm animals, scientists say.
"On average, insects can convert two kilos (4.4 pounds) of feed into one kilo of insect mass, whereas cattle require eight kilos of feed to produce one kilo of body weight gain," the FAO says.
An unabashed champion of entomophagy, as insect-eating is called, van Huis said he hoped the conference will mark the first step in a campaign to bulldoze through unnecessary rules.
"Regulations are lagging behind and this has to be resolved," he said.
"You are not allowed to slaughter your animals on the farm where you raise them — and insects are animals, which means you need a slaughter house for insects, which is course completely crazy," he noted.


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Nolan Jack | Natural Newborn Session | Abilene Texas Photographer
As a newborn photographer, I get to experience and share some of the most special moments with my clients. I have to say... this family will probably be one of the most memorable of all my clients! When Kayla contacted me about a session and mentioned that they were planning a homebirth, I immediately agreed to photograph the birth of their second child. Weeks ahead of schedule I got a call from her that her water broke and she was in labor! I arrived just in time to their Abilene, TX home where I got to experience the birth of their son, Nolan Jack, with them while documenting each moment!
Weeks later, I welcomed them back into my West Texas studio where I finally got to snuggle with sweet Nolan. The love they share is truly amazing and being a part of the birth of their first own is an experience I will never forget!
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Hi All,
I am trying to log two currents and a temperature from a PicoLog 1216 and PicoLog 1000 board. I followed the PicoLog 1000 manual for measuring the current (section 2.5) and have some sensible results from it, I now need to measure a temperature. I am attempting to use a K type thermocouple but seem to get odd values from it, 3.36mV and 4.27mV, for a room that is around 23'c I believe these values correspond to between 89'c to 104'c. I have followed section 2 Making Measurements 2.1 Measuring up to +2.5V and have connected R35 a 10K resistor to allow for the reading. This produces the above reading if AC volts are used instead of DC there is no value indicated. Should AC volts be used for this as the thermocouple will produce a negative voltage at low temperature? If AC volts are selected on the PicoLog software the value read is 0.0000? do I need to use a potential divider to get it to work, your advice would be most welcome.
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A colleague will be contacting you through your email helpdesk ticket to explain how to use the logger to measure temperature. You can't plug thermocouples in without additional circuitry, cold junction compensation, and appropriate scaling of the values.
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You've been my baby for 4 months now and you've completely changed my life.
I love this little person that you are turning into!
I love the huge full-face smile that you get when you see me in the morning, and I love the four little dimples that appear in your cheeks.
I love the challenge of trying to figure out what makes you tick.
I love our time reading & singing together.
I love that you can now sit up in your high chair and play with toys at the breakfast table in the afternoons—it's so neat to watch you engage with them!
I love that you're my little buddy and go everywhere with me, (mostly without complaint!).
I love that you are already army crawling around your bedroom floor—apparently you've got places to go!I love how interested you are in the other people we meet.
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Yesterday I did a small baking experiment and made chocolate chip cookies using Whole Wheat Flour (recipe wise I always make chocolate chip cookies with the recipe from the back of the nestle toll house semi sweet morsel package – so for this experiment I just swapped the flour). I knew from the start they would have to be different from Chocolate Chip Cookies made with All Purpose White Flour because the consistency of Whole Wheat Flour versus White All Purpose Flour is quite different. White All Purpose Flour has a powder consistency while Whole Wheat Flour has a consistency of powder mixed with sand you could says.
I'm not sure how well you can see from the picture of the dough here but it's not as smooth and creamy as you would find your cookie dough to be using all-purpose flour.
The cookies baked up in 10 minutes the same as I would bake them for when using all-purpose flour and they certainly smelled like chocolate chip cookies when they came out of the oven.
And finally came the tasting of the baked cookie itself! My son, my husband, and I all tasted the cookies. We all agreed they still tasted like chocolate chip cookies, but Tom and I definitely noticed that difference in texture to the cookie. Thomas said they were yummy because they have chocolate in them and he's been happy to eat more since making them last night. Tom at first said they tasted just like chocolate chip cookies but felt like they had sand in them. He clearly wasn't as interested in them as he is with the all-purpose version because he only ate two so far and by now he would have eaten 10+ of the others. I'll be sharing them with some more family members at Sunday night dinner so I'll have to do an update with some more reviews from my siblings and parents after that.
Next up Chocolate Chip Cookies with Gluten Free All-Purpose Flour! I'm excited about that because eating something with Whole Wheat Flour versus All-Purpose Flour is more of a personal choice whereas eating something made with Gluten Free All-Purpose Flour is a necessity for gluten intolerant people. Here's hoping they taste great for my gluten intolerant friends!


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Roofer is a construction worker, who specializes in roof construction (or does roof cladding as mentioned in Australia). The main area of concentration I the material of the roof whether it is to be waterproof or weatherproof and the material have to be matched with the building materials. Later on, addition or installation of the roof designing material on the building materials take place and thereafter on the beams, trusses and finally the frame and skeleton of the roof of the building on which the roof is to be built upon.
Varieties of Roofing Styles
Depending on the regions, the best roofing materials used are concrete tiles, natural and synthetic slates, single ply like rubber, PVC, TPO or EPDM, rubber shingles form recycled tyres, metal plates and shingles, wood shakes, glass, clay tiles, foam thatch and solar tiles. Along with this, few people go for special roofs like Dura-Last, which creates a living roof system or rooftop landscapes and these are very common in the commercial applications today like in USA.
They use shingles, which are dimensional or architectural made of asphalt, and it is a popular style there. The division of labour and the time consumption, which is less and finally a professional outlook and product makes the roofing service company very popular like the shinglers install shingles, tiles and shakes while the metal roofers install the panels, single-ply and the flat roofers work on the foam roofs.
Contractors Use Top Quality of Materials and Excellent Techniques
Roofing contractors or best roofing service providers always use top quality of materials and innovative techniques, both of which make sure about longevity of roofs. In addition, as they opt to complete the entire job in timely fashion, they reduce disruptions to human life.
Urgent and Reasonable Solutions are Available
Roofing contractors play significant role to offer urgent and reasonable solutions to various roofing problems, including the leaky roofs. If this is not enough, every professional involved in the profession offer quality solutions without making any compromise on the exact quality. Therefore, roofing services are very much essential for safety of homes and commercial properties.


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With more than $1.3 million in live tournament earnings, it's no surprise that Jackie Glazier can usually be seen sporting a winning smile. The WSOP bracelet winner was introduced to the game in 2008 and has since racked up an impressive array of accolades.
Jackie's biggest score came from a second place finish in a WSOP No Limit Hold'em event in 2012 where she wrapped up more than $450,000. Whilst most people would be thrilled at such a huge payout, all Jackie could think about was how that winner's bracelet had eluded her. She rectified this a year later in the WSOP Ladies Event held in Enghien-les-Bains, France, coming first for more than €20,000.
Just months before, the talented Aussie became the last woman standing in the WSOP Main Event, coming 31st for over $229,000. She would go on to finish in the money the following year too, making it three cashes in four years in the tournament every player dreams of winning.
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Support for Adoptive Parents
Becoming a parent is one of the wildest and most rewarding experiences of your life.
Regardless of how you've gotten to where you are now, it's time to navigate all the uncertainties of parenthood and learn everything you need to know to care for your new baby.
If you're adopting, there's challenges you face every day during this transition and it can be difficult to find the physical and emotional support you need as an adoptive parent.
Adopting is an amazing opportunity, and a really intimidating one.
When you become a parent for the first time, your new baby doesn't come with an instruction manual. Adoptive parents have a lot to gain from postpartum doula support, that offers valuable guidance and a helping hand with their newborn care routines. Your doula is flexible and accommodates any family's schedule to facilitate those overwhelming first few weeks of parenthood.
Newborn Care
You can be sure that your baby is getting the care they need and you're receiving the guidance and education you need to develop your parenting style, helping you get a hang of all your new routines. Overnight care is helpful for new parents who are nervous about getting through those sleepless nights with a new baby. You'll have a baby expert by your side to help you establish feeding routines and sleep schedules that reflect how you choose to parent. A doula can also help adoptive parents bond effectively with their newborn and learn comforting strategies.
Emotional Support
Aside from the obvious help an extra set of hands can provide when you bring home your new baby, a doula is an incredible source of emotional support for adoptive parents. Parents adopting a new baby or toddler have trouble assimilating into a parenting role, feelings of inadequacy and unsolicited advice from family, friends or the community about their choice to adopt. Whatever the circumstances, adoption is an emotional process that has tons of ups and downs. Parents should receive the same support as any other family welcoming a new baby, with the compassion and bias free care that a postpartum doula provides. Some adoptive mothers can even develop symptoms of postpartum depression and anxiety when they don't receive the opportunity to nurture their emotional health and receive the support they need.
The parenting world looks different for everyone and your doula is simply a guide that you can turn to for advice or guidance when you need it most.
If you're planning on adopting your first child, our team can provide you with the resources you need to prepare. Similar to a birth plan, your doula can help you outline supplies you need, organize your medical care resources and providers, help you map out your first appointments and other tools to give adoptive parents the boost of confidence they need to feel prepared.
Your team is here for you, with care plans tailored to fit your family's needs.


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The leaves were pushing their way out, as spring is making its way into summer. This morning the sparrow was easily spotted, but soon little more effort will be required to spot the birds on the trees and on the ground where the grass is growing. The valley will be covered by summer colours soon.
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Congrats to Charles - DG CustomsFebruary 11, 2019, 10:16 pm
The Customs Chief deserves our sincere congratulations, all honour and glory from every Sri Lankan and all public servants past and present, for her noble deed in resisting political interference. As the Island had mentioned in one of its Editorials, it is unusual for departmental Trade Unions to strike or stage go-slows on behalf of a head of the department.
As a former public servant belonging to the same service that she belongs, I must state many are the times and instances those in the Administrative Service have to face awkward situations of interference from the political masters, and even from their political appointees like Coordinating Secretaries, Press secretaries et al.
One further point I wish to state here is that in my career in the public service and in the public corporate sector, I have found that our colleagues from the North always did an honest job and were "worthy of their hire". They were an example to the others.
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