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To conform to, comply with, or be fixed or determined by; as in the expression "costs follow the event of the suit." To go, proceed, or come after. To seek to obtain; to accept as authority, as in adhering to precedent.
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Associated concepts: follow precedence, follow the dictates of the court
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Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) staff and committees work to support Unitarian Universalist congregations in building and sustaining justice-seeking, inclusive, multicultural faith communities.
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The mission of the Commission on Social Witness is to engage individuals, congregations, and districts in an ongoing process of study, action and reflection on pressing social issues to deepen our faith, to foster a greater sense of association among Unitarian Universalists, and to proclaim our vision of justice in the world.
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Congregation Based Community Organizing seeks to establish inter-faith, cross class, multi-ethnic and multi-racial grassroots organizations in order to increase social integration and power in civil society. CBCO groups seek to "develop participants' leadership skills, build a strong web of relationships through congregations and other institutions, and turn those relationships into civic power capable of making changes to promote the public good." (Interfaith Funders, 2001).
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The Social Justice Empowerment Program includes the Social Justice Empowerment Workshop and Handbook for congregations. The Social Justice Empowerment workshop allows members of a congregation to assess the quality of their social justice program and gives congregations an opportunity to consider what is being done as an institution to create a more just and caring world.
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XC Shunsui Imperator E X C A L I B U R Tuesday 31/07/2012, 19:30
Tuck and his beloved chicken friend Rocky along with other Roots enviromentalists are on a journey throughout Clint City to spread the ecological spirit and gain supporters for their enviromentally friendly campaign,also keep the enviroment of Clint City safe from the modern yet hazardous large industries that Uppers own and pollute by throwing industrial wastes on Clint City's river!
Form a group with a friend of yours and fight your way up in order to win Cr's.Please rate up,thank you.
Event Link: Tuck's Journey Vol.1:The Ecology Bus - Please read the rules of the event carefully!
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Do you juice?
Bill Clinton does. So do actresses Jennifer Aniston and Gwyneth Paltrow, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, and Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira, along with millions of hedge-fund managers, homemakers, and health nuts across the country and even around the world.
We're not talking here about that kind of juice -- steroids that boost athletic performance. We're speaking of spinach slurpies, kale cocktails, super-fruit smoothies, and all sorts of other nutrient-packed libations that have become not just drinks but an impassioned cause among a growing cadre of health-, diet-, and nutrition-obsessed consumers. Whether bought off the shelf or custom-blended in hipness-drenched juice bars, super-premium vegetable juices, in particular, are taking America's trend-setting cities and well-heeled suburbs by storm, lending new meaning to the age-old concept of a liquid lunch. In certain precincts of Manhattan and Los Angeles, almost everyone, it seems, is clutching a bottle of the brackish-looking stuff.
Juicing, as a meal replacement or mere refreshment, has become a $5 billion business, and is projected to grow by 4% to 8% a year. While juice fasts, or cleanses, have long been used to shed unwanted pounds, the latest craze is best viewed as part of a national move, especially among people in their 20s and 30s, toward healthier eating and greater consumption of raw and organic produce -- in this case, conveniently packaged and easily quaffed on the run. The habit doesn't come cheap: A 17-ounce bottle of cucumber, celery, parsley, kale, dandelion, Swiss chard, lemon, and ginger juice will set you back $13.07 at Juice Press, a raw-juice bar with four outposts in New York and a busy mail-order business. Then again, Americans spent $22 billion last year on bottles of water -- the world's most plentiful liquid, and readily available free.
THE U.S. MARKET FOR FANCY JUICES is highly fragmented, encompassing both super-premium chilled products sold at retail outlets and fresh-pressed and blended concoctions available at more than 6,200 juice bars and smoothie shops nationwide. To be sure, the business in all forms is but a sliver of the total $258 billion U.S. market for nonalcoholic beverages. But it's an exciting sliver that has beverage and packaged-foods giants, food-service companies, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs seeing green.
Two weeks ago, for example, Campbell Soup (ticker: CPB) announced it will buy Bolthouse Farms, a seller of produce and premium juices, from the private-equity firm Madison Dearborn, for $1.55 billion, in a bid to boost its presence in higher-margin refrigerated foods. Sales of Campbell's traditional, shelf-stable V8 vegetable juice have stagnated in recent years, although the company has generated growth by extending the V8 brand to jazzier fruit and vegetable beverages.
In most chilled-juice aisles, Bolthouse Farms shares shelf space with Coca-Cola's (KO) Odwalla brand of super-premium juices, and PepsiCo's (PEP) Naked juices. Coke, in the vanguard of most beverage trends, snapped up Odwalla in 2001 for $181 million, while Pepsi dived into the market in 2006, buying Naked Juice for an estimated $450 million from North Castle Partners, another private-equity firm.
Irma Shrivastava, vice president, marketing, for Odwalla says the company is introducing a new line of organic veggie and fruit juices this week, available first at Whole Foods Market (WFM). She says the category is growing even faster in traditional grocery channels than in the market overall. Pepsi executives declined to comment.
Sales of bottled super-premium fruit and veggie juices totaled $2.25 billion last year, and are up 58% since 2004, according to Beverage Marketing, a research and consulting firm. Sales of more traditional juice products such as orange and apple juice have been flat or lower in recent years, while annual sales of carbonated soft drinks plateaued at around $71 billion in 2007, and haven't moved much since.
A juice quake could be coming to the premium-juice market now that Starbucks (SBUX) has entered the fray, threatening to revolutionize the way America gets its greens. In November the company bought Evolution Fresh, a line of cold-pressed vegetable and fruit juices, for $30 million from Jimmy Rosenberg, founder of the Naked brand. Four months later the Seattle-based coffee giant opened its first Evolution Fresh store in nearby Bellevue, Wash., selling bottled and personalized beverages, sandwiches, soups, and salads, all with a healthful twist.
The focal point of the 1,100-square-foot store is an 11-foot-high "juice wall," with electronic art and spigots that dispense nine juice mixtures, including single-vegetable beverages, blends such as Field of Greens, and handcrafted, fruit-based smoothies. Friday, Starbucks opened its first Evolution Fresh store in downtown Seattle, and said it plans more in Seattle and San Francisco this fall.
"Our customers have been making requests for healthier food and beverages," says Jeff Hansberry, Starbucks' president of channel development and emerging brands. "Evolution Fresh is the gateway to providing customers with healthier alternatives. We've hit on a major lifestyle trend."
Last year Starbucks put the "cold-crafted" juice and smoothie market at $3.4 billion, including $1.3 billion of juices made at home. Howard Schultz, Starbucks' chairman and CEO, told analysts the company intends to reinvent the category "in the same tonality that we have reinvented, over the last 40 years, the basic commodity of coffee."
And some tone it is: Starbucks now operates more than 17,000 coffee stores in 55 countries. The company hasn't disclosed how many Evolution Fresh stores it envisions, although Schultz has mentioned "a national footprint of stores." He also plans to distribute Evolution Fresh products nationally in Starbucks stores, and capture a bigger piece of the ready-to-drink business in grocery and mass-merchandise outlets. "We are making a full court press nationally in building the brand," he told analysts.
Matthew DiFrisco, a restaurant analyst at Lazard Capital Markets, thinks the opportunity for Evolution Fresh could be somewhere between 500 and 1,000 stores nationally. Starbucks, which trades for $51.96, is on the firm's "fresh money" list, and the analyst has a price target of $69. He sees the Evolution Fresh brand as an opportunity to expand Starbucks' higher-margin consumer packaged goods and food-service business, whose sales could reach $1.3 billion in the current fiscal year, nearly double the level of four years ago.
STARBUCKS ISN'T THE ONLY JUICE COMPANY with grand ambitions. The Yankees' Teixeira was so impressed by the refreshments at Juice Press that he bought a piece of the business in February with Kenny Dichter, the founder of MarquisJets.
Dichter, who sold his fractional-jet business to Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) in 2010, says Juice Press' stores are profitable, with annual sales approaching $10 million. He foresees a 15-store metropolitan-area chain within the next 12 months, stocked with grab-and-go products, and expects to be able to scale the business to 300 to 500 stores in North America, with an opportunity for annual sales of $500 million or more in seven to 10 years. Marcus Antebi, who founded the chain 2½ years ago, says he expects bottled green juice to become as ubiquitous someday as bottled water.
Organic Avenue is another juicery on the move. Private-equity giant KKR has invested in the eight-store Manhattan chain, in partnership with Jonathan Grayer of Weld North. "There are plenty of wealthy suburbs where Organic Avenue can thrive," says Grayer, the former head of the Kaplan education business owned by Washington Post.
Grayer, who says he sometimes drinks juice as a meal substitute, thinks Organic Avenue can triple its store count in the next few years, pushing into other markets and even the packaged-beverage channel. "We are going to try to create a habitual user," he says.
Sales at all U.S. juice bars and smoothie chains have nearly doubled since 2004, and totaled $2.04 billion in the year ended June 30, according to Juice Gallery Multimedia, an Alta Loma, Calif., consultant that tracks the food-service market. Juice Gallery's Dan Titus, 58, was turned on to healthy juices when he developed cancer in his 20s, and credits the market's recent growth largely to the entrance of fast-food operators such as McDonald's (MCD) and Dunkin' Brands (DNKN) into the fruit-smoothie business.
Juice Gallery's data don't include restaurant chains with fewer than 25 stores, however, so it fails to capture sales at smaller but rapidly growing raw-juiceries such as Juice Press, Organic Avenue, and Earthbar, a Los Angeles-based chain that operates 10 bars, eight of them at Equinox health clubs. Juice Generation, another eight-store New York-based start-up, also has installed bars at Equinox gyms.
Earthbar, started by Noah Bubman and his father Bernie, a pharmacist who once operated more than 200 Great Earth health-food stores, is planning to open 15 stores in Singapore and Malaysia in the next six months. Juice Generation is adding a ninth store in September. The company opened its first store, in Manhattan, in 1999.
JAMBA JUICE (JMBA) is the only publicly traded pure play in the juice-bar business, but there is nothing tasty about its shares' performance. They peaked in 2006 at $12.25 and now change hands at $2.61, endowing the Emeryville, Calif.-based company with a meager market value of $181 million. Jamba is shifting its business model to 60% franchise-owned stores from 70% company-owned outlets in order to, yes, juice results.
Jamba began life in 1990 on a California beach as Juice Club, and today operates or franchises 773 juice and smoothie shops, mostly in the U.S. In March the company, known for its fruit smoothies, announced plans to launch a new concept store focused on healthier raw juices. Fruit-laden smoothies generally pack far more sugar and calories than juices made from leafy greens.
Scott Van Winkle, an analyst at Canaccord Genuity, notes Jamba's company-owned same-store sales are expected to grow 4% to 6% this year. "You won't find a food or beverage company that isn't either doing something or thinking about doing something related to the health trend," says the analyst, who rates Jamba Juice a Buy.
Juice It Up!, an Irvine, Calif.-based smoothie chain, is doing and thinking. The company said in January that it plans to retrofit its 90 stores with raw juice bars to capture the growing demand for nutritional juices. "We have been known as a smoothie chain that sells juice; now we want to be a juice bar that sells smoothies," Carol Skinner, senior director of marketing and business development at owner Balboa Brands, told Nation's Restaurant News.
Just what are all these people drinking? Russell Simmons, co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, thinks he knows. "People are concerned about their health," he says. "Food is a drug, and green juice promotes clarity and gives you energy."
Simmons says he drinks green vegetable juices "morning, noon and night," and keeps the refrigerator in his Maybach fully stocked with his favorite verdant beverages. "Everybody around me is juicing," he adds, noting he has been able to find raw juice bars well beyond New York and L.A., in cities such as Baltimore and Detroit.
Simmons, whose Rush Communications invests in entertainment, media, fashion, and lifestyle projects, also says he has been studying the raw-juice business for six months with an eye toward a possible investment. "Just like Starbucks blew up, so could juices," he says. (For the uninformed, the Urban Dictionary defines "blow up" as a hip-hop term for "becoming famous, successful, and respected within a short period of time.")
Monika Kinsman, proprietor of Thrive Café, a raw and fresh-pressed eatery near the University district of Seattle, credits the 2010 documentary Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead for the recent surge of interest in all things juice-related. The movie chronicles the efforts of an overweight Australian filmmaker and former financier, Joe Cross, who travels across the U.S. for 60 days with a Breville juicer and a generator in tow, vowing to drink only fresh fruit and vegetable juice to lose weight and regain his health.
The story resonated with Kinsman, who opened her store in 2008, after her mother, a cancer patient, benefited from a diet of raw vegetable juices she drank at the Hippocrates Health Institute, an alternative health-care retreat in Florida. She says sales are growing by 60% a year.
Fashion designer Norma Kamali is another fresh-juice devotee. She adopted a raw and juice-based diet two years ago, and has been selling fresh-pressed juice at the Wellness Cafe in her midtown Manhattan store since 2009. "Customers love the juice," she says. "It slows down the aging process and boosts your immune system."
FRESH VEGETABLE AND FRUIT JUICE might do all this and more -- or not. The medical research is incomplete and inconclusive. Some health experts still question the role of nutrition in fighting diseases like cancer, and others worry about what's missing when produce is pulverized and reduced to its liquid essence. Robert Post, deputy director of the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotions at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, says "there is no compelling evidence" or settled science that juicing is healthier than simply eating raw fruits and vegetables.
One concern about fresh-pressed juices, in particular, is that they aren't pasteurized. This increases the potential for contamination by pathogens, which can cause illness. Although many smaller juice bars abide by strict sanitary guidelines and label refrigerated bottles with sell-by dates, not all outlets follow these procedures. Evolution Fresh uses high-pressure processing, a nonthermal pasteurizing process that can extend the shelf life of fresh-pressed fruit and vegetable juices to about 45 days from the typical two or three for unpasteurized products. The company claims the juice loses none of its taste or enzymes and micronutrients.
Only this much is certain: Juicing is a lot better for you than eating a Big Mac and fries or Taco Bell's carne asada. "The closer you can get to a plant-based diet, the healthier it is for you," says Dr. Woodson Merrell, chairman of the Department of Integrative Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. "Juicing is a nice way to do that."
A Matter of Taste
Just how shocking is it? Barron's ran an admittedly unscientific taste test last week, in which 17 staff members sampled an array of fresh vegetable juices, ranked them on taste and overall appeal, and supplied additional commentary about the experience. We initially had planned to do a three-day office juice cleanse, a liquid-diet regimen that supposedly goes down easier when the other folks at the water cooler are in on the plan. But common sense prevailed, given the unknown effects of solid-food deprivation on magazine production.
Barron's staffers sampled green-vegetable combinations from Jamba Juice, Juice Generation, Naked Juice, Organic Avenue, and the Juice Press. Not surprisingly, the sweeter smoothie products -- Green Machine from Naked and Apple 'n Greens from Jamba, which doesn't have a pure vegetable potion -- won hands down in the taste department.
Of the three raw juices from local boutiques, our taste panel favored Doctor Green from the Juice Press -- a mixture of pineapple, apple, lemon, ginger, and kale. One quaffer said the Green LOVE juice (the love stands for "live organic vegan experience") from Organic Avenue had "an unapologetic vegetable taste," but it wasn't clear whether that was a compliment or a critique. Another said Green LOVE had a "refreshing, healthy taste without provoking the gag reflex" -- high praise, indeed.
Juice Generation's Sweet Greens mixture of kale, spinach, parsley, watercress, and apple had no big fans. Said one sipper: "This must be what kissing a cow tastes like."
Some folks go bananas over vegetable juice, but many who try it agree it's an acquired taste. "Your taste buds adapt," says the designer Norma Kamali, a green-juice devotee. "Most people absorb the shock of a new taste called real food."
Good thing we didn't do that cleanse.
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Given the amount of backlash over the choice of up-and-comer Jennifer Lawrence (X:Men First Class) as The Hunger Games' lead Katniss Everdeen, not to mention the seemingly never-ending casting updates, it's no surprise to hear that Lionsgate is expecting big things from the upcoming film franchise.
Even less surprising, but equally transparent, is the studio's choice to stretch Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games book trilogy into a film quadrilogy (four movies) - taking a marketing cue from similar young adult books-turned-megamoney film franchises, Harry Potter and Twilight.
Deadline New York broke the news earlier today with a subtle mention that the narrative would span four films instead of the book series' three-part format:
"Lionsgate executives told Wall Street analysts this morning to expect big things from The Hunger Games, a series of four action films that the studio will release from the trilogy written by Suzanne Collins."
While the extra film release isn't exactly a ground breaking idea, it was the first semi-official report that we'd heard regarding the possibility of a fourth Hunger Games film - and it wasn't long before industry insiders started phoning Lionsgate for confirmation.
The Hob, a Hunger Games news site managed to snag official word, reporting that Lionsgate was directly confirming the four film structure - but wouldn't discuss where the movies would be split:
We can confirm we have a deal that encompasses four (4) movies for THE HUNGER GAMES.
We cannot confirm any details beyond the below [the previous response listed above] at this time.
How the films will be split-up is certainly an intriguing question. The first book, The Hunger Games, is mostly self-contained. As a result, it'll probably be a matter of whether or not Lionsgate wants to go the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as well as Twilight: Breaking Dawn route (splitting one installment into two parts) or go about a more complicated restructuring of the story by segmenting the final two books into three parts - splitting somewhere toward the end of book two (Catching Fire) and middle of book three (Mockingjay) with the final film encompassing the remaining events of the final trilogy book.
Considering both Catching Fire and Mockingjay enjoy much richer, more involved, narratives, there are plenty of places where the story could be split - by simply ratcheting-up an action set-piece to act as a film climax. However, given the epic battle (think Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2) featured at the end of Mockingjay - it's likely that Lionsgate won't get too creative in segmenting the film storyline and rely on an action-heavy finale.
One major film adaptation selling points is the added "Now a Major Motion Picture" book prints that the studio can help push - which works a lot better if each film is set-against a particular installment. It's definitely possible we'll see a more complicated splitting of the books (or at the very least, working certain story beats in earlier or later, depending) - though, from a marketing standpoint, expect the studio to stick pretty close to the source material structure.
Follow me on Twitter @benkendrick and let us know where you think they should split The Hunger Games movies.
Production is currently underway on The Hunger Games in North Carolina. The film is slated for theatrical release on March 23rd, 2012.
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Employers' liability cover is a legal requirement for all businesses that employ staff and protects them against employee claims for injury or illness sustained while working for the business.
The research also found that more than 75% of SMEs questioned don't have personal accident cover.
Key figures:
- 41% don't have business insurance for their work vehicle
- 26% of people who run businesses from home have spoken to their home insurer about business cover
- 22% of home-run firms have insurance for business equipment such as laptops and mobile phones
- 19% of people who keep business tools at home have insurance for them.
Darrell Sansom, managing director of AXA Business Insurance, said:
"Insurance may feel like one of the little bits of admin that you ought to sort out at some point but not having it can have big consequences. Claims for liability can run into millions of pounds and not having cover in place is putting you, your business, your employers, clients and others at risk."


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OCEAN CITY – The ongoing budget hearings have produced the unusual sound of cost cutting at City Hall, and some members of the City Council are sharpening their pencils trying to find more things to cut.
Two notable hearings this past week included the Recreation and Parks and Tourism departments as both presented hundreds of thousands of dollars in departmental cuts for the fiscal year 2010 budget.
The Recreation and Parks Department proposed more than $647,000 in cuts to its budget including $273,000 from special events alone, and the 10-percent overall cut was tentatively approved by the council in a 4-1 vote (with Jim Hall and Lloyd Martin absent and Margaret Pillas abstaining).
"This budget is unlike any other that we've ever seen in the past," said Recreation and Parks Director Tom Shuster. "We think this is a much leaner budget that still keeps the essential services that residents and visitors of Ocean City have come to expect."
All speakers from recreation and parks spoke of the "extremely tight" conditions that they must work in, while trying to continue to offer up proven town-sponsored events like Springfest, Sunfest and Winterfest.
"We feel that the special events not only lengthen the tourism season but they also provide a substantial economic impact to the town of Ocean City," said Special Events Director John Sullivan.
Less revenue is projected to be brought in from both Sunfest and Springfest, the decorations at Winterfest have been scaled back, as well as a downsizing of the 4th of July fireworks displays.
All seed money for special events, including the $50,000 for the OC Air Show will be cut as well, in addition to reduced entertainment events and small incremental (an annual) fee raises for the summer camps and activities.
"We think this is a fair balance between what people are willing to pay versus what government should provide," said Shuster.
In addition, the tourism budget outlined $1.5 million in total cuts from $7.7 million (FY 2009) to $6.2 million proposed for the FY 2010 budget.
A notable deletion to the tourism budget, which pretty much saw cuts in almost every division including public relations, travel and training and administrative costs, was the Sea For Yourself Guide, which was recently merged into one unified guide with the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce. Merging the guide with the chamber saved the town $135,000.
Throughout the budget hearings, Pillas has been admittedly "nitpicking" almost every line item of each department trying to find an additional $2 million that she feels will be enough to lower the tax rate from 41 cents to 39 cents.
"I'm abstaining from voting on the tentative budgets until I get all the information," said Pillas.
Mayor Rick Meehan, who said that he feels that all the council members would like to see the tax rate lowered, said that budget hearings have been going well so far.
"I think the budget is at a great starting point and I think that we will be able to make more cuts, because we all would like to reduce the tax rate," said Meehan. "It's a great educational process that the budget hearings bring each year, as you get to find out exactly how each department is running and so far all the dialogue has been very positive, and will continue to be, as long as everyone keeps an open mind."
The one raise in the tourism budget was the advertising spending on tourism, which no one contested to be an important expenditure. Next year, the town will spend almost $4 million on tourism advertising.


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Arthur was notice worldwide after Peter Snell's, Murray Halberg's and Barry Magee's performances at the 1960 Olympics. Before that point he spent a good part of 15 years developing his system using himself as the subject. What he learned from these years as much to do with the nervous system as it did with the cardio-respiratory system and muscular systems.
Arthur's earlier (pre 1964) talks and writings referenced the nervous system as much or more than the cardio-respiratory or muscular systems. With quotes like "I have found the marathon training not only increased efficiency of the cardio-respiratory system more quickly but also had a more beneficial effect on the nervous system", "We all know we have to be racing fit to win championships but if we were to race and do fast work continually , the strain would eventually wear down our condition so that we become jaded mentally and physically" and finally "Train don't strain"
One point I watch for as a coach is how well runners follow the "train don't strain" advice. During the Marathon conditioning phase I love to see post that say "I don't feel like I'm training", "My legs just floated along" and "Just drifted along for two hours". They all indicated that the mind is not using valuable willpower that will be needed during the speed phase. Running and recovery have become a habit with no though given to pushing things (like pace and recovery).
The nervous system only has to be gradually stressed over 3-6 weeks and left to recover for 2-4 to achieve a top performance. I see runners push too long with too many long runs or hard speed workouts and they end up as Arthur said "Leaving it on the training track".
So for the coming year make sure that during the Marathon training phase you use your willpower to roll out the door then switch to turning off the willpower and make that run an enjoyable experience that you'll want to visit again the next day.
Have a Happy and successful New Year.
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New reason for Mexican immigration to U.S.: Drug violence
MEXICO CITY — Mexican immigration to the United States has been almost entirely an economic issue for the past few decades. Politicians have fine-tuned their positions around what to do about illegal immigrants who supposedly take jobs from Americans.
Now, however, as violence on the border continues to increase, a new kind of immigrant to the United States is appearing: people seeking asylum to escape the drug-fueled brutality in Mexico.
More than 5,400 people were killed in the violence last year, and more than 8,000 in the two years since President Felipe Calderon sent thousands of troops into the drug war zones.
"Some families living on the frontier are leaving, and the easiest way to live in the U.S. for them is by asking for the status of refugee," said Damaso Morales, a professor of international studies at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, the largest university in Latin America. "It's a way to get into the U.S. in a legal way."
Already, there have been two celebrated cases of asylum-seekers: a journalist who fled the northern state of Chihuahua after drug cartels threatened him, and the mayor of Ciudad Juarez, a major border city opposite El Paso, Texas, who pulled out when drug traffickers threatened his family. Though both succeeded in getting into the U.S., their tactic is still relatively untested in U.S. courts.
Ana Maria Salazar, a U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense during the Clinton administration who's now a political commentator in Mexico City, said that people were moving away from the country's crime-plagued border towns, if not yet to the U.S.
"Many people fearing for their lives in border towns are moving to big cities within Mexico," said Salazar, who has Mexican and American citizenship. "As descriptions of the violence continue to become public, there will definitely be talk about the refugee status" in the U.S., although she adds that the violence would have to be "very high."
The increase in violence, experts said, has replaced immigration as the major source of friction in U.S.-Mexican relations. In March, Mexicans ranging from Calderon to local editorial writers were outraged when a U.S. official suggested that the government had lost control of some parts of the country to the drug lords.
The incident wasn't smoothed over until Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama visited Mexico and acknowledged that the U.S. bore a share of responsibility for Mexico's drug wars, not only from the billions of dollars sent south to purchase illegal drugs but also because of the high-powered weapons that are purchased legally in U.S. border towns and sold to Mexican gangs.
The fear created by this border violence, Morales said, is "a real problem, as Mexicans are coming in to the U.S. claiming asylum. These people would rather be in jail in the U.S. waiting to see if Uncle Sam grants them mercy than be in Mexico, where drug traffickers are killing family members."
Though the number of people entering the United States may increase if the violence continues to escalate, the number of Mexican citizens emigrating to the U.S. has dropped almost 25 percent within the last five months, according to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City. Though it's hard to say why, the faltering U.S. economy most often is blamed.
"The economy here is really tied up in the economy of the U.S.," Morales said. "Things are very different and are changing in this economic crisis."
Francisco Gonzalez, an associate professor of Latin American studies at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, said that officials on both sides of the border now worried more about the drug wars than about immigration.
"The country has become very violent," Gonzalez said, "and it is very easy to see that things there could get even worse."
(Wolf is a student at Penn State University. This story was reported from Mexico City for a class in international journalism.)
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The UMUC Information and Library Services Newsletter
Summer 2012 • Volume 12, Issue 2
Previous Issues
In this issue
From Stephen Miller
Associate Provost, Information and Library Services
On behalf of everyone at the UMUC Library, I extend a warm welcome to all new and returning UMUC students, faculty, and staff at the beginning of the summer 2012 semester.
Please read the library newsletter for information on changes and enhancements to the Library's electronic resources. We have also included a list of new resources, as well as discontinued databases. As always, comments are encouraged regarding these changes.
The UMUC Library continues to be represented at national library conferences and various members of our staff have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to librarianship. Hearty congratulations to all!
UMUC librarians are available for research assistance through a variety of formats including 24/7 e-mail and live chat, as well as in-person and via telephone during regular business hours at our Largo location. Instant messaging is also available during selected hours from the Ask a Librarian page.
Faculty are encouraged to take full advantage of the Library's liaison program and course-related library instruction.
All the best for the summer semester!
Electronic Resources News
Enhancements to EBSCOhost and OneSearch for Summer 2012!
- Hyperlinks are now available to limit or refine your search results to academic journals, news articles, or ebooks. This will provide a quick way to sort results.
- A new interface for the mobile version of EBSCO resources will be implemented. Users will be able to select and filter out the results in the center column in OneSearch and limit results for certain databases.
Electronic Resources Changes Taking Effect July 1, 2012, for FY13
The UMUC Library supports your research needs through our 125 databases and other electronic resources. As part of our collection management assessment for fiscal year 2013, ILS performed a careful review of UMUC's library electronic resources in light of current budget constraints. Factors taken into account included the following:
- Number of times the resource was accessed in the previous fiscal year
- Whether similar content was available in another resource or on the Web
- How instrumental a resource is in supporting the UMUC curriculum
- Whether the resource provided access to full text within the databases
- How often a resource was used by UMUC librarians for instructional purposes
- Cost of the resource and whether we found a lower cost equivalent substitute
Input was solicited from faculty throughout the university. Below is the list of changes that will take effect July 1, 2012 or January 1, 2013, as noted:
- American History in Video, as of July 1, 2012 (our vendor made this available early on May 17, 2012)
- Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text, as of July 1, 2012
- IBIS World, as of July 1, 2012
- International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection (available in ScienceDirect), as of July 1, 2012
- International Security & Counter-Terrorism Reference Center, as of July 1, 2012
- Survival Journal, as of July 1 2012
- Value Line Investment Survey, as of July 1, 2012
- BIOSIS Previews – more coverage back to 1969
- Oxford Reference Online – 11 more titles added in the business, history, and humanities subject areas
- Oxford Scholarship Online – entire coverage from 1973 to the present for our current history and psychology collections
- SAGE Reference Online – 2012 collection of 30 new titles
- PsycEXTRA, as of July 1, 2012
- Psychology: A SAGE Fulltext Collection, as of July 1, 2012 and for future issues (the backfile of this collection will be still be available – dates vary according to each journal)
- U.S. History in Context, as of July 1, 2012 (trial ending on June 30, 2012)
UMUC Library Staff News
- Coutts Award for Innovation in Electronic Resources Management
Lenore England, Digital Resources Librarian has won the Coutts Award for Innovation in Electronic Resources Management. This award "recognizes significant and innovative contributions to electronic collections management and development practice" and is sponsored by the Collection Management Section of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services. Ms. England received her Masters in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University in 1998 and has been a librarian at UMUC since 1999.
- Miriam Dudley Instructional Librarian Award
Barb Mann, Assistant Director for Public Services, is the 2012 recipient of the ACRL/IS (Association of College and Research Libraries/Instruction Section) Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award. This award recognizes a librarian who has contributed significantly to library instruction in a college or research library. Ms. Mann was cited for her leadership in the creation of a thriving information literacy program and her success in providing information literacy instruction in conjunction with UMUC's Distance Education program. She received her Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of South Carolina in 1995 and has been employed by UMUC since 2006.
Poster Sessions
- Un-Tethered Electronic Resources Management: Reaching Out Beyond Your Library
Lenore England will present a poster session at the American Library Association's Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA in June. The poster, titled Un-Tethered Electronic Resources Management: Reaching Out Beyond Your Library, and co-authored with Stephen Miller, Associate Provost, Information and Library Services, will discuss how to coordinate Electronic Resources Management functions more broadly throughout an institution, with the Academic Library playing a leadership role.
- Documenting a System's Librarian's Knowledge: Sharing and Collaboration Using Microsoft SharePoint
Jen Diffin, Assistant Director, Systems and Access Services, will present a poster session at the American Library Association's Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA in June. The poster was co-authored by Ms. Diffin, John Coogan, Systems Librarian, and Li Fu, Digital Services Librarian. Titled Documenting a System's Librarian's Knowledge: Sharing and Collaboration Using Microsoft SharePoint, the poster will show how the UMUC systems librarians have documented and shared their expertise and knowledge among the other librarians.
Editorial Appointments
- Lenore England has been appointed chief editor of a quarterly column in the Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship entitled "ERM Ideas and Innovations." Ms. England was also named to the editorial board of this journal as of April 2012.
For Your Information...
An appointment may be made to meet with a UMUC librarian for research assistance. Appointments are available in a variety of formats, including in-person at the Academic request an appointment form to schedule a time for research assistance.
Need to find us? Please visit Locations and Hours for more information.
Faculty Corner
Library Liaisons
The UMUC Library provides library liaison services to UMUC faculty. We welcome the opportunity to work closely with faculty to provide tailored library services to individual classes, whether it be visiting your online or face-to-face class, assisting in adding information literacy components to specific course assignments or projects, or providing handouts or online resources customized to your discipline or current course topic. Please keep the liaison librarians in mind when you have library related questions, need extra help with research, or need instruction on how to use our resources.
- Megan A. Davis
TGS: Information and Technology Systems
- Rocco DeBonis
TGS: Teacher Education
- Julie Arnold Lietzau
TGS: University College Special Programs (UCSP) and COMM 600
- Clare Miller
TGS:Management, Accounting, and Finance
- Ryan Shepard
TGS: Cybersecurity
- Cynthia Thomes
TGS: Business and Executive Programs
- Rocco DeBonis
TUS: Center for Student Success (CFSS)
- Barb Mann
TUS: Department of Communication, Arts, and Humanities (COMM)
- Robert Miller
TUS: Department of Social, Behavioral, Natural, and Mathematical Sciences (SCIP)
- Ed O'Donnell
TUS: Department of Business and Professional Programs (BAPP)
- Ryan Shepard
TUS: Cybersecurity, Department of Computer Information Systems and Technology (CITE)
As the Summer 2012 semester begins, UMUC librarians look forward to working with you and your classes, either via Web Tycho or on-site, in the provision of library resources instruction. The transferable skill building and concept understanding that librarians offer in these sessions provide both a deeper comprehension and comfort level for your students in locating, evaluating, and using information relevant to their studies. This preparation and reinforcement will hold your students in good stead as they deal with the vast amount of available information during their academic careers and as productive employees and citizens. Please complete the Faculty Request for Library Instruction form to schedule one or more sessions for your classes.
Need instruction but don't have time to schedule a facilitated session? Consider adding a stand-alone instruction module to your Web Tycho classroom. Please contact your library liaison for more information.
Questions? Comments? Need more information? Please contact Barb Mann, Assistant Director for Public Services, or Information and Library Services.
We look forward to working with you!
Hot Sites... Environmental Science
Considering a degree in Environmental Management? Start by taking a look at these Web sites specifically chosen by UMUC librarians. From climate change and waste management to alternative fuels and tips on green living, these sites will acquaint you with pertinent environmental issues.
Greenpeace International
In 1971, motivated by their vision of a green and peaceful world, a small team of activists set sail from Vancouver, Canada in an old fishing boat. These activists, the founders of Greenpeace, believed a few individuals could make a difference. Greenpeace is the largest independent direct-action environmental organization in the world.
The United Nations Environment Programme
The United Nations Environment Programme provides leadership and encourages partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.
United States Environmental Protection Agency
The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment. The EPA's endeavors to ensure that all Americans are protected from significant risks to human health and the environment where they live, learn, and work.
Sierra Club
Since 1892, the Sierra Club has been working to protect communities, wild places, and the planet itself. Founded by John Muir, an American naturalist, the Sierra Club is the largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States.


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And it was not long before he gets the first fish on. :-)
Some tips on the casting technique. Trying to stop near the top.
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Heading out to the middle to see what they can find.
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Wow, that's a car and a half.Yup – specifically, it's a McLaren 12C and a half. The latest effort from the Woking-based supercar manufacturer is based on the 12C, but adds tech and design cues borrowed from the range-topping McLaren P1.
Tech? What tech?Well, for starters the front end has been redesigned, with a new look that's based on the P1. But it's not just a pretty face; the 650S sports a new front splitter, "door blades" behind the front wheel to smooth out airflow, and bigger side intakes to keep the engine cool.
The result of all this tinkering? The 650S generates 40 per cent more downforce than the 12C it's based on, up to 150mph. McLaren's also boosted the twin-turbo V8 engine to generate 641bhp, taking you from 0-62mph in 3.0 seconds, with a top speed of 207mph. The springs are 22 per cent stiffer, while carbon-ceramic brakes come as standard.
So it's a hardcore version of the 12C for speed freaks, then.Not exactly – thanks to new damper mounts, McLaren claims that the ride in the 650S is actually more comfortable than the 12C. The brakes have been tweaked for a smoother feel at low speeds, while gear changes in auto mode are also smoother thanks to new clutch software. And there are creature comforts in the cabin, too; sat-nav, DAB radio and Alcantara trim come as standard, while a rear parking camera's an option.
Sounds almost practical. Perfect for the school run. How much? £195,000 (RM1,074,950) for the Coupe, and £215,000 (RM1,185,200) for the Spider. That's £20,000 (RM110,250) more than the 12C, but when the carbon-ceramic brakes fitted as standard to the 650S are a £10,000 (RM55,125) option on the 12C, it almost looks like a bargain.
[via Autocar]
READ MORE: We sneak a peek at Audi's laser-packing Sport Quattro Laserlight.


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Hi everyone! I wish you all a Happy Easter :) Meanwhile, I'd like to share with you some lovely Easter party ideas that I found on Pinterest.
Serve your easter treats in pastel colors! Be inspired by the easter food display from A Lovely Lark.
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On The Sweetest Occasion, there is a tutorial on how to turn your plastic bunny toys into golden bunny place cards. It's going to be a cute accent on your table setting.
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Fellow Fellow posted free downloadable easter stickers that you can print on A4 or letter sized sticker paper. Perfect for your easter gifts and loot bags.
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Here's a fun idea from Scrumptiously Delightful. You can sprinkle edible glitter and edible stars on your pastel colored cake pops.
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On Tuesday, I attended the press preview of Coco Before Chanel at the Varsity Club in San Francisco. Since it was not the official opening, but more of a writing assignment, I didn't want to go over-the-top inspired by Chanel (don't worry we're saving that for the public premier). Instead, I went with the theme "undercover Chanel fan." Each part of the outfit (except the tote) somehow tied back to a Chanel theme. Please believe that if I had a Chanel tote I would have used it! Since I don't I kept the actual Chanel items really subtle and limited the Chanel to my beauty products. Check out the gallery below for the full outfit.
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Earrings: Pearls, Gift
Necklace: Multi-strand Necklace, Forever 21
Shirt: White Polo shirt, Polo Ralph Lauren
Bracelet: Cubannie Links
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Editor's note: Megan McCracken and Jennifer Moreno are attorneys with the Death Penalty Clinic, Lethal Injection Project, at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the authors. CNN's original series "Death Row Stories" explores America's complex capital punishment system. Join the conversation about the death penalty at facebook.com/cnn or Twitter @CNNOrigSeries using #DeathRowStories.
(CNN) -- On Wednesday, July 23, the State of Arizona executed Joseph Rudolph Wood in the fourth visibly bungled execution this year. The execution began at 1:52 p.m. According to eyewitness Michael Kiefer, "Wood was unconscious by 1:57 p.m. At about 2:05, he started gasping." He continued to gasp for over 90 minutes.
Afterward, eyewitness Troy Hayden reported, "Joe Wood is dead, but it took him two hours to die. To watch a man lay there for an hour and 40 minutes gulping air, I can liken it to, if you catch a fish and throw it on the shore, the way the fish opens and closes its mouth."
Kiefer counted more than 640 gasps.
Arizona engaged in a failed experiment. Its new execution protocol called for administration of two drugs, midazolam and hydromorphone. The only other time this drug combination had been used was the prolonged and similarly disturbing Ohio execution of Dennis McGuire, who took 24 minutes to die and struggled for air for 10 to 13 minutes.
Eyewitness Alan Johnson reported that McGuire "gasped deeply. It was kind of a rattling, guttural sound. There was kind of a snorting through his nose. A couple of times, he definitely appeared to be choking."
Faced with these well-documented problems, Arizona adopted Ohio's procedure but increased the amount of each drug (from 10 milligrams to 50 milligrams for midazolam and from 40mg to 50mg for hydromorphone). The state refused to reveal, however, its process for selecting the new doses or whether it conducted due diligence to determine that its protocol would be more effective. Notwithstanding the changes Arizona made to the drug formula, Wood's execution went even worse than McGuire's.
Despite requests from Wood's lawyers, Arizona also refused to reveal the source of its drugs -- including the manufacturer, lot number and expiration date -- and the qualifications of its execution team members.
Nothing about this information would compromise the identity of those participating in executions, but it would allow the courts and the public to analyze whether the execution procedures will work as intended and bring about death in a way that meets the requirements of the Eighth Amendment.
Callan: Are death penalty delays 'cruel and unusual'?
Four men -- Michael Wilson, McGuire, Clayton Lockett and Wood -- have been subjected to bungled executions this year. Although the drugs, doses and other details of the procedures differed in each execution, the commonality between them is that the departments of corrections used experimental drug combinations and shielded crucial aspects of their practices in secrecy.
Even in the aftermath of the executions, the lack of transparency continues. While governors in both Oklahoma and Arizona have called for reviews of the problematic executions, no outside authorities have been brought in to conduct the investigations.
Internal investigations are insufficient to the task. Departments of corrections cannot be allowed to provide pat explanations that leave central questions unanswered, minimize errors and hide relevant information about what went wrong.
Instead, there must be independent investigations of each execution that goes awry and thorough, public reporting of the results. Without truly independent investigations, it will be impossible to make meaningful conclusions about what went wrong or to determine if changes can be made to ensure that the same errors do not happen again.
Chemical mix and human error lead to controversial executions
The botched executions in Arizona, Ohio and Oklahoma show us that when states are allowed to devise novel, untested execution protocols without judicial scrutiny or public oversight, the resulting procedures are unreliable. And when the unreliable procedures are implemented, the consequences are gruesome and horrific.
States cannot be allowed to continue carrying out death sentences without judicial review of their execution procedures. The courts must require departments of corrections to disclose key aspects of these procedures, particularly with respect to the provenance of the drugs used and the qualifications of the execution personnel.
Without this oversight, botched executions will become the new norm. No additional executions should proceed until the states act with transparency, and the courts scrutinize execution procedures to ensure that they comport with the U.S. Constitution.
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How to Find a Yoga Style That's Right for You
Everyone can benefit from adding a mind-body activity — such as yoga — to their fitness routine. You can substitute yoga for your regular workouts once or twice a week. For example, instead of lifting weights or doing your regular stretching routine, do a session of yoga. Some mind-body classes are intensely demanding, so make sure that you don't overload your workout schedule.
Yoga, defined
Developed in India more than 5,000 years ago, yoga consists of a series of poses (known as asanas) that you hold from a few seconds to several minutes. The moves — a blend of strength, flexibility, and body-awareness exercises — are intended to promote the union of the mind, body, and spirit. Most forms of yoga focus on relaxation and deep breathing as you perform and hold the poses.
Yoga styles
There are many forms of yoga. Most include the same fundamental poses but differ in terms of how quickly you move, how long you hold each pose, how much breathing is emphasized, and how much of a spiritual aspect there is.
Some styles offer more modifications to the really bendy and twisty moves, so they're more accessible to new exercisers and the flexibility-challenged. Others are for people who can already touch their toes with their tongue. If you find that you dig yoga, experiment with some of the different styles. You may find you like one more than the others.
Here's a brief look at the main yoga options.
Ananda: Ananda yoga requires less strength and flexibility than most other styles, so it's a great place to start. The moves are fairly straightforward, and ananda doesn't involve much chanting.
Anusara: Anusara, a relatively new form of yoga, has a deep spiritual element and a heavy focus on good posture and body alignment.
Astanga: Astanga, sometimes called Power Yoga, is one of the most physically demanding forms of yoga in terms of flexibility, strength, and stamina. You move from one posture to another without a break, so this style isn't recommended for beginners.
Bikram: Bikram, an intensely physical style of yoga, includes a lot of breathing exercises. The same 26 poses are performed in the same order during 90-minute classes that are usually conducted in a room heated to 100 degrees. (The heat is intended to make it easier to stretch.) If you have high blood pressure, are at high risk for developing heart disease, or already have heart disease, get your doctor's permission before taking a class conducted in a room at a high temperature.
Integral: Integral classes involve lots of meditation and chanting. However, integral yoga is one of the easier forms to learn because the postures are relatively simple with plenty of modifications offered for the flexibility-challenged.
Iyengar: Iyengar yoga instructors must complete a rigorous two- to five-year training program for certification, so the quality of teaching tends to be consistently good. Iyengar yoga involves props such as foam blocks and stretching belts. Instructors pay close attention to body alignment.
Kripalu: Kripalu, a less physical and more meditative style of yoga, emphasizes body alignment and breath and movement coordination. There are three stages in kripalu yoga:
Stage One focuses on learning the postures and exploring your body's limits of strength and flexibility.
Stage Two involves holding the postures for an extended time, developing concentration and inner awareness.
Stage Three involves moving from one posture to another without rest.
Kundalini: Kundalini yoga was one of the first "Westernized" forms of yoga. Because it's designed to release energy in the body, it involves a lot of intense breathing exercises. Most of the poses are classic flexibility exercises.
Sivananda: This classic style of yoga is one of the most widely followed in the world and follows well-known poses, with an emphasis on relaxation and breathing.


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If you've ever donned scuba gear, you owe a bit of gratitude to Christian Lambertsen, who headed to the great reef in the sky yesterday. Lambertsen not only invented the hell out of scuba gear, but coined the term itself.
It's an acronym, remember? Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus! Lambertsen gave that title to the new style of underwater exploration her pioneered, thanks mainly to his Lambertsen Underwater Respiratory Unit, or LARU. The LARU was the forefather of contemporary scuba gear—what's known as a "rebreather," that captured and recycled discarded oxygen in a separate tank rather than venting it out into the water. It was a lighter and more compact design, but one later replaced by oceanic legend Jacques Cousteau's Aqua-Lung, which spat your breath out into the sea. [via The Atlantic]


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Are you suffering with Stress or anxiety, do you want to change your life for the better ? do you want to take control Back. Are struggling with confidence issues and motivation Do you have a bad habit that stops you from socialising A fresh start.
AndreaBarker ConfidenceCoach
I am a Confidence Coach and qualified Clinical Hypnotherapy. I can help with Anxiety, Stress, Phobias, Panic attacks and feeling of low self-worth, Fear of flying and help boost your Confidence in all areas of life.
Barbara Neill GQHP, Dyspraxia Specialist, GHR Acknowledged Supervisor
Barbara always aims for complete success in one session. She is a Dyspraxia Specialist, but also helps with anxiety, addictions including smoking, weight loss and healthy eating, confidence, phobias, self-improvement, driving test and much more.
Dawn Gennings - DipHyp, CNHC Registered, Anxiety UK Approved Therapist
Fully qualified Clinical Hypnotherapist based in Chatham, Kent. Specialising in Anxiety, stress, panic, OCD's, phobias, stop smoking, weight loss, Hypno-band, self esteem, confidence issues and more.. Concessions available. CNHC & HA registered.
Kay Best
After injuries from a car accident a few years ago left me unable to carry on with my career, I started to look for something that I could do, Something that would fit around the hours in the day when I am at my best. I trained in a few different...
Stuart Richards at The West Malling Hypnotherapy Practice
The West Malling Hypnotherapy Practice is run by Stuart Richards who offers his professional services on a wide range of issues and who particularly specialises in emotional release therapy. His Practice is a place of peace and harmony, a space to...
Ali Hollands - Stress, Anxiety and Overwhelm Specialist
Ali runs a busy Maidstone practice helping you overcome anxiety, panic attacks, phobias including fear of flying and more. She uses modern, clinically proven techniques to get you back on track fast - feeling happy, confident & enjoying your life.
Patricia Whitson
If you want to have a discussion or chat first a free l5 - 20 min discussion is available. I cover most issues so just phone and see if I can help and also work with children. I have been helping people for 20 yrs now and a full member of Hyp.Ass.
Graham Landi
Professional Hypnotherapist passionate about helping clients to make positive change using Hypnotherapy to help them break out of unhelpful thinking and create a better balance in their life
Judy Whitehead - Inner Sanctum Conselling And Hypnotherapy
Thank you for your interest in Judy Whitehead of Inner Sanctum Counselling and Hypnotherapy! I am committed to helping you reach your goals. Using a range of counselling principles and /or Hypnotherapy we have the skills to find a treatment plan...
Victoria Smith-Gillard Dip.CBH GQHP
I hold a non-judgemental, caring, understanding space for you, and offer an integrated approach to address the root cause vs the symptoms of an issue. I view everything as energy and take a metaphysical approach to symptoms of illness & chronic pain.
Genovieve Feasey
Are you having emotional or physical problems; perhaps putting up with the pain and stress your feeling is no longer an option right now?My approach is likely to help you more quickly than you might have thought possible.Make a Choice to Change
Wendy Hutton
I work mainly with past Trauma and letting go. I'm delighted to be able to help adults move forward in life and be their best selves. In all areas of life. Health, wellbeing, Relationships and Happiness.
Katie Mahey, BSc Hons, Dip Hyp-Psy, RGN
A friendly and welcoming Clinical Hypnotherapist/Psychotherapist. Specialising in Anxiety, Quit Smoking and Children's Therapy. Flexible appointments offered and based in Strood, Kent. Contact me to discuss how therapy can help you improve your life!
Emma Evans Dip Hyp CS Dip PC NCP(acc)
An experienced Psychotherapist and Hypnotherapist, seeing clients in Rainham. Offering a friendly & confidential service, I believe you have the power to change your life in many ways for the better. You can fulfil your truest potential!
Georgina McKinnon DHP, Adhp, FAPHP, MNCP, MIBWRT, Sports Hyp CNHC Registered
Kent and Medway based Hypnotherapist Georgina McKinnon has practices in Rainham and Chatham, Kent. A highly skilled friendly professional, fully qualified advanced practitioner.
Mary White
MA, DipHypCS, DipCP, MHS, MNCS(Accred), ABACP.As a university and college lecturer I became interested in specialising in hypnotherapy and counselling and I have been practising for two years. Hypnotherapy allows you to have a break from everyday...
Laura Greene MBACP, APHP, DIP COUNS & HYP B.A. HONS
A highly qualified practitioner, with ten years experience. Work with me to get optimum results, in a much faster time than you thought possible. A safe, reflective space, to crack any issue. The results are life- changing. Live the life you want.
Gordon Diment BA.(hons) Psych.DHP.FHS.FRSPH.MNCH. MNCP.DipCPC.
Over 20 years experience as Hypnotherapist & Psychotherapist, let me help you make the changes you want to make, many consider it is the best money they have ever spent. Why delay do it NOW!
Debra Osborne - Dip/Hypnotherapy Adv/Dip Counselling MNHS & MNCS Registered
Are you struggling with anxiety, feeling isolated and alone? Do you have an addiction or phobia? As a successful experienced Hypnotherapist, I offer a warm and compassionate approach. Please call or text on 07891120128 for a free consultation.
Claire Noyelle
Hypnotherapy with me is relaxing, enjoyable and effective! I use powerful, modern techniques, based on the latest in neuroscience and psychological research to retrain your brain, so that you can achieve your goals and reach your full potential.
Teresa Leiper. Advan,Clin,Hyp,KCH in Maidstone
Ready to achieve your dreams and goals with a caring, supportive hypnotherapist ? My professional, personalised hypnotherapy is proven time and time again to facilitate fast, amazingly effective change.Call today 01622 298178 Quality therapy can be...
Christine Hemment Adv. Dip. Hyp MAPHP (Accred.) MNCP
I am a trained Clinical Hypnotherapist, Psychotherapist, EFT Practitioner and Reiki Master. I work with a range of issues from Stress/Anxiety, IBS, Phobias, Weight Reduction, Addictions, Quitting Smoking, Dementia, Self Harming to Past Life...
Gaylia Mitchell Dip Hypnotherapy Adv Dip Psychotherapeutic Counselling
Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious or stressed. Do you need to lose weight? Do you have a phobia/addiction? Hypnotherapy will help make the changes you need to succeed. Call or text me to help you reach your goal. www.kenthypnotherapists.com
Leonie Garner Dip Hyp CS, DipHB, MHbA
I'm a fully qualified and insured Clinical Hypnotherapist treating a range of challenges, phobias and issues. I'm also a specialist in Mindfulness, IBS, Weight Loss, Anxiety, and Hypnobirthing. I offer mobile hypnotherapy, so that you can choose...
Andrea McKenna Dip Clinical Hypnotherapy Psychotherapy
I am a Diploma level clinical hypnotherapist and psychotherapist with a previous career that has given me a high level of experience in supporting clients through life's emotional challenges to reach their optimum potential.
Sandra Lamb DHP, LAPHP, Grad Dip Phys, MCSP
Sandra Lamb of BodyMind Solutions will support you in making the changes you desire for a happier and healthier future,understanding that improving your emotional health can positively improve your physical well being.She is a qualified Clinical...
Virginia Walter-Bellue BA (Hons), Adv Dip Hyp KCH, MTHA, PLTA, Cert Adv. Kines
For over sixteen years at Miracles of Your Mind I have been treating...
Michelle Wildish Dip Hyp
You are looking for change in your life, I will help you to make it. Hypnotherapy will enable you to succeed once and for all.
Dominique Ampe
Hypnotherapy and BWRT both work with the mind in imaginative, yet practical ways to help tip the balance - empowering YOU to take more control of your life and future.
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Honey Recipes
Blueberry Lemonade Recipe
This is a recipe Maman made for baby Aria. It's a quickly prepared homemade blueberry lemonade. She made it in a blender using blueberries, freshly squeezed lemons and loads of honey.
Every year, Maman and Papa spend their summer in Camargue, in the southern region of Arles, near the Mediterranean sea. And every year they stock up on extremely flavorful, artisanal honey.
This drink is not only delicious, but very healthful. Give it a try; it's easy to follow!
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Chestnut Tofu Stir-Fry Recipe
It's Meatless Monday and we're going to be celebrating the Asian Lunar New Year in about 2 weeks. It's the perfect occasion to show you our family's favorite: tofu stir fry. For this version, I sauteed shiitake mushrooms, broccoli and roasted chestnuts. The chestnuts have a mealy texture that's very satisfying and filling, which is great when you're on a vegetarian diet. I'll be taking the proverbial plunge from the day before the New Year through the day after (there is a tradition of abstaining from meat during this period for the New Year).
I just came home from West Hollywood after promoting my second cookbook Banh Mi during the Golden Globes presentation. I also shared my pandan cookies, and guess what? I'm not big on bragging but everyone adored my signature cookies and the Banh Mi cookbook! I've shared and will share a few photos of the event on my social media channels.
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Poached Pears in Chocolate Sauce
Miniature Forelle pears are poached in spiced syrup made of candied ginger and various other spices. Once softened, the pears are covered with chocolate sauce.
I prepared the pears a day in advance and the chocolate sauce was made at the very last minute. It took me probably 5 minutes tops. Everyone was pleased, the cook included! The small size of this dessert makes it a perfect finish to a heavy meal.
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Medicinal Tea Recipe (Natural Cold Remedy Drink)
Ginger rice tea drink is our natural way to treat the beginning of a cold. On top of being delicious, the drink contains all the ingredients that are taught of as healing in Asian culture. I thickened the drink using the starch from rice and flavored it with fresh ginger, honey and turmeric.
If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you've probably noticed that my husband Lulu and I have been traveling quite a bit. We were in Las Vegas last week and we left last Saturday for to go to Texas. Lulu felt a little under the weather, so just before leaving I concocted this delicious ginger drink so he could be completely energized for our next trip. I'm certainly no doctor, but at the very least it cheered him up!
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Vegetable Honey Tofu Stir-Fry Recipe
While in Paris, my mother taught me a new trick for enhancing the flavor of vegetarian meals. She uses honey to caramelize tofu, then deglazes the dish with Maggi (or soy sauce). My parents aren't vegetarian but my mother used to cook a lot of vegetarian dishes for my grandparents who were. My husband Lulu was pleased to eat at my mom's because he got to discover new tofu dishes using these techniques. For this particular recipe, Mom and I sautéed some broccoli and bok choy along with tofu. Delicious!
Since I had to find the best honey available for this dish, it gave me another excuse to explore more Parisian open air markets. I found this wonderful creamy honey from a beekeeper who had come from the south of France to sell his wares. He was very passionate about his products. Lulu and I sampled several kinds, which were all fabulous. We got an absolutely delicious education in honey and brought many jars back with us.
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Installing CGP on Mac OS 10.11 (El Capitan)
I receive an 'installation failed' error message when attempting to install CommuniGate Pro on Mac OS version 10.11 (El Capitan), as shown here:
What is causing this error?
A new security feature in El Capitan called System Integrity Protection (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Integrity_Protection) is preventing the current CGP installer from placing the application software in the /usr/sbin directory.
The upcoming 6.1.7 version of CommuniGate Pro will address this by installing the application software in the /usr/local directory instead.
If you can't wait for version 6.1.7, you can disable (use precaution) System Integrity Protection by rebooting OS X in Recovery Mode, launching Terminal, and issuing the following command:
csrutil disable; reboot
More here: https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/3981
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It's a Monday in August and I want to share three stories with you.
They're stories of the sad, the dispossessed, the over-the-hill:
The 12-year-old child of a single mom, a washed-up milkshake-maker salesman, and a rock critic. (Tell me truly… is there anything sadder than a rock critic?)
And I'm sharing these losers' tales with you because you need to understand something about yourself.
On this Monday morning in a humid August when you might not be particularly optimistic or positive about the future… or the present… or the past for that matter… I need you to understand this:
You get to choose.
Whatever you want, you get to choose.
The stories?…
A 12-year-old girl was watching the Summer Olympics and saw something she liked. We all see something we like in the Olympics, don't we? But this little girl saw the way a coach did his coaching, and the little girl made a decision: she's going to be a star.
And this 57-year-old sad-sack travelling salesman dude got too many orders for one of his milkshake machines from a burger joint. Now look, he's not going to look a gift horse in the mouth (he made quota!), but he couldn't quite believe his good luck and wanted to see the place for himself. And man, was he surprised when he decided to go and visit the burger flippers extraordinaire in person.
And you might know that Bruce Springsteen is back on tour and played Boston last week. A rock "critic" (stop laughing) wrote:
"It's four in the morning and raining. I'm 27 today, feeling old, listening to my records, and remembering that things were different a decade ago… Last Thursday, at the Harvard Square theatre, I saw my rock'n'roll past flash before my eyes. And I saw something else: I saw rock and roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen. And on a night when I needed to feel young, he made me feel like I was hearing music for the very first time."
Who are these beautiful losers?
The little girl who found her coach is Gabby Douglas. She left home (still hasn't been back in two years!) to go live with strange people of another race in another state and become a champion.
The milkshake man is Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald's. He saw his future at the burger flippers' roadside stand, and decided that what he wanted to be was an ex-salesman and the progenitor of the world's most famous restaurant chain. His life is immortalized in this quirky, catchy Mark Knopfler tune.
And the rock critic is Jon Landau, who wrote that bitty ditty to youthful ennui back in 1974. He eventually left his pen behind to become part of rock and roll's future as Bruce Springsteen's manager and co-producer, and is rolling along with the Boss now almost forty years later.
What do all of these people have in common?
They had none of your advantages in life.
None of your training, none of your position, or privilege, or luck, or good fortune. They had none of the advantages that you currently enjoy.
And yet.
They decided to change.
They decided to become something different.
They decided, it's true, to become themselves.
You see, that's sometimes the most difficult thing we can decide to do in our lives.
Because becoming yourself means giving up other things. A home. A story you tell yourself. A respectable bland career. An excuse you've cherished and nourished and cultivated for years and years and years.
Deciding to become who you were meant to be, agreeing to the hardships, accepting the pain, taking the ridicule that oftentimes goes with it…
That's the most difficult thing you can do.
My namesake, Marcus Aurelius, said two millennia ago:
"Our life is what our thoughts make it."
What you think is who you become.
Now, you can't tell me that that little girl had it better than you.
Or that your position is more hopeless than an over-the-hill guy who peddles dairy drink stirrers.
Or that you'll ever be in quite so desperate a position in your life as to write rock-and-roll criticism for cash.
So if you ain't got it half as bad as they had it, what's stopping you from becoming…
Now I bet you probably have an answer to that question. And I'm sure you think it's a good one.
But after you get through your whatever list that you use to keep track of your excuses: it's your spouse, your parents, your dog, your boss, your children, your industry, your company, your politicians, your car, your weather, or your ever-lovin' sign of the zodiac…
After you get through all those excuses, ask yourself:
What are you thinking?
Who did you become?
And who will you decide to be tomorrow?
Because on this hot humid August dawn, I know you can't possibly be telling yourself that you've got it worse than Gabby or Ray or Jon.
But you could take this opportunity today to learn from Gabby and Ray and Jon.
Just as they decided to become something different, just as they decided to become the heroes of their own future, you get to choose. You get to take your thoughts and make the life you want with them.
So I hope you'll take this opportunity, in these fading days of summer, two-thousand-twelve, to become who you were always meant to be…
Your own best hero.
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On one hand, you'd like coaches to stop treating players like children. On the other hand, maybe Alford shouldn't be calling college students "assholes" in the handshake line. Especially with a camera two feet away.
The Mountain West was on the line when New Mexico and BYU met last night, and it came down to the final minute. With 52 seconds left, the Cougars' breakout forward Jonathan Tavernari was guarding the ball-handler when a timeout was called. Tavernari stayed on his man perhaps a second too long after the whistle and got an elbow in the ribs for his trouble.
The refs reviewed the replay, but decided not to call any fouls, visibly enraging Tavernari.
Fast forward to the end of the game. The win, and the conference regular season title, goes to the Lobos. In the handshake line, Alford has some choice words for Tavernari.
To his credit, Tavernari went to the New Mexico locker room after the game to apologize to Alford. In what looked like a fairly even match of assholishness, why did the player have to be the one to say sorry? Shouldn't we be holding coaches to a higher standard? Maybe, but Mormons tend to hold themselves to the highest.
Coach and Cougar get upset [Salt Lake Tribune]


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Toyota to Pay $1.2 Billion to Settle U.S. Probe
Penalty, Largest Ever Imposed on an Auto Maker, Resolves Investigation Into Unwanted Acceleration
The U.S. Justice Department extracted a record $1.2 billion criminal penalty from Toyota Motor Corp. for misleading consumers about safety problems and sounded a strong warning to General Motors Co., now in prosecutors' cross hairs.
The penalty is the largest to date against an auto maker and ends a four-year criminal probe into Toyota's efforts to conceal and play down safety issues before government regulators and consumers. In 2010, a government regulator found that those safety issues had caused at least five deaths....