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An upbeat Nick Kyrgios believes "the sky's the limit at Wimbledon" after making a successful comeback from a chronic hip injury.
In his first outing since retiring hurt after taking a tumble during his first-round match at Queen's last week, Kyrgios cruised to a 6-4 6-4 win over German Philipp Kohlschreiber at The Boodles exhibition event in Buckinghamshire.
"It's perfect preparation for me to come here and just sort of have a laid-back vibe but obviously play some pretty good tennis as well, so I'm feeling good," Kyrgios said.
"I took some time off after Queen's and just rehabbed and looked after it. I've had this hip injury pretty much for the last six, seven months so it's been giving me grief.
"But hopefully it's settled down a bit and I'm looking forward to playing Wimbledon."
Australia's top title hope at the All England Club, Kyrgios is convinced he can make another deep run now that his body is back on the mend.
He's ventured to the second week for the past three years and is hopeful of bettering his quarter-final run in 2014.
"Some would say I'm probably not in the best shape this year to go in and expect something, but I feel like if I'm serving well and I'm playing the right style of tennis, the sky's the limit at Wimbledon," Kyrgios said.
"Obviously anyone with a big game, the surface is pretty favourable."
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As people, we strive to be attractive at all times. We suck in our stomachs, we iron our clothes and we try to compliment others. We avoid things that are considered unattractive, like smoking, bragging and the mullet. Trying to be attractive consumes our days and our nights. We have to look good at work for the boss. We have to be hot at the bar. And we have to make sure our Facebook and Instagram pics are immaculate.
But after all that effort, most people do very unattractive things and they don't even realize it! They'll work out every day at the gym, but forget to brush their teeth. They'll say "please" and "thank you", but will use the f-bomb like a sailor on shore leave. They'll go out to a fancy restaurant and eat with their hands, tip the waitress poorly and clog the restroom toilet – and they won't understand why they didn't get a second date.
So, this list is dedicated to ranking the top 15 very unattractive things you don't realize you've been doing. And let us tell you, there are some doozies! Think of this list as a public service announcement. No one else is going to say these things to your face – not your girlfriend, not your BFF, and not even your mother.
15 Walking while texting
Walking while texting is about as dumb as wearing sunglasses at night or getting a Chinese symbol as a tattoo. Not only is it classified as "distracted walking" which leads to lot of bump-ins, you look totally dumb. The next time you see someone glued to their phone, take a good look at their posture – because it'll be like looking in a living mirror. They'll have their head down, shoulders slumped, and be mouth breathing. This person is basically homo sapien's long lost cousin, Neanderthal. Except even a Neanderthal knows to watch where he's going. A Neanderthal probably also knows how to use all his fingers, and wouldn't be standing there texting with his thumbs like a monkey, the lowest of all the primates. When you text and walk, you are telling the world that you are a chimp and a chump. Oo-oo, ah-ah!
14 Walking around wearing earbuds
Earbuds are totally unattractive. Don't believe us? Take a close look at someone wearing them. Earbuds are basically two sprockets coming out of your head a la Frankenstein. You might think you look stylish, but everyone else is laughing behind your back. You might as well complete the look with a tight-fitting sports jacket and clunky platform shoes!
But there's another, more important, reason why earbuds make you unattractive. By walking around with them on, you are basically telling the world that you are boring. It's as if you can't be left alone with your thoughts for too long or you'll fall asleep – so you need to be constantly entertained. If you can't stand your own company, how can anyone else? And don't try to say that you simply have to hear your jams. We can see you lip syncing!
13 Quoting TV ad nauseam
So, you speak fluent Simpsons. BFD. We can do it, too! Look: "It takes two to lie: one to lie, and one to listen;" "I must get back to my comic book store where I dispense the insults, rather than absorb them;" "Release the robotic Richard Simmons!" It's not that hard. It's fine to say "D'oh!" now and then, but you make yourself very unattractive when you can't stop quoting TV and movie lines. You are telling the world that you aren't witty enough to think up your own jokes. And when you say the same lines over and over again, you are going a step forward and revealing that you are too lazy to plagiarize some new material. This will backfire on you, because it's only a matter of time when your audience will realize that all you do is rip off Family Guy and South Park. So take a whack at coming up with some of your own jokes. Like, what do an overly tanned girl and a box of neapolitan ice cream have in common? They are both brown on the outside and pink in the middle. That's a Victoria Clark original, which is a good dirty joke if you think about it.
12 Eating in public
Eating is a disgusting act. Unless you are practicing to get a role in a food p*rn movie, don't do it in public. No one wants to see you suck jelly out of a donut. No one wants to hear you sucking Doritos cheese off of your fingers. No one wants to watch you chew an egg roll dripping in duck sauce. And for God's sake – stop it with the gum.
Seeing someone stuff their pie hole is unnatural. It's loud and it's smelly, and it makes others lose their appetite. The worst part is, you don't even know you're doing it. But think of it this way: a person that has a crying baby barely notices how obnoxious it sounds, whereas everyone else within ear shot wants to shake that baby until it stops crying. Well, the same analogy applies to your binge-eating. Others think your eating is as gross as watching a lion dig into a hyena. And the more unhealthy the food, the more disgusted people get with you. Seeing someone chomping on an apple isn't nearly as vomit-inducing as someone digging into a box of Twinkies.
And the carnage after gorging is gut-wrenching. Think of the food wrappers, the beverage containers, the toothpicks – and the inevitable running to the bathroom afterwards.
11 Wearing baggy clothes
Anyone that has a few extra pounds tries to hide it beneath baggy clothes. But that never fools anyone. You still noticed that Alyson Hannigan was pregnant on How I Met Your Mother, didn't you? And you can still pick out the later episodes from The King of Queens, because that's when Leah Remini gained weight and tried to hide behind tunics. The baggy clothing doesn't do anything for anyone. All it does is add bulk and makes you look shorter, wider and fatter. Just look at those old episode of MTV's Total Request Live when Carson Daly wore baggy jeans and jackets. So do yourself a favor, and dress smarter. Wear something that is a little more form fitting, because it'll give you shape. Either that, or lose a little weight.
10 Rockin' a cool hairstyle
The metrosexual has been overtaken by the hipster. So bye-bye eyebrow waxing, so long gym-laundry-tanning, ciao blinged out watches. There's a new guy in town, and he's saying howdy to beards, embracing flannel and sporting vintage shoes. This new kid on the block, the hipster, also likes to style his hair – although he'll never admit it to. He likes to wear the "man bun" which (most) girls find repugnant. When you do this, you basically look like a retired European soccer pro with a drinking problem. You might as well wear cleats to complete the look. Buns are for girls, dude! Then there's the "James Dean" which is fine if you're a rebel without a cause – but as a hipster you have plenty of causes, from save the whales to save the ta-tas. So stop being such a poser and eat some meat already. Finally, there's the messy bed head. It's always hardest to create a natural look, so many guys literally wake up early to style their hair in order to get that "just got out of bed" look.
Girls are just as guilty of this, too. Wearing the Farrah Fawcett waves just makes them look like they're trying too hard. Sporting a sparkly headband gives the appearance that they're trying to distract men from their butterfaces. And hair that has been flat-ironed to hell and back just makes guys think the girl is high maintenance. What will she do if it rains? They don't want to be around to find out.
9 Scrimping on hygiene
We all cut corners in the hygiene department. Why shower when you can just keep people at arm's length? Why wash your hands if you aren't going to be handling food? Why clean your ears with a Q-tip when they're just going to get dirty again? The problem lies with repeated neglect of hygiene. Dirt creeps up on a person, and before you know it, you're covered in blackheads. It might start as one or two at first, but if you don't stop them in their tracks, they'll take over your body. Your nose will have more black spots on it than a seeded watermelon. Your neck will have more blackened pot holes than the Long Island Expressway. Your chest will have more black bumps on it than a dog's tongue. Woof! And once blackheads are there – they are there to stay. Trying to extract them just leaves you with a bunch of holes in your face, and everyone will be waiting for a whack-a-mole to pop up.
So, it's best to think of your face as a slice of pizza. You know how you dab the grease off a slice of pizza with a napkin? Well, you should be doing the same thing with your face. And some exfoliation and salicylic acid can't hurt, either. Think of those as toppings like mushrooms and pepperoni. Now you're on the trolley!
8 Drinking too much coffee
Do you know what message you're sending the world when you drink cup after cup of coffee? You're telling everyone that you are an addict. But not the funny kind of addict like James Franco in Pineapple Express. And not the smart kind of addict like Bradley Cooper in Limitless. And definitely not the powerful druglord Al Pacino played in Scarface. You are telling all the potential ladies in your life that you are a little wimp. You need caffeine to get through the day.
And by the way, you are also broadcasting to everyone that you are emptying your pockets at Starbucks. No girl wants a guy that's broke – especially one with coffee breath. Either go cold turkey with the coffee or man up and drink some cervesa.
7 Smiling
If you smile a lot, you might be turning people off. But how can that be? Isn't a smile the best thing you can wear? As it turns out, this isn't always the case. If you have baked bean teeth, banana yellow teeth, or are missing a bunch of teeth, you are probably making yourself more unattractive. And if you are one of those crazies that insists on whitening their teeth religiously, then your smile looks toilet bowl white and you are just reminding everyone of the crapper – not attractive. And let's not forget those people with the gummy smiles. Yuck, yuck and double yuck! Yikes. If you want to be considered more attractive, try a friendly wave, a cute salute or give a thumbs-up as a greeting. It's cheaper than orthodontic work, and a lot less painful.
6 Talking about yourself too much
Most people think that they will win friends if they make themselves seem more interesting. They will strain to tell all their best stories, from the time they met Angelina Jolie to the time they went scuba diving. The trouble is that this sort of thinking is totally backwards. People find you more attractive when you take an interest in them – not by making yourself more interesting. If you start most of your conversations with the word "I", then you are basically guiltier than Casey Anthony, Bill Cosby and O.J. Simpson combined. And you will be as hated, too. So start taking an interest in other people – fake it, if you have to.
Here's an example, "So, Phyllis, how was your appointment at the podiatrist? Is your bunion all better?" And here's another one: "Hi John. How was your sister's college roommate's cousin's baby shower?" You will be judged more attractive in no time. Just be advised that being nice is really exhausting. To be hated, you don't have to do much of anything.
5 Making bad fashion choices
Many people are good looking enough, but make themselves unattractive by the way they dress. Are you wearing a golf shirt to work? We hope not, because you don't work on the links – you work in a cubical. Are you wearing wraparound sunglasses? Those went out of style years ago. So pick yourself up some Wayfarers or deal with the sun being in your eyes. You can pack those wraparounds away with your No Fear T-shirts, your Co-Ed Naked T-shirts and your Absolut T-shirts. And while we're at it, you'd better pack away those Ed Hardy T-shirts, too. Those were always awful, so thank God they're out of style. And if you are wearing those boot shoes that have heels, stop trying to get that extra inch and deal with being short. Those things took a nosedive after Ted Cruz was spotted in them. You don't want anything that guy is into.
And girls, this applies to you as well. Stop wearing those spiky heels. You aren't Victoria Beckham, nor are you any other member of the Spice Girls. You are towering over your male counterparts, and you can't walk in them, anyway. Finally, retire your skinny jeans. Unless you are 100 pounds, you can't pull them off. Fellas, you also have no business wearing skinny jeans. The only thing they will do for you is lower your sperm count. Skinny jeans are basically a birth control pill for men. So if you want to avoid knocking your girl up, then we highly recommend them. If this method catches on, then skinny jeans may someday be covered by your insurance plan. Yes!
4 Failing to keep up with your body hair
The natural look is in, so guys mistakenly think that man-scaping is out. As a result, they run around looking like Teen Wolf with their long hair, beards and overgrown chest hair. Here's a hint: the original Teen Wolves – Michael J. Fox and Jason Bateman – ditched that look in the 80s, and you should, too. So cut your hair and trim the curlicues on your chest. And for goodness sake, keep that beard in check. While you're at it, you can tweeze your ear hair, shave your knuckles and wax your shoulders. If the Teen Wolf look is out, so is the cave man.
And girls, just like Britney Spears, you're not that innocent. Remember to get rid of the peach fuzz on your face and tweeze the hairs on your chin.
3 Being oblivious to your smell
People might be finding you unattractive due to your smell. But we're not talking about B.O. – that's a no-brainer. It's very possible that your cologne is turning people off. The problem when girls wear cologne is that they spray on what they like to smell – but they aren't the ones who have to smell it, are they? After all, most people are nose blind to their own scent. And girls choose scents that turns guys off. For example, girls like fruity scents. But when was the last time you saw a guy eating a piece of fruit? Girls also like floral scents. Well, guys smell floral and think "funeral" which is why they never buy you flowers. So, if a girl wants to attract a guy, she needs to spray on something men like.
The same reasoning goes for guys. Cease and desist with the noxious fumes you've been spraying on that smell like jet fuel. If anything, men are the ones that should be dousing themselves in fruity/floral scents because that's what girls favor.
2 Being negative
One of the most unattractive things you can do, bar none, is to be negative. Your comments can be funny at first, and even charming. But over time, if you are a constant complainer, people will get sick of the black cloud you bring with you. It's a sociological fact that when people dislike a certain person, they perceive this person to be unattractive. So, you might have the rugged good looks of Tom Hardy, but if you are always badmouthing the Mets then soon people will start to see you as resembling Tom Green in the face. If you have the classic good looks of George Clooney, but are always badmouthing your co-workers, people will start to think you're about as attractive as George Costanza.
Don't believe us? Just look at how the nice, funny guys in Hollywood gets the girls. David Spade has dated everyone from Playboy bunnies to Heather Locklear and John Krasinski married Emily Blunt.
1 Exhibiting weird tics
Unless you have Tourette's Syndrome, there is no reason you should be making any tics. Yet, people do it constantly. They hum Rod Stewart songs, they crack their knuckles on the half hour, and they sniff their armpits to make sure their deodorant is working (riiiiight). If you have any habits, tendencies or inclinations, odds are that people find them annoying, distracting and unattractive. So try to take an inventory of what you do unconsciously, and determine if it's a deal-breaker. Then, find a replacement behavior. If you always pull your socks up, invest in some sock garters. It'll be your little secret. Then you can spend all that extra time clicking your pen and pecking on your iPhone. If you always stifle your yawns, just let them out and be done with it. Your replacement behavior can be going to bed 15 minutes earlier. And if you compulsively pat your pockets to make sure your keys haven't run away, then instead try passing out crisp dollar bills to people. Nothing is more attractive than money, and people will start thinking you're a perfect ten in no time.
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National cosmetic and jamu entrepreneur, Martha Tilaar shared her personal experiences of jamu usages. According to her, jamu beverages and recipes have changed the life qualities of her and her family. "I could give birth because drinking traditional jamu," Martha Tilaar said during Internatioanl Symposium Traditional Complimentary and Alternative Medicine event at Hotel Shangri-La, Surabaya, Indonesia, Saturday (12/4).
Martha Tilaar told that when she was 40, she didn't have any children yet. Not broken hearted, she and her husband tried to have treatments in three countries: Netherlands, Turkey and United States of America. However, obstetricians in those countries concluded that she was infertile. Obstetricians in Indonesia also concluded the same thing.
But, as her grandmother, who is also a traditional jamu expert, suggested Martha Tilaar to undergo herbal therapy combined with jamu for three years. And, it did work, the traditional jamu recipes reversed the empirical medical facts. "Patiently, I was massaged using Javanese recipes that were made by my grandmother. She said, it was the power of jamu," Martha said as quoted by Tempo.co. Thanks to her patience and perseverance, Martha experienced the power of jamu and had her first child at her 45. The age that is considered risky for women to pregnant. "All of my children graduated from colleges with good achievements. I am 77 years old now, there is no problem. My grandma passed away when she was 107 years old," she added.
And it is because she ever experienced the positive effect of jamu directly, Martha Tilaar encouraged jamu and other traditional medicines to be included in health services in society.
She saw that society tends to choose herbal medicine than conventional medicines. The reason is the herbal medicines are not mixed with chemical substances that are dangerous for body. "Consumers now are smart. If they are asked to choose between chemical or natural, they must choose natural medicine," she said.


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Free Spins, Mystery Symbols and some super-spicy multipliers - what more could
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you in this game, so get stuck in and see if you can discover them and grab
the hidden treasures
How to play
Click the (+) and (-) buttons on your game panel to adjust your bet, and tap
the SPIN button when you're ready to dive in and get playing! The AUTOPLAY
button will spin the reels for you a set number of times, so click it if you'd
prefer a more relaxed gameplay. Good luck
Return to player
This game has a theoretical RTP of 95.86% which means for every £100 wagered
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This project supports monitoring and assessment activities by MPCA EAO staff and includes lab analysis, equipment, fieldwork, data management, and interpretation expenses associated with monitoring and assessment activities.The ambient groundwater monitoring network describes the current condition and trends in Minnesota's groundwater quality.


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Do you think all terry towels are produced with the same cotton yarn?
Of course no! There are 3 different cotton yarn types for traditional terry towels depend on the fiber length. So, you find below which kind of cotton yarn is best for terry towels?
We can divide cotton yarns into 3 category depend on the fiber length;
Open End Cotton yarn fibers length: < 20 mm
Carded Cotton yarn fibers length: 20 mm-30 mm
Combed Cotton yarn fibers length: > 30 mm
I mentioned in the previous article that many factors affect towel prices such as yarn, weaving and dying types. I will explain here only yarn types.
All terry towels are weaved from a ground warp, weft thread, and a pile end. Warp, Weft and Pile yarn consumption in most towels are 20-20-80 percent respectively. That's why my whole point is going to be about pile yarn properties in this article.
There are 3 different cotton yarn types which are used in towel production. There are also another yarn types like air cotton or micro cotton yarns but ı won't go into them here.
High-Quality Terry Towels|Combed Yarns
The combed cotton yarn is a kind of yarn that has been combed to separate shorter fibers to make the yarn stronger and softer. Almost 12-15% of the cotton volume is removed by this way. Which results in a finer, stronger, higher-quality and more durable cotton yarn. It means very soft yarns but slightly more expensive than carded yarns.
We prefer to use mostly combed yarns in luxury towels and bathrobes because towels are height-weight products in the textile industry. That means it is really high-cost raw material for regular towels.
Combed yarns are usually preferred in men and women's clothing and underwears
We use combed yarn at up to five percent of all production while producing towels in our factory.
Most Ideal Yarn For Terry Towels
| Carded(Ring) Yarns
The most used yarn in towel production is the carded cotton yarns.
Carded yarn offer enough quality at the best price in terry towels.
Therefore carded yarn is the ideal yarn type for terry towels.
Carded yarn production process is similar like the combed yarn production process but there is no "Combing machine" to separate short fibers in spinning. That's why carded yarns
What Is The Carded Yarn Towel Properties?
The carded yarn is roughly 20% cheaper than combed yarns. That is enough reason to be preferred in the towel production because terry towels are really heavy weight products.
The shrinkage of carded yarn is higher than combed yarn but this property is not as important in the towels as it is in the clothes. I mean there won't be a problem if the hand towel size is 50×95 cm instead of 50×100 cm after washing.
Towels made from carded yarns are highly enough absorbent and quick dry.
There is not too much different between combed and carded yarns in the context of colorfastness to light and color fastness to washing. On the other hand fastness to rubbing is less than combed yarns.
Be careful! Fastness to rubbing is important in yarn dyed towels. Especially in towels with contrast colors like white-black yarn dyed towels.
Best Cheap Towels| Open-End Yarns
Short length of cotton fiber means cheap yarns. Open end yarns are produced with shortest fibers. That yarns offer the best prices for terry towels to producers.
Open-end spinning is completely different from carded or combed spinning process. There is not a ring frame and winding process in open-end yarn production. That means open-end production rate is higher than carded yarn machines so open-end yarns are cheaper than carded or combed yarns.
What Is The Open-end Towel properties?
There is no difference in the water absorption rate of ring spun and open-end terry towels.
The abrasion resistance of open-end towels is lower than that of ring towels in both wet and dry states. That towels have hairy appearances after washing.
The softness of ring towels is similar to open-end towels because open-end yarns are bulkier than carded yarns.
Be careful! open-end towels are looks like ring towels with some chemical treatments like silicon. we can understand after washing if it is an open-end towel or carded towel.
Open-end towels are cheapest towels so it can be preferred in promotion towels.
Main Differences between Open-End, Carded and Combed Yarn Towels
|Properties/Yarn Types
|Open-End Towel
|Carded Towel
|Combed Towel
|Fibers Length(cm)> Long lasting+Less Pilling
|Hairiness after washing
|Very low
|Super Soft
|Absorbency of Water
|1,00 Eur
|1,10 Eur
|1,25 Eur
I added a representative table to see the differences
As a result, combed towels are almost 20% more expensive than carded towels and carded towels are 10% more expensive than open-end towels.
If you like that article, you can read my another article about weaving types for towels: Choosing Towels | Weaving


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20th Anniversary Events
Alex Honnold & David Roberts: World class-climber Alex Honnold and veteran mountaineer and author David Roberts will be hosting several events througout the weekend. For detailed information, click below.
Banff Film Festival Banner Display: Special 20th Anniversary Banff banners will be displayed in Downtown Boone from March 1st - March 25th. Sponsors include the Town of Boone, AppState Cultural Affairs, AppState Office of Sustainability, and AppState Outdoor Programs. Banner design by Lynn Willis.
The Schaefer Center will be displaying a Banff 20 Year Poster Retrospective in the Smith Gallery from March 16th - 19th. The Retrospective will be available to view during Schaefer Center hours and at the Banff Film Festival.
The AMPC will be announcing the winners for the 13th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition on Saturday, March 19th at the Banff Film Festival. The AMPC exhibition will be on display at the Turchin Center from March 4th - June 4th.
There will also be a public reception to celebrate the AMPC during the First Friday Art Crawl on Friday March 4th, at the Turchin Center in Boone, NC.
|High Gravity Adventures will be offering a discount on High Gravity tickets to celebrate the 20th aniversary of the Banff festival in Boone. Present your Banff ticket or ticket stub at High Gravity to receive a 20% discount off a single ticket. They will also be collaborating with Cricket Trailers to run a High Gravity Adventure Basecamp that will be located outside the Schaefer Center March 18th and 19 th from 5:00 p.m. until the end of the show. The High Gravity Adventure Basecamp will be the central focus of all our "outdoor vendors" this year in the parking spaces near the doors of the Schaefer Center. Other outdoor vendors include representatives from NC State Parks, the Mountain Alliance, and more!
|Lost Province is hosting a Banff Film Festival celebration on Friday, March 18th from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Lost Province will be releasing their Mountain Top Porter and Compass Rose Ale in celebration of the Banff Film Festival. Along with these two beer releases, the event will feature discounted appetizers and discounted beer prices. Come on over to Lost Province to kick off the Banff 20th Anniversary weekend in style.
Rock Dimensions will be offering a $5 discount off a staff belay (a $20 value now for just $14.95) for those interested in climbing the tower at Footsloggers during the Banff Film Festival weekend.
|Center 45 will be offering $10 day passes to any climber that shows their Banff ticket at the gym from Tuesday, March 15th - Sunday, March 20th. Along with this special, Center 45 is hosting the SOCO XVIII bouldering competition on Saturday, March 19th. To register for the competition, visit this link.
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Book Review | Forbidden
Title: Forbidden
Author: Tabitha Suzuma
My Review:
I'm pretty sure that I read Tabitha Suzuma's Forbidden by accident. With a tag line like, "Sometimes love chooses you", that was all I needed to know. Or so I thought. Finally the day came when I was ready to begin reading, and I realized I had no idea what Forbidden was about. After reading the back of the book, I was ready to curse myself for not paying closer attention to the subject matter.
Forbidden is the tragic love affair of Lochan and Maya, two teenagers who were forced to grow up faster than any child should ever have to. The eldest of 5 children, Lochan and Maya step into the role of mother and father for their younger siblings. Their father abandoned them years ago and started a new family, and their mother resents her children and spends most nights with her younger boyfriend Dave. When she is at home with her children, she is too drunk to pay any attention to her children.
Lochan and Maya have been each other's best friend and soul mate ever since they can remember, but their relationship becomes strained when Maya goes on her very first date. They are forced to confront their romantic feelings for one another, knowing that what they want and what is legally allowed are two very separate things. Despite their attempts to stay away from one another, Lochan and Maya give in to their desires, risking their futures for a forbidden love.
We all believe that incest is wrong. It's sick, it's twisted, and anyone who participates in such acts is a horrible, disgusting person. Right? Forbidden is a novel that will challenge you, as it challenged me. I don't think that my position on incest has changed any, but I was shocked to find myself siding with Lochan and Maya, fervently wishing they could find a way to be together. They had already experienced so much pain in their young lives, that they deserved something more.
Forbidden is certainly not for everyone; I'm definitely not sorry that I read it. However, I'd strongly caution young readers with any interest in it to consult a parent before reading it. This is a very mature read marketed as Young Adult. I'm not a fan of censoring, but there are graphic sexual encounters and controversial themes contained within. Parents of teens who would like to read Forbidden should read it before or along with their children and prepare to discus in detail topics such as parental neglect, alcohol abuse, social anxiety, and incest.
*I received a copy of this book to review but I was not financially compensated in any way. The opinions expressed are my own and are based on my observations while reading this novel.*


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Soft Touch Grip Pens | B110811
Soft Touch Grip Pens are retractable plastic and metal ball pens with a white barrel, a translucent soft touch rubber lacquered grip and top and shiny chrome accents. It has a black ink large volume refill with 1800 metres of German manufactured dokumental ink. Features a tungsten carbide ball for improved writing quality. Blue ink is available for an additional charge.
Colours | Yellow, Orange, Pink, Red, Bright Green, Dark Green, Light Blue, Dark Blue, Purple, Black.
Dimensions | Dia 14mm x L 140mm x 17mm (includes clip).
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NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The Emory & Henry College Men's Golf Team competed in the Myrtle Beach Invitational #1 on Wednesday over Spring Break.
The Basics
Tournament – Myrtle Beach Invitational #1
Format – Stroke Play/36 holes/5-count-4
Course – Barefoot Landing Resort (Dye Course)
Location – North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Par – 36-36 – 72
Length – 6,634 Yards
Emory & Henry
- Sophomore Wesley Jones (Seymour, Tenn.) won the event with a score of +1 (73) besting Daniel Harcourt and Dane Sethre-Hofstad of Gettysburg College.
- Sophomore Blake Benson (Knoxville, Tenn.) shot an 86 while junior Carlos Andrade (Guyaquil, ECUADOR) shot 88.
- Freshman Roger McClanahan (Mavisdale, Va.) carded an 87 while junior Tanner Carter (Saltville, Va.) went for a 102.
The Winners
- Jones earned his second medalist honor of the year for Emory & Henry.
- Gettysburg won the event, carding a +17 as a team with three of the top five finishers.
Up Next
- Emory & Henry will return to action on Friday, March 29 in a dual match with Southern Virginia University at Lexington Country Club in Lexington, Virginia.


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By William S. Becker
It happened in July 2016. A flash flood roared through Ellicott City, Maryland, killed two people and caused tens of millions of dollars in damages to the historic buildings along Main Street. The experts said it was one of those rare 1,000-year flood events. The city set about the job of rebuilding. It takes a long time – often years – for a community to recover from a devastating flood.
Then last May, while Ellicott City was still getting over the 2016 disaster, it happened again, another one of those "extremely rare" 1,000-year floods.
For something that has only a 0.1% chance of happening in any given year, there are a lot of those floods going around lately. There have been nine 1,000-year events since 2010 in the United States. Three of them took place in the first seven months of 2016. In the likely event we'll have more of them, it will be important to make a distinction between 1,000-year floods and 1,000-year rains. A record rain does not necessarily result in a record flood. For example, it depends on things like how fast and relentlessly the rain falls, how much moisture plants and soils can absorb, and how much impermeable surfaces a city has. Its was concrete, asphalt and rooftops that helped make the damage was severe during the 1,000-year rains that Hurricane Harvey last fall.
Whether it's record floods or record rains, however, there is no doubt that climate change is a significant factor. We know that warmer oceans feed energy to hurricanes. We know that warmer oceans evaporate more water, leading to more rain. Hurricanes seem to be slowing down, too, dispensing more rain before they leave a region.
Scientists have concluded that global warming increased the rainfall from Hurricane Harvey by as much as 38%. Harvey produced more rain than any other single storm on record in the United States. Next came Hurricane Lane, which dumped more than 50 inches of rain on the Big Island of Hawaii, setting a record for that state's tropical storms. Then came Florence. At last word, it had dumped 55 inches on the Carolinas and was still causing rivers to rise well above flood stage.
Record-shattering rains are becoming more common inland, too. Tens of millions of Midwesterners have been threatened with flooding this summer, including residents of Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa. They, too, are demonstrating what climate scientists have long predicted: Rains will tend to occur in large events rather than many smaller storms. In 2014, the National Climate Assessment reported that annual precipitation has increased over the past century, by up to 20% in some parts of the Midwest, in part "driven by intensification of the heaviest rainfalls." That trend is likely to worsen.
For government officials, climate change means that the old reliable floodplain maps must be thrown out. The Federal Emergency Management Administration, better known as FEMA, used to rely on historical records to identify where floods were likely to occur and how much land and property they would affect. Insurance companies did the same. Now, no one can tell where the boundaries are. The past is no longer prologue to future floods. Disaster officials have to consult climate science rather than history to anticipate the size of floods.
A few things have not changed, however. One is the pressure from real estate developers to keep building homes and businesses in harm's way. Another is the tendency for people who have always lived on the coasts or alongside rivers to keep living there. A third is no matter how well federal disaster recovery programs work, they will never be good enough or fast enough to satisfy the victims of weather disasters. They just want to get out of their FEMA trailers, motel rooms and friends' couches, and get their lives back on track. It is not long before their patience runs out.
So, there are lots of big rain and flood events. What do they look like on the ground?
In southwest Wisconsin last month, 20 inches of rain fell on the village of Gays Mills, producing the third catastrophic flood the community has experienced in 10 years. The other communities along the 126-mile-long Kickapoo River suffered historic floods, too. They all have experienced occasional floods throughout the last century, ranging from "ankle ticklers" to pretty big events. Photographs are still available showing the Kickapoo River rolling cars side over side down Main Street and pushing big Victorian homes off their foundations back in 1951.
After record floods on the Kickapoo River in 1907, 1912, 1917, 1935 and 1951, most people were willing to accept them as the price they had to pay for living on the banks of a river. In fact, they felt some pride in not letting the river chase them away. Today's floods are different. Two of the Kickapoo River's villages, Gays Mills and Soldiers Grove, have relocated significant numbers of their buildings to higher ground – high enough, hopefully, to keep them out of reach of any future flood.
As I write this on Sept. 19, 2018, the floods in the Carolinas have breached sewage treatment plants and hog manure lagoons, churning it into a "toxic stew" suspected of containing salmonella, giardia and E-coli.
When the waters finally recede there is mold and soggy drywall. People have experienced the flood's cruel downsizing of lifelong possessions. Piles of waterlogged belongings wait on curbs for trucks to pick them up and take them to the dump. FEMA installs temporary trailer parks that victims call "Fema-villes". There is the loss of neighborhoods and friendships. When church services resume, they are jammed into any place that's large and dry enough. The kids have been yanked away from their schools, routines and friends.
Everyone hopes they can get their lives back to normal by Thanksgiving or Christmas. Forty percent of small businesses never reopen after a disaster, leaving some people without jobs and everyone without easy access to goods and services. And there's that toxic stew. It has invades places critical to both body and spirit: not only homes and businesses and restaurants, but also churches, child-care centers, and libraries. It's not just the sewage. The water has brought nasty things into close contact: rodents, snakes and even corpses the floods exhumed from cemeteries.
This is what climate change looks, feels and smells like. Scientists and "alarmists" have warned us about this for decades, but most of us were deniers to some degree, dismissing climate change as something far away, like dark clouds on the horizon. Now people are calling this the "new normal", which proves they still don't get it. There is no more "normal". The climate will continue to change, often in unexpected ways, because of carbon pollution from decades ago. It will continue getting more violent because we are still putting that pollution in the atmosphere. We don't know exactly how bad it will be. We are not experiencing a new normal; we are experiencing the end of normalcy.
If I had one wish, I would put the 535 members of Congress and the President of the United States on buses after each major disaster, take them to heart of big floods and hand them shovels to scoop the disgusting muck from people's homes. After two or three field trips like that, they might finally agree that it's time for America to decarbonize.


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Ph.D. student Kristy Jost (advisor: Yury Gogotsi) is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP). The fellowship provides funding for three years of graduate stipend and tuition support, as well as opportunities to conduct research internationally.
Jost's research objectives focus on developing "smart" and electronic textiles by combining high tech fashion design techniques with advanced techniques in materials science and nanotechnology. "I am interested in electronic clothing because of the exciting applications for textiles that can communicate, textiles that can sense vital signs for biomedical and military applications, and integrated electronics in everyday clothing for aesthetic expression," says Jost. "My main research projects have primarily focused on integrated textile energy storage because energy storage is a fundamental challenge for the field since all smart textiles will need a way to be powered." Jost received her B.S. in Fashion Design from Drexel in 2011.
Jost is the eighth student from the department to receive the fellowship. Past recipients include B.S. student Prineha Narang (advisor: Yury Gogotsi), B.S./M.S. student Holly McIlwee (advisor, Caroline Schauer), M.S. student Alex Moseson (advisor: Michel Barsoum), and Ph.D. students Stephen Niezgoda (advisor: Surya Kalidindi), Kris Behler (advisor: Yury Gogotsi), María Pía Rossi (advisor: Yury Gogotsi), and John Chmiola (advisor: Yury Gogotsi).


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Lincroft, NJ - Despite Brookdale's 77-57 win over the Camden Cougars, the men struggled with lack of intensity, turnovers, missed lay-ups, and second-chance points. The Blues managed to keep their lead most of the game with help from sophomore guard, Jaimik Moore, who had 25 points and seven rebounds on the night.
Brookdale's press, quick feet and hands, helped the Cougars turn the ball over, but they were having difficulty answering with points on the other end. Freshman guard, Zachary Olukanni, worked for his 11 points and seven rebounds, as did sophomore, Grant Goode, adding nine points and nine rebounds. In addition, Freshman point guard, Tarique Holmes, displayed amazing quick hands with five steals and six assists.
The Brookdale men are 16-0 overall, and 13-0 in the NJCAA conference. They will be hosting the Passaic County College Panthers on Saturday, January 20th, @ 2pm.
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I love this view of Tokyo from the window next to our elevator. Tokyo is at once dense and variegated, with a mix of two story residential buildings and ten story mid-rises, the towers of Higashi Nakano and Nakano Sakaue, and in the far distance, Sky Tree.
Lovely vine covers street-side window with red and yellow lanterns
I love how this easy to grow vine sends its growth down. The owner has trained it over the street-side window so that it provides additional privacy. There's also two types of bamboo shades, and three spider plants. I also like how the blue ceramic tile adds a decorative element to what is a very functional architecture typical of post-war Japan.
Bare cherry tree casts a decorative shadow on apartment building
Showa window visible through the fruit trees
Our view from the living room includes green curtain and the cityscape
I am surprised that the Okinawa morning glory on our balcony continues to bloom into November. The benefit of having a very small apartment is that you are always close to the window, the garden, and the city around you.
Delicate vine growing outside my friends' kitchen window
I like this delicate, flowering vine growing outside the kitchen window at my friends Ian, Yuki, and Pat's house.
Another bonsai transformed in winter
More indoor plant portrait photography.
I made this strange bonsai last summer with a small bi-colored grass, tall leafy tree, and gravel. It's fun to watch the leaves turn deep red and fall. When it's not inside, this plant is close to the kitchen window.
Small green curtain at factory car shop
This small green curtain makes a nice contrast with Suginami's giant green curtain. When I see small green curtains, mostly they are on residential balconies and small houses. This one is at a car shop across the street from a printing factory in Bunkyo ward. I love how the shop worker or manager chose to create a small green spot with bitter melons climbing up the window and to the roof. It's great to see people make use of work time and space for some vegetable gardening.
Bitter melon green curtain
A Sendagaya gardener is growing bitter melon on a mesh net for summer. You can see the prickly green vegetables (tastes great with ground pork). In the context photo, you can see how easy it is to grow in a small size pot on the sidewalk. I like how it covers the window, and dwarfs in size the vending machine.
Abutilon with city sky in window reflection
Docomo Tower reflecting in office window behind Shinjuku Goen
Within minutes of taking this photo, a monsoon-like rainstorm chased everyone off the street unexpectedly. I was struck by this reflection of the Docomo Tower behind Shinjuku Goen in the semi-transparent windows of this office building.
The Docomo Tower is meant to look like a modern version of the Chrysler Building, but without windows or ornamentation it is stark. Something about the combination of the rows of fluorescent lights, office workers in starched white shirts, enclosed network communications, and the lush urban forest appeals to me.


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AND we finally made it, even though it took longer than I originally thought. (oops! sorry!) [1] Come now, you rich people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you. [2] Your wealth has rotted and your clothes are moth-eaten. [3] Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be… Continue reading The Final Chapter: James 5
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James Bible Study Chapter 4
Time for James Chapter 4! Grab those annotation tools and let's get to it~~~ [1] What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don't they come from your passions that wage war within you? [2] You desire and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and wage war.… Continue reading James Bible Study Chapter 4
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Ban Styrofoam! *** Have major food chains switch to a healthier, renewable resource.
This petition had 306 supporters
Styrofoam is extremely bad for not only our personal health but the health of our planet as a whole.
It is 2017 and we are supposed to be one of the worlds most progressive countries, it is absurd that we are still using such a harmful material on such a massive scale.
For the love of life, god, and future generations to come, please take a moment to read what I have prepared and consider the detrimental effects of a simple everyday action such as drinking from a styrofoam cup when multiplied by billions of consumers.
"Americans throw away an estimated 25 billion styrofoam cups a year (about 82 per person). The EPA stated that of the 3 million tons of polystyrene (the main chemical used to make styrofoam) produced in America each year, 2.3 ends up in landfills. Leaving us to wonder how much ends up in our waterways.
The technology to recycle styrofoam does exist but the cost of the process is far too high to make it worth it for collectors. As of 2001, the American Chemistry Council stated that one percent of polystyrene actually gets recycled in the U.S.
Styrofoam is NON - BIODEGRADABLE, this material appears to last forever taking hundreds of years to break down. When the particles do eventually break down it is predicted that many of the toxic chemicals used to make styrofoam will be released into our environment. Another factor is that styrofoam is so light, it, therefore floats meaning that over time a great deal of polystyrene has accumulated along coasts and waterways, causing all sorts of negative effects including various birds and marine life mistaking it as food, who knows the adverse effects this ripple in the food chain could have.
The manufacturing process alone is terrible for our land air and water, to start, Styrofoam is made with petroleum which is a non-sustainable resource and creates heavy pollution in its own production process. The "National Bureau of Standards Center for Fire Research" noted 57 chemical byproducts released during the creation of styrofoam, not only polluting the air but also producing loads of solid and liquid waste that need disposal. Styrofoam is also manufactured using HFC's (HydroFlourideCarbons) which have been proven to have negative impacts on the atmosphere and O-zone layer. they are believed to be a significant contribution to global warming.
Styrofoam is made from "Polystyrene" a petroleum based plastic, Styrene the fundamental ingredient used to make polystyrene and has been classified as a possible human carcinogen by the EPA (environmental protection agency).
Olga Naidenko, PhD, a senior scientist at the Environmental Working Group (www.ewg.org) stated - " As you drink your steaming coffee or spoon your soup out of a styrofoam cup you also take in doses of chemicals that leach from it, trace amounts of styrene as well as other chemical additives in polystyrene migrate into your food or beverage. This effect increases significantly with hot foods and beverages". She states "this is definitely a problem due to the fact that polystyrene is so commonly used as disposable packaging for hot food and beverages and has been for years!"
Imagine the effects of these small yet constant doses of toxins that the average American is taking in every day and we wonder why cancer is so common?!
Not only is it unhealthy for the people using the product but workers in the manufacturing process take a much worse hit, exposure to chemicals such as styrene (which happens to be the main building block for many other materials such as plastics, rubbers, and resins) have been shown to cause acute health effects including irritation of the skin, eyes, and upper respiratory tract, as well as gastrointestinal effects. Not to mention, chronic exposure affects the central nervous system showing symptoms such as depression, headache, fatigue, weakness, and can cause minor effects on kidney function and blood. The US Department of Labor, Occupational Safety & Health Administration UNSUCCESSFULLY (a federal court overturned the ruling in 1992) tried to limit the amount of worker exposure to styrene to 50 parts per million (ppm). According to the Styrene Information and Research Center (SIRC), they still encourage their member companies to comply with the 50 ppm exposure limit.
There are many cheap and renewable resources that could easily replace this deadly material, including, but not limited to, Post-consumer recycled paper, Hemp, Bamboo and Corn plastics, just to name a few.
- Dear Common Citizens,
BoyCott Styrofoam!
I know it's easier said than done but with a little bit of effort we can each make a big difference with our everyday choices, your dollar is your vote and when we support these corporations and establishments that use styrofoam we are directly enabling its production. PLEASE, remember to let your favorite restaurant or coffee shop know why you have stopped coming by! The more they see it directly affecting their business the more inclined they will be to make the switch to a recyclable and eco-friendly to-go container option.
A very clever way to avoid using styrofoam and also enjoy eating out is to bring your own re-usable to-go go container out with you. Not only does this prevent your waste but it also raises awareness on the issue, as people see something out of the ordinary and proceed to give you a weird look, be sure to explain yourself, who knows? You might make a positive difference!
- Dear Politicians, C.E.O.s, and people in positions of power,
I hate to say it because I am sure you are already well aware and I truly hope that you would live up to the following statement but the current state of our planet shows me otherwise.
It is in YOUR hands, more so than the average working class citizen, more so than the millions of newborn children, and more so than I, to do WHATEVER it is in YOUR POWER to make a change. The FATE of the entire human race, generations to come, and the planet as a whole lay within the choices you make and what you choose to do with your time and money. PLEASE focus on what is important.
money, there are things far more important, and if you don't believe me, I'm sure you will soon enough.
RESPONSIBILITY - the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone.
Thank you for your time, and please consider signing this petition and doing anything in your personal power to help raise awareness for this cause and issue.
With immense love and sincerity, Leonard Musselle III
The Boycott Styrofoam movement, as well as myself, can be reached at -
www.facebook.com/BoycottStyrofoam or firstname.lastname@example.com,
please contact us for more information on how to get involved, or any ways that we can be more involved, we are looking to establish connections in different communities in order to spread awareness and truly make an effect.
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Pattern Coloring – Children are fascinated with colors. Since they are relatively new to this world, and are exceedingly curious and perceptive, they consider each brand-new hue and shade to be beautiful and remarkable, unlike us, who have learned to consider all the colors in the globe for granted, and do not even look twice at any brand-new color as such, believing it to be just another area of the surrounding environment.
Children, however, witness and perceive everything, and are always wanting to let their knowledge stream to others through various means, verbal and non-verbal. pattern coloring While the verbal means are also important, the non-verbal ones are a lot more fun-oriented. Included in these are various types of coloring books and, talking about the new generation, free printable coloring webpages from the internet.
Coloring pages certainly are a wonderful way of allowing your kid to express their ideas, opinions and perception through artistic and creative methods. You will be astounded when you observe what amazingly beautiful masterpieces these puny little children can create in the type of finished coloring pages. pattern coloring
Apart from offering your kids a creative way of remaining engaged and passing free time, these coloring pages have quite a few other advantages. They are, to begin with, free to download and print, hence all you have to is a computer, an web connection, and a printer.
Pattern Coloring Other than this, again, these printable coloring web pages will help develop your child's finer motor abilities, such as eye-hands coordination etc, and can also help develop their focus and perseverance towards completing confirmed task within an adequately satisfactory manner. They'll also learn a whole lot of principles through the means of these printable coloring pages.
But the majority of all, you provides your kids with a fun-filled, colorful period of time, which they will enjoy to the fullest level possible. It is possible to see the sense of pride and accomplishment in their eyes, which they are bound to experience on the completion of every of these little projects. pattern coloring Coloring web pages are a full entertainment package for children, particularly if you find ones which depict a common character, period or theme. Some instances are Pokemon coloring pages and Disney coloring pages.
And lastly, aside from all the great deal of happiness, education and satisfaction these coloring pages will provide to your kids, you're sure to agree when I say that they will give you some period of time to lay back and relax, instead of chasing your kid around the house for various reasons. pattern coloring They will also help maintain an excellent, friendly rapport between your two of you, and will be a fun activity altogether, whether on a person basis, or a collective one.
So go on and search for various fun and enjoyable coloring pages for your little one, fill their lives with pleasure, and splash them with loads of colors – colors of happiness, joy, creativeness and learning. Allow these toddlers to delve into the deepest ocean of visual results and color-schemes, and witness your little Picasso grow into a smart, sharp, perceptive not to mention, creative individual, and a complete package.
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Two complaints laid by Auckland councillors over the release of reports into the feasibility of a downtown stadium will be formally investigated by the chief Ombudsman.
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier said the complaints relate to the council's decision to impose conditions on the release of the reports to councillors.
Mr Boshier said the first stage of his investigation had started.
He has written to the chief executive of Auckland Council and been notified after the complainants.
He is unable to comment further, as he is required by law to treat all evidence as confidential and all enquiries secret.
However, Mr Boshier said he wanted to complete his investigation as soon as possible, given the high public interest in this case.
Yesterday, nine councillors signed a letter to Auckland mayor Phil Goff after what they described as "strong dissatisfaction" with the way he handled the $900,000 report on the stadium.
The director of Massey University's public management group, Andy Asquith, said the feud had the potential to cause the council to become dysfunctional.
"The underlying agenda here would be to give them both a kick up the backside and say 'look, you need to sit down, put your toys away, and play nicely.'"
Mr Asquith said the mayor needed the backing of councillors to get anything done.
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff said he promised to cooperate fully with the chief ombudsman's investigation.
Mr Goff said full, uncensored copies of the report have been available to all councillors from the outset.
He was keen to be transparent in giving information to councillors, he said.
However, he also had obligations to ensure the confidentiality of commercially sensitive information belonging to third parties, he said.