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For All This We Can Be Grateful and Joyful
"Tis a gift to be simple, tis a gift to be free. Tis a gift to come round to where we ought to be. And when we find a place that feels just right, We will be in the valley of Love and Delight." — Appalachian folk song
As I focus more on positivity, I find myself taking time to feel gratitude and joy. My true Self is emerging and becoming more present every day. For this I am grateful. I am taking those all important "baby steps" to rebuild my self-esteem. I am worthwhile and lovable, and for all this I am grateful.
Just as I have come to know joy, I have known sorrow and I will know both again because that is the nature of life. If I trust that the Universe is turning everything that happens to good, I can truly say, "Thy will, not mine, be done." Is it asking too much to be grateful for everything that happens to me? I must admit that on some days, it certainly seems so. But I have found that those days pass, and after they do, I once again begin to see my purpose in life. It is then that I feel content, knowing that I have the promise as well as the reality of this new life I have chosen.
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Boundaries: Where I Start and Where I End
"It is an old an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way." — Rollo May
Our boundaries are both inside and outside ourselves. No one can set them for us; we can only set them. For many of us, boundaries are often unfamiliar. We may wonder, what are they? How do we use them? Some of us may have come from families where, as children, our boundaries were disregarded; perhaps creating a pattern we continue to live out as adults.
Starting to set boundaries for ourselves takes time and lots of practice. Because the experience is so unfamiliar, we may find ourselves vacillating between two extremes – holding back out fear of blurring our boundaries, or acting as if we have no boundaries at all. But our willingness to set boundaries and stick with them brings a clearer sense of who we are. We begin to learn where we start and end. We start to learn the same about other people. With boundaries comes a new sense of self-respect because they become our affirmations to ourselves that we are not objects to be trampled upon or used, but rather human beings, with dignity.
One way to create boundaries with people is to show priorities in our relationships. In the past, out of loneliness or neediness, we may have talked to anyone, whether the person wanted to listen or not. In this mixed-up world, we would find ourselves withholding our true feelings from people close to us, and spilling them instead on the cashier at the grocery store.
As we grow in self-esteem. Our relationships improve and we act in positive ways to meet our needs. Then we have a better sense of who we are. We make choices in our relationships and take responsibility for them. We learn to bear the pain of boundaries that are not respected and enjoy the peace from those that are.
We no longer need to give ourselves away in bits and pieces; we know now what it is like to be whole. We can simultaneously have acquaintances, friends, co-workers, and even close, intimate relationships in our lives. We can trust we will act appropriately and that our boundaries will keep us safe.
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The Silva Method of Mind Control
The Silva Method of Mind Control
During one of the first trips I made back to my hometown of Milwaukee after relocating to Phoenix, Arizona, I was visiting with friends and shared I had taken a class in mind control. I had wrestled with some emotional issues after moving, and was eager to share my new-found abilities. I mentioned "Silva Mind Control". One of my friends said, "Oh yeah, I see their commercials on TV all the time. They get kids grades in school to go up. You in school honey?" I cringed. She was referring to the "Sylvan" learning program. So began the long journey of misunderstandings that occur each time I try to share this valuable tool I've found.
After the move from Milwaukee to Phoenix, I not only had to deal with the adjustment just from the move itself, but I also ended a 16 ½ year relationship. The move was a result from the sale of a business I founded and owned for 15 years. The company that acquired mine turned out to be unscrupulous and it pained me to see the disrespectful way in which they treated my clients – my friends of so many years! I found myself dwelling and ruminating. My mind felt so full. My thoughts began to seem jumbled to me; I craved a good night's sleep. My mind however, wouldn't let sleep come to me. I kept hearing in my head that I should "learn to control my mind". That "tape" playing in my head led me to an Internet search which led me to the office of Joan McGillicuddy and Antonio Estrada of Helping Associates, in Casa Grande, Arizona; an hour's drive from my home in Phoenix.
The website for Helping Associates had a list of "clinically proven benefits" from their seminar. That list included:
- Increased creativity
- Improved health, energy, vitality and sleeping ability
- Improved memory
- Improved intuition
- Improved understanding and application of intuition
- Improved self-esteem
- Improved self-acceptance
- Improved habit control
- Improved self-assurance; freedom from guilt
- Improved social orientation, greater assertiveness and spontaneity
- Improved coöperation with life and others
- Improved physical self-image
- Improved attitudinal change to enthusiasm
- Improved personal integration of emotions and harmony in personal affairs
- Improved adherence to social order
- Improved family relationships
- Improved use of dreams to solve problems
(Helping Associates 2010)
I saw what I was longing for. Improvement! I called the office of Helping Associates and enrolled into the next class which was three weeks away. Those three weeks seemed to drag. The seminar was held over a weekend, and I have gained many benefits as a result. The most important skill that I honed was meditation. I had never meditated before. At last, I was on the road to controlling my mind.
I'll write more about my personal experiences and what I gained from the seminar, and I'll break this information up into a series of blogs. First, I must share that this is not the Sylvan Learning program! This is the Silva Method of Mind Control, founded by an amazing man named Jose Silva.
What is the Silva Method?
The Silva Method is a program that awakens and educates people to an expanded inner awareness for self power to change; to create a better and better life. The Silva Method was discovered and developed by Jose Silva. His discovery came more than 60 years ago. Through his study, practice and faith, Jose realized that within each of us is another world; the inner world where one's Higher Self resides. To enter this inner world he has given us the techniques outlined in the Silva Method; the first and most important being the entrance to the Alpha level of consciousness. The Alpha level is the doorway to spiritual guidance, inspiration, intuition and higher consciousness.
The Silva Method is designed to help one learn to use more of the brain and elevate the creative powers of the mind through the use visualization, imagination, positive thinking and meditation. The method consists of guided exercises that allow learning in a relaxed alpha state where one is empowered with tools and techniques that can be applied to improve essentially every area of life.
With practice, one becomes more in tune with the inner self, enhanced ability to use both brain hemispheres, and the ability to use the higher consciousness to use information for problem solving. Each exercise leads to greater awareness, an increased ability to solve everyday problems, a better perspective of life, and greater success in manifesting one's desires. By using the foundation of the Silva Method which includes desire, belief, and expectancy, one can do personal greatness. The Silva Method can be learned by anyone. In the more than 40 years of existence The Silva Method has been taught to people of all ages, and walks of life.
The Silva Method can potentially change life for the better. It has mine. The tools and techniques in The Silva Method are designed to influence every aspect of life, such as managing stress, improving the quality of thoughts, overcoming bad habits, improving learning ability, managing pain and discomfort, manifesting goals and even enhancing intuition. The Silva Method has become part of me; not a single day goes by without my accessing some part of what I learned in that first seminar.
About Jose Silva
The man behind The Silva Method — is to me a great inspiration and it is important for me to share how he developed one of the most innovative educational programs from his humble beginning. Jose Silva was born in Laredo, TX, on the border of Mexico, on Aug. 11, 1914. He was a self-educated man; never having attended school a day in his life.
Jose Silva's father died when he was just four years old and when he was six Jose helped support his family. He learned from his brothers and sisters the lessons they were learning in school. Through his perseverance and curiosity in learning, he eventually became a well-respected business person. His interest in electronics and grew a business which established an electronics training school in his hometown. Jose Silva designed and received patents for several biofeedback instruments, and wrote over a dozen books.
As a teen, Jose Silva was earning a reputation as a successful business person. From a borrowed correspondence course loaned to him by his barber, he got into radio. That education led to the development of the largest electronics repair business in south Texas.
Married at the age of 30, Jose Silva began to study psychology to find ways to help his children do better in school. He spent over 20 years studying great minds, researching the human condition, and developing his method. The study of psychology led him to hypnosis, which led him to meditation. As a result of this unexpected turn of events, he began to research metaphysics. Eventually, Silva developed a method that could teach anyone how to develop their own intuition.
In the mid 1960's Jose Silva's successful program became known beyond Laredo where he was teaching his method to more than 100 people every week. Soon he was asked to teach groups who were willing to pay him for his knowledge. At the age of 52 Silva began the work that would make him famous.
Jose Silva was many things during his full lifetime. He was deeply devoted to his family, his business, the arts and education. He was fascinated with the mind development and human potential. He spent his entire lifetime developing his creative and intuitive abilities and teaching others to find their own abilities within themselves. The Silva Mind Control Method teaches people how to actually control their own minds for better health, faster learning, greater creativity, and for the development of their psychic ability.
Programs have been spawned from Jose Silva's years of research. Former students such as doctors teach patients how to use visualization and imagination in treating cancer. Professional artists, sculptors, athletes, business executives, scientists and people from all walks of life have benefited from the program. The greatest contribution of the Silva Method is in teaching people how to actually develop and use their intuition to get information and correct problems. After my first seminar, I have gone back for at least four more, often taking a family member or close friend who expressed interest in learning how to develop their intuitive skills and improve their life. One family member suffered for many years from migraine headaches. The Silva Method has given this member of my family the ability to control her pain without the use of analgesics or other prescribed medications. For me, I have gained the ability to quiet my mind and listen to my inner Self. When strong recall is required I am able to retrieve information that normally would have been lost to me. I used some of the Silva tools while taking a course to prepare for the state of Arizona's realtor examination. I confidently answered every question and easily passed the test.
The seminars occur over a three or four-day period. It is difficult to convey the complete educational part or the experiences one has during the seminar. In my upcoming blogs, I will discuss "programming" of the mind, the process of going into the Alpha state, meditation, ways to use the method for stress and relaxation, a technique to make falling asleep easy, and even a technique that makes waking up without an alarm clock even easier!
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Introduction to Concepts of the Brain – Silva Style
Your Brain – It's Vibrating
To begin to understand the Silva Method, one must first learn a little about the human brain. My educational background is in nursing, which gives me the tendency at times to relate information regarding the body on a level not readily understood by those without my same education and training. This is important for anyone serious about understanding the discoveries of Jose Silva. Therefore, I will break the information up into short, simplistic blogs.
Most successful people use their brains differently than the average person. These flourishing individuals use more of their minds and use it in a special way. Science tells us that the human brain vibrates with electrical energy. When deep asleep, the brain vibrates very slowly. When one is in a light level of sleep, where dreams take place, the brain vibrates more rapidly. Wide awake, the brain vibrates more rapidly still.
When one is wide awake and looking at things and thinking logically, the brain vibrates about 20 times per second. Scientists have defined this as the beta brain wave frequency. When one is very relaxed, in a light level of sleep, the brain vibrates more slowly of course, between seven and fourteen vibrations per second. Scientists define this as the alpha brain wave level. Still lower brain frequencies exist and are known as theta and delta, the slowest of deep sleep.
As an infant on average, a smaller part of the brain was used. An infant's brain functions mostly in delta and theta, the slowest frequencies of the brain. As on grows older, more and more of the brain is accessed. Between the ages of seven and fourteen, the brain begins to function more in the alpha region; from alpha begins the development of the use of that part of the brain associated with beta frequencies. As humans, we all had the ability to use all of our brain; however, through no fault of our own, some might not develop the ability.
As individuals enter their teenage years, an interesting phenomenon begins to take place; some people albeit very few, learn to use both the left and the right sides of the brain to think with, while most learn to use only the left side to think with.
The left side of the brain or brain hemisphere is associated with logical thought and also with experiences in the physical world. The left brain hemisphere stores the experiences of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. The right hemisphere of the brain stores the experiences of the imagination, what one visualizes and what one imagines. Young children of course use their imagination quite a bit. As they grow older, they become so involved with all of the learning associated with the physical world around them, that some may use less imagination or even stop using imagination altogether. In this situation, the left brain hemisphere develops but the right hemisphere lags behind to think with.
Most individuals beyond the age of fourteen no longer have the ability to use the alpha brain frequency levels consciously. When the brain is slowed to alpha, they go to sleep. As a result, only half of the human brain is used for thinking.
For those interested in learning to use the right hemisphere of the brain for thinking, one must first learn to slow the brain to the alpha level – and without going to sleep, just as it could be achieved between the ages of seven and fourteen. Once the brain can be intentionally slowed to alpha level, one must practice using the right hemisphere of the brain for thinking. This is exactly what the Silva Method sets out to teach. The right side of the brain helps the achievement of goals.
If one can consciously reach alpha level, it is feasible for one to see improvement in many areas of life – improved health, memory, and the ability to learn more quickly, to perform better in business and see an increase in earning potential, improved relationships full of love and happiness.
Have you ever wondered why only a few exceptional people are considered to be outstanding in any field of endeavor? That's because those exceptional people are among a minority of humans who grew up using both hemispheres of the brain. Think about it: they have more access to greater brain power from both sides as opposed to the masses who utilize only one.
The left hemisphere of the brain is logical. This is of course useful and very important and certain times. However, this logical process can get in one's way as well. Consider that it was the left hemisphere of the brain that "knew" many years ago that no one could build a machine that would carry a human into flight. It had never been done, so therefore logic dictated that it would never be accomplished.
The right hemisphere is not limited by logic. It functions with the use of mental images. If one gives the right hemisphere a mental picture of what is desired, accompanied with one's own faith that it can be accomplished, and keep the left brain from interjecting any of its logical doubts, then one can achieve what one desires. I have found that as I listen to successful individuals share their experiences in becoming successful, I realize how total and complete their concentration is, and how strong their mental visualization is.
To enjoy our own level of success, it is hopefully clear by now to the reader that the first step is to learn to reach the alpha level without falling asleep and also to learn to stay at that level for one to use visualization and imagination. The Silva Method has taught me through beginning exercises to reach the alpha level through practiced relaxation. Eventually, one can achieve all of the benefits of alpha functioning without going through relaxation.
To be successful at attaining alpha level, one must learn to concentrate and maintain attention on what one desires to think about. Should another thought intrude (and they will), let it go and bring the attention back to what is desired. In the beginning, no effort should be made in the mental dimension. One must just force oneself to relax, keeping in mind that the effort of trying creates tension and in the world of the mind, that only makes matters worse. As I continue to blog about my firsthand experience with learning from Silva and applying it to life, the reader will come to know that in the world of the mind, one must attract what it is that one wants. Relaxation and sustained concentration manifests all the success that is desired.
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Ten Thoughts to Avoid Negativity
Ten Thoughts to Help Avoid Disappointment and Negativity
- 1. Look at life as a journey and enjoy the ride. Get the most out of the detours and realize they are sometimes necessary.
- 2. Do your best, but if what you have done has caused you discouragement, try a different approach. Be passionate about the process, but do not be so attached to the outcome.
- 3. Wish the very best for everyone, with no personal strings attached. Applaud someone else's win as much as you would your own.
- 4. Trust that there is a divine plan, written by us, and for us, with the oversight of the Divine Universe. However through purposeful blindness, we no longer know what is best for us. A disappointment now, could well mean a victory later, so do not be disappointed. There is usually a reason.
- 5. Ask no more of yourself than the best that you can do, and be satisfied with that. Be compassionate toward yourself as well as others. Know your calling, your gifts, and do them well.
- 6. Do not worry about something when over; it is out of your hands at that point, too late, and over! Learn the lesson. That is what we are here on this earth to do. Move on.
- 7. Have the attitude that no one, except you, owes you anything. Give without expecting a thank-you or anything in return. But when someone does something for you, be appreciative of even the smallest gesture.
- 8. Choose your thoughts, or your thoughts will choose you; they will free you or keep you bound. Educate your Spirit and give it authority over your feelings.
- 9. Judge no one, and disappointment and forgiveness will not be an issue. No one can let you down, if you are not leaning on them. People cannot hurt you unless you allow them to.
- 10. Love anyway, for no reason. Give, just because.
(As adapted from the works contained within "The Language of Positive Thinking")
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Affirmations Create Positive Energy
"What you think about expands" — Alan Cohen
What we think, our attachment to and interpretation of our thoughts yields the result. Affirmations are positive, personal statements that enhance self-esteem and a healthy attitude. Focusing our attention on an affirmation creates energy for the positive to develop. It also breaks the pattern of fear-based thoughts and self-defeating rumination.
Unfortunately, by reciting an affirmation, one des not magically bring forth the desired outcome. The reading of affirmations is one of many tools to help one's self in the deep exploration of the true self. Affirmations are best used along with conscious awareness, self-honesty, truthful living, love, forgiveness and acceptance of one's self and others.
Many years ago, a dear friend presented me with an affirmation jar. Inside are 1″x6″ strips of paper in a bright display of primary colors: yellow, blue, green, purple, pink and red. Each strip of paper has a unique affirmation that goes something like:
"I unconditionally nurture myself today"
"Lightheartedness is an part of all that I am"
"I trust in the Universal good and release my need to control"
"I am an enthusiastic participant in the process of co-creation"
"I willingly release harbored emotions, forgiving myself and others"
I don't know how many originally came with the jar from my dear friend, but there seem to be hundreds! Many have been added over the years, either by myself or from friends along the way. I like to begin each day by pulling an affirmation. I'll clip it to my calendar for the day, or place it on my computer monitor if I'm going to be doing a lot of writing. Just as long as it is somewhere that keeps that thought in my mind. Some days, I'll use the affirmation that I pulled as the basis of my journaling, or even my blogging. I try to repeat my affirmation several times to reinforce its strength.
Gratitude for the abundance that is mine and that is to come is always heartfelt, just like the gratitude I shall always have for my dear friend Lois who gave me one more tool to manifest wholeness and inner peace.
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The Gift of Forgiveness
"Even a stopped clock is right twice a day." — Marie Ebner von Eschenbach
One of the greatest gifts we can give ourselves is forgiveness. When we remember the past, we often find we were much harder on ourselves than we were on other people. We may no longer even remember some of our misdeeds, but it's not so easy to erase the effects of self-punishment on our identity and self-esteem.
There is no need for us to punish ourselves. We can apologize to ourselves, just as we do to others. Then, we can forgive ourselves just as we do to others, and just as we are forgiven by them.
When we find it hard to forgive ourselves and let go, there are actions we can take: Reach out to someone, or try to find the real feelings beneath the urge to be so hard on ourselves. We can still be honest and choose gentleness. We can also keep our perspective, seeing things realistically and not creating a catastrophe where there is none. We can turn to the Universe, asking for a higher forgiveness and be assured of the Universe's understanding and love.


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At one of California's oldest independent dairies in north San Diego County, a chopper pump with nearly five years of uninterrupted service has provided an odor-solving aeration solution for the dairy's sludge tank.
Hollandia Dairy began in 1949 when Arie de Jong and his wife, along with their 10 children, settled in Poway, California. They arrived from the Netherlands where de Jong worked in the dairy business. With few possessions, their new life in the U.S. started with only $32.
One year later, the family purchased a dairy on the corner of Felicita and Highway 395, now Centre City Parkway, in Escondido. Initially, sales averaged $8 a day, but Hollandia Dairy began to take its first steps, confident that its milk wasn't "just another milk." Today, the dairy employs more than 175 people.
The challenge
The dairy's previously installed side-entry mixer from a different manufacturer was failing to prevent buildup of odorous septic sludge in a 35,000-gallon bolted steel equalization tank (18.5 feet in diameter by 18.75 feet in height).
"Our old side-entry mixer just wasn't mixing the tank anywhere near enough, so odors were building up," said Hank Van Nieuwenhuyzen, chief operations officer at Hollandia Dairy. "Since the humble beginnings of Hollandia Dairy, we have always endeavored to be good neighbors, so investing in a much better mixer was a must. On several occasions, we had to drain the tank to empty out the sludge, which was no fun at all — and very time-consuming."
Aeration solution
Hollandia contacted ES Engineering to find a solution. Carbon filters were introduced, but this was only a temporary measure.
"At Hollandia's milk processing plant in San Marcos, it was clear to us immediately that this family-owned business cared about the environment and took the situation with its equalization tank very seriously," said Christian Tasser, ES Engineering's project manager who worked on the project and is now with Carollo Engineers.
"We looked at how we could best prevent the tank's contents from going septic, taking measures to reduce pH levels and see what would be best, especially for peak production times," said Tasser. "The wastewater, including effluent from Hollandia's fruit juice manufacture, didn't pose a big problem with solids content, but the existing mixing system wasn't up to the job."
Looking for an instant, yet long-term solution, Tasser maximized a newly purchased Landia AirJet chopper pump by recirculating the foul air from the top of the tank down through the wastewater, effectively scrubbing the sulfur out of the air to eliminate the odor issues. This setup is similar to Landia's GasMix system increasingly installed for mixing of anaerobic digesters in wastewater treatment facilities and industrial biogas plants.
The AirJet, which was sourced and installed by World Water Works Inc., combines a chopper pump with a venturi nozzle. It addressed the dairy's problem of odor issues by creating a mechanical rotation of the whole tank. Typically, odor will be caused by not enough oxygen getting into the tank, or more likely, sufficient oxygen but with inadequate mixing. This leads to aerobic and anaerobic conditions, with the latter responsible for unwanted odor.
The simultaneous aerating and mixing created by the AirJet allows the chopper pump to continuously reduce particle sizes using its external knife system to prevent any solids from entering the pump's casing. With the enhanced mixing adding oxygen, thus lowering density, any solids that have formed, such as fat/fibrous lumps, are broken up.
The venturi nozzle can be angled to suit, but it is usually mounted horizontally. Combined with the chopper pump, oxygen reaches all parts of the tank, rather than only aggressively mixing the immediate area.
According to Tasser, the advantages of the Airjet include reliability and lower capital costs, and there's no need for energy-intensive blowers or adding chemicals to the tank.
"Installation was easy through an existing manway, so no additional holes were needed in the wall of our tank," said Nieuwenhuyzen. "And in nearly five years of operation, we've not had any problems at all with the Landia AirJet and haven't had to clean out the tank once. Our odor problems have been solved."
Chris French is a freelance journalist who specializes in wastewater/biogas. Landia Inc. is a subsidiary of Landia A/S, established in 1933. Visit landiaworld.com.


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Hello all,
Reminder: we will be meeting at the Louis Armstrong Archives tomorrow at 1:40 for class. The Archives are in the library, to the left of the main entrance.
I'm sorry it has taken so long to resolve the blogging issue, but our discussion sites are finally up and running. You can find the links to your group site here: http://musicindustry14.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/blog-guidelines-and-discussion-groups/
Because these links went live so late, I am happy to accept your first assignment either via hard copy or posted online. I'll spend more time in class walking you through the process of logging on.
I will also be reducing the required blog posts by one. So you only need to post one reading response posting before the midterm, and two after (three total).
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A host of parties in London, Phoenix, New York and Mumbai, brought out some of the best dressed women this week. We take a look at our favourites and their designers of choice.
In London, stars of the upcoming movie Battleship, Rihanna and Brooklyn Decker chose Alexander Wang and Stella Mc Cartney for a photo call. Also in London wearing a Jenny Packham dress with crystal cap sleeves was Kate Winslet, at the premiere of Titanic 3D. In Phoenix, Arizona, Miley Cyrus was spotted looking every bit the picture of summer in a peach Jenny Packham Spring 2012 dress. The 2012 Big Star Awards had some of the best dressed women from Bollywood attending the event. Our favourites from this venue were, Nargis Fakhri in a blue floor length dress, Priyanka Chopra in a Armani dress and Aditi Rao Hydari in a dress by designer Deepti Pruti.
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How golf club length and lie apply to True Length Technology®
Length and Lie – Understand the importance of the correct length and lie of your golf clubs
Below are a series of CAD images to help in the understanding of the importance of length and lie.
The images show what happens at ground level when a single athletic address position is maintained. In other words, all grips end at exactly the same vertical hand position, placing all the deviation at the head. If the length and lie are designed correctly (slide 1 – True Length Technology®) the head will arrive 'square at impact'. If the length and lie are not designed correctly, the resultant head position will 'not be square at impact' (slides 2 and 3 – typical OEM specifications – 2 views).
This presentation will also help clubmakers develop a sound understanding of why True Length Technology® is the only way they should be building clubs. Please see my Club Maker's Registry to become a TLT Clubfitter and have your shop listed on my site.
What happens at ground level when you keep a consistent hand position?
The following 3 CAD shots are based on maintaining a singular athletic address position with a common grip height position. This is where your spine tilt as well as the distance from your hands to the ground, remain constant – for every club.
- No palming
- No excess shaft above your hands
- Consistent address position
Slide 1
True Length Technology® math model
Build specifications
With a perfect set-up regardless of your size, all lies angles will sit perfectly from a singular athletic address position.
True Length Technology® has 16 adult fitting charts and 10 more children's charts, so everyone can be fit perfectly to the math model. No gripping up or down all the while maintaining the same knee bend and spine tilt. One singular athletic address position for every club. It doesn't get any simpler than this.
So with a common and consistent grip height:
- All 3 clubs will sit true to the ground (parallel) with a common grip height position based on the True Length Technology® math model
- Lie angles are all correct relative to the singular athletic address (and hand) position
- With the correct TLT Series every golfer will stand athletic
- One singular athletic address position
- One swing
- Mathematically perfect lengths and lie angles
Typical OEM specifications
- the SW sitting correct at ground level
- the 7 iron would be 1.24″ below the ground
- the 3 iron would have to be 2.37″ below the ground.
- The SW is sitting correct at ground level
- The 7 iron is sitting upright 3.8 degrees
- The 3 iron is sitting upright 6.4 degrees
- Directional control, thin shots, risk of the heel catching, choking down in an attempt to correct – are all issues that will live in this OEM set
True Length Technology® will correct the combination of the length and lie – promoting the desired 'Consistent Athletic Address Position' as shown in Slide 1
- The above scenarios were developed to help golfers and golf club makers understand the importance of length and lie and why True Length Technology® was developed
- In a typical of set of OEM irons (as purchased), a few clubs may have the same lie but different lengths. If so these clubs need to be corrected or suffer directional control
- You don't want to compensate your address position so you fit the golf club. You want to remain athletic for every golf club and have the golf club fit you
- True Length Technology® has multiple ways of correcting your clubs through length adjustments, lie adjustments, or a combination of both
- Custom fit golf clubs, built or corrected to the True Length Technology® math model, will bring your handicap down and your enjoyment up
- Please contact us to get your golf clubs retrofit or have a new set built.


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Is Brooke not the cutest little pineapple you've ever seen????
Ok, I might be a little bias...but I do think the baby and this DIY pineapple costume are the bee's knees.
I'm going to show you the steps of this simple DIY!
First thing is first...
You'll need:
A white one piece body suit...short sleeved or long sleeved...it's your choice. I knew I wanted a long sleeve one piece suit...I live in the Midwest...Halloween is not usually a warm night...it's almost always cold. I picked up my long sleeve bodysuit at Babies "R" Us...because I knew they would carry that item. Those long sleeve one pieces can be hard to find...unless you look at Babies "R" Us...they always have them in stock.
You can always use a yellow shirt if you have one. My favorite color is yellow and plain yellow clothing can be difficult to track down.
Have you been to Babies "R" Us lately??...they have sooooooooooo many items to choose from! It is more than just a retailer destination. I was really impressed with the selection of items they had on the floor for display...so many items to look at...size up...touch... to see the coloring...to see how the item maneuvers...that is the kind of experience you can't get online.
Ok...back to what you'll need.
Hot glue gun + sticks
Gold ribbon - 2-3 yards ( I used glitter gold ribbon and I like that effect)
Elastic - ( or any type of headband )
Green feathers - I used 5
Turmeric - that's right...turmeric...that is what I used to dye my white bodysuit yellow.
STEP ONE: Dye your white shirt yellow. *** SEE BOTTOM OF POST FOR DIRECTIONS AND PHOTOS.
STEP TWO: Cut and lay out gold ribbon in diagonal strips...like in the below photograph.
STEP THREE: Start hot gluing the ribbon to the shirt...you can either trim and glue the end pieces as you work or save that task for the end...I trimmed and glued my pieces at the end.
STEP FOUR: Glue down the top layer of ribbon.
STEP FIVE: Once all the ribbon is trimmed and glued...start working on the headband. You can use a headband you already have or cut a piece of stretchy elastic (sold at almost any craft store) ... measure your little one's head and then simple tie a simple knot where needed and cut the end.
STEP SIX: Cut a piece of elastic and glue the feathers on this small strip...I did this because I knew my toddler would not enjoy those feather ends pressed up against her forehead...your kiddo might not mind that...so just adjust this step accordingly.
STEP SEVEN: Glue the feather piece onto the elastic headband.
Annnnnnnnnd....that's it!
This is a fairly simple costume...it took me around 20 minutes to put together.
I kept Huggies wipes on hand because I wanted to keep my new outfit clean. Prior to dressing my little gal up as a pineapple...I first needed to wipe up all the chocolate cookie smashed onto her face and cheeks...that is the last thing I wanted...cookie all over my pineapple.
You're in luck... Huggies Natural Care Wipes are available at stores nationwide
You're in luck... Huggies Natural Care Wipes are available at stores nationwide
The cost of this project was very reasonable as well...
$10 for bodysuits ( I only used 1 for this project - so $2)
$3 for ribbon
$2 elastic (I had enough left over for extra projects)
$2 for feathers ( I too had a few left over for a future project)
$10 for bodysuits ( I only used 1 for this project - so $2)
$3 for ribbon
$2 elastic (I had enough left over for extra projects)
$2 for feathers ( I too had a few left over for a future project)
I really loved how this simple outfit turned out!
Don't you?
Would you ever try this?
Do you have any Halloween plans yet??
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- There will be giveaways & Raffle Prizes!
Check out the event finder at Babies "R" Us website found HERE.
DIY natural dying using turmeric / Boil 12 cups of water and 1/4 cup of turmeric / Turn heat off and place white article of clothing in the water for 5-10 minutes...the longer you keep in the mixture the bolder the color will be. / DO NOT RINSE! allow this to air dry for a few hours and then dry in high heat. *hand wash separately
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I have been privileged to work with the youth of DeSoto for three years. Presently, I am teaching regular English to juniors. My desire is that I can impact my students positively and reach and teach the whole child. I feel that this is a extremely important time of my students' lives and want to be the one that sends them on with some knowledge and some excellent citizen skills that can last them a life time. I feel chosen and special to be a part of their lives.
DeSoto Independent School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in admission to its programs, services, or activities, in access to them, in treatment of individuals, or in any aspect of their operations. The lack of English language skills shall not be a barrier to admission or participation in the district's activities and programs. DeSoto Independent School District also does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices.


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With such a huge number of people living with a history of rape or sexual assault, it is astonishing that many services remain somewhat insensitive to the additional needs of these patient's obstetric or gynaecological care. Unfortunately, for many people undertaking routine sexual health checks, attending fertility clinics, having their antennal reviews or delivering their… Continue reading Feeling safe and secure during obstetric and gynaecological care
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Know someone going through fertility treatment but don't know how to help?
VARTA is a wonderful resource for families undertaking fertility treatment (including donor and surrogacy). One of the great things they do is generate a whole load of really helpful information booklets and online information sources about everything fertility related. Their website include information for families and friends of people going through fertility treatment - it… Continue reading Know someone going through fertility treatment but don't know how to help?
I'm on the radio with Kelly Higgins Devine!
So excited to be on ABC Radio "Afternoons" with Kelly Higgins Devine today. Kelly is talking about caring for carers this week, and today I was interviewed about how we can care for people who have recently experienced a pregnancy loss. My interview starts at 4:00 minutes into today's program - here is the link… Continue reading I'm on the radio with Kelly Higgins Devine!
What is your chance of conceiving, based on your age?
The data around fertility rates has varied over the years, but the Medical Journal of Australia has just published new statistics on the chance of conception (using IVF) based on age - and for women aged over 40, the news is not great. Although these statistics aren't really much different from what most people who… Continue reading What is your chance of conceiving, based on your age?
Does it really help to "relax" when you are trying to get pregnant?
If only I had a dollar for every time I've been asked that question! I think the evidence on this is really contentious, and there are so many variables that make it a really hard question to answer definitively, but one thing is certain - telling someone who is stressed and upset that they should… Continue reading Does it really help to "relax" when you are trying to get pregnant?
Positive surrogacy perspectives
The VARTA website is a goldmine for resources and personal stories of families undertaking fertility treatment, including donor conception and surrogacy. One of my absolute favourites is this one, which provides an opportunity for 3 members of the one family to tell their surrogacy stories - the child, the mum and the surrogate. I have… Continue reading Positive surrogacy perspectives
Bioengineering breakthrough for fertility preservation
It sounds like science fiction, but this just might be a breakthrough for fertility preservation. Wow! Scientists have used 3D-printed ovaries to successfully restore fertility for the first time in what they call "the holy grail of bioengineering for regenerative medicine". A female mouse's ovaries were removed and replaced with 3D printed bioprosthetic ones using… Continue reading Bioengineering breakthrough for fertility preservation
Do you need to seek fertility help?
If you have been trying to fall pregnant and are worrying that it is taking a little long, you might be wondering when it is "the right time" to speak to a doctor. For most heterosexual couples, where the woman is aged younger than 35 years and no known fertility issues, it is reasonable to… Continue reading Do you need to seek fertility help?
Grief and infertility
This is a beautiful blog about the (often unrecognised) grief of infertility http://www.huffingtonpost.com/colleen-berge/infertility-a-grief-no-one-sees_b_8978064.html? "We are mourning something intangible — what never was and what never will be. Because of this, it can also be difficult for others to grasp."
Resources for children to explain fertility treatment
Have you been looking for resources to explain IVF, donor conception or surrogacy to your child? There is an ever growing number of really great story books for kids of all ages, about all aspects of fertility treatment, including 3rd party reproduction. Here is a new one designed for young children to explain surrogacy http://booksfordonoroffspring.blogspot.com.au/2017/03/pennys-pocket-tale-about-bringing.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DonorOffspringBooksForChildren+%28Donor+Offspring+%3A+Books+for+Children%29


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Now that more and more devices have already received their operating system update to Android 5.0 (Lollipop), the news about updates are starting to come a little less frequently. However, they are still coming through. In fact, April has largely been the LG G2 month with carriers across the board updating their carrier specific variants. It all began, right at the start of the month (technically the very end of March) when Verizon released the update to their LG G2. This was then followed a couple of weeks later in mid-April with the update also beginning to roll out to the LG G2 on both AT&T and T-Mobile. In fact, the update for the LG G2 on AT&T and T-Mobile actually came through on the same day. Well, the announcement of the update beginning to roll out did at least.
Today, it looks like the L2 G2 news is continuing as Sprint have now announced that Lollipop is also beginning to roll out to their carrier specific version. The update, which is currently listed as version "ZVG" and dated with today's date, does not list much in the way of improvements or included features. In fact, besides the actual updating to Android 5.0, the only other mention of what is on offer is a radio software update.
If you are currently running an LG G2 on Sprint and have been waiting for the update to arrive, then as per usual, this is a staged roll out. Which means it will not land for all devices at the same time. In fact, Sprint detail in the update announcement (source link below) that it may take a few days to reach your specific device. As such, do not be too surprised if it does take some time to finally land. In the meantime though, you can check to see if your update is ready by heading to the update section within your device's settings menu. Either way though, you can rest assured that the update is at least en route and Sprint have now joined the ranks of T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T when it comes to the month of the LG G2.


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The Chief's Message
I would like to personally welcome each and every visitor to the all-new Johnston Rhode Island Police Department website.
The intent of overhauling the old site was to strengthen the bond between the community and the department by way of information sharing, education and the expansion of police services in the modern, digital age. Hopefully, our professed motto of "Working Together – Making a Difference" is clearly evident by the new features that this site offers, and that the users will benefit greatly from its enhancements. The vision for our website does not end with just what you currently see today, but will manifest itself with the enhancements and additions that we plan on implementing in the coming months and years. I hope that the users of this site find it informative, easy to navigate, relevant and in the finest tradition of the Johnston Police Department. Let this site serve as an example of the professional and diligent efforts displayed by our police officers on a daily basis, and may it also establish an informational sharing vehicle between the department and community at large. I encourage you to navigate around our site and give us feedback on the "Contact Us" page. We truly value your comments as we continually strive to further enhance the professionalism and efficiency of our department and this site. Thank you for visiting.
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Is Bitcoin Money? Revisiting Mises' Regression Theorem
Over 100 years after the publication of Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises' "The Theory of Money and Credit," the ideas outlined therein are still sparking hot debate. Namely, what is known as Mises' Regression Theorem, which claims that in order for something to be money in the most proper sense, ..


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She has been surrounding by the athletic prowess of her older brothers and has done an amazing job of keeping up with them in their activities. In physical activities like running, skating, volleyball and skateboarding with them, she has consistently held her own. She drew the line at participating in any organized way on a baseball diamond and left the hitting and pitching to the boys.
Her individual athleticism expressed itself through gymnastics. Gymnastics gave her a significant physical challenge with a bit of artistic expression thrown in. It also offered her some girl time with teammates who were likewise driven. With high achievement goals, the expectations she placed on herself and the demands of gymnastics practice, she was forced to leave formal dance training in the wings while she pursued her sport at a competitive level.
Gymnastics at Virginia Beach. USAG Eastern Nationals 2016.
Regional and national competition participation is an achievement. Adah accomplished both for several years. We traveled, we cheered. Her performances at meets were excellent. We were proud and we were all (athlete and parents) stretched in many ways. Then we began to be stretched, too thin.
Participating in competitive gymnastics is exceptionally demanding and as a family we began to reconsider the path our daughter was on. During that process, I wrote about those demands in this blog. After years of daily intensive practice and seasonal competitions, we began to re-evaluate her participation in such an intense sport. We enrolled her in a once a week dance class to determine if her love of the art remained and we watched, and we waited, and when we began to discuss the possibility of making changes, the tears began to flow. She admitted to the chronic physical pain that many gymnasts experience. She shared her questions and her fears of injury and uncertainty of being offered a college scholarship on one hand and of leaving so much accomplishment behind on the other. She also revealed her desire to have an opportunity to pursue training in dance.
At the age of 14, our daughter was making a long term life decision. She had already invested a lifetime into one endeavor. She had acquired skills and techniques reserved for the talented and dedicated. Fortunately, acquiring those skills and competing them had only resulted in one "minor" injury (a broken thumb) for her during years of participation. Unfortunately, it was taking its toll in many other ways. After years of investment, we pulled the plug on our daughter's pursuit of gymnastics.
|Learning and moving in a whole new setting.
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Like many important decisions in life, the way was not crystal clear in advance. The decision to change directions was difficult and sad, as well as exciting and hope filled. This spring we are coming to the close of one full competitive season following this momentous choice and so far, so good. This season, Adah is dancing. It is an art that suits her. When asked, she has not shared any misgivings about moving on from gymnastics, not even in the midst of hearing of the competitive accomplishments of former teammates.
Adah is a beautiful dancer. There is joy in what she is doing and it shows. Of course, as her mother, I will always think that she is an amazing dancer, was an amazing gymnast and most importantly is becoming a most amazing woman.
So far she says she has no regrets. For that, we as parents, are grateful.


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Psycho Ced wrote:Hey you forgot
Yeah, how can we forget the best ever, with its 300 billion users!?!
Psycho Ced wrote:Hey you forgot
Allied wrote:CuteMX? Alright, you've stumped me. Never herd of it.
2pstudent wrote:although the forums are still alive, and the home page hasn't gone down, those of us who love seeing what others in the world are watching daily when sitting on their sofas in front of a TV have suffered a severe losss with the demise Buck/Share TV. They weathered some nasty moments, though perhaps went a bit too public at times.. a great loss.
PS. The full story, from filenexus, to gowenna, to shareactor, to bucktv, to sharetv is on the homepage, if you're in the mood for that sort of gossip
Name: BuchTV, later ShareTV
Born: April 2003
Reborn: will find out
Died: will find out (sorry! I'm at the office!)
Description: TV links supported by an extremely active community. One of the few anglosaxon sites with links to non-english media
Cause of Death: Too much pressure and heat; also, too demanding on the lives of mods and admins
we had some internal problems involving embezzlement of donation funds and misuse of our server, which in the end lead to the change from BuckTV to ShareTV
Assyrian wrote:sorry allied, ive been searching for a logo/banner for btefnet and couldnt find one, maybe someone with there avatar creating skills could create one?
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Yeah, how can we forget the best ever, with its 300 billion users!?!
Allied wrote:shellreef wrote:No one remembers Audiogalaxy?
Never herd of it. But I googled and wiki'ed it and decided it deserves a spot. Thanks
Where did you get the fall 1998 date of birth? I can't find anything about it before January 1999.
Audiogalaxy started in 1998 as an ftp (file transfer protocol) search engine designed by Merhej, then a computer science student at UT. He and McArthur moved it to McArthur's house, then to the office on Sixth, and switched it over to its more well-known Web-accessed format. Mere months after Napster fell, Sheff witnessed the company's overnight metamorphosis from fledgling to file-sharing savior.
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Unfortunately, I didn't get to see Eliot Glacier, which is why this blog entry is called only the Road to Cloud Cap Trailhead instead of Cooper Spur Hike or Eliot Moraine Hike. I'm an idiot, but don't take my word for it. Read on and see for yourself.
The instructions to the trailhead(s) were simple enough. Go to Hood River. Take highway 35 south. Follow any signs that mention Cooper Spur Ski resort, then follow Cloud Cap Road to the trailhead area. Cloud Cap Road is a mostly dirt road of about nine miles worth of switchbacks to about the 6000 foot level of Mt. Hood.
I'd only gone what felt like a couple of miles before I turned a broad corner and came to a sudden stop before a solid looking gate stretched across the road. It had a sign on it that proclaimed in no uncertain terms "CLOSED".
"Damn it!" I said.
I parked at the edge of the turn-around area and surveyed the situation. I hadn't kept track of my mileage since turning off on Cloud Cap Road, so I wasn't sure how far it was to the trailhead. Although the weather report indicated that it was supposed to be sunny in Hood River, the clouds hadn't yet really permitted a glimpse of the mountain anywhere above 7000 feet. At the outside edge of the road was a heavy duty brown guard-rail, protecting cars from, I assumed, accidentally plunging over the side of the road into a canyon. I finally noticed a little carved wooden sign that said Inspiration Point. From the road, I couldn't see anything very inspiring, but, feeling the need to be inspired, I ducked under the guard-rail to follow an informal looking trail down to an outcropping of jagged cracking rocks.
From this new vantage point, I could see a steep canyon spread out before me. Going with the time travel motif, I imagined it was a land that time forgot and I quickly scanned the area for signs of wooly mammoth.
Up the canyon, I could see water from the glacier cascading over an abrupt cliff to the canyon floor (As near as I can figure, this is probably Wallalute Falls). Sloppy wet clouds, on their way up the valley, brushed by me riding winds from the west as if following unsafe roller coaster tracks, periodically blocking my view. Though the clouds promised rain, I decided that, as long as I had come this far already, I might as well hike in as far as I could go and see what else there was to see.
I put my pack on, walked around the gate and headed on up Cloud Cap Road.
One thing I decided, as I plodded along the road, was that if I should die I would want to be awfully sure not to come back as a tree that has to live close to the timberline.
I'm not sure about the dynamics involved, but the result is trees shedding their bark like snakes shed their skins, except I think in the case of trees it is fatal. In the wintertime, these trees are mostly buried in snow and frozen. Maybe the trees expand and contract with temperature - freeze and thaw - until their bark just sloughs off. Maybe they are struck by lightning. Maybe they get pulverized by avalanches. Maybe it is damage caused by bugs. Regardless, the environment close to the timberline is harsh.
"I've learned at times it's best to bend 'cause if you don't, well those are the breaks" - Jim Croce
Bigfoot's children decorate with environment friendly tinsel.
Some trees seemed to be doing O.K. while others were clearly having difficulties. In this image, it looks like a particular species of tree is better fitted for its environment. But much also seems to depend on accidents of location and timing. In his book The Ascent of Mind: Ice Age Climates and the Evolution of Intelligence, neurobiologist William H. Calvin notes that three remarkable things happened within a moment of geologic time some 2.5 million years ago. 1. Our ancestors who were already walking upright also became prolific toolmakers. 2. The early human brain experienced a fourfold increase in size. 3. These developments occurred as ice ages repeatedly cooled the Earth. Calvin's book reflects his search for an explanation to show how these three factors might be related.
Walking through a landscape that might reflect living at the edge of a glacier, I'm keenly aware that the weather here can change quickly and violently and that the bodies of at least two experienced climbers, lost last winter, have still not been found.
My first indication that I might not be fit for survival in this environment was the unexpected sound of a motor vehicle advancing on me from behind. I step to the side of the road to watch a family in a small white station wagon zip by.
"Damn it!" I said.
How did they get past the gate?
Maybe they have a key. Maybe they do some kind of maintenance at the Cloud Cap Inn. They don't stop and soon the sound of their car fades away and I am left alone again continuing my slow slog to the trailhead.
Some time later, I hear the little station wagon returning. It stops next to me and I approach the driver as he rolls down his window.
"How did you get past the gate?" I ask him.
"It isn't locked," he said, "There's a long way to go and the road's blocked by snow." Then he added, "Well at least it's a nice day for a walk."
As the little car disappeared down around a corner, it started to pour down rain.
The clouds hang so low that I have a hard time identifying mountain landmarks.
Cloud-condensate nurturing future hearty mountain flowers.
New candidates for survival.
For more information on the ice-age evolution of intelligence, visit William H. Calvin's web site at : http://williamcalvin.com/index.html


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C hristmas is such a wonderful time of year. Children, especially love the season and begin to get excited from the beginning of December, waiting for that special day.
Most children enjoy creating, whether it's art, stories or cooking. Christmas is a great time of the year for children to create treats and snacks for guests or even to give as gifts.
Delectable, playful and write down delicious, Christmas baskets are a great way to wish the kids a happy holiday season. Think of these creative gift baskets as oversized Christmas cards, filled to the brim and overflowing with things to do and scrumptious bites to nibble on, during the holiday season.
Easy Christmas gifts The variety of Christmas Baskets to choose from, gives you the perfect opportunity to send the kids a scrumptious holiday smile and know that they're smiling back. These creative Christmas gifts are sure to please, both the palate and the tummy of any kid you love.
Delicious Holiday and Christmas gift ideas for kids
Children and Grandchildren
Kids who get to hug your grandchildren every day, deserve the biggest baskets and most delicious treats of all. Just imagine them gathering around your basket to see what Grandma and Grandpa sent. And think of the peacefulness, when mom has plenty of treats for kids to eat, during the holiday break.
Santa's Bag
Santa's Bag of Holiday Goodies is perfect for everyone in the family. Every kid in the house, including yourself, may enjoy the old-fashioned treats that fills Santa's Bag with goodies. Hot cocoa, cappuccino, old-fashion hard candy, caramel corn and more is always a favorite during the biggest holiday season of the year.
Sweet Baskets
Sweet baskets are one thing that holds memories of the holiday season. Especially, when an oversized, old-fashioned wooden truck arrives and is loaded with sweet goodies. Kids big and small will love how this truck adds to the decor of the holiday season.
When the Kids Come Home for Christmas
An oversized Holiday Basket is just the thing to please and entertain the whole family. Sweet and savory gourmet goodies, give everyone something to munch on, enjoy and smile about.
[dropcap type="e.g. circle or none" color="#ffffff" background="#e53b2c"] I [/dropcap]magine receiving a basket filled to the brim with a variety of confections! While you're making that list and checking it, so you give the perfect gift to celebrate the good cheer of the holiday season to your kids.
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James Argent has hit the boxing gym in an effort to become healthier, after he was advised to lose 10 stone following weight gain.
Taking to Instagram, he uploaded a video of his workout at London's Peacock Boxing Gym on Friday.
The former Towie star, who recently broke up and then got back together with Gemma Collins, was dressed in a black shirt and shorts, and could be seen climbing into the ring, before punching his coach with bright pink boxing gloves.
He captioned the video: 'And so the journey begins…It's not easy to move & I found it difficult to breathe but I've made a start.
'I'm excited to compare this video to one in a few months time. Thanks for the love and support! #hardwork #dedication #achesandpains.'
The 31-year-reality TV star received an outpouring of support from friends and fans.
Fellow Towie star Jess Wright sent him fighting words: 'You've got this James' and Joe Swash added 'Well done mate x.'
Arg recently appeared on This Morning, where he was told by resident doctor, Dr Ranj Singh, that he had to lose 17 inches in order to get healthy again.
Weighing him off-screen, the Strictly Come Dancing star said: 'Arg, everything I'm going to say I say it out of love, but it's tough love.
'You know you're significantly overweight.
'Your BMI is 44, which means you're significantly obese and you're at risk of long-term things like heart disease and type two diabetes.
'Looking at your measurements, you actually long-term, need to lose 10 stone, to get your BMI back towards that normal range, and you need to lose 17 inches off your waist.'
In response, Arg spoke candidly about his past substance abuse.
'I'm proud at myself I've been able to do really well career wise in the last nine months, I've stayed sober but instead of me going out with mates doing drugs… I'm probably acting out on food,' he admitted.
He added that he's lost weight in the past, but needs to find a 'realistic goal'.
'I might walk away today and all of a sudden I will be near on starving myself it needs to be a realistic goal,' he told the host. 'Ten stone is a hell of a lot of weight, seems like a marathon it's not going to be a quick fix'.
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Byton Simwela, MS-B
Department of Community Sustainability
Program: CSUS
Academic Focus Area: Agricultural Extension Teaching Methods and Program Development
Hometown: Malawi
Advisor: Matt Raven
Byton is confident with hands-on experience in the fields of agricultural extension and rural development. He works as an agricultural extension officer with the Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Extension Services in Malawi. He is determined to become a top development expert after completing his Masters studies with CSUS. His areas of interest include agricultural extension teaching methods and agricultural program planning and development. He envisions impacting rural communities in developing countries to become empowered and self- sustained.


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One of my favorite methods of representation learned here at Penn is the "Chunk." It provides an opportunity to delineate section, plan, program, and spatial experience but maintains a certain interpretive looseness that Photoshop renderings can lack. The below chunks were produced as part of a second semester studio project based in Staten Island, and seek to talk about the way that varying levels of water might alter the program and circulation of a single area of parkland. Their initial forms were influenced by this plaster model study.
*Author's note: Some elements of these chunks, particularly the text, don't make complete sense because I haven't had a chance to finish them up. They will be updated soon.


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Looking for Kodokan Academy in Woodford Green IG8
{The Brazilian jiu-jitsu rating technique awards a practitioner different colored belts to signify increasing levels of technical information and sensible talent. when the program's framework shares its origins While using the judo position technique and the origins of all coloured belts, it now is made up of many of its very own exclusive areas and themes.
there are plenty of sorts of Kodokan Academy sports jujutsu, the first and most favored currently being judo, now an Olympic Activity. One of the more common is blended-design competitions, in which opponents use a range of strikes, throws, and holds to attain factors. You can also find kata competitions, the place rivals of precisely the same model execute methods and they are judged on their own overall performance.
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It may not seem like much at first but it adds up, every day you overindulge takes 30 minutes off of your life.
A study appearing in the British Medical Journal features Professor David Spiegelhalter, a statistician at the University of Cambridge, who wanted to find a simple way of communicating the impact of our behaviors on expected length of life.
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Using data from population studies he calculates that, averaged over a lifetime habit, a microlife can be "lost" from smoking two cigarettes, being 5 kg overweight, having a second or third alcoholic drink of the day, watching two hours of television, or eating a burger.
On the other hand, microlives can be "gained" by sticking to just one alcoholic drink a day, eating fresh fruit and vegetables, exercising, and taking statins.
Demographic factors can also be expressed in microlives. For example, being female rather than male (a gain of 4 microlives a day), being Swedish rather than Russian (a gain of 21 a day for men), and living in 2010 rather than 1910 (a gain of 15 a day).
This form of communication allows a general, non-academic audience to make rough, but fair comparisons between the sizes of chronic risks, and is based on a metaphor of "speed of ageing," which has been effective in encouraging cessation of smoking, says Professor Spiegelhalter. "So each day of smoking 20 cigarettes (10 microlives) is as if you are rushing towards your death at 29 hours rather than 24."
He points to several limitations and stresses that these assessments are very approximate and based on numerous assumptions. However, he says they "bring long term effects into the present and help counter temporal discounting, in which future events are considered of diminishing importance."
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World Anti-Semitism Seen As 'Pervasive' And 'Persistent'
ADL global poll findings are startling, as ultra-nationalist parties gain traction across Europe.
Anti-Semitic stereotypes are so pervasive that fully 26 percent of adults surveyed worldwide — representing an estimated 1.09 billion adults — are "deeply infected," even though 70 percent have never met a Jew.
That was the finding of the Global 100 Index released this week by the Anti-Defamation League. It is said to be the first such comprehensive poll of its kind about anti-Semitism worldwide.
"For the first time, we have a real sense of how pervasive and persistent anti-Semitism is today around the world," Abraham Foxman, ADL's national director, said in a written statement. "The data from the Global 100 Index enables us to look beyond anti-Semitic incidents and rhetoric and quantify the prevalence of anti-Semitic attitudes across the globe. We can now identify hotspots, as well as countries and regions of the world where hatred of Jews is essentially non-existent."
As might be expected, more adults living in the West Bank and Gaza — some 93 percent — hold anti-Semitic attitudes, more than any other place in the world. Throughout the Middle East and North African countries, 74 percent of those polled agreed with the majority of the anti-Semitic stereotypes presented on the survey. In countries outside of this region, the average index score was 23 percent.
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Adults with the fewest anti-Semitic beliefs live in Laos — just .2 percent accepted those stereotypes. Foxman noted that countries with few Jews tend to have lower rates of anti-Semitism, but said the data does not give any indication as to why Laos came in so much lower than the runner-up, the Philippines, which polled at 3 percent.
"While it is startling to see how high the level of anti-Semitism is in the Middle East and North African countries, the fact of the matter is even aside from those countries, close to a quarter of those polled in other parts of the world is infected with anti-Semitic attitudes," Foxman said in the statement.
Among all the religious groups tested, it was found that more Muslims — 49 percent — believed anti-Semitic stereotypes than other religious groups. However, where a person lived tended to be a stronger factor than religion in determining the existence of anti-Semitic attitudes, the study found.
In addition, those under 65 were less likely to hold anti-Semitic views than older respondents.
Although the survey concretized the pervasiveness of anti-Semitism worldwide, the fact that such views are so extensively held is not surprising. At the American Jewish Committee's Global Forum this week, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, the recently retired chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, said the resurgence of anti-Semitism — especially in Europe — places the very future of the Jewish communities there in doubt.
He said anti-Semitism is bad for all minorities and argued that Jews must work with other targets of bigotry to stop it because "the victim cannot stop the crime by himself."
One of the most startling findings is that just one generation after the Holocaust, two-thirds of adults surveyed said they had either never heard of the Holocaust (46 percent) or do not believe historical accounts to be accurate.
Foxman called the fact that only 54 percent of those polled had heard of the Holocaust a "disturbingly low number," noting that the numbers were "far better in Western Europe, where 94 percent of those polled were aware of the history."
"At the same time, the results confirm a troubling gap between older adults who know their history and younger men and women who, more than 70 years after the events of World War II, are more likely to have never heard of or learned about what happened to the 6 million Jews who perished," he said.
To gauge whether a person holds anti-Semitic views, the survey asked respondents about 11 Jewish stereotypes. If they answered "probably true" to at least six of them, they were considered to hold anti-Semitic views. The most widely accepted stereotype: Jews are more loyal to Israel than to the country in which they live. Fully 41 percent of those surveyed said it is "probably true." It was the most widely accepted stereotype in five out of the seven regions surveyed.
The second most accepted stereotype: Jews hold too much power in the business world. Some 35 percent of respondents said it is "probably true." That view is most prevalent in Eastern Europe.
A total of 53,100 adults were surveyed — a random sample representing 88 percent of the world's total adult population — in 102 countries from last July through February.
In a news conference, Foxman told reporters that in the past, the ADL had judged a respondent to be anti-Semitic if he or she agreed with five of the 11 stereotypes. He said the organization decided to "set the bar higher" because it "frequently gets accused of seeing anti-Semitism everywhere, and we are very conscious of credibility."
Foxman said that had the ADL used five as a barometer of anti-Semitism, 34 percent of the world's population who would be considered to hold anti-Semitic views.
The poll was conducted by First International Resources in Fort Lee, N.J. The margin of error for most countries, where 500 respondents were selected, was plus or minus 4.4 percent. In some larger countries, where 1,000 interviews were conducted, the margin of error was 3.2 percent.
ADL officials said they hope the poll will be a call to action.
"The level of anti-Semitism in some countries and regions, even those where there are no Jews, is in many instances shocking," said Barry Curtiss-Lusher, ADL's national chair. "We hope this unprecedented effort to measure and gauge anti-Semitic attitudes globally will serve as a wake-up call to governments, to international institutions and to people of conscience that anti-Semitism is not just a relic of history, but a current event."
Among the countries harboring high anti-Semitic attitudes are Iraq at 92 percent; Yemen, 88 percent; Algeria and Libya, both 87 percent; Tunisia, 86 percent; Kuwait, 82 percent; Bahrain and Jordan, 81 percent; and Morocco, 80 percent.
On the low end of the scale were, in addition to Laos, the Philippines, 3 percent; Sweden, 4 percent; the Netherlands, 5 percent; Vietnam, 6 percent; the United Kingdom, 8 percent, the United States and Denmark, 9 percent; Tanzania, 12 percent; and Thailand, 13 percent.
In Greece, where 69 percent of adults were found to hold anti-Semitic beliefs, Foxman said he has spoken with the prime minister and that the ADL has been invited to come to the country to try to re-educate the population to combat anti-Semitism.
France had the second highest rate in Western Europe at 37 percent. Roger Cukierman, president of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France and vice president of the World Jewish Congress, told The Jewish Week that he was "not totally surprised" by the findings.
"Ask any French citizen and you will be told there is no discrimination against Jews for housing or jobs and that it is worse for Muslims and blacks," he said. "But we Jews hear three sources of anti-Semitism: the extreme right — and we anticipate that the National Front, a right-wing party in which there are Holocaust deniers, will gain increased support; on the extreme left there are anti-Zionists and those who promote a boycott of Israeli products, and we consider them the new address of anti-Semitism; and in the suburbs there is a hatred for Jews — if you have a kipa and come out of a synagogue, you may fear violent attacks. There is a reason for this fear. As you can see in Toulouse, it can become dramatic."
He was referring to the March 2012 shooting in which a Muslim radical killed three Jewish children and a rabbi at a Jewish school, which sparked a rash of other anti-Semitic assaults — more than 90 in the 10 days that followed the shooting.
"We have the biggest Muslim community in Europe, and it may be one of the reasons [for the anti-Semitism], as well as a bad economic situation, which contributes to hatred," Cukierman added. "A bad economic situation contributes to hatred of Jews; the unemployed look for a scapegoat."
Not only is the National Front gaining strength in France — in March elections it won an unprecedented dozen town halls and more than 1,000 city and town council seats in municipal elections — but it is now attempting to broaden its anti-immigrant message from the Atlantic to the Aegean to gain seats in the European Parliament. Voting for the 751-seat body takes place over four days beginning May 22.
The economic downturn across Europe has helped fuel far-right parties across the continent, from the United Kingdom's Independence Party to Greece's Golden Dawn. And Marine LePen, leader of the National Front, has made no secret of her desire to shift the political discourse towards far-right issues to establish a firm foothold on the body politic.
Anti-Semitism manifests itself not only in violence and rhetoric, but in action. Just last week in Latvia, where the ADL found anti-Semitism rate to be 28 percent, a sign was hung on the outside gate of a nursery school in Riga, Latvia, that read simply "Judenfrei," the German word used by the Nazis meaning "free of Jews."
Meanwhile in the unrest in Ukraine, both sides are playing the anti-Semitism card to woo support, and Jews complain that they are being used as pawns. The Jewish Agency for Israel said 777 new Ukrainian immigrants have arrived in Israel since January — a 142 percent increase over the comparable period a year ago. More than 200 new immigrants have registered for May flights, and June reservations are continuing to grow, it said.
The ADL survey also found that of the 74 percent who said they've never met a Jew, 25 percent harbor anti-Semitic attitudes.
And although Jews comprise just 0.19 percent of the world's population, 30 percent of those surveyed said they believed Jews to be between 1 and 10 percent of the world's population. Another 18 percent guessed they made up more than 10 percent. Only 16 percent accurately said Jews represent less than 1 percent of the world's population.


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Sunday, November 21, 2010
How gorgeous is this girl? Just the light in her eyes tells you just how far Stormy has come. She is finally in a home where she will have forever love and care and you call tell that she knows it! Judy and Gerry have done a phenomenal job with her and report that she is now even walking well on leash and recently had her first view of the ocean which she loved. Go Stormy! It just proves that so many of our beloved German Shepherds that are so misunderstood in shelters really do have the potential to go on to great homes.
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