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The stick-shift sailboat-retrieving what-if blues
Rich has been really helpful with the whole Adams Cup sailing thing – in fact, he's the one who petitioned US Sail to have the Rio Grande Sailing Club host the first round at Elephant Butte Lake. And he and Sue have been heavy-duty supporters of our whole team effort.
Sue was out with the flu this weekend, so Rich was here solo. Those of us who were training for the Adams Cup knew he wanted to take Kachina out of the water this weekend, and before we left, people assured us that they would be available to assist him.
As it turned out, when I went back to get the J/World videos he had said he wanted to lend me, I found him all alone, without assistance. I asked if he needed help, and he said what he really needed was a truck driver to drive the towing vehicle. I have driven towing vehicles on boat ramps, but his truck's a stick shift, and I haven't driven a manual in about 15 years, so I made an apology, which he accepted.
Then I got home, and WCMIK was doing his Driver's Ed homework. He read to me the passages from his textbook about manual transmissions, and it seemed to me that the book got it all wrong – according to the book, you follow the numbers and shift from second to third when the vehicle speed is at least something but not less than something else. But what really matters is that you have a feel for the engine and the speed of the vehicle, and a whole lot of other factors like that. I used to have that feel, a long time ago, and I spent a good long while explaining what that feeling was like.
And then I realized, what I was telling WCMIK about manual transmissions was also what I had been writing but not doing in sailing until just a few weeks ago. I know these things. Maybe I would have been a bit more awkward on the boat ramp than Rich would have been (Sue drives the boat, not the truck). But really, I probably could have driven that truck. I just didn't realize it at the time. Rich, I hope you forgive me, and next time I'm down there, will you let me drive the truck to launch a boat?


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You have the right to an attorney -- and we'll be listening in
Bush snoop-a-phobia hits Oregon hardest of all.
Bush snoop-a-phobia hits Oregon hardest of all.
"Phobias" are irrational fears. If your every word is being recorded, it's not a phobia. It's reality.
Brings to mind the old maxim: You may be paranoid, but that doesn't mean they aren't watching you.
Given the fact a number of former residents of Oregon have been sucessfully tried for crimes related to Islamic terrorism, and that foriegn terror elements have attempted setting up a terror training camp in Bly, OR, stepping up survelliance seems appropriate.
These aren't wannabe's, particularly with Bly case. They are real. The threat is real.
Anyone remember the idiot that tried sneaking into the country with bomb making materials to blow up the Space Needle?
The press indicated it was "an alert customs agent" that was responsible for the arrest. I personally think that was misinformation designed to cover the fact his plot was dicovered by wiretaps. Thank Christ he got caught.
As they say: "The Constitution isn't a sucide pact."
Because he is constantly shifting time zones to see his client face to face, "I just don't sleep normally anymore," Mr. Nelson said. "
If its important to Oregonians, its not in the Oregonian.

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Students of the wider sweep of history are very acutely aware, I suspect, of the manner in which societies - and their attendent cultural forms and influences - rise and decline. Sometimes they are violently overthrown and even eradicated by a more aggressive neighbour. Egypt versus the Hittites, Hittites versus the Assyrians, Babylon versus Assyria, Persia versus Babylon, Greece (Macedonia) versus Persia, Rome versus Greece, versus the Carthaginians, and so on. Along the way there is often an element of 'ethnic cleansing' - Rome's Punic Wars against Carthage, and their suppression of the Etruscan civilisation, spring immediately to mind - but that is the tip of the iceberg.
In the Far East there is a similar pattern of rise and fall of societies and cultures, each one weakening one society, often by simply killing off all males. There is evidence that this happened in Britain once the Angles and Saxons began a serious settlement invasion. Recent reading I have been doing on the subject of genetics and genetic diseases suggests, for me, a possible explanation as to why we are seeing an increasing number of genetic defects in the world's populations, and why, in some groups, we seem to be seeing a form of 'regression' physically and mentally. I must stress that I am NOT a geneticist. I have NO qualification in that field and I know only what I can access online, in paper journals and books on the subject. So what I think can be dismissed by those with far more knowledge as "speculation" - but I would hope that someone, somewhere, will be kind enough to consider this, and perhaps explain to me why I am wrong - or why I'm right.
Many now accept that western society is in decline. We have lost our competitive edge as the business phrase is, and our taste for military adventures. Our response to threats such as that posed by Iran or Mr Putin's Russia, is to retreat into hand-wringing appeals to their 'better nature' and launch into a flurry of 'diplomatic activity' and horse trading until someone, somewhere, can emerge waving a bit of paper and proclaiming "peace in our time". A century ago, we'd have sent a Fleet and bombarded someone until they saw our point of view. And that is part of the problem I am about to raise. Each of those 'little' wars culled sections of the human gene pool. Until the so-called Great War of 1914 - 1919, the numbers were actually quite limited - assuming one ignores things like the French losing 10,000 of their nobility at Agincourt, or Napoleon's loss of 100,000 men retreating from Moscow. In the Great War, however, all the European nations and their colonies threw the cream of their genetic pool into the trenches and carried out a cull of it on an industrial scale.
Then we repeated the folly barely twenty years later - and this time involved the rest of the world. Add to that, the Russian Bolshevik 'cull' now estimated at more than 30 million, and the Japanese 'cull' of Chinese in Manchuria and elsewhere (estimated at around 10 million), Mao's cull estimated at 100 million, and we have a stage set for a massive restriction in genetic diversity. The impact is probably most notable in the former British Colonies and Dominions since the "European" genetic pools in these countries was quite small, and their losses during the first and second World Wars disproportionately high. However, the Germans and their allies, and the Russians and their's suffered higher losses than everyone else in this conflict, and the French probably, in proportion, most of all. So why have we not seen the collapse of their populations before this?
Part of that answer is, I think, due to the fact that post 1945, their populations have grown, expanded and to some extent been replaced, by inward migration from all over Europe, and lately, from Africa and the Near East. The loss of genetic diversity among the 'native populations' has, to some extent been masked and the effects delayed by it. In Britain, where there has tended to be less 'mobility', I would suggest that the loss of genetic material has had a more visible and insidious effect. There has been a large increase - according to one source an above average increase, in the incidence of Multiple Schlerosis, Thyroid problems, Aspergers Syndrome, Parkinsons Disease and several other genetically caused disabilities. Given that we know it requires a minimum of 2.5 million people to provide the unrelated genetic diverstiy to prevent 'inbreeding' in any population and all the problems that causes (I'd love to know who the genius was that included the ban on marrying brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, cousins, etc., almost 3,000 years ago in the Bible), it does not take a genius to work out that a lot of this is down to 'bad genes'.
So where do they come from? Back we go to the 1914-19 and 1939 - 45 wars. All sides lost millions of young men. Young men at the height of their breeding capability, and at the point where the genetic material they carried was at its best. Then we subjected the survivors to diseases, to radiation, to chemicals and a range of conditions, stresses and diets guaranteed to cause genetic damage - and now we reap the results.
OK, so I'm not an expert. I'm not a biologist, and I'm certainly not a geneticist, but the more I read on this, the more I realise we have a serious problem. That we have compounded it by interfering in the process of 'natural selection' as well, just makes it worse. Who cannot be moved by the grief of parents who have a child whose only hope of survival at birth is a total replacement of all its organs? (There was a case of this a while ago where the NHS was sued to force them to provide it for a desparately ill baby) What does it actually achieve, given that the reason is the child's genetic blueprint is loaded with defects?
Yes, the World Population has exploded and expanded since 1945, largely due to the eradication of a range of diseases we were prone to and which the weakest members of our population gereally succumbed to. Infant mortality has fallen everywhere, more children survive to adulthood and breed, more adults survive beyond 45 years and some even breed into their sixties. All of which adds more genetic defects to the pool if the latest research saying that men over 30 are more likely to pass on defects than under that age. Children who died in their prepuberty often did so because they lacked resistance to certain common ailments, or had some defect in their systems which meant they couldn't cope with it.
For Europe, I would suggest that our gene pool was seriously weakened by the wars of the 20th Century, and though it is now diversifying again, it is simply widening the range of damaged genes we can use. As I said at the outset, I'd love to see what the real geneticists, biologists and experts say about this. So far I see and read a lot of skating round the edges, but, as far as I can see, no one is prepared to take a longer and wider look at it.
Maybe someone should.
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With iOS 8 in 2014, Apple introduced both a greatly improved standard keyboard featuring QuickType, and the ability to install third-party keyboard apps from other developers for the first time.
Most of the third-party keyboard apps use predictive text and autocorrect features that are similar to those used by Apple's keyboard, but the best ones can be more accurate than Apple's and can help to speed up your typing quite significantly – as well as eliminating embarrassing typing gaffes.
Some of these keyboards also introduce entirely new features, such as swiping across the keyboard rather than tapping on individual letters. Many are free, so why not take a look and see if they can help you type more quickly and accurately? Read on for a selection of our favourites.
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The standard iOS keyboard was once pretty basic, and its auto-correct feature was unpredictable. Until iOS 8 Apple had always imposed a blanket restriction on apps that duplicate core features of iOS itself – such as the built-in keyboard – so its decision to allow iOS 8 to use third-party (non-Apple) keyboard apps was a pretty big step forward.
However, in iOS 8 Apple also made improvements to its own keyboard by introducing a feature that it calls Quick Type. Quick Type attempts to predict what you'll type next by offering three different words that you can choose from.
It's designed to understand the context of what you're typing too, so it will suggest more formal or more casual language depending on whether you're sending an email to your boss or a text message to a friend. It can also learn your writing style as you use it, and will remember if you like to use particular words or phrases when you're writing.
In iOS 9, Apple has added further improvements to its keyboard, including a built-in Shortcut Bar for iPad with quick access to bold, italic, underline, copy and paste. The only downside for some was that it changed the design to default to lower-case letters, but here's how to change it back to all caps.
In the new iOS 11, you can activate a new one-handed keyboard for typing on the go on the bigger screens of Apple's modern iPhones. You can find out more about iOS 11 here.
Grammarly's keyboard is also an editor, but unlike a general auto-correct it offers constructive guidance to strengthen your writing style. Some of the useful features include contextual spelling checking, punctuation correction and vocabulary enhancement.
This is keyboard app is especially useful for sending business or professional emails if you want to avoid worrying about catching embarrassing errors after hitting send. This app sees to it that what you write is clear, communicative and correct. Plus, it's free.
Google has created its own iOS keyboard, dubbed Gboard. Gboard allows users to quickly perform a Google search from within the keyboard itself, no matter what app you're using. The search results can then be quickly shared with whomever you're talking to.
It's not just standard Google results, though - you can search for GIFs, emojis, addresses and phone numbers and more. You can even draw or record your own GIFs within the keyboard itself.
It's displayed in true Google fashion using cards, and all you need to do is tap the card to send it to the recipient. It also features 'Glide Typing' like Swype (which is now discontinued on iOS), allowing users to slide their fingers from one key to another instead of tapping them, which speeds up the typing process.
Google has added 3D Touch functionalities to its keyboard, too.
It's probably accurate to say that the current default iOS keyboard takes its lead from SwiftKey, with a suggestion bar that sits at the top of the keyboard and displays three words that you can quickly type in full with a quick tap of your finger.
That similarity between the two keyboards means that SwiftKey isn't an essential app for iOS users, although quite a few people share my preference for its darker colour scheme, which helps to make the suggestion bar stand out a bit more, and there are various other colours and themes to choose from (although some of them will cost you),
However, SwiftKey still stands out from the basic iOS keyboard as it also offers a 'flow' option that allows you to type by sliding your finger across the keyboard rather than lifting your finger to tap each letter separately. Some people really like this approach – though it can take a bit of getting used to – and the app is free, so there's no harm in downloading it and trying it out for a while.
Flesky may not have a suggestions bar like the iOS keyboard and other rivals, but it does offer lots of customisation and extensions that we think you'll find useful. It offers lots of colourful keyboard themes and sizes, and even offers extensions for GIFs, stickers, emoji and more. It also supports gestures that help make typing much quicker than usual.
It does take a bit of getting used to, as its predictive engine works when you press the Space bar rather than while you're typing a word, but it is almost always successful so once you learn to trust it you'll be tapping away at high speed, confident that Fleksy will clean up any mistakes.
You can also hide the Space bar and increase the size of the keyboard to make typing even easier, and then just swipe your finger to the right to add a space, or swipe twice to add other punctuation marks.
TouchPal works like a conventional keyboard, allowing you to tap each letter individually, but as you get used to it you can switch into 'slide' mode and type words by sliding your finger across several letters in a single smooth motion. We found that its autocorrect feature was very efficient, although it didn't strike us as being obviously superior to rival keyboard apps.
Where TouchPal really stands out is in the design: there are loads of different colour schemes and themes that you can apply to the keyboard including this crazy game one.
There's also an option to take a picture using the camera, or to import an existing photo, and then use your photos to create a custom design for your own keyboard.
This one's a bit of a bonus entry but could come in handy nonetheless. It's actually an application designed for your Mac that lets you turn your Mac's keyboard into a Bluetooth keyboard to use with your iPad. Simply type on your Mac's keyboard while using Typeeto and the text will instead appear on your iPad's screen.
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LM: Mom, did you know that I am really, really brave? I am only scared of two things in this whole world.
Me: Really? Wow, you are brave! I'm afraid of a lot more than that (snakes being at the top of the list.) What are the two things you are afraid of?
LM: Dying, and waking you up early.
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LM: What about waking you up?
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I was hoping to blog more recently after the surgery, but unfortunately there was no wireless internet in the hospital and I'm pretty sure that for the first few days, my blog posts would resemble the rants you hear on Hastings and Main in Vancouver. That means that I've got a lot of ground to cover. I'm going to break it down into smaller posts over the next few days, mostly since the letters are already kind of swimming on the page and my nap-per-paragraph ratio is roughly 1:1.
So....Arley Version 3.0 Coles Notes Edition. The biggest headline is that it didn't go exactly as expected: They didn't attach the gluteus medius because there was too much scar tissue. They did, however, replace the socket and ball. And they went in through the back door (that's what she said) so the whole thing should be much more stable. After the surgery, Dr. SecondOpinion told me that the result "won't be one of those hip replacements where the person walks well." (Oh, you wanted one of those? You should have specified!) So far, however, the results feel a million times better than the first time around. My hip's not clunking around the way it was before and I'm walking pretty well considering that everything in the area is still like, "Dude, WTF?"
I will blog more about the surgery when every sentence I write isn't being co-authored by a morphine derivative, but here are some teasers:
- Want to know what phrase you don't want to hear coming from a guy who's about to jam a big-ass needle into your spine? "Because I'm just learning, I'll be supervised by Dr. SoAndSo Here." And coming in a close second: "You're going to feel a poke....another poke....and another poke....Darn." (Perhaps the reason why it was so hard for me to get a Dilauded prescription is because of the track mark situation on my arms and back).
- Want to know a phrase that you should never have to say after receiving a spinal epidural? "Um....so.....am I supposed to, like, feel numb yet?"
- For the first few days, I dreamed of exploding cartoon hamsters, which struck me as such a stereotypical Oxycontin-fueled dream that I would amuse myself and wake up. You know you've spent too much time in academia when you are woken up by irony.
- Day 1: I felt freaking fantastic. Little pain, no nausea. I was the Queen of Surgery, the Princess of the Post-Op, I was mentally reinacting that "king of the world' scene in Titanic. I was like, "Wait...you mean....something might actually go....right?"
- Day 2: Let's just say there was more puking than a bulimic convention in an ice-cream shop.
- Let's also say that I will never again eat pea soup with noodles. And that for days after I was still finding specks of dried neon-green bile on my hospital bed...my desk lamp....my bedside table..... (Too much information? Too much information).
- The first day, my roommate was a guy who had broken both of his heels after his girlfriend threw $1800 of his money in $100 bills out the window and he jumped out the second-story window after it. (Suddenly, being single doesn't seem so bad).
- For the rest of the stay, my roommate was an elderly Asian man who talked in his sleep in a mixture of Chinese and English, resulting in such gems as "You need 30% more birth control!'
- I woke up this morning to my cat snuggling under my chin purring and sleepily licking my chin and was almost deliriously happy. Well, okay, the delirious part was probably the morphine, but still. Ah, cats: They love you and they never drop $1800 of your cash money out the window.


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Update: I just finished conducting some tests using live, film-grained content and the details are posted below the cartoon data.
x264 just committed some fancy new features, known as psychovisual rate distortion and psychovisual trellis, to their git repository. These features are supposed to produce a subjectively superior picture by maintaining detail and minimizing blurriness during the encoding process (I guess; read more about it here, at the blog of Dark Shikari, a developer for the x264 codec).
However, if you read the posts at the Doom9 forums linked in his blog post, they mention that Peak Signal To Noise Ratio (PSNR)--basically the only objective measure of picture distortion available to me--will always be negatively affected by the new features, and freeze-frames will also look worse. This makes the new features sound a little like voodoo to me, since I tend to favor objective measures over subjective ones. Regardless, I decided to try it out.
I used a bitrate of 250 in an mp4 container with these adv. x264 settings:
ref=5:mixed-refs:bframes=6:bime:weightb:b-rdo:me=umh:subme=7:For the psy encoding, I followed those settings with these psy-specific options (first number sets the psychovisual rate distortion [value from 0.1-1] while the second controls the psychovisual trellis [again, 0.1-1]):
psy-rd=1,1If I understood things correctly, psy-rd only works with a subme setting ≥6, btw, so keep that in mind if you want to use the psy settings. Here are a couple of screenshots from an episode of Futurama encoded using otherwise identical settings (v0.9.2 on the left [no psy], svn 1734m [psy-enabled] on the right):
(Click to enlarge or click here to see the comparison anim00ted)
As you can see, it's a pretty noticeable difference favoring the psy shot, especially in a few key areas. Of note, you can see significantly less blocking on the dark spots on the cloud in the psy shot, and the top platform against the red sky is much sharper.
Now for the numbers:
As expected, Avg. PSNR fell from 42.602 to 41.557 in the psy encode, and Global PSNR fell from 40.655 to 39.641.
Dark Shikari and the Doom9 guys said that encoding speeds would be relatively unchanged, and mine fell only slightly from approx. 20 fps to approximately 18 fps. However, despite using the exact same bitrate option, my filesize increased from 56.6MB to 58.1MB, a difference which may partially explain the picture improvements.
Apparently, the psy options really shine in retaining small details, which are necessarily absent from cartoon sources, so I intend to do another comparison soon using some live-action sources, including at least one with visible film grain.
Stay tuned.
Another potential concern to keep in mind is that, as usual, QuickTime can have trouble with these new options, especially using the Perian codec pack. It can make strange graphical glitches and generally look like shit. Stick to VLC if possible.
Update: I conducted similar tests to those performed on the cartoon source using the Kubrick classic, Dr. Strangelove. This source has some serious film grainage thanks to its age, so we can really see what psy-rd is all about.
I've taken my clips and dropped them into an animated gif, so click on the picture to see the comparison:
The first thing that really jumped out at me is that the psy version is much darker overall, with a much higher contrast ratio (i.e., the blacks are blacker, whites whiter, and the picture looks less gray). It's arguable whether the detail is better in these still-shots with psy-rd added, but it looks much sharper in motion.
Now the difference between the 2 encodings really comes out. Again, the psy-enabled shot is darker overall, with a higher contrast ratio, and the film grain is highly evident. In contrast, the non-psy shot looks as though a smoothing filter has been run over it, steamrolling the details.
Here, just as in the previous comparison, the differences are stark and easily noticeable. Hell, you can almost read the letter through the backside of the page!
Now for the numbers:
As in the earlier experience, avg. PSNR fell from 43.616 in the non-psy encoding to 42.602, while global PSNR fell from 43.371 to 42.347. Again, frames per second remained relatively stable between the 2 encodes.
After the somewhat underwhelming cartoon-based comparison, I was undecided as to whether I would upgrade to the psy-enabled version, but this comparison has definitely sold me on it. In certain cases that have a lot of small, fine details (such as with Dr. Strangelove), the psychovisual analyses can create a 250 kbps video that rivals an 800-1000 kbps xvid encoding. This means smaller file sizes and faster streaming, which is always a good thing.
Let me know if you have any questions or comments.
For directions on compiling your own binary with the psy options enabled, visit my post here.


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More Like a Mistress
Tom Crewe
- Mr and Mrs Disraeli: A Strange Romance by Daisy Hay
Chatto, 308 pp, £20.00, January 2015, ISBN 978 0 7011 8912 9
I first heard of Benjamin Disraeli in a school assembly when I was ten or eleven. Our headmaster also taught history, and though he was known to us mainly as an expert in horse-drawn hoes, seed drills and threshing machines, that day he introduced us to a man born into the wrong religion and given an imperfect education, an author of unlikely novels and unlikelier cheques, sniffed at by the upper classes when he arrived at their dinner tables and baited by the mob when he asked for their votes. I remember most clearly the description of Disraeli: a bottle-green waistcoat, purple pantaloons, rings worn over white gloves, hair meticulously curled and parted so as to fall languorously on one cheek. Finally, in a coup de théâtre too rarely allowed the historian of the 18th-century harvest, it was revealed that, against all the odds, Disraeli had risen to the position of prime minister. Combining admonition and uplift in a manner typical of the assembly address, our headmaster urged us to work hard(er) and follow our dreams, be ourselves and never give up; thus Disraeli became a model of self-empowerment.
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Source: Alastair Jamieson / NBC News
Five people were taken to hospital – one of them in a critical condition – after a United Airlines jet ran into severe turbulence on a flight from Denver to Billings, Montana, on Monday.
A passenger said one woman hit the cabin ceiling so hard that she cracked a panel during the incident, which happened as the Flight 1676 was making its descent for a scheduled landing at 1:23 p.m. local time (3:23 p.m. ET).
Three flight attendants and two passengers went to hospital, the airline said in a statement. All were released except for one flight attendant.
Joe Frank, 20, a passenger on board on the Boeing 737-700 told The Denver Post in an e-mail that the aircraft dropped suddenly and with such force that an infant flew from a parent's arms and landed, unharmed, in another seat nearby.
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Web Design Online Training: Lynda.com
I discovered Lynda Weinman's Lynda.com years ago. Back then, the Lynda.com crew offered what I assumed to be professional level instruction in a number of web-building programs at their clinic in Ojai, California. They also offered training on CD ROM, though I don't recall which was introduced first. The clinic has been closed, but they're now got an Online Training Library.
So what? Let's say you're adept at Photoshop, but want to use Illustrator for its vector capabilities. Well, Illustrator is not really so much like Photoshop, which you'll discover the first time you try it. Like Photoshop, but … not really at all.
How about Flash? Having walked through a couple of hours of Flash's internal Tutorials, I have to say that loads of small text including a number of industry terms with which one isn't familiar and a screenshot here and there are not the happiest way to get up to professional speed with complex programs.
About this time, one begins to wish for someone who could explain it simply, with examples and tricks of the trade. This is precisely what Lynda.com's Online Training Library does: Quicktime movies, big enough to see clearly, narrated by knowledgeable people. They simply walk you through the programs onscreen, narrate throughout, and you see precisely what they're doing onscreen. Bite-size chunks. Including those tricks of the trade, and stuff you may not know about the programs you're already familiar with. Really. $25/month. On your schedule. Covering a huge list of programs — not just graphic and web design.
I also found Webreference.com's explanation of Photoshop and Channels helpful.
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In addition to being web-based, Sitefinity CMS's ease of use helps ABB's site editors to edit content quickly and accurately. Additionally, the platform provides built-in support for mobile, rather than it being an afterthought.
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Searching for alternatives to bisphenol in thermal paper without hazardous properties from a health and environmental perspective.
Commonly used alternatives to bisphenol thermal paper is classified as hazardous to the environment. We are searching for better alternatives, both from a health and environmental perspective.
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Collecting Jump-n-run Platform Puzzle Stickman
Welcome to the awarded puzzle game, Continuity! You have to help this stickman find his way to collect the keys and open the door. But it seems that the world is not how it's supposed to be. Arrange the tiles so that the character can reach the door. Good luck! Use arrow keys to move the character or the tiles, use space bar to switch between the character and the tiles.


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I anticipate being 175k in the hole, which is right within what my school cover under its LRAP. But just because the school allows it doesnt always mean its a good idea.. is that a normal amount? How about you?
Uh, isn't that the difference between subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford loans? When interest begins to accrue?


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Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists/West Chapter
Joshua Ongcol; photo Yvonne Chew
CADA/West Membership: Join/Renew
The 2018/19 CADA/West Membership year commenced April 1, 2018. Please join or renew your membership to take advantage of our programs and services, like the Training Subsidy Program.
Why CADA/West? We've been raising employment standards in dance for 20 years. Together, we can keep this going!
See our Why CADA/West? page for quick facts and reasons to join.
For a refresher on membership levels, benefits and fees, please see Guidelines or email us.
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Central Park NYC: An Architectural View
Written by Andrew Zega and Bernd H. Dams
- Publish Date: September 10, 2013
- Format: Hardcover
- Category: Architecture - Landscape
- Publisher: Rizzoli
- Trim Size: 10 x 12
- Pages: 208
- US Price: $75.00
- CDN Price: $75.00
"Tributes to Central Park usually focus on is stunning vistas, but in Central Park NYC the authors explore the park's multitude of overlooked smaller structures, statues, benches, and bridges. Their original watercolors and photographs and revealing text redefine the coffee table book: More than just pretty pictures to be savored, these images will enrich and deepen the reader's experience…" ~New York Times
"…Bernd Dams and Andrew Zega explore the architecture of the park's most beautifully designed and intriguing buildings and sculptures through wonderful watercolors, archival documents and historic photographs from its inception to present day. Even the most seasoned New Yorker who thinks they know everything about the 160-year-old park will enjoy the behind-the-scenes history discussing how many of the park's original elements have been altered, demolished, or were sadly never realized…is a must for those who love architecture." ~Array
"This well-researched book shows the parts of Central Park the park through modern and archival photographs and distinguishes the original parts of the park from those that have been altered over the years. It also uncovers parts of Central Park that are unknown to most." ~Complex.com
"This volume, through the author's exquisite watercolors accompanied by contemporary and archival photographs, explores the rich diversity and design of Central Park and its architecture, sculpture and ornament…artwork brings back to life many of the park's features that have been altered, demolished or never realized. This is a wonderful volume for anyone interested in history, the decorative arts, architecture, urban planning or the cultural heritage of NYC. Even for those who live in New York and walk the park's paths daily, you will find new and old visual treats and surprises that help illuminate the park's glorious past, present and perhaps future." ~Quintessence


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Skandia Investment Group has appointed former Gartmore global head of distribution Phil Wagstaff as chief executive.
The appointment, subject to regulatory approval, sees interim chief executive Marc Bulstrode return to his chief operating officer role. It is not yet known when Wagstaff will be joining Skandia. Wagstaff was a member of Gartmore's executive committee and led the retail and institutional channel for sales, marketing, product development and business management. He was previously at New Star as managing director, sales & marketing. He also previously worked at M&G as retail managing director.
A Skandia spok-esman says: "Phil Wagstaff's depth of experience will be invaluable in leading Skandia Investment Group to further its position as a worldclass investment manager."
Gartmore was bought by Henderson in April. Wagstaff, and head of UK retail Richard Pursglove, both said they would not be joining the new group. Pursglove joined Goldman Sachs to lead the sales and marketing team this month.
Whitechurch Securities managing director Gavin Haynes says: "I am sure Wagstaff will have some very strong ideas about how Skandia will continue to develop what is a very strong distribution and investment proposition."


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Imam Abu Hanifa - Life and Works
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The life of the eminent scholar of old, the founder of one of the four great schools of jurisprudence, Imam Abu Hanifa is still a rich source of inspiration for people of our time. Being an extremly important figure in the history of Islam, it is very valuable for the student of Islam to be familiar with his great strivings.
Paperback, 235 pages
Author: Allamah Sbibli Nu'mani
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Over the years a number of professional audio products have provided dynamic equalisation functions of various types. What all these systems have in common is that the frequency response of the device varies depending on the signal level. Many units are based on compressor / expander technology with frequency selection, and the controls often resemble those of a dynamics processor.
The system developed by the KLARK TEKNIK research and development team for the Helix series is rather different. It draws on KT's unrivalled experience in equalisation, and uses the signal level to directly control parametric equalisers. This purely EQ-based solution allows simple controls that directly relate to the signal levels. As a result, it is very easy to set the point at which the dynamic EQ starts to operate, and also to set precisely its maximum effect. We refer to this technique as "Threshold Dependent Equalisation".
In order to understand the operation, let us first consider a conventional parametric EQ section (Figure 1). The three controls available to us are frequency, Q (or bandwidth), and the amount of cut or boost.
This shows a series of responses for the parametric EQ with different input levels. As expected, there is no change in the shape of the curve with different input levels. If the input is 10dB louder, the output is 10dB louder at every frequency. If we now replace the parametric with a Helix equaliser and select the dynamic EQ, we have some additional controls. Frequency and Q controls are as before, but now we have two pairs of controls replacing the single cut and boost control; these are [low threshold] / [low level], and [high threshold] / [high level]. If we set the frequency and Q controls to the area that we wish to control, then the processor will monitor the signal level in that frequency range. If the signal level in this part of the spectrum is below the [low threshold] setting, then the unit considers this a 'quiet' signal. The EQ applied to the signal will be controlled by the [low level] control. If the signal level is above the [high threshold] level, then the unit considers this a 'loud' signal, and will apply the amount of EQ set by the [high level] control. If the signal level is between the two thresholds, then the equaliser will seamlessly morph between the two equaliser settings in real time. Manual control over attack and release times is available to set the speed of response to suit the application. As an example, consider Figure 2, which shows the Helix applying a boost at low signal levels which is automatically 'wound out' at high level.
In this example, [low threshold] is -20dBu, [low level] is +12dB, [high threshold] is set to -5dBu, and [high level] is 0dB. Thus the lowest trace shows an input at -25dBu with a standard parametric boost of +12dB at 1kHz. The -20dBu trace shows an identical response, as expected. However, once above this level, the filter gradually fades out with increasing signal, until at all levels above 0dBu, the response is flat. The shape of the curves for -5dBu and -10dBu require some explanation. These appear as they do because of the nature of the frequency sweep measurement. The Helix equaliser uses a copy of the actual filter in use for its level calculation, so that depending on the Q of the filter, our input signals are 'ignored' as we move away from the centre frequency by the correct amount. Thus as the sweep measurement moves across the centre frequency (1kHz in this case), the dynamic EQ is ramping smoothly in and out again, leading to the curves in Figure 2. Note that if the level is outside the range specified by the two thresholds, the unit behaves like a fixed parametric EQ. This means that we do not have to guess how much EQ will eventually be applied - it is explicitly set in advance. Without changing modes or making any other selections, we can make the unit operate 'the other way up' just by selecting suitable values for the two thresholds and levels see Figure 3.
In this case, [low threshold] is -20dBu, [low level] is 0dB, [high threshold] is -5dBu, and [high level] is +12dB, so that instead of cutting this frequency range as the level increases, we are now boosting it. Again, we have precise control over the maximum amount of boost that will be applied, and the level at which this will occur. Note the shape of the curve for -5dBu, which has 'expected values' outside the filter range and at the centre frequency, but intermediate values that show the EQ ramping in and out either side of the centre frequency. Needless to say, there is no requirement for one of the levels to be 0dB. Figure 4 shows the transition from a +12dB boost at low level to a -12dB cut at high levels. Again, the intermediate curves show the effect of the sweep signal moving in and out of the 'area of interest' of the level detector as the curve is formed.
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Riding Club and Pony Club Team Eventer Challenges sponsored by Dodson & Horrell
The 90cm and 100cm Riding Club and Pony Club Team Eventer Challenges are kindly sponsored by Dodson & Horrell. These very popular events are grass-arena-based competitions, held in the Bladon and Hensington Arenas, over a testing course of show jumps and cross-country fences with an optimum time for completion. The team with the lowest cumulative score are the winners, and there is also an award for the most stylish rider.
The Riding Club competition will take place on Thursday 13th September, and the Pony Club competition will take place on Friday 14th September.
Please note: Due to the popularity of the eventer challenge classes at Blenheim, no horse or rider may compete in more than one eventer challenge competition at the SsangYong Blenheim Palace Horse Trials.
Download the 2018 rules here.
Start times are available here.
2018 Entry Process
- Entries open 2nd July 2018
- The initial entry period closes 6th July 2018
- Download full entry process information document here
- Entry fee £160 + VAT per team
- A £20 start fee per team/£5 per competitor is payable on event
- After 6th July 2018, teams will be randomly selected from those who have completed an online entry form and provided full payment
- Accepted clubs will be notified via email when they are awarded a place
- In the event oversubscription, a wait list will be held
- Teams who wish to withdraw before 21st August 2018 will receive a 75% refund providing that it is possible to fill their space from the waitlist (no refund will be made if this is not possible)
- No refund will be made to teams who wish to withdraw after 21st August 2018
- Once clubs have been accepted, they will be sent links to nomination and commentary note forms which must have been completed by 21st August 2018 (please note: only your first submission will be accepted)
- Changes and substitutions may be sent to email@example.com until 4th September 2018, after which time they must be made on event and will be subject to a £15 admin fee
Cropthorne - 2017 winning Riding Club 100cm team
SWDG - 2017 winning Riding Club 90cm team
North Cotswold Hunt - 2017 winning Pony Club 100cm team
Polden Hills - 2017 winning Pony Club 90cm team
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Preparing your Toddler for a New Sibling
For many parents, having a second child is in many ways surprisingly different from having a first. For one thing, you know roughly what to expect from the pregnancy, childbirth, and early months, you feel more confident about your ability to handle a baby. You also know what sorts of advice to ignore, how much money you really need to spend, and what sort of feeding routine works for your family. But perhaps the most important difference between the first and the second is the simple fact that now there will be two instead of one, and this makes things immensely more complicated. It is easy to find advice for preparing a first child for the arrival of the second, but there is not much information about the specific challenges of preparing a toddler. Younger toddlers especially are still very limited in what they understand, and the concept of a little sibling might not fully register. Meanwhile, children of this age are still challenged what it comes to dealing with their own feelings, and they might still have trouble following their parents' orders. All these elements can combine to create a difficult situation. Of course, there are some great things about having a second child when the first is still a toddler. If you plan to only have two children, this allows you to get all the hard early stuff out of the way. You will have a two- to four-year marathon of difficult nights, diaper changes, and constant supervision, but things will get much easier as your elder child approaches preschool age and the younger gets into toddlerhood. After that, there are plenty of challenges to parenting, but you never again have to worry about the especially difficult aspects of the infant and toddler years. Laying the groundwork To make the whole thing go as smoothly as possible, start preparing your first child as soon as you learn you are going to have the second. Here are a few ways to do this: • Even if you think your child is too young to understand that a younger sibling is on the way, make sure to talk about it often. Also, find infant books that help introduce your child to these concepts, and make sure to spend time around other families that contain siblings. • Do everything you can to make your first as independent as possible. If she still needs help napping or sleeping through the night or is a little behind in feeding, take things to the next level now. Start treating her like a bigger kid and she will have no choice but to become one. • If you will have to make practical changes such as moving your firstborn to a new bedroom or bringing in a babysitter for some days, implement these changes long before the arrival of the second child so that your eldest will not have to adjust to too many new things at once. Welcoming little brother or sister The most challenging time is after the second child has arrived. Unforeseen difficulties will undoubtedly arise, but here are some things you can do to make it smoother: • Make everything about both children. For instance, when friends and family come over to meet the baby, make it clear that the get-together is also about visiting the older child. • Do fun, special things for the older child to enjoy. You are of course as excited as can be about the new addition to the family, but your older child will take it in stride and get used to it surprisingly fast. So make sure she has things to get excited about other than the new sibling. • Give your older child extra special attention. If she seems like she wants to be babied, do not fight it too much. It is common for toddlers to regress in some ways when a little brother or sister arrives. This will be short-lived, but in the meantime you can make things easier by letting the child set the tone for how she wants to be treated. By Jamell Andrews


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Delivering lubricating oil, non-abrasive fuel oil or other lubricating fluids and can be engineered to suit many applications.
KRAL screw pumps, series CG, are applied to deliver lubricating oil, non abrasive fuel oil or other lubricating fluids. Main areas of application are all ranges of industry such as oil burning industries as circular pipeline, transfer, discharging and burning pumps. Hydraulic and machine building industry as lubricating and cooling pumps for gears, motors and turbines, ship hydraulic, machine tool building, power station building, marine and offshore industry as burning, lubricating, hydraulic and separator pumps. General industry to deliver, mix, meter, circulate, booster a.s.o. for lubricating non abrasive and chemical neutral fluids.
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- Viscosities: To 10,000, 000 cps
The CG range is applied to deliver lubracating oil, non-abrasive fuel oil or other lubricating fluids. This range can be engineered to suit many applications with its vast array of options.


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What's with all the momma drama? Can't we just all find common ground as mothers and get along?
I see arguments between mothers, day in and day out, all over the internet. The arguments about being a stay at home mom vs. a working mom or using disposable diapers vs. cloth diapers. The arguments even have further subdivision, once you take a closer look on each side. When did modern day motherhood get so confusing and overwhelming? What happened to women coming together and supporting each other? I feel like now that opinions can be quickly typed and shared online, with easy access for the world to see, the judgment and criticism towards each other are just free flowing. I'm obviously all for sharing ideas and opinion, but does it really need to be in rude and hurtful way?
Over the past ten years, I've been a working mom with one child, a stay at home mom with two children and now a stay at home/work from home mom with three children and some days a plus one. I've been a breast feeding mom, an exclusively pumping mom and a formula feeding mom. The only thing I will admit to never having tried is cloth diapering. Sorry Mother Nature, but the amount of laundry I do for five people is already overwhelming at times. I've been peed on, pooped on and yes even vomited on! Gross, I know. Even worse, when a child is puking your regular instincts tell you to run away from the puke, but as a mom you always seemed compelled to cup your hands to catch it. Less mess I guess! But the bottom line at each of these phrases, regardless of the situation is, I am a Mom.
As I've been sharing with you about my family these past three months, the response has been heartwarming. I really love my family and being able to share my experiences with others. I've been doing this in the hope that I can make a difference in our community, one family at time. I truly enjoy motherhood and all that goes along with it. I've been a student, a teacher and worked other varied jobs here and there when needed to support myself through each of my life's challenges. But my favorite job thus far has to be being a mother. It can be a tough job, but it's filled with such joy and reward, at the same time. Because of this, I try to be as supportive of other mothers as I can. I feel like most mothers, whether they are raising their children the way you would or not, deserve a helping hand instead of a judging pointed finger. Don't you feel more encouraged and better about yourself when you are receiving positive support, rather than being told you are doing something not 'the right way'? Being supportive to other mothers is as simple as saying 'Hello' to someone new at parent pick-up with a smile. Or telling the mother next to you, at sports practice, her child is doing great. Little conversations can be the start of something bigger. Or even if they stay little, five bucks says, your positive interaction at least made a bright spot in that mother's day.
When you get pregnant and sign up to join Team Mom, do you really know what you are getting into? Did any of us really in the beginning? Instead of fighting with each other over parenting issues and how we raise our children, I say, let's work together! Everyone on this earth has a special talent, skill, that one thing you are really great at. Share it! Hopefully, by reaching out to other mothers and sharing our ideas, we can work together, get the conversation started and have more positive, supportive interactions with each other. Now wouldn't that make our community a better place?..


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While it pictures the multi pack, the offer says any size any variety.
Last week's Friday freebie was a single can of V8+Energy. Pick up your freebie then submit the $1 ibotta for a small money maker.
There is also a printable coupon here so you can purchase one for $0.25 after coupon and still get the $1 ibotta for a $.75 money maker :D
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Israeli troops kill Palestinian in West Bank clashes
Israeli soldiers have shot dead a Palestinian man in the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian officials say.
They say the troops - who were searching for three Israeli teenagers believed seized in the West Bank last week - fired on stone-throwing crowds.
He would be the third Palestinian to have died in clashes with Israeli troops searching for the students.
Another Palestinian was reportedly killed in separate clashes in Ramallah. Israel says it is checking the reports.
Israel accuses Hamas militants of seizing the teenagers, who went missing on 12 June. The Israeli search has been accompanied by a crackdown on Palestinians linked to the group.
In a separate development, Israeli fighter jets hit several targets in the southern Gaza Strip late on Saturday, following rocket fire into southern Israel, officials say.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it would "not tolerate attempts to harm Israeli citizens or IDF soldiers, and will act against anyone who operates terror against Israel".
There were no reports of any casualties.
'Tough punishment'
The man shot in Nablus was named by the Palestinian security officials and medics as 26-year-old Ahmad Fahnawi.
Israeli officials said he had approached soldiers in a "threatening manner". His family said he had been undergoing treatment for mental illness.
Palestinian medics were also quoted by the AFP news agency as saying that a 30-year-old Palestinian man was shot dead overnight in Ramallah in a separate incident.
No more details of the clashes were immediately known.
Hundreds of Palestinians have been arrested since the Israeli search began.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has accused Israel of using the teenagers' disappearance as "a pretext to impose tough punishment against our people and besiege them".
The Israeli military says it has searched more than 1,000 sites in the hunt for the students.
Naftali Frenkel and Gilad Shaar, who are both 16, and 19-year-old Eyal Yifrach went missing at a junction near the city of Hebron as they hitchhiked their way home. Naftali Frenkel holds US-Israeli citizenship.
Earlier this week, the Israeli police revealed that one of the students had alerted them by phone, minutes after being kidnapped.
However, no action was taken over the call for five hours because the police thought it was a prank.


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As you may know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. While I haven't been personally affected by the disease (or know anyone who has) I know there are lots of brave women and families out there struggling with the breast cancer battle. More than 200,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States each year, and more than 40,000 will die from the disease this year alone.
Not too long ago I joined the online community Army of Women. The Love/Avon Army of Women, an initiative of the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation, thanks to a generous grant from the Avon Foundation for Women offers a revolutionary new opportunity for YOU to partner with research scientists to move breast cancer beyond a cure. Be sure and visit their website to learn more about this important organization striving to research and defeat breast cancer.
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, I'm offering 10% off all PINK items in my Etsy shop. Here are a few of my favorites, click on the photos to see more:
Whether it's just a thought, a prayer, or a donation, I urge you to take a little time this month to do your part to recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Linked to Julia's Hooked on Friday's Party and Everything Etsy's Wow Wednesday.
Geaux Tigers, Beat Georgia!


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Kids Helping Kids Projects
Kids Helping Kids Projects
Covenant World Relief partners with other Covenant organizations and ministries for specialized projects. One notable example is the Children's Service Project/ Kids Helping Kids.
The Children's Service Project enables us to partner with children on their spiritual journey to:
- fulfill Christ's commandment to love God and our neighbor;
- foster a larger kingdom view;
- offer an opportunity to serve and obey God; and
- provide a shared faith experience to build community.


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'Never Again' — Cameron Gives Latest Cast-Iron Guarantee
The Tory leader today addressed a closed meeting of his MPs ahead of a speech detailing his new policy on the post-Lisbon Treaty European Union.
I am told by one of those present that the message to Tory MPs can be summarized as: "Shut up. The Conservative Party is as little as 16 weeks away from power. Don't cock it up."
The party's leadership was earlier this week forced to abandon its pledge of a referendum on Lisbon when the final barrier to the treaty was removed.
But, risking the mockery of hard-line Euroskeptics and satirists, apparently Cameron and William Hague also told MPs that they now intend to campaign under the banner "Never again," as in never again will they allow powers to be given away to the EU.
Does this pledge count as a new cast-iron guarantee? Is it more cast-iron than the previous guarantee on a Lisbon referendum? Just asking.


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Hemorrhoid sufferers are likely to keep their sufferings a secret. People do not like to talk about it, since they feel ashamed about this medical condition of theirs. Once this condition is understood well, individuals will become aware that there is nothing to feel inferior about it and they can shrink hemorrhoids & get rid of all symptoms naturally.
There are veins present in our body that bring back blood to the heart from different parts. The veins of the anus and rectum can possibly become dilated and swollen up from various reasons, leading to the condition termed medically as hemorrhoids.
To a common man, this is referred to as piles, and can be of two types – a) internal; and b) external hemorrhoids.
Symptoms of Hemorrhoids
– Itchiness, burning sensation, pain around the anal region
– Incomplete bowel movements
– Blood in stools
Causes for Hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoid causes are varied, like –
– Lack of fiber intake via diet, resulting in hard stools that require to be expelled out with excessive effort
– Constipation occurring on a frequent basis, wherein the individual is required to spend a lot of time in the process of pushing out fecal material, which can strain the rectal veins and trigger hemorrhoids
– Hardening of stools can also occur from postponing the urge to have a bowel movement, due to the need to complete more important tasks at hand, and when done so on a regular basis, it will initiate the process of hemorrhoids
– Any disorder affecting the intestinal tract that disrupts normal elimination of bowels is another cause
– Obese people will also have to do a lot of straining to have a bowel movement, and this can cause hemorrhoids to set in
– Pregnant women, because of weight gain around their abdomen and pelvic areas, are also likely to experience hemorrhoids during their pregnancy period
– Family history of hemorrhoids
– Engaged in an occupation where there is lot of heavy lifting done, which places more strain on the lower back and pelvic areas, giving rise to hemorrhoids
Natural Treatment Methods for Hemorrhoid Cure
A sitz bath taken regularly will provide relief from hemorrhoid symptoms. The person is required to immerse their upper thighs, lower abdomen, and buttocks in a tub filled with hot water for about 30 minutes. This will help them handle the pain better, and alleviate any itchiness or irritation that accompanies it.
Follow having a sitz bath with application of witch hazel or aloe vera extract, with a cotton swab, on the anus region, for relief from inflammation and itching.
Having a fiber rich diet is recommended to avoid constipation, which is considered to be an important cause for hemorrhoids. Fiber is found in abundance in plant foods, since they contain more of indigestible material acting as fiber. Dietary fibers will add more bulk to stools and reduce the time needed for its outward passage.
Drink plenty of water to soften stools as well as to produce stools of a right consistency for easy elimination. Consumption of fruit and vegetable juices will also provide the much needed soluble fibers for softening fecal matter, so as to have normal bowel movements.
Exercise and maintain ideal body weight, since obesity is linked to the development of hemorrhoids. All those factors that contribute to excess body weight, like – following a diet lacking in dietary fibers, remaining inactive or seated for long hours, little or no amount of exercise – also play a significant role in establishing hemorrhoid problems.
In case where natural methods fail to provide the desired results, then consulting a physician is recommended, in order to prevent hemorrhoids from being a chronic condition.


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Easter Weekend!
It is so much fun visiting Mama Jan's! We get to stay at a hotel with an indoor pool! The kids really do love it! The entire family came in for the weekend. We spent Friday afternoon at the little park in Oak Grove. Many laughs were had over this very peculiar picnic. Mama Jan really did do a good job planning and providing the food!
Jackson picking up the balled up bags for the 1000th time.
Belle all grins on the swing. She tried to feed the horses but they wouldn't go for carrots.
Sweet Lilo!
Sunday was fantastic! It was the first time we have gotten to worship at Hillcrest since September. It was so good to see so many of our friends. Sorry I didn't get any pictures in our Easter finest, but believe me the kids looked really sweet! Here we are back home in the routine of work and life. Hope you all had a great weekend with family as well!


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A science teacher at Parkland HS beginning in 2009, Jon Trenge remains a part-time participant in LVAC workouts and activities and is one of the three most active coaching mentors in the Club's 10-year history. His 5th place finish at the 2004 Olympic Trials is Lehigh's highest since Bobby Weaver in 1984. One of Lehigh's all-time best athletes, Trenge ranks 1st in LU career wins (133), third in bonus wins and 4th in falls.
Jon was a 3x All-American (2nd, 2nd, 3rd) and a 3-time EIWA champion in 3 post-seasons, missing the 2001 post-season due to detached and torn retinae in February. That year, as a r/s freshman, he owned wins vs. the 2001 NCAA 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th place winners. The saga of his senior year in 2004-05 (Lehigh's best team in more than 30 years) was converted into a popular movie, entitled: "Veritas: The Story of Jon Trenge."
Despite the eye injuries which dictated the use of protective goggles for his final three seasons (unprecedented in college), the variety of his major tourneys won ranks 2nd in school history: including Midlands, (continued on the right)
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Jon is Lehigh's only two-time undergrad Midlands champion – at one of them, he beat 4-time Iowa A/A & '97 NCAA champion Lee Fullhart, who beat Cael Sanderson for the World Team that year. Trenge had three other wins over NCAA champs, including a 2-0 mark vs. 3x champion, Jake Rosholt. He was 13-3 in three Nationals, with 11 bonus wins.
One of 10 Lehigh wrestlers ever to serve as full-time Lehigh coach, Jon set LVAC records in '05-06, organizing and running 27 clinics for area youth. He also initiated our Fargo Support program, a challenge gift to send three kids to Jr Nationals, coaching one to a 4th place in Greco. Jon's charitable incentive: "When I went to Fargo in high school, I wasn't supported by a club."
In addition to his popular leadership at LVAC Clinics, plus some of his own in the region (such as Dyn-O-Mite), Trenge also served one year as assistant at Brandywine HS before completing his graduate degree in education.


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This technique not only reduces the CO2 emissions compared to ethanol but it would not require food-based products to produce it unlike bio-fuel. This will benefit cause there are no chances of global food shortages or spiraling food costs.Food-based products are not used for this process such as sugarcane, corn, starch etc. It basically reuses waste products. Although research is still been done to verify the findings.


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ALGIERS (Reuters Life!) - Novelist Mohammed Moulessehoul (pseudonym: Yasmina Khadra), Algeria's biggest literary export, has strong views on his native country's cultural life, and on the urgent need for political change.
The author of acclaimed novels including "The Attack", and the "Swallow of Kabul" spoke to Reuters about politics, society, and how the Arab world is perceived in the West. The following are edited excerpts from his answers:
Q: Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika spoke about the necessity to launch political reforms, but he did not elaborate. What is your comment?
A: After 30 years of bad habits, muddle, and empty slogans which have driven the Algerian people to doubt themselves, then to lassitude aggravated by 15 years of drama and barbaric violence, a convalescent Algeria is trying to get back on its feet. The delay, in fact the backward movement accumulated during these tragic years makes one dizzy. There are so many emergencies that we don't know what should be our priorities ... The social and economic malaise continues, purchasing power has tumbled, inflation is growing dramatically, the justice system is in a bad way, and corruption has discovered that it has unbelievable room for maneuver.
Q: Do you think the Tunisian virus could reach Algeria?
A: The situation prevailing in Algeria has nothing to do with other Arab countries. Our uprising, launched in 0ctober 1988, did not reach its goal. And the fundamentalist war has traumatized the minds. The Algerians do not wish to live again the horrors of the 1990s.
Q: What is your formula for solving Algeria's crisis?
A: It is not formulas that we are short of. It is enough just to get down to work...We need the political courage to work exclusively for the good of Algeria. One does not negotiate over the destiny of a people by giving in to the directives of an alliance. A choice should be made: Algeria or nothing. Since 1962 we have been trying to rear goats and grow cabbage while losing sight of the whole nation. The result: the goat has died of hunger, the cabbage has rotted and we find ourselves with a nation on our hands. It is very hard to settle down clans which have helped themselves without shame since independence, and which continue to satisfy their morbid bulimia. It is time to stop with these practices and to start doing things seriously: to help a country raise itself up into the concert of nations. The formula I propose is this: to have the courage of one's convictions.
Q: Do you believe you have a responsibility toward your Western readers to explain the Arab world to them?
A: I don't have any responsibility, just a duty as a citizen. Western authors have created stereotypes which the public have raised up to the level of truth. My twin cultures allow me to put everything in its context. In any case, I do not write for Westerners but for readers of the whole world.
Q: What do you think about the two films about Algeria which have had a big impact this year, "Outside the Law" and "Of Gods and Men"?
A: Rachid Bouchareb (director of "Outside the Law" has made an action film. There was no ulterior motive behind it. The cretinous controversy around his film has torpedoed it. As for "Of Gods and Men," I found this film moving and horribly tendentious. Which is unfortunate for the monks whom we exhume like fairground freaks."


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Saturday, September 1, 2012
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I am delighted to report that the Port is now finished - pictures of this will be shown at a later point in time. This will form the backdrop for the penultimate part of the Scales of Anubis campaign.
However on the Sunday we are setting the room up for a massive Pirate Game - islands, ports, ships etc
This meant I had to rapidly finish off the ships that had been languishing in the shed..
Principally I needed to add Sails and some rigging...
The Sail Cloth came from a cream coloured table cloth I bought in Wilko a few years back for just this purpose. I merely sewed this onto the spars using needle and thread. Not perfect but it does do the job.
The Sails on the Ainsty Man O War came from a plastic toy - and repainted. Just cant find any more of them ;-(
The ratlines that you can see come from plastic gutter guard - a black mesh like material found in a pound shop. This is made from vinyl so superglue wouldn't work. In the end I sewed the on the top spars and jammed the bases into green stuff (still has to be painted)
I think they look OK and will serve the purpose well..
|Ainsty Man O War
|Ainsty Merchant Man
|Ainsty Brig - Sails need to be stiffened with white glue.
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Recently elected Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MP Jamie Schmale told Algonquin Highlands councillors last week he ll be working to get local townships as much of the billions of stimulus dollars being dished out by the Liberal government as possible.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
The executive director of the Haliburton Highlands Family Health Team says the organization is managing amid provincial cutbacks.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Burnout, says Erin Lynch, explaining the decision to close the Art Hive along Highway 118 in Algonquin Highlands. Predominantly, it s burnout.
Thursday, January 28, 2016
The Minden Hills Cultural Centre will get hit with a big funding cut in 2016 and likely one next year as well.During a Jan. 28 meeting, Minden Hills council ordered community services director Mark Coleman to cut $50,000 from the cultural centre s $3
Thursday, January 28, 2016
The Minden Hills Cultural Centre will get hit with a big funding cut in 2016 and likely one next year as well.
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Algonquin Highlands will not be partnering with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry on the maintenance of Sherborne Lake Road, south of Dorset.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
The OPP and the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) are launching what they re calling Provincial Snowmobile Safety Week from Jan. 16 to 24.
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
A 51-year-old Tillsonburg man is dead after a snowmobile crash in Gelert on Monday, Jan. 18. According to the Haliburton Highlands OPP, just before 2 p.m. a snowmobiler travelling west on the Haliburton County Rail Trail entered the intersection at
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Councillors on Haliburton County s finance and correspondence committee are recommending the municipality contribute an extra $280,000 to reserves in 2016, which would result in a 3.85 per cent tax rate increase at the upper tier level.
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
It was a familiar discussion. Haliburton County councillors are torn on how to handle a grant request from the Haliburton Highlands Outdoors Association, which operates the Haliburton fish hatchery.
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
If the federal government is going to change the electoral system, then Canadians should have a vote, says Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MP Jamie Schmale.
Monday, February 1, 2016
Haliburton County councillors passed the municipality s 2016 budget during a Jan. 27 meeting and that budget includes a $10,000 grant for the Haliburton Highlands Outdoors Association for the operation of the Haliburton fish hatchery.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Haliburton County will close its tourist information centre along Highway 35 in Minden at the end of the year. County councillors made that decision during a Jan. 27 council meeting.
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
International Angelman Day takes place on February 15, and Minden Hills celebrates IAD on Feb. 13 with a party hosted by service clubs, teachers, businesses, organizations, individuals, the town, neighbouring towns and two tired moms.
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Do you regularly hitch rides with friends or give rides to others?
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
The Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit has concerns about the implications of funding and potential accountability changes coming from the province.
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Minden Hills council is supporting an agreement between Haliburton County and Bell to bring or improve high-speed, broadband Internet to a number of public buildings in the county.
Friday, February 12, 2016
The U-Links Centre for Community-Based Research will hold its annual Celebration of Research at Fleming College in Haliburton on Saturday, March 19.
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
After just a couple of hours, talks between the Trillium Lakelands District School Board and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation ended.
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Algonquin Highlands council has lent its support to a high-speed Internet expansion deal between Haliburton County and Bell and the township will reimburse the county for service fees for Algonquin Highlands buildings that will benefit from the project.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Minden Hills councillors passed a resolution supporting the Blue Dot movement, a campaign from the David Suzuki Foundation calling on municipal governments to encourage provincial governments to encourage the federal government to add the right to clean e
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Haliburton County is entering into a new agreement with Bell for the provision of high-speed Internet to a number of publicly owned buildings that will increase the number of public wireless hotspots in the municipality.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
County councillors have granted a request for relief from the the municipality s tree-cutting bylaw for the clearing of six acres of a red pine plantation in Algonquin Highlands.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
When a young person ages out of the Big Brothers Big Sisters program before ever being matched with an adult, it breaks Alyssa Wilson s heart.
Monday, February 15, 2016
Members of the advisory committee for the Minden Hills Cultural Centre are unhappy with council s plan to cut $50,000 from the cultural centre s $340,000 budget for 2016 and, if Reeve Brent Devolin has his way, another $50,000 in 2017.


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A few weeks ago, a special treat came in the mail from Moms Meet (greenmomsmeet.com. It was a package of candy and toothpaste from Xlear (you can find them on Facebook here.)
My daughters (ages 1 and 3) tried the toothpaste first. They loved picking their flavor, and they were amazed that it was a clear gel. They loved the flavor, and I love the fact the main ingredient, Xylitol, is great for their teeth. Since Xylitol is a natural ingredient found in plants, so I don't have to worry about it being artificial. There is the possibility that Xylitol can cause mild diarrhea when consumed in large amounts, but we have not experienced that side effect. I may switch to this brand of toothpaste for my daughters.
Next my husband and I tried the candy. My daughters were anxious to try it, but it is very hard, and we didn't want them to choke. We both preferred the fruit flavor, and again, I love that the sweetener is healthy for your teeth. I would recommend this candy, and for those on a sugar-controlled diet, it is great because it does not interfere with blood sugar levels or insulin production. I would definitely buy it again if for no other reason than the dental health benefits.
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