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Avocado Mango Burger
Makes 4 servings
what you'll need:
1 medium ripe mango, peeled, pitted and diced
1 medium ripe avocado, peeled, seeded and diced
¼ cup fresh chopped cilantro
1 tablespoon minced, seeded jalapeño
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
Zest and juice of
1 small lime
¼ teaspoon sea salt
4 whole grain buns, sliced in half and toasted
4 Tofurky® Spicy Black Bean Burgers
how to make:
1. In a medium bowl, gently toss mango, avocado, cilantro, jalapeno, oil, zest, juice, and salt.
2. Grill burgers according to package directions. To assemble burgers, spread vegan mayo (mixed with hot sauce if desired) on each cut side of the bun. On the bottom half, add the burger and mango salsa, then cover with the top bun.
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Sunday, 14 September 2014
Flowering Peach - Day 14
This was pure pleasure to sketch today - we are having day after day of perfect spring weather and it is wonderful to have any excuse to get into the garden.
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so feminine and soft!ReplyDelete
Thanks Sue, yes there is something so ethereally beautiful about fruit tree blossoms.ReplyDelete
How versatile - motorbikes to blossoms. Both done perfectly - emphasizing the strength of the metal and the softness of the petal. I love the colors too.ReplyDelete
I loved your term for the seaweed balls - Beach installation!Replies
You are very kind Julie! I love what you are doing in your challenge!Delete
Beautiful. There are flowers everywhere here as well, though most of the fruit tree blossoms are already gone.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Zoya, I'm surprised to hear that your fruit blossom season is mostly gone already as I would have imagined your temps to be colder than ours. I love your life drawings.Delete
Oh Wendy - you are just getting warm and lovely with beautiful flowers while we are seeing everything winding down. This is certainly my kind of sketch. Hope you are enjoying every moment of your spring weather!!ReplyDelete
Lovely to discover your blog and your artwork is wonderful.ReplyDelete
Enjoy Spring and getting out in the garden
Bet your flowering peach tree is stunning Wendy, love your sketch of it. I have a plum tree outside my studio presently bursting in white flower. So glad Speing is hereReplyDelete

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Thoracic Outlet Syndrome a complicated condition is diagnosed and treated successfully at our office.
What is Thoracic Outlet Syndrome?
Thoracic outlet syndrome is a complex disorder characterized by a constellation of signs and symptoms resulting from the compression of blood vessels and nerves (neurovascular bundle) in the thoracic outlet region where they exit the chest. The thoracic outlet is a space located between the thorax (rib cage) and the clavicle (collar bone) which contains major blood vessels (subclavian artery and vein) and nerves (brachial plexus). The thoracic outlet is the area through which nerves and blood vessels travel to and from the arm.
Thoracic outlet syndrome is considered a "syndrome" since it involves multiple systems, including:
- Neural (nerve) complexes
- Vascular structures
- Musculoskeletal system
Neural Complex
The nerves that travel through the thoracic outlet originate at the level of the cervical and/or thoracic spine (C5-C8 and T1). These nerves are bundled together into the brachial plexus. The brachial plexus passes through a notch in the bone at the base of the neck and then passes under the scalene muscles and continues under the collarbone and across the front of the shoulders. In the area of the axilla (arm pit) the brachial plexus divides into the three major nerves of the arm, ulnar, median, and radial nerves. Thoracic outlet syndrome involves the brachial plexus before it divides and typically affects the ulnar and radial nerves.
Vascular Structures
The blood vessels that travel through the thoracic outlet include:
- Subclavian artery which supplies oxygenated blood to the arm from the aorta
- Subclavian vein which returns the deoxygenated blood from the arm to the heart
Musculoskeletal System
The bones and muscles form the backdrop for proper passage and support for the nerves and blood vessels that traverse the upper body. The components involved in this process include:
- Proper bone alignment – the neck vertebrae, first rib and collarbone must be aligned properly to allow enough space for the brachial plexus and subclavian blood vessels to pass through the correct path without obstruction or interference.
- Proper muscle alignment – muscles of the upper body must be aligned in proper form, particularly the scalene muscles. The scalene muscles consist of three powerful muscles on each side of the neck that bend and rotate the neck, and assist in breathing by raising the first two ribs during inspiration (breathing in). The ideal posture which promotes the most appropriate muscle alignment is when the head sits directly atop the shoulders which we identify as erect posture.
Anatomy of the Thoracic Outlet
There are actually three spaces where compression can occur causing the symptoms of thoracic outlet syndrome , including:
- The thoracic outlet (also called the scalene triangle) – is located at the base of the neck above the first rib and behind the clavicle. This space lies closest to the neck. The boundaries of the thoracic outlet consist of:
- anterior scalene muscle which forms the front of the thoracic outlet
- middle scalene muscle which forms the back of the thoracic outlet
- first rib which forms the bottom of the thoracic outlet.
The subclavian artery and the brachial plexus are located between the first rib and the scalene muscle while the subclavian vein sits outside the scalene muscle.
- Costoclavicular space – this space is located adjacent to the scalene triangle and lies between the following structures:
- clavicle
- first rib
- costoclavicular ligament
- edge of the middle scalene muscle
The subclavian artery, vein, and brachial plexus all pass through the costoclavicular space.
- Subcoracoid space which lies adjacent to the costoclavicular space and is closest to the arm. The location of this space is:
- under the pectoralis muscle
- under the coracoid process
- in front of the ribs
If there are any anomalous bony structures (e.g., cervical rib) touching upon these small spaces, they have the potential to compress the neurovascular structures which pass through them. Approximately 0.17 to 0.74% of the general population has an anomalous rib and only 10% of people with such a cervical rib actually develop thoracic outlet syndrome. Thoracic outlet syndrome typically occurs following trauma to the cervical spine.
Because thoracic outlet syndrome is thought by some experts to be underdiagnosed and in some cases misdiagnosed, it is difficult to estimate with any degree of accuracy how many people suffer from this condition. The incidence of thoracic outlet syndrome in the U.S. population has been broadly estimated to range from 0.3% to 8%. The most common age range is 25 to 40 years and women are affected about 4 times more frequently than men.


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Power & Politics opened with an MP panel of Kellie Leitch, Chris Charlton, and Rodger Cuzner to discuss the issue of the quotas or "performance targets" for ending EI fraud cases. Leitch said that there were no quotas – which imply punitive measures for Service Canada employees – and that improper claims need to be rooted out. Charlton said that the targets were "a rose by any other name," and that they imply they know where fraud exists. Cuzner said that it is simply an intimidation tactic, and that setting a dollar amount as opposed to checking files per month creates a bounty system. Cuzner later corrected Leitch saying they found $112 million in fraud last year, not half a billion dollars worth. On Power Play, NDP leader Thomas Mulcair said that Finley misled the House in not calling it a quota, and said that as with pensions and the OAS, the Conservatives have mastered the "half-lie."
On Power & Politics, Alberta Premier Alison Redford said she heard lots of interest and real understanding about what the Keystone XL pipeline means while at the National Governor's Association in Washington DC last weekend. Redford that her message was about the actions the province has taken on emissions, legislation to lower intensity, and their price on carbon, but both she and Ambassador Doer are operating under the assumption that the approval of Keystone XL will depend on action on Canadian environmental regulations. Redford noted that with the integrated oil economy, the refineries on the Gulf Coast built to handle heavy oil are a market with a demand for bitumen, rather than importing it from Venezuela or Mexico.
Don Martin spoke with Environment Minister Peter Kent about the new regulations on heavy transport trucks, where Kent said that there was a lag between the implementation of those regulations in the States and Canada because the development of those regulations had to reflect the different realities of our climate and roads. While Kent said that there will be an increase in costs for those transport trucks – as much as $800,000 up front – there would be a 6:1 benefit to that cost. Kent said that oil and gas regulations are still being developed, and that they want to get them right.
Worth Noting:
- Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver spoke about the impending announcement of Liquid Natural Gas export licences for BC, which the province hopes will generate $1 trillion in economic activity over 25 years.
- John Ibbitson spoke about his new book, The Big Shift.


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I pulled out my trusty Pom Tree and got busy with the poms and tassels. I have a tutorial on how this great tool works if you are interested. Here's where you can choose if you want to include all of the poms or just a few or none at all. The hat looks great on its own without the extras. Of course, I think it is more playful with all of the poms and tassels included!
I lined the hat with an off-white fleece. I have a tutorial on how to line a hat if you are interested. I was thrilled with the outcome when I was done. I thought I would send a picture to the Spud & Chloë people to see if they felt the same way. Sometimes it is hard to try for things out of the blue, I guess out of fear of rejection. I usually do it anyway. I always tell myself the worst thing that can happen is that they will say no. That's not that bad of thing to happen. I've dealt with way worse than that in my life. After I start thinking who cares if they say no I can easily click on that send button. It's not a big deal. You could do that, too. How do you know if you don't even try?


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"There are days when Josh Hartman envisions his life without cycling.
He would likely still live in Brooklyn's East New York neighborhood, far beyond the borough's creeping wave of gentrification. Perhaps he would string electrical wire, like his father, or attend a junior college like his high school classmates. Or perhaps his life would have followed a different path altogether. He might sell drugs, like some of his childhood friends, or sit in a jail cell.
"I would be a typical dummy from East New York," Hartman says. "Most of my friends have been to jail, two are still locked up. That could be me."
Hartman isn't in jail on this chilly December afternoon; he's in Colorado Springs in a rented house on the east side of town. Cycling brought him here. Hartman is the newest member of USA Cycling's Olympic development squad for velodrome racing, and if he maintains his current trajectory, he will compete in the 2020 summer games in Tokyo and perhaps multiple Olympics beyond."
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
9 comments:
- Halle said...
It may be small but I bet it smells lovely.
- June 26, 2012 at 6:46 PM
- Rita said...
Small is good. I love the wrapped glass piece as the centerpiece. Can almost smell it from here--ahhh! ;)
- June 26, 2012 at 9:00 PM
- Caterina Giglio said...
I think I can smell it over here! no, I am not worrying about doing the portrait, but just wanted to let you know that i had not forgotten it and am looking forward to it x
- June 27, 2012 at 10:13 AM
- Tammy@T's Daily Treasures said...
Framed lavender. Very creative! Sweet dreams. :) Tammy
- June 27, 2012 at 10:55 AM
- JoZart said...
I bet you were sooooo relaxed after making this. Great idea... I've just been making tied bunches to dry from my garden lavender and today I visited an organic lavender farm to see the fields before they harvested. will post it soon.
Love JoZarty x
- June 27, 2012 at 1:56 PM
- Annie @ knitsofacto said...
Nothing wrong with small. It's pretty, striking, intriguing ... nice one!
- June 27, 2012 at 4:34 PM
Oh I love this! What a super idea!
- June 28, 2012 at 2:32 AM
- Nancy said...
I love lavender, when I see your gorgeous flower pics it makes me miss my 'other' life (sort of)!
I must get more of a garden space going :)
- June 28, 2012 at 8:00 AM
- Dianne said...
Very pretty!
- June 28, 2012 at 12:59 PM


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Owner Close Buy Catalog, Portland
424 Fore St., Portland
President/founder: Masey Kaplan
Founded: 2010
Gross sales, 2012: Just over $400,000
Contact: 838-2567 www.closebuycatalog.com
Masey Kaplan, founder and owner of Close Buy Catalog, admits she knew next to nothing about starting a business when she launched her company in 2010. In fact, the Falmouth mother of two boys says it took a few years for the ideas behind it to percolate in her mind before she was ready to take on the challenge of creating a new approach to school fundraising.
The triggering event was her oldest son bringing home a gift-wrap catalog for a school fundraiser when he was in kindergarten.
"Wow, I remember this from when I was in grade school," Kaplan recalls, noting that she and her husband purchased some wrapping paper to support their son's school. The next year, her reaction was a bit more jaded: "Wow, we still have wrapping paper left over from last year …" The third year, with the economy tanking and her household's spending becoming more frugal, she thought, "Wow, if only these folks were selling something we really needed as a family…"
Kaplan says in 2009 she started thinking seriously about what goods would be a better offering than the dreaded gift-wrapping paper. Her friends volunteered an idea that took her further down a promising path. "Why aren't we helping other Maine businesses?" they asked.
She felt she was on to something — but, even so, it took another year to translate those ideas into a catalog company offering a sustainable fundraising system designed to boost local businesses and make lots of money for participating schools and nonprofits. From the start, she says, her business plan has been to offer only locally made products that people actually want.
In 2010, Kaplan tested the concept in only three schools: Falmouth Elementary, Friends School of Portland — where her two sons were enrolled — and Longfellow School in Portland.
"I didn't really know what I was doing, that's why I described it as a 'pilot' at that time," she says. "I don't have a business degree. I got a lot of help from some very smart people. My first catalog was a matter of trying it out, getting some answers, seeing what worked."
A trained graphic artist, Kaplan put those skills to good use, designing the first catalog herself, a practice she continues to this day. She acknowledges she didn't make a cent of profit that first year, but the pilot schools all raised more than they'd had with other fundraising programs and were eager to do it again.
Close Buy Catalog has been on steady trajectory of growth since its first year, doubling its customer base from 2011 to 2012 and expanding to 63 schools and nonprofits. Its catalog list has grown from a handful of vendors the first year to 130 this year. Gross sales revenues topped $400,000 in 2012, making it the company's first profitable year. This year, Kaplan has expanded her territory to include Massachusetts and New Hampshire — in part, to satisfy schools and vendors eager to use her fundraising catalog in those states.
Kaplan says the revenues from Close Buy Catalog's sales are split with 30% going to school groups or the nonprofit organization, 30% to 50% to the product-makers (depending on wholesale costs) and the rest to her company. Fundraising takes place between the start of school and the holidays, and all schools must run the sale at the same time. It's a narrow window of opportunity, particularly for Close Buy's food vendors who agree to make their goods on demand to ensure freshness.
Key allies are the dozens of school volunteers, the PTO and PTA fundraising organizers and corporate sponsors such as Shaw's, which for the second year in a row is donating a truck and driver to deliver pallets of the purchased goods to each school for distribution just before the holidays.
"It's very grassroots, and I want to keep it that way," Kaplan says.
This year's modest expansion into New Hampshire and Massachusetts — with just under a dozen schools between the two states — challenges that notion a bit. But Kaplan sees it as a two-way street, with Maine vendors getting a chance to broaden their market reach and Close Buy customers getting a wider mix of vendors.
"This is a replicable model, it can go anywhere there is a strong 'buy local' culture," she says. "At this point we're feeling very secure with New England. We'd like to grow more in the other New England states. Our infrastructure is in place. Beyond that, we're looking very carefully where it makes sense to go it next.
She's considering the mid-Atlantic states and perhaps New York as new markets in 2015. "Then the question becomes, say, if we expand into New York: Do we sell only New York stuff? Or stuff made in Maine and New York?"
Kaplan acknowledges those are good problems to be having, particularly since every step of the way so far has been on a shoestring budget.
"We had a profit last year, and I expect that to grow this year," she says. "But it's going to grow at its own pace. It's a lot of work. This is the first year I haven't worked 70-hour work weeks. Now I work regular-person hours most of the time."
As her company begins to build upon its success — it earned the 2013 Innovation Award from the Institute for Family-Owned Business — Kaplan says questions of sustainability rise in importance. Right now, she and her team of two employees work out of their homes. Going slow and doing much of the work herself, she says, seems to be the right way to grow.
"I started with no money, and wasn't willing to borrow money," she says. "We don't have investors, we don't have loans. It has made me do a lot of work myself, so I understand how this company works really well."
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The Fletchers keep western Maine's wood-products industry spinning
Sylvia Getman leads The Aroostook Medical Center down a more sustainable path
Tom Hall drives his marketing company and Portland's technology connections
Allagash International's Terry Ingram breaks into foreign markets
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Josh Shea reflects today's L-A with his magazine and film festival
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Lower Brule Man Sentenced For Assault By Strangulation And Suffocation
Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Strangulation and Suffocation was sentenced on April 6, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
Cameron LaRoche, age 37, was sentenced to 20 months in custody, 2 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
LaRoche was indicted by a federal grand jury on November 13, 2014. He pled guilty on January 21, 2015.
On or about August 21, 2014, LaRoche, who had been in a sporadic intimate relationship with the victim for the past 14 years, was at his aunt's house drinking whiskey with others. They went inside the house and LaRoche began arguing with the victim. She went into the kitchen, where LaRoche followed her and started hitting her with closed fists on the face, head, and ear. The victim tried to defend herself by putting her arms up to protect her face. LaRoche continued to hit her a few more times with his closed fists, then stopped and apologized for what he had done to her.
LaRoche then told her he wanted to lay down with her, but the victim did not want to. LaRoche pushed her towards the basement door and forced her to go down, where he continued yelling, calling her names, and hitting her. LaRoche then threw the victim on a bed, and again hit her on the arms, head, and face. LaRoche then tried to smother her by laying on top of her, while pushing her head into the mattress. She turned her head to the right so she could breathe, while begging for her life. Moments later, LaRoche started hitting her again with his fist to her face. He then strangled her with his hands around her neck, and squeezed until the victim could not breathe.
The victim was seen by medical personnel and it was determined she possibly had a nondisplaced fracture of her wrist. She was put in a cast for several days, followed by a splint.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan N. Dilges prosecuted the case. LaRoche was immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.


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We hope you all enjoy the video as much as we enjoyed performing.
We're Room 24 from TIS - we love to learn and do our best! Join our class of 29 amazing learners as we share our learning journey and connect globally with other classes around the world!
Monday, March 19, 2012
Kaweka's Flash Mob ... in Video
We hope you all enjoy the video as much as we enjoyed performing.
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Well that has made my day! I am wondering whether I can convince my team to surprise our school with our own flash mob... Awesome stuff!!!! You might like our camp concert posts for a giggle! :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Dear Ms BeeDelete
I am sure you'd be able to convince your team to take on a flash mob. As you can read in our previous post, Room 5 (a class in our team) surprised us with the flash mob at our Kaweka team assembly.
We loved it so much, we decided to "flash mob" the school - and what a success it was! Most importantly, the students loved it. I now have students wanting to dance to music in class.
Maybe your class could surprise your team with a flash mob first.
Thank you for commenting on our blog and we are glad that the video made your day.
Kind regards
Valerie McLeod
We LOVED the video here in Hamilton, we watched it through from start to finish three times in class today, and the song, by the end of the day it was getting hummed during the classwork in the afternoon. A great inspired piece of film making/flash mobbing. We really loved it in Hamilton.ReplyDelete
Mr Webb and Room Five, Melville Intermediate, Hamilton, Waikato.Replies
- AnonymousMarch 21, 2012 at 11:58 PM
Dear Mr Webb and classDelete
Thanks for commenting on our blog. I really like your friendly comments. Our flash mob was really fun and exciting. Are you going to do one?
Thanks again for commenting. Hope to hear from you again.
Yours sincerely
- AnonymousMarch 21, 2012 at 5:05 PM
Hello Room 24, Trevor here,ReplyDelete
Wow this amazed me on how many people participated I liked the song too. The song made me want to get up and dance to the music. That looks alot of fun. I had fun watching it. The funny part was at the end when the kid said " That was awesome with a capital... What does awesome start with? Right, awesome with a capital A." That was funny I hope to see more cool things like this soon
Your fellow blogging friend,
- AnonymousMarch 30, 2012 at 4:17 PM
Hi TrevorDelete
It was a lot of fun making this video, and I have to agree that the song was just one of those songs when you just want to get up and dance!
The person at the end of the video is Riva. (He's a really good singer!)
Blog back,
- AnonymousApril 5, 2012 at 4:43 PM
Hey Molly,Delete
Sorry I haven't been posting a whole lot of comments I have been busy but anyway.
Riva is funny and the other day I had a thought.. I thought about if I became an exchange student and went to your school that would be a big change for me
Well I am glad to get a response.
Your friend,
- AnonymousApril 19, 2012 at 6:19 PM
Hi TrevorDelete
That's alright. To tell you the truth I've been busy over the holidays so I havn't been commenting that much either.
Coming to our school probably would be a big change for you. We've had lots of other exchange students coming to our school and I'm sure that they've really enjoyed themselves.
Your kiwi friend,
- AnonymousMarch 22, 2012 at 12:21 AM
Hi Room 24ReplyDelete
Awesome video guys, it looks like the whole school participated, the
song was cool as well. It looks like the real video. I hope i can see
more things like that on your blog.
Bye Room 24
From Ciara
Rm 6 St Mary's Mosgiel NZ
We discussed the flash mob in class and were thinking about an appropriate time to do it, Brent from our class suggested at Assembly but our Assemblies are very formal and I don't know how some of the people would take it. Yesterday I had a sports tournament that some of our class were at, otherwise we would have all left you a comment about it.
Hi Taradale IntermediateReplyDelete
Your flash mob was so cool and everyone in
the class loved it! I wish that my class
could do something like that as well! I actually have a
question for you.....
Was it scary doing the Flash mob?
Please answer my question
Room 5, Melville Intermediate school
Hamilton, New Zealand
Hi our names are Jamie and Bianca.ReplyDelete
We really liked your video. did
We thought it was so cool that the music just went on and people rushed over and started dancing.
We have 2 questions for you,
How long did it take you to practice the dance routine?
And Did you practice in school hours?
From Jamie and Bianca, Melville Intermediate SchoolReplies
- AnonymousMarch 26, 2012 at 12:50 AM
Dear Jamie and BiancaDelete
I'm glad you liked our video. It was so much fun doing it! Other members of the school were just standing around thinking, "awesome it's a flash mob". You could tell by their faces and their reactions.
It was fun practising the dance, we had about four practices. And yes we did practice in school hours we did it after lunch or after morning tea.
Dear Room 24,ReplyDelete
I love this post! I thought it was incredible that everyone looked so prepared for it. That must've taken quite a bit of practice.
I'll have to check out your blog more often. I love the quote that appears when you first show up on your site. I'm a HUGE hockey fan so that quote really stood out to me. I think it also stands true for a lot of things in life. You need to always be looking ahead and being ready for what you're about to face!
Thanks for sharing such a wonderful idea. I know my students would love this!
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- AnonymousMarch 26, 2012 at 11:10 PM
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We had only had three or four practices before we performed this to the whole school. Alot of people had so much fun when they performed the flash mob. The quote gets changed regularly but this one is probably one of the better quotes
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- Olivia Jurgens / Halcombe SchoolMarch 25, 2012 at 9:25 PM
That was amazing! Looks like you guys had fun. I think you have some pretty good dancers in there, what an aweosme idea!ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousMarch 26, 2012 at 12:57 AM
Dear OliviaDelete
Well thank you. It was so much fun to do, we all had a great time. And so did the rest of the school. Even the teachers, they joined in and it was so funny! Yes we did have fabulous dancers, I really liked the rap dancers - they were funny!
Hi my name is Jack, from St. John Vianney. I loved your flash mob. We do one at the end of the year, but it is only teachers that can do it. I thought it was cool that you can bring your own music at recess.I thought most of it was funny, nice video.ReplyDelete
Hi my name is Ryan from St. John Vianney. That video was awesome. I think that was the best video on your website.ReplyDelete
Dear Room 24,ReplyDelete
Why don't you guys wear shoes outside? Anyways I think it's pretty cool!
You guys wear almost the same clothes as us.ReplyDelete
I like the music.ReplyDelete


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The Accumulator Fold Size is only applicable to Accumulator bets containing more than 4 selections. Reducing the Accumulator Fold Size, which initially mirrors the Number of Selections, allows permed Accumulators to be created.
Some types of bet attract bonuses, or a consolation, if certain criteria are met. The bonuses and consolations offered by different bookmakers vary, so the Sports Bet Calculator allows you to adjust these bonus options accordingly.
The Compare Bet Types option can help you to analyse which type of bet will offer the highest potential profit from your selections.
When used in conjunction with the Maximum Total Stake setting, it can also help you to identify which bet could give you the optimum return for a limited stake.
You can easily compare how various outcomes will affect the return for each bet type, by simply altering selection statuses and recalculating.
Note: This feature is not available in the Android version.
A Dead Heat is where two or more participants in an event can not be separated, and thereby finish in the same position.
A Dead Heat will often affect the return on a bet, with a proportion of the stake being lost, to reflect the number of other participants involved in the Dead Heat.
For Each Way bets, a Dead Heat for a place will be settled to the full stake, as long as the inclusion of all Dead Heat participants wouldn't otherwise exceed the number of places. For example, if two participants are involved in a Dead Heat for second, when there are three places, the stake is not affected.
The Sports Bet Calculator allows you to adjust the various Dead Heat details required to calculate the correct return:
'Total' represents the total number of participants that finish in the same position.
'Position' represents the finishing position for the dead heat (Each Way only).
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The Each Way option indicates that all selections should be backed for both win and place. Consequently there are twice the number of bets, with a corresponding increase in the total stake.
A place represents the first few finishing positions for an event; where the number of positions varies according to the event and number of participants. The increased likelihood of a selection being placed means that, for the place part of the bet, the odds are reduced in accordance with the Place Terms.
Different settlement methods are normally used for the Multiple and Any To Come components of Each Way bets, and the method adopted can also vary between different bookmakers. The Sports Bet Calculator allows the settlement methods to be switched via "Settings" > "Each Way Methods".
The methods used to settle Each Way bets can vary between different bookmakers.
Settlement methods also vary between the Multiple and Any To Come components of Each Way bets. The Any To Come settlement method applies to SSA and DSA bets, including the SSA component of bets such as Round Robin and Flag. The Multiple settlement method applies to all other bet types, except Single. A Round Robin for example, would be settled using the Multiple method for the Trixie component, and the Any To Come method for the SSA component.
The Win to Win, Place to Place method keeps the win and place parts separate, so that the full return from the win part of a selection provides the win stake for the next selection, and the full return from the place part of a selection provides the place stake for the next selection. This is the method most commonly used to settle Each Way Multiple bets.
The Equally Divided method, also known as Each Way All Each Way, splits the combined win and place return from each selection, to provide equal win and place stakes for the next selection in the bet. This is the method most commonly used to settle Each Way Any To Come bets, but is sometimes available on request, at the time of bet placement, for Each Way Multiple bets.
The Win Precedence method only applies to Each Way Any To Come bets, in circumstances where the return from a selection is insufficient to fully fund both the win and place stakes for the next selection in the bet. In this situation priority is given to funding the win stake, with any remainder only providing partial funding of the place stake. This used to be the most popular settlement method for Each Way Any To Come bets, but in recent years most bookmakers have switched to the Equally Divided method.
Two participants equally regarded as the most likely winners of an event are referred to as Joint Favourites; the odds are the same for both participants.
Three or more participants equally regarded as the most likely winners of an event, are more accurately referred to as Co-favourites, but for simplicity the Sports Bet Calculator also refers to these as Joint Favourites.
When backing a winning Unnamed Favourite, the return from the bet is normally affected if there are Joint Favourites, with a proportion of the stake being lost, to reflect the number of other favourites.
The return may also be affected if more than one favourite is involved in a dead heat for first, or if any favourites are classified as non-runners, although these are very rare occurrences.
The Sports Bet Calculator allows you to adjust the various Joint Favourite details required to calculate the correct return:
'Total' represents the total number of joint favourites.
'Winners' represents the number of favourites that won the race.
'Non-Runners' represents any favourites withdrawn shortly before the runners come under starter's orders.
The Number of Selections value is automatically updated to reflect the minimum required, when you switch between different bet types. This value can be increased in order to create perms or, in the case of Accumulators, to simply extend the size of the Accumulator.
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When the Odds Format setting is changed, any Win Odds that you may have entered for the current bet, will be automatically converted to the new format. Please note that an exact conversion is not always possible due to mathematical rounding, and a warning will be displayed to this effect. If you wish to know the degree of rounding that has taken place, if any, converting back to the original format should provide a good indication.
The Place Terms specify the number of positions qualifying for a place, along with the proportion of the win odds paid out on a placed participant. For example, 3 places at 1/4 odds.
The Sports Bet Calculator only requires the fraction needed to adjust the Win Odds, since setting the Status to Placed indicates that the other place criteria has been satisfied.
If there are insufficient participants in an event to warrant a return on any place other than 1st (for example in a horse race with less than 5 runners), the place part of the bet will generate the same return as the win part, effectively becoming a double stake win-only bet. This is known as All Up To Win, for which 1/1 should be selected as the applicable Place Terms.
If a particular bet type has been selected, the Result screen will show the outcome of the calculation for that bet type. If the Compare Bet Types option has been selected, it will show the outcomes of calculations for a range of popular bet types, based on the number of selections you have supplied.
The Unit Stake represents the amount of money invested on each bet, and may be derived from the Total Stake, as determined by the Stake setting. This value may be displayed to more than two decimal places if the Exact Total Stake setting is enabled.
The Total Number of Bets is determined by the bet type, the number of selections, and whether the bet is each way.
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Note: The Compare Bet Types option is not available in the Android version.
Tattersalls Rule 4c, commonly abbreviated to Rule 4, concerns the deduction applied to the odds of winning and placed selections, when a non-runner is declared in the same race. The stake on the non-runner is still returned, but bets placed before the market has been reformed following the non-runner declaration, are subject to a deduction based on the price of the non-runner at the time it was withdrawn. Multiple non-runners may require multiple rule 4 deductions to be applied, although the maximum deduction may not exceed 90%.
The Sports Bet Calculator initialises new selections as winners, with Win Odds equivalent to 'Evens'. For Each Way bets the Place Terms are also initialised to 1/5.
If Rule 4, Dead Heat or Joint Favourite options are applied to a selection, then a summary of the values assigned to these options, is displayed below the status and odds of the affected selection.
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The Max. Total stake setting allows you to enter the maximum total amount that you wish to stake on your bet. The highest whole Unit Stake that will allow you to remain within your spending limit is then calculated.
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The Status of a selection may be Won, Placed, Lost or Void.
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'Lost' indicates that the selection took part in the event, but did not win and was not placed, and therefore does not earn a return.
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The following shortcuts are available to speed up the entry of Win Odds:
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If the numerator or denominator of Fraction odds are omitted, the missing value will default to 1. For example, 5 will become 5/1, and /5 will become 1/5.
If no decimal places are supplied for Decimal odds, then .00 will be automatically appended. For example, 5 will become 5.00.
American odds will default to +, if a + or – prefix is not entered.


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Thomas Cox has had two cardiac emergencies in the last three years.
Cardiologist Allan Murphy implants an experimental
device in Thomas Cox's chest.
An experimental device implanted in his chest Wednesday might help alert the 51-year-old Newport News resident if the next emergency is on the way.
Cox is the first person at Riverside Regional Medical Center — and the first in Virginia — to participate in a clinical trial of a new implantable cardiac monitor and alert system.
Riverside was one of 14 sites chosen to participate in the nationwide AngelMed Guardian system trial. Fewer than 50 patients across the U.S. have received the device, said Maurice Talbot, an AngelMed field clinical engineer.
The AngelMed Guardian device is surgically inserted in a patient's chest like a pacemaker. The device detects, analyzes and stores information about Cox's heart. If something's wrong, the device vibrates and sends an alert to a pager-like gadget that Cox is supposed to keep with him at all times. The pager will light up and beep once if Cox should see his doctor and five times if it's an emergency.
Every year, more than a million people in the U.S. have heart attacks, according to the National Institutes of Health.
But patients often don't go to the hospital until about three hours after symptoms start, and about 300,000 people die before reaching the hospital, said Dr. Allan Murphy, a cardiologist and lead investigator for the study at Riverside.
That's because many people don't realize that they're having a heart attack. Heart attacks don't always feel like a severe, crushing pain across the chest. Mild symptoms could be mistaken for a pulled muscle or indigestion, Murphy said.
"Heart attacks can be sneaky," he said. "I often tell folks you don't get an invitation in the mail."
Ideally, the system can also give peace of mind if someone's experiencing symptoms but the system tells them nothing's wrong, Murphy said. That way, they won't have to go through the barrage of tests that easily cost $5,000 or more to determine if it's a heart attack.
"If this brings in people early, it will save lives and save money," he said.
The system has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for clinical trials, but not for general use yet. This clinical test will examine the system's effectiveness, and it might take years before it's considered for general use in the U.S., Murphy said.
The system has already been approved for commercial use in Brazil, said Marcia Makoviecki of Angel Medical Systems, the New Jersey-based company behind the product.
Risks are expected to be similar to pacemaker surgery, Murphy said.
Riverside will try to enroll about two dozen patients in the study, which is funded mostly by the company. A good candidate is someone who has had a heart emergency in the last six months and who's at high risk of having another, said Virginia Oehmann, a registered nurse and research coordinator for Riverside's trial.
That's why Murphy asked Cox, who had a heart attack in mid-June, if he wanted to participate in the study.
"I said yeah," said Cox, who works as a coronary care unit secretary at Riverside. "Working in a heart department, I see this every day."
Cox was caught off guard when his first cardiac emergency struck in early 2006. He wasn't feeling well driving to work, but didn't think anything of it until co-workers said he looked pale. His blood pressure was checked and he underwent an electrocardiogram, which reads the electrical activity of the heart.
"The next thing I knew, I was in the ER," he said.
From the emergency department, he went to the cardiac catheterization lab to have his heart examined. The doctor found a blockage and put in a stent.
Afterward, Cox changed his diet — no more two or three helpings at mealtime — scaled back on the cigarettes and started exercising. But it doesn't take long for old habits to return, he said.
"Sometimes you have to answer the phone a few times before it's a wake-up call," he said. "The last one was a wake-up call."
In mid-June, he had a heart attack. He had a severe headache and at first thought it was a stroke. He told his wife to take him to the emergency department. That's when the second stent went in.
"The last one was not pleasant," said his wife, Sharon Thomas. "I was real scared."
It was a harrowing drive to the hospital in the rain, with Cox beside her telling her she wasn't going fast enough.
"From the experience we had last time, I think it is a wise thing to do," she said of the implantable device.
On Wednesday afternoon, after medication lulled Cox to sleep, Murphy made a 2- to 3-inch incision and began cauterizing a pocket beneath Cox's skin to house the device.
He attached a pacemaker lead, which is a long wire covered with rubbery insulation, to Cox's heart. Then he connected the lead to the cardiac monitoring device and flushed the wound to ward off infection.
Murphy finished by stapling the wound shut. The procedure took a little more than an hour.
The device won't be turned on for another week or so, until Cox has had a chance to heal. It may not be turned on for six months, if he's picked to be part of the control group, Oehmann said.
The battery will wear out, just like a pacemaker battery does, which will call for another surgical procedure to replace the battery in a few years, she said.
Another heart attack could happen, but it depends on him. He has to exercise and watch what he eats, Cox said.
And he hopes the device will give him some peace of mind.
"I was telling someone the other day, 'I can't go to the ER every time I have chest pain. I'd be in the ER every day,'" Cox said. "This will help set my mind at ease."
One daughter is in college now. Another graduates from high school next year. "I'd like to be around for a while."
Published: August 26, 2009


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Yesterday, we got the chance to see the movie : Despicable Me with a friend and her son :-); Jake and Charles had a blast! It was a funny movie and we adults liked it, too. Jacob has been bugging me to see this movie for like two weeks and finally, yesterday his hard work paid :-). After the movie, we went to a friend's house and have a long chatted while eating some of the pulled pork sandwich while hubby watched movie on the TV and the boys were playing. We all have a great day. Marivic works at school and she would be back at work next week. Good thing we had a chance to get together and have fun. Anyway, we like her and her family because we get along so well...and have so much things in common and so as our boys. Next year if God permits, we plan on going to Disney World after the schools ends. That is going to be a big expenses so we need to save now if we are to go there. We haven't mention this plan with the boys yet...otherwise they would start bugging us :-). Before we ended the day, we went to get my prescription medicine at Walgreens and then went grocery shopping afterward. I also bought myself and Jake custom water bottles we can use when we go walking or riding our bikes in the morning for an exercise. Whew, it is so hot outside and we need to drink plenty of water to keep ourselves hydrated. Taking about water, I started collecting urine for my lab test to morrow. I hope the tests would turned out to be alright so I don't need to worry about it.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Having Fun with Friends
Posted by Cecile at 8/10/2010 04:05:00 PM
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- Cecile on August 10, 2010 at 4:37 PM said...
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Mel Cole of PA, USA said...
I like that movie :) Different sya and hilarious. hehehe. Wow, disney! How I wish George could got there someday too. That will be a very exciting experience to your family Te Ces :)
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|1: Gehege & Auslauf / Cages & Play Pen
Der Käfig hat eine Grundfläche von 80cm x 50cm, der Eigenbau eine Grundfläche von 145cm x 60cm (zusammen 1,27m²). Der Permanentauslauf hat eine Fläche von 2m x 2m (4m²).
|2: Gesamtansicht / total view
Eigenbau und Käfig sind über eine selbstgebaute Holzkonstruktion aus Sperrholz verbunden (Bild 3 und 4).
|3: Verbindung zwischen EB und Käfig / Connector between wire cage and diy cage
|4: Verbindung führt von Käfigtür zu Eingangsloch im EB /
Connector goes from cage door to entrance hole of diy cage
|5: Treppe zum Auslauf / Stairway to play pen
|6: Eigenbau / DIY cages
|7: Käfig / wire cage
|8: Krümel
User Cynthia showed this wire cage - diy cage - play pen setup for her syrian girl "Krümel" on the German Hamsterforum (see original threads HERE and HERE). All pics courtsey of Cynthia; click to enlarge.
The wire cage has a floor space of 80cm x 50cm (~32in x 20in), the DIY cage has a floor space of 145cm x 60cm (~57in x 24in); in total: 1.27m² (roughly 2000square inches). The permanently set up play pen has a size of 2m x 2m=4m² (about 6.5ft x 6.5ft = 42.25square feet).
The front of the play pen (see pic 2) is made from wooden slats and plexi glass. On the right is a door for easy access by the owner.
DIY cage and wire cage are connected by a diy construction made from poplar plywood which goes from the back of the wire cage to an entrance hole on the back of the DIY cage (pics 3 & 4). Over here, plastic tubes are considered dangerous because they are often so small that a hamster can hurt it's cheek pouches when he squeezes through them with full pouches, therefore, most people don't like to use them and rather build their own connections from plywood. Pic 5 shows a diy "staircase" that connects the wire cage to the play pen. The hamster can choose on its own when to enter the pen or go back to the cages. The upper front of the staircase is covered with plexi glass so the hamster can't fall.
The play pen contains several boxes with digging materials (eg. corn cob granules as shown in pic 5, front left), homemade climbing toys and labyrinths made from poplar plywood, cardboard mailing tubes, cork tunnels, bendy willow bridges, a 31cm (12in) flying saucer wheel and several live plants: cat's grass, Calisia repens and spider plant (see pics 1 & 2).
The diy cage (pic 6) is 145cm x 60cm (~57in x 24in = 1368sq in) is made from laminated chipboard with a glass front and wire mesh lid. It contains a good 20cm (about 8in) of bedding, a 29cm (11in) Karlie Wonderland wooden wheel, a big sand box with chinchilla sand, a level ("race track") made from poplar plywood, several hideouts (bendy willow bridges, cork tunnels) and plants (cat's grass and spider plant).
The wire cage (pic 7) is 80cm x 50cm (~32in x 20in = 640sq in) has three storeys with lots of bendy willow bridge and wooden ramps, cork tunnels, two wooden houses and a candy jar for digging.
Syrian hamster girl "Krümel" really likes her home (pic 8).


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Flu fearing Bostonians can breathe easy, because a particularly grueling flu season seems to be losing momentum.
Boston has seen a continued decrease in the number of reported influenza cases this month, according to the Boston Public Health Commission.
The decline is no doubt welcome news for a city that last month declared a public health emergency due to the virus.
There were 33 cases reported between Feb. 3 and Feb 9, with a total of 1,418 cases reported since Oct. 1, the commission said.
Since then, 17 people have died due to the illness - 16 of them were over the age of 65 and one was a child under the age of 6.
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Here's Steve with the gross, expired wax seal that protects all toilets from leaking.
Now, I've had many moments during which I've been happy to have a friend along for the roller coaster ride of home ownership. The toilet breaking was one such moment, mostly because the sight--but surprisingly, not so much the smell--of the hole above made me want to retch (in case you're wondering, that brown stuff is not poo).
Steve apparently LOVED the challenge of a broken toilet though as well as tormenting me with the grime from the hole:


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let the halloween ideas begin
4 comments:
- Lauren Parks said...
Oooo... I got my mind on Halloween too. I love these. I might have to get them :)And they are cheap too!
BTW - what type/size labels did you use for those labels last year for Halloween on the orange soda bottles?
- August 27, 2009 at 1:13 PM
- denise said...
I'll try to find my file and see what size they were. If I can export them as a Jpeg - I can send you the file. Would you like me to do that?
- August 27, 2009 at 3:08 PM
- Lauren Parks said...
Heck yes!
I mean... "Yes, please" :)
Did you really print on "labels" or paper and then just stick it?
Thanks Denise!
- August 28, 2009 at 10:27 AM
- denise said...
I can't find my files - I may have done them on my old computer or maybe I trashed them (although I very rarely trash anything) I'll keep looking for them and let you know what I find out.
I'm pretty sure I printed them on paper and then ran them through my Xyron machine to give them a sticky back.
If you want my opinion always use label paper or a Xyron machine. Sometimes I see projects using double stick tape, etc. and I don't think it ever looks near as good as when using label paper or the Xyron - just my two cents.
- August 28, 2009 at 12:02 PM


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McIntosh Ranch
7820 Highway 97
Ellensburg, WA 98926
(509) 929-3675
We can accommodate you 7 days a week.
A unique secluded, rustic setting for all of your event needs. We offer a fully enclosed 4300 sq. ft. heated and air conditioned building. The main building includes a brides/multi-purpose room, restrooms, food prep area and large fridge. An adjacent large nicely landscaped lawn and ample of parking.


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Alice Guy-Blaché Biography
Born on July 1, 1873, in Paris, France, Alice Guy-Blaché was a pioneer in early filmmaking and one of the first to make a narrative fiction film. She made more than 1,000 films by 1907 and ran her own film studio in New Jersey. She experimented with sound syncing, color tinting, interracial casting and special effects long before the recognized giants of early cinema had even begun to, and is finally beginning to get some of the recognition she deserves.
Early Life and Career
Alice Ida Antoinette Guy was born outside Paris, France, on July 1, 1873, after her mother, Mariette, had sailed back to France expressly to make sure that her fifth child was born on French soil. Alice's father, Emile Guy, remained in Chile, where he ran a successful publishing company. After spending several years with her maternal grandmother, Alice moved to Chile with the rest of the family but was there only briefly before joining her sisters at a convent school on the French border. When her father's business failed and he died soon after, makeshift schooling was arranged, and Alice eventually trained as a typist and stenographer.
At 21, she joined a still-photography company as secretary to Léon Gaumont, but the business was evolving at the end of the 19th century—she was witness to a demonstration of an early 60mm motion-picture camera, to which Gaumont subsequently secured rights. Guy assisted luminaries like Emile Zola, Gustave Eiffel, and aviator Santos Dumont in using the equipment to record their work, notes Guy-Blaché's biographer, Alison McMahan.
When Gaumont and Guy attended a private screening—the screen being a piece of paper—of some footage shot by the Lumière brothers on their new 35mm camera, Guy was inspired to ask Gaumont if she could use their camera to film a story.
In 1896, Guy wrote, produced and directed her first film, The Cabbage Fairy (La Fée aux choux), on the back patio of the Gaumont laboratories, incorporating special-effects techniques she learned from still photographer Frédéric Dillaye. Several of her other films from around this time have been identified, according to McMahon, due to the patio locale.
Film Career
Guy took to filming like a duck to water, enthusiastically embracing the medium to churn out hundreds of short films while working with Gaumont, who made her head of production. She produced films with color tinting and with Gaumont's Chronophone , an early device for sound syncing. She also kept up with early advances in the field through Louis Lumière, whose work had been her introduction to the technology, as well as Thomas Edison and Pathé.
She hired a male assistant from Pathé, and others, many of whom went on to have recognized careers in early French cinema. There was occasional resistance, with one assistant sabotaging her work so she would be fired and he could take her job, but Gustave Eiffel defended Guy.
Guy was a pioneering force in multiple aspects of the burgeoning film industry, including the concept of going on location, and hired English cameraman Herbert Blaché on her first venture. They eventually fell in love, married in 1906, and a year later relocated to the United States, where her husband headed up Gaumont's New York office while Guy-Blaché was pregnant with daughter Simone.
But with more than 1,000 films already under her bustle (while early filmmakers such as D.W. Griffith were just getting their feet wet), Guy-Blaché opened her own film studio, Solax, producing a film a week. The studio was located first in Flushing, Queens, and then moved to Fort Lee, New Jersey, while the filmmaker was pregnant with son Reginald.
At Solax, Guy-Blaché continued her innovative filmmaking with technical experimentation, interracial casting and clever scripts. She made her husband president of Solax so she could concentrate on her strengths, but he resigned in a year and began a rival company, although they continued to work together until World War I slowed production.
Herbert Blaché eventually followed the film industry, and a young actress, to California. Guy-Blaché got intermittent work but directed her last film—Tarnished Reputations—in 1920. After she and Herbert divorced, she moved back to France with her children, relying heavily on her daughter for financial support.
Death and Legacy
Barbra Streisand is credited with calling Alice Guy-Blaché "a French film pioneer who invented the director's job." And indeed that is true, because in the early days of moviemaking, long before there was a film industry, everyone was just making it up as they went along, experimenting with the new technology. Because Guy-Blaché crafted stories, she shaped what it meant to be a director as the role is defined today.
In the late 1940s, when she noticed that the historical record of the film industry didn't include her, she began speaking engagements—with Gaumont's son Louis as her champion—and embarked on her memoirs. The unpublished manuscript was found by her daughter after her death, and Simone and Anthony Slide translated and published it.
Alice Guy-Blaché returned with her daughter Simone to Mahwah, New Jersey, in 1965 and died there in a nursing home on March 24, 1968.
The French government presented her with the Legion of Honor, its highest civilian honor, in 1953. The Fort Lee Film Commission has been working hard to have Alice Guy-Blaché instated in the New Jersey Hall of Fame as well as have a star for her on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. In 2012, Martin Scorsese accorded her the Director's Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award, saying: "It is the hope and intention of the DGA that by presenting this posthumous special directorial award for lifetime achievement, the Guild can both raise awareness of an exceptional director and bring greater recognition to the role of women in film history."
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Reviewed by First Mate Keira
Title: The Spirit Eater (The Legend of Eli Monpress, Book 3)
Author: Rachel Aaron
Format: Digital ebook
Page Count: 448 pages
Grade Reading Level: Ages 15+
Summary: It's fashionable to be robbed by Eli now. It means you've got something worth stealing. Now with people randomly pledging money toward his capture, it's clearly a time to lie low, a fact that hits home after an assassination attempt on Eli. Meanwhile Nico is struggling maintaining her fight with the demonseed, helping Eli and Josef require her unlocking memories she can't quite grasp. When she does, would it be better if she hadn't?
- Eli's Home, is actually a small outlying village that he's purchased. He gives the town folk most of the treasure he steals in exchange for asylum and position as mayor. They eat the best foods, furnish their houses with diamonds and gold furnishings, and wear rich fabrics. Life is great and they love Eli.
- Oh ho! Look who is Eli's mom. I wonder how he came to live with his dad and why she didn't try to find Eli when he ran away.
- The history of Josef and the sword known as "The Heart of War."
- Pele is her father's apprentice. Slorn is a Sharper. I get that she asks for help, but why doesn't she insist on tagging along with the trio to save her dad?
- Eli Monpress might be the hero of this series, but once again he's pushed aside for Nico. This story focuses mostly on Nico's past, how she became a demonseed, and of course when she becomes a fully formed demon things go to hell… again.
Last Minute Thoughts: Can't wait to read the next two books in the series!
Buy: The Spirit Eater (The Legend of Eli Monpress)
Rating: 4 Treasure Chests


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I'm a forty-four year old man and often on Saturday nights I watch The Lawrence Welk Show. My local PBS station airs it from six o'clock to seven o'clock. Most people would say it's a show for senior citizens, but I thoroughly enjoy it. I look forward to it. Right before it starts, I usually open a bottle of wine and sip a glass as I watch and have a gay time.
I love the 1950s and 60s jazz and musical numbers. I love the visible orchestra seated in the background. I love the smiling female singers with their perfectly curled up at the ends hair and the smiling male singers with their perfectly parted to the side hair. I love their outfits and costumes. I love the choreographed dancing. I love the sets suggesting a scene and the cyclorama lighting the back wall. I love Lawrence Welk's Norwegian American accent. I love the gayness of the men dancing in effeminate costumes. I love the campy, cheesy, happy wholesomeness of the mid-century Hollywood production.
The show beckons me to another era, another reality, both of them artificially constructed through the magical escape that is The Lawrence Welk Show.
I watched the show as a boy on Saturday nights and so perhaps there is a nostalgic quality to it for me. The happy theatricality Lawrence Welk created and shared with the world seemed glamorous compared to the small farming town in which I grew up. The show made me realize that there are other realities out there, realities that people create for themselves, realities that I can create for myself.
Too some extent, life is a performance. As George Bernard Shaw wrote, "We create our lives."
Even now the show appeals to me for the same reason: shiny, happy people singing and dancing and acting and making their living through performance and I assume loving their living. Maybe that's why I love it. The Lawrence Welk Show is a reminder to me of people living joyfully because they have followed their passion. I know it's an illusion. They had their suffering just like we all do. It wasn't all bubble and champagne and waltzes and colorful blinking lights. But for the sake of their art, they set aside their discontent and faked it if they had to, because that is what performers often must do to create the illusion.
So if you're looking for a surprisingly good time, open a bottle of wine, kick back, relax, and get happy with The Lawrence Welk Show. Or better yet, come on over, and we'll party together, Lawrence Welk Style!


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New Delhi: Last night at the Capital, a girl, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, created a ruckus in Connaught Place after her car rammed into a bike.
The bikers, who were involved in the accident had accused the girl of driving under the influence of alcohol. For another three hours, in an inebriated state, she created public nuisance at the Police station as well.
The incident took place near the Rajiv Chowk metro station.
According to reports, she was accompanied by a male friend. The duo were involved in a scuffle with the bikers followed by an altercation with the cops.


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SCRANTON, PA. — About 100 yards down the railroad track from Lackawanna Station, old No. 2317 hissed a steady plume of gray-white steam into the morning sun as passengers queued nearby to board the train.
Strung out behind the steam locomotive and its tender were four coaches painted in the gray and maroon of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. The letter boards on the cars read simply, ''Lackawanna,'' the abbreviated but universally accepted name for the DL&W.


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Carrageenan, a heavily discussed additive in the world of alternative health, is an indigestible polysaccharide that is extracted from red algae, and is most commonly used in food as a thickener or stabilizer. Carrageenan-containing seaweeds have been used for centuries in food preparations for their gelling properties, but the refined, isolated carrageenan found in modern processed foods has raised concerns in the health-conscious online community. (1)
Carrageenan is especially common in non-dairy milks such as almond milk and coconut milk, which means that some people who transition to a Paleo diet might actually be increasing their exposure if they use these products. I discussed carrageenan on a recent podcast, but today I want to give you a more detailed summary of the evidence.
Hold the almond milk… is carrageenan affecting your health?
There are a few distinct types of carrageenan that differ in their chemical properties, but the most important distinction is between degraded carrageenan and undegraded carrageenan. From a chemical standpoint, the difference between these two types is in their molecular weight. From a practical standpoint, undegraded carrageenan is approved for use in food products, while degraded carrageenan is not. (2) Although both substances are often referred to as 'carrageenan,' they have very different chemical properties and should really be treated as separate compounds. Degraded carrageenan is also called 'poligeenan,' which is how I will refer to it in the rest of this article to avoid any confusion.
Animal studies
Most of the carrageenan hysteria stems from animal studies that implicate carrageenan in the formation of ulcerations and cancerous lesions in the colon. A thorough review of the approximately 45 available animal studies on carrageenan was published in 2001, and at first glance, these studies seem alarming. However, it turns out that the majority of these animal experiments used poligeenan instead of carrageenan, and as I mentioned before, these are two separate compounds with different effects. Poligeenan is significantly more detrimental to the health of lab animals than carrageenan, so the lack of a clear designation between them has given carrageenan a worse reputation than it deserves.
One important difference is that while poligeenan can cause cancer on its own when given in high enough concentrations, undegraded carrageenan has only ever been shown to accelerate cancer formation when administered with a known carcinogen. (3) In other words, food-grade carrageenan has not been shown to cause cancer in animal models. That doesn't necessarily mean carrageenan is in the clear when it comes to cancer, but contrary to popular belief, it is not a known carcinogen.
Additionally, poligeenan produces more severe ulceration and inflammation than carrageenan, and at lower concentrations. As an example, a study on rhesus monkeys using poligeenan at 0.5-2% resulted in diarrhea, hemorrhage, and ulcerations, while carrageenan at 1-3% resulted in no colonic changes. (4) (For reference, the concentration of carrageenan in processed food is usually between 0.01% and 1%.) (5)
However, carrageenan has produced intestinal damage in some animal studies. Observed effects in rats include epithelial cell loss, increased intestinal permeability, and diarrhea. (6) In guinea pigs, carrageenan at a 5% concentration in the diet caused ulcers in the colon, although a similar concentration in the diets of rats and hamsters resulted in no difference from controls. (7) In pigs, concentrations of carrageenan between .05 and .5% administered for 83 days resulted in abnormalities in the intestinal lining, but no ulcerations or tumors. (8) Still, a more recent rat study found no ulcerations or lesions in the colon after 90 days of carrageenan administration. (9) These studies suggest that the effects of carrageenan are highly species-dependent, which makes it more difficult to extrapolate these results to humans.
There are a few other important considerations when determining how applicable these results are to humans. Many of these experiments administered the carrageenan through the animals' drinking water as opposed to their food, which tends to increase the severity of the resulting symptoms. Because carrageenan interacts with protein molecules, consuming it as part of a solid food is much less harmful than consuming it in water. Also, although many of the concentrations administered are comparable to concentrations found in processed foods, many experiments were conducted at concentrations much higher than humans would ever encounter on a normal diet. Remember, these studies are looking at carrageenan as a percentage of the entire diet, not just less than 1% of a small portion of the total diet, as is the case when using milk replacement products.
Human studies
Experimental evidence on the effects of carrageenan in humans is extremely limited, for obvious ethical reasons. However, a few in vitro experiments have been conducted on isolated human intestinal cells.
One study found that in intestinal epithelial tissue, carrageenan exposure increased the expression of two pro-inflammatory transcription factors. (10) This reaction appears to be protective of the intestinal tight junctions, because suppression of either of the inflammatory factors resulted in increased permeability of the isolated epithelial tissue. Unfortunately, it's unclear whether they used food-grade carrageenan rather than poligeenan in this experiment.
Two similar studies that did use food-grade carrageenan also found that isolated intestinal epithelial tissue responded to carrageenan by up regulating inflammation. (11, 12) Another study on human intestinal epithelium found that undegraded carrageenan reduced the activity of many sulfatase enzymes, with potential negative ramifications for the function and vitality of the cell. (13)
Finally, another study found that exposing human intestinal epithelial cells to undegraded carrageenan in concentrations lower than what would be found in a typical diet caused increased cell death, reduced cell proliferation, and cell cycle arrest. (14)
These studies provide some support for the generalization of the animal studies to humans, implicating carrageenan in the potential for intestinal inflammation. However, it's important to remember that not only were these studies in vitro (aka not in the human body), they also didn't administer the carrageenan with any food, so the effects observed may differ significantly from what actually occurs when humans ingest carrageenan in a real-world setting.
Exposure to poligeenan
Because poligeenan can be produced from carrageenan, many researchers and laypeople have expressed concern that we might be exposed to poligeenan through contamination of the food supply. However, the most recent sources indicate that the poligeenan contamination level of food-grade carrageenan is less than 5%. (15)
Another encouraging data point in this situation is that while carrageenan is an extremely effective thickener and emulsifier at concentrations as low as .01%, poligeenan has no functional effect in food even at concentrations up to 10%. (16) Specific chemical processing is necessary for carrageenan to be degraded to poligeenan, and because poligeenan is of no use in the food industry, it seems unlikely that poligeenan would show up in appreciable quantities in processed foods.
Another concern is whether small percentages of ingested carrageenan are degraded to poligeenan in the digestive tract after consumption, either because of the acidic environment or because of intestinal bacteria. Some experimental evidence indicates that as much as 10-20% of carrageenan could be degraded to poligeenan during digestion, while other researchers (not surprisingly funded by the carrageenan industry) assert that carrageenan is stable throughout digestion. (17, 18) Regardless, the significant differences between poligeenan and carrageenan as evidenced by the reactions of lab animals make it pretty clear that even if some degradation does take place, carrageenan still doesn't have the potential for harm that poligeenan does.
As with magnesium stearate and soy lecithin, carrageenan has been frequently portrayed as significantly more harmful than is supported by available evidence. Contrary to popular belief, it's not a known carcinogen, and although some studies implicate carrageenan in ulceration and inflammation, some show no adverse effects.
However, I do still think caution is warranted. If I had to rank additives, I'd say carrageenan is a bit more concerning than the other two additives we've discussed so far because of its association with gut issues. Remember, in cases involving modern ingredients, the burden of proof should be on manufacturers to prove that they're safe, rather than on consumers to prove that they're harmful. Because the evidence isn't conclusive either way, I recommend avoiding carrageenan, especially if you have a history of digestive problems.
Personally, I adhere to the "precautionary principle" for anything I eat; in other words, in the absence of proven safety, I choose to avoid foods that have questionable adverse effects. Carrageenan fits this description, as there's still some doubt about its safety and no evidence has convinced me that there isn't a potential for harm if consumed regularly.
Occasional exposure is likely nothing to worry about, but for most people reading this, avoiding carrageenan is probably as simple as making your own nut milk or coconut milk, so I would encourage you to give that a shot. Also, if you follow the links to those two posts, some commenters have shared brands of almond and coconut milk that don't contain carrageenan (although watch out for other additives that may be present).
If anyone has any other brand recommendations or favorite non-dairy milk recipes, feel free to share in the comments!
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Here's one of the latest videos that's been uploaded to the American L indy Hop Championships YouTube channel http://youtu.be/4tNoM1-UpDg
Joining Jeremy Otth, Kelly Arsenault, Chester Whitmore, Shauna Marble and Mark Godwin are Emelie and Rebeckah Decavita. They along with Chester were the most popular teachers at 2012 ALHC.
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|Visitors climbing up the volcanic rocks
|Basaltic lava rock
The eruptions of Mount Batur have produced Basaltic lava emission which covers about 17 kilometers of fields full of lava rocks. The 1968 eruption produced substantial lava field which is visible today and can be viewed from Kintamani, a town which straddles the south west ridge of the greater caldera. There are 2 populated villages of Kedisan (south edge of Lake Batur) and Toya Bungkah, where hiking to the summit may begin from here.
Eduardo stopped at the lava field to show us the shape of the lava rocks which is really beautiful and great attraction to the area. UNESCO made Mount Batur caldera a part of the Global Geopark Network on September, 20th, 2012 and thus making it the first Geopark in Indonesia. The unique geological sites, the crater, the caldera and the lake formed beautiful landscape and have made this area a center of tourist attraction in Bali and should not be missed.


text: The numbers that surround the mobile app development industry are simply astounding. The fact that most of the world's population has a mobile subscription of some kind and 22% of them are smartphone users is mind-boggling! Let us look at some more numbers: • Over 100 billion apps are downloaded each year • The iOS ecosystem alone employs more than


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Thoroughbred Family and Cobra Innerprize proudly present the debut of Cobra, a.k.a. Thoroughbred Cobra. Cobra is the owner of the up-and-coming self-made record label and business Cobra Innerprize, which is a branch from his cousin's notorious independent label Thoroughbred Family. The new mixtape Hard Boiled takes another twist to the Throughbred trademark of creating classic mixtapes comprised of killing and repossessing a series of classic and timeless industry tracks and singles. Along with some of the hardest and most clever lyrics you will hear in the city of Detroit, we see that Cobra is very careful to paint a picture of the Eastside that existed before today's era of rap. Cobra's vibe comes straight from the heart of the real Gangster Rap era. Hard Boiled was careful to only have two featured shooters - Thoroughbred Cobra's eastside conrad Supreme and his cousin Thoroughbred Quaint. As for the content and the picture Cobra paints with this latest work of art from the camp, Hard Boiled is an understatement.
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fruits of the sea
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Mmmm, I like the sound of them with the butter, parsley and wine, but they do make me feel a little queasey when I look at them. They look a little obscene-or is that just me?ReplyDelete
ooh that looks fun ! xReplyDelete
wow that looks fab, I will have to memorise that technique for our next beach trip :-) Eldest sweetpea will love love love that!ReplyDelete
I'm not usually squeamish either, but I do find these rather... odd! But I am sure I would eat them if presented with them as you described, sounds delicious.ReplyDelete
Wow...these are amazing..I have never ever had them..they do look different!ReplyDelete
Not sure if I would be willing to try them..hugs to you!
Happy Thursday.
I love free food - I'm going to have a go at this when we go to France - it looks highly entertaining! xxxxxReplyDelete
Great catch! Hugh would be proud of you. Shame you never got to eat them though!ReplyDelete
Great information! You always take such lovely photos, even of 'orrible things in shells. I couldn't eat it, but all the fun would be in the catching! xReplyDelete
There's nothing like a comment to stop me feeling like I'm talking to myself. If you leave one here I'll pop one back here too, so don't forget to come back and continue the conversation ..


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The incidence of dengue fever had spiked, increasing by about 10 per cent during the first three months of this year, health officials said yesterday.
So far this year, there had been 1,499 dengue-fever cases, compared to 1,365 cases at the same time last year, Dr Ngan Chantha, director of the Health Ministry's national dengue control program, said.
The disease was striking the most vulnerable, with the greatest number of cases in teenagers and children under 15, Chantha said.
But even though the number of cases increased, the number of deaths has held steady, with eight victims dying so far.
The increase comes just before the rainy season - trad-itionally the time of year when the most cases of the disease are seen.
Chantha blamed the increase on climate change and human migration, referring to infected individuals who introduce the virus to areas not affected by the disease when they travel.
But Sonny Krishnan, communications officer with the World Health Organisation in Cambodia, said there was no proof climate change was causing a spike in the disease.
"There are several factors involved. Most of all, people don't realise the Aedes mosquito is an indoor-breeding mosquito and don't check the clean standing water in unsuspected spots in their houses," he said.
The mosquito-borne disease was spread by the Aedes mosquito, which bred in urban areas - unlike the mal-arial mosquito, which was found in rural and forested areas, Krishnan said.
"Unlike malaria, which is spread by a night-time biting mosquito, the Aedes mosquito bites during the day."
Krishnan said ignorance and incorrect knowledge of the disease was the most likely cause for the increase.
Cambodians should take precautions such as looking for mosquito larvae in clean, standing water in their homes, he said.
"People here store a lot of clean water indoors in large earthern jars, which are mosquito breeding sites.
"They can put guppy fish in these jars, which has been shown to be effective in destroying the Aedes larvae."


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This post will gonna be my very first unboxing post my package and yes, it is from Sociolla! *yeay*
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So the middle of this month, February, I got a package from Sociolla.
This is what you will receive to if you shop in Sociolla.
The package were arrived nicely, safe and good. The beauty product inside were hidden in the super pretty pink box made of thick art paper like carton (sorry I forgot the name of the material--I once knew it from printing xD ) designed by Sociolla with a text "Pretty things inside."
The size of the box is not too small nor too big for a single or small product such as lip colours, small eyeshadow palettes and other small eye makeups, beauty blender, masks etc. I think Sociolla has another size of the box for other bigger beauty products.
Thank you Sociolla for letting me try this great product freshly from Sociolla's st and also experience the buyer-like shopping experience with Sociolla . ^^
Thank you for reading too my loyal readers!
And guess what.. GOOD NEWS.. Going to hold a giveaway for you guys. So stay tune on my blog and see you until my next post! ^^


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Oh Hey, I haven't posted in about one billion years but the Teen Choice Awards 2013 just came and passed and I thought I'd put my two cents in of what I thought of the fashion this year :)
Here are my best and worst dressed from the Red Carpet:
Lucy Hale - Lucy was by far my favourite on the night. The white top and skirt looked so lovely along with her simple hair and makeup.
Nina Dobrev - Loved this paint splattered look playsuit! I'm not usually a fan of playsuits but loved this one.
One Direction - You know what they are just generally lovely to look at, and who doesn't like the fact that Harry has half of his shirt unbuttoned. No ones complaining.... Well no me anyways.
Lily Collins - Lily looked gorgeous! Loved the print on this skirt and just in general, was defiantly an eye catcher and went so well with the plain black top.
Jordan Sparks - "Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air?"
Well Jordan you take off that dress that looks as though it's choking you.
Demi Lovato - I love Demi and her look but this wasn't my favourite but she did still look gorgeous.
Selena Gomez - I find this dress really boring, espesh the colour and I'm not sure how I feel about the two thigh splits. You could pull the middle through and make it look as though you're wearing a nappy?
Hayley Williams - Hayley after all this time I'm not into you. Are you wearing a cage? and is your hair a beacon for someone to save you from the cage?
Jonas Brothers - I love the Jonas Brothers, not going to lie, and I liked what they wore but calling Farmer Joe shave your beard/moe/facial hair or whatevers going on.....
Miley Cyrus - Gurllllllllllll... *shaking my head*
Now lets just admire Harry's twerking......
(that black guys like 'smh white people.')
Thanks for reading!


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Juanita Joyce (Berry) Halbert, age 86, of Paris died Saturday, May 4, 2013 at her home. She was born March 8, 1927 in New Blaine to the late Abb Berry and Ethel Horn Berry.
She was a longtime resident of Redondo Beach, Calif. before moving back to Arkansas in 1996. She worked for many years with her ex-husband (Tex Swanson) in California as business owners of a sheet metal shop called Formco.
Her Bible sat next to her chair and every morning she would read from it. She knew the Lord as her personal Savior.
She was preceded in death by two daughters, Carla Thielen and Janet Rita Boatman; three sisters, Ann McMinn, Sue Faulkinbury and Gladys Garriott; one brother, Thomas Berry.
The Rev. Sandra Wiggins will officiate the service at Roller Funeral Home of Paris on Wednesday, May 8 at 11 a.m. under the direction of Roller Funeral Home of Paris. Burial will follow immediately at Horn Cemetary in Midway.
She is survived by her husband of 30 yrs, Kenneth Halbert of Paris; one daughter, Linda Kalesh Feyen (Joe) of Paris; two sons, Tommy Boatman of Torrance, Calif. and Jimmy (Dawnette) Boatman of Tehachapi, Calif.; one sister, Billie Jo Ferguson of Pottsville and one brother, Glendall (Bullet) Berry of Paris; 12 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be her caregivers, Gina Price, Janice Rector, Debbie Phillips, Brenda Helton, Kim Samples and Eppie Gattis. Hononary pallbearers will be Angela Gonzales, Rachel Moore and Ricky Kalesh.
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