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We live in a distracted world, so getting people's attention is more and more challenging. Documentaries represent one of the best ways to remain aware and involved. Apart from the increased engagement with video content, documentaries compress what you need to know in a digestible amount of time.
For those who have a hard time staying current on what matters to our health, here are 16 documentaries (you can find online for free or on Netflix (US)) that will provide you benefit for years to come.
Finding Happiness and Balance In Life
Many of us are in constant search for balance. As Paulo Coelho so aptly illustrates in his bestseller The Alchemist, sometimes we don't need to travel the corners of the earth to find happiness and balance in life. These documentaries will open your eyes to the benefits of simplicity, finding gratitude in the most basic of existences, and how to foster a happy disposition in life.
In Search Of Balance (Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80164396)
In Search Of Balance explores our symbiotic connection with nature. The premise that we're all connected is beautifully illustrated in this award-winning doc.
Inner Worlds (http://www.innerworldsmovie.com/)
Since the beginning of time people have been questioning the meaning of life. Inner Worlds breaks down the underlying truth behind all matter in the universe and takes us on a journey to better understand our place in this universe. It is easily the best documentary I have seen that explains the truth behind, and power of, being present.
Happy (Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/70243161)
Every human on earth strives to be happy. This award-winning documentary provides examples of those who live modestly, have undergone great tragedy, and who live in poverty, yet are all HAPPY. Prepared to be inspired.
The Fundamentals Of Caring (Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80097349)
While not a documentary, The Fundamentals Of Caring is a feel good movie (starring Paul Rudd) that will give viewers hope that they too can find happiness in the most challenging of circumstances.
Minimalism (Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80114460)
Two buddies take us on a journey to remove 'stuff' from their lives. Minimalism is a call to action for a generation that has become obsessed with material goods. From extreme examples of living on less, to a simple push to streamline our lives, Minimalism shows us an alternative way to spend our time and money.
Happy People (Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/70152487)
Sometimes perspective is all we need to appreciate being alive. Happy People provides examples of a near perfect juxtaposition to life in the Western World, and how they have found happiness.
GMOs, Toxins, And Their Impact On Us And The Environment
GMOs, along with the introduction of countless toxins into our environment, have become the go-to topics for progressives in the fight for control over our health and our food supply-chain. In this series of documentaries, you will not only better understand the impacts of GMOs on humans, but also the potentially disastrous ramifications of toxins on our environment.
Cowspiracy (Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80033772)
While many of the statistics and comparisons need to be taken in context, Cowspiracy unveils the gross demands meat consumption places on our already-fragile environment.
The Human Experiment (Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80037689)
Sean Penn narrates this deep-dive into our chemically-saturated world. While at times repetitious, The Human Experiment shines light on the magnitude of our chemical experiment, and some of the techniques big industry employs to suppress negative propaganda.
Food Inc. (Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/70108783)
Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan take us on a journey illustrating the deleterious effects of our modern-day food supply chain. Food Inc. exposes the dark underbelly of mass food manufacturing – such as Caged Animal Feed Operations (CAFOs) – which can, at times, prove disturbing.
GMO OMG (Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/70272713)
There is no more controversial topic in the food world than Genetically Modified Organisms. While this documentary may have a strong bias against GMOs, it provides enough impetus to start asking questions.
The Modern Diet And The Obesity Epidemic
Most of us can agree that the Standard American Diet (i.e. SAD or the Western Diet) has failed us. Obesity has run rampant, children are being diagnosed with historically 'adult' diseases, and Western multinationals are drowning the public with self-serving propaganda. These 5 documentaries will help provide the necessary insight to fight back and make better food choices.
In Defense Of Food (PBS on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80097071)
In his follow-up to his #1 New York Times bestseller, Michael Pollan (author of The Omnivores Dliemna and In Defense Of Food) focuses on the pitfalls of the Western Diet. As the Western diet relies on nutrients instead of whole food (i.e. nutritionism – breaking down food into its constituents), Michael urges us to eat real food, not too much, and mostly plants. Even if you wish to continue eating meat, In Defense Of Food will help bring a perspective of balance to your dietary choices.
Forks Over Knives (Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/70185045)
In an effort to celebrate the benefits of eating a plant-based diet, Forks Over Knives dispels many of the myths behind a vegetarian diet.
Fed Up (Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/70299287)
The title of this documentary says it all. Katie Couric narrates this hard-hitting documentary on the failures of our Western approach to food. Focusing on the spread of obesity, especially amongst our children, Fed Up uncovers the often-selfish motives of food multi-nationals.
Super Size Me (Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/60034780):
In this cult classic by Morgan Spurlock, we are taken on one man's journey in the world of fast food. Although this is an extreme example of the detrimental effects of fast food, it has exposed the downward spiral of fast foods. If only to share a different perspective and bring awareness to our disastrous Western Diet, Super Size Me delivers.
Sugar Coated (Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80100595)
Has sugar become the new tobacco? Sugar Coated makes the argument that sugar is the true villain in our fight against the wave of Western diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease.
We live in amazing times, where you can access thousands of documentaries for a few dollars a month. And while our lives may become more hectic and distracted, a well-chosen documentary can give us important perspective in less than two hours. If you get a chance to watch all of these docs, I guarantee that this new perspective will forever alter your wellness for years to come. Happy watching!


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13 Nov 2013
Join us on the Skydeck overlooking the great park and sweeping river views as we celebrate the Reader's 20th birthday! We will be showcasing images and covers from years past on the jumbo screen and thanking our long time advertisers on the ribbon board. David Baker will be spinning tunes from Jeff Ignatius' best song picks over the years, and more. Hoping to show a documentary on the big jumbo screen as well.
Friday, November 15th. 5 pm until 10 pm. Food, drink, prizes and fun!

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AIRGAS/Red-D-Arc Canada – In Construction
Currently under construction. The renovations of this 38,000 sq foot building and the 2.5 acres of surrounding land is well underway. The First and Second Phases were staggered in their initiation, and are now both running simulaneously.
Before construction could begin Iain Barrie of IDR worked closely with the client to assertain their needs and worked with the city in rezoning of the chosen facility to meet the clients requirements. Bringing on consultants, Iain directed the process/plans in preparation for the work to begin. From original talks with the client to the plans in hand and the cities approvals it was approximately 7 months.
Talk about boys with big toys… this is the ultimate renovations site; finely planned and in the final stages of execution! When it's completed the plant will have gone from a vacant 1980's warehouse to an efficiently planned and running 38,000 sq ft gas plant and welding equipment machine shop. Fill bunkers, Silos, Wash station, Sales site and Office spaces have all been incorporated into the site.


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The Minister of Transport, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi has ordered that the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) stay action on the concessioning of Kirikiri lighter terminals phase 1 and 2.
The minister gave the instruction on Monday at a maritime conference in Lagos when stakeholders urged government to implement a presidential directive on the establishment of an international fishing terminal at the said location.
The minister reacting to the plea by Mrs Margret Orakwusi, Chairperson of the Shipowners Forum and former President, Nigerian Trawler Owners Association (NITOA) for the enforcement of the directive given by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, said there was a counter directive signed by former President Goodluck Jonathan and the Federal Executive Council (FEC) relinquishing the terminals to concessionaires.
He disclosed that the Ministry of Transport had also received a letter from the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development which stated that the withdrawal of the terminal from fish trawler operators had taken a negative toll on the fisheries sector and invariably, the nation's economy.
Amaechi said it is necessary for the NPA to halt every arrangement on the handing over the terminals to private interests as the Presidency and Federal Executive Council (FEC) may revoke the directive to engage concessionaires after further deliberations.
He also stated that NPA had said that it revoked the permission granted trawler operators in Nigeria to use the terminals because it was only temporal.
Orakwusi had earlier stated that operators of fish trawlers had invested over three billion naira in the maintenance of the both terminals.
She urged government to reconsider the decision as it is detrimental to the fisheries sector.
Chief Adebayo Sarumi, former MD, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) who was present when former President Obansanjo handed the terminals over to the fish trawlers said the decision should not be over ruled as the terminals have never been fully utilised.
Speaking on behalf of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development , Mr Audu Ogbeh at the event, Mrs B. Adepegba, the Deputy Director and Head, Fish Quality Assurance & Fish Disease Management called on government to revisit the establishment of the fishing terminals as it has enormous benefits for the development of the industry.
She also called for the security of the investments of fish trawler operators who she said had many times suffered sea pirate attacks which resulted in both loss of businesses and deaths.
The fisheries sector which was once the second largest non- oil export revenue earner for Nigeria had not showed up the radar in recent times for alleged lack of an enabling environment.
It is said that many operators in Nigeria have relocated to neighbouring West African countries.
While investors wait for the final decision of government, available statistics reveals that the fisheries sector in Ghana generates US$ 1 billion in revenue each year and supports about 135,000 fishers in the marine sub-sector alone.
Ghana's fisheries contributes 4.5 percent to annual GDP and indirectly support the livelihoods of 2.2 million people or 10% of all people in Ghana.


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Foundation Provides $20 Million To Boost Minority College- Going
The General Electric Company has announced a $20-million initiative aimed at boosting college enrollment among poor and minority students at schools in selected communities.
The goal of the initiative--said to be one of the largest corporate commitments of its kind--is to double the number of college-bound students at the targeted schools by the end of the century.
The schools have not yet been chosen, but a statement by the ge Foundation said the "initial focus" of the effort would be on communities where the company has offices or plants.
The project will include Saturday and after-school "academies" in science, mathematics, and English; training for taking admissions tests; teacher-improvement programs; donations of equipment; and scholarships for qualified students. It will involve volunteers as tutors and mentors.
The effort marks an expansion of an existing program by the foundation to help minority high-school students in poor, rural, and inner-city areas gain admission to college.
Phyllis McGrath, a spokesman for the foundation, said the program currently is operating in such diverse areas as the East Harlem section of New York City, Cincinnati, and rural, predominantly black Lowndes County, Ala.
$15-Million Faculty Project
In another new education initiative, the company has launched a $15-million grant program designed to increase the number of women and members of minority groups who teach business, engineering, and science in colleges and universities.
The money will be used in a combination of ways, including the underwriting of fellowships and forgivable loans, according to Ms. McGrath.
In announcing the program, foundation officials stressed the critical shortages of qualified minority and female faculty applicants in technical and business fields. One of the goals of the program, they said, is to add 500 blacks and Hispanics and 100 women to the ranks of engineering teachers by the year 2000.
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Goodreads Summary
Talia Gregory relies on her Nan for everything, especially helping her calm the anxiety that controls her life. But Nan gets sick, and it couldn't be worse timing. Talia's panic attacks are getting worse, her boyfriend is a jerk, her best friend is distant, her parents are more absent than usual and she's stuck planning the Cozy Christmas Charity Drive for her knitting group in place of Nan. If that's not panic inducing enough, enter Lachlan.
Lachlan McCreedy doesn't rely on anyone. Not after what he's been through. It's him and Gram, nothing else matters but keeping his past buried, and his secrets hidden. So when Gram forces him to help with her Christmas sale, Talia is the last thing he expected, and trusting her with his secrets comes as a shock to both of them. But when he unexpectedly falls for her, the question becomes can he trust her with his heart?
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This book is one of the cutest things I have ever read, and that's saying a lot. It's the debut baby of my genius cover artist, AllieBrennan, and I'm so glad I moved it up my list.
I was immediately drawn into Talia's panic-driven world. I wanted to hug her, tuck her into my heart, and strip her of all her fears. With her sweetheart personality, it was heart-wrenching to see her suffer. But panic attacks are something that so many do suffer from, I appreciated this subject being brought to light. Though I do actually knit (I'm terrible at it) and crochet (pretty good at it), I wasn't sure how I'd respond to the knitting aspect being such a big part of the novel, but I loved it. It was a great addition to the story, wonderfully unique. I was pleasantly entertained by each of the ladies Talia meets with. Nan and Georgina both made me laugh, made me cry. I have only one grandmother that I'm close with, but we live so far away. This story made me miss her terribly.
Lachlan was what I like to call a real dream. He was incredibly real and honest and hooked me from the get-go, but he's a dream because he's a dream. Duh. He's cute and kind. Can be an ass at times, but what guy isn't? And come on, girls. We can admit that the jerky part of a guy makes us swoon sometimes. Even prudish little jock-hater me can appreciate the swoon-worthiness of a guy being a guy. My heart also broke for Lachlan and the suffering her went through as a child.
What started as a classic case of two broken people finding each other became so much more. The characters were deep. They brought me to tears and wrenched at my heart more times than I can remember. For me, this novel was a slow read, which is not to mean that it was long and/or dreary. The opposite actually. When I term a novel a "slow read" it simply means that the story was so beautiful, I took my time reading it and digested every delicious word. I didn't rush through paragraphs of inner monologue to get to the dialogue, I enjoyed it all.
If you haven't put this on your to-read, do it now. And if you can, I suggest moving it up the list. You won't regret it.
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She puts my arm in her lap and runs both her hands up and down it. The sensation is tormenting me, the mixture of desire for her to keep going and the pain of the memories those scars hold is too much... Talia drops my arm and my heart falls with it. There's no turning back now.


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Jackie returns repeatedly to the image of the First Lady, in shock, holding her dying husband John F. Kennedy. What was it like to film such a traumatic moment?
It was the toughest thing to shoot. The actual assassination we've seen so many times on tape, but unfortunately for her--and luckily for the rest of the world--she's the only one who knows how that feels. It was the thing I was most concerned about. It's so extreme that you never know if you've gone far enough.
Do you feel an added level of responsibility when it comes to playing a real person?
There's a higher emotional truth you can achieve by playing with fiction. The Arthur Schlesinger interviews were so helpful to me. They had transcripts, and she edited them, so there's big chunks missing, and that gave me a feeling of real liberty, because there's a lot of stuff she said that she did not want out there. It had to be relatively racy or make her or the family not look good.
Jacqueline and Robert Kennedy's stoicism, more than anything, felt like something out of history.
The Paris attacks in November 2015 happened just before we started shooting just outside of Paris, and the area [where] we were shooting was under lockdown. There's a feeling when something happens like that--people don't want to go out. And the fact that she was, in the days after, planning a procession to honor her husband really shows this great bravery in the face of this terror. The country would go on and they would get back to normal and it was going to be O.K., even though something unspeakable had happened.
After your Oscar win for Black Swan in 2011, you took a hiatus from acting to spend time with your family. Why return now?
For me, it was instinct. Most women don't have that luxury. I feel really lucky that I got to be at home as much as I wanted. And when I was ready to work again, it wasn't that I had mountains of offers at my door, but I could still find something. It was well worth it for me.
Did being a parent add to the role for you?
It makes you understand the ability to be calm and collected under that kind of emotional and psychological pressure. When you have kids, you can't afford to be a mess. There's moments when you are, but you need to pull it together. You see how that impacted her ability to gather herself under such awful circumstances.
The movie argues that Jacqueline's genius is proved by the fact that Camelot is remembered so fondly--despite JFK's short tenure, during which he wasn't universally liked.
Having Pablo [Larraín] as director and the fact that he's Chilean--he didn't have a "Kennedys are king and queen" image, though he understood they had anointed themselves. It took a real insight and intellect and understanding of history--that the story that lasts is the best myth. Whoever comes up with the best fairy tale wins. It has nothing to do with what actually happened. She came up with something that lasted. It's very intelligent and quite feminist to say, "I'm going to be author of my own story. Not you." Everyone does it now--this is the story of social media. But she was doing it 50 years ago.
This is a risky take on an icon. What about the film gave you doubt?
Sometimes you're like, "Is it enough? This is the worst thing that could ever happen. It's got to be more." And then you're like, "Is this too much?" The way Pablo approached it--looking for things that were a bit forbidden, emotions we wouldn't necessarily ascribe to Jackie Kennedy, who we all revere--allowed it to be more varied and interesting than just watching someone cry for two hours.


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AfDB Board approves Ketta-Djoum road development and Yaoundé-Brazzaville corridor transport facilitation, a regional transport project
The Board of Director of the African Development Bank Group met in its ordinary session on October 21, 2015 in Abidjan, and approved the Ketta-Djoum road development and Yaoundé-Brazzaville corridor transport facilitation project-Phase 2, with a view to boosting economic and social development and regional integration in the Economic Community for Central African States area (ECCAS).
The estimated total project cost is UA 302.190 million (approximately US $424 million) and comprises road works, ancillary infrastructure, transport facilitation, transport sector studies and institutional support, biodiversity support, and project management.
This road project is an important segment of the highway linking the capitals of Congo (Brazzaville) and Cameroon (Yaoundé) that will directly benefit road users and communities within the project area. Apart from developing trade between the two countries, the project will additionally contribute to the consolidation of regional integration in Central Africa by facilitating highway interconnections linking Cameroon, Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and the Central African Republic.
Commonly Africa lacks the infrastructure to meet the basic needs of its population and to reduce poverty. Those infrastructure needs are enormous. Hundreds of millions of Africans lack the most fundamental amenities, from rural roads to basic health, education, banking and commercial services.
The Board has observed that the Ketta-Djoum road development and Yaoundé-Brazzaville corridor transport facilitation project will have a positive impact on the local communities in both countries; in terms of greater access to basic social services, the reduced cost of inputs and more produce marketing facilities. It will also foster social cohesion and combat spatial exclusion by connecting the project zone to government services, since the localities crossed by the project road are located in economically fragile areas. Other beneficiaries of the project are transporters and shippers, whose operating and transport costs will be reduced. The project will revive food crop and cash crop production in the project zone. Consequently, it will have an impact on poverty reduction and job creation. Its implementation will provide a permanent land transport connection between Cameroon and Congo and boost trade between the two countries and within the Central African sub-region.
By contributing to the construction of the missing links of the Yaoundé-Brazzaville corridor, the Bank will consolidate its role as the lead donor in Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA).
Presenting the paper to the Board, the project team highlighted that the lack of more modern roads, power networks and other infrastructure hampers Africa's economic development.


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The single most thing told to me when a client emails me regarding their wedding day is…but I only need you there for a couple of hours coverage!
So let's break this down a bit because usually after I hear/read that, it's followed with "I need to make sure you're there for when my mom walks in after I get my dress on" or "I only need you for 3-4 hours but I want getting ready pictures and I need to make sure you're there for the cake cutting"….see where this is going? Good, so let's break this down.
Your wedding day is a chapter of your life. It's part of your life story so why have cliff notes to your story? Everything that happens on your wedding day is a small part of your story and should be told. After all, it only happens once, right? Or at least hopefully.
Most wedding photographers have a specific amount of wedding day coverage for you to choose from. Whether it's 4-6-8 hours or in some cases, all day coverage, you need to sit back and think about how you want your story told. A while ago I wrote a post on figuring out your wedding day time line and this kind of falls right in with it.
Here are a few things you need to keep in mind when thinking about your wedding day coverage.
1. Do you want prep/getting ready images?
Probably one of my favorite times is when the bride is getting ready. It's a little chaotic, a little surreal and emotions are usually at an all time high. The anticipation is building and you can see it in their eyes, even the bridesmaids.
Usually with prep coverage, you're going to want your photographer there at least an hour to an hour and a half before the ceremony. Also keep in mind where you are getting ready. If you are getting ready at home and then heading to the ceremony site, you'll want to make sure that you calculate travel time into that. As much as we (photographers) would love to not have to calculate that into your wedding day coverage, we have to.
2. How long is your ceremony?
While you may not think this would make that big of a difference, we need to know. If you're having a civil ceremony, most will last no longer than 20-30 minutes but if you're having a traditional (or even religious) ceremony, some may last an hour to an hour and a half. That takes up a good portion of your wedding day coverage if you only opted for 6 hours of coverage. When you contact your photographer, this should be something that is discussed during your consult.
Another thing to take into consideration, is how many you are having in your wedding party. While your actual ceremony may only be 15-20 minutes, having 4-5-6+ on each side standing up for you, takes time walking down the aisle. If you are having a wedding party of at least 10 or more, add in about another 10 minute or so to your ceremony time. I mean after all, they do have to walk down the aisle and they will begin that at your ceremony start time.
3. Are you having your reception at a different location than the ceremony?
While you may not think this is something to think about, you probably need to. If there is travel time between ceremony and reception, again, that's something you need to take into account. Between ceremony and reception, is when most photographers will do family formals and bridals/bridal party so this could take anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour depending on family formals and size of your bridal party.
4. How much of the reception do you want covered?
Obviously you want to have your grand entrance, first dances, cake cutting and all the important things covered at your reception. I mean these are still things that are a part of your story (especially the toasts, can't forget the toasts) so you want to make sure that your photographer is there to cover these. Nothing worse than realizing that your photographer is getting ready to leave because you only opted for 4-5 hours of coverage and you still haven't cut the cake.
Now think about dinner since your cake cutting, garter/bouquet toss will happen after dinner. Are you have a served dinner, buffet, finger foods, etc. This will depend on how long dinner will be (average 30-45 minutes) and it's also a great time, depending on light, to grab a few bridals once you get done eating so you can let your guests finishing eating.
While there is so much more to take into consideration when figuring out what your wedding day coverage should be, these are a few of the things to think about. Now…what would a blog post be without pictures?!
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CAREER: Circuit and System Techniques for High-Throughput, Energy-efficient Silicon-Photonic Interconnects in Advanced VLSI Systems
Vladimir Stojanovic
National Science Foundation
In this project our objective is to design highly-digital and robust photonic link transceiver circuits that can harness the high energy-efficiency and bandwidth-density potential of monolithic silicon photonic devices, while dealing with challenges of low-supply voltage, transistor and photonic device variability. While both device and architecture studies indicate the energy-efficiency and bandwidth potential of photonic devices, main challenges are now on design and integration of fast and robust transceiver and control circuits that fit in extremely aggressive energy-budget. This is very challenging due to low-supply voltages, wide range of device variations and noise in large digital chips. To best address these design challenges we will develop circuit and system techniques that take advantage of the unique properties of photonic devices: 1) Energy-efficient data encoding and nonlinear filtering techniques for resonant modulators, 2) Fast and energy-efficient circuits for charge-controlled modulation, regenerative data sensing and optical injection-locked clocking, 3) Energy-efficiency vs. link data-rate trade-offs for DWDM channelization, 4) Low-overhead link monitoring and calibration.


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A few weeks ago, my pastor shared a sermon called "I'm Not Attractive Enough." He asked me to speak to the women (and the men so they could better understand their women) about our appearances and how we were created in God's image. For the interview, we did a video with 12 different women from our church and asked them questions about what they see when they look in the mirror. The ages ranged from seven to seventy-five and I just loved how honest their answers were.
To watch my interview and the video from the sermon, click here and fast forward to 37:50 in the sermon.
When I think about myself and my appearances, I am my own worst critic. I'm sure many of you are too. Women are our own worst critics because we are dealing with our expectations and our imperfections.
When it comes to expectations, we battle what we expect ourselves to look like and also what others around us expect us to look like. My pastor talked a lot about family and how much of our thoughts about ourselves are passed down from our family members. Maybe your mom told you that she didn't like your nose and now all you see in the mirror is your ugly nose. Also, when we deal with our society, we feel this certain expectation to keep up with the current trends and look just as good as those around us.
When we think about the expectations we have of ourselves, I believe most of us try hard to look good. That's why we go to the gym, get our hair done, and pick out nice clothes to wear. Because there is some truth about if you look good, you feel good. But, for some twisted reason, even the most beautiful women in the world struggle with their appearances. This is because we focus on our imperfections.
Women are on a pursuit of perfection. But, as hard as we try, we get caught in a comparison trap. When this happens we analyze those around us and then we view our own appearances with negative thoughts. Jennifer Rothschild has a Bible study called <em>Me, Myself, and Lies> (we are studying this on Wednesday nights at six at Covenant) and in this study she talks about how we need to have a thought closet makeover and not just see our own imperfections. Here's what some women in my church, ranging from seven to seventy-five had to say about this issue:
Their answers are honest and true. We have to transform our thoughts and get back to believing that we are pretty and God loves us. Because when we focus on those simple truths, we stop comparing and we can see more than our imperfections.
We have to shift our perception of ourselves from ideal to real.
In Exodus, Moses is doubting what God is calling him to do. When he shares his hesitations with God, his response to Moses is "Tell the people I AM sent you." As we think about not feeling attractive enough, we have to rest in God's assurance when he tells us I AM enough.
Look at yourself in the mirror today. You will probably still see the wrinkles, the age, the weight. But look past those things and tell yourself "I am created in God's image. God loves ME."
Now go, and believe that you are enough.
Till next time, let your light shine!
Blessings, christen


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Giclee on paper of Charlie Dog.
This is a fantastic giclee with the cute character Chuck Jones described as, "Charlie Dog is one of my favorite characters. I don't understand him, but I do like him. He is so unquestionably a dog. Charlie is merely trying to find a master and a home, which are perfectly natural ambitions for any dog." This piece has deckled edges.
This piece measures 24" x 17.5".
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Reham Dawabsheh should have celebrated her 27th birthday on Sunday.
Instead, the teacher from the Palestinian West Bank village of Duma died in hospital, the third member of her family – including her infant son – to have perished following an arson attack on their home by suspected Jewish extremists on 31 July.
As her family buried her on Monday afternoon, the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, declared three days of mourning and ordered flags be lowered to half-mast. ∞∞∞∞∞ www.theguardian.com ∞∞∞∞∞


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So I get this call from my dad today. He said look into the Bergara B 14 HMR and if I like it he will buy "us" one. I had recommended a Ruger RPR in 6.5 Creed. I have been reading what I can on the Internet but I am looking to see if you all have any experience with it or an option.
It's primary use would be paper punching and possibly deer and coyote. But mostly paper... someday at distance.


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(Revised May 2008.)
When I was 13, my parents were in a dilemma. They wanted to teach logic and thinking skills to me and my brother and sisters, but they did not know how. In the years since the, my parents did find logic books and videos. Some were excellent. Some were hard to use. I've tried to distill their research and my own research into a suggested course of study for homeschools.
For learning at home, I think a logic textbook needs to be:
You can read our reviews of logic books and materials that are on the market and check out our list of logic resources available online.
Before age 13, I think children can benefit from pre-logic mind exercises. Children enjoy sorting shapes into classes, connecting words with a similar meaning, and knowing what follows in a series of things. Studies have shown that these activities develop the cognitive domain in a child's mind. Just as a child practices handwriting skills to improve small motor control in his hands, the brain is like a muscle which becomes stronger and more focused as it is exercised.
Pre-logic activities are optional. There is only so much time in the day, and some things take precedence over others. Do not worry that your child will be irretrievably damaged because you never sat down with him and sorted shapes into boxes. Obviously many children have done fine without these special activities. Children love doing activities which make them to think, and they may find these activities naturally on their own.
Games and everyday activities may develop your child's powers for thinking. For hundreds of years, old-fashioned games such as checkers, chess, dominoes, and card games, such as rummy and bridge, have stretched people's minds. Modern games such as Uno, Rummikub, Scrabble and strategy games like Risk, are enjoyable ways to exercise your mind.
A natural way to stimulate a child's mind is simply to converse with him. Open the door to deep conversations with your child when he is young and this relationship will continue all his life. You might want to read our article on The President Has a Banana.
Reading good classic books aloud to children is also good for their minds. Authors like Stevenson, E.B. White, Dickens, and Lewis wrote stories which gave children a bigger picture of the world and stimulate them to think about things that go deeper than the surface.
Learning logic is more than just using a logic curriculum. It encompasses all of life. When we talk about learning logic, we're talking about a life-style of good thinking.
Building Thinking Skills is a set of pre-logic workbooks published by The Critical Thinking Company. These books are well designed. They provide a fun and stimulating sequence of activities which children enjoy. Each page is self-explanatory.
Building Thinking Skills is not sequential. You can jump into whichever book fits your child's learning ability. The Teacher's Manuals include the answers to each exercise. My mother let us do as many pages as we wanted, skipping parts when they were too easy, and slowing down when we came to more challenging material.
If you want to use the books with more than one child, then you may consider using dry erase markers on clear plastic sheets placed over each page. This lets you you wipe off the sheet and reuse it for the next page. This leaves the book unmarked for the next child to use.
Primary & Book 1 can be used before age 10. However, my mother did not use workbooks with us before age 10 because they can be somewhat of a waste of time.
Book 2 can be used at age 10. The Teacher's Manual is not needed; problems are easy for a parent to solve.
Book 3 Figural can be used at age 11. The Teacher's Manual is recommended because problems can be challenging even for a parent. Activities include describing shapes, and words; following directions; antonyms and synonyms; analogy; parts of a whole; mapping and directionality; logical connectives; pattern folding; tracking, rotation, and reflection; mental manipulation of two dimensional objects; etc.
Book 3 Verbal can be used at age 12. The Teacher's Manual is recommended. Activities include deductive reasoning; denotation/ connotation; following directions; map skills; time ranking; degree of meaning; logical connectives; flowcharts; parts of a whole; branching diagrams; analogy; congruence; etc.
Around age thirteen, something happens in a kids' brain – he begins to ask questions. "Why do I have to go to bed at 8:00 PM? Why do words have meaning? Did God create evil?" Connections are made and he begins to put ideas together which before were just a jumble of information. His head is converting from a disorganized storage shed into a organized information warehouse. He might come up with some logical conclusions which may startle the adults.
I think the key to teaching logic to young students is the materials you use. In professional academia, logic is considered a college subject and children are thought too young to learn logic. But I think children can use logical thinking skills, and the sooner their mind is trained to reason, the better they will be equipped to study other subjects and lead a thoughtful life. But logic textbooks are written for college students and nobody would expect a child to learn math or logic from a college textbook. I believe children are perfectly capable of learning logic if they have materials which present the subject at their level.
This course of study is only our suggestion – you may modify it to fit your schedule, priorities and individual needs.
This course of study is progressive: each step builds on the one before. A new student needs to be acclimated to logic step-by-step in the same way that math is taught over junior high and high school. I think that a student would have difficulty diving streight into Introductory Logic without some previous acquaintance with logic. He may have trouble adjusting to the higher temperature.
If possible, parents should work through the materials together with their children. Children may become discouraged when they encounter problems they can't solve on their own. Besides, parents often need to learn the logic as much as their children. Individual students can study the materials by themselves, but I believe there is value in class discussion time.
Some people learn logic, and then never use it. It would be a shame to set your logic accomplishments on a shelf, so that your friends can admire them. I think you will discover that logic is as useful as knowing how to read. Logic has taught me how to think, which can be a tremendous advantage when everyone else does not! Logic is not for elite intellectuals. It is for ordinary Christians like you and me.
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Time was when the country came to a standstill at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Buses stopped and the drivers climbed down from their cans to stand in respectful silence for two minutes. The it was decreed that the commemoration on Armistice Day itself was too disruptive or costly or something, and the commemorations would be centred on Remembrance Day, the Sunday nearest to 11th November. Just when that was is not something I can recall - although I have now discovered that it was in either 1945 or 46. No wonder I don';t remember it happening! The about ten years ago, a groundswell of opinion arose to [persuade people to observe the two minute silence on Armistice Day. It gained momentum quite quickly and the silence is now observed at railway stations and airports, with trains and planes being held (what's new?).
It is a good many years since I was last in a public place on the morning of 11th November, but yesterday I happened to be in a large, busy supermarket doing the weekly shop when I heard a public announcement.
"In two minutes' time we will be observing the silence."
Then, (presumably) two minutes later:
"Ladies and gentlemen, it is eleven o'clock."
That was it. Nothing about honouring the dead, no request for people to join in - and all the more effective for the understatement. Everybody just stopped and stood in silence, until:
"Thank you", when time started again, shopping trolleys rolled, tills made their tilling noises and the world moved on.


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At the beginning of our Bahamas safari our guide Henry drove us past the Morton salt company's salt ponds. They stretched as far as the eye could see and looked more like an inland sea than any "pond" I've ever seen.
He told us that our loop would bring us back past the salt ponds later on and we could see how the operation works. As we approached the salt factory towards the end of our loop we could see how the ponds were connected together.
The process starts with a pumping station located near the lighthouse. Here there is a huge pump that lifts seawater up into a canal.
The canal runs to the middle of Great Inagua and deposits the fresh seawater into a HUGE reservoir. Once here the saltwater is heated gradually by the sun. From this reservoir the salt water is a allowed to flow into the initial salt ponds. These ponds are very shallow and allow the sun to really start evaporating water. Using a series of gates the water is channelled from pond to pond. Since the water keeps evaporating each pond has a higher concentration of brine. Long before the final ponds the salt starts to crystallize out on rocks, sticks or anything else in the pond.
There are markers in the pond to show how deep the salt has accumulated in the later ponds.
Henry told us that in the final harvesting ponds the salt will be at least 6 inches thick when they allow the pond to finally dry out. This enormous amount of salt is then scooped out using heavy machinery and piled high near the loading dock.
We weren't fortunate enough to see a ship being loaded, but we were told that a ship comes every 8 days and takes away 6000 tons of salt! The loading dock certainly looked capable of moving a lot of salt into a ship very quickly.
Even as we headed back towards Matthew town the piles of salt loomed on the horizon as the tallest "mountains" on Great Inagua.


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The rearscreen wiper blade is actually as important to the driver as those in front. Though drivers are more concerned with their visibility in front, it is also important to know that a clear view of the back of the car is needed while driving.
Due to the obscure nature of the rear window wiper, many car owners tend to neglect it and not take care of it. They usually fail to notice that it is time to replace the wiper blade until its too late. To know when to replace the rear wiper blade is simple, you just have to note if the swiping is clean. If the blade is leaving streaks of water after swiping, then the rubber has probably worn out and needs replacement.
Rear windshield wiper blade is usually much shorter compared to those in front. Front wiper blades are typically 16 inches and above in length, those at the back are only 11 to 14 inches. They are also cheaper than their longer counterparts. You can get one for less than $10 easily. You can consider rubber or silicone wiper blades, their comparison can be read here.
Check the condition of your rear wiper blades today and replace it if necessary. Do not wait until you are driving in thunderstorm to know that you need a clear view of the back of the car. Blind spots are dangerous, so try to reduce it when driving. It is all in the name of safety.


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Hiring and managing employees during the startup days is a daunting task. Veteran entrepreneurs can give you good advice throughout their experience. However, the final decision will be yours or you can lookout any version of employee as per your startup requirements.
Typically, startups start working with an inadequate budget and don't have so much money to go for finding and hiring the right talent. I had met one of mine friend a few days back who has started his Advertising & PR agency recently. When we were conversing, I came to know that she is not able to find the right talented candidates. She shared "Hiring employees for a startup is difficult as I don't have enough funds to pay for full time talented employees. But I need three employees for different job roles on urgent base, so that I can reach more number of customers effectively."
Haphazardly, if you hire the wrong talent, you may countenance other challenges. Sudhir Singh, Director , Sensation Software Solutions shares. "When we started, we hired two people in the first month, but they leave within few days as they did not fit in our company work culture and fail to understand issues that we were facing at that stage. So, I contacted my friend, who was working with a MNC company but willing to do something in the same area. He showed interest to work with me and we both joined hands to work together. It was one of the best decisions I have had for my company in the initial days. He supported me with his expertise and we both get the all that we both were looking from each other." He adds, "Today we have a big team of specialized persons to offer effective web applications for startups, SMEs and other businesses and serves across the world." Finding a right candidate take a long time. Tamaal Roy, CEO, Biomatiques Identification Solutions Pvt. Ltd shares, "In 1985 I ventured into IT field and performed multi roles initially. When I started looking for employees, I faced a number of different challenges. I have had conversation with different people for same profile and succeed to find a right talented first employee after 4 months." Today, Biomatiques has a latest range of iris scanners that give the highest level of accuracy. It became the first Indian company to revolutionize the iris recognition technology and helping various businesses across India.
Similarly for Arvind Saraf, Triveni Sarees MD, hiring good employees for its startup was also challenging. He says, "As I got busy with a number of things, so it was very difficult for me to hire staff within limited budget. I personally feel that every startup need right talent in order to ensure growth. He gives credit to all those employees who supported his startup.
Not only these entrepreneurs but every startup face the same challenges because they do not have enough budget to do business initially.
Here you can go for some creative ways to find employees within limited resources during the startup stage:
Hire Stay-at-home Talent
Though you need to take extra pains to find and sustain stay-at-home experienced talent , but it could be a secret weapon for your startup. Singh informs, "We hired few highly qualified right talented people for low cost and they work equal to full time staff." However we avoid to assigning them time sensitive assignments.
Hit upon Retired Persons
When you are looking for managing your startup, retired persons could be a right solution as they can join your startup for less cost. Keep in mind, if you are not paying them enough funds, just offer them a flexible work atmosphere and understand their situation and health issues they may be dealing with because of their age.
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You can work together with some universities and business schools for employing volunteer interns for your startup. Here you can find dazzling young minds who start working just for experience or completing their curriculum assignments during holidays. If you succeed to get work from them it could be win-win situation for your startup. You can offer them compensation to work with you on part time basis for a long time.
Offer Delayed Compensation
Another effective solution could be persuade to offer a differed compensation after when you start getting business from your startup. However, you will need to encourage the right people to accept this deal and treat them like your business partner with partial stack sharing.
If you can afford to hire any other employee, you can do that because its never too late or too early to hire full time employees in any startup. However avoid hiring employees in abundance initially.
At last, whosoever is your startup team, keep them encouraging and motivating by giving all credit that they deserve. No body can stop you to be successful , if you have a strong employees support.


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So after staring into space (along with the fifty other things that had to be done this week) and then losing my computer (I had to run after the dogs and I forgot where I dropped it, so I kept searching the living room which wasn't a help since it was in the guest room), and getting stung on the bottom of my foot by a wasp (don't ask), I ended up with an ice pack back in bed, thinking about the antagonist.
At that point, I came to two realizations:
1. Nita and Nick have different antagonists (Nita owns the main plot and Nick gets the subplot).
2. I needed a Conflict Box to figure them out.
The lovely thing about the conflict box is that it's simple. If my conflict doesn't fit in that box, I haven't thought it through, so to make a box, I have to think of my conflict in the starkest terms: What do they want, and how are they crossing each other?
So here's what I've got (details redacted for spoilers):
Nita's turned out to be pretty simple: Somebody's killing demons and she's going to stop them, and that makes the demon killer include her as a target to stop her from interfering. Nita can't stop going after the killer, it's her job and her job is her life, and the killer can't stop killing and trying to kill Nita. Nice simple conflict lock.
Nick's is trickier. It obviously has to be somebody who wants to be the next Devil, or somebody who wants Nick impeached or deposed so he or she could be the next Devil now. The problem was, the struggle's taking place on the island which seemed odd. Why not fight him in Hell?
But then I realized that was a smart move. Take him out of the place where he's the most powerful and then subvert and destroy him while he's out of his element. So then B's only problem is how to get him to the island, and that's where the hellgate comes in: B reports an illegal hellgate and then takes out the first two demons that Nick sends to deal with it, knowing that as a responsible administrator, he'll come himself the third time.
That gives me two different struggles which is not good because I want a unified book. But if Nick's antagonist B joins forces with A, that solves that. Then the problem is, Why? Why would an insurgent candidate for Devil join forces with a demon assassin? (I know: They fight crime!) They'd have to have a mutual agreement. I can see why antagonist A would do it: if B would promise to remove the demons from the island once in power, that would be a good partnership. But what good is A to B? That is, how does a demon assassin help a Devil usurper? Gotta be the assassination, right?
That's a little weak, so I'm cogitating.
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U.S. Census Gets 'Telenovela' Role
The Post's David Montgomery reports:
In just a matter of months, lovely, dark-eyed Perla Beltrán has suffered the usual trials of a telenovela babe -- pole-dancing in a dive bar, falling in love with a hunky gangster, learning of said gangster's untimely (bang! bang!) death minutes after delivering his baby, giving the infant boy up for adoption, getting him back from adoption, helping a new boyfriend elude police . . .
On Wednesday night, in her popular Spanish-language soap opera, Perla's luck will change. Working at her father's outdoor empanada stand, she'll seize a chance to turn her life around. In a plot twist almost as surprising as the local crime boss falling in love with a transgendered prostitute, Perla's shot at personal salvation will come courtesy of an unusual hero: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Perla -- a secondary character in Telemundo's top telenovela, "Más Sabe el Diablo" ("The Devil Knows Best") -- is going to get a job recruiting folks from her New York City neighborhood to participate in the 2010 Census so Latinos won't be undercounted, as they have been in the past.
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text: Russia's annexation of Crimea has brought Europe and Moscow into their biggest conflict since the Cold War [AFP]The top diplomat of the European Union has said Russia needs to show it is serious about defusing the Ukraine crisis by moving its troops back from the border as Russia's foreign minister ridiculed EU-Ukraine relationship. Catherine Ashton, foreign policy chief, made the comments on Friday at the start of a two-day meeting in Athens where EU foreign ministers gathered to discuss possible actions against Russia's annexation of Crimea. William Hague, the British foreign secretary, said EU member states had to remain unted about punitive measures taken against officials in Moscow and in the annexed peninsula."It's very important for us to remain strong and united about the sanctions that we have implemented against individuals in Russia and Crimea, and to prepare more far-reaching measures if they become necessary," Hague said ahead of the meeting. No decision would be made in Athens, he added. "This moment isn't the moment for phase three of sanctions, but they have to be ready because the situation remains very dangerous, it remains very tense." Linas Linkevicius, the foreign minister of Lithuania - the country that fears it could be one of the next victims of Russian aggression - said "Europe must stand united" against Moscow as concessions would be perceived as a "weakness" by the Kremlin. Meanwhile, Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, poked fun at the Western leaders and Ukraine, saying "the West has taken on a role of the master of Ukraine's fate while the country's fledging government has not shown much independence so far". Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea has brought Europe and Russia into their biggest conflict since the Cold War, and is raising questions about the bloc's long-term policy towards Moscow and about the EU's ability to support stability in the region. Hiking gas price Ukraine's Western backed leaders scrambled on Friday to find new sources of energy after Russia hiked its gas price by 80 percent in response to the overthrow of Kiev's pro-Kremlin regime. Yuriy Prodan, the energy minister, called the new rate "political" and vowed to explore solutions that included a heavier reliance on coal. The country's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said on Friday another option the government was trying to chase up was reversing gas from European neighbours like Slovenia, Hungary and Poland. Reverse flows would involve sending gas back down the pipelines used in the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine to Europe. "On a technical level, the idea of reverse gas raises no problems, and we hope our European partners make the right decision. If it will be to reverse, then it means the prise for gas will be $150 lower than Russian gas," said Yatseniuk. SOURCE: Agencies Europe


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Since I was brought home from the hospital, my parents were very concerned about my sleeping arrangements. My older sister and their first child, Brooklyn, slept in their room all the time. It seems like my parents were worried she would break or something! Anyway, dad made sure to tell mommy that I wasn't going to be sleeping in their room as well.
So my first crib was from Babyletto. This crib was fantastic because you could adjust the mattress higher or lower as you grow so you can't crawl out of it at night. It also allows you to convert it to a sleeping bed as you get older too, by removing one set of the guard racks. My crib was considered a 4 in 1 convertible crib. It was priced at $499. The mattress comes separate and my parents got me a Serta mattress from Target.
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Well, eventually I outgrew my crib. I didn't like waiting around for my parents to get me in the morning so I figured out a way to climb and flip out of my crib. I landed perfectly on my feet all the time but apparently, my parents were concerned about me injuring myself because I would climb up the crib and do a head flip when I wanted to go back in.
So my mom took me to a store to get my first big girl bed. This store is exclusive for baby, infant and toddler furniture. The name of the store is Mega Kids Naples. This store has all different types of furniture and bedroom sets for children. My bed is really neat. It has a built-in reading light or night light to turn on and is hidden in the headboard in case I get a little scared and want to have a light on.
Best thing about my new big girl bed is that no one has to put me to bed or come and get me in the morning. I usually try to go to bed around 8 pm after my parent's read me some stories and when school is out, I sleep in as late as I can. I love having a big girl bed!


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A copy of the letter I sent to the 4 daycare centres on the south side of Edmonton who have a policy not to accept breastfed babies. (Written with help from some MBC lactivists)
To Whom it May Concern:I am writing regarding your policy to not accept breastfed babies into your daycare facility. It has been brought to my attention that children are being turned down for care because their mothers would be sending expressed milk for them to drink, as opposed to formula (artificial baby milk).I cannot think of one good reason for this policy to exist. You may have the right to discriminate against these families (I am confident that in many cities, you'd have numerous lawyers breathing down your neck), but there is simply no need for it. Expressed milk is no more difficult to handle than ready-to-feed formula, and is in fact easier to handle than powdered milk, as there is no mixing and measuring involved. I'm sure that your facility has refrigerators on site, but even if that is "too inconvenient", milk can be kept in a small cooler provided by the family, or even at room temperature for up to eight hours if it has been freshly pumped by the child's mother.Human milk is often stored in plastic bags. After time, the fats rise to the top of the bag, separating from the "skim" milk. All that needs to be done to remedy this is for the care-giver to gently swirl (not shake) the milk to redistribute the fats. Milk can be heated by running under warm water (not in a microwave, but of course, you know to never microwave formula either). Milk can then be poured into a bottle, and fed to baby, or if using a Playtex Nurser type bottle, the bag can be slipped into the holder and nipple attached. Quite easy, and takes less time than measuring the correct amount of powdered formula and shaking with warm, sterilized water.We all know that breastfed babies are exponentially more healthy than their formula-fed counterparts. In a daycare setting, healthy babies are a rare commodity indeed. One would think that your facility would be encouraging all working moms to continue to breastfeed, as it would keep the illness down in your nurseries. You are hopefully aware that the Canadian Pediatric Association recommends exclusive breastfeeding (meaning no formula supplementation or complimentary foods) for the first six months of life, and continued breastfeeding for at least a year. Additionally the American Academy of Family Practitioners and the World Heath Organization recommend at least two years of breastfeeding. Shame on you for pressuring parents into ignoring these recommendations so their child can be cared for when they return to work. I do hope that you will reconsider your stance on caring for breastfed babies: babies who are being fed the food that nature intended.
Please contact me in regards to this matter.
Monday, January 15, 2007
The Daycare Letter (January 2007)
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Is Larry Brown Being Bought Out?
I feel I can say that the Knicks stunk like Vlad Radmanovic's armpits this year without exhibiting any particular bias, and most would agree with me on that. Similarly, I don't think I'm putting forward my own opinion when I say that Larry Brown and his crackpot tactics were a major contributing factor in the pitiful performance of the team most saw as a middle-of-the-pack performer prior to the start of the season.
Well, it seems as if someone finally broke this "news" in the luxury suite, and now halfwit/entrepreneur James Dolan may buy out the rest of Larry Brown's contract. This means that the man whose line-ups were largely determined by a dartboard and a magic eight ball will be invited to take a little break from work in exchange for a payout roughly equal to the annual turnover of some small nations.
According to a report in the New York Daily News, Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan is considering buying out the final four years of Brown's contract, worth at least $40 million.
The Knicks declined to comment and would neither confirm nor deny a report that Knicks president Isiah Thomas would be named as Brown's successor.


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Great News: Local Citations Now Available!
February 12, 2013
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Since several users have requested it, we have made the option to append a local citation to the bottom of all articles used for link building! We still spin the article, but not your citation.
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1) Click on the pencil icon for your desired campaign. This will allow you to edit a campaign's options, including the ability to add your citations.
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2. 2 with water, 1 with sand
3 the way it used to be.
4 The station master with a display of old luggage
5 Engine 30926 leaves.
6 I ran alongside as the steam train was leaving the station..., it made the driver smile,
7 The stoker
8. The stoker's hand, looks like a charcoal drawing...
9. FROM A BRIEF ENCOUNTER, an air of mystery and romance forever linked with that classic A Brief Encounter...
The driver was smoothly reversing the train out of the station,
10. The driver11. Bye, off in smoke.
All in good cheers, I'm writing this with a big smile.
PHOTOGRAPHY comes from the classical Greek
Grafein=to write, to paint.
1: the act of taking and printing photographs.
2: the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces.
3: the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies. (Dictionary.com)
Like everything else, you need the tools of the trade…
Camera, light and ACTION!
Note I wrote camera, no distinction, it is my firm conviction that it is the person using the tools that is responsible for the result.
So that whole squabble and debate about film/digital, I WILL NOT EVEN GO INTO THAT NOW! Because it is irrelevant, just like the whole 'debate about brands', Canon versus Nikon, how silly.... I have and still do use both, often. Oke, digital is winning, but I still think that film has a 'natural' moody (colour/grain) quality that you have to 'put in' digital? Digital has other qualities, but that is really for another blog.
My camera HAS to be me my partner, I must love it straight away, I must love the feel of it immediately, we are going to work and have fun together, I must be able to rely on it, make it give me the results I have in my minds eye, my creative brain!
Give me any camera and I'll do you the job, that's a fact not a boast, been there, worn the T-shirt, bla-bla-bla!
Personally, far more important, a good portrait depends on my ability to communicate with the subject, my rapport. No matter the person, age, country, religion or any other circumstances, the success rests on how I approach the situation, the light and most importantly, my state of mind. Surprised? You shouldn't be!
The Greek have a lovely word: logiki... people sense the mood you are in and will respond accordingly.
It does not come easy to me, because I'm a shy person.
If I can put them at ease, often simply by empathizing about the fact that I do understand, because I also do not like to be photographed, relax them, often by explaining what is going on, why a specific light or lens, they get interested and into it. Be strong but not overpowering, be kind and understanding but keep that gentle strength (and when it is a NO, ACCEPT IT! Nothing can work in such a situation).
You always have the hopeless ones (like, for example, hihi, photographers, radio-people, now I know why they are just a voice!!), but the TV-people are difficult in a different way, as soon as they sense the lens, they give you the 'stereo-type, standard' smile, which is also not what I want.
Often on sites, portraits are less appreciated; I think most people are scared? On the other hand on the website it is by far the MOST VIEWED section!
I had a comment once;
"I usually don't click on portraits because I don't know much about them (but I hope to someday). But this is a classic that gives me lots of ideas on how to do them!"
Someone else wrote:
"And Magda is a professional with many years experience. Most of us amateurs (enthusiasts=the new title recently) are still learning and finding our feet."
Do you think I've stopped learning? I probably work harder at it than most, trying out different, new light settings and techniques.
You must all realize that, like in everything else, there's also an ever changing TREND.
You only have to look at the family/school/wedding portrait of 50-20 years ago!!!!!!!!
I say it time and time again, there are no secrets!
I upload some images of portraits I took last Saturday! The steam train was late, I'd been told: 'no luv, not t'day anymore'. I photographed some details at the old station, I heard the whistle, Had to run all the way back. By the time I got to the driver and stoker, they were about to reverse away, I was able to 'establish' a quick rapport (often people get a fright when they hear I have a foreign accent, which is an additional obstacle, some freeze!), give them a card so I'd be able to send them some prints, took some portraits, ran alongside, a few more... It was over, right out of A Brief Encounter.
Enjoy your photography, make good use of, play and paint with light, in your FREE photography take images ONLY for YOU, overcome barriers if you have to...if you can...
Thanx, M, (*_*)


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Our team of child behavior experts is on a mission to disrupt what we as a society consider "normal" child behaviors. With terms like terrible twos, we've normalized unwanted behaviors like whining, tantrums, hitting, biting, and refusal to follow directions. But what if we didn't accept these as "normal"? What if you could enjoy your child's behavior at 2 years old instead of "hanging in there"?
Why wait around to see if your child develops unwanted patterns of behavior that are "bad enough" later in childhood? Or do you want to be the expert of your child's behavior now? Would you rather continue to endure the whining, refusals, and tantrums, or begin enjoying your child's behavior? Because if we all decide these behaviors are normal, we then resign ourselves to endure instead of teach better behavior.
Are you waiting for your child's behavior to get "bad enough"?
You see, children are super efficient with their behavior. They rarely continue to engage in any behavior, positive or negative, unless it serves them in some way. If the unwanted behavior is continuing, it is working for your child. We know children continue to do things to get attention, privileges, and access to toys. But ignoring isn't the only answer, as that same behavior may successfully helps your child delay, avoid, or escape something. And even addressing those two reasons, your child is still missing skills. Your reaction, or lack thereof, doesn't teach new social skills. What else would you like your child to do instead next time?
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Our Consultants teach parents and teachers how brain development impacts your ability to teach better behavior. In our practice, we see parents and teachers inadvertently teaching at the most inopportune time, when your child's brain is actually trying to block additional stimulation to protect him/her. Because our frontal lobes don't finish developing until we are 18-24 years old, our children don't yet have reasoning, problem solving, and other higher level cognitive skills. Because of this, the brain is designed to protectively shut down when your child experiences stress beyond her skill set. We refer to this as the "light switch" and teach you to Pretend You Are A Light Switch!® This happy little metaphor is packed with science regarding how and when to teach behavior regulation and social skills. We teach you how your "light switch" may be off during these behavioral episodes. When your "light switch" is off, your ability to reason and problem solve is also disrupted. We help you sync your "light switch" and your child's so that you are both in the optimal position to teach and learn.
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If you are just meeting us, we invite you to join us on a webinar to learn more about our approach. While our educational webinars inspire, many find it difficult to translate the content to actual behavioral episodes with your child. You can quickly learn to implement the strategies correctly when an expert shows you how to do so and then coaches you to successfully do so. If you feel like you've tried everything, our Consultation to Parents program is for you.
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Every woman knows not to wear dark underwear under a light-colored skirt. It's a major fashion faux pas.
But we've never heard of it becoming a reason not to elect a county prosecutor.
Until now that is.
Hocking County, Ohio, Prosecutor Laina Fetherolf is running for re-election amid some really ridiculous rumors she took her underwear off, entered it into evidence, and argued a case commando-style after a judge chastised her for wearing dark panties under a light-colored dress, Above The Law reported Friday.
But, according to an interview Fetherolf gave to The Columbus Dispatch, the story is a bogus lie made up by her opponent.
Fetherolf admits having a "wardrobe malfunction" in court. But she never threw her underwear on the judge's desk, Fetherolf said, adding that she asked the state elections commission to call out opponent Jason Sarver for lying about the supposed incident, the Dispatch reported Monday morning.
"I was willing to laugh it off until the story began to spread ... I've heard about it from multiple people. Everybody in Logan is talking about this story he made up," Fetherolf told the Dispatch.
The commission dismissed her complaint.
But Judge John T. Wallace is sticking by her, telling the Dispatch "no panties have ever been placed on my bench by anyone, including her."
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Things to do in Monaco and Monte Carlo
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December 10th Newsletter
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Every culture and family have their traditions at Christmas. In Britain we have our pudding, and in France we have the Buche de Noel, the sweet centrepiece of a festive table. If you plan to feature a Yule log on your menu this year, check out the traditional and startling designs created by Monaco's pastry chefs.
Another two very British Christmas events are taking place on Sunday at St Paul's Anglican Church. In the afternoon, the children's nativity play takes place, and later that evening there's a carol service.
If you're already tired of listening to Christmas music, head over to Mozza on Sunday. The Italian restaurant has introduced a jazz brunch, priced 49 euros, which includes a help-yourself buffet with live jazz backing music. A Bellini is offered to all diners and hot drinks and fruit juices are included in the price.
Finally, we were sad to hear that the Saint Benoit is to hang up its pots and pans for good on 13 December. Owner Marcel Athimond, who has managed many of Monaco's restaurants, is taking time out to travel around France.
What's in the diary ....
Thursday: McCarthy's quiz night.
Friday: Aladin gala for kids.
Saturday: 4-hand piano competition.
Sunday: Have a go at backgammon.
Coming up next week, Femmes Leaders make a spectacle, Christmas tree auction and Thai Japanese fusion dinner.
For lots more suggestions, visit maBoum's 7 day listing and enjoy your weekend.
(1) This week's quote is a reference by Charles Babbage to Ada Lovelace, born this day 1815. She is often considered to be the first computer programmer.


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