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Monday, April 15, 2013
Pop music has gotten raunchy
My kids sometimes will sing these songs out loud and include the pauses where a dirty word is scrubbed out for radio broadcast.
For instance, I heard my son sing a tune by Pink that made a reference to "whiskey dick." Of course, the version Chris sang didn't have any "dick" in it. The sanitized version of "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" just had a pause after the word "whiskey."
Then there's "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. The radio version has so many missing words that it's hard to understand. The actual version is so filthy I can't imagine letting my elementary school kids listen to it.
The refrain includes the line "This is fucking awesome."
A typical line from the tune is: "Walk up to the club like, 'What up, I got a big cock!' I'm so pumped about some shit from the thrift shop."
The radio version of the song beeps out repeated use of "motherfucker," "shit" and other curse words. But it leaves in a reference to singer R. Kelly and golden showers.
I don't have a problem with profanity and coarse language, except in places where my kids are listening. I've had to explain to them about some of the words they've heard at school or on YouTube already.
But here's what I find interesting: Radio airplay is designed to get people, including kids, to buy music or concert tickets from those artists. Which version of their songs are they likely to sing in concert – the sanitized radio versions or the explicit album versions?
Imagine the surprise when parents bring their kids to a concert and hear a performer sing the blue versions of their tunes. Instead of hearing Enrique Iglesias singing "Tonight I'm Loving You," they get "Tonight I'm Fucking You." Or Cee-Lo Green singing "Fuck You," instead of "Forget You." Or Nicki Minaj singing "We're higher than a motherfucker" on "Starships."
It's no wonder parents play it safe and take their kids to see Taylor Swift and other family-friendly artists.
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_[taildragger] 11:47 PM [BWM] I have great respect for many that search the articles and news stories for information in regards to this RV.... but like intel, news stories are controlled by a media that only tells you what they want you to know or opinion they want to share... news is another medium, along with information that is shared that we must piece together to try to find the best answers to our questions..
11:52 PM [BWM] hearing there were complications during the last 24 hours that were resolved... so we wait to see how this affected the timing of things as they continue to move forward... still looking for this in all the obvious times and places
11:53 PM [boomer1110] BWM Would it be accurate to suggest there was a bank involved in the delay??
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Since the department's inception in 1993, it has gone through many transformations and transitions. Started off as the Department of Computer Science, it was one of Bangladesh's first Computer Science Departments and a founding department of Bangladesh's pioneer private university, the North South University (NSU). In the beginning, the department started with a handful of faculty members and students. Today it houses more than 35 full time faculty members and about four thousand students.
During the last two decades, the department has made significant contributions to Bangladesh's emerging ICT (Information and Communication Technology) industry. 'Dhaka Racing', Bangladesh's first ever 3-D computer game was developed by two of NSU's brightest alumnus: Ashik Noon and Adnan Karim. Both of them were awarded with Bangladesh President's special award for their groundbreaking contribution. Like the two, many NSU ECE graduates continue to be the unsung heroes of Bangladesh's computer software and hardware industry through their priceless and tireless work.
On numerous occasions, we played proud hosts of the world renowned ACM ICPC (ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest) regional qualifiers. On three occasions, students of this department have participated at the world finals of ACM ICPC, putting the ECE department on the map of world's computer science community. Bangladesh's first IEEE sponsored wireless conference (ICNEWS 2006) was hosted by the then Department of CSE (now Department of ECE). The conference was a seeming success roping in big names such as Samsung, Nokia, Siemens, IBM, Motorola and many more.
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The Chicago Cubs, who have not played in a World Series since 1945, will have to wait at least until next year after losing a heartbreaking National League play-off series to the Florida Marlins.
While the Marlins now move on to play the winners of the American League Championship Series in the World Series which starts tomorrow the Cubs can only look back wistfully to what might have been - particularly in Game 6 when the cruel hand of fate literally intervened to snatch victory away from them.
Having taken a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven play-offs and with the sixth game being played at Wrigley Field, their ballpark, they looked almost home and dry when they scored three unanswered runs while their ace pitcher Mark Prior mowed down 22 of the 27 Marlin batters he needed to get out.
Florida's Luis Castillo should have been the 23rd out when he lifted the ball towards the brick wall in left field where Cubs outfielder Moises Alou was stationed but at that moment a Cubs fan, Steve Bartman, chose to exercise the inalienable right of all American sports fans to seize a souvenir.
Bartman leant out to try to grab the ball, preventing Alou from making the catch and reprieving Castillo. With the Cubs stunned by this turn of events, the Marlins rallied to score eight runs, winning 8-3, before sealing the seventh game 9-6.
"You cost us the World Series!" one fan yelled as Bartman, 26, was led away by security guards while others chanted "Kill him!" and threw beer and crisps at him.
The next day, 'The Most Hated Man In Chicago' issued an apology but he continued to be castigated on radio talk-shows while a local newspaper's internet poll reported that thousands blamed him for the Cubs defeat.
It might not be much consolation to Bartman to find out that he is being treated as a hero in Florida. One hotel owner has even offered him an all-expense paid three-month stay should he deem it necessary to get out of Chicago until the storm blows over.
The Cubs are said to be fated never to play again in a World Series after a fan, who was refused permission to bring his pet goat to a game in 1945, put a curse on them. However, after the game, the Cubs manager Dusty Baker insisted: "It has nothing to do with the curse. It has to do with fan interference."
Ivan 'Pudge' Rodriguez, the Marlins catcher, who had a hit in every game and drove in 10 runs, was voted the Most Valuable Player of the series.
Meanwhile, the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees are locked at three games all in the American League play-offs with the decider due to be played last night.


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No. 1 Vancouver Canucks (54-19-9) v. No. 8 Chicago Blackhawks (44-29-9)
2010-11 season series: Canucks 2-1-1
Breakdown: The Canucks' reward for a wire-to-wire finish atop the NHL standings is a first-round meeting with the defending champions, a team that eliminated them in each of the past two playoffs. Not fair. There is a difference though: Vancouver is better overall than they were a year ago and Chicago is not as good, especially in terms of overall depth, thanks to their off-season salary purges of Dustin Byfuglien, Andrew Ladd and Kris Versteeg. The Canucks will rely heavily on Ryan Kesler to do the heavy lifting defensively, especially with Manny Malhotra gone for the season, and have a decided edge in blueline depth, where their one-to-six rearguards are tops in the league.
Vancouver in 6.
No. 2 San Jose Sharks (48-25-9) v. No. 7 Los Angeles Kings (46-30-6)
2010-11 season series: Sharks 3-1-2
Breakdown: It's only the third time since 1969 that two California teams meet in the playoffs, and the Sharks go in as heavy favourites, mostly by default. Already challenged to score goals, which is why they picked up Dustin Penner at the deadline, the Kings lost Anze Kopitar and Justin Williams in the stretch drive, and weren't able to compensate, scoring just 11 goals in the final seven games. The Sharks stumbled through an unimpressive first half, but have rolled since mid-January, getting an especially tenacious brand of hockey from both Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau, who've long been challenged to raise their levels in the post-season. Antti Niemi is one of just two goalies in this year's playoffs with a Stanley Cup championship on his résumé.
San Jose in 5.
No. 3 Detroit Red Wings (47-25-10) v. No. 6 Phoenix Coyotes (43-26-13)
2010-11 season series: Coyotes 2-0-2
Breakdown: Detroit is the vastly superior team offensively, but the edge isn't nearly as significant as long as Henrik Zetterberg, the 2008 Conn Smythe winner, remains out with a knee injury (and he is not expected to play in the opener). Phoenix gets scoring by committee, with only one player, Shane Doan, able to crack the 20-goal barrier, but six others finishing with more than 15. Keith Yandle had a breakout year on the blueline for the Coyotes, and Ilya Bryzgalov is capable of stealing a series, providing an edge over Jimmy Howard, who had an up-and-down sophomore season. This is a rematch of last year's opening-round series that went the distance, with the Red Wings ultimately prevailing.
Detroit in 7.
No. 4 Anaheim Ducks (47-30-5) v. No. 5 Nashville Predators (44-27-11)
2010-11 season series: Predators 3-1-0
Breakdown: Everybody fears the Ducks and for good reason. They lost only five of their final 21 in regulation, pushing from the ranks of the also-rans all the way up to the No. 4 seed. Their top line - of Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry and Bobby Ryan - can give the Sedins and Alex Burrows a run for their money as the NHL's best unit. The Predators never really score enough to excite you, but they do have the sort of shutdown defence pair - Shea Weber and Ryan Suter - that can test Getzlaf and Co.'s effectiveness. If they can limit their contributions and Vezina Trophy candidate Pekka Rinne plays the way he did in the regular season, the underdog Preds have a chance.
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This week, Mrs. Snow came in to read with us and talk to us about the connections we make in the classroom. She read us the story My Mouth Is A Volcano, which is a great story about when we should share. Sometimes when we hear someone reading aloud or sharing a story, we think of the connections we have to the story, but sometimes we share these connections at the wrong time. Mrs. Snow talked with us about the right times to share these connections, and she also taught us some great tools for keeping those connections in our brains until it is our turn to share.
During Reader's Workshop, we've been working on rebuilding our reading stamina so we can read long and strong. Since we want to focus on building this stamina during our independent reading time, we've been making the parts of our stories we want to share with sticky notes and waiting until the end of Reader's Workshop to share those thoughts with our classmates. Soon, we will get to move into partner reading and we will have even more opportunities during Reader's Workshop to talk with others about our books!
That same day, we were also visited by Mr. Fosher. who read us the story The Wicked Big Toddlah. Mr. Fosher gave us plenty of opportunities throughout the story to share our connections and thoughts, and we did a great job of raising our hands when those connections came to mind. Great job using those strategies, giraffes!


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The Three Keys to Building Your Team's Morale
According to a recent Gallup report, How Millennials Want to Work and Live, almost two-thirds of millennial workers say they are not fully engaged with their employer's mission. This sentiment is reflected the overall workforce as well.
A key to someone embracing a company's overall purpose is the effective communication of an organization's goals to team members and the related encouragement a person receives from management and leadership as they pursue the entity's goals.
Penn State
Over the past three years and particularly during the 2016 College Football season I have been struck by how Penn State's Head Coach, James Franklin modeled effective communication and encouragement to his team. Coach Franklin (BTW, I am not a Penn State Alumni and I am impartial regards to his team – but have only observed his remarkable leadership style) has had a dramatic impact on Penn State's football program in that they just achieved a Big 10 Championship and a berth in the Rose Bowl – in only the three years since he arrived.
What is particularly noticeable about his leadership is how focused and under control he is during interviews, but how enthusiastic and congratulatory he is with his players on the sideline when they do something admirable.
So how does this apply to your organization?
As you lead your company, keep in mind one of a leader's chief roles is encourage their personnel and be the cheerleader who makes their employees feel good about their efforts to achieve the goals and Vision of their business. This results in building high company morale. I would like to look at thee aspects of this.
I. Celebrating Successes
One of the most important aspects of encouraging your personnel is recognizing the progress that is being made towards the business' goals. This is because people need to feel that it is worth their while to keep plugging away at the goal in front of them.
Having one-on-one chats, group meetings, and companywide events where the mile markers on the road to your organization's goals are celebrated is a key to keeping morale high. A wise business owner takes advantage of every opportunity to encourage their employees by celebrating their business' achievements.
Give Verbal "High-Fives" and "Hugs"
If you see Coach Franklin on the sideline he is regularly "high-fiving" and hugging his players as they come off the field after making a great play – and you can tell his players LOVE this. While giving someone a physical high-five or hug is not appropriate in most companies, alternatively, when was the last verbal "high-five" or "hug" you gave to one of your employees after they did something really great? Regularly doing this will instill within them the importance of their overall effort in making a difference in your Customer's lives and the world.
A business owner that does not regularly and sincerely encourage their employees is missing a great opportunity to build company morale. The danger of not encouraging your employees is that they will get burned out, jaded, and discouraged which can lead to them not giving their best efforts in pursuit of your business' goals.
II. Empowering Your Personnel
When viewed in conjunction with the above process of leading and encouraging your employees, the concept of empowering your employees is a very important part of your overall goal to keep morale high. How do you empower your personnel (both employees and contractors)? There are three steps, namely:
- Developing and sharing a compelling Vision for your company with your personnel
- Creating the organization that includes the Systems that is required to achieve your Vision
- Providing the resources (e.g., equipment, Information Technology, personnel…) that are required in order to achieve the Vision for your business
Coach Franklin's players have reported that they have bought into his Vision for the team and that he is very organized in the execution of his overall program and his detailed game plan. This results in them feeling empowered to great things.
The Secret is Doing All Three Steps
Please be aware that unless you do all three of the above, "empowering" your personnel can backfire. For instance, if you share your Vision to your personnel and create the organization required in order to achieve your Vision, but do not provide the resources that are required in order to achieve your Vision for your business, you will thoroughly frustrate your personnel and debilitate their spirits.
However, if you have properly developed and conveyed a compelling Vision and the related company goals to your personnel and then empower them, you will be amazed how people will respond to various challenges.
III. Abounding Optimism
An integral part of moving your organization toward its Vision is that you as a business owner or leader must be optimistic and must communicate that optimism to your personnel.
If you see an interview with Coach Franklin, you will very quickly notice his optimism. The quiet confidence that he knows where he wants to take his football team and how to get there is unmistakable. And his players positively respond to his approach.
Likewise, if you look at virtually any truly successful organization and the leaders of that company, you will see that great leaders are always optimists. Having started and operated 9 companies I know that being the leader of a company is a daunting task that at times may seem to be overwhelming. But the special thing you as leader of your company bring to the table is your Vision, your dreams and goals for your organization.
However, on a daily basis your employees are on the firing line in your operations and they see all of your business' warts – up close and personal. This can dispirit them and get them down. Therefore, they are sorely in need of the optimism that comes from you knowing where you want to take your company and how to get there.
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WHO needs a food stylist when cooking at home!
Yesterday, news.com.au put the call out to readers to send in photographs of their home-cooked meals, and it seems you're a talented lot.
You jumped at the chance to send in evidence of your culinary triumphs and disasters after news that celebrity chef Nigella Lawson's home cooking attempts did not always look like those in the cookbooks broke.
Revealed in a series of tweets to her almost 260,000 followers, the British chef lifted the lid on what her home cooking actually looks like - and it was definitely not pretty.
Images of tired-looking eggs and beige-coloured stews occupy her feed, and although some of the dishes look tasty, they present quite a different picture to what appears on her website.
So, we asked you to send us photographs of your food via Twitter and Instagram with the #homecooked hashtag. What followed was everything from a six-layered birthday cake to a near-disastrous barbecue lunch.
Check out some of the best #homecooked meals here, and continue to share your dishes at news.com.au:
1. Email us at firstname.lastname@example.com with pictures of your home cooked delights
2. Tweet us pics of your culinary treats at @newscomauHQ with the #homecooked hashtag;
3. Instagram us (@newscomauHQ and #homecooked)
4. Let us know what the dish is and why it's so delicious!
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Judge John Antoon II of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on Thursday accepted in their entirety the recommendations of Magistrate Judge Karla Spaulding as to the putative nationwide class. In August, Judge Spaulding determined that the plaintiffs had not shown a national policy existed at Hard Rock that...
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My friend was dropping me off at home after we went out, I went over to her car window to give her a hug, I put my hand on her head and stroked her hair, then she leaned her head in and presses it against my chest. Is this normal for girls, or when you like a guy?
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Lots of girls talk about being a nice height to press their heads against their significant other's chest, but in my opinion, it's a sign that she trusts you. Maybe she likes you, maybe she doesn't, but she feels close enough to you to do that.11|00|0
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The Phoenix Park Inn Resort is split into four vibrantly coloured accommodation blocks set around the free-form swimming pool and surrounded by swaying palms. It offers comfortable accommodation within easy reach of the beach. The gardens provide a relaxing, shady retreat and the hotel has a friendly atmosphere with attentive staff.
Your journey starts here
Goa is a lovely winter sun destination, and many hotels are only open from November to May.
There are two restaurants at the Phoenix Park Inn Resort and a pool bar for that cooling drink after you've enjoyed a refreshing dip in the water. There's also a fitness centre, health club and Ayurveda Centre. To get you into the holiday mood, there's weekly evening entertainment.
The hotel is approximately 800 metres from the beach and 250 metres from the resort of Candolim. A private airport transfer is included in the price of your holiday.
Bed and breakfast in a Premium Room with double or twin beds.
Chapora: an extensive, multi-cuisine buffet, as well as delicious à la carte options with authentic Goan specialities. Open daily 07:30 – 22:30.
Sal: Daytime drinks and evening snacks, plus an extensive beverage menu. Open daily 07:30 – 22:30
Colval: Polside bar and barbecue where, from October to May, you can order grilled specialities and refreshing beverages in the fresh air to the sound of live music.
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They have in-depth knowledge of the places you'll visit and will be on hand every step of the way with commentary entirely in English. 96% of customers rate them 'excellent' or 'good'.
We understand things change, often beyond your control. If you need to change your holiday plans, we offer a flexible deposit up until your balance is due.


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Sunday Mornings
The joint Child Ministries Team has a Sunday School program for the children of all three congregations, age 4 through high school, that starts at 9:15 am. Nursery Care is available for infants through 4 years old during the education and worship times. Child Care through age 8 is available during worship times. However, all children are welcome in each of the worship services.
Salem Lutheran is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Salem is also a 'Reconciling in Christ' (RIC) congregation welcoming into the life and leadership of the congregation people of all sexual orientations and gender Identities.
- Traditional Worship- 8:30am
- Congregational Conversation- 9:40 am
- Jazz Worship- 10:30am
Lyndale United Church of Christ is part of the United Church of Christ. The Lyndale community attempts by God's grace and our practices, to be a spirited justice seeking, practicing, prayerful, playful, praising, progressive, accessible, open and affirming community in the LynLake neighborhood and beyond.
- Adult Education- 9:15 am
- Worship- 10:30am
First Christian Church is part of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), believing the body of Christ is not complete until all people are included at the table and we welcome all people without regard to economic status, race, sexual orientation, background or cultural upbringing. We welcome GLBT people into full fellowship and leadership in our church without reservation and are part of GLAD Alliance. No matter where you are in our faith journeys, all are invited to worship, pray, learn, share, play, and minister with us, among us and through us.
- Adult Ed- 9:00 am & 9:15 am
- Worship 10:30 am
Join us in fellowship in the upper level Gathering Space. Refreshments are served after the 10:30 worship services.
Ecumenical & Community Programs
Lectionary Bible Study: Wednesday mornings at 8:00 am. Join people from all three congregations in a Bible Study around the scripture for upcoming Sundays, based on the Narrative Lectionary.
Women's Ministry: Thursday mornings, 9 am – noon. This group of women meets weekly to knit/crochet prayer shawls and great fellowship. Come to create prayer shawls or just to enjoy the coffee, treats, and great conversation. Bring a sack lunch if you'd like for when the group takes a break from knitting at 11:30 am or so.


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Spicy Jalapeño and Mash Pizza 🌶
Makes about 2 pizzas
For mash:
3 medium sized potatoes
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons sour cream
Drizzle of fresh cream
Pinch of dried parsley
Pinch of origanum
Pinch of potato spice
Sliced red onion
Mozzarella and Gouda cheese to your liking
Green pepper cubed
Red pepper cubed
Green chilies diced
"Shisha" Jalapeño sauce
Finely chopped dhania
1. Boil cubed potatoes in water till soft. Then drain, mash with a fork and add in all the ingredients (sour cream,fresh cream, salt pepper, butter, parsley, origanum, potato spice.)
2. Once smooth and well incorporated spread on any ready made pizza bases of your choose.
3. Put all toppings listed above, and bake in the oven for 10/15 minutes on 180degrees until cheese is nicely melted.
Ps: I prebake my pizza base in the oven for ten minutes prior to putting all ingredients just to make it extra crispy so it doesn't get soggy with the mash.
Recipe from: Sabeha's Kitchen™


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Apple Iphone rocks in 2009 too : A thought after the iphone Os 3.0 preview
Apple Iphone
By S.Manimaraa
Apple iPhone got " best customer satisfied product " award last month .When apple launches iphone their marketing target for the year 2008 was selling 10 million handsets but they sold 13.7 million handsets and went beyond their own target as apple rocks.Apple sold 30 Million devices within the end of 2008 including Ipoid touch.
When Apple entered the market no one expected this much success. Today Apple Iphone is one of the key phone being used by business professionals ,and specially for business.
Apples big screen ,nice touch functions ,innovative idea of Operating system ,connectivity solutions all together produced this massive success to apple.
Apple Os 2.0 missed some most wanted features like copy,cut& paste ,landscape for all applications (Auto rotate)MMS support ,but all this has been improved in the recent release of Apple OS 3.0 it got about 100 new features and 1000 APIs for application developers.
Apple dos not has the video calling feature ,no flash for photo shoot . The camera also less in Mega Pixel comparing to lot of mobile phones nowadays. Video is definitely not a best one. but beyond this weakness still apple grows. Apple online application store has more than 50,000 paid application developers(paid their enrolment fee first before selling their apps)80 Million downloads so far (march 2009)
ESPN ,SEGA and all other world leading companies working closely with apple and developing applications ,Apple got plenty of applications to be installed from different types like enterprise solutions ,games,disease and medical cure solutions ,entertainment .
Nokia is providing more hardware powered ,all in one like mobile devices ,but apple stick with mainly what they have and strengthens their existence .
Most of features that, recently added to Apple Os 3.0, like copy and paste,search the phone,stereo Bluetooth profile already adopted and being used by Nokia devices like N95 .
As a Smartphone power user what is my opinion is if you have a best smart phone from any brand ,just nice to keep an extra Apple iphone with you if you can afford.
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Annie Tedesco
Annie Tedesco is an up-and-coming voice over artist with an adorable, yet neurotic voice that has notes of casual quirk and matter-of-fact earthiness. Her youthful tone can be heard on television during commercials for a number of major brands and network promos for the CW.
Springing forth from Lawrence, Kansas — that's right, the heartland — she was raised by loving professors who forced her to speak clearly and have opinions! Annie moved to Los Angeles a few years ago, after having pleased her parents with a "reasonable degree" in Neuropsychology. She took that clear, opinionated voice of hers to the stage and landed a role with a national tour performing as seven different characters in a children's play. After the tour, she was invited to attend the Groundlings in Los Angeles where she perfected the character voices that were birthed while cramped in the smelly tour van with five other actors. Annie then made her way to stand-up comedy and national commercials where producers were thrilled to find that she could be the voice of the spots she appeared in.
Annie has spent time studying under the watchful ear of Nancy Wolfson and her voice is represented by Special Artist's Agency. She reads a lot — yes, sometimes out loud — and spends time on the stage doing stand-up. She's a member of an award winning theatre company here in Los Angeles and is, happily, still booking those commercials and even some TV!
Annie is SAG and AFTRA.
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I DON'T know about you, but my life is FULL.
Full to the brim of stuff I need to do, stuff I need to keep, stuff I want to have. Emotional stuff. Happy stuff. Dark stuff.
To do lists. Little notes on bits of paper. Reminders. Dates. Torn out recipes I want to try one day. Internal memos. Dreams, hopes and desires. Life. Love. Work. Relationships. Motherhood.
I'm exhausted just even thinking about it all.
Like all of us I'm juggling life's balls, better than any circus clown. Slogging my way through the mammoth list of jobs and just trying to get on with all of the shit that needs to be done.
(You know how it is.)
We all carry heavy loads on our strong shoulders but today I want to try and help you drop a few burdens so you can lighten the load. Here are five things you absolutely, most definitely do not need in your life in order for you to be happy (even though the world seems to tell you, you do).
Drop the baggage whenever you're ready.
You don't need to collect friends, like you do shoes or books or empty bottles of wine. You don't need to have more friends than you can manage, be friends with everyone you meet or make time for everyone who asks for your help.
You don't need to pretend to be friends with people you don't like, you don't need to tolerate people who have hurt you or stick alongside a crap mate just because they may 'take you places'. You don't need to be best friends with your colleagues, neighbours or the wives of your husband's mates.
You don't need 500 'mates' on Facebook knowing your every move, but you do need…
A close inner circle of friends who make your life better. Brighter. Happier. People who support you, people who love you, people you can trust with your darkest secrets. You do need genuine friends. You do need positive, inspiring mates who treat you well. And you deserve them too.
You don't need to look like a supermodel to get along in this world. You don't need to be a size 10 to be attractive to others. You don't need to have a flat stomach or a thigh gap for a man to want to rip your clothes off and throw you on the nearest bed.
You don't need to diet yourself into oblivion to look good in clothes. You don't need to cover up your wobbly bits or reign them in. You don't need to look a certain way or be a certain number.
You don't need to hate your body or punish it to be a success in life, but you do need…
To learn to love it and get along with it. To be happy with it. To appreciate what it does for you. To nourish it and treat it with the respect it deserves. To look in the god damn mirror when you're as naked as the day you were born and smile at your beautiful, flawed body and know that even though it's not perfect, it's perfectly imperfect to you.
You don't need to look like everyone else. You don't need to wear make up or do your hair or have your nails done. You don't need to wear push up bras, high heels or uncomfortable knickers.
You don't need to aim for pretty or for sexy. You don't need to wear a dress to pull a man. You don't need to look feminine at work.
You don't need to 'look good' for the world, just because you were born a girl but you do need…
To know who you are and what you like. To find your own style, whatever that is and own it. To respect other women's choices when it comes to what they wear and how they look. To know it's OK if you like being feminine, pretty or sexy too. Just as much as it's OK if you don't. Do what you want. Wear what you want. Be whoever you want. This is what you owe the world.
You don't need a partner in your life to be complete. You don't need someone to love you to know that you are loveable. You don't need an 'other half' to be happy or to survive.
You don't need to put up with abuse or put downs in the name of love. You don't need to stay together for the family. You don't need to get married, change your name or have a baby just because someone else wants you to.
You don't need someone to validate your existence but you do need…
To know that great, all consuming love is possible if you want it. That relationships can create more happiness than they can sorrow. To know that feeling small and vulnerable in the arms of the person you adore, is OK and actually rather lovely. That real love, is absolutely worth every bit of pain, confusion and difficulty that may come your way. But that, anything less than this, is absolutely not.
You don't need to have it all, to be happy. You don't need to have it all, to be somebody special.
You don't need to be everything to everyone. You don't need to do everything for everyone. You don't need to try and be everyone. (And this is besides the fact it's actually pretty f**king impossible.)
But you do need…
To know that whilst you probably can't have it all, you can have enough. Enough of different parts of your life, at different times, to be ridiculously content and happy. To understand that Rome wasn't built in a day and that neither are you or your legacy. To realise that you are one woman. Just one woman doing her best.
And that THIS my friends, is enough, enough, enough.
With love,


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The Middle Fork's whitewater offers little room for error. Wood is both light and agile but the Middle Fork is checkered with rocks and Al knows that drift boats have a brief life expectancy. When a quarter inch of plywood is all that stands between a granite boulder and a cold swim, a collision that will simply scuff the bottom of a rubber raft will sink a drift boat. Even a glancing blow from one of ten thousand submerged growlers will splinter the Sapeli.
West of Cordoba, Argentina, flight feather quickly joins another until billions gather in a deep whir that quickly grows to approximate the distant drumming of a diesel generator. Estimated at between twenty and fifty million birds, Zenaida Auriculata is on the move.
It is the first week of March 1998 and everything from plagues of rats, locusts and killer bees to smog, cyclones and black ice is being blamed on El Nino. In Peru heavy rains and mudslides killed three hundred people before driving another quarter million from their homes. Sparked by prolonged droughts, Brazilian forest fires […]
Pinned to max 02 uptake, each lap approximates a quarter century in Quebec City's colorful history. By the final lap, two hundred kilometers of sheer climbs, screaming crowds and jarring cobblestones have shattered the field.
Cyr nurtures, a profound, even obsessive, admiration for any fish that would inhale a splashing Poodle as readily as a rainbow trout rises to a dry fly.
After two and a half centuries, the coffins might contain a few bones or scraps of cloth. Excavating around the leather soles I see the blackened bones of a foot and beyond that a slender tibia. Staring at these relics of Kamchatka's violent history, it occurs to me that desecrating any grave, much less a leper's grave is a bad business and I quickly stand, brush my hands off and wade back into the river.
"……there was a great glacier run," Hemingway wrote. "forever straight if our legs could hold it, our ankles locked, we running so low, leaning into the speed, dropping forever and forever in the silent hiss of the crisp powder. It was better than anything else."
Stirling Moss, who raced Maseratis in the 1950s and '60s, said "I only know about cars and women………..and I can't see one thing bad about this car."
Arnold Schwarzenegger on skis is a force of nature. It is his expression that speaks volumes–the Terminator's single-minded sense of purpose that refines the image of a 225 pound, six foot two, granite boulder bouncing from edge to edge.
He appeared in the exotic customs of Romania's Gypsies, in the face of a drunken mad man and in the wet shine of fresh blood spilled across white marble steps at the Golden Crown.
La Grave locals regard any publicity as a catastrophe. Bill tells me the best thing that could happen to La Grave is for the road to be blocked by an avalanche. It is Roberto, however, who cuts to the chase. "So what's your angle," he inquires. "More of that it's so great, it's so rad, you have to ski it to believe it…..shit?"
"You ought to write about the woman who ate it in Tre Fete this morning." Bill suggests.
The Marines rapidly loaded the massive .50 caliber brass into the steel clips then handed them to Hull, who shoved the heavy boxes home, racked the slide and selected a target
It would come to him later that he had been stupid to challenge the mixed breed Angus and Brahma that had pounded him into the arena's dark dirt.
For tens of thousands of years, altitude and isolation helped protect the Snake Range's Bristlecones. Then, in 1964, while studying the last ice age on 13,000 foot Wheeler Peak, a University of North Carolina doctorial candidate broke his boring tool in what back packers called the Prometheus Tree.
The moon is said to affect the blood in the same way it pulls at the tides and I wonder if, while finning beneath the dark over hung bank, Browns feel the same quickening, that betrays a need to breed and feed.
Studying my Drathaar's youthful wire coat and scraggly whiskers, an old field trial buddy noted, "It's hard to find an ugly puppy, but I think you succeeded."
The canyon's nutrient rich cold water stimulates the growth of fresh water shrimp. Hiding in black caves formed by the obtuse angles of massive basalt boulders, the ancient rainbows and ferocious browns grow heavy and old on the abundant feed. The shrimp draw the big fish slowly from bottom to top and by watching the strings of deep dimples, it is possible to mark their progress from the waning inflow, to the slow outflow.
Pepper Spray is a witch's brew of ground cayenne and propellants guaranteed to make ursus horriblus wish he'd never laid eyes on homo sapien. "Use in short, timed bursts," the instructions read.
This is not what I expected from Arizona. Not snakes in caves, or war shirts with power or snow that blows over your head.
It is two in the morning and still light when the black bear wakes us. Holding a can of pepper spray in one hand, Andrew opens the door and shoots the huge bruin with a sustained blast to the face. The bear snorts explosively, then clawing at its nose, staggers backward and falls off the porch.
I still can't say what possessed me to climb into an aging Aeroflot M1-8 helicopter with 23 Russian skiers, their skis, packs, a case of vodka and 650 gallons of AV gas. As Vilyuchensky, one of Kamchatka's hundred plus volcanoes rapidly expands beneath the starboard wheel, I hope that Alexander the pilot aced his last check ride.
Despite making the switch from left to right, I don't stutter, am fairly creative, very organized, and as well adjusted as anyone can hope to be given the state of the world.
Robert has entered that dangerous time of life when young men believe they are immortal.
Watching the unbroken snow rise to meet me, I realize that much of my adult life has been defined by Bald Mountain. Without the influence of expert runs that plunge from its broad ridges, I might have spent my life in the pursuit of more worldly, but far less rewarding goals.


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Ideal for cooling fresh bakes or completing intricate icing and decoration, this rectangular cooling rack allows for optimum air circulation and is easy to clean.
A useful and stylish addition any kitchen surface, this rectangular cooling rack is a must-have for any enthusiastic baker.


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5 Books
Hi Guys,
I have been able to play chess since i was young but never really worked at it, i guess i was always around 1200 or so give or take, lately i have working on improvement using my new premium membership here and a few other resources, i have definately seen my game improve, my current rating is 1570+ however i believe it to be more of a 1300-1400 as i had two resignations in a tournament, but i have had some decent checkmates in it also including a #14 against a 1400+ player so i am definately improving.
What i want to know after all that preamble waffle is if you could choose 5 Chess books at my current level to help improve my game, like i said i have the resources here which i am using daily but i enjoy a good book so if you could choose 5 which would they be so i can collate a list and get on amazon.
Cheers in advance (i am sure something similar has been asked before so my apologies)
Edit: how do i change the title i meant 5 books not 10 sorry.
Silman end game course and reassess your chess are two great books. Just do lots of puzzles as well.
Endgame:Silman's Complete Endgame Course by Jeremy Silman
Strategy:How To Reassess Your Chess by Jeremy Silman
Openings:Winning Chess Openings by Yasser Seirawan
Tactics: Tactics trainer should be enough.
Overall book: Logical Chess Move by Move by Irving Chernev (Game annotations)
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Nice one, thank you.
Pick one stick with it until you are finished with it and then think about buying another 1 or 2.


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Mixed-Use Facilities Require Coordinated Construction Activity
This demand is fueling the growth of mixed-use construction, which requires integrated and coordinated construction efforts among multiple parties. Mixed-use facilities, by design, bring together many trades, contractors and designers and therefore, make the project more challenging.
Coordinating the work of multiple architects, contractors, and developers on a large scale, mixed-use site is a major undertaking. There may be multiple buildings all going up at the same time. Sharing up-to-date plans and communicating effectively will require a tool like Latista Field.
Project Transparency
- Put everyone on the same page with access to the same software – with Latista, everyone can have access, even subs
- Provide documentation consistency – with so much going on in one project, you need to ensure you have all the right documentation
- Manage versioning with check-in/check-out
Collaboration and Communication
- With Latista, everyone gets access so even subs can use the same system.
- Sync documents on demand to mobile devices
- Work offline or pull documents on-demand
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Punch out party game
This is a simple project I knocked out this weekend, it's the base for a child's birthday party punch-out game. Once it's painted, solo cups with tissue paper over the top and prizes inside will be glued into the holes with a hot glue gun. This projects was fun to make, it required no planing and a very limited number of tools. The hardest thing about it was making the 25 3-1/2″ diameter holes, and then sanding them smooth. Considering the amount of praise I got for making it, the time I spent was well spent.
- April 1, 2014
Pretty good return for a (relatively) easy project. I'm curious about what you plan to use as the "balls" – can't be too heavy (as to pose a hazard to others) but must be heavy enough to push through the tissue.
- April 2, 2014
Makes sense – much better idea than the "ball toss" I envisioned. Thanks


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|Chelle Elementary School in Sahirti Samre, Tigray Ethiopia was inaugurated on May 20, 2016. Attendees of the event included ERDA -North America delegates, ERDA task force members, distinguished guest Professor Mitiku Haile, residents of Chelle Samere and other invited guests from the region.The event started with opening speech from Memhir Team, Chairman of ERDA's task force in Mekelle. He stated that total project cost 1.5 Million Birr (around $75,000 US dollars) to complete which was solely funded by ERDA. Following Memhir Team's opening speech, ERDA's former Treasurer Mr. Mulugeta Tadele who was present for the inauguration expressed his enthusiasm and as well as all ERDA members feelings and urged Chelle residents to take ownership of the school and take care of it. The completion of Chelle Elementary School marks ERDA's Fifth project.
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|Chelle elementary school has a total of 1600 students enrolled at this time. Before the rebuilding of the school, the classrooms in Chelle had many problems. The school had no adequate classrooms to accommodate the total number of students; the structure of the building was poorly built and was falling apart. Students and teachers had problems with reptiles and rodents which threaten their lives making it hard to focus in school and sometimes hard to enter the classrooms. Students, teachers and parents were grateful to ERDA for having a sound structure that protects them from wild animals and bad weather allowing them to continue their education without fear. ERDA was able to build a total of 8 classrooms, boys and girls facilities, and a small library to house books and educational material. The parameter of the school is fenced with main entrance gate.
The inauguration was eventful with individuals and local business providing financial and material support. Among those, Raya Beer denoted 50 case (50 Kasa) of beers for the event. BGI Ethiopia donated 1530 educational materials. The representative of BGI personally donated new shoes for 250 students. Many individuals who have been following ERDA's work in the region were pleased by the result. They donated money during the event and have promised to support ERDA to achieve its mission of eradicating illiteracy in the region, and improving the lives of the people of Enderta.


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Wicked Science: Toby Johnson is an easy-going guy who wants a quiet life. Elizabeth Hawke wants everything her way. She doesnt like anybody, and nobody at school likes her. One day they get hit by a ray-a unique magnetic pulse that changes every thing. Suddenly theyre both scientific geniuses!
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"World of Warcraft: What's Next", so excited to see where Azeroth is heading.
"World of Warcraft: What's Next", so excited to see where Azeroth is heading.
Huge Starcraft buff! StarCraft II Update is what I'm looking forward to!
World of Warcraft, duh. Also, if they have an unannounced surprise Titan panel, then that!
World of Warcraft: What's Next, the next expac should be exciting.
World of Warcraft: What's Next. Hopefully next expansion announcement during that!
World of Warcraft: What's Next
Really curious as to where they're taking WoW from now on,
aaand, that's pretty much it.. not that exited about the wow Movie anymore, gonna watch it ofc.. but dont Reaally care
World of Warcraft: What's Next!! I can already feel the shivers!
The Evolving Sound of World of Warcraft. I love how the music makes me feel while questing in different zones.
I cant wait for the wow lore panel. The story in wow is so good
World Of Warcraft: What's Next would be the number one panel I'm looking forward to. I want to see what's up with Kairoz and what's going to happen to Azeroth next time around. I'm also looking forward to the Hearthstone Exhibition, seeing the top people play each other is going to be fun. Heroes of the Storm Deep Dive and the Live Matches is also going to be great, I get to see if they can match up to DoTA or LoL although it's going to be tough for them.
Panel: World of Warcraft Q + A About Almost Everything
With dropping subs and the general impact cata/mop has had, I really want to ask the devs about what they've felt did and didn't work out.
I am most excited for World of Warcraft: What's Next
I am most excited about the World of Warcraft Live Raid Should be interesting to watch
I dont know if we need to put the name of the panel or not but if so its World of Warcraft: What's Next!! XD cant wait!!!!
World of Warcraft: whats next
WoW: What's Next, really excited about the next addon announcement.
World of Warcraft: What's Next burning legion? i hope so! loved Burning Crusade!


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Profile:Agent - Agent|Ref:PSL207618YH | Country: China | Currency: usd | Export: No
Origin: From the leaf of the Eucommia Ulmoides Oliver and the flower buds of Lonicera japonica Thunb
Chinese name: lv yuan suan
Chemical name :3-[[3-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-1-oxo-2-propenyl]oxy]-1,4,5- trihydroxycyclohexanecarboxylic acidOther names:
3-(3,4-Dihydroxycinnamoyl)quinate;3-(3,4-Dihydroxycinnamoyl)quinic acid;3-Caffeoylquinate;3-Caffeoylquinic acid;3-O-Caffeoylquinic acid;Chlorogenate;Chlorogenic acid;Heriguard;Hlorogenate;Hlorogenic acid;3-trans-Caffeoylquinic acid
Method:Tested By HPLCCAS No. :327-97-9Appearance:White fine powder
Odour & Taste: Characteristic,Light
Chemical formula:C16H18O9Molecular mass:354.31 g/mol
Molecular structure:
Density:1.28 g/cm3.Melting point:207 - 209 °CIntroduction:
Chlorogenic acid, an ester of caffeic acid and quinic acid, is a major phenolic compound in coffee, but is also found widespread in plants and can be isolated from the leaves and fruit . This compound, long known as an antioxidant, also slows the release of glucose into the bloodstream after a meal
Main functions:
1. Has antihypertensive effects: Chlorogenic acid has significant antihypertensive effect, which is smooth, and non-toxic without side effects.
2. Has anti-tumor effects: Modern pharmacological experiments show that chlorogenic acid has the effects of anti-cancer and tumor suppressor.
3. Has the effects of strengthening Kidney and enhancing immune function: experimental results show that chlorogenic acid can excite pituitary and adrenal cortex system and can enhance the function of the adrenal cortex.
4. Is Antioxidant, anti-aging, against free radicals, promoting metabolism
5. Chlorogenic acid has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory effects. It decreases blood pressure and increases white blood cells and gastric peristalsis and secretion significantly.
6. Other functions: diuretic, gallbladder, blood fat, fetus protection.
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Authorities monitoring dangerous sexual and violent offenders are not doing enough to manage the risk they pose to the public, according to a report.
Authorities monitoring dangerous sexual and violent offenders are not doing enough to manage the risk they pose to the public, according to a report.
More could have been done to minimise the risk of harm to others in up to three in 10 cases, the joint report by inspectors of probation and constabulary found.
There was still "significant scope for improvement", the inspectors said, adding there was "still some way to go before we can confidently say that all reasonable action has been taken to manage the risk to the public".
But the review of the system was "broadly positive in terms of reoffending and the protection of victims", the inspectors found.
Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (Mappa), which include police, councils and other government agencies, were set up to manage the risks to the public from dangerous criminals after they leave prison.
The review said: "Whilst Mappa was good at sharing information, it was not as effective at managing that information in relation to risk of harm. Insufficient emphasis was given to the overall assessment of the offender's risk of harm to others and the factors that contributed to its escalation or reduction.
"The approach tended to start with the offender and proceeded immediately to the actions that would be taken with him or her.
"As a result, much of the activity was reactive and short-term, with an emphasis on restrictive interventions.
"The actions needed to be linked much more specifically to the assessment of the offender's level of risk within the framework of the overall Mappa RMP (risk management plans). When Mappa worked in this way, the results were impressive."
A sample of 54 cases studied by inspectors found all reasonable action had been taken to keep the offender's risk of harm to others to a minimum in 70% of cases. Police and probation kept this risk of harm to a minimum in 91% and 83% of cases respectively, the review found.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla -- In preparation of the West Mims Fire crossing back over the Georgia-Florida state line, Jacksonville first responders are at the ready, and so is Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry.
On Thursday morning, he held a press conference with JFRD to warn Duval County residents about the dangers of the smoke coming from Georgia and the possibility that it could cross into the county.
As a precaution, Curry expanded the county's burn ban to include all outdoor open fires, such as bonfires, campgrounds and fire pits. He gave the exception to cooking on propane or charcoal grills.
"The conditions here are ripe should a fire start, if people do not adhere to the burn ban," Curry said.
He decreed the expanded burn ban through June 1, but says it could be shortened or lengthened depending on the changing conditions.
"The conditions are serious, but this is simply a precaution just as if we had a storm unpredictable hanging off our coast," Curry said.
On Thursday morning, Duval County School District Superintendent Dr. Nikolai Vitti also took action by canceling all outdoor activities, including recess, to keep students and staff out of the smoke.
First responders in Jacksonville say they are at the ready to help battle the flames and smoke in our neighboring counties. They say right now, their assistance isn't needed in Georgia, but they are standing-by to offer resources.


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"We have many, many significant historic trees. Fortunately, the backbone of the great live oaks still exists."
"We could put parking in the front yard and cut down some of the beautiful oak trees out there. I'd really hate to see it become a wall of parking. But I guess we could consider that."
"We do tend to have more issues with the oaks. We have a lot of oak trees that are 100 to 150 years old, and oaks typically begin breaking down in the 150- to 200-year-old range, although there are always exceptions to that."


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Every year at the start of the new year we gather round and make our New Year's resolutions. These are the things we want to work on and accomplish in the upcoming year, whether that is to get fit, start a new project, go back to school, travel more, spend less…you get the picture! With 2017 in full swing, one of my New Year's resolutions is to try and make use of my time more efficiently and be more productive.
While being productive is always a goal of mine, I especially want to accomplish as much as I can during the six months I have free until I start medical school in the summer. I also want to be more consistent in writing and scheduling posts to go up on the blog so that new content is available often.
With some thought and reflection I have come up with several tips that have helped me increase my productivity and stay on track with my goals. I believe these are the 4 most helpful ways to be more efficient with your time and get stuff done!
One thing I have noticed is that by waking up early enough so that I don't feel rushed, I have plenty of time to plan out everything I have to do for the day without forgetting something important. I can calmly get up out of bed, eat breakfast, get dressed and prepare for the day. This allows me to stay organized which makes performing my tasks later in the day easier and more efficient.
I also think waking up early creates the illusion of a longer day. I know when I sleep in, the day seems shorter, and it seems as if I have less time to accomplish everything I want to. Luckily, when it comes down to being an early bird versus a night owl, I am definitely the early bird. However, I truly believe that even if you are not someone who likes to wake up early, doing so tricks your mind into thinking you have more time to do the things you want.
Whoever said, breakfast is the most important meal of the day was definitely onto something. Breakfast provides your body with the energy it needs to function after a period of fasting during the hours you are asleep. Getting in a well balanced breakfast will allow you to feel full and tackle all your tasks for the day without constantly thinking of your next meal. Some of my favorites are scrambled eggs with mushrooms or spinach, avocado toast, and oatmeal with blueberries and almonds.
Organization is KEY! Planning ahead is essential to being productive because it enables you to take on your tasks quickly without missing a step, idea, or deadline. By keeping everything in order and sorted out you can give 100% to the task at hand, without worrying that there is something missing.
The most important tip to improving your productivity is to just start! You can wake up early, fuel your mind, and plan ahead, but if you don't actually begin doing everything you set out to do then you will get nowhere and you will continue to remain unproductive. Just continue to remind yourself to take the plunge and begin whatever tasks you have waiting for you at the moment.
I hope you enjoyed this post! Stay tuned for more coming soon!
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My buddy @prak_daddy went to see Keith Sweat in concert recently and told me that Keith hasn't really aged (as you can see by the photo). I started reminiscing about Keith's music and tried to talk to some of my early 20s co-workers about Keith, who they'd never heard of before. It wasn't easy to help them understand why Keith was big for a minute. He didn't have fantastic vocals. But he had a cool swagger to him before people were calling it cool swagger.
Make You Sweat was the lead single off his double platinum album, I'll Give All My Love To You. Teddy Riley helped produce the album and it was right in his lane as the album came out in 1990, smack dab in the middle of the New Jack Swing era. Make You Sweat went number one on the R&B charts.
It also featured this tour de force lyric:
You say no, I say yes
Girl I bet, I can make you sweat
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RPWL is s neo prog rock band from Germany that was formed in 1997 as a Pink Floyd cover band. Three years after the band formed they started to make their own music. While their music was still rooted in the that 70s and 80s Pink Floyd Prog era their debut release God Has Failed met with positive reviews in most major progressive rock magazines. Since then the band has released five studio albums, three live albums and two DVDs!
Their most recent release Wanted has been in my music rotation now for the last couple of weeks. I first came across RPWL a while back when I was reviewing the album Numb from Blind Ego. I discovered then that Blind Ego was a side project for Kalle Wallner the lead guitarist and the W in RPWL. The other letters stand for drummer Phil Paul Rissettio, bassist Chris Postl, and vocalist – keyboardist Yogi Lang. Of the fonding four members, only Wallner and Lang are still with the group. The other musicians on Wanted are Marc Turiaux /on drums, Markus Jehle, keyboard and piano and Werner Taus plays bass
Here is some background about the album from Amazon:
Germany's outstanding art rock act RPWL was recently confronted with a rather difficult question: how do you follow up an epic and highly celebrated album as the Nietzsche-themed 'Beyond Man And Time'? Here's the answer: you tackle the really, really huge topic on your new record 'Wanted' – the ultimate liberation of the spirit.
But… How does an idea like that spring to the minds of an art rock band in the first place?
RPWL tell of the hero of two worlds, Giuseppe Garibaldi – who, being a tremendous admirer of the Greek antiquity, became aware of a scroll of Plato's in which he analyzes the work of Hippocrates. It can be read in Garibaldi s diaries that Hippocrates had in fact found the formula for a medicine that leads the spirit into a real and absolute world, free of all illusion and invisible ghost worlds. The question, however, that inevitably arises at that point is the following: is the human race ready for what Plato called the gift of absolute freedom ?
Now I don't know if I understand the whole story on the album (I probably would understand a lot more if I had access to the lyrics) but I what I do know is that I like almost every track on the album and the list of favorite tracks gets longer with each listen. At first it was "Swords and Guns" and soon "Misguided Thought" became a favorite, then "Hide and Seek" and "Disbelief". Oh, add the bonus track "Still Asleep" that's playing in my ears right now and the 11 minute "The Attack" – oh I give up they're all great!!! Let's just say that the guitar of Wallner and the vocals a and keys of Lang are both excellent. And while several of the songs have a Pink Floyd vibe, the whole album stands on its own as another RPWL album!!
So Check Them Out at:
RPWL website
Here's the Official Video for the track "Swords and Guns" from Wanted…


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Indoor pesticide exposure:
Here we describe the detection of and risks of exposure to pesticides applied indoors in buildings. We discuss methods to reduce indoor pesticide exposure as a step in improving health and indoor air quality in homes. Our page top photo shows an abandoned pesticide bottle found during a home inspection.
When we find old pesticide containers indoors we caution home buyers that a previous owner may have been applying chemicals without proper expertise. Read the label and use pesticides as directed.
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This article includes excerpts or adaptations from Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction, by Steven Bliss, courtesy of Wiley & Sons.
Watch out: OPINION: don't panic about insects or bugs that you may see on or around your home.
A single bug like the one shown at left (clambering around on our garage door) does not merit a declaration of chemical warfare. Most insects seen on or around homes are harmless and should not be attacked.
The health risks to humans from overdoing chemical sprays and treatments applied in a panic can be significant.
Worse, misapplication of pesticides inside the home can lead to serious indoor health hazards for the building's human or pet occupants.
On the other hand, as our photo at left (termite mud tubes) illustrates, even with care to avoid or fix building leaks (a key attractant to classes of termites, carpenter ants, and other wood destroying insects), is not always enough.
Sometimes it may be necessary to consult with a professional pest inspector or pesticide applicator. See INSECT INFESTATION / DAMAGE for details about preventing or correcting problems from wood destroying insects.
As stated in Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction:
Pesticides are a special class of organic chemicals designed to kill living organisms. In addition to the compounds used in the home and garden, the class of chemicals regulated as pesticides also include kitchen and bath disinfectants, flea and tick products, and swimming pool chemicals.
In most cases, both the active ingredient targeted to one or more pests and the "inert" carriers are organic chemicals that are toxic to humans.
Studies indicate that up to 80% of most people's exposure to pesticides occurs indoors and that measurable levels of up to a dozen pesticides have been found in the air inside homes.
Because of its widespread use for over 30 years, more than 80 percent of Americans already have traces of Dursban in their bodies, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
Another study found Dursban in the carpet dust of 67 percent of homes surveyed.
Also, remember that a pesticide found "safe" to use today may be determined to be unsafe tomorrow.
Chlordane, the most widely use termiticide for decades, was banned in 1988 because of its toxicity to humans and its persistence in the environment.
Chlordane was largely replaced by Dursban (chlorpyrifos), an organophosphate.
Dursban became the most widely used pesticide in the United States until it was phased out starting in 2000, along with the popular pesticide diazinon, because of the risks they posed to humans, especially to the growth and nervous system development of children.
Chlorpyrifos, described by some writers as a "nerve gas pesticide"[1] at REFERENCES. What's that about? What makes chlorpyrifos very effective against insect pests is that it attacks the central nervous system. I [DF] certainly observed what looked like a neurological effect when spraying older chlorpyrifos-containing versions of RAID™ on insects. They would top quickly and writhe madly in place.
Chlorpyrifos has been shown to cause brain damage in humans and other animals, reducing I.Q.s, causing tremors in children, and being linked to both lung cancer and Parkinson's disease in adults.
Chlorpyrifos is already ubiquitous in the environment. In 2012 a study testing for chlorpyrifos in umbilical cord blood found chlorpyrifos in 87% of newborn babies in the U.S. The following information is from the U.S. EPA.
To address health and environmental risks from chlorpyrifos exposure, the following restrictions have been placed on pesticide products containing chlorpyrifos:
In 2017 the Trump administration rejected the U.S. EPA's proposed ban on the use of chlorpyrifos for agricultural an doutdoor use. [Dow Chemical who produces chlorpyrifos donated $1 Million to the Trump inauguration. Dow stands by the safety of chlorpyrifos. [1] ] This is the case even though the US EPA found up to 140 times the safe level of chlorpyrifos in fruits and vegetables sold in the U.S.
Our photo shows drill marks we found in the rim joist of an older home in the Hudson Valley of New York.
As we explain in detail at INSECT INFESTATION / DAMAGE, these drill marks were evidence of an amateur attempt at pesticide application: the location, irregularity, angle, and other details of these drill marks made us nervous.
We tested a sliver of this wood and found that it was still contaminated with Chlordane - misapplied on the building interior.
There are nearly 900 pesticides registered for use in the United States. Nearly all are at least moderately toxic to humans and pets and many are highly toxic.
Symptoms of overexposure to pesticides include irritation to the eyes, nose, and throat, headaches, blurred vision, nausea, loss of coordination, muscular weakness, and damage to the central nervous system, liver, and kidneys.
Every registered pesticide has a "signal" word on the label, ranking the level of toxicity to humans, as follows:
When possible, the best approach is to find non chemical approaches to pests. When chemicals must be used, choose the least toxic option, and use it outdoors, if possible, and away from areas used by pets and children who will track it back into the house.
-- Adapted with permission from Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction.
As we mention also at ODORS GASES SMELLS, DIAGNOSIS & CURE, pesticide odors can be more than annoying.
Odors from pesticides or other chemicals applied in or around a building may be harmful, even fatal to building occupants.
As with just about any chemical or substance, the hazard level depends on the dose and exposure, but as we discuss at ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS at BUILDINGS even extremely low concentrations, as little as a single molecule of some substances can have very serious health effects depending on exposure conditions and who is being exposed.
Watch out: Be sure that the person selecting and applying pesticdes in or around your building is a properly trained, experienced, and licensed pest control operator.
In the 1980's we intercepted a newly-hired pest control operator who, standing under a literal rain of chlordane, was spraying both a wood-sided home in Poughkeepsie, NY (for carpenter ant control) and was about to soak the ground around the property's water supply well. We asked the operator if he was worried about being soaked with Chlordaine.
"Nah," he replied, "I've been doing this for three months now and I feel just fine."
While pesticide exposure studies may be performed on rats rather than human subjects, rats are little mammals; they're not pet rocks. It would be ridiculous to claim that a chemical that kills rats can be safely assumed to be harmless to humans, particularly to pre-natal and infants.(Barnett 1985).
Improper application of pesticides inside or even outside and around buildings and in building crawl spaces, attics or other areas can be far worse than ineffective against pests: it can be fatal for building occupants. In January 2017 four children died from breathing lethal gases that were generated when Weevil-Cide was sprayed under a home, then later tried to address a pesticide odor in the home by spraying water into the same area.
The result, reported by various sources including CNN and AcrossAmerica Patch (patch.com) was the production of a toxic gas that killed children in the home and left others very ill.
We moved into a condo, which is a concrete block structure 3 months ago. Shortly after the move we began to smell moth balls. After following the smell we were able to find out that the unit above us displaced several moth balls throughout there unit, tightly sealed the unit up without air conditioning on(we live in Florida) and left for the summer.
As the smell increased in our unit we begged parties involved to rid the unit of the moth balls and air it out.
Finally this was done, however even though the smell appears to be gone sometimes, other times we can still smell a bad odor, sometimes now the odor is less mothball smell and just simply a bad odor. We have tried everything and are desperate to solve the problem. Is it possible to get rid of this toxic odor? Any help would be greatly appreciated. - B.P. 9/22/2012
Indeed the odor from moth repellent products (paradichlorobenzene or naphthalene) penetrates many materials including even drywall and furnishings.
It can take quite a while for the smell to diminish.
at MOTHBALL ODORS we have included your question again in the FAQs section where we also have provided a detailed list of suggestions for getting rid of mothball odors, starting with ventilating the source area but adding other steps as well.
Please take a look at that article and let us know if questions remain.
The photo at left, though a white moth-like insect, is not a clothing-attacking moth, as you'll read at our mothball odor article.
More about odor sources, hazards, & solutions is at ODORS GASES SMELLS, DIAGNOSIS & CURE.
(Mar 29, 2013) Deborah So. CA said:
I am concerned that my psychopath neighbor is spraying a pesticide on my air conditioning unit. How can I test for this? Is there a city or county inspector I should seek out?
I suggest:
Contacting an environmental testing lab to confirm that you can use a sterile wipe (sterile cotton or swab) to wipe a representative surface for the lab to test. Discuss the common pesticides available in spray form and assure that the test will cover those chemicals. Typically you purchase one or several sterile swabs in sealed containers, use the swab, and return it to the test lab.
You might also set up a webcam to record activity.
You have the option of hiring a professional environmental test consultant but frankly, the cost - benefit sounds doubtful to me.
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Go into any liquor store or supermarket and you'll see "shelf talkers" proclaiming that such and such a publication has awarded a certain wine 90 points, the implication being that this wine is worth buying and better than other wines not so highly rated. For years I've been meaning to address this subject to explain how one arrives at a point score in the subjective world of wine judging, and what value those ratings have for both the consumer and the producer. Since we at EPICUREAN TASTING ROOM employ a point system, I thought I'd take this opportunity to explain.
First, why do we rate wines at all? Why not just describe them? I've spent 25 years trying to describe flavors for a living, critically evaluating over 100,000 wines, and I know that the English language is not adequate to the task of conveying the nuances in a glass of wine. Relying on description alone is not sufficient to relate the qualitative differences between wines. I use my power of description to give a sense of the style. I give a point score to give a sense of the quality.
A minority of my colleagues are against point scores, arguing that wine tasting is not a horse race. Instead they favor a "recommended" or "highly recommended" system, or a five star system. Frankly, what's the difference? It all comes down to making a critical judgement that is presented in an easily understood format.
Scoring has changed over the years. Today the industry standard is the 100-point scale. However, it's really not a true hundred points. A commercially unacceptable, grossly flawed wine may receive 60 points. In general, the vast majority of wines fall into the 75 to 100-point range, and those rated 95 and above are rare.
Considering that wine judging is so subjective, I find it amazing that my point scores and those from various other critics fall within a point or two of each other. I assume we're approaching the wines from a similar point of view.
Each time I taste a wine a little meter runs in my head, tallying up its strengths and weaknesses, arriving in the end with a score. Before I describe this process I'd like to say that THE HIGHEST RATED WINE ISN'T NECESSARILY THE BEST WINE TO HAVE WITH YOUR MEAL. That may seem counter-intuitive, but points are awarded based on aroma, flavors, balance, texture, complexity, finesse and length. The most complex and perfectly balanced wine may be wasted if paired with food. Some wines are meant to be sipped and savored without any other distractions. They may be great wines, but they're not the wines I'd usually pick to serve with dinner. My favorite "food wines" usually fall in the 85 to 87 range (well made, showing some complexity, smooth and not overpowering).
Now, as to that little meter in my head, here's how it works:
- 75 points: A pleasant wine without typicity (varietal or regional character) or flaws.
- 80 points: A wine that shows its typicity. It may or may not be in balance. It usually does not display much intensity.
- 80 – 84 points: Here there is a building of both balance and intensity. A wine that receives 84 points is a well balanced, smooth wine with good typicity but little, if any, complexity. Can be one-dimensional and short.
- 85 points: Beginning to show some complexity.
- 86 points: Showing some complexity and a smooth texture.
- 87 points: Add a little intensity and length. Emphatic typicity.
- 88 points: A step above in both complexity and intensity, though sometimes a bit angular (the complexity at this point can throw the wine out of balance).
- 89 points: Showing as much complexity, but better balanced.
- 90 points: Both complex and well balanced, nicely textured and long.
- 90-94 points: A continuum in which an excellent wine becomes outstanding by adding finesse, that nebulous characteristic of refinement, delicacy and subtlety, coupled with persistent intensity.
- 95-100 points: Unbelievably satisfying in every respect. Rare.
Another way to put it would be:
75 points – adequate
80 points – good
85 points – very good
90 points – excellent
95 points – outstanding
Some winery owners and winemakers may chafe at point scores if their wines don't compare favorably with their competitors'. However, I've never seen a winery shy away from using positive scores to promote their wines. The same can be said for Gold Medals awarded at wine competitions, which by and large are judged by the same wine critics who point the wines in their columns, newsletters and magazines.
For the consumer, it's important to read the descriptions as well as note the points awarded. One critic may like a full-bodied Chardonnay with bold oak flavors, while another critic may find the same wine over-oaked and lacking in refinement. It's up to you, the consumer, to find the critic that most closely matches your taste. The critic exists to guide you, but in the end the ultimate arbiter is you.
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