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Keep Your Love from Growing Cold
Tierra Nueva co-founder and general director Bob Ekblad recently submitted a piece on lawlessness in the face of immigration and the Gospel.
Jesus' words to his disciples regarding signs of his second coming and the end of the age are highly relevant today. Jesus tells his followers to expect wars, famines, earthquakes, persecution, killing, betrayal, hatred, false prophets, and lawlessness.
"Lawlessness" (anomia), translated "wickedness" or "iniquity," refers specifically to disregarding God's word and ways—which Jesus says will increase over time.
"Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come" (Mat 24:12-14).
I've been noticing signs of people's love growing cold, visible quite recently in a hardening of attitudes towards immigrants and refugees in Europe—and notably in the Trump Administration's immigration policies. Arresting and sending back immigrants fleeing violence and poverty in Central America and Mexico, and separating children from parents are disturbing signs of hardness of heart.

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I need 4 RP for Snowman Yi so I drew a lovely picture :)
[](https://imgur.com/HQ3OUud) I drew a beautiful picture of Snowman{{champion:11}} with his friends {{champion:54}} and{{champion:33}} hanging out somewhere pink so that Riot hopefully give me the 4 RP I am missing for the Snowman Yi skin (It came up in My Shop - must have..). **The story:** Yi died while he was in Alpha because Rammus had red buff and now he is **really tilted**, and is probably going to die again any moment now because he is so **super tilted**. Rammus doesn't care, he was picked solely to counter Yi, and is having a great day (just like every day for Rammus). Malphite is happy because his ult has just come off cooldown and he is going to ult Yi as soon as he completes his first alpha strike. Rammus knows this and approves. To say I am artistically challenged is an understatement, and Paint is not the most forgiving of drawing software, so plz don't judge me too hard :) and also plz Riot gift me the 4RP that I shed blood sweat and tears for. Details:: "XL BENCH PRESS" : EUW
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By the Gracious Vegan
I like to broil zucchini instead of roasting or sautéing to avoid using a lot of oil and/or ending up with mushy zucchini. Broiled zucchini is very good with Vegan Tzatziki but goes with a lot of sauces too. With a substantial side dish, broiled zucchini with a sauce can serve as a wonderful low-calorie entree.
Makes: 4 servings
Preheat broiler on high. Place a rack 3-4 inches from the broiler element.
Trim the ends off the zucchini. Slice it diagonally into ½" oblong slices.
1 pound zucchini
Line a sheet pan or cookie sheet with foil. (Parchment paper can catch fire, and silicone mats may melt at this temperature.) Spray or brush the pan with oil. Lay the zucchini slices on the foil. Spray or brush with oil and season with salt and pepper and/or other spices (e.g., Montreal steak seasoning, Italian herbs).
Broil the zucchini until it is brown on top (timing is extremely variable depending on the broiler—check after 4 minutes and go from there), then flip and broil until there are brown spots and it's tender but not mushy.
Timing: Hands-on time: 10 minutes; total time: 15 minutes
Nutrition: whole-food unprocessed; WFPBNO
Nutritional information per serving (4 servings, using half of the vegan tzatziki sauce recipe): 103 calories, 7g fat, 1g sat. fat, 9g carbs, 227mg sodium, 2mg fiber, 3g protein


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Video: hypnotic music video for Denki Groove's song "Fake It"
This is one of those things where words pretty much fail the modern blogger. You watch it, you scroll back to the beginning, you think things like "How?", "How many divers are really there?", "CGI?", and finally, "Freakin' cool."
Also, note how the post title makes it sound like I already knew exactly everything about Denki Groove? Not the case at all. Wikipedia tells me their a Japanese electropop group, influenced by Kraftwerk. But you knew that.
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On 04/04/2013 08:56 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: > To fix this, you need to make the big item count that missing 10px. > This is pretty easy - just change its "flex: 2;" to "flex: 2 10px;". (Actually, it should be "flex 2: 12px". In addition to the 10px of "missing margin", we have to compensate for 2px of "missing border" in that row as well. We've got 1 fewer flex item, so (as with the margins) we're not setting aside flex-container-space for that item's 1px border-left + 1px border-right.) Here's a variant of your fiddle, with that fixed, to bring the final row into alignment: http://jsfiddle.net/MWygB/1/ ~DanielReceived on Thursday, 4 April 2013 19:37:36 UTC
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Feeding kids is no joke. I discovered this as soon as my first kiddo, Ryder started eating solids and I would stress over each meal, trying to figure out what I could prepare that was nutritious, yummy and something that would appeal to my husband and I and our super picky toddler.
Cue Weelicious - my friend Suzanne introduced me to The Weelicious cookbook one day at a playdate and I was sold. I started following @weelicious on Facebook and Instagram and loved how they offered ideas for meals, school lunches and so much more! The founder, Catherine McCord has the most entertaining IG feed (which also happens to be super informative) so you gotta follow her! She recently launched One Potato which is a meal delivery service where you get a box weekly of recipes and all the organic ingredients you need to make them.
I got to ask her 6 Questions about parenthood, life and what's next! Check it out and be sure to follow @weelicious and @onepotatobox!
Best Meal you've ever had? Like ever. And why?
- My husband and I traveled to Japan many years ago. When we were in Kyoto randomly we happened upon a Robata Bar in the middle of nowhere. No one there was American and I genuinely thought they would turn us away, but we sat on tatami mats in front of a stoked fire and pointed at all the simple yet gorgeous foods in front of the cooks, watched and devoured skewer after skewer. There was nothing fancy about it, but every bite was better then the last!
When did you know Weelicious was your calling and how did you get started?
- I started Weelicious 9 years ago after the birth of my son, Kenya. We had always shopped for our food at the Hollywood farmers market and when he started eating purees I wanted to make homemade food. I did a ton of research into how to make babies great eaters from day one, but found little information and sites to guide me. That was the beginning of posting a different baby food recipe and my family food journey on Weelicious.
5 must have tools/gadgets in the kitchen, go.
- Kitchen Aid Pro Series Blender for our morning smoothies, hand mandolin, very sharp knife, silicone spatula in 2 sizes and a 2 tbsp ice cream scoop for making cookies, scooping ice cream and melon balls. I love kitchen gadgets!
Where do you see yourself and Weelicious/One Potato in 5 years?
- In 5 years I hope One Potato is feeding families across the US! One Potato has changed theway we eat as a family. Everything is easier, takes less time and gives me more time to be with my family! I hope Weelicious is still chugging ahead inspiring people to get in the kitchen and make simple recipes that stand the test of time.
If you could talk to your pre-parent self, what advice would you give her and why?
- Enjoy every minute because you're about to be on the busiest and BEST journey of your life!
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- As a kid I sat at my the radio and called in for radio contests all hours of the day. I have quite the collection or mugs and tee shirts from 99.7 DJX in Louisville, KY ;)
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WWE Night Of Champions 2010 DVD Review
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WWE Night Of Champions 2010
DVD Review
WWE Championship Six Pack Challenge
Sheamus vs. John Cena vs. Randy Orton vs. Edge vs. Chris Jericho vs. Wade Barrett
Tag Team Turmoil Match for the WWE Tag Team Championship
The Hart Dynasty vs. Cody Rhodes & Drew McIntyre vs. The Usos vs. Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov vs. Evan Bourne & Mark Henry
No Holds Barred Match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Kane vs. The Undertaker
Divas and Women's Championship Unification Lumberjill Match
Melina vs. Team Lay-Cool
WWE United States Championship
The Miz vs. Daniel Bryan
The Big Show vs. CM Punk
WWE Intercontinental Championship
Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston
Special Feature
Home Video Exclusive
Kane reacts to victory
Night of Champions, 19th September, 2010
Hailing from the Allstate Arena in Chigago and origionally aired on 19th September 2010, this Night Of Champions pay per view saw every championship on the line and one unification, but how many would change hands? If previous promises of championship pay per views are anything to go by, not many!
Kicking off the night with the Intercontinental Championship match, champion Dolph Ziggler; accompanied to the ring by his 'girlfriend' Vicky Guerrero and her NXT rookie Kaitlyn, faces the electrifying Kofi Kingston. Obviously fan fave for the match, Kofi comes out to a huge ovation and gets the crowd immediately fired up for the match, which is decent but nothing to write home about.
Edge is backstage getting ready for his match when he's interrupted by Todd Grisham who asks how he feels about the forthcoming 6-pack challenge. Edge obviously says he's going to win it and walk out the new WWE Champion!
CMPunk comes out to a hometown welcome of half boos and half cheers as they really don't know how to take their hometown hero gone bad (and unfortunately he's still dragging that pet beard around with him!) As he goes to speak on the mic there is a CMPunk chant rising from the hardcore fans in the rafters of ther arena! He says he LOVES Chicago, the history, the skyline, the museums but what he hates and despises is the inhabitats of Chicago! And for more boil-in-the-bag instant heat he slags off the white sox!
The match between him and Big Show isn't very long but for what it is it's a decent outing, I suppose it does explain the mic time Punk was given before-hand!
It's at this point I realise just how much the WWE needs Chris Jericho back as soon as possible when he's interviewed backstage by Josh Matthews! Come back Chris all is forgiven!!
I really don't like watching Daniel Bryan. Am I stupid? Maybe. Is he boring? Maybe. I just think he's bland, nothing exciting and I really just can't be bothered to watch him! I know I should and believe me I have tried since everyone else is telling me he is a God of the indies, but still my opinion is not changing! I feel like the little boy in the crowd in 'The Emporer's New Clothes', the only one who dare say he's actoually naked… or boring in this case! And as much as I believe the Miz is indeed Awesome… I just can't suffer watching Bryan twice in one night!
Backstage Josh Matthews has found a rather happy looking John Cena to interview and oh boy the guys in the crowd don't like him much… again!
The Lumberjill unification match leaves a sour taste in my mouth since I really can't stand that Barbie-looking Diva's championship belt and think it's pretty naff that they unified the Women's belt when what they should have done was thrown the Diva's one in the bin! I'm not a fan of women's matches so when they're all out there.. PLEASE! you expect me to watch that?! LOL
Grisham draws the short straw and has to interview Wade Barrett, poor Todd always looks like he's about to pee himself.. do they hire small announcers and interviewers on purpose or something?
Undertaker vs Kane is of course another history-in-the-making sort of a match up. They're fighting for World Heavyweight Championship but also for the right to be known as the better, more powerful of the two brothers! As a No Holds Barred match it is full of all the spots you can expect from these two veterans of the ring and, even though I'm no Undertaker fan, I think it is damned good they got to have what could be classed as one last run together.
Poor Todd has to interview Randy Orton next, asking if he has anything to say to the other 5 competitors in the 6 Pack Challenge he holds the mic like some bullied school boy waiting for Orton to speak…
Tag Team Turmoil isn't what it used to be that's for sure! I remember the days…
OK so it's alright I suppose. I like The Usos muchos!! (They are definately more Rocky than Rikishi!) And I will always be a mark for Drew McIntyre. Santino is still funny, who'd have thought that he and Koslov would even still be employed by the end of 2010 yet there they are! Cody Rhodes? Blergh! Evan Bourne? Blergh! Hart Dynasty? Blergh! Mark Henry? Don't even get me started! It's a decent match, I've seen better tag team matches but I'm a slave to the Attitude Era!
It comes to something when Cena is booed worse than the cowardly heel when they come to the ring for the 6 pack Challenge! Chi-Town obviously doesn't harbour many members of the 'Cenation' then huh?
The 6 pack Challenge is basically an elimination match, 6 superstars start and they are all in the ring together until one remains and that one will be Neo.. I mean the WWE Champion! It takes them forever to get to the ring and THEN the announcer spends another 5 minutes announcing them all. It was like waiting for Triple H vs Undertaker to kick off!
I think it's very cool that Wade Barrett got to be in this match full of established stars (and Sheamus! Sarcasm becomes me!) and I did enjoy seeing the likes of Cena, Edge, Jericho and Orton in the ring at the same time again!
I think the pay Per View was most certainly saved by the 6 Pack Challenge at the end, a lot of the matches seemed like fillers and Punk vs Show seemed just to have been thrown on there because it was in Chicago. There is however another home video exclusive (a Kane interview) which always gains points with me when it hasn't been shown anywhere else.
If you're a collector buy it, if you've already seen it I'd probably say only buy it if you're loaded and got nothing better to spend your money on!
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"Just say no" (to drugs, gambling, eating, sex etc) is the least helpful advice that you can say to a human being caught up in any addiction. If they could say no, they would. The whole point of addiction is that people are compelled to it by suffering, trauma, unease, and emotional pain. If you want to help people, ask why they are in so much pain that they are driven to escape from it through ultimately self-harming habits or substances. Then support them in healing the trauma at the core of their addiction, a process that always starts with nonjudgemental curiosity and compassion.
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The onset of RPA is rapidly changing the landscape of organizations. Processes that were once manually executed are being replaced by bots which either perform the process end to end or automate substantial portions. Roughly 10% of the processes can be completely automated and 90% of the processes can benefit from partial automation. One of the key challenges faced by organizations is to discover and document the AS IS Process. The task of creating Business Requirement Documents (BRDs) can be time consuming and extremely error prone. Most of the tacit knowledge retained by expert agents and all the process variations are not documented. This makes it more difficult to capture the AS IS Process accurately.
Epiplex's automated RPA Process Documentation Kit automatically captures the process variations and the tacit knowledge of the expert users. Documents and BRDs can then be rapidly generated by the Process Documentation Kit. Using the RPA Process Documentation Kit, organizations can reduce the time to create BRDs by 75% and the overall BOT creation time by 15-20%. By deploying the capture for a longer period of time, most of the process variations can be captured accurately, thereby reducing errors and cutting down rework.
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Ruby Ring
Ruby Gemstone Crystal
Ruby Gemstone Crystal
Ruby is the red variety of the mineral corundum. All other colors of corundum are called sapphire or fancy sapphire. Pure corundum is colorless, but traces of other elements create a variety of colors. The red hue of ruby is created by traces of chromium. Modifying colors range from violet, orange, brown, or pink- with a deep, vivid pure red being the most sought after.
Ruby is associated with passion and courage. Ruby is a 9 on the Moh's hardness scale with only diamond (and moissanite) being harder. Ruby is an excellent gemstone for long term wearability.


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Edge Pot
Edge Pot
Stilleben's new series consists of simple and stylish terracotta pots in various sizes. Edge Pots are inspired by classic Greek and Egyptian vases that are raised slightly up from the ground by a small base. Here, the base is an integrated part of the design in a reinterpreted Scandinavian version with an embossed imprint.
Designed by danish design duo Stilleben for Skagerak
Sierra Yellow Indoor / Burnt Red Indoor: Pot intended for indoor use only
Small - Ø 5.12" x H 5.12"
Medium - Ø 5.91" - H 5.91"
Large - Ø 7.09" - H 7.09"
Sierra Yellow Outdoor / Burnt Red Outdoor: Pot intended for outdoor use
Small: Ø 7.09" - H 7.09"
Medium: Ø 9.04" - H 9.04"
Large: Ø 13.78" - H 13.78"
Made of Terracotta
Skagerak is a family-owned company with historical roots in Scandinavian geography and proud furniture traditions. With a passion for wood and a focus on quality, Skagerak has developed into a modern design brand with an extensive selection of contemporary products in a wide range of materials, created by established designers as well as up-and-coming talents.
Skagerak's vision is to create products that is ensured a long lifespan by virtue of its aesthetic and functional qualities with products that are made to last and accumulate stories. Because in Skagerak's world, good stories and relationships are what matters most.


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22. Think ahead about a highchair
While you're not going to need a highchair for the first few months, you may still want to research your options ahead of time, especially if friends and family are eager to buy you nice gifts. You'll need somewhere to put baby at the table when he's big enough and options vary from stand-alone models to compact seats that click into your existing chairs.
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Within our membership ranks there exists a tremendous amount of knowledge and wisdom that we now make available to you through an informal, small group mentoring session. This is an opportunity available exclusively to Personal members.
The mentoring session below provided a rare opportunity to sit down with a former Commonwealth Secretary. To maintain a level of personal engagement, numbers for these sessions are capped. Any Personal member, regardless of career stage is invited to participate.
Mentoring is an effective process for the transfer of professional skills and benefits mentees through support for skills and knowledge development. It is designed to provide an additional layer of career and professional development.
It is important to understand that mentoring is one component of a professional development plan. It is focused on career and professional development conversations. It complements skill development training and is not a substitute for emotional support systems such as counselling.
By attending mentees were provided the opportunity to:
Andrew Metcalfe FIPAA AO
Andrew joined EY after a distinguished career in the Australian Public Service, having been the Secretary (CEO) of the Department of Agriculture and Australia's Director of Quarantine, the Secretary of the Department of Immigration, a Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and a Chief of Staff to a Cabinet Minister, among many other roles.
Andrew is highly respected across the industry, having made a broad contribution as a public sector leader. He has also been a member of a range of boards and councils such as the National Australia Day Council, the Administrative Review Council, the Council of the Order of Australia, and served as Chair of the National Counter Terrorism Committee and as President of the Institute of Public Administration ACT.
Andrew was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2012 for his distinguished contribution to public sector leadership. He was recognised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia as the "Public Sector Leader of the Year" in 2010. Educated at the Toowoomba Grammar School and the University of Queensland, he has worked in Canberra, Hong Kong, Melbourne and Brisbane.


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I've been busy lately, and thinking a lot about the process of designing, and making. The good thing about running your own little business means you have the freedom to create what attracts and inspires you as an individual. Usually, if you really love what you make and would use and wear it yourself, then there are others out there who will likely be attracted to it too.
The process of designing and bringing into reality exactly what is in your mind can be long. Sometimes it takes months before you have the time to really sit down and hammer it out. That's when it's time to think about exactly what it should look like, what materials are available to create with, how can it be made functional and useful as well as visually appealing.
Often, the design will evolve the more you work with it. That's good. Thinking about the design beyond the first or second sample means evaluating production. With the Love Lune Festival Caftan design, I had to create it in a way that makes sense to how I work so that I would be able to re-create it in a natural way.
The process of "making" after the birth of a design can be kind of intimidating. The initial excitement wears off fast as you realize, you have to decide if you're going to make a commitment to the project. That means creating a realistic plan for production, costs, and how much exposure can you handle. It also means that you have to set short and long term goals. Being realistic about what is involved with putting your creations "out there" really tests your belief in your self as an indie designer/crafter/artist.
I do beleive. And I love and admire those who do too. Maybe it just takes us really getting in touch with not only what we like, but who we REALLY are as an individual before we find that perfect time to fully stand behind our work.
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This weekend is a LONG weekend! Which means, we have lots of fun family plans (campfires and fireworks!), and also a lot of work to do Lune wise. I'm in the sewing room in full production, behind the scenes mess mode - working on Festival Caftans (3 I completed last night shown above) and Fringe anklets. June 1st a variety of Love Lune garments will be available in the ilovelune.etsy shop! Happily, I'm going to be getting some help in the production department very soon, which was a long time coming! Until then though, it's still all up to me.
So what are you up to? Share your links of projects you're working on, and excited about. I LOVE reading new blogs and finding out about who my readers are. I can't tell you how much it's opened my world - so share share share and I'll visit you soon!


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GVA Redilco advise on new letting in Rome
Type News
Date 15/05/2018
GVA Redilco advises on letting of 11,000 sqm in Rome
GVA Redilco acts as advisor on behalf of DeA Capital Real Estate SGR S.p.A. in the letting of 11,000 sqm to two prime tenants.
The first deal of 7,000 sqm was closed at the Via dell'Arte business centre, owned by an Alternative Real Estate Investment Fund, for professional investors, managed by DeA Capital Real Estate SGR S.p.A. Found in the center of Rome's EUR business district with an area of approx. 30,000 sqm, the property comprises 3 blocks, one of which houses services and the remaining two offices. The blocks have been fully refurbished to high quality standards, earning one of the city's first LEED Platinum Certifications.
The other 4,000 sqm were transacted at the Da Vinci Centre, on the Rome-Fiumicino axis and the first complex in the city to be built to Grade A+. The complex comprises 3 blocks, two of which are for office use (Buildings 1 and 2) and one for services (Building 3). The business centre already hosts prime national and international companies.
These deals confirm the same positive trend recorded in Rome's office leasing market at the end of 2017. Over recent months, GVA Redilco have signed other significant letting transactions in Rome for a total of 30,000 sqm which illustrates how refurbishment schemes are rewarded by a market which is driven by demand for quality spaces.
Giuseppe Amitrano, CEO of GVA Redilco comments "Thanks to renewed interest from institutional investors, we can expect improvements in the average level of quality for offices in Rome, in the CBD and EUR, which are available in the next 12/18 months following refurbishment to international standards."


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I found this talk especially refreshing after recently feeling myself reach a saturation point for all things designed and aesthetically pleasing. Brown basically tells the design community that it is self-centered as a whole and has a tendency to produce meaningless things. He's right. I'm only a print designer by trade, but Brown's point of balancing what "humans need with technical feasibility and economic viability" seems dead-on and applicable to the wider design community. The constant stream of stuff the design community can promote and deem as good- and by implication right- has a tendency to elevate the surface qualities of design and devalue the ideals and goals that good design can accomplish. I find this to be true in contemporary art as well. Art has great potential for engaging in ideas and deeper thinking but very often bends to trends and pretentious posturing.
I think most creatives get into their fields because they want to solve a problem. The hard part is not getting swept up in the party, which most of us small-timers are still trying to get invited to. The problem with this general human condition, is that it is not easily swayed from it's course. We seek pleasure and adulation. That's not entirely bad, but I like that Brown tempers his argument and simply asks that we not get ahead of ourselves and aim higher.
Just because we can, doesn't mean we should. Furthermore, if there is a need, and we have the means, we should meet it.
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Chris Baruth
Karen Jander
Susan Modder
Susanna Pathak (Coordinator)
Kathi Paly
Responsive: Increase, diversify and reallocate resources.
Themes include Growth and Stewardship
4.1 Focus fund raising initiatives on expansion of digital preservation and access as well as increasing endowed collections particularly with regional emphasis, e.g. Brumder, LGBT, Kwasniewski, AGS archives.
4.2 Promote online resources to potential funders in part as a way to secure more funding for additional resources.
4.3 Utilize indirect funding resources to meet campus growth areas—remaining funding will be expended by October.
4.4 Adapt outcomes from Council of University of Wisconsin Libraries (CUWL) Efficiencies Taskforce.
4.5 Conduct further review and reorganization identified in Reorganization Task Force Report (2009).
4.6 Seek efficiencies for finding resources (e.g. increase shelf-ready; streamline label processing; increase e-resources available).
4.7 Systematically plan to expand access to online resources based on user demands 1) review needs of print mono and journal purchases (identify percentage); 2) develop multi-year plan to reduce print mono acquisitions; 3) investigate on-demand printing; 4) patron driven acquisitions; and 5) e-content including ebooks.
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Iran trying hard to re-arm Hezbollah....
I don't think you'll hear Kofi Annan say peep about this.
Israeli and American intelligence agencies alerted Turkish authorities last Friday that several Lebanon-bound Iranian planes, loaded with military hardware meant for the Hizbullah, were making their way through Turkish airspace, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
According to information obtained by the Post, the intelligence agencies were tracking several suspicious Iranian aircraft as they were taking off from an Iranian airfield.
Turkey was then warned about the planes and their cargo which were to fly over Turkish airspace. Shortly after Turkey was tipped off, Iranian officials ordered the planes to return to their point of departure, where, according to unconfirmed Turkish reports, the arms were removed from the Iranian planes.
After offloading the arms, the planes took off again and were forced to land in Turkey for inspection by the airport authorities. Turkish aviation officials told the Post that no weapons were found on the planes.
Since the war with Hizbullah erupted last month, and especially since the ceasefire, Turkey has intercepted several Iranian and Syrian Lebanon-bound ships in the Eastern Mediterranean sea, as well as two transit trucks from Syria, the Post has learned.
Meanwhile, the London-based Arab daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reported on Monday that large amounts of rockets have been transferred from Iran to Syria en route to the Hizbullah in Lebanon.
According to the report, the Iranian Revolutionary Commands have set up a special body in Damascus whose aim is to supply all of Hizbullah's needs.


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Embrace the Opponent (Empower Women Tournament)/
This is a blog entry from one of our white belts, Julia West, who recently competed in her first tournament:
At the end of January, I heard that Team Lawton was hosting the Empower Women Tournament on March 25th – women only, submission only, white and blue belts only. The format was round robin with 3 weight divisions. Each weight division would break out into separate white and blue belt brackets if entries allowed.
I should have known I was in trouble right away. Any other time people had talked about tournaments, I'd nope'd on out of the conversation immediately. No thanks, all set, hell no. This time, I found myself reading the details. Looking up the drive time to Farmingdale. Asking friends questions about how these things worked. At one point I told Rob that I felt like I was in full fight or flight mode, heart racing and hands shaking. I figured that was my body telling me to run away – he said it was my body "calling me up" (more like out). This was the next hard thing I needed to do. The next stage of Embracing the Awkward in BJJ. So that night, before I could talk myself out of it, I signed up. And I spent the next nearly two months wondering what the hell I'd gotten myself into…


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<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1281" title="IMG_3618" src="http://www.urbandreammanagement.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_3618.jpg" alt="" width="560" height="374" srcset="http://www.urbandreammanagement.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_3618.jpg 560w, http://www.urbandreammanagement look at these guys.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_3618-270×180.jpg 270w" sizes="(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px" />The night before yesterday, more than 250 cyclists together with the artist group Länsiväylä created an informal cycle lane in Helsinki. The crowd assembled at 01.30 Sunday night and drove through puddles of water soluble paint along Hämeentie, creating thin lines of green, red and white. The atmosphere was epic; only a little more paint would have been needed.
The Länsiväylä group found their inspiration from other similar actions carried out also elsewhere, like in Berlin. Although the motive behind the cycle lane was said to be purely artistic, it is hard not to think of more political aims, since Hämeentie is one of the most troublesome streets in town for cyclists.
Photos from the action will be exhibited at gallery Huuto, opening 3rd August (tonight) at 6-8 pm and continuing until 22nd August. More photos also on Flickr.


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The Focke-Wulf Ta 183 Huckebein was a design for a jet-powered fighter aircraft intended as the successor to the Messerschmitt Me 262 and other day fighters in Luftwaffe service during World War II. It was developed only to the extent of wind tunnel models when the war ended, but the basic design was further developed post-war in Argentina as the FMA Pulqui II. The name Huckebein is a reference to a trouble-making raven (Hans Huckebein der Unglücksrabe) from an illustrated story by Wilhelm Busch.
In early 1945, the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) became aware of Allied jet developments, and were particularly concerned that they might have to face the Gloster Meteor over the continent. In response, they instituted the Emergency Fighter Program, ending production of most bomber
and multi-role aircraft in favor of fighters, especially jet fighters.
Additionally, they accelerated the development of experimental designs
that would guarantee a performance edge over the Allied designs, designs
that would replace the first German jet fighters, the Messerschmitt Me 262 and Heinkel He 162.
The result was a series of advanced designs, some using swept wings for improved transonic
performance, others instead using the tailless design to lower drag to
the same end. Since German aircraft engineers were aware that tailless designs might encounter serious stability problems in the transonic,
a variety of stabilization methods such as brakes on the wings were
considered for such aircraft or simply adding conventional tail
surfaces. Kurt Tank's design team led by Hans Multhopp designed in 1945 a fighter known as "Huckebein"
(a cartoon raven that traditionally makes trouble for others), also
known as Project V (Project VI in some references) or Design II at
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Der Tarnanstrich des Modells ist fiktiv - basiert
aber auf Tarnschemen, die von der Luftwaffe während der Endphase des Zweiten
Weltkrieges benutzt wurde.
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the last days of the Second World War.
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und Darstellung der Modelle dienen. Eine politische Einstellung / Gesinnung
kann und sollte nicht davon abgeleitet werden !
Den allgemein geltenden Gesetzen und Richtlinien,
die zwar eine Ausstellung von NS-Symbolen erlaubt, aber eine Verherrlichung
verbietet, wird somit entsprochen !
I attach great importance to the
statement that the symbols of the Nazi period ( Swastikas ) serve only a
faithful reproduction of the models. A political attitude can and should not be
derived from it. The generally applicable laws and regulations, which allow an
exhibition of Nazi symbols, will therefore be satisfied.
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Madaraka Day 2017
Madaraka Day Celebrations 2017
By Uhuru Kenyatta
My father President Jomo Kenyatta once said: "Unity can not be taken for granted."
We will be celebrating this year's Madaraka Day in the shadow of national elections. As is usual and perhaps expected and most certainly welcome, elections are a time for robust discourse, and a pitting of opposing worldviews and ideologies. Unfortunately, in the past, election campaigns and their aftermath have brought out some of the worst times in the Republic of Kenya's relatively short existence and have set Kenyan against Kenyan of differing tribes, faiths and backgrounds.
Madaraka Day is an important day to take stock and recognize that as Kenyans what unites us is far greater than that which divides us.
It took Kenyans of all backgrounds to free us from colonialism, gain self-rule and finally independence for our people. We must pay tribute to and commemorate their sacrifices as a nation.
Their vision and determination should continue to not only inspire us but also to motivate our people to work together to continue grasping the opportunities bestowed upon us by Kenya's founding mothers and fathers.
The greatest tribute to those who fell in battle or survived to birth our nation is to remain united and not be torn apart through ethnic boundaries, tribal perimeters or religious differences.
Madaraka Day should be a time to look back to the past as a way of charting a brighter, more peaceful and prosperous future.
Our heroes of the past are those who put their lives on the line in the moral and timeless struggle for freedom from oppression, injustice and persecution.
However, more than five decades since independence, our heroes should be those members of the Kenyan armed forces who remain ever vigilant against those who still seek us harm, in our homes, villages, towns and cities.
Today's heroes are also the teachers who educate our children, the doctors and nurses who care for our ill and infirm and the small honest business leaders and farmers which help drive our economy forward.
The heroes of Kenya's tomorrow are those parents who work extremely hard every day to ensure that their children receive an education in order to guarantee that they have the promise of a brighter and more prosperous future.
However, the struggle for the future that we seek is not assured and there remain forces who wish to return us to the more unsavoury chapters of our nation's past.
Our independence is incomplete if our disagreements are settled not in court or in the voting booths, but on our streets with the use of threat of violence and intimidation.
Our struggle for freedom remains even if we are an independent nation. We still wrestle with baseless hatred, militant tribalism and rampant division.
In just over two months Kenyans will elect a leader for the next five years. This leader must be someone who moves us further away from these diseases and not strengthen their presence in Kenyan society.
Elections should be a great celebration of hard won democracy and liberty, a time when the nation speaks and elects a leader who will serve the people and their interests. However, we should all remember that the people remain the sovereign and the leader is a mere tool of their will.
Sometimes this basic societal covenant is forgotten or dutifully ignored in a quest and thirst for power and control. As politicians, our language and orotundity should reflect this basic commitment and while our political differences should be sharpened in order to provide a clear choice to the Kenyan people, it should be done in a way reflective of our deep and cherished values. These values handed down to us as a treasure of wisdom by our ancestors.
The challenge for us as political leaders is to look not just to the immediate future but the medium and long term. We need to be able to say to our sons and daughters, Kenya's children, this is what we bequeathed to you and we left our mark on this country for the better.
That is my focus every day, the planning for our children's future. Especially to connect, unite and unify Kenya in an unprecedented way.
On this Madaraka Day, let us remember we should not be defined by our political, tribal or ideological allegiances, but by our nationality.
Before our tribal, religious or ethnic allegiances or identities, we are Kenyans and our nation's progress and development depends solely on us.
As our national anthem states: "Let all with one accord. In common bond united. Build this our nation together."
Uhuru Kenyatta,
President of the Republic of Kenya
Madaraka Day 2017 Celebrations
Updated: 06.04.2017
Nyeri county will host national Madaraka Day celebrations on June 1 and about 20,000 people are expected.
Nyeri is in the heart of Central Kenya region, considered a Jubilee Party stronghold.
This will be the third national celebration held by the Jubilee administration outside Nairobi.
Earlier events were held in Nakuru and Machakos counties.
In December 2015 President Uhuru Kenyatta announced that two of the three national holidays henceforth would be held outside Nairobi.
Last year they were to be held in Nakuru and Mombasa.
Mombasa was dropped, possibly as a result of the feud between Governor Hassan Joho and the Jubilee administraiton.
Instead, Machakos hosted Mashujaa Day on October 20.
Jamhuri Day on December 12 is always held in Nairobi.
Nyeri is famous for its contributions to the freedom struggle and many Mau Mau fighters were from Nyeri.
A high-profile government delegation, which is organising the event, on Tuesday toured Kabiruini ASK Grounds where the event will be held.
National Celebrations Committee chairperson Mohammed Barre said Kabiruini is the only Nyeri venue that meets standards to host the event.
He said, however, it needs renovation.
The team had inspected historic Ruring'u Stadium but tall buildings nearby made it unacceptable and posed a security risk.
The President and Deputy President William Ruto will lead the celebrations.
Barre said they are working closely with the regional coordinator and the county government to ensure infrastructures are in place.
Central regional coordinator Naftali Mung'athia assured everyone of adequate security.
County secretary Alice Wachira said it is a great honour for the area to host a national event.
"The day is very important to the Nyeri people, given that it is the epitome of the freedom struggle, as well as home to many freedom heroes," she said.
Wachira said the event would showcase the county, increase domestic tourism and highlight the county's sacrifices to the freedom struggle.
Madaraka Day 2017
Madaraka Day, 1 June, commemorates the day that Kenya attained internal self-rule in 1963, preceding full independence on 12 December 1963. The President addresses the nation, and the uniformed military, singers, and traditional dancers from around the country provide entertainment for the crowds.
The day is full of festive activities, including family picnics and games in the public parks.
History of Madaraka Day Celebrations
During the Colonial Rule Period disputes over land were common, leading to the Mau Mau rebellion by the Kikuyu people in 1952, which effectively put Kenya into a state of emergency for the next seven years.
The first direct elections took place in 1957, with the Kenya African National Union(KANU) led by Jomo Kenyatta, an ethnic Kikuyu, forming the first government.
On 1 June 1963, Kenya became a self-governing country when Mzee Jomo Kenyatta became the first prime minister.
Full independence from British rule followed on 12 December 1963 when Kenya became an independent nation.
The Significance of Madaraka Day in Kenya
Madaraka Day is celebrated in Kenya on June 1 every year and is historically the first post-Independence National Day in the calendar.
It is one of the National Holidays envisaged by Article 8 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010. Before 2010, Kenyans celebrated Madaraka Day, Moi Day (which October 10), Kenyatta Day (October 20) and Jamhuri Day (December 12).
The new constitution did away with Moi Day Day and changed Kenyatta Day to Mashujaa Day (Heroes' Day).
Madaraka Day commemorates the day that Kenya attained internal self-rule in 1963, preceding full independence from Great Britain on December 12, 1963
Under Article 8 of the constitution, the national symbols of the Republic are the National Flag; the National Anthem; the Coat of Arms; and the Public Seal.
The constitution also decrees that national days shall be public holidays.
The original aim of public holidays is to maintain a sense of unity and cultural belonging among the people. The national days used to have a lot of significance at the formative stages of our nation, where nationalism prevailed over all other considerations.
It would be inconceivable for citizens to violate the importance that is attached to the Day. As the President is the symbol of national unity, it would be expected that he or she lead the citizens of any nation in marking the national pride that comes with the Day.
From the legal point of view, nothing stops any Kenyan or group of Kenyans deciding to mark any of the national holidays at any place and in a manner that is within the law. What will not be allowed, for example, is a group of Kenyans interfering with the smooth running of the celebrations organized by officialdom.
The History of Madaraka Day in Kenya
Madaraka Day, celebrated every June 1st, is the day set aside annually to commemorate Kenya becoming a self-ruling nation.
Mid 1800s: British settlers arrive in East Africa.
1895: They eventually establish the East African Protectorate, which promotes European settlement in some of the most fertile parts of Kenya, forcing Kenyans out from their land.
1920: Kenya is officially a British colony, and European settlers are allowed to participate in government. However, Africans are prohibited from direct political participation.
1944: A few appointed (but not elected) African representatives are allowed to sit in the legislature.
1952 – 1959: Kenyans begin to rebel against British colonial rule and its land policies. This rebellion takes place almost exclusively in the highlands of central Kenya, home to the Kikuyu. Detention camps and restricted villages are established to contain the Kikuyu insurgents. Tens of thousands of Kikuyus die in these areas and in the fighting. There are estimated to be approximately 650 British deaths.
1957: Following the rebellions, Africans are given many more opportunities to participate in politics. The first elections to elect Africans to the Legislative Council take place in this year.
June 1, 1963 – Madaraka Day: Kenya becomes a self-governing country. Jomo Kenyatta, at this time the head of Kenya African National Union (KANU), becomes the first prime minister.
December 12, 1963: Kenya becomes an independent nation.
December 12, 1964: Kenya becomes a republic, with Jomo Kenyatta serving as the first Kenyan president.
Madaraka Day Celebrations – President Uhuru Kenyatta Speech.
Madaraka Day Quotes
- "Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life."
- Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God, not from government.
- "Liberties aren't given, they are taken."
- "I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be let alone!' There is all the difference."
- "Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide."
- "A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself."
- "I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery."
- "If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary."
- "Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."
- "I'd like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free and wanted other people to be also free.
- "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush-fires of freedom in the minds of men."


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BJJ Is The "Vegetables"/
I have this conversation at least once a week.
It starts with someone asking me which class they should take..... BJJ, or Muay Thai?
I say "Depends on your goals".
See, both are great for fitness. Both are tons of fun. Both have camaraderie with the same group of people. Both will teach you a new Art/Sport that can turn into a huge focus of your life. Both Are tough, and challenging. They are both awesome.
However........... Muay Thai (or any striking art) only works if the other guy AGREES TO COOPERATE with you. The second that guy says "screw this" and tackles you.... No more Muay Thai. Watch a Boxing or Thai Boxing match, and you'll see that the main function of the ref is to "break" the fighters and MAKE them go back to striking. If you have ANY desire to defend against an attacker who REFUSES to cooperate....... You need BJJ. If you can't grapple, you can't survive in the real world.
SHHHH. I don't want to hear about Chuck Liddell. He was able to out wrestle people thereby insisting on the striking. No wrestling..... no Chuck.
Yes Muay Thai is a huge part of modern MMA. I'm not silly. But Striking is what you do when you're standing. And if you can't grapple, you can't CHOOSE to stand. Get it. BJJ doesn't just let you take them down..... It lets you choose not to go down too! BJJ keeps you alive. Muay Thai is what you do with the time you just bought! Yoda, I am.
The quote I heard that I fell in love with that kind of sums up the importance of BJJ goes like this:
"I am a shark.
The ground is my ocean.
And most people can't even swim."
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I have been posting on the subject of Gnosticism and its origins.
By the early second century AD, Gnosticism was clearly in evidence as part the early Christian movement, but its history before that date is obscure. Undoubtedly it drew from multiple sources and influences, including Greek philosophical ideas and terminology, but we do not have to look far outside the Jewish world for most of its basic themes. Quite apart from Hellenistic influences, those building blocks appeared within various schools of Jewish thought in the two or three centuries before the Christian era, and remarkably little construction was needed to complete the Gnostic end-product.
In that era, we can trace the rise of several ideas critical to the later Gnostic synthesis. The idea of a Satanic figure, a Belial, had become prominent, with the suggestion that (as in the New Testament), he was the lord of this world. The sect that wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls was not Gnostic, but they preached a stern Dualism, a conflict between the Children of Light and Children of Darkness, both of whom were predestined to that status before they were born. Putting those elements together, it was not a great leap to suggesting that the Children of Light were somehow exiled in a world ruled by Belial. But how might such a dreadful situation have begun?
This extremely creative era also sought explanations for the origins of human evil. Particularly popular was the tale of the descent of the angelic Watchers in Genesis 6, which associated these demonic creatures with the foundation of human culture and civilization. If we have not yet arrived at the Gnostic explanation, that the material world is under the sway of an inferior deity, that conclusion is not far off.
Quite apart from the focus on good and evil, light and darkness, many Jewish thinkers became intensely interested in the figure of wisdom. Wisdom as an idea had been a literary theme for centuries, but from around the time of Sirach (200BC), Wisdom was not only exalted but personified, to be portrayed almost as a near-divine figure, through whom God created the world. Whether or not particular authors meant that as more than a metaphor is not clear, but readers could easily take the texts in that sense.
For [Wisdom] is a breath of the power of God,
and a pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty;
therefore nothing defiled gains entrance into her.
For she is a reflection of eternal light,
a spotless mirror of the working of God,
and an image of his goodness (7.25-26)
This sounds very much like Wisdom as a figure in contemporary Greek philosophy, an intermediary between the unchangeable transcendent Monad, the One, and the material creation. It is also densely packed with what sound like technical terms from contemporary Platonism.
Nor is the passage far from the vision of God's creative Logos in the Gospel of John. Writing about the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, James H. Charlesworth remarks that "God's word is seen first as the word of God, then the word from God, and finally, perhaps in only a very few circles, as 'the Word'."
Putting those ideas together, imagine Jewish thinkers around Jesus's time, seeing themselves as the Children of Light, in cosmic warfare with the forces of Darkness. Worse, they know that darkness rules this world. In seeking an explanation for this reality, they turn to the creation story. God himself cannot have fallen into sin or darkness, but perhaps his handmaiden did, and that catastrophe was a kind of Fall, which could only be restored by an anointed Redeemer.
I am assembling that package of ideas out of pure imagination, and I can point to no group of texts that prove its existence. What I am suggesting is that a large part of Gnosticism could, hypothetically, have been constructed without wandering too far outside Judaism as it existed, in its very diverse and sectarian forms, during the first century AD.
Of course, Greek elements also had a direct influence, as I will discuss in my next post.


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Tickets are $20.00, available only here, and will be limited to the first 55 registrants.
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What exactly is the gut microbiome? In short, it is a term which refers to the trillions of bacteria, viruses and fungi that live in your gut. In recent years, studies have increasingly shown that our microbiome plays a critical role in immune-related, complex diseases, as well as the regulation of predisposition to other diseases. We may have taken our gut's functionality for granted in the past, but we shouldn't: our gut is responsible for digesting our food, producing certain vitamins, regulating our immune system, and keeping us healthy by protecting us against disease-causing bacteria. It's what keeps us GOING (literally) and HEALTHY.
I first found out about Atlas BioMed when I had an ad targeted to me on Instagram or Facebook after I had spent a morning reading about gut health.
As someone who has had chronic health and inflammation problems (is it IBS? Crohn's disease? PCOS? The verdict is still out...), and has been upping the training for some bigger upcoming mountain aspirations, I've been trying to use more data/evidence-based medicine to inform my lifestyle choices, so this product/service seemed to fit the bill. Atlas BioMed was kind enough to provide me with a free Listen to Your Gut microbiome test to try out. And it was pretty easy to do: it only took 5 unglamorous minutes of at-home collection, a trip to the local post, and an 8 week wait for results (which was totally worth the wait for all this fun DATA!!).
Here are the biggest takeaways from my experience/results:
1) MICROBIOME DIVERSITY: Score was 6 out of 10. The results section actually seems to indicate to me that 6 out of 10 places me in a very good category. The overachiever in me on the other hand wonders why I'm not up at a 7 or 8. But what is the actual maximum, I wonder? I've seen pro athletes end up with similar results, so maybe I need to just get over it. Or do I?
With a very heavy vegetarian / plant-based diet, and recently consuming what is probably the cleanest diet I've eaten in years (no more late night crisps!), I expected this to be higher. But maybe what this has taught me is that clean is not always complete. We require not only healthy, plant-based foods, but a diversity of them, in order to ensure we are meeting all of our dietary needs and checking the boxes on each and every necessary vitamin. Based off of the food recommendations to increase this diversity, I should be eating a lot more of the below yummy fruits and veg. OK by me. What is neat: they send you weekly recommendations to improve your biome and each week they are different, so it gives me an excuse to try new weekly recipes incorporating recommendations.
2) NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES: My areas of weakness are Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) and Vitamin K. This is not uncommon in people who eat plant-based and avoid dairy like myself as these vitamins can be found in certain foods such as milk, meat, eggs, nuts, enriched flour, as well as green vegetables. Easy enough, as Atlas tells you exactly what foods you can eat to improve this. I think I'll also throw a few supplements into my Amazon shopping cart to see if I can't get these vitamins to a little bit closer to normal levels.
3) DISEASE RISKS: My results list a few diseases (diabetes 2, colitis, Crohn's disease) as "very low risk" for me, which I gather means I should not be too worried as at the same time, Atlas indicates that my current diet is very good at protecting against these very diseases. Not sure what to do with this information other than to store it in the back of my mind, but if I'm doing everything I can now to prevent it, then I think I'm good to go. Wish this had a bit more data behind what's driving the information (Atlas does give a disclaimer that this should not be taken as medical advice, but merely as insights/suggestions/things to be aware of).
4) GUT FLORA TYPE: The most amusing part of the test for me is that they put you into three categories of gut flora. Large-scale metagenomic studies have identified "enterotypes": stable combinations of bacteria co-existing in communities. Each person's microbiome falls into one of these three groups, which correspond with different styles of nutrition. Atlas says that your microbiome type can change should you significantly modify your diet or be subjected to external factors. Supposedly, I am a VILLAGE PEASANT. Whatever that means :).
My biggest takeaway is that my body seems to be pretty good with fiber, and I eat a lot of it (beans, beans, the magical fruit...), so all good.
The categories go as follows.
Urban Citizen:
Bacteroides dominate this type of microbiome, where they represent 80% of the ecosystem on average, meaning that there is a lack of diversity. Other bile-resistant genera present in this cluster include Parabacteroides, Paraprevotella and Odoribacter. Some researchers associate the first type with the "Western diet" that is rich in simple sugars, animal fats and protein. This cluster is similar to the first enterotype described by M. Arumugam (Arumugam et al., 2011).
Village Peasant:
Dominant genera of bacteria present in the third microbiome type include Eubacterium, Dorea, Ruminococcus, Anaerostipes, Blautia, unclassified Lachnospiraceae and, to a lesser extent, Collinsella. Due to the increased representation of Firmicutes, this cluster is good at producing butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid with anti-inflammatory properties. It is common in people who consume a lot of resistant starches and dietary fibre, like the rural Russian population. These bacteria are "picky" and eat only specific types of food. This cluster is similar to the third enterotype described by M. Arumugam (Arumugam et al., 2011).
Prevotella dominate this type of microbiome, which is common in isolated tribespeople from the Amazon and Africa. Their diet is rich in plant fibre with hardly any simple sugars, meat or fat. In Europe, the second type is mostly found in vegetarians. This cluster corresponds with the second enterotype described by M. Arumugam (Arumugam et al., 2011).
I'm looking forward to seeing how Atlas Biomed tweaks their results and data over time, based off of customer feedback and improvements in testing abilities. Data is a sure fire way to ensure we are achieving optimal nutrition / gut health and I love and fully support any platform or technology which is making this available to everybody.
My only hope is that the next time I take the test, my tests and biome diversity will be improved and I won't just experience data deja-poo (you didn't think I would end this without at least one more poo pun did you?)
Overall, I found the test interesting, informative, and fun. Rating: A-*
(*simply because poop tests are gross and always will be)


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I joined eleven men as they prepared for a Jericho Circle Project Weekend Intensive. Each of them shared their experience as a Jericho Circle volunteer.
They work inside a prison with inmates in state and federal prison in Massachusetts. Jericho Circle volunteers facilitate weekly circles inside the prison and learn about accountability, integrity, and emotional intelligence. For them, it is a rewarding and healing experience. Many of the men go into prison one evening every week. This gathering was in preparation for a weekend when they would spend 23 contact hours with men inside the prison.
I was touched by their candor and vulnerability. I invite you to hear how they feel about their work.
"What I find when I go into Jericho Circle and I hear the stories of the men that are in there, is that very well could be me"
~ David Roelant
"When I sit with men who I trust probably more than any other people I encounter in my day-to-day routine. It sometimes baffles when I think I am sitting here in prison and these are the guys I trust most in my life"
~ Larry Cotton
"I am hard, but it soften my view of others of the human condition of suffering of how these become to be for all of us"
~ Vern Ludwig
"I am not just wasting my life. That I make a difference. That is the joy, making a difference"
~ Robert St. Sauveur
"I know that I have the potential, under the right circumstances, to probably commit the most hideous crimes on this planet. So, I identify with these guys"
~ Charlie DeVries
"A man's heart is a man's heart and that doesn't change"
~ Steve Stanley
"What I find when I go into Jericho Circle and I hear the stories of the men that are in there, is that very well could be me"
~ Charlie Young
"Anybody that's willing to change their life for the better, I have time for"
~ Paul Fortier
"I work with men on emotional intelligence. And by doing that I also grow as an individual"
~ Joseph Portor
"It's given me a place to touch what's real in my heart. In a way which I don't think I have the capacity to do before"
~ Steve Spitzer


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Lovely colors. It can be difficult to capture the nuances of leaves, depending on the camera used. But you've done a great job! Nature puts on a show every day, if one only SEES it.
This would have been hard to miss for those with any real love of nature.
That's early, but fantastic!
It's a form of burgundy-leaved redbud rather than a green one in autumn colours. The dappled sunlight was making some of the leaves appear bright red.
A red riot!
It's weird how much lighting affects colour. If you are choosing paint for a room and paint a patch on the wall to see if you like it, it's wise to check you still like it in the evening as well as in the morning.
Leaves are often fabulous when backlit and you can see all the veins.
When the sunlight is right, I can hardly go for a walk without keep stopping to stare at them.
What dramatic leaves! Lovely.
They hardly look real, do they?
Wordless indeed! There is so much to see in these that my eyes are fumbling about, trying to take it all in. What wonders. I especially love the way those little white berries are photobombing the leaves. These are gorgeous images — thank you!
Good thing for comments. I was wondering what it was. Beautiful photos.
You often have to reply on conversation being prompted by Wordless Wednesday pictures – otherwise they can be more like 'What can it be on Wednesday?'.
Almost like Valentine hearts. Beautiful!
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The Royal Mail and CWU have struck a deal with a negotiators agreement which both sides believe is acceptable to postal workers and will enable Royal Mail to move forward for the future. A joint statement was issued this morning signed by Jon Millidge, Royal Mail Group HR Director and Terry Pullinger, CWU Deputy General Secretary (Postal).
The CWU executive will meet next week on the 30th and 31st of January to debate the agreement at which time it's expected to be put to a ballot of members in the near future.
Joint Statement between Royal Mail and CWU on Current Dispute Negotiations
Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are pleased to announce that the negotiators have finalised the details of a proposed agreement covering the matters under discussion which include pensions, pay, the shorter working week, culture and operational changes.
The proposed agreement will now be considered by the CWU's Postal Executive Committee next week. A further announcement with the details of the final agreement will be made in due course.
Ratification of the final agreement will be subject to a ballot of CWU members and approval by the Royal Mail plc Board.
In a video to CWU postal workers, Terry Pullinger said that the CWU negotiators believe that the agreement does strike the right balance between all the issues the CWU wanted to take forward and some of the issues raised by Royal Mail.
Terry also stated that once the agreement is published the CWU intend to visit every region and division in the country and speak to every CWU rep to make sure that they understand the CWU's interpretation of the agreement before they make recommendations to their own members. This does suggest that there are some points in the agreement which the CWU had to cede ground on and that some postal workers might not like, but that the CWU believe they've won enough ground and their position is one which they'll be recommending the workers accept.
Terry added that he absolutely believes that with the agreement they have set the future for the postal service and that it will meet the future challenges, changes and evolution that are faced – to face up to the competition, protect the service and ensure that postal workers will actually have a job in the future with the standard of living and pension that the CWU were campaigning for.
With a bit of work from the negotiators to convince postal workers and the Royal Mail board that this is the best deal that they're going to get, this announcement spells the end of the threat of postal strikes for the foreseeable future. In any case a fresh CWU ballot would be needed soon if they did want to strike as the last ballot result was announced on the 3rd of October and is only valid for a six month period.
how many meetings and negotiations does it take
to hammer home to all parties that they need to adapt and modernise
or they dont have a job!
though Royal mail are beginning to see the light,
its amazing the attention you receive from Royal mail oba support when you mention my hermes
As a postal worker it seems good to me well done the cwu for standing up to royal mail's bullying tactics and getting a good deal for us
The negotiations seem to have gone very well. Looking to a promising future in Royal Mail! (32 years so far.)
Where do we stand now after the agreement on recruiting part time staff against full time job?
If in the end there has been some give and take on both sides, then that has to be a good thing? The mail business is under going a massive change of direction and usage and nobody really likes big change ( lets be honest we don't do we?!) However if it secures the future of Royal mail then it has to be a good thing. Working on my own alot, sometimes my friendly postie is the only face i see all day until i go home!
Fingers crossed it gets voted through.
Will this agreement be subject to different interpretation as usual ? The wording needs to be 100% clear, so that both the Royal Mail & C.W.U know exactly where they stand ! In my experience ,every agreement made up to now has always been interpreted differently by either side ! Spending more time now getting the wording absolutely clear, would save a whole lot of trouble a few months down the line ?
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And voila this is it… No more trip to Paris with the USO! I was glad that my friend Shaunna from Captivus was able to accompany me on that one! It was so much fun to be with a fellow photographer.
This time we went on the South part of Paris. We went to the Eiffel Tower and to the wall of Peace to just make sure we knew where it was going to be!! And to the Montparnasse Cemetery.
We walked most of the time but at the end of our little escapade our feet were screaming for us to just chill. So we took the subway. This is one of the thing that I love about the subway in Paris.
You can be surprise by accordeon player, or singer… and just relax by sitting down while listening to some "traditional" french tune!
We decided after Montparnasse to go to the Jardin du Luxembourg. It was the first time that I took the time to cruise around the Garden. And since it was the end of the summer, we had the change of colors in the trees and still flowers in the garden. It was so pretty!


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melodie & her family are a photographer's dream. they oozed style, class, and massive amounts of love and awesomeness. they were casual and fun, and truly let us do my favorite thing there is to do in nyc- EXPLORE (insert me stalking them with a camera;)
we walked and rode and ate our way around central park, bryant park, the plaza hotel, and more. it was a holiday dreeeeeam! also, we discovered probably the greatest hot chocolate i've ever had at no chewing allowed. in case you are in need.
if you're in nyc and want me to get all up in your personal space, shoot me an email!


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text: We are making our way down the Noatak, now more than 150 river miles from its head waters. Along the way, we passed a grizzly sow lounging with her cub on the river bank, saw dozens of Dahl sheep grazing on rocky knolls, and woke a sleeping musk ox with a startled snort. Harriers and rough-legged hawks float above the tundra and flocks of snow geese pass noisily overhead. On a rare clear night, we heard wolves yapping under a nearly full moon as shadows danced on our frosty tent. The boxes we packed half a year ago contained most of what we remembered and we're loving the luxuries of a stove and plenty of food. The only intruder on an otherwise pleasant river trip is the weather. It has now been three weeks since we've seen a day without significant precipitation – mostly rain, sometimes sleet, snow or hail. On the few occasions when the sun peeks out, it's often raining at the same time. Where is all this moisture coming from?! It's tough to stay warm while paddling, even with our many layers – insulated jacket, fleece tights, two hats, three hoods, rain gear, garbage bag poncho for when the jacket gets saturated. The wind seems to blow mostly upriver, adding to the chill. With so much rain, the river is high, its sod banks collapsing into the muddy water, gravel bars fully submerged. The upside of the wet weather is that the current is flushing us swiftly downriver towards the coast. We've managed to stay just ahead of the snow so far, but it is creeping ever closer down the mountainside, reminding us that winter in the arctic is not far behind.


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On October 1, Intercultural Journeys presents Merging Identities at the Gershman Y. Intercultural Journeys' program assistant, Eric Ziegelman, takes us behind the curtain to meet the lead dancer for the performance, Chloe Perkes.
Eric: You are a classically trained ballet dancer, but most of your recent work has delved into highly experimental genres. Can you tell me a little about that journey and how it brought you to Merging Identities?
Chloe: I was classically trained in ballet, but I started professionally doing a lot of improvisation and experimental work with a contemporary company called The Foundry based in San Francisco. Then, after three years, I went back to ballet and worked for the Sacramento Ballet, where I met the choreographer Matthew Neenan. We made a piece together in Sacramento and I really wanted to work with him more. So I got a job here with Ballet X, where he is the resident choreographer. Now I dance for Ballet X and run a company, Duende, which is directed by me, a cellist, and a composer. I choreograph our pieces, but I usually incorporate a lot of improvisation. I'm really interested in seeing dancers and musicians connect to each other and make choices together in real time. I think that is very beautiful and can be quite magical. It can also be quite risky.
Eric: How has the process been collaborating with the artists involved in Merging Identities? I know each one of you is coming into the project with different backgrounds, specialties, and visions. How has it been navigating those differences?
Chloe: So far we're just in the stages of creating the framework. The way we've structured it will allow me to connect and respond to each of the artists individually. And then over the course of the evening, we will start building into trios. I'm really excited for the performance, because it will be this opportunity for me to have a conversation with each of the artists. What I do is express whatever is going on physically, the musicians are going to do that with sound, and Mehdi, the visual artist, will be giving me input on his canvas. It's just lots of avenues of information that I can play with physically and I think it is going to be really fun.
Eric: It's clear that conversation between artists is a very import part of this piece. What are some messages you think the audience should look for or try to pick up on? Do you think there may be anything that will surprise them?
Chloe: I'd say look for us connecting to each other. I think that will be the most important part of the evening - the love and excitement that fills us when we learn from each other in the moment. I think this sort of project really lends itself to those moments of human connection. That's my favorite part of the performing arts—when you're not seeing something that has been heavily over-rehearsed. What you are seeing are the people on stage experiencing something genuine and letting you be a part of that moment. It's going to be an adventure, a voyage, and it will be very exciting.
Eric: Looking beyond this project, are there any side projects or directions you hope to explore in the coming months or year?
Chloe: At Ballet X we're touring and performing all the time this year and with Duende we have several productions in development. So that's all pretty packed in there.
Eric: That sounds pretty packed! Thank you so much for taking time out of your busy schedule to talk with me, Chloe. It's been really great!
Chloe: Thank you!
Join Chloe, Udi Bar-David, Rolando Morales-Matos, and Mehdi Saeedi on Sunday, October 1 for Merging Identities.


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Osage Brass is our divisional beginners brass band. This band is for those who are just learning how to play their instruments. Those involved in this group will receive excellent training in the fundamentals of playing their instrument. Anyone involved in Osage Brass is expected to continue with their music development at the corps level.
Under the leadership Bandmaster Anna Ray, Osage Brass is an excellent opportunity for a beginner musician to learn and grow, and for them to experience DArts.


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Light: Top 10 facts you would never know
On November 21 1676, the Danish astronomer Ole Rømer announced to the Academy of Sciences in Paris his conclusion that light travelled at a finite speed.
Sunlight takes on average 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach Earth
1. According to Rømer's observations of Jupiter and its moon Io, light travelled at 220,000 km per sec. The correct figure is 299,000 km per sec.
2. Rømer was the first to prove that light did not travel instantaneously.
3. By coincidence, November 21 was also the date in 1905 when Einstein first published the equation e=mc², linking energy, mass and the speed of light.
4. This was a significant date in the history of sound as well as light: Edison announced his invention of the phonograph on this day in 1877.
5. On average, light from the Sun takes eight minutes 20 seconds to reach Earth.
6. Moonlight takes about 1.25 seconds to reach us.
7. Sunlight reaches about 80 metres deep in the ocean.
Stunning photos from the Northern Lights in the UKWed, November 8, 2017
The colourful, towering spikes swept over the horizon as the Earth's magnetic field was hit during a geomagnetic storm - creating the Aurora Borealis in the Northern Hemisphere, which was witnessed as far in south as Shrewsbury
8. One light year is the distance light travels in a year. It is equal to about 5,865,696,000,000 miles.
9. The nearest star to Earth, apart from the Sun, is Proxima Centauri which is 4.24 light years away.
10. According to current theory, light did not exist until between 240,000 and 300,000 years after the Big Bang. Since Dark Matter probably existed already, you could say we had dark before light.


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I have been practicing Yoga for eighteen years. I became a teacher ten years ago, because I felt that I was ready to reach out to other people and share my experience with them. My style is articulate, interactive and informal.
I have 700 hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Certification from the Surya Chandra Healing Yoga School, headed by JJ. Gormley. JJ is continuing the Krishnamacharya tradition, currently under expert guidance by Dr. Kausthub Desikachar, his direct descendent. JJ is a Yoga Therapist and I am also studying Yoga Therapy with her. For many years I have studied with JJ Gormley, who founded Sun and Moon Studios in Virginia, where I initially obtained my 300 hour certification. I also draw inspiration from workshops with other renowned teachers, such as Baxter Bell, Barbara Benagh and Doug Keller. I find Yoga U Online a great resource and highly recommend it to any serious Yoga student.
I teach group classes at a local Yoga Studio, as well as at my house a few times a week. I have a bright and cozy space that can fit up to eight students. I also give private lessons. I am certified to teach Pilates Mat classes as well, and in my Yoga classes I often combine the two into a fusion class, where Pilates and Yoga blend seamlessly to deliver a total mind and body experience.
My latest undertaking is what I call "Liberated Yoga" - a structured approach to liberation in movement, breath, and mind.
I was born in Moscow, Russia, have a Master's degree in translation and interpretation, and work as a Russian interpreter, so my command of English and Russian languages has been my forte. I teach a special class in Russian that is a lot of fun.


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Dr. Martinez is a physician-scientist in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. In August 2016, he assumed the position of Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. He has a long-standing interest in the investigation of the biological underpinnings and therapeutic implications of asthma and COPD including the principal investigator (PI) of numerous NHLBI sponsored clinical trials and contracts (National Emphysema Treatment Trial, the COPD Clinical Research Network, the Long-Term Oxygen Treatment Trial, COPDGene, the Lung Tissue Research Consortium and the SPIROMICS study); co-PI of a study examining the microbiota in chronic bronchitis treated with roflumilast or matched placebo longitudinally over a 16-week period; co-PI of an active study which is validating a COPD Case Finding methodology for the primary care setting; co-PI of an active study defining the optimal imaging metrics to define disease phenotypes in COPD; member of the Steering Committee of numerous sentinel industry therapeutic trials (SUMMIT, REACT, and RESPOND); and a master's degree in biostatistics and clinical study design from the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
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Australia's love affair with Queen continues, with the band maintaining their strong hold on the ARIA Albums chart.
After being dethroned by Bring Me The Horizon's new record last week, the Bohemian Rhapsody soundtrack is looking to reclaim its place on top, this week moving up to #2, just behind A Star Is Born.
Meanwhile, their Greatest Hits and Platinum Collection sit at #3 and #5.
Debuts on this week's Albums chart come from Within Temptation's Resist (#13), Broods' Don't Feed The Pop Monster (#17) and Kidz Bop Kids' Kidz Bop 2019 (#50).
Over on the Singles chart, Ariana Grande's 7 Rings holds onto #1, while Billie Eilish's Bury A Friend debuts at #3 and new music from A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and Tyga, Rich The Kid & G-Eazy also appears.