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Hair removal is a year around process and not just one that should come to mind during the summer. With that said, this time of year - there seems to be a targeted focus on the bikini
line when you're rocking your favorite swim and summer looks!
We have been fans of Shobha for years as they offer a number of options to rock fierce brows and to remove hair across your body with a number of methods. They're also about using the safest and most natural means to do so. Our team has been going here for years and we took some time to chat with Shobha's CEO and Founder Shobha Tummala to understand more
about the world of hair removal.
ATHLEISURE MAG: Hair Removal is a hot topic whether you're tackling your bikini line, eyebrows or other portions of your body. We know you offer threading, sugaring, waxing and laser as methods of hair removal. Why would one choose these methods of hair removal when coming to Shobha?
SHOBHA TUMMALA: Threading is the most precise form of hair removal which is why we only offer threading options for the brows. It allows you to pull one hair at a time which gives you
the control of tweezing, but you can pull an entire row of hair which gives you a nice line for brow shaping. People sometimes have the misconception that because the specialist uses
her mouth as an anchor for the thread that it is unsanitary but that's totally untrue. The part of the string that touches her mouth never makes contact with the client's skin.
Sugaring is an all-natural alternative to waxing, which is great for those who have sensitive skin! Also, sugaring tends to be gentler than waxing because the Shobha Sugaring Gel attaches more to the hair and less to the skin, thus causes less irritation.
Laser gives the comfort of being able to wear whatever, whenever you want without questioning when the last time you went to Shobha for a wax. In more technical terms, laser is a permanent form of hair reduction. It eliminates the targeted hairs for good, which also means it takes care of bumps and ingrowns (no hair, no hair to become ingrown), leaving you with
super smooth skin!
AM: The bikini line is always something that many think about once the weather gets warm. What are some tips that people should know upon their first visit to Shobha upon getting this treatment?
ST: Here at Shobha we always recommend for our clients to be:
Clean – bathe like you would if you were going to a doctor's appointment.
Dry – cleanliness is appreciated, but please skip the lotion, you'll get better results if your skin is less oily.
Hairy – your hair should be at least 1/4 inch in length (which makes it long enough to lay flat on your skin).
If hairs are still sticking straight out, you should probably wait a few more days. Also, if you are usually a "shaver" your hair should be slightly longer for the best results. Shaving can cause hair re-growth to be uneven, in which some hairs can be too short to be removed with wax or sugaring gel and may result in the appearance of stubble after your first treatment. Always try to wait at least 2 weeks from your last shave before a waxing/sugaring
AM: What upkeep is needed for the bikini line and is it different for those that opt for lasering, sugaring or waxing at Shobha?
ST: The huge difference between the upkeep needed for the bikini line between sugaring/waxing services and laser is with our laser services we do not want you to be tan when you come in – whether that's a tan from the sun or a sunless tanner. You will get burned or have adverse effects if you have some sort of tan when you come in. The laser is trained to go after the pigment which affects the type of laser that will be most effective for you.
Also, for laser we actually encourage you to shave 24 hours before your laser appointment – sounds crazy right? Shaving before laser appointments is super important because it allows the laser to zap the targeted hairs at the roots. With sugaring and waxing we never want you
to shave between services because it causes uneven hair regrowth.
AM: What is the Shobha method and why is it better for your clients to receive their treatments here?
ST: The signature Shobha Method is our tried and true method for getting rid of unwanted body hair. We always use our own exclusive wax and sugaring gel consisting of a proprietary formula and implement the Shobha Method thus giving super smooth results.
Our formula effectively removes hair from the root - contains azulene oil, a natural anti-inflammatory derived from the chamomile plant to soothe the skin during the treatment. We're fast and efficient - large areas can be waxed at once (most of our appointments are under 30
minutes!). Our ingredients are safe - free of artificial fragrance and parabens.
AM: One of the biggest reasons why we have been coming to Shobha for years is that you use a lot of natural products which are great for the skin and don't have toxic chemicals - can you share information about these in-house Shobha products?
ST: Sure! We have always made it a main priority of ours to make natural, yet effective products that educates our client on the importance of what they put on their skin. For example, we can proudly tout that since 2008, after reading the initial reports of the possible links between cancer and talc, we developed our own safe alternative - Shobha® Talc-Free Powder. Click here for our full line of professional grade products that are safe enough to use at home .
AM: You've had great growth in Manhattan, Georgetown and in Rockville, Maryland - are there additional locations that you may be popping up in?
ST: YES! We're super excited to announce that Shobha Brooklyn is (slowly, but surely) under construction and we expect to open its doors by fall of 2017. It will be located in Williamsburg
at 76 North 4th Street (between Wythe Ave & Berry Street).
AM: Are there other summer focused treatments (although we know they are available year around) that people come to beyond their bikini lines?
ST: We've noticed that our clients are loving getting laser hair removal on the bikini area which also allows them to customize the hair down there if they don't want to be completely bare.
AM: Are there other treatments that you will be bringing into the salon that you can tell us about?
ST: Yes, we're always looking to bring new services in the salons! You'll have to stay tuned to stay-in-the know about all of our deals & our happenings! Be sure to check back often
Read more from the June Issue and see Something You Should Know | The Bikini Line in mag.


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What to do while you're here….
The Magnolia Cafe', the locals' favorite for lunch & Friday night dining & dancing, is on Commerce Street, behind the Birdman Cafe', just past the main red-light intersection in town. They are open daily for lunch 11-4 and Thursday through Saturday from 11-9 for dinner. Great poboys, burgers and salads as well as very good dinner specials that usually include seafood and steaks. Wines by the glass & a bar. On Friday nights, you'll find an interesting mix of locals enjoying live music on the screened porch while dining & dancing (all ages from toddlers to seniors!). Phone: 225-635-6528.
The Carriage House at the Myrtles Plantation is open for lunch (11-2) and dinner (5-9) and Sunday Brunch from 11-2. Note, they are open Mondays, but closed Tuesdays. Located in a charming cottage on the grounds of The Myrtles Plantation, they offer numerous daily specials and po-boys, salads and excellent burgers. If you are looking for a place in St. Francisville for a nice dinner, their evening specials are good and we recommend their steaks. Atmosphere is nice. Fine wines and a bar. Phone: 225-635-6278.
Ma Mama's Kitchen in New Roads is the one of the best restaurants around and now you can get there by taking the spectacular new Audubon Bridge! It's about a 15-20 minute beautiful drive, which takes you into the quaint Creole town of New Roads. Located at 124 Main Street, it's across the street from False River on the ground floor of the oldest commercial building in town (turn right at the main red light & it's in the first block on the right. The menu is quite varied with the freshest Caesar Salad we've ever had along with classics like Oysters Rockefellar, BBQ Shrimp, Shrimp Tini & Remoulade. Nice wines by the glass. Open Tuesday through Thursday 11-9, Friday & Saturday 11-10. VERY popular so make a reservation and ask for Angela to be your server. Her menu suggestions are always perfect! Phone 225-618-2424.
Just across the street from Ma Mama's Kitchen is Morel's Restaurant which is also quite good. Located right on False River, the "River Room" is situated directly over the river, with amazing sunsets. They serve mostly Creole favorites. To see their menu, visit their website, www.morelsrestaurant.com. They also have nightly specials. Our favorite is the 4 oz. filet served over a bed of creamed spinach and roasted potatoes, topped with fried oysters and Bernaise sauce! Open Sundays & Mondays from 11-2 for lunch, and Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11-9. Phone 225-638-4057.
Hot Tails, located at 1113 Hospital Road in New Roads is a very popular casual restaurant owned by award-winning husband and wife chefs. They do not take reservations, so there could be a wait for a table. They specialize in Cajun/Creole seafood. Open 11-9 daily except Sundays. Phone: 225-638-4676.
Also in New Roads on False River @ 108 East Main, is Satterfield's Restaurant. It's a nice facility overlooking the river and if you're into fried seafood, it's fine. It's a great place for a drink overlooking the river. Phone 225-638-5027.
South of the Border is a restaurant located on Hwy. 61 just south of the Mississippi border. Open Tuesday – Saturday 11am-10pm and Sunday 11am-2pm specializing in steaks, seafood, salads, burger & sandwiches. Phone 225-635-3071.
Al Aqaba Lebanese Restaurant at the corner of Ferdinand & Commerce (red light) offers excellent Lebanese food and is open 7 days a week. You can count on them being open from 11:00 – 8:30 every day and later on weekends. Although not much on atmosphere and no liquor license, if you dine there (as opposed to ordering take-out), you can bring your own wine, beer or whatever. They charge the required $2 corking fee. Phone 225-635-4035 for take out orders.
Que Pasa Mexican Grill is on the corner of Hwy. 61 & Commerce Street at the red light on the south end of town. They are open Monday through Saturday from 11 am – 9 pm for lunch & dinner and Sundays from 11-3. Good Tex-Mex food & margaritas. Outdoor deck seating (our favorite, weather permitting) or indoors. Wines by the glass and a bar. Phone: 225-784-0161.
The Francis Smokehouse & Specialty Meats is on the corner of Hwy. 61 and across Commerce Street from Que Pasa. They are open Monday-Saturday 10-6. Although they have seating, this is really more of a take-out place offering excellent BBQ, fried chicken, burgers & sandwiches. They also sell beautiful steaks, boudin and sausages for grilling here. Phone 225-245-5046.
Audubon Café is open Thursday through Sunday for breakfast and lunch. They have good home cooking along with soups, salads & sandwiches. They are across the parking lot from the large grocery store and Fred's Dollar Store at Highway 61 & Highway 10. Phone: 225-635-5446.
Birdman Coffee & Books located in front of the Magnolia Cafe', is our town's popular hangout in the mornings, offering a great breakfast menu with omelets, huevos rancheros, waffles, as well as an assortment of coffees, pastries, scones & homemade ice cream (in warm weather). It's open daily, Tuesday – Friday 11-5pm and on Saturday from 8am – 5pm and Sunday from 8-4pm. They stop serving breakfast at 11:00. On the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month, Birdman serves homemade supper (bring your own wine) with local musical entertainment from 6-8, food served starting around 5. Phone: 225-635-3665.
St. Francisville Inn puts on a breakfast buffet for $8 per person from 6:30 – 9:00 Monday through Friday and from 7 to 10 on Saturday & Sunday. They are located in the Victorian Gothic Bed & Breakfast at the 3-way red light on the corner of Ferdinand and Commerce. The restaurant has views of a landscaped courtyard and pool. The Wine Parlor, located in the Inn, is open until 9:00 every evening, offering a wide selection of over 250 wines from around the world (also available to take home by the bottle) and 40+ beers. Phone: 225-635-6502.
East Dragon in the Spring Creek Shopping Center located on the left, rear side of the shopping center. Very good Chinese & Cantonese food. There are "take-out specials" which are plentiful and include your choice of main course and comes with a wonton, egg roll & fried rice. Prices for the specials range from $5.95-$7.95. Only beer is served. East Dragon is open Monday through Saturday from 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM. Phone: 225-635-6777.
Sonny's Pizza, on Highway 61 in front of the Spring Creek Shopping Center has very good pizzas, in addition to po-boys, hamburgers and other Italian specialties (we like the fried shrimp sandwich). Only beer is served. They have a drive-thru window in addition to indoor seating. Open Monday through Saturday for lunch and dinner and Sundays from 4-9 pm. Phone 225-635-4771.
Feliciana Seafood Market & Deli at Highway 61 and Commerce Street is in the Exxon-convenience store at the corner of Highway 61 and Commerce Street. It has a variety of gumbos, soups and fried seafood to go, in addition to po-boys, pizza, fried chicken and fish, hamburgers, etc. They also have a fairly wide selection of wine and are open everyday. They are open Mon. -Thurs. 7-9, Fridays 7-10, Sat. 8-10, Sun. 8-8. Phone: 225-635-4279.
The Mary Ann Brown Nature Preserve has a 2-mile trail through one of the few protected forests in West Feliciana parish's Tunica Hills. The 109-acre preserve, recently opened to the public by the Nature Conservancy of Louisiana, is just 5 miles east of St. Francisville. On Highway 964 on the left just across from the entrance to the Bluffs. The trail, through a mixed hardwood forest dominated by magnolia and beech trees, courses up and down over shallow ravines eroded from a silt plateau deposited by the wind of thousands of years ago. Blazed and easy to follow, the trail can be slippery at the small creek bisecting the preserve. The preserve includes butterfly and hummingbird gardens and a pond stocked with fish, all free and open to the public. There are also covered picnic areas.
Imahara's Botanical Gardens is committed to providing West Feliciana and surrounding parishes a study of hardy and specialized plant collections (Azalea, Camellia, Crape Myrtle, Holly, Magnolia, Oak Varieties, Specialty Topiary, Existing Cypress Swamp, Palms, Bamboo, Japanese Gardens, Fruit Trees, Native Planting, Pond Planting) in the natural setting of the alluvial Tunica soils. Also of special interest is an extensive collection of haiku, carved in Japanese Kanji characters onto cypress boards by James Imahara, father of garden founder, Walter Imahara. The haiku line the walls of the Imahara Garden's conference center, each accompanied by an English translation. James Imahara, an accomplished horticulturalist, served as head gardener at Afton Villa Gardens. Tours by appointment only. On June weekends the garden will open for Crape Myrtle Magic, when all twenty-five varieties of crape myrtles planted are expected to be in full bloom. Saturdays and Sundays from May 28—July 3. Directions: As you pull out of Shadetree, turn left and then take the first right onto Tunica Road (it turns into Mahoney Road). Continue 1 mile and the long white fence on the left marks Imahara's. Enter left at the 4-tier pond with the large water feature. Email email@example.com for appointments for tours and special events like weddings. This is the same owner of Imahara Nursery and Landscaping Co. in Baton Rouge.
Rosedown Plantation and Gardens is our most spectacular home on tour and should not be missed. Oakley, where John James Audubon stayed when he was here is another interesting historical site. Both are now owned by the State.
Local naturalist/artist Murrell Butler gives "bird walks". He has a checklist of 138 species–78 of which nest on his property. Call Murrell at 225-635-6214 for reservations.
This area is one of the most popular among bicyclers. Backroads Bicycle Tour Group comes several times a year. Shadetree has bicycles for guest use.
If you're a jogger, walker or bicycler and prefer a trail other than an in town jaunt, try Tunica Street which we call "Chipmunk Alley". Turn left at the bottom of Shadetree's steps, then right onto Tunica Street at the bottom of the hill.
Bs sure not to miss Afton Villa Gardens (featured in Travel & Leisure and Victoria Magazine) about 4 miles north of town on Highway 61 on the left side of the highway, just past the turn-off to Angola Hwy. 66. Open Fall & Spring. Fall season is October 1st to December 1st daily from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm daily. Spring season is March 1st through June 30th. Phone 225-721-2269 or 225-635-6773 for more information. Picnicking on the grounds is permitted.
Hemingbough, a cultural arts center, is open to the public and hosts an annual Easter Sunrise service outdoors in the amphitheater every Easter morning at 7:00 a.m., complete with a continental breakfast and music. It's a non-denominational service. Admission is free. If you haven't been to Hemingbough you must stop in and view this breathtaking property (238 acres) created by developer Arlin Deese. Hemingbough is available for weddings, parties, family & corporate events as well as many other functions. Phone: 225-635-6617.
Grace Episcopal Church and Cemetery just down and across Ferdinand Street is quite beautiful and the view from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church hilltop stunning. Both churches welcome guests. Sunday services at Grace are at 10:00 a.m. and services at Mt. Carmel are at 5:30 Saturday evening and 10:30 Sunday morning. The United Methodist Church just down on Royal Street also has Sunday services @ 8:15 am & two at 11:00 am (one contemporary & one traditional).
We have a good massage therapist in town: Rena Sturgeon is located behind the Magnolia Cafe'. Phone: 225-721-2304.
In addition to a wide variety of clothing and lingerie for ladies, Shanty Too, across from the Historical Society, has many gifts and a candy shop. Ma Milles and Femme Fatale, down on the left towards the red light, have women's clothing and gifts. Sage Hill Antiques & Gifts, further down on Commerce Street across from the Post Office, has an eclectic collection of gifts, home accessories and women's clothing. For antiques, Bohemianville Antiques (at the red light) has quite a melange of interesting things. Hillcrest, at the intersection of Commerce and Highway 10, is another great home, garden & gift shop. Mia Sophia Florist, next door to Hillcrest, has a great selection of flowers and unique gifts
For things like film, toilet articles and medicine, try Fred's Dollar Store (on Hwy. 61 North) and the Elliot's Pharmacy, just up the highway in the Spring Creek Shopping Center. Patrick's Jewelry, located in the newly built building on Highway 61 near the Best Western, has such an amazing selection of jewelry, as well as Mignon Faget glassware, that folks travel from Natchez and Baton Rouge to shop there. Next door, you'll find La Vie, which has women's clothing, accessories and gifts. In case you're unprepared for rain, Pat's Hardware on Highway 61 has Lacrosse rubber boots and a huge array of hunting gear and both Dollar Stores have rain ponchos. We have umbrellas you can borrow.
Audubon Package Liquor and Ricky's Lounge are located on Highway 61 just North of where it intersects at Commerce Street, has a good selection of wines & other liquor and inside to the left is quite the "quintessential local dive bar" where many locals hang out. It's open on Tuesday through Saturday from around 3:00 pm until the wee hours. Phone: 635-3764.
Don't forget to check out the latest issue of Country Roads Magazine in your suite which features a calendar of events and other attractions in the area.

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This recent article in the New Yorker introduces a new counselling service, based in New York, which uses text messages a point of contact for young people experiencing crisis. It's an intriguing discussion of changing generational norms regarding communication, offering a rich account of why SMS is so amenable a channel for young people seeking help:
A person can contact Crisis Text Line without even looking at her phone. The number—741741—traces a simple, muscle-memory-friendly path down the left column of the keypad. Anyone who texts in receives an automatic response welcoming her to the service. Another provides a link to the organization's privacy policy and explains that she can text "STOP" to end a conversation at any time. Meanwhile, the incoming message appears on the screen of Crisis Text Line's proprietary computer system. The interface looks remarkably like a Facebook feed—pale background, blue banner at the top, pop-up messages in the lower right corner—a design that is intended to feel familiar and frictionless. The system, which receives an average of fifteen thousand texts a day, highlights messages containing words that might indicate imminent danger, such as "suicide," "kill," and "hopeless."
However what really stood out to me was the role of data science in this charity's activities. The CEO of the charity describes how "We think of ourselves a lot more like Airbnb or Uber or Lyft" and this is reflected in the centrality accorded to the analysis of digital data across all their activities:
Like a tech company, C.T.L. analyzes feedback from users, performs A/B testing, and is quick to make changes on the basis of what it finds. Although other data-driven philanthropic missions exist—Kiva, the microfinance site, and the public-school donation service Donors Choose are among the more well known—nonprofits have generally been reluctant to embrace methods of quantification that big corporations increasingly take for granted. But at C.T.L. the chief data scientist, Bob Filbin, was Lublin's second hire. He co-wrote the data algorithms for C.T.L.'s system after travelling to crisis centers across the country and interviewing hundreds of volunteers about how their work could be made more effective. The communication techniques employed by C.T.L. counsellors are largely modelled on standard crisis-counselling practices, but C.T.L. has made modifications based on its data. It turns out that, for instance, statements couched in the first person ("I'm worried about how upset you seem") are associated with positive responses.
The organization's quantified approach, based on five million texts, has already produced a unique collection of mental-health data. C.T.L. has found that depression peaks at 8 P.M., anxiety at 11 P.M., self-harm at 4 A.M., and substance abuse at 5 A.M. The organization is working on predictive analysis, which would allow counsellors to determine with a high degree of accuracy whether a texter from a particular area, writing in at a particular time, using particular words, was, say, high on methamphetamine or the victim of sex trafficking. A texter who uses the word "Mormon" tends to be reaching out about L.G.B.T.Q. issues.
Out of consideration for texters' anonymity, Crisis Text Line displays its findings only by state. (Arkansas ranks highest for eating disorders, Vermont for depression; suicidal thoughts are most common in Montana and least common in New Hampshire.) But eventually there will be enough data to allow the organization to confidently reveal Zip codes and area codes without the risk of making any single texter identifiable. Such a wealth of data is new in the field of mental health. Isaac Kohane, a pediatrician who also has a Ph.D. in computer science and is the co-director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School, told me, "You cannot have accountable care—financially or morally accountable care—if you cannot count, and until recently we literally could not count with any degree of acceptable accuracy." He added, "It's been mind-boggling, to those of us who knew what was available, that Amazon and Netflix were creating a far more customized, data-driven, evidence-based experience for their consumers than medicine has."
While they have thus far resisted pressure to monetise the data by selling access to it, it's hard not to wonder if this is a stance likely to persist in the event of a shortfall in funding. My point is not to criticise a charitable initiative that is doing important work in an innovative way but only to point out potential longer-term ramifications of this model. It surely represents a seismic shift in philanthrophy which needs to be better understood.
Categories: Rethinking The World
Tags: data, data analytics, data science, philanthropy, suicide


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Captured- Genuine Flabbit (flying, winged rabbit)./
From the eBay description:
"Don't miss this unique opportunity to own one of these extremely rare Arctic Homing Rabbits, otherwise known as a Flabbit, scientific name (arcticous kidu-ous).
These wonderful creatures anually travel thousands of miles in search of carrots, Having the advantage of being able to hop when thier wings get tired, they can actually fly/hop five hundred miles daily, and can even fly backwards to keep the sun out of their eyes.
Some years ago I discovered that something was nicking my horse carrots, I laid a trap, in no time at all I had captured a couple of Flabbits, In a matter of days they were eating out of my hand (carrots of course) and i was soon able to release them into my garden. That was five years ago, needless to say I now have a small colony of these in my garden at a secret location in Cheshire. They breed very sucessfully, but unlike a rabbit, that lives and breeds underground and keeps getting wiped out with the dreaded myxomotosis, these live and nest and breed in trees thus avoiding the nasty little myxy flea.
Unfortunatly the lifespan of these creatures is not great, and although the Eskimo's tell me that Flabbit stew is superb, I prefer to let the taxidermist preserve these lovely little things."


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If you want an wonderful hunting garden landscape, or if your space is a tiny darker in the evening than you'd like, you've probably regarded ornamental lighting to brighten items up. Solar powered landscape lights are an economical, sustainable and easy to set up solution that'll make your garden or outdoor space look amazing. Thankfully I haven't met any great or poor snakes in my English garden and I only 1 saw a dead snake in our garden when I lived in Africa – a person else need to have dealt with it before I came along! The nursery who brings us Endless Summer season Hydrangeas , FirstEditions Plants and Straightforward Elegance Roses partners with this year's Fling at the Bloom level, hosting us for lunch in their stunning show garden. Once the beds have been arranged and the seeds have been planted, it is time to add ornaments and whimsy to the garden. This is a constant disappointment to me as it is adjacent to my front garden path and stands there as a continual reminder. Many gardening enthusiasts share the very same story of being bitten by black and yellow garden spider.
If you have a couple of minutes after touring Marge's garden, stroll up and down Summit to see the old mansions (Minnesota's Governor's Mansion is about two blocks away.) We'll also see Lee and Jerry Shannon's garden Named one particular of the 5 ideal gardens in the Twin Cities, this a single is deceptive. I hate them and will do something to get rid of going to try the snake poison and the plastic snakes in pool, If this dosent function Ill be back!!!!!!! Gorgeous, informative and great lens.I saw a snake in my backyard a handful of days ago, have been pondering of techniques on how to get rid of them… somebody told my that aerating the garden will support, now seeking for a tool rental to rent an aerator. Garden design is the creation of plans for the layout and planting of gardens and landscapes.
They appear to glow" at dusk, specifically when planting en masse, making a dreamy and enchanted appear for the garden in the evening. The garden features woodland, wetland and prairie habitats and is home to much more than 130 species of birds. I had began up a horticultural club at the school and had a greenhouse built throughout the start of my second year, excited to breed some new farmers although they are young but alas life had other plans to send me residence! Oh my, you had me at hello and kept me hanging on and it was virtually as though I could see your life with your fairies unfolding. This fifth-generation, family owned nursery provides plant material to garden centers across the nation.
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Garden Flora delves into the heritage of plants and the journey they have made to our modern gardens with fascinating tales of plant hunters, breeders and gardeners all through history. Because the rocks at Garden of the Gods formed as a outcome of the forces of erosion, they, as well, are vulnerable to it. They won't be there forever. I do not know which spider created this web simply because when I discovered it early one morning, the spider wasn't there. As talked about in previous caresheets, this can be really unsafe to the snake and need to be completed with correct care by somebody who is skilled or should be overlooked by somebody who is experienced. Located in Grand Rapids, State of Michigan, in the United States, the outside museum has been called one of the leading 30 should-see museums in the planet.


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A law firm with in house attorneys, lawyers, advocates and auditors, etc.
Europlaw Group is a member of International Association of Lawyers (UIA), situated in Paris, France. Europlaw Group has its operations in most countries of the world offering consultancy, advisory, services, law, financial solutions and transactions for medium-sized and larger firms.
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This approach is completely different at Europlaw Group. The focus of all consulting projects is not any new or modified methods or strategies. This counseling approach centers on a specific, desired and practical implemental transaction. To conclude, Europlaw Group is methodically working out a strategy, set by the entrepreneurs' goals. In other words, we do not ask what possible targets could theoretically or hypothetically be achieved by a particular strategy, but here it is ostensibly about what strategy must be developed to reach that specific business goal. Europlaw Group takes two decisive steps forward. Not only do we develop a new modified strategy, but rather coordinate on this basis the concept and the tactics as well as the parameters and official requirements of the strategic elements. Each project is completed with the practical implementation and realization of the proposed transaction.


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One is the Loneliest Number
Today, A View from the Piew ended up as A View from the Loft. Invited by the music director to worship from the rafters in the balcony, the space serves as a choir loft that houses the organ double and as an office for the music director/organist/choir director (sound familiar?). I accepted the music director's invitation and left my pew among the people to take my place in the seats above them. The experience got me to thinking about pastoral musicians who serve the liturgy from the hidden location of the choir loft.
Choir lofts can be very isolated places for pastoral musicians, particularly during the liturgies when an organist works without the presence of a choir. In this particular instance, the choir dismissed after Easter; a young cantor led music from the front of the church. I found myself worshipping with several other members of the assembly who elected to worship in the loft and warmly welcomed by the music director. And why not? Two of them happened to be her daughters and the third person was her grandchild.
If you have a family and know what it feels like to work every single weekend, holiday weekend and major feast days (Christmas, Easter) and trade your blood family for your church family, you more than know the gift of the presence of your spouse, children, grandchildren, siblings, nieces and nephews with their families who comes to worship with you when you play in a loft or a designated music section of the church. Otherwise, there you are, responding to the prayers of the liturgy to the sound of your own voice.
One is the loneliest number that you ever knew when everyone turns and greets each other with Christ's peace and no one from the community looks up and remembers that the loft contains a human being who needs that greeting. One is the loneliest number when the presider and all the communion ministers overlook the fact that a person sits on the organ bench and they all forget to climb to the loft to distribute the Eucharist to the musician at the end of communion rite. And one is the loneliest number that you ever knew when the community gathers together to share their weekly news as the organist plays a postlude as they dismiss. By the time the music ends, the empty parking lot seems quite symbolic of the loneliness that music directors just might experience on a weekly basis.
If you serve as a pastoral musician from a loft, I'll bet my bottom dollar that you could share a story or two about feeling isolated and alone from a liturgy that should be anything but a one-is-the-loneliest-number-that-you-ever-knew experience. What's your choir loft story?


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The buzz around campus smoking-sections is that Texas Wesleyan could become a smoke-free campus.
It has be said that Wesleyan might become a non-smoker free campus. Of course, that's not going to happen. Because it's ridiculous, just like the notion of a smoke-free campus.
Not so long ago people could smoke inside or outside of public areas. But today in the name of health smokers are often restricted to pathetic little outback nooks next to the dumpsters.
Secondhand smoke is just as dangerous as firsthand smoke. But it doesn't take Einstein to figure out that if you don't want to inhale secondhand smoke, avoid the smoking areas.
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Smokers are going to smoke.
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It is rumored by Wesleyan students that soon electronic smokers might have to use the smoking areas too.
Blowing strawberry scented vapor in class may distract for other students. I don't think that Jesus would want vapors floating around Polytechnic United Methodist Church. After all, it is a church.
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Southern Baptist leaders are seeking a "softer approach on homosexuality," reports National Public Radio's "All Things Considered." While noting that "the country's largest protestant (sic) group ... still preaches that marriage can only be between one man and one woman," NPR points to a recent, vaguely identified meeting of pastors to back up its headline:
The Southern Baptist Convention held a gathering of pastors at its Nashville headquarters in April. For an organization that has previously used opposition to gay marriage as a rallying point, statements here from church leaders, like Kevin Smith of Kentucky, shocked the auditorium of pastors into silence.
"If you spent 20 years and you've never said anything about divorce in the church culture, then shut up about gay marriage," Smith said.
Pastor Jimmy Scroggins of Florida went even further.
"We're all in agreement that the cultural war is over when it comes to homosexuality, especially when it comes to gay marriage," Scroggins told the pastors.
A quick aside: As noted previously by GetReligion, Southern Baptists passed a resolution in 2010 on "The Scandal of Southern Baptist Divorce," so Smith isn't exactly the first Baptist to bring up that subject.
Another quick aside: Did all those "silenced" pastors lose their voices for as long as Zechariah? Otherwise, it would have been nice to hear their direct reaction to what was said.
But back to the main point: Hang on to your keyboards, tablets and smartphones and swallow any coffee or other hot liquids before considering this next broad statement of fact by NPR:
Officially, Southern Baptists aren't backing down from their belief that homosexuality is sinful. Gays and lesbians are still barred from church membership without first repenting. But Scroggins says they're sitting in his pews and shouldn't be the butt of preacher humor. He calls that "redneck theology."
Does that mean that "unofficially," Southern Baptists are backing down from their belief that homosexuality in sinful? Seriously, NPR? This story certainly provides no evidence of that dramatic change in doctrine. (I have written about a similar effort in my own fellowship — Churches of Christ — that aims to change approach, not doctrine.)
If Southern Baptist pastors were to tout a more loving approach toward Christian men who struggle with viewing images of naked women online, would NPR write, "Officially, Southern Baptists aren't backing down from their belief that pornography is sinful." Or would the difference in tone and doctrine be clear?
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This kind of approach is different from what gay people who were raised Southern Baptist used to hear on Sunday mornings.
"The belief was always that this was a choice people made and something that Christians needed to stand up against," says Justin Lee, of Raleigh, N.C., who had to leave the church because he is openly gay. "So that was how I saw it growing up."
Lee now leads the Gay Christian Network, and applauds what he's hearing from Baptist leaders.
"I think it's a wonderful step forward," he says. "I don't think that it is where we want to end up."
Lee says he wouldn't expect Baptists to suddenly change the way they've always read the Bible on homosexuality.
Then a critic:
Still, what Lee sees as progress, religious conservatives view as backsliding. Radio host Janet Mefferd of Dallas has taken to the airwaves on her syndicated talk show.
"You see more pastors caving and muddling and getting more and more mealy mouthed about the issue, and 'Oh, let's have a dialogue. Let's have a conversation,' " Mefferd said. "It is a time of rapid loss of courage."
What's missing from this story (besides a basic understanding of doctrine)?
The NPR piece lacks any kind of reasonable voice in the middle — a Baptist leader or scholar who believes homosexuality is a sin but also believes Baptists could be more loving toward those they consider sinners. The report makes a lot of overreaching statements and assumptions and fails to provide the kind of nuance desperately needed.


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"Footloose" is an energetic, eighties-fueled musical with surprising heart
It seems that many of my favorite shows to come from Summer Stock Austin, brainchild of theatrical talents Michael McKelvey and Ginger Morris, always come from surprising sources. Just a few years ago I was so wowed by "Legally Blonde: the Musical" that I picked it as my musical of the year, and the company seems set to perform a repeat after their energetic, fun, and surprisingly heartfelt production of "Footloose: The Musical". Pulling from the classic 1980s film of the same name, "Footloose" brings us plenty of eighties favorites, such as "Almost Paradise", "Let's Hear it For the Boy", and of coure, the title track itself, but also provides plenty of lavish musical numbers, fun character work, and some remarkable acting from some of its young performers.
Many of the best performers at Summer Stock seem to come from out of nowhere, as is the case with Mariel Ardilla, a recent high school graduate who absolutely steals the show as the female lead, Ariel. From the first number, she comes roaring out the gate, a pillar of fire, bursting with a stunning energy. As the play goes on, however, she softens, cools, showing genuine pathos through her performance. That she's close to teenage-hood herself makes her angst and passion that much more palpable, as she gives one of the most believable performances in the piece, and when she opens her mouth to sing, get ready to fall out of your seat. From tone, to control, to range, she is, by far, one of the best voices to hit Austin stages in some time, and it's heartbreaking that she will soon be leaving the Capital City for college, since she could have made a major spot for herself in the in the Austin musical scene. Her chemistry with her other actors is undeniable, which reaches its zenith in her and Donelvan Thigpen's rousing rendition of "Almost Paradise", which sparks so violently with chemistry that you fear the Long Center's Rollins Theatre might be set aflame.
One of the things that sets "Footloose" above other musicals is the "Greek Chorus" of high school girls that constantly chime in, creating intriguing dynamics, texture, and and fullness to numbers. Though a group, they are not afraid to create their own individual dynamic, with each member having their time to shine, but it's Suzannah Metzger's Rusty that stands out most prominently of the group. She brings a plucky adorableness to the role, with a smile that absolutely lights up the stage, and when she gets her chance to belt out her own number, "Let's Hear It for the Boy", you can't help but beam wide yourself. Her love interest, Willard, played by Kyle Coughlin, also gets some choice moments to shine, as he brings some of the biggest laughs of the piece.
Having attended the last five years of Summer Stock Austin, I've gotten to see Donelvan Thigpen grow up as a performer. From his earliest years as a background dancer, to his small roles as members of the ensemble, Thigpen has been slowly rising in the Summer Stock circles for years, and it's truly a delight to see him taking center stage in "Footloose". Playing the role of Ren, made famous for Kevin Bacon, the actor plays the character with a low-key charm. While at first you wonder if he's underplaying it, you see soon that his every man appeal helps him create chemistry with those around him, playing off of them with polished skill. His dance moves certain don't falter either, as he shows off remarkable footwork throughout.
The heart of "Footloose" may very well lie in the hands of Vincent Hooper, whose grave and stolid preacher is one of the most complex beasts in the play. Though he acts as the central antagonist through most of the work, you never get a sense of malice or deviousness from him, but instead see a conflicted man, battling with himself over what is right. The entire performance is a testament to the acting skill of Hooper, as he, despite his youth, is able to show us the doubt, the fear, the struggle, making us forget how young he truly is. Indeed, there are moments where you're reminded of a young of Sidney Poitier, especially as he rushes to stop a book burning near the play's end.
Pulling in a team of talented youngsters, Summer Stock has once again created one of the biggest surprises of the summer, helped in no small part by director Ginger Rollins' choreography, which is simply stunning to behold, especially as it's performed to a tee by these young performers. With this and "Chicago", Summer Stock has once again cemented itself as one of the best theatrical experiences of the year, and the only truly awful part is that we're going to have wait another year to have this experience again.


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A few times Faldak and Felix felt a presence in the back of their minds, trying to intrude on their thoughts; Dacien's detect scrying spell triggered and showed the mage an image of a bald headed monk standing over a font filled with blood, a rictus grin showing on the lower half of a face devoid of skin.
Back at the hideout in Scuttlecove, the party decided to re-enter the city but a bit more discretely. Antony and Felix led a more diplomacy-focussed group, with Faldak as their bodyguard. They tried to sneak back into the city, but were stopped at the gate by a group of thugs. Antony's quick thinking bluffed the groups way past the guards, and they headed straight for the Rusty Shunt inn. The innkeep Lars Landicaster met their entrance with a steely glare and a 'Get out!' - word had gotten around about the attack on the palace, and Lars didn't want any more trouble getting back to him, his inn, and again mentioned that he'd 'seen too many good people die'. Antony and Felix calmed him down and persuaded him to reveal more about what he knew. In the back room of the inn, Lars explained that he hoped the party were good enough to do what needed to be done - if they were smarter about it. Lars knew of the Protectorate - King Koryn's agents in the city - and that they had recently been wiped out to a man. They had a base of operations at Red Foam Whaling - an old pirate hideout that preyed on whalers in the locals seas, but had long since been abandoned for the Protectorate to use as a front. Lars was happy if the King was doing something about the city, curious to see how the party would tip the scales.
They spent the rest of the day traipsing around the city, and avoiding roaming gangs of monks, leaping demons and thugs. The market was an interesting source of potions and magical trinkets, even golems. The queue for the Violated Ogre was greater than the party's interest in seei,ng an ogre being violated. They also stopped by the Rattlebox - a gambling den offering cock fights, rot roulette and five stones run by a grumpy dwarf named Figwater. He'd heard rumours about the palace being haunted but thought it was actually a front for smugglers.
That night the party regrouped, snuck back into the city and made their way down to Red Foam Whaling on the waterfront. The place seemed abandoned, and in a poor state of repair. The party snuck round the side over the water, leaving Mendel on watch outside. On the jetties around the other side, they spotted a dark haried woman trussed up and gagged. Sensing a ruse, Dacien started telekinesing her body towards the party, at which point she turned toward Antony and suggested he kill his mage friend. The fight was on, as three figures - human but with spider-like features to their faces, mandibles, slightly faceted eyes - emerged from hiding and tried to assassinate Faldak.
Gerald summoned a blade barrier to divide the battlefield, having healed Faldak so the dwarf could remain in melee. Dacien hid beneath the piers and cast spells, disintegrating one enemy.His telekinesis held the woman captive until Felix managed to rip her throat out - causing her to vanish. Zhedd summoned creatures to distract the enemy.
As the batle reached a peak, a larger humanoid - a warped combination of spider and man, almost as if a spider was bursting through the skin of it's human shell - appeared in the air and swept down on Faldak brandishing a scimitar that crackled with dark energy. It slashed at the dwarf and grabbed Antony in its jaws, as the summoned creatures dove towards it.
Outside the building, Mendel looked up from the prostitute he was talking to and heard the cries of battle - and wondered if it was time for him to join yet.
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Chris Banks writes about the benefits of a partnership agreement between Zoos Victoria and the Port Moresby Nature Park. The internationally-recognised relationship has resulted in the sharing of knowledge and experience between the two organisations, and is building capability in PNG for conservation, as well as environmental stewardship and education.
Ishimu Bebe's smile was a mile wide in accepting the Small Institution Education Award at the regional Zoo and Aquarium Association of Australasia 2018 annual conference.
Bebe is Life Sciences Manager at the Port Moresby Nature Park in Papua New Guinea. The Nature Park has been recognised by online travel site TripAdvisor as one of the best tourist attractions in Port Moresby.
The award recognised the Nature Park's World Wildlife Week program that has operated for the past three years and has been experienced by more than 10,000 school students. The program focuses on three main themes: "City people don't eat bush-meat", "Don't buy native animals as pets" and "Lukautim bilas bilong yu".
The program is a highlight of the Nature Park's commitment to education for students in Port Moresby. In turn, education is a cornerstone of the sister zoo partnership between the Nature Park and Zoos Victoria in Melbourne.
The partnership evolved from an initiative of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA). In 2005, it published its 2nd World Zoo and Aquarium conservation strategy, Building a Future for Wildlife. The strategy noted that not all zoos are equal. It recommended that well-resourced zoos develop partnerships with well-intentioned but under-resourced institutions through partnerships or 'sister zoo' relationships.
Zoos Victoria and Port Moresby Nature Park initiated their partnership in 2013 as a result of this strategy. To date, it is the only sister zoo partnership across the global WAZA network.
The two organisations share a goal of collaborating to increase the capacity of the Nature Park to become a zoo-based conservation organisation. The relationship is managed strategically via three-year partnership agreements with agreed objectives and measurable targets, and annual reviews. At the heart of the relationship is sharing of staff knowledge, skills and passion.
Logistically, the relationship works by identifying operational priorities at the Nature Park and aligning them with the most effective means of support by drawing on Zoos Victoria's expertise. In the main, this is through exchange visits – either Zoos Victoria staff travelling to PNG, or Nature Park staff heading to Melbourne – with specific goals in mind.
Traditional zoo-to-zoo relationships around the world have been primarily focused on animal transfers and keeper exchange. What sets this relationship apart is its whole-of-organisation approach. Since the partnership started, almost 30 people across ten functional areas of the two zoos have participated directly in education, horticulture, master-planning, retail, animal husbandry and welfare, interpretation, environmental sustainability, veterinary care and board management.
In addition, remote support and advice has been provided for information technology and workplace health and safety. External support for some of the training has come from Australian Volunteers International.
This is very much a mutually-beneficial relationship, with staff of Zoos Victoria also gaining greatly from their visits and experiences. Working alongside people in a different cultural and social environment is enriching and can provide new perspectives on work and life in Melbourne. Strong friendships have developed for staff who have been part of multiple visits.
Education has been a major focus since the beginning, with continual development and review of the Port Moresby Nature Park education program resulting in growth of student participation from 2,200 in 2013 to over 19,000 in 2017 – a 760 per cent increase.
The outcomes achieved through the partnership are having wider benefits. The partnership is officially recognised by WAZA and the park is working towards becoming an accredited member of the regional Zoo and Aquarium Association, hopefully by the end of this year.
Increased exposure to the broader PNG community is delivered through weekly coverage in The National newspaper. This includes a full page Kids Nature Tok section that enables Port Moresby Nature Park to share its educational messages across PNG and is a wonderful step towards building a more actively-engaged community.
The importance of this goal speaks to PNG's global significance as an area of exceptional biodiversity, but with significant challenges for its protection and sustainable management.
Together, we are now looking into how the Nature Park's institutional growth and commitment to conservation can translate into effective participation by the people of Port Moresby in improved welfare for wildlife and pets, in partnership with the RSPCA.
Creation of the park's Green Team, a first for PNG organisations, will enable a transition to better recycling outcomes; it has already produced a 30 per cent annual reduction in the park's water consumption and electricity usage.
Zoos Victoria has a long-term commitment to wildlife conservation in PNG. Our partnership with the Port Moresby Nature Park is a hugely important vehicle in helping to deliver that commitment.
It is also a wonderful platform for building and acknowledging the knowledge, skills and passion of the dedicated people working at both these zoos.
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Chris Banks is the Manager of Conservation Partnerships at Zoos Victoria and works to build its links with overseas organisations. Foremost is conservation partnerships that deliver measurable outcomes for wildlife and people. He first worked as a keeper at Melbourne Zoo in 1969 and has served in a series of roles with the organisation, including as Acting Director of Healesville Sanctuary. He was instrumental in the establishing of the sister zoo relationship between Zoos Victoria and Port Moresby Nature Park.


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The 2007-08 session of the U.S. Supreme Court is shaping up to be huge. Yesterday SCOTUS announced that it will hear arguments in cases involving voting rights and the death penalty.
Voter suppression has a long and sad history in this country. For 220 years, there have been attempts, often successful, to withhold the franchise from certain types of citizens. As brilliant as the Framers were, voting rights is one of two areas where they really dropped the ball when only white male landowners were given the right to vote. (Slavery is the other, although one could make a strong academic argument that the young country would be DOA if abolition was in the mix.)
Poll taxes. Literacy tests. If you're reading this blog, there's a good chance you know the history. We finally started getting it right in the 20th century with the 19th Amendment and the Voting Rights Act, which backed up the 15th Amendment 95 years after the fact.
Today we find a much more insidious form of disenfranchisement. SCOTUS will hear arguments in a case from Indiana regarding a voter identification law. Now, to the average person who isn't mired in poverty, presenting photo ID might seem like a non-issue. And the argument that it will prevent voter fraud also sounds legit on the surface.
But there is something much more devious below the surface. An estimated 13-22 million Americans of voting age do not have government-issued photo identification. These folks are typically poor, disabled, the elderly, and minorities. Sound familiar? These are the very same folks who were disenfranchised by poll taxes, literacy tests, etc.
Plus, there's no evidence that the kind of voter fraud that photo ID would prevent is actually happening. Photo ID for voting is a solution in search of a problem.
Meanwhile, the death penalty is not a solution to the violent crime problem. The Court also announced that it will hear the case of two condemned Kentucky men who argue that the form of lethal injection in Kentucky is cruel and unusual punishment.
Nine states currently have suspended executions due to the lethal injection question. Unfortunately, the Court is not considering whether or not lethal injection as a method is cruel and unusual but is looking at the possibility for error with the cocktail of drugs used to kill the inmate. The NY Times explains it better than I can:
The issue in the case, Baze v. Rees, No. 07-5439, is not whether lethal injection, in the abstract, is constitutional or unconstitutional; the question is more specific and less conclusive than that. It is, rather, the standard by which courts are to evaluate the evidence that lethal injection, predictably and with some regularity, goes wrong: that a paralyzing drug can leave an inadequately anesthetized inmate with the ability to feel severe pain as another drug stops the heart, but without the ability to move or call for help.
Although this case will not be as sweeping as some might like, it further illustrates the mess that is capital punishment. This is just one more knot in a twisted and confounding process. We'd all be better off without the death penalty.
The hunch here is that we can expect more 5-4 decisions from the Court.
Andy in Harrisburg


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April 2017 Update:
The visualization of the updated KIM dataset (based on a sample of 9,196 militants killed between 1984 and 2016) is now available.
Kurdish Insurgency Militants (KIM) Dataset by Gunes Murat Tezcur is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
The Kurdish Insurgency Militants (KIM) Dataset is one of the most comprehensive dataset about a violent political organization. This current release (June 30, 2016) includes biographical information about 8,011 Kurdish militants who lost their lives while fighting in the ranks of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK, Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan) between 1976 and 2012. The PKK is a Kurdish nationalist insurgency and has had military operations in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.
The only condition for accessing the KIM dataset is to cite the following article in any publication (online or printed, peer reviewed or otherwise) using or referring to information contained in the KIM dataset:
Güneş Murat Tezcür, "Ordinary People, Extraordinary Risks: Joining an Ethnic Rebellion," American Political Science Review 110(2) (May 2016).
For any inquiries about the KIM dataset, please contact email@example.com.
The KIM Dataset comes in two different versions, at the individual level and the district level.
- Kurdish Insurgency Militants (KIM) Dataset - Individual Observations
This dataset provides information about 8,011 PKK militants who lost their lives between 1984 and 2012.
- Kurdish Insurgency Militants (KIM) Dataset - District Observations
This dataset combines information from the KIM Dataset – Individual Observations and geographical, demographic, historical, socioeconomic, and political indicators at an aggregate level in Turkey. The unit of observations are districts of Turkey located in the southeastern part of the country with significant Kurdish population observed in five different periods corresponding to five distinct eras in the evolution of the PKK in Turkey.
Both codebooks and datasets (in STATA format) are available here.


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Parsnip, Turnip, & Sweet Potato Home Fries/
The other day my dad made my mom and him turnip home fries to go along with his eggs for Sunday brunch. That sounded so good to me. I didn't have turnips in e house. But I did have sweet potatoes and parsnips and I thought the three of them would be great together. On my way home from work I picked a couple up. Here is what I came up with. I hope you try them and let me know what you think ;)
These have a little kick to them, not hot and spicy, just gota a bite. PS Does anyone else think "Kanye" in their head when thinking "cayenne"? Or is that just me.............?
Serves: 4-5
Prep time: 7 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
2 parsnips
1 medium turnip
1 medium sweet potato
1 tsp smoked paprika
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1/4 tsp dried basil flakes
1/4 tsp dried oregano flakes
1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
2 tsp bacon fat*
1. Preheat your oven to 450 degrees.
2. Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
3. Peel your turnip and parsnips (I washed the sweet potato and kept the skin on, but peel it if your heart desires)
4. Chop your root veggies to be the same size cubes, the sweet potato can be slightly larger (not by a lot!)
5. Toss them all in a large bowl and add your seasonings. Mix until all pieces are coated equally.
6. Pour in olive oil and mix again.
7. Spread everything out on the baking sheet. Drizzle the bacon fat and using a spatula, mix a bit. (*I suppose the bacon fat is optional and that you could use a bit more olive oil if need be, but I think they gives another layer of flavor and helps with the browning).
8. Place in the oven at 450 for 10 minutes.
9. Stir and put them in for anther 10 minutes.
10. Enjoy with some eggs & bacon! Or Paleo pancakes! Or a Subway sandwich! -eww
Oh! And feel free to add some chopped onion to the mix, I'm sure that would be deelish.


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On The Green Interiors – a new look
To all customers, new and current, Welcome to our new website. It was time for an update. Hopefully you will find this version easier to access from your mobile phone or tablet. We hope you will like our new site just as much as we do. If you do happen to come across anything that looks a little our of place, or experience any difficulties when viewing our pages, please do let us know.
I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Lesley Fletcher Interiors Ltd.
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
"Door to Hell" gas deposit, Darvaza, Turkmenistan
The Derweze area is rich in natural gas. While drilling in 1971, Soviet geologists tapped into a cavern filled with natural gas. The ground beneath the drilling rig collapsed, leaving a large hole with a diameter of 70 metres (230 ft) at 40°15′10″N 58°26′22″E. To avoid poisonous gas discharge, it was decided the best solution was burn it off. Geologists had hoped the fire would use all the fuel in a matter of days, but the gas is still burning today. Locals have dubbed the cavern "The Door to Hell".
Next to capturing the gas, flaring is safer and friendlier to the environment than releasing the methane into the atmosphere, as methane is a relatively potent greenhouse gas and considered to have a high global warming potential of 72 (averaged over 20 years) or 25 (averaged over 100 years).
Turkmenistan plans to increase its production of natural gas. In April 2010, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow visited the site and ordered that the hole should be closed, or measures be taken to limit its influence on the development of other natural gas fields in the area.
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Kökar - Little My
Little My is a character from Tove Jansson's series of children's book's The Moomins.
"...Little My is fiery and irritable – but also happy and friendly. Small things may easily annoy her, but she never does mean things on purpose. Sometimes, when others are being overly sentimental, she brings them quickly back to earth with her acute observations.
Little My always wants to decide things for herself. Mess and untidiness don't bother her at all: in fact, life is much more exciting that way..."


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Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has insisted Sunday's clash with Arsenal is about more than him and Robin van Persie.
The Old Trafford talisman has been on good form this season, scoring 13 league goals, though the Gunners captain has netted 18 times already.
However, Rooney is not thinking about this heading into the key clash between Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger's sides at Emirates Stadium.
"Arsenal have been doing well and Van Persie has scored a lot of goals. He is playing really well," he told ManUtd.com.
"He will be the biggest threat for Arsenal on Sunday. Him and Ramsey are certainly the two who have stood out for them this season.
"There are a lot of top strikers in the league - Van Persie, Aguero and Yakubu is playing well. But Sunday is not about me and Van Persie. It is about us against Arsenal. That is what we will be focusing on."
The two teams are in different situations but both need the win equally for fear of losing touch with those above.
United are three points behind leaders Manchester City and just two points ahead of third placed Tottenham Hotspur.
Arsenal meanwhile are four points behind Chelsea in the last of the Champions League spots, but the threat from behind that will also worry them – they are ahead of Newcastle United only on goal difference and just a point ahead of Liverpool in seventh.
It is set to be an intriguing clash, with both sides having injury worries and scoring as many goals as they are conceding.News Now - Sport News


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Unlocking Client Value, Unleashing Firm Growth—The Opportunity for Value Growth Services
Unlocking Client Value, Unleashing Firm Growth—The Opportunity for Value Growth Services
Unlocking Client Value, Unleashing Firm Growth—The Opportunity for Value Growth Services
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Program Type: VideoCast (Audio,Video, PPT Presentation)
Program Level: Intermediate
Prerequisites: Previous training or research on subject matter being taught.
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CPE Credits: Three (3) Hours
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Exit Planning, Valuation, and M&A professionals have a compelling opportunity to become more successful and profitable by using their existing skill sets to help clients maximize future value during the years leading up to a transaction. Adding value growth services to your practice can generate new revenue streams and higher success rates for clients trying to exit. This webinar will explore the market need and the opportunity available to advisors.
Learning Objectives:
After completing this webinar, attendees will be able to:
- Identify opportunities to provide value growth services
- Apply strategies to help clients maximize future value and transaction success
- Propose new advisory revenue streams
Who Should Attend
Financial professionals
Ken Sanginario, CPA, ABV, CGMA, CVA, CMAP, CM&AA, CTP, MST, MSF
Mr. Ken Sanginario has over 30 years' experience providing executive leadership to middle market companies, valuing businesses, developing value growth strategies, turning around distressed operations, managing M&A transactions, and securing growth capital. He is an instructor in the M&A certification program of the AM&AA, serves as the educational leader of the MidMarket Alliance, sits on the editorial advisory board of CFO Publishing, and serves as the board president of Solutions at Work, a charitable organization focused on breaking the cycle of recurring poverty and homelessness. Mr. Sanginario holds credentials in business valuations, M&A advisory, and turnaround management, holds two masters degrees, has authored numerous articles, and is a frequent speaker at national and regional conferences.


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- In recognition of the longest day of the year, Mother Nature decided to turn up the thermostat here in Virginia on the first day of summer, and she hasn't looked back. I wish I could call it a heatwave(which would mean at some point that wave would crest and return to normal), but heat and humidity go hand in hand when you are talking about summertime in the south, so with the warm weather here to stay, it looks like it is time to crank up the a/c and make some chilled soup…and just in time for this month's 5 Star Makeover Event:
Hosted by Lazaro Cooks! and 5 Star Foodie
- I think chilled soups are a really nice addition to summer menus; offering a refreshing break from the day's heat, and the chance to showcase summer flavors with a different approach to presentation.
- Another bonus is that the soup will be made ahead and chilled, which means it is ready for a quick bite on the go, or may be added to a complete menu.
- For this soup, asparagus is quickly roasted to warm up the flavor, then whirled together with sauteed leeks & chicken broth to create the base. Buttermilk and lemon juice brighten the soup, and add a bit of tang. You could stop here and enjoy it just the way it is, but I like to garnish with something like crispy prosciutto or in this case, truffle whipped marscapone cheese. Either way, this soup will cool you off, and keep you looking pretty good in your bikini!
- Chilled Asparagus and Leek Soup with Truffle Whipped Marscapone Cream
- 1 pound asparagus, trimmed
- Salt and white pepper
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 leek (white and light green part only), thinly sliced
- 1 1/4 cups chicken stock
- 1 cup buttermilk
For the garnish:
- 8 ounces mascarpone cheese
- 1/4 cup whipping cream
- 1/2 teaspoon truffle oil
- Salt and white pepper, to taste
- 4 teaspoons chopped fresh chives
Preheat an oven to 350 degrees.
Toss the asparagus with salt, pepper, two tablespoons olive oil, and one tablespoon lemon juice. Place them on a baking sheet and roast in the oven for five minutes, or until the asparagus are tender and still bright green.
Sauté the leek in remaining olive oil over medium heat for four to five minutes, or until tender. Put the asparagus, leek, and chicken stock in a blender, working in batches if necessary, and purée the vegetables. Pour into a large bowl and add the buttermilk and remaining lemon juice. Combine well. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Chill for at least one hour. The soup may be made and refrigerated for up to one day in advance.
Whisk the cheese and cream. Fold in the truffle oil. Season with salt and pepper. Put a dollop on top of each serving of soup. Sprinkle with fresh chives.
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West Coast Road Trip
Two of my best buddies from University invited me to join them on a road trip to California, and because it was Feburary, I immediately took the invititaion.
We did the drive along the coast, aka the 101, in four days. Day one took us to northern Oregon where we stopped in at Austria and Seaside, ran around Canon Beach at sunset, then spent the night at a motel in Pacific City.
On day two, I insisted we spend the morning exploring Cape Kiwanda. The cliffs and giant waves make it stand out amongst the countless beautiful Oregon beaches.
Back on the road, we made a pit stop at Thor's Well. If you can get there at low tide, this spot is as cool as its name. It's a sunken spot along a jagged shoreline that creates a circular waterfall into the earth. We climbed our way to the very edge and were able to look down into the hole. It was terrifying!
That night we crossed the border into California while singing Phantom Planet's California at the top of our lungs.
On day three we drove through amongst the mighty Redwood trees, detoured to get In-and-Out burgers, skirted San Fransisco, and had dinner and beers with our collage buddy Toph in San Jose. Apparently I didn't take photos that day.
We spent the night at a terrible motel in Santa Monica, then began the final leg to Los Angeles.
There is a section of highway leading to Big Sur that is possibly the most amazing drive I've ever encountered (sorry Sea to Sky!) Along this route, which felt more like skirting the Mediterranean Sea than the Pacific, we were able to make my teen dreams come true and pass over the Bixby Canyon Bridge (thanks DCFC!) It was magical.
That evening we made it to the Ace hotel in downtown LA in time to meet up with friends for drinks on the rooftop patio. Then I got insanely sick and flew home the next day.
An anti climatic end to a long drive. It was a beautiful trip nonetheless.
Thanks for taking me along Kirk & Braden! <3


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This Recognition Activity was done in the fall and helped the girls celebrate the fact that when they work for something now, they will have the blessing of the "harvest" in the end. Mothers were invited and it was a wonderful harvest celebration.
Decorations: Individual Goals
In a previous activity, each girl created a piece of artwork that highlighted their individual talents and goals. They chose something they wanted to work on and the leaders will talk about them again in six months to see how many blessings have been "harvested." A wonderful, individual way to share their growth in the "Developing Talents" category of Faith in God.
Welcome + Message
A short message, explaining the "Law of the Harvest" was given and the rest of the activity was explained. Click on the following link for the message:
The Law of the Harvest
Harvest Games
After sharing their artwork and goals, they played some harvest games.
Leafblower: blow as many leaves down the length of a table. Suck them onto the end of your straw and place them in a container. The most leaves wins!
Pumpkin Balance: who can balance pumpkins on a craft stick in your mouth the fastest?
Pumpkin Cup Stacking: who can stack their pumpkin cups into a pyramid the fastest?
Handout + Treat
Each girl received a homemade loaf of bread and small jar of jam to remind them of the blessings that come from a harvest. The following handout came attached to a packet of seeds for them to "sow" and "reap."


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Polygonum multiflorum(redirected from Foti)
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Polygonum multiflorum (p·liˑ·g·nm ml·tē·flōˑ·rm),
n parts used: root, stem, leaves, extracts; uses: antibacterial, anticholesterolemic, antipyretic, muscle relaxant, softening of irritated tissue, removal of obstruction from natural ducts within body, hypoglycemic, antitumor activity, gentle stimulation of bowel movements, sedative, virility, vitality, elimination of toxins, menstrual dysfunction, menopausal symptoms, swollen lymph glands, promotion of wound healing, tonify liver and kidneys, fortify blood, strengthen muscles, prevent premature greying of hair, insomnia, relieve neuras-thenia; precautions: rheumatism, arthritis, gout, kidney stones, skin irritation, photosensitivity, mineral deficiency, and hepatitis; may produce numbness in the extremities. Also called
ho chou wu, ho shou wu, she chien ts'ao, turu-dokudami, and
he shou wu.
ho chou wu, ho shou wu, she chien ts'ao, turu-dokudami, and
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Medium ProductMore Information
Features include:
Electronic current limiter for overload protection
Electric brake
Soft start
Two 18V Li-ion batteries supply energy to the powerful 36V DC motor
Dual battery fuel gauge
Single lever cutting height adjustment
Grass box with grass level indicator
Handle bar with comfortable soft grip
Smooth running wheels thanks to built-in ball bearing on axles.
Recommended for lawns up to 950m²
Foldable handle for compact easy storage
Low noise and vibration
Includes 4 x 5.0ah BL1850 18v batteries and 1 x DC18RD dual port charger.
Specifications of the Makita DLM431Z
Voltage: 36V (2x18V)
Battery type: Li-ion
No Load Speed: 3,600rpm
Blade type: Rotary type 2 tooth
Cutting width: 430mm
Height adjustment: 20-75mm (13 stages)
Collection box: 50L
Weight: 18.3kg
Vibration: 2.5 m/s²
Vibration K factor: 1.5 m/s²
Sound Pressure: 80 dB(A)
Sound Power: 93 dB(A)
Sound K factor: 3 dB(A)
Makita has built a reputation for outstanding Service Care, which supports regular repair and part replacement. Makita will fix and service any Makita Powertool or accessory, even those models that may now be discontinued or obsolete.
Makita 3 Year Warranty
The 3 year warranty applies to tools purchased on or after July 1st 2012. This excludes batteries, chargers, outdoor power equipment, airtools and accessories. These are all supplied with a standard years warranty.
Tools must be registed online on Makita UK Warranty Registration Page within 30 days of purchase to qualify for the warranty extension otherwise a standard 1 year warranty will apply.
Any warranty claims outside of the 1st year but within the second or 3rd must be dealt with directly by Makita.
For Further details on the 3 year warranty plan see Makitas 3 Year Warranty Terms and Conditions.
What if my product becomes faulty?
You will need to contact us on 01502 440 232 and we can provide you with details of Makita's approved repair agent, your local Makita service centre, or we can send it to Makita on your behalf to be tested and repaired or replaced.
Buyaparcel offer delivery throughout the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland, Scottish Highlands and other Islands of the UK. In addition we can now also deliver through Europe.
UK Delivery Prices
£2.95 - Royal Mail Second Class (2-5 Days Approx - selected products only)
£3.95 - Standard UK Delivery (2-3 Days Approx)
£5.95 - Next Day UK Delivery (Orders placed before 3.30pm Monday - Friday)
£8.95 - Saturday Delivery (Orders placed before 3.30pm Friday)
£36.00 - Pallet Delivery (2-3 Days Approx - selected products only)
International Delivery Prices
In addition we now deliver through Europe on a 48 Hour Delivery Service as Standard
Zone 1 – £9.99
Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, France, Netherlands, Rep Ireland.
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Estonia, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Portugal, Latvia.
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Bulgaria, Finland, Romania.
Zone 5 – £49.99
Bosnia, Croatia, Switzerland.
Zone 6 – £59.99
Norway, Serbia, Iceland.
Choose a Delivery Date to Suit You
You also now have the facility to choose a day you wish to have your order delivered on if your order is being delivered via courier or pallet. This can be done at the checkout stage where you will be shown a calendar if you select the book in option. You will have the option of booking in your delivery for a day that is convenient for you. Should you require the order the following day please select the next day option.
Is My Item Available for Next Day Delivery?
If your item is stocked in our immediate picking location it will available for you to choose a next day delivery. This will be highlighted by a green tick and a 1 day dispatch time on the item information.
You will have the option to choose this service if you are purchasing your item for delivery to mainland UK.
What courier will my item be delivered with?
If your item is being delivered in the UK or Ireland, it will be delivered by UK Mail or Royal Mail, with the exception of pallet items. The courier type is displayed on each item but will be confirmed at the checkout stage when you have completed your shopping.
If you are an international customer, your goods will initially be sent via UK Mail, and then exported to either Eurodis or DHL. The appropriate tracking can be provided when necessary.
Details of each courier service we offer are detailed in our Delivery Guide.
How do I track my delivery?
To track your order online, go to 'Your Account' and click on 'Purchase History' for an update on your order.
Our team work extremely hard to get your parcels to your door in the shortest possible time but please note that we recommend you do not book a plumber etc until you have received and checked your goods.
Please note:
- Delivery addresses cannot be changed once the order is placed except in the case of an error, which we will do our best to change, but orders are often shipped quickly after being processed.
- The couriers we use do not deliver to PO boxes or building sites.
Returns at Buyaparcel
We've simplified our returns process! We now offer a no-questions-asked, free returns service within the first 30 days (subject to T&Cs).
You can find our returns information in our Terms and Help page.


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Switzerland Grounded Adapter GUS
Switzerland Grounded Adapter GUS
Switzerland Grounded Adapter Kit includes one adapter. Compatible with American or European two-pronged and three-pronged plugs and converts these to the Switzerland style electrical plug. The kit contains the GUS plug.
Switzerland GUS Grounded Plug Features:
- Allows electrical connections up to 240 volts
- Adaptor plugs DO NOT convert voltage; when voltage converter is needed, use an electricity converter
- CE (European Community) Certified, is in compliance with EU legislation, has been properly assessed for safety, health and environmental protection requirements
- Comes with a handy adapter country chart for reference
- Switzerland Model GIS-SWI-GUS
- Sku 1788
Switzerland Grounded Adapter UPC 816366010122
Adapter plugs allow electrical connections up to 240 volts. An adapter plug does NOT change the current or voltage (this requires a converter) unless your appliance is dual voltage. Check to make sure your hair dryer, curling iron, electric razor and other appliances are dual voltage before you leave on your trip. Non-grounded adapters may NOT be used with appliances that have grounded plugs; for these you will need a grounded adapter. Many of our customers find it handy to have multiple adaptors while traveling - either to run several appliances simultaneously or simply as a backup.
If you are traveling with a grounded United States dual or multi-voltage appliance or using a grounded transformer you will need to use a grounded adapter plug. A grounded United States plug has two flat blades and one round grounding pin.
Converter- Changing Current Voltage
Going in Style adapters allow electrical connections up to 240 volts. Adapter plugs DO NOT convert voltage and only change the configuration of the pins. When voltage conversion is needed, use an electricity converter. An electricity converter changes the voltage input into your appliance. The United States electrical appliances operate on a lower current of 110-120 volts AC (Alternating Current). Most of the world operates on 220-240 volts AC. Therefore converter units enable your electronic and non-electronic appliances to run on foreign electricity (220-240 volts) to match the voltage requirements of your 110-120 volt device. Failure to run your appliance with a converter could damage your appliance.


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I want to find a teaching job in major training centers
If you're looking for English teaching jobs in China, and are tired of your small, unreliable school, you might consider submitting your resume to one of the major training centers around China.
Although a great many expats worry that submitting to a contract with a major corporation would mean the end of freedom and fun, they do have a great deal to offer to experienced teachers looking for reliable, well-paid work. Multinational schools also offer something more casual schools do not: a next step after teaching in China.
Rules for the Administration of Employment of Foreigners in China
(Promulgated jointly by the Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of the People's Republic of China on 22 January, 1996)
Chapter III Application and Approval
Chapter IV Labour administration
Chapter VI Supplementary Provisions
Laws and Regulations Governing Foreigners in ChinaThe Chinese government is strict concerning adherence to its laws and regulations. If a foreign teacher breaks the Chinese laws, they are subject to Chinese punishment, incarceration, and/or deportation, depending on the infraction.
In most cases, embassies are powerless to help the teacher in trouble other than notify family and act as consultant. Breaking Chinese regulations can be as small as not having your Residency Permit in a timely manner (fine is involved) to being involved in a traffic accident where the blame is put on the foreigner (large fines, possible incarceration, probably deportation depending on the circumstances). The foreign teachers should realize that any infraction in their own country is probably an infraction in China.
Foreigners should not participate in any political gatherings and should be aware that underground churches are monitored. Participation can be perceived as breaking the law and arrest can follow. Proselytizing is also not allowed, in or out of the classroom.
If a teacher of Chinese background enters China using only an ID card, they are treated as a Chinese citizen in cases of breaking the law. The embassies have no jurisdiction over that person, even if a citizen of another nation.
If there are questions concerning specific regulations, these should be discussed with the school/institution foreign affairs officer.