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Health And Beauty
Health and beauty. These two words dovetail together and go hand in hand with one another. Beauty is not something that can be bought, unlike most things in today`s society. You either have natural beauty or you do not, it is as simple as that. But you certainly need to be healthy too, to be naturally beautiful. Health and beauty is a wonderful phrase that conjures up lovely images.
When you are healthy and you look after your body your natural radiance and beauty can then shine through. A lot of women unfortunately in today`s society do not feel they have to look after their inner selves, as they think that the layering on of more make up or beauty products will cover up a multitude of sins. What they do not realise is that this can be seen through in one single glance.
Make up and many beauty products can enhance your looks and make you look even more attractive, but you have to have the base there initially before you start. It is really important to look after
Beauty And The Beast
It is said that absence makes the heart grow fonder – well so does Beauty – the more you peer at something beautiful the more you yearn for it. Beauty injects an essence of elegance – an emotion felt within which comes with feeling good about your self. But leading a healthy lifestyle has to be the most important of all.
Health plays a major role in contributing to the beautiful feeling experienced when looking good. Many women tend to suffer from Beauty and the Beast syndrome – where one day an effort is made to look good and then the next – no matter what you do – it just is not happening. Why? Well it is no secret; there are two main key issues to take claim of being beautiful. and that is the (take 2 factor) number 1 look good and 2 is feel good – if you don`t feel good about yourself then don`t expect to look good.
Transformation can take place in the beauty department if you make a stand and sort yourself out. Your
Health and Wellness
Feng shui aquariums are not merely an attractive addition to any office or home but are praised as a origin of wealth Chi. What makes these aquariums an exceptional thing to have is that they have a superb balance of the five feng shui elements.
* The water element is obvious since it is the water in the aquarium.
* The wood component consists of the plants.
* The metal component is considered the aquarium's housing.
* The earth element is the gravel and any rocks you put in your aquarium.
* The fire element is considered the lighting and can also actually come from the colors of a certain fish.
This sort of harmony is rather difficult to recreate in another way and is probably not as cool as an aquarium.
The perfect location for an aquarium like this is in the Southeast part of your room or space. This is actually the area that is connected with riches and abundance. That is double the wealth energy flowing through that area.
The most usual fish to put into
How the Media Affects the Perception of Beauty
So, today beauty is defined by the skinny or boney legs, the explosive makeup or the six-pack.
Media does not only corrupt the way you look in the mirror, but it depresses you. Media defines things that should have remained without a definition. In many forms, from commercials to movies all the way down to cartoons.
Within the shallowness, the variable definitions remain similar, with the beautiful girl always of a specific shape and the guy dresses in a specific way and both remain with zero personality.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
It's true that media has hacked the minds of many men and women alike and directed their attraction to a specific shape and manner, yet beauty is not only in the shape or the thickness of the lips, but rather beauty is the person as a whole. You should not lose weight unless you want to get in a better shape. Yes, a better shape might mean the skinny, but not the boney.
I am yet to see one commercial that speaks of healthier beauty rather than the "skinny" beauty. Cosmetics and plastic surgery are not the answer
Lose Weight and Maintain Beauty
Health and beauty are two aspects which cannot be separated. It effects and pulls each other like a sea-saw, and it is undoubted. To maintain absolute beauty, health has to be retained first. When a person is naturally beautiful, it all starts with the inside. In this case, to be healthy means to have the ideal body and weight. Why? Overweight will not only drop self-confidence, but it will also endanger health. Diabetes, stroke, heart attacks, they all come from obesity. Many people are seeking ways in which they can pump both aspects in a simple way, and there is no other simpler way than intermittent fasting.
Losing weight is probably one of the most crucial activities for some people. Everyone tries hard to lose weight and gain muscle to be able to get the ideal weight they want and also shape. With the right weight and size, health is already maintained. Through intermittent fasting, achieving this goal is not a hard process. People will simply lose weight and keep muscle mass easier and faster. This is caused by the increased burning enzyme when people fast, so fasting with a little combination of workout will result fabulously.
Join the Hottest Trends As a Health Affiliate
Have been an internet marketer for over 10 yrs now, and since 2007 I'm working from home as a full time health affiliate.
But first thing's first. What is an affiliate anyway and how do they make/don't make money?
Most Affiliates make money by selling other peoples' products and services online/offline. Since everything is for sale on the Internet, Affiliates can sell practically everything under the sun. Therefore Affiliates make money by generating sales, leads and traffic for the company they are affiliated with. Being an Affiliate is one of the easiest way to generate income online.
The reason I decided to concentrate my efforts in the Health and Beauty Segment of the marketplace and become an exclusive Health Affiliate is the simple fact, that, one of the hottest trends in the marketplace now and in the many years to come is the Health and Beauty industry. This might sound a little bit "cheesy", but lets face it Boys/Girls. Who Cares? People want to Feel Healthier,Live Longer, Look Beautiful and enjoy their lives more. This is the Trend.. Don't you want to be in front of this trend and help all these folks accomplish their
Weight Loss and Beauty
Raw diet promotes beauty. To begin with, one reaches his or her ideal weight more readily and maintains it with much less effort than on a cooked diet. Many people lose 15 pounds in a month or two with no feeling of deprivation whatsoever. Obese people lose much more than that while eating raw fats all they want, including raw "ice cream," avocados, nuts and olives. Raw fats (from avocados, olives, nuts, seeds, coconut butter et al.) are actually needed by the body to maintain youthful skin, hair and glands. They are rich in the essential fatty acids linolenic acid and linoleic acid that are denatured by heat.
Raw food pioneer Dr. Ann Wigmore wrote, "The effectiveness of live foods and fresh juices, especially wheatgrass juice, has bankrupted many complex theories about why we become fat and how to reduce quickly … Among our guests at the [Hippocrates Health] Institute, the average weight loss per week is between four and fifteen pounds" (The Wheatgrass Book, p. 59).
Studies have shown that raw food is less fattening than the same food cooked. According to Dr. Edward Howell, raw fats are not fattening and seem to belong in
Women's Health & Beauty
This majestic Ebook "MUST KNOW Answers, Secrets & Tips on Women's Health & Beauty" gives opportunity for our lovely wives, daughters, mothers & Grandmothers discover health and beauty secrets.
Hormones-Beauty-Health is the leading provider of informational articles regarding beauty advice, beauty tips, cosmetics, health, natural skin care, anti-aging skin care, and serious skin care products.
This site is available to help women discover health and beauty secrets. We also help women take an inventory of their health and their bodies.
This book is a collection of essays and articles written for Hormone- Beauty-Health. All Articles are organized around the three big topics:
• Hormones
• Beauty
Health Hormones-Beauty-Health has its origins in providing useful information and contacts to the aging population of women experiencing menopause symptoms. Hormone Replacement Therapy is one of the most controversial topics in healthcare today.
Whether we want to admit it or not, our bodies change as we become older. The key to these changes seem to be that dreaded word "hormones." This chapter features several articles about hormones and changes to your hormones as you age. We have essays about life before menopause, the transition stage referred to
Softer and Glowing Skin With Beauty Health
Those who have got tired of dark skin and spots and want to enjoy flawless skin should try some Skin lightning tips.
Sometimes even the most promising products do not show appropriate results, this is the time when one needs to try some natural remedies. These treatments show relatively slow results but are free of side effects and various allergic reactions.
Everyone feels insecure regarding their looks. Having a fair and smooth skin gives people more confidence. By following certain tips one can easily get pleasure from gorgeous and unblemished complexion.
Tip -1- One should try to stay away from long hour's exposure to sun because UV rays are the main reason behind dark facial appearance. Using sunscreen lotion can save one's appearance from getting dull or one can use wide hat and dark colored sun umbrella.
Tip -2- Try to avoid alcohol-based products for skincare because they increase the growth of melanin resulting to darker shade. According to experts, using astringent and mild soap is good because it maintains an appropriate moisture balance.
Tip -3- One should be cautious while using any kind of bleaching agents as the chemicals present may damage
Raw Food Diet
The necessity of detoxification cannot be undermined. If the body is not free of accumulated toxins, how can it function well? These toxins present in the body make the body weak poisoning you from within. You start feeling sick and irritable with the increasing of such toxic substances in the body.
The Raw food Diet can get your body rid of these harmful toxins, eliminating it straight out of your system. Raw Food Diet means that you have got to give up on meat and dairy products, eggs and fish also. Whatever you eat cannot be cooked. It should be like "hand to mouth". This Raw Food Diet is meant to bring a sudden change in your system, depriving you of the unhealthy food items. You can be on this diet for as little as a week to start seeing some results. You shall experience frequent bowel movements which is a result of your body's detoxification process.
The Raw Food Diet plan helps your system to absorb the essential nutrients better. Your body, sick and tired of complication finally gets to rest. No longer is your system under any sort of pressure to digest complicated food.
Daily Dose of Beauty, Health
Matcha is Japanese green tea powder used as tea or as a component in some recipes. Matcha is an important drink in the traditional Japanese and Buddhist tea ceremony and has been drunk in Japan for hundreds of years. Matcha drinkers ingest the whole leaf, not just the brewed water. Matcha tea drink provides 4 to 6 hours of mild steady energy. It is a stimulant and a relaxant at the same time: it is ideal for focusing on work, exercises, or meditation. Matcha has numerous health benefits. It is a nutritious beverage. It is rich in nutrients, antioxidants, fiber and chlorophyll. Matcha contains Catechins only found in green tea. Matcha is naturally mood enhancing. It is an ideal drink for diabetics: it will not raise insulin levels as it is sugar-free.
In terms of nutritional value and antioxidant content, 1 cup of matcha is equal to 10 cups of green tea.
Matcha tea is good for antioxidant protection. Green teas contain a high amount of antioxidants. According to research capacity of matcha tea is higher than blueberries and spinach, known for their high antioxidants levels.
Matcha tea can prevent cancer disease. Scientific research has
Beauty & Health Oils
I believe in natural home remedies more than some of the traditional scientific cures when possible. I believe natural products can do wonders for your health and beauty. Ailments can be treated with natural methods to resolve physical and emotional issues in many cases rather than with medication. These are alternatives that can be used for different kinds of treatments and conditions. Some of the alternatives to prescriptions can be exercise, dance, yoga, massage, essential oils, etc. Essential oils have been used in the world for centuries as remedies for many different health issues and they are believed to work well with human nature because they are used in their natural state therefore having a natural condition as the common basis for great results. They are easily absorbed by the skin. Accordingly some of the studied strong properties are fighting bacteria, fungi, virus, etc. and repelling insects and other species. Described below are some of the benefits of using essential oils: –
Common uses for relaxation are lavender, ylang ylang, rose, geranium, sandalwood. –
For mood changes try sage, fennel, jasmine or lavender. –
To focus: eucalyptus, basil, peppermint.For pain, sorrow: lavender, sage, eucalyptus, juniper.-
Beauty, Health, and Lifestyle
Beauty is something that everyone loves. We all love to look our best when it comes to either going out with your friends, your job, or even just simply because you want to look your best all of the time. Beauty is one of the most common things in the world because it's a language that many people can speak and share with one another. Most of the time we hate to say it, but it's women because they always come up with the latest and greatest styles on the market. There is absolutely nothing guys can do about it except envy them for it because they always look their best even when they aren't trying to. It's just their common nature. Now I'm here to discuss what types of cosmetics and hottest trends will make you the most beautiful in the way you want them to be.
One question on everybody's minds is "How do you do this, but stay on an affordable budget and why do people do it?"I can tell you that people do it because they always want to stay hip and young and stay in the game with the younger generations. A
Proven Techniques For Natural Beauty & Health
With global warming and the green movement on a vast majority of peoples minds, then it is no surprise that trying to help the environment, themselves and very importantly their pockets, people are discovering that making natural beauty and health recipes at home will help in every way. Buying "natural" beauty products in the shops tends to be more expensive than buying their toxic counterparts; but by making them at home you will save money and the environment. Who doesn't want to do that? Most people who decide to make their own natural beauty products have little or no experience. This is where most people get discourages, where do they start, what do they need, what quantities etc., etc. This is the point where most people give up before they have even started and they go back to buying the toxic commercial products and their planet destroying habits.
Firstly when deciding to make your own natural beauty recipes you should do some research.
If something is worth doing then it's worth doing a little work. The internet of course is a great resource in finding out about the different ingredients used in the recipes. You can find out about tips and
Low Carb Diabetic Diet
Diabetes is an illness that is characterized when the body is unable to produce insulin or when the body is not able to respond to the insulin produced in the body. The result of this is high blood sugar content inside the body. That is why, diabetics are required a low carb diabetic diet, which can help regulate blood sugar levels inside the body.
It is a common misconception that the only food that diabetics cannot eat is sugar. That is not true, if there is one thing that diabetics have to look out for is the high amount of carbohydrates inside their bodies. This is because high carbo food such as rice, bread and flour and starch in potatoes, corn and other crops can cause a huge spike in the blood glucose level inside the body. What doctors usually prepare for diabetics are diets with less carbohydrate, but more on vegetables and healthy grains and fiber.
Also, maintaining a low carb diabetic diet can help some diabetics restore the balance of their blood sugar levels and insulin medication. Why is that? Insulin is essentially a hormone that helps in breaking down fats and glucose in
Beauty Health Hazards
Your body is a vessel, a very fragile vessel that you must take good care of. Your good figure, nice skin, fabulous hair; Yes it's all young now. However, 30 years from now…will it still look and feel the same? Will you still feel as young and energetic? Will you be able to look like before? Although it is a fact that looks change with time, using the wrong things on your body does not help at all. There are so many things we do with our body without the thought of tomorrow. That is why it is all also essential that we find out exactly what substances were putting in our bodies.
Face Care
Do you normally use anti-ageing creams, acne and scar removers or anti blemish products. If you do, like most of us, you should check the label. You might find several unwanted visitors on the label like Alpha Hydroxy Acids or AHA and Beta Hydroxy Acids or BHA. If these substances are on the label, you better chuck it out now. Many complaints for the products with these substances include inflammation, burning sensation and pain on the affected areas. If you find that
Beauty Health Products
For good reasons, beauty health products are just some of the fastest selling produce that is currently in the market today. People from all walks of life purchase beauty health products to improve and enhance their appearance. They too at the same time will improve their health. Unfortunately, there are a lot of this products are not as real as they are advertised to be. There are reports circulating that there are so many fake products that are sold in the market today and most of these counterfeit products can be found in the shelves of the stores where you often shop.
There are claims that some of these fake products are safe but most of them are actually laden with chemical additives that can cause harm. If you really need to look good and feel good at the same time, you must be extra careful when selecting and buying beauty health products. You cannot just purchase the cheapest beauty health product that you will find in a mall. Most of these inexpensive products are mass produced and their manufacturers do not really practice a through high standard quality test. It is fact that many of these
How Beauty, Health, and Wellness Businesses
True story.
Last February, I was having a "make-up lesson" at a wonderful cosmetics store in Salem, Massachusetts. The make-up artist (and store manager) naturally struck up a conversation by asking me what I did for a living.
I explained that I worked with businesses in historical communities to incorporate history into their branding and marketing, and I also revealed that I was putting together a program for National Women's History Month — which takes place every month in March. "I am a business owner and historian," I continued.
"That's really interesting," she said "but I don't see how history could work here."
I immediately swung into action. "What do you know about the history of women's cosmetics?" I asked her. After all, women have been using various potions and substances since ancient times – some of which we are rediscovering today, like mineral-based products.
Make-up itself and standards of beauty have changed dramatically over the centuries as we see in portraits and, more recently, in photographs. Within the 20th century alone, think about make-up styles in the flapper era, in the silent and talk movies of the 1930s and 1940s, in the
Tips in Choosing Your Beauty Health Products
With all the advertisements that we see everyday about beauty health products, it is no surprise that the industry has turned into a multi billion business. The concept of beauty is always redefined through the new products that come out in the market. People are always convinced to try new products through ads featuring Hollywood stars endorsing these products and giving testimonies on how effective these products are in keeping your skin smooth, removing acne, removing wrinkles, etc.
However, it is important to be choosy about the beauty products that we buy these days. Some of them are full of ingredients that have not been approved by the FDA and therefore may have adverse effects on health. What's worse is that some of these products that are being sold are just cheap copies of originals. You should always look at the labels, check the ingredients and the name of the manufacturer and the expiry of the product as well.
Choosing The Right Beauty Products
When selecting your beauty products, choose those that are mild and do not contain ingredients which you are allergic to. If the ingredients of a certain beauty product is quite strange
Buy Beauty Health Products
- Beauty health products are some of the greatest advertising products in the market today and for an excellent motive. Countless people from all over the world buy beauty products to perk up their look and form and simultaneously recover their health. Unluckily, all of these products are not actually what they say to be. In consistence with reports, there are scores of fake products put up for sale in the market and the majority of these fake products can be seen in the shelves of the preferred stores.
- Even though some of these fake products are secure, the majority of them are in fact overloaded with chemical additives that can spoil your beauty or health. If you actually want to look fine and simultaneously feel fine, you should be very cautious about selecting and purchasing beauty health products. You just cannot select the most inexpensive beauty product from the shop. Plenty of these low-priced products are produced in bulk and do not truly go through high typical quality tests. Actually, a lot of these inexpensive products use low-cost and harmful chemicals as constituents.
- Discovering and using the correct Beauty Health Products
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PORTSMOUTH, NH –-(Ammoland.com)- This week on The Crush, Lee and Tiffany pursue a buck named Stevie Wonder, who has a number of tricks of his sleeve. After days and days of proving an elusive brute, Lee and Tiffany both take to the stand to double their odds.
Tune in to see if Lee and Tiffany go home with a big buck or go home broke.
The Crush with Lee and Tiffany is a hugely popular reality-based hunting show that conveys to viewers what it's like to hunt with your significant other. Lee and Tiffany Lakosky invite the world into their lives to experience the fun – and the headaches – of living the lifestyle of an American hunting couple.
They show viewers the good, and the not-so-good, while traveling throughout North America chasing critters of all shapes and sizes. Whether they're traveling on the "Crush Bus" or hunting back home in Salem, Iowa, Lee and Tiffany treat their fans to action-packed, entertaining adventures every week, all year long – showing viewers the "dos and don'ts" of their fun yet exhausting lifestyle along the way.
Lee and Tiffany love the challenges of hunting almost any animal, but their true love is chasing trophy-class whitetails. They plant over 1,000 acres of food plots in prime whitetail country, they hang over 100 treestands, they set up numerous binds, and they employ over 100 trail cameras … all in hopes of getting the jump on the trophy-class bucks that roam their woods.
Some say Lee and Tiffany are "America's most entertaining hunting couple", while others consider them "American's favorite hunting couple". Accolades aside, one thing's for sure: After nearly a decade of dispatching some of the best-looking bucks in the industry, Lee and tiffany have proven themselves as the real deal.
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Color Obsession
Color Obsession: Magenta
By: Kate Donnelly
As Maggie Prescott in Funny Face said: "Think Pink! Think Pink! If you want that quel-que chose!" Magenta's vibrant energy has made it a popular hue in furniture, fashion, and art for centuries. In Victorian times, it was all the rage for the ladies of the French court. Today, we are still as in love with magenta as ever. Here are some ways to incorporate this dynamic color into your world:
1. Currey & Co. Chandelier 2.Painting by Lisa Golightly 3. Fabric by Joel Dewberry 4. Tory Burch Clutch 5. Refurbished Velvet Chair 6. Perfume Bottle Lamp 7. DIY re-painted antique dresser


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This one-room schoolhouse is located on Allemaengel Road in New Tripoli, Pennsylvania. It sits in a farm field and was converted, at some point, from a school into a storage building for the farmer who's land the building sits on. The sliding door that the farmer installed on the front is now missing but the rest of the structure seems to be in pretty sound condition. I couldn't find any information at all about the name of the school or years of operation though the architecture and building materials are consistent with other one-room schools in the area that were built in the 1880-1910 time frame. The birdhouse on the tree makes it easy to imagine the school kids gathering under the tree for shade during warm June days and looking up to watch the birds.
Camera: Calumet 45NX 4x5 large format monorail view camera.
Lens: Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in a Copal B shutter. Tiffen # 29 Red filter on the lens to darken sky and improve contrast.
Film: Ilford Delta 100 ISO Negative Film, shot at box speed.
Exposure: With adjustments for film reciprocity and filter factor the exposure was 20 seconds @ F32.
Development: Self Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Paterson Universal Tank using the Taco Method. 13 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius. Tap water stop bath. Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo rinse.
Scanning: Negative scanned with Epson V600 in two scans and merged back together in PhotoShop since the V600 doesn't natively support 4x5 scans in one pass.


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The Ultimate Amazing Grace Set./
If you love Philsophy's Amazing Grace, or know someone who does, then I have found the ultimate set of Amazing Grace products to give.
This is an 8 piece set available exclusively on QVC. The Philosophy Amazing Grace Ultimate Deluxe 8 Piece Collection contains the following Amazing Grace Products:
- 2-oz amazing grace spray fragrance
- 16-oz amazing grace perfumed shampoo, bath, and shower gel
- 23-oz amazing grace perfumed hot salt, tub, and shower scrub
- 24-oz amazing grace bubble bath
- 16-oz amazing grace perfumed firming body emulsion
- 0.17 oz amazing grace shimmer puff
- 5-oz amazing grace luxury bath soaps
The total collection value is $174.00 with a QVC price $128.52 plus s&h of $8.72. I believe that this will have to be shipped by ground shipping because of it containing a perfume, so get your orders in early.
If you have not sniffed the scent of Amazing Grace, you will be surprised at how light, fresh, and basically clean it smells. It is one of those fragrances that can be worn daily, layered with others, and it is pretty amazing how it smells nice on just about anyone.


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Jenna and Brian's beautiful, evocative and lovely wedding took place at a private home in Virginia Beach. Antonia Christianson Events planned and coordinated to perfection, Cuisine and Company made the delicious food, Bloom the Art of Flowers created lush pastel bouquets and arrangements, Blue Steel lit up the night (those trees!!) Dhalia Edwards enhanced the bride's incredible beauty, Vision Quest shot video of the festivities and the Bachelor Boys rocked the night away. I think it's easy to tell I fell in love with Jenna's shoes and dress (hence the multiple shots, but I just couldn't help it : ) I loooooooved this wedding and Jenna and Brian so much and hope you do too : )
Oh! And it's always fun to have other beloved couples at weddings and Rachel and Kevin, who's incredible San Miguel de Allende wedding I shot a few years ago were there. A wonderful reunion!!


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Gibraltar Homeowner LoanRATES CORRECT AS AT 10 NOV 2017
A further advance you can repay in a timescale to suit you. The quick and easy application process gives you the choice to spread repayments over a longer term, so monthly payments can be low.
Gibraltar Variable Rate (currently 6.19%) for the term of the loan. The overall cost for comparison is 5.8% APRC
Representative Example
A mortgage of £28,000 payable over 25 years on our Gibraltar Variable Rate for the mortgage term of 25 years at our current rate of 6.19% (variable) would require 300 monthly payments of £183.48.
The total amount payable would be £55,043.69 made up of the loan amount plus interest of £27,043.69 and application fee £0, product fee £0, valuation fee £0.
The overall cost for comparison is 5.8% APRC representative.
This representative example assumes a mortgage completion date on the 1st day of a calendar month.
The above representative example is for illustration purposes only and may vary depending on your personal circumstances.
The loan you're looking for at a rate you'll like.
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The Story of Grass is is a new zine by James Harris and Gus Hughes. 28 pages of bits, bobs, hippos, muppets, jokes, pictures, Abraham Lincoln, giant eyeballs, this and that, all sandwiched like ham between card covers.
Issue 2 is out now. Issue 1 never existed.
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Magnetic BallastsBallasts are used with gas discharge lamps to reduce the discharge power that leads to destruction of the illuminant used or trips the fuse, when there is an unrestrained surge. A ballast can be already integrated into the lamp itself, as with energy-saving lamps, or added as an additional lighting element. The lamp can only be directly connected to the power source if it has an integrated ballast.
There are generally two distinguishable types of ballasts: electronic ballasts and magnetic ballasts. In contrast to the electronic versions, magnetic ballasts need a so-called starter. According to the amount of loss caused by the starter, magnetic ballasts are categorized as either conventional ballasts, low-loss ballasts or ultra-low-loss ballasts.
Magnetic ballasts are built as conventional ballasts and consist of a choke that usually contains an iron core wrapped with copper wire. Due to the ohmic resistance of copper, as well as the resetting and eddy-current losses in the core, heat generation and power loss lies at around ten to twenty percent of the power of the lamp. Conventional ballasts that are used with fluorescent lamps also require a starter. This preheats the hot cathodes at the start directly in the circuit. Conventional ballasts are very reliable. They usually work for decades without interference and without having to be replaced.


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(Windsor, Ontario) – St. Clair College's Computer Networking programs, which are Cisco Network Academy certified, are ranked number one in Canada for having the largest enrolment of females in the programs. With 50 female students enrolled, it represents 23% of the student population in these programs. The national average is 13%. The College is also ranked number two in total enrolment in computer networking programs in Canada for 2017.
Computer Networking program coordinator Ruth Susannah is thrilled with the results and says the College has worked hard to maintain a high degree of excellence in the programs. "Having Cisco as a partner has definitely elevated the reputation of these programs. Students know if they want a higher education that leads to great careers in the information technology sector, this is the place to come."
There has been a surge in the number of female applicants to the programs, many of them are international students. Second year Computer Networking Technician student Trushna Patel, found her passion when she was mentored by Susannah while Patel was taking a different program.
"I really did not have a lot of interest in computer programming or networking until I came to Canada to study," says Patel. "I was taking International Business when I met Professor Susannah. She convinced me that I would like what this program has to offer and she was right! I got much more hands-on, practical skills, thanks to the CISCO certification. You feel like you're learning in an environment that is just like being in business."
Philippe Landry, Cisco Networking Academy Manager for Canada said that Cisco was thrilled with the strides the College has made attracting young women to this career path. "At Cisco Networking Academy, we strive to create relevant, career-ready curriculum, accessible to all students. The fact that St. Clair College nearly doubles the national average for women participating in the Cisco Networking Academy is incredible. We are proud to be partners with such a successful program!"
John Ulakovich, a faculty member in the program, has seen the growth in enrolment over the years, and accredits some of that to the Cisco certification status. "The Cisco designation is recognized all over the world providing curriculum with the latest industry standards," says Ulakovich. "Working with Cisco as an academic partner has raised the reputation of our program, attracting students from all over the world." The Computer Networking programs at the College have been certified since 2006.


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This contribution I wrote more out of frustration. It is about the recent changes in internet presentation regarding popups and advertising. More and more it seems that websites start to look like American TV stations. Commercials everywhere and at anytime.
Video ads are not only stealing your time, they are simply annoying
Commercials are hard to avoid. But as long a commercial has a more or less static place on a page and keeps it mouth shut, one could more or less live with it. But lately commercials are plsced more often as videos that spontaneous start to play and make sound when you open a web page. Even on newspaper sites one is confronted washing powder ads that even make a sound. So not only obscure websites have these annoying ads anymore.
Latest news is that also Facebook is planning to start this fall with video advertising. To don't make customers feel uneasy about this, the videos of maximum 15 seconds have no sound (for now). But the videos will play, if you like it or not.
Video and News channels
A video network like Youtube is losing its charm through the enormous amount of advertising that interrupt playing. There are ads that the visitor can skip after 4 seconds and ads that play 15 seconds. Finally there are these annoying popup ads and messages in the video that you have to click away.
CNN is using a large amount of video on their website. But on every video that you like to watch you have to go through a video ad of sometimes up to 30 seconds. 30 seconds for a video of sometimes less than 2 minutes, that is 25%.
It is not an exception to bug the visitor constantly with video ads. It will greatly change the way we will experience internet in the coming years. And maybe US citizens are used to the fact that every 10 minutes you are bothered by something that has no information value at all to you, but not everybody can appreciate this.
The popup window revived
Sometimes there seems to be no balance in good taste, functionality and visitor enjoyment. Just after the internet browsers was commonly accepted, it didn't take long that users where bugged with endless popup windows with commercials. The browser manufacturers came with build-in popup blockers and for long it seemed to be the cure to great annoyance.
There seems to be no limit anymore in how website designers think that a user will experience their site. Well, most of them certainly can use a communication training of some kind or maybe just try to talk to a real person once in a while.
What will the future hold?
Internet shows clearly that many designers can make beautiful things, but have no taste. Websites become more like the annoying sales lady that bugs you in a store before you even had a good look at the merchandise.
I think that this "neck breathing" has just started. It is going to get worse. The hottest business is the internet business. Marketing in algorithms and user statistics. And unfortunately most money have to come from advertisers that don't care about what the customer says, they follow what customer behavior statistics tell them.
Advertising is like locust all over the internet
The State of Online Advertising (by Adobe)
Banish annoying video ads from your internet eperience
Get ready for Facebook's annoying new ads
The most annoying online ad formats revealed


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In a remote region of Rajasthan, India, an experiment in a new finance model for international development is well under way and will soon be announcing its first year results.
Guest Post by Maya Ziswiler and Shikha Goyal
As philanthropists and investors across Europe look for innovative ways to achieve more demonstrable impact with their money, the Educate Girls Development Impact Bond aims to create a proof of concept, showing how DIBs could contribute to societal gains in lower and middle income countries while also offering financial returns to investors.
As backers of the project, our two foundations will be seeking to stimulate discussion about the model within the philanthropic and investor communities – sharing failures as well as successes in order to better inform the conversation and evolve the model.
By way of background, the Educate Girls DIB has been up and running since mid-2015. It was the first DIB to go into operation and the programme is run by the Indian NGO Educate Girls. Over the course of three years, they're tasked with getting 18,000 children into school, half of them girls whose education is deprioritised in the impoverished and traditional communities in which they live.
But it's not just about enrolling children in school; it's also about ensuring they stay there and learn effectively so they have the best possible chance to escape poverty. To this end, the children's progress in literacy and numeracy is regularly assessed by an independent evaluator. The first year learning results will be released in the second quarter of this year.
Much like its domestic equivalent, the social impact bond or SIB, a development impact bond involves an upfront investor who puts in the working capital. In our pilot programme, Zurich-based UBS Optimus Foundation is playing that role. The outcome payer could be a donor such as a foundation or a multilateral or a bilateral agency. In this case it's the UK based Children's Investment Fund Foundation who will pay back the original investment to the investor and a return of up to 15 per cent – if all the enrolment and learning targets are reached. As the service provider delivering the programme on ground, Educate Girls will get a portion of the outcomes payment depending on the success of the programme, layering in incentives for success at ground level.
And this is what makes the development impact bond different: it's 100 per cent focused on the programme's end results. Because DIBs tie financial returns and payments to rigorously-measured social outcomes they have the potential to sustain long-term, results-focused partnerships among non-profits, donors and investors. They can draw in new investors interested in helping to tackle global poverty, especially for countries where traditional sources of aid are declining. Just as importantly, they can give new and existing donors much more confidence that their investments are yielding the desired impacts.
The latest feedback from the Educate Girls teams in Rajasthan is that the DIB model is already affecting the way they go about their work. Because they are incentivized to ensure the children make real progress in their learning, extra focus is being placed on this outcome. Similarly, under the guidance of DIB Project Managers Instiglio, the Indian NGO is developing a performance management team that is analyzing and visualizing data from their work, feeding it back in real time to the field teams who are using it to improve program delivery on ground. It's early days still, but we envision future impact bonds as a way of creating investable solutions for the underserved and those at the bottom of the pyramid. Ultimately the goal is to deliver high-quality life-changing impacts for millions of people in areas such as education, health and gender equality.
For now, we look forward to receiving the first results and to a vibrant discussion on the possibilities for this newest form of development finance.
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text: Born poor in a rural southern town, Hank Williams Sr. (George Hamilton) begins playing guitar at a young age and eventually joins a traveling medicine show. With the help of Audrey (Susan Oliver), his ambitious wife, Shorty Younger (Red Buttons), his manager, and Fred Rose (Arthur O'Connell), a music publisher, Williams gains an enthusiastic fan base and becomes a country music star. However, the pressures of success soon become too much for Williams to handle.


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"It was built by the same man that built Monticello," Dad told the group yesterday over lunch.
Something about that sentence sat uneasy with me. A few minutes later, when I said something similar – "He built the courthouse in Palmyra" – I figured out my discomfort.
These men didn't BUILD anything. They DESIGNED buildings that slaves built. This distinction seems important.
I have toured many, many historical homes – Mount Vernon, Tryon Palace, Montpelier – and unless I directly ask, the docents almost never mention the slaves who were such an integral part of the construction and daily life in these homes. That, too, makes me uneasy.
Our turns of phrase have ellided these people from the very history that people find so fascinating. Even though I spend hours and hours a day thinking about the people enslaved here and reading about them and putting together the fragments of their stories, I still left them out of their own history. I'm angry at myself for that.
The reasons many Americans don't discuss this element of our history are vastly complex and deeply in-grained. To a certain extent, we are simply perpetuating the system of slavery itself, where masters would claim work as their own – harvests and buildings, in particular – when they had not planted a seed or fired a brick themselves. There is also something to be said for the fact that, because of this system, records about slaves are difficult to come by. We are also, I think, expressing our much-warranted embarrassment and chagrin over being a part of such vile system. Too, it seems we are simply trying to forget and ignore the roughly 200 years where people were owned as property.
I can understand all of these reasons. Certainly, I – consciously and unconciously – hold some of them as my own. But I don't tacitly accept them. To pretend – out of shame or willful ignorance – that the gorgeous plantation houses of the South (and some in the North) were built by great men, is to erase the story and the work of thousands upon thousands of people who had no choice but to build and become a central piece of our history.
To pretend that the foundation of much of our country's wealth and success was not set in place by men and women who sometimes could not leave the sight of the very buildings they were required to build, is to lie to ourselves. We need to look at Monticello, at Montpelier, at Mount Vernon, and at these farms where I live and say, "This building was constructed by Charles, Anthony, Bob, William, Henry, Phil, Frank, and Cato, men who had no choice but still produced beauty and majesty anyway."
– Monticello, owned by Thomas Jefferson


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Being active all day means I can easily run myself down. I tend to need a nap in the afternoon just to regroup before getting the kids from school. A normal day in this household could be something like this … {each day varies, but you get the idea}
Up at 5:00 a.m. to make coffee for the husband
Head back to bed and ….
Watch the early morning news and drink coffee
Check in with emails from overnight
Schedule my Pure Barre class for the day
Start waking kids up for school
Make breakfast {I do make breakfast} the MOST important meal for the kids of the day
Pack lunches {and any extra snacks for after school athletic practices}
Drop child #1 off at school
Get back home and have my own quick breakfast/smoothie before class
Drop child #2 off at school
Head to Pure Barre
Run any errands needed
Head home and work
Chores around the house
Dinner planning
Fitnessmomwinecountry work
Answer emails
Have light lunch or snack
Try to get at least 20 minutes in for a power nap or just quiet time
A shower before getting kids {if I am lucky}
Car pool from school to sports practice
Get home and start prepping dinner
Get kids from practices
Dinner, homework and family time
My shower finally!
Fueling my body with healthy food and snacks is key and can be really simple and easy. Avocados are a favorite all the time and almonds are just easy to have anytime, anywhere. Both are great Super Foods.
How do I keep going and stay focused? It comes from eating healthy, exercise and making sure I am getting my vitamins, along with plenty of water. I know I can pretty much get all I need in one complete vitamin thanks to Smarty Pants Women's Complete. The huge bottle is great since I can see it on the kitchen counter and if I happen to forget to take them in the morning, I definitely get them in the afternoon.
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North Iwo Jima island will play host to the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century on July 22, 2009.
This solar eclipse will not be surpassed in duration until June 13, 2132. Totality will last for up to 6 minutes and 39 seconds, with the maximum eclipse occurring in the ocean at 02:35:21 UTC about 100 km south of the Bonin Islands, southeast of Japan. North Iwo Jima island is the landmass with totality time closest to maximum.
Starting in India along the western shore near Surat the path of the shadow heads towards Butan touching the southern tip of Nepal and the northern edge of Bangladesh. The eclipse passes over the Chinese cities of Chengdu, Suining, Chonging, Wuhan, Xiaogan, Hangzhou, and Shanghai by which time the duration of the eclipse is over five minutes of totality. Leaving Shanghai the path continues into the ocean encountering islands such as Toshima and Akusaki south of Japan and eventually the Marshall islands.
The maximum eclipse duration of 6 minutes and 39 seconds occurs far off the coast in the Pacific Ocean.
For those seeking the maximum time in totality the only option is a cruise ship located east and south of Japan. The mobility of a cruise ship to avoid bad weather well in advance will be very useful. Not only does a ship get you to the exact spot of longest totality, it also offers you total mobility in the process. Organizers say this is important for two reasons: 1) it can move you away from any clouds that might be blocking the view, and, 2) by moving forward with the eclipse as it's happening, the ship can actually extend the duration by at least a few seconds.
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Prices start at just $2,599 for inside cabins and $3,643 for outside cabins. Prices are per person based on double occupancy and other restrictions apply – see the prices page for more details. A small number of single sole occupant cabins are available at affordable rates. Low cost group airfare will be available from many US and foreign air cities.
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Witch hunts, murder and evil in Papua New Guinea
Friday 08 May 2009
Nearly all the residents of Koge watched as Julianna Gene and Kopaku Konia were dragged from their homes, to be hung from trees and tortured for several hours with bush knives. No one came forward to help. In the eyes of the villagers, the women were witches. They deserved to die.
"They used their powers to bewitch a man to death," said Kingsley Sinemane, a community leader. "We had to get rid of them, as they could have killed others. We had to protect our village."
The finger of suspicion fell on the women after a local man died in a car accident. The only sign now of the horror that unfolded in this remote Papua New Guinea village is a black, charred clearing where some dozen homes once stood. Fear of the supernatural and the stigma of being branded a witch is so great that around 30 of the victims' relatives were chased out of the village. Upturned shoes and a few bundles of clothes are all that remain of their former lives. Most of them had nowhere to flee to, as word had spread they were related to so-called witches. They are now forced to live in slums in the nearest town.
A shocking increase in witch-hunt deaths in Papua New Guinea has prompted the government to launch a parliamentary commission of inquiry with a view to toughening the law. Joe Mek Teine, the chairman of the nation's law reform commission, has publicly declared that sorcery killings are "getting out of hand". Most witch hunts happen in the Highlands, the remote mountainous interior wracked by centuries of tribal wars and blood feuds. Contact with the outside world was only established in the 1930s, when some of the many ethnic groups were still living stone-age existences. Although there are no official statistics on sorcery killings, more than 50 were reported to the police in just two Highland provinces last year.
The homicide squad at Kundiawa police station in Simbu, a steep, rugged province believed to be the epicentre of the witch hunts, is struggling to cope with the surge in murders. Detective Inspector Blacky Koglame estimates there are up to 20 killings a month in this area alone, most of which are not reported. Witchcraft is a secretive and taboo subject, so people are often too scared to come forward.
A worrying new development is that the crime, which has historically been a rural phenomenon, is now spreading to urban areas as families are driven out of villages by poverty and tribal fighting, and into towns and cities. Mount Hagen, the largest city in the Highlands, has recently been rocked by a wave of witch killings, and there have even been cases reported in the capital, Port Moresby.
Belief in black magic is so ingrained that the government legally recognises sorcery, under the 1976 Sorcery Act. It permits white magic (healing or fertility rites for example) but the so-called black arts are punishable by up to two years in jail. This has resulted in murderers alleging the use of black magic as provocation and securing reduced sentences.
Branding someone a witch is a crime, but Detective Koglame estimates that fewer than 1 per cent of cases end up in court. Even when witnesses do come forward, he admits the police simply do not have the resources to investigate.
"Sometimes we have to borrow pens and paper from complainants in order to file our reports, and we can't always get to crime scenes as we don't have enough petrol money for the police cars," Det Koglame said. "And anyway, arresting people is very hard. Everyone in the community is usually involved, so you can't just go in looking for suspects, as you'd have to arrest the whole village, and that's impossible."
Those accused of sorcery are sometimes tried in local kangaroo courts, with tribesmen and village councils handing out death sentences. The killings are mostly committed by groups of men who first torture so-called witches to make them "confess" to their crimes and force them to name other "witches". Some villages even have groups of vigilante killers who will strike as soon as a suspect is named.
In one area deep in the Highlands a team of eight "witch hunters" claim to have tortured and killed 18 people between them. "Mostly a witch hunter just collects information from any village where there is a problem, and then we go in and collect those people who are suspected of being witches," said the leader of the group, a man with a reputation as a violent local gangster who refused to be named. "It is part of my culture, my tradition, it's my belief. I see myself as a guardian angel. We feel that we kill on good grounds and we're working for the good of the people in the village," he said. Witch hunts nearly always occur after a death or an illness of a community member. "Natural causes for death or illness are just not accepted," said Pastor Jack Urame, a researcher at the Melanesian Institute and one of the country's leading experts on sorcery killings. "So whenever someone dies in a village, a person must blamed," he said. According to Mr Urame the victims are typically older women or women on their own, who have no extended family to defend them. Witch hunts can also be used as a pretext to settle scores or land disputes he said.
Umame Gamano survived a witch hunt after she was accused of causing her husband's death. One of her daughters helped her to escape a baying mob armed with bush knives after she had been hauled before a community gathering at which villagers urged her to confess to being a witch. Ms Umame fled the village, leaving her children behind and has not seen them since the attack that happened over a year ago. Her attackers were her own relatives and have threatened to kill her children if they visit her.
"I don't know why they think I'm a witch and I don't understand why they think I killed my husband," she said. "I loved him so much."
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Women told: 'You have dishonoured your family, please kill yourself'
Friday 27 March 2009
When Elif's father told her she had to kill herself in order to spare him from a prison sentence for her murder, she considered it long and hard. "I loved my father so much, I was ready to commit suicide for him even though I hadn't done anything wrong," the 18-year-old said. "But I just couldn't go through with it. I love life too much."
All Elif had done was simply decline the offer of an arranged marriage with an older man, telling her parents she wanted to continue her education. That act of disobedience was seen as bringing dishonour on her whole family - a crime punishable by death. "I managed to escape. When I was at school, a few girls I knew were killed by their families in the name of honour - one of them for simply receiving a text message from a boy," Elif said.
So-called "honour killings" in Turkey have reached record levels. According to government figures, there are more than 200 a year - half of all the murders committed in the country. Now, in a sinister twist, comes the emergence of "honour suicides". The growing phenomenon has been linked to reforms to Turkey's penal code in 2005. That introduced mandatory life sentences for honour killers, whereas in the past, killers could receive a reduced sentence claiming provocation. Soon after the law was passed, the numbers of female suicides started to rocket.
Elif has spent the past eight months on the run, living in hiding and in fear. Her uncles and other relatives are looking to hunt her down, for dishonour is seen as a stain that can only be cleansed by death. One of the women's shelters where Elif has stayed has been raided by armed family members.
Elif is from Batman, a grey, bleak town in the south-east of Turkey nicknamed "Suicide City". Three quarters of all suicides here are committed by women - nearly everywhere else in the world, men are three times more likely to kill themselves. "I think most of these suicide cases are forced. There are just too many of them, it's too suspicious. But they're almost impossible to investigate," said Mustafa Peker, Batman's chief prosecutor.
Wearing tight clothes or talking to a man who is not a relative is sometimes all it takes to blacken the family name. Mr Peker said women who are told to kill themselves are usually given one of three options - a noose, a gun or rat poison. They are then locked in a room until the job is done.
A woman's fate is usually decided during a "family council", when the extended family meets to discuss breaches of honour. In these meetings, it is agreed how the victim must be killed. If it is not to be a forced suicide, a killer is chosen. The youngest member of the family is often ordered to kill, in the belief they will be treated more leniently if caught.
Mehmet was 17 when he was handed a gun and told he would have to kill his stepmother and her lover. "I didn't want to do it. I was so young and so scared," he said. Mehmet ran away, but his family tracked him down and warned him his own life would be in danger if he refused to kill.
He shot dead his stepmother's lover, but his stepmother survived the attack. He was given a two-and-a-half- year prison sentence.
"There were many other 'honour killers' in prison and we were treated with respect, even by the prison guards," Mehmet said.
Most honour killings happen in the Kurdish region, a barren land ravaged by years of war and oppression. Rural communities here are ruled under a strict feudal, patriarchal system. But as Kurds have fled the fighting between separatist rebels and Turkey's government, the crime is spreading across the country into its cities and towns. According to a recent government report, there is now one honour killing a week in Istanbul.
"Families who move here are suddenly faced with modern, secular Turkey," said Vildan Yirmibesoglu, the head of Istanbul's department of human rights. "This clash of cultures is making the situation worse as the pressure on women to behave conservatively is become more acute. And of course there are more temptations."
Ms Yirmibesoglu believes that the entrenched belief in the notion of honour - at all levels of society - is impeding any progress. "Honour killings aren't always properly investigated because some police and prosecutors share the same views as the honour killers," she said. "For things to change, police, prosecutors and even judges need to be educated on gender equality."


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An update on the recent scans I had:
The Mammo radiologist called me Monday and asked me to come in for another Ultrasound. This time done personally by another radiologist, (not the technician). This time he was able to image the left nodule and clearly was able to determine that is is simply a "cyst".
The one on the right is clearly not a cyst, and is questionable, needing further follow up. Though there is a remote possibility it could be scar tissue from the removal of a previous benign nodule a few years ago, there is enough question about it that the recommendation is to go to UCSF and have the MRI done as apparently it can be a more refined image and clarify the question. Then, if necessary, I will have a biopsy.
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The Power of the Resurrected King/
Rev. Dr. Jim Toole
Ephesians Sermon Series
Ephesians 1:15-22
The Power of the Resurrected King
This opening chapter of Ephesians is actually a prayer of Paul's that celebrates the greater story of God, and when we understand this greater meta-narrative we start to understand our own story.
Ephesians 1:15 & 16 – Paul's Thankfulness
Paul was touched and thankful for the church at Ephesus. But then Paul starts to shift in verse 17 to share his hope and expectation for them.
Ephesians 1:17-19 - Spirit of wisdom as you come to know Him.
According to Paul the depths of God is revealed to us through the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit gives us a window, a peek, lifts the veil at different moments of our lives so we can see God's depths, wisdom and glory.
Ephesians 1:20-22 - Paul describes the power of Jesus
So right here in the first chapter, Paul wants to make it clear:
· God's ultimate power was displayed in the resurrection.
· Jesus is seated at God the Fathers right hand in the heavenly places.
· Jesus is far above all rule and authority and power.
· Jesus is the head over all things for the church.
Ephesians 1:23 – The Church fulfills Jesus' reign here on earth
We as individuals and as churches often neglect opening ourselves to the power and guidance of the Holy Spirit. The church needs a recalibration of living into the power of the resurrected Christ.


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Foreign to Familiar, Sarah A. Lanier
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Friendship at the Margins: Discovering Mutuality in Service and Mission, Christopher L. Heuertz
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Almost all of the restoration work and ALL of the gardening and general maintenance so far has been done by volunteers and the site is currently maintained by a group of 30 or so dedicated souls who give their time and skills freely and generously (see photo above). Our volunteers work at their own pace and on tasks they decide upon themselves. We find that this keeps everyone happy! Volunteers come as often as they wish and stay for as long as they feel able, so volunteering at the garden can be as easy or as demanding as they like! Our volunteering days are from 9am till 4pm on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday throughout the year. These are good days to visit as you might get shown around or invited for a cuppa! We are always happy to welcome new recruits!!
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The coup option in Iraq
I don't believe a coup in Iraq will happen, but it's interesting that this is being reported -- it suggests that there are feelers out there at the very least. (Sorry, no link.)
I don't think it could have been predicted three years ago that things would be as bad as to make this kind of reporting from Iraq routine:
Oct 23, 2006- United Press International: Coup against Maliki reported in the makingOne possibly related thing I've noticed being the US for the past week is that much of the Bush administration's comments in Iraq revolves around the meme that the Iraqis must now stop the civil war, that things are in the Iraqis hands, etc. Well obviously they are not, things are out of control, and this is just a pre- midterm election attempt to avoid responsibility for the mess that is Iraq. A responsibility, it must be emphasized, rests largely on the current administration, even if there are many other forces at play in Iraq.
Iraqi army officers are reportedly planning to stage a military coup with U.S. help to oust the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Cairo-based Iraqi and Arab sources said Monday several officers visited Washington recently for talks with U.S. officials on plans for replacing Maliki's administration by a "national salvation" government with the mission to re-establish security and stability in Iraq.
One Iraqi source told United Press International that the Iraqi army officers' visit to the United States was aimed at coordinating the military coup in case the efforts of Maliki's government to restore order reached a dead end.
He said among the prominent officers were the deputy chief of staff, a Muslim Shiite, the intelligence chief, a Sunni, and the commander of the air force, a Kurd. It is believed the three would constitute the nucleus of the next government after the army takes over power.
The proposed plan, according to the source, stipulates that the new Iraqi army, with the assistance of U.S. forces, will take control of power, suspend the constitution, dissolve parliament and form a new government. The military will also take direct control of the various provinces and the administration after imposing a state of emergency.
An Arab source also told UPI that certain Arab countries were informed of the plan and requested to offer their help in convincing the former leaders of the deposed Baath Party regime residing in their countries to refrain from obstructing the move and stop violence perpetrated by the party in Iraq. In return, they will be invited to participate in the government at a later stage.
Washington is becoming increasingly impatient with the failure of Maliki's government in quelling sectarian violence threatening to plunge Iraq in an all-out civil war.
I don't think it could have been predicted three years ago that things would be as bad as to make this kind of reporting from Iraq routine:
OUTSIDE BALAD, Iraq -- At midweek, Shiite Interior Ministry commandos and their Shiite militia allies cruised the four-lane hardtop outside the besieged city of Balad, trying to stave off retaliation for a deadly four-day rampage in which they had all but emptied Balad of Sunnis.I can understand in this context how a return to military dictatorship may seem like a tempting move. I remember Daniel Pipes was advocating that "Iraq needs a strongman" immediately after the invasion. Well I suppose Iraq does if it is going to be a docile client state like Egypt. But at this point, it's probably already too late to install a military dictator (not to mention this would presumably involve the help of US troops.)
Sunni insurgents pouring in to take that revenge patrolled the same highway, driving battered white pickups and minivans, their guns stashed out of sight. Affecting casualness, more Sunni men gathered on rooftops or clustered on the reed-lined edge of the highway, keeping an eye on the Shiite forces and the few frightened civilians who dared to travel the highway past Balad.
What brought this Tigris River city north of Baghdad to this state of siege was a series of events that have displayed in miniature the factors drawing the entire country into a sectarian bloodbath: Retaliatory violence between Sunnis and Shiites has soared to its highest level of the war, increasingly forcing moderates on both sides to look to armed extremists for protection.
The Shiite-led government's security forces, trained by the United States, proved immediately incapable of dealing with the sectarian violence in Balad, or, in many cases, abetted it, residents and police said.
More than 20,000 U.S. troops are based within 15 miles of Balad, but, uncertain how to respond, they hesitated, waiting for Iraqi government forces to step up, according to residents, police and U.S. military officials.
And all that was left holding Balad, and Iraq, together -- the desire for peace and normality still held by the great majority of Iraqis, and the generations of intermarriage and neighborliness between ordinary Shiite and Sunni Muslims -- was ripping apart.


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text: Ryan and Jacquie came to know each other through a lovely stroke of serendipity, and then on this most stormy spring Equinox, they were wed. It was a crazy day of blowing winds, heavy rains, a whiteout at the top of Kicking Horse, and at the heart of it all, these two were the calm at the eye of the storm. Grounded in their individual sense of self, and in their faith in this union, both were unflappable. And beaming, full to the brim with love. That's how the day felt, too. Sue Bateman from Golden Dreams Weddings kept the day in flow despite the flux, and created an awesome ambiance in the Whitetooth Grill for the reception.


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Introducing NovelStem International Corp.
Hollywood Media Corp. (HMC) will be renamed NovelStem International Corp. in the next several weeks to reflect the Company's July 2018 investment (View Press Release) and new focus on the commercial potential of NewStem Ltd. The stock symbol will also change in conjunction with the name change.
NovelStem/HMC has 20% initial ownership interest in NewStem and the right to increase its ownership up to 33% through the completion of up to $2 million in follow-on investments over the next 18 months (details below).
NovelStem/HMC owns a 50% interest in Netco Partners, a joint venture that owns the Net Force publishing franchise. NovelStem is working to monetize this legacy asset.
NovelStem has 35.4 million shares outstanding, incuding 19.25 million shares issued in a July 2018 private placement at $0.10 per share, to fund the NewStem investment.
About NewStem Ltd.
NewStem has developed novel diagnostic technology that can predict patients' resistance to chemotherapy allowing for better, targeted cancer treatments and the potential to reduce resistance to chemotherapy. Drug resistance is a major cause of treatment failure in cancer chemotherapy, and currently it is only recognized after the first course of treatment has been completed. In nearly 50% of all cancer cases, resistance to chemotherapy already exists in the tumors before initiation of the treatment.
NewStem's diagnostic solutions are based on the research of human haploid (1)pluripotent (2)stem cells (3) (hHPSCs) by Chief Science Officer, Professor Nissim Benvenisty of the Azrieli Center for Stem Cells and Genetic Researchat the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. NewStem holds the intellectual property, reagents and experience required for hHPSC isolation, differentiation, genetic manipulation, immunogenicity and tumorigenicity.
NewStem's technology enables informed, personalized selection of chemotherapy treatments for cancer patients. Genetic screenings performed on haploid cells provide a unique opportunity to identify the genes responsible for resistance to chemotherapeutic agents. NewStem's genetic screenings of hHESCs are creating a comprehensive library of mutated genes which confer resistance to individual chemotherapeutic agents. Integration of this proprietary database with the genetic profile of the patient's tumor will enable the prediction of resistance to chemotherapy prior to treatment.
NewStem is a spinoff of Yissum, The Technology Transfer Company of The Hebrew University, and is led by CEO Ayelet Dilion-Mashiah. NewStem holds the intellectual property, reagents and experience required for hHPSC isolation, differentiation, genetic manipulation, immunogenicity and tumorigenicity. In addition to its in-house development of chemotherapy resistance diagnostics, NewStem looks to leverage its unique haploid technology through collaborations with leading pharmaceutical companies or promising start-ups for the development of therapeutics for genetic disorders and for reproductive purposes.
The remaining 80% ownership of NewStem is evenly divided between Professor Nissim Benvenisty and Yissum Research Development.
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1. Haploid cells: are human cells containing only one set of chromosomes. Most cells in our body are diploid, containing two sets of chromosomes, one inherited from the mother and the other from the father. The only exception are haploid egg and sperm; however, these cells cannot divide to make more of their own. Recently, haploid human pluripotent stem cells were derived, and these cells can divide and differentiate to all cell types while remaining haploid. Link to video about Haploid Human Embryonic Stem Cells
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3. Pluripotent stem cells: are master stem cells that can produce any cell or tissue in the body. This "master" property is called pluripotency, and like all stem cells, they arealso able to self-renewor perpetually create more copies of themselves.


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|Chris Sharma in Spain
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Check out this video from Climbing.com with Chris Sharma and his latest routes in Spain. Catalunya is amazing for climbing, and I have such fond memories of the place. Adventure, good weather, tons and tons of routes... maybe it's time to go back on a holiday... or maybe it's just the snowy England winter blues making me feel nostalgic. Bring on some good weather and the next climbing season *disappears into climbing cellar*
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Did WikiLeaks Just Declare War On The NYT?Posted by: siliconalleyinsider in 13
This tweet, sent out earlier this morning, certainly sounds like the group has the NYT in its sights.
The link in the tweet is to a week-old post on the site Firedoglake titled 'So Much For The NYT Investigation Of Bradley Manning's Confinement Conditions,' which was written the day after the Times published their piece on the conditions of alleged WikiLeaker Manning. From FDL.
I guess we should be glad The New York Times is checking up on Bradley Manning at all. Between August 9 and December 16 they published exactly zero articles about the man Julian Assange called "the world's pre-eminent prisoner of conscience." Meanwhile Bradley has been in the brig at Quantico Marine Corps Base since July. Supporters have become increasingly concerned that he is being mistreated, perhaps to pressure him to testify against Mr. Assange.
Julian Assange's relationship with the NYT has been strained ever since the paper ran what Assange dubbed a 'hit piece' on him last October. But tough to tell whether this tweet is a call to action or simply the equivalent of an angry reader complaint.
[h/t Greg Mitchell]
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Moomba Boats New Gear Site Open For Business
Moomba Boats @MoombaBoats "No Worries" line of gear is up and ready for orders on the Moomba Boats web site with new items, designs and a new shopping cart.
With a branded merchandise partner who is committed to delivering "No Worries" design and quality, the new Moomba Boats Gear Site is open for business. Threds, Inc in Knoxville, TN has signed on with Moomba Boats and created a variety of new branded clothing and merchandise. These items are now avilable for purchase via a user-friendly ecommerce web site that began taking orders May 15, 2013.
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Threds, Inc in Knoxville, TN has created an all new gear website and merchandise for Moomba Boats. The line of merchandise we are offering includes a good selection of Moomba-branded t-shirts, ladies items, menswear pieces, headwear, outerwear and accessory items like a sweet Moomba Boats Ogio backpack. Visit the Moomba Boats Gear Site to browse these items and keep coming back. New gear is being added regularly.
The new Moomba Boats Gear Site was specifically designed to make the online order process informative, intuitive and easy. Moomba Boats gear is divided into 3 categories of Apparel, Accessories and Headwear. By clicking on any of these options you will be taken to a full list of the available items. Simply choose your item of interest to get a better look and learn more. Fro the item page you can add it to your cart and proceed to checkout. It is that simple.
About Threds, Inc: Over the last decade, Threds has developed and overseen merchandise programs for nearly 15 different marine and boating groups, including Sea Ray, Boston Whaler, and Mercury Marine. Threds, Inc provides branded apparel, custom art design, promotional products, retail website development, merchandise fulfillment, and event planning for business or personal needs.
The best thing about promotional items to me is the fact that a lot of the items are very fun to play with. They have robot shaped USB drives, stress balls are no longer sand filled balloons (miss those), and of course the pen's that have the cruise ship moving around in the pen when you turn it upside down. Innovation is why branding items works