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Faith Evangelical Missionary Church began at Fergus Avenue Campgrounds on November 15, 1959. It was begun as a ministry of Bethany Missionary Church under the leadership of Rev. Lloyd Sider. The dining hall at Fergus Avenue Campgrounds was winterized and the first service was held in November 1959. The church was officially formed with twenty-two members on February 24, 1960.
In 1963 Emmanuel Bible College relocated to the Fergus Avenue Campgrounds. As a result Faith Church shared the College Chapel until they built a new church east of the college in May of 1965. The new church at 110 Fergus Avenue could comfortably seat about 300 persons. At the time that seemed like more than enough for the growing church. More growth made the building too small as well.
With the continued growth it became evident in the early 1970's that a larger location was necessary. In 1973 a beautiful 11 acre parcel of land was purchased on Freeport Road. From the camp meeting dining hall and cook house to a college chapel, to the first building in the first five years of its life...that's moving!
With the completion of the new expressway, Faith became visible to tens of thousands of people driving by everyday. The concept was that the church would have a ministry to the people in the Golden-Triangle area of Kitchener.
The old church building was sold to Emmanuel Bible College and the new site was cleared and prepared for a building. In 1979 the new church building just beyond the Grand River was completed, but only through the generous labour and contributions of God's people - people who donated their skills, abilities and efforts. The early pioneering and vision for this location has reaped many dividends. The strategically visible location offers a wealth of potential for ministry to the Golden-Triangle of the Kitchener area.


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Evans, who has appeared as a superhero before in 2005 film The Fantastic Four, trained every day for three months and constantly ate protein to put on the necessary 15 pounds of muscle to play the role of Captain America in an adaptation of the Marvel comic book story.
The workouts were brutal, said the actor but he claimed the "the worse part was the eating'.
Evan said: "Just constantly ingesting food and ingesting protein, you get to a point where you're so full but you just have to keep eating if you're trying to gain weight."
At the same time the actor's body was digitally modified in order to play the opening sequences of the film in which a bullied orphan, Steve Rogers, is chosen to becomes a test subject for a secret government project during World War II.
The serum transforms him into a strong and able soldier named Captain America who leads the US Army in its fight against the Nazis.
Captain America: The First Avenger also features Hugo Weaving, Stanley Tucci and British actress Hayley Atwell and is general release in the UK from Friday 29 July 2011.

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Turmeric Remedy
Helps cancer, arthritis, lung problems, lumps, helps digestive problems, colon – plus many more.
"Golden Paste"
WEAR rubber gloves or latex medical gloves, use an old wooden spoon. TURMERIC STAINS!!!!
150g Turmeric Powder
250ml water (approximately) add a bit at a time until the correct consistency is reached.
One and a half teaspoons of pepper.
75ml of linseed oil or virgin olive oil.
Honey for flavour if you want. (I dont usually). Honey is great for immunity. Manuka honey is supposed to be good.
Put all of the ingredients in a saucepan on a low heat, adding the water a little at a time. As you mix the ingredients it will thicken. Continue to add the water until the consistency is like a stodgy custard? (still smooth) you would be able to create lines in the mixture and they would stay there.
Turmeric Treats …make up the golden paste as above then add porridge oats. This is something I tend to just chuck in until it looks right. It tends to cover the top of the mixture, I stir it in and then usually add little more.
Whilst wearing your rubber gloves… I then make small balls of the turmeric paste and then bake for 12 minutes. Baking at a temp as though cooking biscuits!!
(I weigh mine so I know the dogs are getting the amount I want….. 22g, however once you get the rough idea of what 22g looks like there is no need to weigh them all!).
I only ever keep approx 4 days supply in the fridge, the rest go in the freezer.


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Tallahassee two-hand-tapping troubadours Pool Kids break the genre mold and grind it into dust with their stunning full-length debut Music to Practice Safe Sex to.
This girl-fronted rock band possesses the heart-on-your-sleeve genuineness of good lo-fi indie combined with a technical prowess and precision rare to the genre. In addition, the vocals and overall performance bear a passionate emotiveness that showcases the best of emo.
In a nutshell, indie, math rock, emo and a touch of post-rock intersect and meld together to form a sound that is all Pool Kids and no one else's.
Case in point, $5 Subtweet kicks off with a start-stop math-rock riff of intertwining dual guitars. A thundering rhythmic accompaniment of drums and bass fuel the tune with pure, crystalline vocals riding high atop the sonic fray. Before you know it, the intricate but frantic melodic melee cuts to a dreamy half-time outro. A nice steady drum beat and bass line supports a soft, picked out guitar line with gentle, soothing vocals carrying the song into oblivion.
See Pool Kids perform $5 Subtweet in an exclusive live performance!!!
$5 Subtweet clocks in at under two-and-a-half minutes but packs a hell of a punch with energy and variety.
This fantastic little ditty represents the album as a whole; tight and punchy with no frills. Just good, unique music played by a young band with a cohesion and maturity well beyond their years.
Click the link and check out Music to Practice Safe Sex to with no fear of viruses or communicable diseases. The only thing contagious about this release is its catchy songs!
Theron Willis
PS. Catch a special interview and live performance by Pool Kids with The Hoodoo Music Podcast.


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Sylvie has collected art for more than 20 years, with a passion and commitment to promote contemporary and emerging talent. Picture This Productions curates one-off exhibitions in locations appropriate to specific artworks and creates events to showcase art collections and artists' work, mainly in London and in South West France. Picture This Productions also has Private and Corporate clients who are introduced to a wide range of art and encouraged to develop a relationship as patrons to the artists they collect. Sylvie is a fellow of the RSA.


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Hello, lovelies!
Last week, on Elise Gets Crafty, Elise and guest Allie Lehman talked about The 100 Day Project. Unbeknownst to me before that episode, The 100 Day Project is a challenge for artists all over the world to share their projects, artwork, or niche for 100 days online.
Blessed & a Mess is a fun hobby for me, but I still would like to post more regularly than I have in the past. In fact, at the beginning of 2018, my goal was to post on my blog once a week, and on Instagram daily. Consistency, if you have not been able to tell by now, is not my strong point. I have never had a brand, or a habit of posting weekly. This blog just sits here until I decide to pay it attention.
I currently sit on a lot of content: 5 original crochet patterns, shirt designs, Silhouette Cameo creations, taking a couple classes, joining a group, and picking up a new hobby I am obsessed with. My hands have been busy: just not with writing.
I have needed a motivator to push (or shove) me in the direction of achieving my goal. Cue the 100 Day Project.
I have decided to commit to joining the 100 Day Project, to help myself achieve my goal of posting regularly. I know it won't be easy, nor always fun, but I am determined to do my best.
My niche I'll be posting for the next 100 days?
100 Days of Homemade
Each week I'll be posting different types of homemade stuff that I get my hands into. For example, one week I may feature all of my crochet blankets, another week I may share all of my Silhouette Cameo projects. I love to create, now I need to improve on sharing my creations.
Follow me using the hashtag #100daysofhomemade on my Instagram, @blessedandamess
Are you doing the 100 Day Project? Drop a link to your Insta in the comments below!


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Here are some tracks to raise your income to six figures.
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Have a glance to study and learn how to do that.
Pushing Six Figures
A six-figure salary isn't out of reach for those who want greater responsibility.Being a manager isn't always a walk in the park. Whether you're responsible for the actions of a group of employees or the success of a company-wide project, managerial roles come with a lot of responsibility - often after accruing a lot of experience and education in the field. But thankfully, management positions in many areas may also come with a lot of dough.
"Managers can make very good money," says Robin Ryan, a career counselor and author of seven books, including "Soaring on Your Strengths." "It just depends on the field."
So which fields pay managers well? If you're thinking about climbing those corporate rungs toward a new level of responsibility, here are a few profitable places to shoot for.
Career #1: Marketing ManagerMedian Annual Salary*: $119,480
Bottom 10 Percent: $62,650
Top 10 Percent: equal to or greater than $187,199
If you're a savvy marketer, you don't have to work at a Fortune 500 company to make big bucks. Marketing managers at large companies and even some non-profits can make $150,000 to $300,000 a year, Ryan says.
What You'll Manage: It varies greatly. A marketing manager could manage multiple employees or none, depending on the structure and size of the organization, Ryan says. Typically the focus is instead on managing "the strategy and the systems they're using," she says.
That could mean planning advertising campaigns, initiating market research studies, or working with other department heads to discuss what products or services to promote, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
Ryan says this role has already expanded to include managing social media and mobile marketing campaigns, and she expects many positions will become "mar-com" managers - those responsible for the overall marketing direction but also the hands-on creation of communication materials, such as ads or brochures.
Click to Find the Right Marketing Program.
How to Get There: The Department of Labor says that most marketing managers have a bachelor's degree to start. Typically these professionals also have one to five years of experience in sales, promotions, marketing, or advertising. If this is a position you'd like to set your sights on, the Department adds that an internship is "highly recommended."
Career #2: Computer and Information Systems ManagerMedian Annual Salary*: $120,950
Bottom 10 Percent: $74,940
Top 10 Percent: equal to or greater than $187,199
A salary of $110,000 to $120,000 a year isn't too shabby, right? Well, that kind of return is pretty typical for managers in the information technology field, says Ryan.
What You'll Manage: These managers get the big bucks for good reason. They're often tasked with implementing organization-wide initiatives, such as determining appropriate hardware and software upgrades, Ryan says.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, computer and information systems managers - also called IT managers or IT project managers - are responsible for planning and implementing the computer-related activities for an organization, including incorporating the appropriate computer systems to meet particular goals.
While they might work with a range of departments, they often don't serve as the direct supervisor for anyone, Ryan says, which means "they have to have very good persuasive skills" in order to earn, rather than require, the help they need to get their job done.
Click to Find the Right IT and Information Systems Program.
How to Get There: Go after a bachelor's degree in computer or information science if you're reaching for this management career - it's typically a requirement, according to the Department of Labor. You'll also be required to have related work experience, and some organizations also require a graduate degree, such as a master's in business administration.
Career #3: Financial ManagerMedian Annual Salary*: $109,740
Bottom 10 Percent: $59,630
Top 10 Percent: equal to or great than $187,199
If you have any interest in market trends and supervising a team, the role of financial manager might be right for you. The other good news? Ryan says finance is a field that generally pays very well.
What You'll Manage: Financial managers often are paid handsomely not just for their smarts and experience, but because of the demands of the job.
"The nature of finance is hard, 55 to 60-hour-a-week work. It's a very difficult field," Ryan says.
That long day in the life of a financial manager might include supervising employees, analyzing data and market trends, or working on a team to provide business advice to senior management, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. They work in different places, such as insurance companies and banks.
Click to Find the Right Finance Program.
How to Get There: To pursue this office, you'll need to put in at least five years in a financial or business occupation, work experience that the Department of Labor says financial managers have. You'll also have to meet the minimum education requirement and receive at least a bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or business administration, the Department reports. Many employers prefer financial managers who also have a master's degree in business administration, finance, or economics.
Career #4: Human Resources ManagerMedian Annual Salary*: $99,720
Bottom 10 Percent: $59,020
Top 10 Percent: $173,140
If you're in charge of recruiting and hiring talented folks to help a company succeed, the compensation for your contributions just might be in the form of a six-figure salary, Ryan says.
What You'll Manage: Human resources (HR) managers typically are responsible for both organization-wide efforts - like recruitment and hiring processes - as well as supervising the day-to-day work of specialists and support staff, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
Some might oversee all HR functions - including employee benefits and training programs, while at larger organizations they may fill a specific role, the Department of Labor reports.
Click to Find the Right Business Administration Program.
How to Get There: You'll typically need a bachelor's degree in HR or business administration and related work experience before moving into this management role, according to the Department. Some high-level positions could require candidates with a master's degree in business administration, labor relations, or HR, the Department says.
Career #5: Engineering ManagerMedian Annual Salary*: $117,000
Bottom 10 Percent: $75,350
Top 10 Percent: equal to or greater than $187,199
Engineering managers - particularly those in charge of research and development or those working in the automotive or aerospace industries - make very good money, Ryan says.
What You'll Manage: Engineering managers might bring home a hefty paycheck if they lead the development of new technologies, products, and solutions with big potential - both for innovation and the company's bottom line, Ryan says.
While engineering managers often create detailed technical plans, propose budgets, and may develop overall concepts for a new product, much of their time is spent supervising staff and checking the accuracy of their work, says the U.S. Department of Labor.
Click to Find the Right Engineering Program.
How to Get There: Expect to put in some time before advancing into this position. According to the Department of Labor, engineering managers typically have years of experience under their belt before they advance to a management position and nearly all have at least a bachelor's degree in an engineering specialty. Many also have a master's degree in engineering management, technology management, or business administration, the Department says.
Career #6: Medical and Health Services ManagerMedian Annual Salary*: $88,580
Bottom 10 Percent: $53,940
Top 10 Percent: $150,560
No M.D.? No worries. A medical and health services manager - also called a health care administrator is one of the few high-paying roles in health care that isn't necessarily held by a doctor, Ryan says.
What You'll Manage: Medical and health services managers direct the medical services for an entire hospital, a specific clinical unit, or department, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. But the duties vary depending on the size and organization of the facility.
And for some managers, the high pay might come with a high price. If a facility needs management around-the-clock, they may have to work on weekends and overnight, the Department of Labor reports.
Click to Find the Right Health Care Administration Program.
How to Get There: "Prospective medical and health services managers have a bachelor's degree in health administration," according to the Department. While a degree in health administration could prepare you for this role, some employers also hire managers who have work experience instead of formal education, the Department reports.
* All salary information from the Department of Labor Occupational Employment and Wages statistics, May 2012.


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ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT CAREER DIGEST: OCTOBER 21st, 2011
1. Arts & Entertainment Network: Join the newest student organization on campus. 2. Alumni Career Advisor in the Arts: Lizzie Bildner wants to talk with undergraduate students! 3. World-renowned choreographer FAUSTIN LINYEKULA: Wed, Oct 26 @ 4:30 PM in Haldeman 041 4. (FILM) Directors' Guild of America - Assistant Directors Paid Training 5. PBS NewsHour – Broadcast Desk Assistant (Jan-July 2012): APPLICATION DEADLINE OCT. 31/2011 6. The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) is hiring! 7. October is National Arts and Humanities month.
Arts and Entertainment Network: is a student organization that promotes the arts, media and entertainment industry and helps students network with other students/alumni in the field. We plan mixers, bring speakers, and organize a career fair and workshops. Get an edge over the competition. Email email@example.com for more information.
Alumni Career Advisor in the Arts! We recently received a note from one alum who is reaching out to assist the undergraduates at Dartmouth. Here is a portion of her email:
"If there are ever any undergraduates who are looking to learn more about working in the arts industry, please let me know. I remember …. when I was an undergraduate trying to figure out how to break into this industry …. and would like to make sure that those seeking professions in the arts industry from Dartmouth have a sufficient understanding of not only where to look, but what the industry is like and what skills are needed to be able to get a foot in the door. Look up "Lizzie Bildner" in the Dartmouth Career Network.
World-renowned choreographer FAUSTIN LINYEKULA shares his efforts to counteract the legacy of war and the collapse of the Congolese economy through the arts. Wed, Oct 26 @ 4:30 PM in Haldeman 041.Free and Open to the Public.Sponsored by the African and African American Studies Program, the Department of Theater, The Dickey Center for International Understanding, The Leslie Center for the Humanities, and The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center. More info: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~theater/
(FILM) Directors' Guild of America - Assistant Directors Paid Training Program – (400 days) The Training Program's ultimate goal is to provide the Directors Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers with Assistant Directors of the highest quality and professionalism. For more information go to: http://www.trainingplan.org/ (L.A.)
PBS NewsHour – Broadcast Desk Assistant (Jan-July 2012): APPLICATION DEADLINE OCT. 31/2011 Rotations in research, newsroom, tape library, reporting, and production. The Desk Assistant (DA) position is part of a six-month entry-level program aimed at providing practical experience in a broadcast news setting. The DAs are exposed to all aspects involved in producing a nightly television news program. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/aboutus/openings/?id=2
The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), is hiring! SIFF is the largest, most well-attended film festival in the United States (150,000+ filmgoers in 2011). SIFF a non-profit organization and also operate two theaters in downtown Seattle.
SIFF is currently looking into hiring someone young, outgoing, creative, charismatic, self-motivated, bright, passionate, resourceful, eager, organized, and energetic for an entry-level fundraising position with a specific focus on community partnership with local businesses, non-profits, special interest groups, and foreign consuls. The position would be located in Seattle and would start as soon as possible. Check it out in the Nationwide Internship Consortium.
October is National Arts & Humanities Month, a coast-to-coast collective recognition of the importance of culture in America. It is designed to encourage all Americans to explore new facets of the arts and humanities in their lives, and to begin a lifelong habit of active participation in the arts and humanities. Check it out at: http://www.artsusa.org/get_involved/advocacy/nahm/default.asp


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The Hazel Rowley Literary Fund was established to support the annual awarding of a Literary Fellowship. The Fellowship is designed to support Australian writers of biography, and extends to include a writer who is working on an aspect of cultural or social history.
Established by Hazel's family and friends, the Hazel Rowley Literary Fund is a not for profit tax-deductible fund, managed by the Australian Communities Foundation.
All donations to the Fund are welcome. Your donation helps support biography writing in Australia.
How to donate
You can make a tax-deductible donation online. A tax-deductible receipt will be issued to your email address.
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Sex education involves the teaching of useful knowledge and related skills of critical issues related to sexuality, including intimacy, human relationships, sexual identity and gender roles, reproductive anatomy and body image, puberty and the reproductive process, emotional aspects of maturation, the value of continued abstinence among teens who are not sexually active, alternative methods of contraception and HIV/STD (sexually transmitted disease) prevention, and the health consequences of avoiding contraceptives and prevention methods among sexually active youth.
Studies show that adolescent sexuality is most influenced by parents, followed by peers, and finally, by what is learned in schools.
Sex education developed in response to various studies showing high rates of teen involvement in sexual activity (75 percent by the college years) and low rates of contraceptive use and knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
Risky Sexual Practices
Further, these studies showed that several situational factors contribute to risky practices among teens — especially failure to plan in advance for sexual activity (on the assumption that planning for sex damages spontaneity and romance) and use of alcohol and/or drugs prior to or during sex.
Also, less than complete ability to assess the potential consequences of one's actions has been found to be common among teenagers. All of these factors are associated with low levels of condom use among teens, and usually all are addressed in sex education programs.
The primary goal of school-based sex education is the promotion of sexual health. To achieve this goal, most programs seek to provide accurate information about human sexuality, an opportunity for value clarification, skills to improve interpersonal relationships, and assistance in exercising responsibility in one's sexual life, including acquiring healthy behaviors and attitudes regarding sexual behavior.


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Paramount Pictures has acquired the comedy script "One Big Happy" with Steve Martin and Diane Keaton attached to star reports Variety.
"Party of Five" creators Chris Keyser and Amy Lippman are behind the project whose concept is being kept under wraps.
Sources describe "One Big Happy" as a family comedy about a couple and a family reconnecting amid various obstacles.
Martin and Keaton previously played a married couple in the Charles Shyer-directed "Father of the Bride" and its sequel.s
Keyser is presently planning to direct his script "Great Education". Lippman is scripting a feature adaptation of the Galt Niederhoffer novel "A Taxonomy of Barnacles" for Sony Pictures.


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Though 90% of Americans asked told Gallup pollsters they believed in some sort of God, in some circles, admitting it is still taboo enough to avert eyes and trigger self-conscious coughs. In a review of Christian Wiman's memoir, My Bright Abyss, (in the May 6, 2013 edition of The New Yorker) Adam Kirsch writes that "[to] confide such a moment [Wiman praying with his wife] is, in contemporary literary culture, perhaps more daring than the most outré sexual imaginings." What Wiman was describing was more than a lukewarm belief in the existence of an entity understood only as the coalescence of a bunch of unimaginable (infinitude, timelessness, omnipresence, etc.) concepts; it was bowed-head, peaked-hands, down-on-your-knees practice, an admission so intimate it was bound to titillate some while embarrassing others. Though, as a philosophically and spiritually curious agnostic, I'll admit that I find the sort of knee-jerk, ankle-deep atheism that's become so popular a bit more embarrassing, in a way, reading Brideshead Revisited was like walking in on a couple engaged in spontaneous prayer: I vacillated between excitement (what prose! what characters!) and embarrassment (just how does even the most vocal agnostic end up Catholic?!).
The book tells the a rather unremarkable story of the decades long relationship between Charles Ryder and the aristocratic Marchmain clan and their Wiltshire estate, Brideshead. Lady Marchmain is a devout and influential Catholic and it's her religion that binds the family in the absence of its patriarch, Lord Marchmain. Lord Marchmain, having shunned his wife and her Church, fled England for Europe, where he set up house with his longtime mistress, Cora. A smart and sophisticated man, Lord Marchmain makes no secret of his antipathy for his wife's religion. Not the sort of man you'd think would undergo a deathbed conversion. And yet, years after Lady Marchmain's death, when Lord Marchmain returns to Brideshead for what he knows will be the last time, this once proud man – a man who promptly sent the priest tasked with saving his soul packing – now sick and terrified, renounces his sins and submits to the last sacrament. In a way, Lord Marchmain's reversal is understandable – who knows, on my deathbed, maybe I'll make Pascal's wager as well– and yet, it's also astonishing. Even more puzzling, in some ways, is that rather than being received with the gracious indulgence owed to the dying, this final hour penitence actually inspires Lord Marchmain's daughter, Julia, to renounce her love for Charles and return to the Church. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
Evelyn Waugh famously converted to Catholicism in 1930 and Brideshead Revisited, published in 1945, was his first avowedly Catholic book. Subtitled "The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder", I found myself wondering which of Charles' memories were meant to be sacred and which were meant to be profane. In fact, the two periods in Charles' life when he admits to feeling the most alive were periods during which he sinned gravely: his drunken and debaucherous days at Oxford, where he meets Lord Marchmain's son, Sebastian; and the adulterous affair he has years later with Lord Marchmain's daughter, Julia.
Charles starts Oxford with a diligent, if slightly dull, set. But Sebastian, with his beauty and wealth, with his odd manner and aesthetic sensibility, with his teddy bear and stable of louche friends, stands out, and before long, he and Charles are inseparable. Under Sebastian's influence, Charles rebels against the staid propriety of Oxford life. He outfits his room with Partagas cigars and Lalique glassware and skulls in bowls of rose petals. He gets day-drunk and lives beyond his means. He drops his old friends and barely passes his classes. But throughout all the youthful hijinks, one never gets the sense that Charles' rebellion is anything more than a phase. Sebastian, on the other hand, is a bit more complicated.
The only thing more irrationally intense than Sebastian's fear of abandonment is his resistance to his moralizing mother. Though, he'll eventually flee his family for a hard and drunken life in North Africa, this period, the period that solidified their friendship and Charles' connection to the Marchmain family, is among the most important periods of Charles' life. Remembering, many years later, a summer he once spent at Brideshead alone with Sebastian, Charles wonders if "perhaps the Beatific Vision itself has some remote kinship with this lowly experience" because he was " very near heaven during those languid days at Brideshead."
Though he'll marry, have children, and enjoy a fair measure of success as an architectural painter, Charles will never feel so alive again. That is, until he runs into Sebastian's sister, Julia, many years later. Like him, Julia is stuck in a loveless marriage, and it isn't long before their shared sense of history brings them together. For two years, they'll live as husband and wife in full view of their spouses.
That Julia would be amenable to such unconventional living arrangements is hardly shocking considering how Lord and Lady Marchmain arranged their households. But as the specter of WWII looms over Europe, marriage starts to feel necessary, and Julia starts to think of the requisite divorces. However, spooked by her father's deathbed conversion, Julia decides the only way to redeem herself for her sins is to give up her happiness and Charles.
"[It] may be a private bargain between me and God, that if I give up this one thing I want so much, however bad I am, he won't despair of me in the end," Julia explains and maybe that's the key to understanding why Charles' happiest memories, memories that I, in my pagan ignorance, would have picked out as his most sacred, are, in fact, his most profane. Though his joy has a purity and intensity that most of us would find aspirational, it doesn't change the fact that the source of his feeling is ultimately forbidden. Perhaps the transcendent, the spiritual, the supernatural, is found in the very act of denial. Knowing God is hard, and perhaps the simple, "lowly" joys of youth and love close our hearts to divine. Perhaps the most direct route to Him is through loss.
I remain unconvinced. Unfortunately, what is denied the reader is the perhaps most interesting story of all: how does Charles, a fervent agnostic, who made regular sport of baiting the Marchmains into theological debate, come to his faith?
Charles' conversion is the shadow that hangs over the book. The novel's conceit returns Charles to Brideshead during WWII, the grand estate now repurposed as barracks, giving him the opportunity to reflect on his time at Brideshead and his relationship to the Marchmains. Narrator-Charles is also Catholic-Charles, and the act of remembering pugnacious Agnostic-Charles sets up the expectation that whatever follows, the distance between the two will be covered and explained. Thwarting expectations can be a powerful tool, used skillfully. However, here, Charles' conversion feels like a cheap sleight of hand; it feels unearned and baffling precisely because it's unexplained. In a way, I suppose, that's probably the point: one's personal relationship to God is ineffable. Which is a shame. Reading fiction is the only way we can inhabit other minds, and it's one of the most rewarding ways to explore experiences we may never have ourselves, and I, for one, would've liked to have peeped Charles' conversion because it'll be a while yet -- I hope -- before I'm making a Pascal's wager of my own.


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From Market Researcher to "Insight Scientist"
Written by Guest Blogger, Posted in Business Insights, Insight Infrastructure, Market Reseach
In an article in the October, 2012 issue of Harvard Business Review, Thomas H. Davenport and D.J. Patil proclaim that "data scientist" is "the sexiest job of the 21st century." There's no doubt that data scientists are in demand as the digital trails we generate grow exponentially (in just the last few months I've added Instagram, Snapchat and a second Twitter account). "Big data" places a high premium on the ability to write code for algorithms that will clean, transform, and beat these new (and often unstructured) data streams into submission and they yield up their secrets. (more…)


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We cannot wait for this wedding! It was such a perfect evening at Bennion Beach with engaged couple Mauro and Jodie. They have a magical connection that was a delight to photograph and were not afraid of getting wet for the perfect sunset photo!
Jodie's engagement ring by Solid Gold and her make up is by Cat Elizabeth
Contact us today to ask about a portrait with your special someone, don't forget all of our wedding packages include an engagement portrait.


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Max Verstappen linked to Red Bull and Mercedes F1 junior programmes
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U.S. carriers should move 210 million passengers during the 2014 summer season—a 1.5% boost from 2013 and the highest total since the still-record years of 2007 and 2008, Airlines For America (A4A) projects.
The boost will include a record 30 million passengers on international flights, A4A says.
Several factors are driving the positive trends, A4A says. Among them: general economic expansion, an improving job market, and wage growth that outpaces airline fare increases.
The top international destinations as measured in scheduled seats for all airlines remain Canada, Mexico, and the U.K., as they were in 2013.
The largest year-over-year growth reflects the shift in international airline strategies. Seats to Norway, bolstered by Norwegian Air International, will be up 81%. Seats to Qatar will jump nearly 53%, and United Arab Emirates will increase 42%, reflecting expansion of Qatar Airways and Emirates and related responses.
A4A's projected figures are based on schedules for scheduled airline travel from June 1 to August 31. A4A notes that the time period includes 10 of the year's 15 busiest travel days as calculated by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
The news comes on the heels of a first-quarter swing to profitability for the nine publicly traded U.S. passenger airlines. The carriers—Alaska Airlines, Allegiant Air, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines and United Airlines—combined to post a reported a net profit of $401 million, compared with a net loss of $552 million during the same period in 2013.
Operating revenues rose 3.7% percent, due in large part to a 1.1% bump in passengers—"the equivalent of an additional 21,000 passengers per day," A4A notes.


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[News] Odd Future Announce Upcoming Releases, Tour Dates
Never ones to deal with PR or put out a press release, Odd Future took to their tumblr (as they always do) to put out their version of a press release:
If Anyone Cares, This Is Our 'Press Release'( those things are kinda stupid). Below That Is The Tour Dates For The CAMP FLOG GNAW TOUR In September. We Are Hitting New Cities That We've Never Been To. Last Show Is In Los Angeles With An OF Carnival And Some Special Shit Happening There. Yes, We Said Carnival."


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Mr. Burnett co-founded Remote Light, Inc., in September, 1999 and Remote Light Water Company in August, 2007, both intellectual property holding companies for drinking water, wastewater, air, appliance, and other applications using ultraviolet (UV) light and optics. He was responsible for global technology licensing and managed the intellectual property portfolio of 40+ US and foreign patents. Mr. Burnett resigned his positions in May, 2012 for both Remote Light and Remote Light Water Company.
Prior to his work at Remote Light, Inc. and Remote Light Water Company, Mr. Burnett was a Financial Consultant with Smith Barney Brokerage Firm and Capital Investment Companies in North Carolina for approximately 10 years. Prior to that, Mr. Burnett was a partner with Sisters' Catering Company and The Sir Walter Restaurant in Raleigh, NC. Mr. Burnett is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and attended Wake Forest University School of Law.
Dr. Paul Dent
Founder, Chief Scientist
Paul Dent was the Chief Scientist at Ericsson USA from July, 1990 to January, 2010. Prior to joining Ericsson, Dr. Dent was with Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications from 1987 to 1990. Dr. Dent is the #1 patent inventor in wireless communication technology, having filed 350+ US Patents, and over 1,000 technology patents in his name.
Dr. Dent's specialties include everything in electronics, particularly RF circuits, digital signal processing algorithms, system design, missiles, satellite, hardware design, satsomms systems design, navigation instruments, yacht instrumentation, cellphones and cellular systems, military radio, crypto, solar energy, high efficiency pure sinewave converters, CDMA, TDMA, OFDM and equalizers. Also, mathematical simulation of circuits, systems and algorithms. He enjoys mathematics of finance and investing, including stocks, bonds, options (all short and long), total return, short selling mechanisms, margin calculations, regulations and taxation.
Since retiring from Ericsson, Dr. Dent has developed, prototyped and filed 14 patent applications, three of which have been granted as of October, 2015 on one of a kind solar technology, including the SMART LOAD CENTER, and new Transformerless Sinewave DC to AC Solar Inverter technology, for residential and commercial solar applications. Four additional International patent applications have been filed around seven inventions.
J. Phillips L. Johnston, J.D.
Vice Chairman, Co-Founder, Chief Legal Officer
Former CEO of two publicly traded companies and director of five public companies including Adams-Millis, a NYSE company for 19-years. He was named Entrepreneur of the Year by North Carolina's Council of Entrepreneurial Development (CED) in 1995 and is the author of four published business books.
Mr. Johnston is a former CEO of two publicly traded companies: Digital Recorders from January, 1990 to December, 1999 and IDTek from January, 2001 to December, 2006. He has been a director of five public companies: Adams-Millis (NYSE) from February, 1982 to March, 2000; DRI (NASDAQ); Southern Film Extruders (NASDAQ); IDTek (OTC); and Marion Manufacturing Company (OTC), Phil brings substantial leadership experience to the Koolbridge Solar team. Phil also founded NCTA, the largest technology trade association in NC and authored 4 business books, one of which Esquire Magazine described as "the best book ever written on small business". In 1995, Phil was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Council of Entrepreneurial Development.
Larry Zirbel
Former IBM'er and successful entrepreneur who has founded software engineering companies and is a technology consultant. A successful entrepreneur, Larry founded Software Techniques, Inc., a software engineering start-up in October, 1987, providing software development services to AT&T, Amdahl, Fujitsu, Hitachi and others. Larry also developed a Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal system for Property valuation and assessment which assesses over 12 Million properties in the US and abroad and sold the company to Thomson Reuters on December 31, 2008. Those clients include Miami-Dade, Jacksonville, Tampa, Reno, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, the entire state of Maryland, Guam, Trinadad and Cape Town, South Africa. Larry began his career as a Research Staff Member at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center and is a technology consultant.
William "Bill" J. Pratt
Mr. Pratt is the former Founder, Chairman, CEO and Chief Technology Officer of RF Micro Devices, Inc. Mr. Pratt founded RF Micro Devices in Greensboro, NC in 1991 and retired in 2008. The Company designs and manufactures high-performance radio frequency systems and solutions for applications that drive wireless and broad band communications. With 3,500 employees, RF Micro Devices completed its merger in January 2015 with TriQuint Semiconductors to form Qorvo, a Company with a present Market Cap of approximately $10 Billion. Prior to starting RF Micro, Bill was the General Manager of Analog Devices from 1971 to 1991, He is a graduate of Villanova with a BS in Electrical Engineering. Bill is also on the Board of Directors of Guerilla-RF.
Bill Griffin
President and CEO, Koolbridge Solar
Leads all strategic alliance initiatives and develops other sales channels, works with team to execute the Business Plan. Background includes many start-up and turnaround companies including CompUSA, Electrosource, ElectroStorm, and AMX. Bill Griffin is an exceptionally motivated business executive with 47 years of successful experience in business equipment, computer, telecommunications, energy, electronic control devices, and other service industries, delivering solutions to corporate, government, and education clients directly or through independent channel partners. He has demonstrated bottom line success for retail, value added reseller and manufacturing companies including startup, rapid growth and mature organizations. Bill was Regional Vice President of AMX Corporation for 11-years, held roles as CEO, President and Executive Vice President at ElectroSource over a 7-year period, and was Vice President, Government Division and Officer of the Company for CompUSA, a multi-billion computer retailer, from 1989 to 1996.
Bill works with the Executive Management of Koolbridge Solar in business development, technical support, financial analysis, business operations, sales and marketing, sales management and operations, team building, and executive briefings. Bill is a graduate of Niagara University with a BS in Economics.


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For 17 years he's helped some of the biggest brands in the world tell their story, including The Home Depot, Bose, Staples, and the Dave Ramsey Team. Most recently he's spoken to hundreds of thousands of people at conferences, colleges, companies and churches. Featured regularly on national media, Jon has been seen on CNN, Fox News, Good Day LA and several other key outlets.
In addition, Jon is also a big proponent of social media with blogs that have been read by 4 million people and more than 250,000 twitter followers. In 2010 he used his influence with his tribe to build two kindergartens in Vietnam. Jon lives with his wife Jenny and two daughters in Franklin, TN.
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By the time you finish reading this paragraph there will be a cool, new social media platform invented. (The new one is Twitter plus Pinterest minus Linked divided by Friendster.) How do you stay on top of the trends, making the most of the emerging technology without getting overwhelmed? You learn the secret rhythm of social media.
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The rate of change gets faster and faster each day. Technology is changing, ask the Flipcam and Blockbuster. Careers are changing, ask graphic designers who seemingly overnight had to learn how to design for a new online medium. Whole industries are changing, ask the hoteliers who suddenly find one million new competitors via the room-renting app Airbnb. Value systems are changing, ask millennials, 45% of which care more about workplace flexibility than salary.
Some companies will get stuck. When the New York Times asked, "Why didn't Kodak create Instagram?" they were commenting on how easy it is for even successful companies to get crushed by the waves of change. Other companies will thrive amidst the turbulence.
Change is upon us and depending on how you approach it, it can be either overwhelming or an opportunity. The key is to see it for what it really is, a Do Over, a chance to reset. And if you want to navigate a Do Over, the best leaders in the world, running small businesses to massive corporations, know it takes four investments: Relationships, Skills, Character and Hustle.
The good news is, your business and your employees already have everything they need to make the best of a Do Over.
In fact, you've had it for years.
Sound like marketing hype? It's not.
You already have each of those four critical investments, now it's time to amplify them and apply them in a new way.
Why? Because your business is going to experience four real seasons of change:
You will hit a Ceiling and get stuck, requiring sharp skills to free yourself.
You will experience a Bump, unexpectedly running into a difficult market, requiring strong relationships to survive.
You will make a Jump, requiring solid character to push through the chaos launching something new always stirs up.
You will get a surprise Opportunity you didn't see coming, requiring dedicated hustle to take advantage of it.
The good news is there are only four types of change you will face as a company. The great news is that there are simple, practical ways to get the most out of each.
Change is coming for all of us.
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How do you adapt to the new world of sales? How do you launch fresh services, grow existing accounts and develop new relationships with future clients? Jon Acuff teaches his proven approach to selling. With humor and relevant cultural insight, Jon will transform your attendees' views of selling and give a fresh, new view of sales performance.
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If you want a sense of Jon Acuff's career path, look no further than the titles of his three best-selling books. Quitter, Start, and Do Over hint at the Nashville writer's surprise resignation from financial guru Dave Ramsey's team. Now the man behind the website Stuff Christians Like is using his platform to dispense business advice infused with Christian wisdom.
I'm really good at starting things and if procrastination was a skill it would be on my resume. I've completed half of the P90X workout three times; I was almost in the best shape of my life. "The things we know we need to do, we've known forever," he explains. Maybe it was the rain in the weather forecast or the fire-breathing dragon lurking over my shoulder that held me back from getting things done.
Motivational author Jon Acuff is scheduled to speak at this year's Kansas Young Professionals Summit in Wichita, according to a news release.
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Australian rapper Iggy Azalea has just rebooted our love for Amy Heckerling's 1995 cult hit Clueless.
The video for her new single, Fancy, mimics scenes from the movie to perfection. Iggy brings unlikely heroine Cher, who was famously played by Alicia Silverstone, to life with a little help from Charli XCX, who sings the catchy chorus as her one-time BFF Tai.
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Method and apparatus for determining the length of single-walled carbon nanotubes
AuthorPasquali, Matteo; Davis, Virginia Angelica; Stepanek-Basset, Ingrid; Parra-Vasquez, Nicholas A. G.; Hauge, Robert H.
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The present invention is directed to at least one method and at least one apparatus for determining the length of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). The method generally comprises the steps of: dispersing a sample of SWNTs into a suitable dispersing medium to form a solvent-suspension of solvent-suspended SWNTs; determining the mean SWNT diameter of the solvent-suspended SWNTs; introducing the solvent-suspended SWNTs into a viscosity-measuring device; obtaining a specific viscosity for the SWNT solvent-suspension; and determining the length of the SWNTs based upon the specific viscosity by solving, for example, the Kirkwood-Auer equation corrected by Batchelor's formula for the drag on a slender cylinder for "L," to determine the length of the SWNTs. The apparatus generally comprises: a SWNT sample introduction mechanism; a dispersal chamber; a SWNT radius-determination chamber; and a viscosity determining chamber, wherein the SWNT sample introduction mechanism, the dispersal chamber, the SWNT radius-determination chamber, and the viscosity determination chamber are each operatively connected to at least one of the others.
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The sellers are cognizant of the term 'showing condition' (which I teach them through our listing agreement appointment) and they would like to get the property in tip top shape before the showing.
In some cases, there are dogs on the property and the seller has to load up the dogs and take them away. In doing so, the buyer's agent can show the property to their client without worrying about the dogs (or cats, birds or whatever kind of pet they have).
ONE day notice for all showing appointments....
is prominently displayed on the MLS.
Example: Okay, now that we have that understanding (assuming we have that understanding), you email me and let me know you have a buyer. You go on to state (no hint of a request, mind you) that I can show the property at my convenience so please get back with a time and date.
EXCUSE ME? You want ME to show YOUR client the property?
I politely reply with, "You will have to accompany your client for a showing of the property. I currently have a confirmed time/date for a showing and there are a couple of other agents showing the property during that time. Please let me know if you would like to 'piggy back' on that showing appointment". *The agent replies with a yes, she and her client will attend the confirmed showing.
Please do not ask me to show YOUR client MY listing.
I am representing the seller and work hard for my seller.
You need to work just as hard for your buyer.
*Note to home buyers: Please ask your agent to show you the property (you did tell your agent to call and ask the listing agent to show you, right?) And please just 'put in your best offer'. I'm assuming you put your agent up to asking what the other offers came in at......right? Silence... Right?
Celeste "Sally" Cheeseman is a Realtor-Associate® and Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) with Century 21 Liberty Homes in Mililani, Hawaii. With a sharp understanding that a listening ear is the key to a client's needs she serves the island of Oahu (Honolulu County) and all Hawaii Military Relocations, Hawaii Retirees, Hawaii Job Transfers and Hawaii Residents, Home Buyers and Sellers.
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With most of my paintings I have a clear idea of the story I'm wanting to visually convey. But this one started out vague and unfocused, with several directions that it could go. As I kept working it was the act of taking away elements that finally brought the piece together, allowing it to express several themes in my head with a simple image.


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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has been sworn by the producers as a superphone that everybody desired. However, under inquiry, it can be said that it is designed for a set of users that want to acquire a high-spec smartphone with powerful technology. The early verdict on this phone is that it is an excellent addition to the Notes series since it boasts all the superb features of S-range phones with an updated S-Pen.
Even compared to S7, this phablet holds a high rank since none of them even come close to the features it provides with the renewed S-Pen. S-Pen experience has been improved to the point that it feels like a paper and pen ready-to use at hand. Not only that but it is waterproof so no rain or bath can stop the user for experiencing the HDR graphics with S-Pen.
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It's 1943.
The latest and most innovative technology is being used by the British and the Americans
to communicate with each other via transatlantic radio-telephone
during the Second World War.
to communicate with each other via transatlantic radio-telephone
during the Second World War.
For security, a 40 ton scrambling machine, Sigsaly, has been installed
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A private extension is being installed at the Cabinet War Rooms,
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A direct line to President Roosevelt.
Secrecy is of the utmost importance.
Where to put that extension?
For the Prime Minister's ears only.
For the Prime Minister's ears only.
The Transatlantic Telephone Room disguised as a toilet.
To keep this telephone top secret, a toilet lock was put on the door.
Surely Churchill's staff would never guess that when 'engaged',
behind that door Churchill was not spending a penny
but talking to the president of the United States of America.
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This toilet was especially reserved for the Prime Minister, for his sole use.
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It was 'said' to be the only flushing toilet in Churchill's secret underground war rooms.
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Everyone else, his wife, Chiefs of Staff and office staff
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Or they could go upstairs to the ground floor of the building above.
However arrangements were made in case you were caught short in the night.
Clementine Churchill's bedroom.
more 'toilette' than toilet.
Perhaps a chamber pot was deemed too unseemly
for the bedroom of the wife of the Prime Minister.
Churchill doesn't seem to care though.
Nonchalantly on show at the end of his bed in his study bedroom.
The Cabinet War Rooms, now Churchill War Rooms
have been open to the public since 1984
and reassuringly do have public toilets with running water and a flush.
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It is this time of the month again: Time to overview the cool stuff neuroscience discovered in the last two (okay, almost three) weeks! On the agenda today: How scientists can read your mind, why you better should clean up your work desk right about now, new victories in the fight against Alzheimer's and some encouragement for your scribblings on the old newspapers or writing Harry Potter fan fiction in your secret notebook.
1. If you're stressed, try scribbling an image on a receipt you found in your pocket or writing down a short story about how your day went. At least this is what researchers from Drexel's College of Nursing and Health Professions suggest you should do. In a new study they found that making art at any skill noticeably reduces the levels of the stress hormone cortisol just 45 minutes after the artistic act. While useful for normal functioning, cortisol is constantly increased in people suffering from chronic stress and can cause a lot of shitty things like damage to your brain structure and cognitive functions in a long run. So lowering it sounds like a pretty good idea.
Whereas the notion that art is therapeutic is kind of intuitive, it was surprising that there was no difference between people with prior artistic experience and absolute noobs -- the benefits were similar for both groups. That's how one of the participants puts it: "It was very relaxing. After about five minutes, I felt less anxious. I was able to obsess less about things that I had not done or need [ed] to get done. Doing art allowed me to put things into perspective". Sounds like something all of us stressed and obsessed workaholics need to do, to be honest. Another interesting thing was the association between age and the decrease of cortisol: The younger the participants were the lower their stress hormone levels were. Maybe universities should introduce some creative self-expression classes to reduce stress in young academics? Or maybe just pay for their education and free them from student loans? Not sure which one will actually decrease the stress levels.
2. If you think mind reading only exists in the X-Men universe as Professor's X superpower then I have news for you (however, to disappoint you right away: Reading the thoughts of this cute girl you're desperately trying to flirt with is not exactly what is meant by "mind reading here").
In a interesting new study scientists managed to identify what faces people were remembering or looking at. They did it by using a sophisticated program which first learned to associate seeing specific facial features with patterns of brain activation and then used this knowledge to find out which face a participant is looking at based on her neural activity. It worked, though the difference between real and reconstructed faces was comparable to the difference between the pics you see on OKcupid and the person you meet on the date.
Credit: The Journal of Neuroscience
Although deciphering perceptual input has been done previously (here I wrote about reconstructing video clips watched by participants with the help of their neural activity which might sound even more impressive due to the dynamic nature of the stimulus) this study also included something new. Researches went one step further and asked the participants to recall a face and maintain it in their memory for a bit. Amazingly enough, basing on the activity in a memory-related region they could also recreate these recalled faces to some extent.
Even though this whole technique is far from perfect, the program was still able to get the basic features -- like skin colour -- right. Moreover, in the condition with the actual face pictures it even could identify information about personality traits (such as trustworthiness).
Now if you're worried put your tinfoil hats away, no one is going to read and control your mind anytime soon. All of our brains are unique so the machines would need kind of an individual map for everyone of us to know which neural pattern corresponds to what in whom. It is still a very long way to go, but think of it: Wouldn't it be amazing if instead of lame photofits of criminals we could reconstruct the offender's face from the memory?
3. It seems like no week passes without new discoveries concerning this devastating sonofabitch of a disorder called Alzheimer's. This time science actually has two pieces of good news. First, researchers successfully attempted to revive older people's brains by putting neural stem cells into hippocampus, a structure responsible for learning and memory. A distinctive feature of stem cells is their ability to self-renew and to develop into all different kinds of nerve cells needed in the brain. A distinctive feature of hippocampus in aging brains is volume shrinkage and diminished productions of new neurons, both of which are associated with memory problems older people often experience. Scientists have put two and two together and tried to grow new neurons in hippocampi of elderly rats (who were around 70yo in human terms). Stem cells they used originated from the sub-ventricular zone of the brain, a region where there is a number of stem cells producing new neurons throughout your whole life. Amazingly, hippocampus didn't seem to have any problems with accepting stem cells -- not only did they survive, they also divided several times to make new cells. Moreover, some of these cells kept their "stemness" feature meaning that they kept producing new neurons even three months after implantation. This thriving of the implanted cells is very promising for treatment neurodenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's. The next step would be to actually test whether the restored gray matter volume is also associated with the cognitive improvements and whether this kind of therapy can reverse age-related memory deficits. But hey, growing new neurons in the old brains is a lot of progress already, you all!
Another joyful piece of news comes from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. In their very small study (including ten participants) they showed how a personalised therapy program could reverse the memory loss associated with Alzheimer's. This systematic treatment consisted of 36 points -- dietary changes, medication, brain stimulation, you name it, and lasted for five to twenty-four months. Afterwards, some of the patients showed an abnormal-to-normal reversal in their brain structure changes and all of them exhibited improvements in memory performance. It is interesting to note that 9/10 patients were genetically predisposed to have Alzheimer's: They had two copies of the APOE4 allele. Earlier the general advice was to avoid APOE testing because it would just make you feel sad and doomed and there is nothing which can be done about it. Now, however, it seems like you should know your risk status asap, so that you can start with a personalised multidimensional prevention therapy. I wish my grandma's neurologist would come up with this treatment plan instead of saying "Uhm, now just wait and accept it, I guess".
4. Starting this week there is a scientifically proven reason for you to finally clear your working desk from these cups where tea leftovers have already developed intelligent life and to replace them with some bright fresh flowers. According to a new study, both your working environment and the extent to which your job mentally stimulates you affect your cognition. If you're working in a unclean and loud workspace the negative effects on your brain function will be as noticeable as after working at a dull repetitive job for a long while. Both findings make sense if you think about it: Our brain is like a muscle. It grows stronger with practice and falls under the "use it or lose" rule. If you don't really challenge it you are likely to face cognitive decline later in life, meaning that functions like reasoning, problem solving, mental flexibility and working memory will slowly fade away. Dirty working environment poses a different threat for your brain function: It might become a home for diverse bacteria and mold which, as we know, might leak into the brain if its protection is weakened (which is often the cause with older people) and cause all kinds of vandalism there. I'm also thinking the impact of noise and decreased motivation may be at play here. The take-home message (which I hope CEOs will also take a notice of): Regularly clean your workspace, engage in new challenging tasks and learn new skills; then your job will not ruin you. Take this Coursera machine learning course! Start learning Italian to talk to business partners! Buy earplugs!
1. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07421656.2016.1166832
2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27251627
3. http://stemcellstm.alphamedpress.org/content/early/2016/05/18/sctm.2015-0270
4. http://www.impactaging.com/papers/v8/n6/full/100981.html
5. http://journals.lww.com/joem/Citation/2016/06000/Workplace_Exposures_and_Cognitive_Function_During.1.aspx


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Teruya Enomoto is a Scientist at Tokyo Institute of Technology and a biotech advisor in DG Lab at Digital Garage. He received his Ph.D. from Tokyo Institute of Technology where he investigated in vitro reconstruction of Simian Virus 40 for drug delivery system. His original backgrounds are molecular biology and biochemistry. He currently works on DNA amplification in femto-litter droplet using DNA nanotech. He is interested in how bio community in non-academic lab can affect life science, life technology, and bio business.


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Kyuki Do combines concepts from Tae Kwon Do, Judo, and other martial arts. Kyuki Do is a traditional "Mixed Martial Art" used for self-defense. You will learn the kicks of Tae Kwon Do, the throwing and grappling of Judo, along with small joint locks, pressure points, and a focus on a self-defense mentality.
"To truly appreciate ones chosen style, One must acknowledge the strengths of other styles"
-Miyamoto Musashi
Kyuki Do combines concepts from multiple styles while developing other original skills to make the transition from one to another seamless, minimizing any weaknesses of a single style.
Come and experience the power you already posses as you learn true self-defense techniques. Come in today and feel confident that you can protect yourself and your loved ones.
Feel your confidence grow in yourself, and have a great time doing it!
Kyuki Do students must be 15 to participate, as the techniques that are taught are for self-defense and can lead to serious injury if done without control.


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A short #Summit2Sea adventure, from the summit of Scafell Pike to the Irish Sea. Just one step in making fear my friend and preparing for #ProjectBigSwim.
The promo for the #summittosea project with Aleks Kashefi, full adventure video coming mid October!
Writer and environmentalist Matt Maynard shows that cycling exposes you to less air pollution than taking the Underground, adding further evidence to Kings College London's University findings.
Aleks Kashefi is a science teacher from the UK who began running just 3 years ago. He soon discovered running in the mountains and found it gave him a huge sense of freedom but there was something missing.
Running Sucks - Story of a Barefoot Runner follows the story of Aleks's running career and why he finds running barefoot such a different experience to running conventially.
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Sharing a run with a partner can add a huge amount, shared experiences, shared responsibility and someone to talk to. This is a film that explores the relationship between running partners and how that can build the best friendships. Featuring: Anna Paxton - https://annapaxton.com Bodil Oudshoorn


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Dancing with the stars
I was anxious as I waited for Louise O'Toole, my Irish dace teacher, at the spire on O'Connell Street in downtown Dublin - today was the day I would be dancing with the rest of the Bodhran Irish dancers, girls who grew up doing this style of dance. I was nervous. When Louise arrived, she immediately took me to Talbot Street where the most well known Irish dance shoe shop was located: Talbot's Dance Centre, a small, unassuming store run by a short, older gentlemen with a few younger assistants (all very sweet, one was big enough to be a footballer!). They were extremely helpful in finding me the perfect pair of Jig Shoes (the hard shoe) and the pomps (soft shoe). So many of the big name dancers from all over the world have set foot in that store; they even have two entire walls of the store covered with photographs, letters, trophy pictures, you name it, thanking the little shop for their winning pair of shoes. With a bag full of brand new dance shoes (including a pair of new, white dance socks), we headed down the street to the DanceHouse, built for the local community as a centre for dance and art enrichment. Brand new studios, only five years old, this space was great for our afternoon of an Irish dance intensive. After some politics that poor Louise had to deal with regarding liability with the studio (sorry, Louise!) I met the other dancers that were to be joining us - Claire (who hung out with us the night before at Harbour Bar), Theresa and Deirdre. They were all so welcoming and kind, that my initial fears of dancing with them had subsided a bit.
We entered the studio, did some stretching, and began to put on our shoes. I soon realized that dancing with the shoes might actually be harder than in the night before's mini-lesson. The heel and the front tap are so thick that my feet were in an unfamiliar position that took some getting used to. We went over the routine that Louise had taught me the evening before (which was a simple warm-up for the girls, a true challenge for me!) and we decided to go for it! I kicked myself quite a few times in the shin, and I even stepped on my own feet with the very hard, very thick heel of my opposite foot; the shoes are heavy and awkward for someone who's never put them on before (a.k.a. me!). But I was actually making the right sounds - and when we danced together, it was inspiring dancing beside these talented girls. As you can see, I had a glitch in the start, but otherwise I did OK and could keep up with the pack!
Since I did so well with this routine, the girls decided to move on and teach me a new reel. I was excited, but nervous - the pace of this session was much quicker than the night before's (for obvious reasons), but the ladies were all very helpful and supportive, and Louise broke everything down for me to make sure I was mastering the steps. It was nice to then move on to the pomps (soft shoes); my feet were a bit sore already from the heavy, hard shoes. A completely different set of foot muscles were engaged that I just was not accustomed to using! We went over the routine Louise taught me earlier, and again, the music was on. It was a real honor for me to be given the opportunity to dance with these ladies, and such a joy as well!
We kept switching back and forth between the hard and soft shoes (for our feet's sake), and the ladies practiced routines from some recent classes they had been taking at the DanceHouse. Their current teacher, Ronan McCormack, has been teaching them the new steps that have been added in the repertoire (axle turns similar to figure skating, ballet-inspired steps, complicated treble steps, etc.) and the girls were eager to take this time in the studio to master what they were taught in their lessons:
The icing on the cake was when Claire's mother, Annie O'Donnell, joined us and showed us the steps she had learned and studied throughout the years. Originally born in France, she became very interested in Irish dancing when she moved to Ireland in her early twenties. She was an Irish folk musician (that is her playing the flute on the recording) and soon after became engrossed in the world of Irish dance. She studied under dance masters that specialized in the "old-style" of Irish dance (a lot of whom have passed away), which has since evolved into what we think of modern Irish dance today (Riverdance, etc.). Using a form of a heeled tap shoe, the style is extremely similar to American tap dancing as well as country clogging. I was absolutely amazed to see the evolution of American dance right before my eyes as Annie was dancing this old-style of Irish dance. The similarities are obvious - Irish immigrants coming to America and keeping their traditions alive, followed by a cross-pollination with slave music and dance, and out comes the American siblings of tap dance and clogging. Wow!
Thank you, ladies, for such an unforgettable and inspiring day of Irish dance and music!!


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The true story of the life of cellist Jacqueline du Pré (Emily Watson), focusing upon her turbulent relationship with her family. Sister Hilary (Rachel Griffiths) exhibits almost as much musical talent as a child, but decides to eschew fame for a more conventional life, marrying conductor Kiffer Kinzi (David Morrissey). Jackie, meanwhile, quickly rises through the ranks on the international concert circuit and becomes engaged to renowned pianist Daniel Barenboim (James Frain). However, at the pinnacle of Jackie's success, tragedy strikes - her fingers begin to numb, her ability to play diminishes, and her mental state becomes ever more precarious.


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Foundation settling, left uncorrected, can cause a variety of structural problems in and around your home.
Before more obvious warning signs appear, you may notice some of the more subtle signs of an impending problem. And, although foundation repair and stabilization are possible to achieve after extensive damage has occurred, catching the problem early can save you money and restore your peace of mind.
If you do happen to notice any of these indications, err on the side of caution and have your foundation inspected as soon as possible.
Sticking Doors and Windows
If you've ever pulled on a door and met with resistance, the chances are good that you blamed the problem on humidity and a swollen door.
Swollen doors do stick, and humidity is often the cause. Unfortunately, your doors or windows may stick for another reason: foundation settling.
When a building's foundation experiences settlement, walls shift and move. This takes the normally square and plumb window and door frames out of alignment. And, as a result, the still-square door or window doesn't move properly any longer.
In extreme cases, the shifting pressure can press hard enough on the window frame that the glass cracks. By the time the situation degrades this far, you may start to notice other signs as well.
Sloping Floors
If you have an older home, sloped floors are fairly common. Consequently, you might not give it much thought.
And, because foundation settling happens gradually over time, you may not even notice. Meanwhile, things down below continue to degrade.
You can test your floors easily using a laser level or large carpenter's level.
If a level isn't available, place a marble or billiard ball on the floor, four or five feet from an exterior wall. Stabilize it then remove your finger and watch to see if it rolls or stays in place. Retest in several locations around the room.
Cracked Exterior Block or Stucco
Foundation settling often causes the exterior walls of your home to shift or sink. As a result, cracks can develop in brick, block or stucco.
Most often, these manifest in a "Z" formation on the outside of the wall, running diagonally from near the top of the wall downward. You may not notice them inside until much later, as drywall is better able to handle this lateral movement without cracking.
Many homeowners believe that these cracks occur naturally over time, or as the stucco or mortar ages and dries out. Unless the home's structure has shifted in some way, however, these "Z" cracks rarely appear.
Finally, don't be fooled by an exterior crack that appears to be old or that doesn't seem to worsen. Much like the sloping floor, foundation settling happens slowly enough that worsening appears imperceptible until, one day, the gap will become even larger than ever.
Throughout Utah, Wyoming and Nevada, Atlas Piers assists both commercial and residential customers with foundation settlement problems. Using advanced technology to stabilize shifting soils and restore structural components, we can correct the underlying problem and stop further degradation.
Contact us today to schedule an appointment to inspect your home, if you suspect that you may be experiencing foundation settling.