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I average about 1800 steps a day. I didn't download an app or anything to track my steps, I just have the LG Health app built into my phone. My 1800 steps usually consist of walking from home to the grocery store and back, or to the bus stops to get to work. I can't have my phone on me while working so that's why my average steps a day is pretty low considering the app has my daily goal set at 8850. I even think it used to be higher but I wasn't reaching it so it lowered the daily goal for me. I am clearly the poster child of an active lifestyle.
Today I took 23,854 steps.
Today started the same as every other day – Harley pawing at the bed and meowing in my face to let me know it's breakfast time. This usually occurs between 4 – 5 am, she's lucky she's cute. Toothless is never far behind to chime in once he realises they're getting fed. However this morning I was hungover from attempting "Beerio Kart" with Andrew last night, so I needed water which then woke me up. I felt like going for a walk, the sun wasn't up yet so I figured I'd walk until I reached the Ottawa River to watch the sun rise. Of course the second I step out the door I see that it's raining, oh well, I'm not turning back now. 20 minutes later I reached the river, but there was no break in the clouds for the sun to peek through, so I figured I'd just walk for longer. I ended up walking for another half hour before I reached a bus stop, at that point I needed to hydrate and eat, I was still very hungover. By the time I picked up breakfast for Andrew and me and got home I'd already walked 7,143 steps. I felt pretty good; my day was not over though.
I also had plans to see U.S.S. at the Hope Volleyball Tournament this evening with Andrew's and my friend Jared. Andrew had to work unfortunately, he did spray sunscreen on me before I left though because I was running late. I had to run to make my bus to meet Jared and my legs were already giving out. And U.S.S. isn't a band you don't dance to, these guys do flips and handstands on stage so the least I can do is dance my hardest for them.
And dance my hardest I did, for that one hour concert the LG Health app thought I was cycling for 18 minutes of it that the app converted to 4,438 steps. I can't even imagine what it would've thought of Jared's dancing, he went all out, I had to make sure I wasn't too close or I would've been kicked. It was a good time though for us pale people who spend most of our time inside. I can't remember the last time I felt so depleted of nutrients after all that dancing and sweating in the heat. So a good way to end the day was picking up some food at McDonald's and bringing some to Andrew at work.
After this exhausting day I started thinking about the relationship between fitness and social media. I've noticed that, mostly on Instagram, people are creating platforms for fitness and healthy living. They are a big part of these "perfect" people with perfect, aesthetically pleasing lives that make the rest of us feel bad about ourselves when these people are, for the most part, fake. We share what we want on social media, and we can manipulate the pictures we post to go along with our message. On these fitness accounts men and women have the power to only post the healthy meals they eat and hide their unhealthy meals, and they can also edit the hell out their gym selfies to appear more toned and smooth than they actually are. Now some of these accounts are a great inspiration for our own personal fitness goals, but don't let them give you unrealistic expectations of a healthy lifestyle.
There's also a lot of advertisements and endorsements for various teas and pills that have ridiculous claims of losing 5 pounds in a day, when really you'll just get diarrhea and lose 5 pounds of water weight which will result in dehydration. These advertisements are misleading and give people all the wrong ideas on how to lose weight. Be mindful of where you find inspiration for losing weight. Set goals to become stronger, not thinner. If you find yourself scrolling through your social media feeds and begin to feel bad about your body, unfollow those damned accounts. Just do you, boo.


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Monthly Archives: June 2011
get your feet wet
it is a brisk summer morning and the pool is still as glass. six kids, all nine and ten, stand on their blocks staring at the man in the black and white striped shirt, waiting. . . they look determined, … Continue reading
to be home. . .
home is the place where love creeps in and fills each crevice. you often find it where you least expect or need it the most. . . when i arrived home last night from nine days away, i fell in … Continue reading
Orthotics please!
new insight #1: honeymoon destinations make you feel old. i don't think i place myself in a category of getting older until i am so abruptly reminded by 24 year old honeymooners. as they bond with the other 20 something … Continue reading
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the past two days have been some of the most memorable of my life. andra and lindsey finally arrived, minus zoe; after the airport trauma zoe headed for home and was too emotionally drained to head back when andra and … Continue reading
Darn converse…
driving to the airport today i was surprised to remember that this trip has been almost two years in the making. i felt calm and excited to finish what we had started so long ago. the airport mocked my calm … Continue reading
who needs shoes. . .
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Trash and dirt are picked up easily with four bristle strips on the aluminum roller brush. Different kinds of carpet can be cleaned with this vacuum since it has a manual carpet height adjuster. Rear wheels make picking up trash and moving the vacuum over carpet and hard surfaces easy. Emptying the contents of the bag is easy with the shakeout, non-stick cloth bag. The Bissell BG102 ProShake upright vacuum is built with an overload protection system that prevents the motor from overheating.
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We can all save fuel and emissions by cutting back how much we drive, but until now not many insurance companies haven't seen fit to reward us with lower rates if we put fewer miles on our cars. There have been a few percentage discounts if you live close to work, sure, and lots of hybrid discounts, but no plan where your bill and your odometer have a symbiotic relationship. Now, the MileMeter company in Texas has launched a pay-as-you-drive (PAYD) insurance program that offers infrequent drivers the chance to pay a lower premium. Of course, it's highly amusing to me that Texas - the second largest state in the Union, where every house is at least 100 miles from the neighboring house*, - is where you can get rewarded for driving less, but I'm glad we're starting somewhere.
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Friday, 24 April 2009
Of blogs and frogs and things getting in the way...
Sometimes the scheduling is only a few hours in advance, others may be written days in advance with a few of them stacked up ready to be posted.
At the moment I have hardly any scheduled ones. It's more like Scrambling from my Chair! I obviously need to sit down at the computer and spend a few hours preparing some. But things keep getting in the way.
I had planned to do some yesterday but my fishpond with its newly arrived fish decided to spring a leak so it was a merry day emptying out water, stones and fish, re-lining and then filling up with stones, water and, oh yes, the fish... I had forgotten how heavy water can be when you are talking about many gallons of the stuff.... Meanwhile, no sooner had I put a bit of water in the new liner than a frog jumped down into the pond. Then another...
Hopefully I shall get some blogs done today....
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...oh the pressure of it all :o)...ReplyDelete
What a huge amount of work! We had a teeny pond (with no fish) a few years back, and we were astonished at how much work it was to keep it clean! Kudos to you my friend!ReplyDelete
By the looks of GB's pond and all the 100's of tadpoles, he is going to have problems with housing them all (or is it ponding them all?)ReplyDelete
Do they all live or is there a high mortality rate with tadpoles?
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Regerattably, Spesh, the mortality rate is enormous. However, there should be enough to ensure the next generation or two by the sound of it! If you got D. to dig a pond they'd have somewhere else to live as well! (But if you do, please don't tell him I suggested it - or blame me if he puts his back out!)ReplyDelete
No chance of a pond in my back garden SS. Hell could freeze over first. Frogs and toads really give him the HeBeGeBees!! Funny really, as he will pick anything else up without a second thought but frogs and toads - no way. xReplyDelete
Frog-blogs? Wild, Sir!ReplyDelete
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- Mass. Health Care Plan Riles Some Liberals
he most radical portion of Massachusetts' move toward universal health care - a requirement that all residents carry insurance - is giving indigestion to some who view it as a breathtaking expansion of government power.
- Vaccine Hailed as 80% Guard Against Cervical Cancer
The cervical cancer vaccine could be even more effective than previously thought, giving protection against the sexually transmitted infections that cause 80% of all cervical cancers, scientists say today.
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The Food and Drug Administration plans to strengthen how it monitors critical heart devices like defribrillators by appointing outside medical experts to help it review the safety of units already on the market, a top agency official says.
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The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first skin patch to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children.
- Safety Checks on GMOs Flawed: E.U. Environment Chief
Europe's environment chief attacked the EU's top food safety agency on Wednesday for flawed risk assessments of genetically modified (GMO) crops and foods, saying it relied too much on data given by the biotech industry.
- Scientists Cleared of Blame For Drug Trial That Went Wrong
Tough rules are to be introduced for drug tests on people after an interim report on the disastrous trial at Northwick Park Hospital found no evidence of human error, contamination or failure to follow protocols.
- How AIDS in Africa Was Overstated
Years of HIV overestimates, researchers say, flowed from the long-held assumption that the extent of infection among pregnant women who attended prenatal clinics provided a rough proxy for the rate among all working-age adults in a country.
- Deadly Bird Flu Invades Britain
Tests have shown that a wild swan found dead in Scotland had the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu, the British government said on Thursday.
- Vioxx Jury Splits in Suits by 2 Heart Patients
A New Jersey jury ordered Merck & Co. yesterday to pay $4.5 million in the case of a man who blamed the firm's Vioxx painkiller for his heart attack, but rejected a similar claim from a second plaintiff who had taken the drug for less time and suffered less severe damage to his health.
- Access To Drugs: A Suitable Case for Treatment
Increasing access to affordable drugs in developing countries requires better government intervention, not less of it.
- Drug Trial Horror - The Official Interim Report
The "unprecedented" reaction which left six men fighting for their lives was not due to dosing errors or contamination, but the effects of the drug itself
- Nanotech Product Recalled in Germany
Government officials in Germany have reported what appears to be the first health-related recall of a nanotechnology product, raising a potential public perception problem for the rapidly growing but still poorly understood field of science.
- Article on Bird Flu Criticizes Effort to Monitor Cats and Dogs
Five leading European scientists think officials should better monitor cats, dogs and other carnivores for their possible role in transmitting avian influenza.


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- In a 3 1/2- or 4-quart slow cooker combine carrots, celery, lentils, brown rice, brown sugar, mustard, and salt. Stir in broth and the water.
- Cover and cook on high-heat setting for 3 to 3 1/2 hours. Stir in tomato sauce and vinegar. Cover and cook on high-heat setting for 30 minutes more.
- Halve sweet peppers lengthwise; remove seeds and membranes.* To serve, spoon lentil mixture in and around pepper halves. If desired, sprinkle with parsley.
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If you prefer more tender peppers, in a Dutch oven cook sweet pepper halves in a large amount of boiling water about 3 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain well. Continue as directed in Step 3.
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Clark County commissioners voted all today to ban the possession or advertisement of legal marijuana at McCarran International Airport and other homes supervised by the county's air travel department.
The ordinance just uses to advertisements managed by the airport, such as those in displayed on screens and fixed signs around luggage claim. It likewise uses to mobile billboards, which are needed to acquire a license to run on airport residential or commercial property.
The regulation does not apply to marketing on personal cars or taxis that own onto airport property to park or transportation passengers. It also is not anticipated to impact Allegiant Air's in-flight magazine, which as of Friday has been running marijuana-related ads.
Lawbreakers could face a misdemeanor charge or civil fines. Director of Air travel Rosemary Vassiliadis will supervise of setting the quantities for the civil fines.
The intent of the regulation is to guarantee range in between the state's legalized weed industry and the Federal Aviation Administration, which still considers cannabis an illegal substance.
Commissioners in early August discussed implementing a more rigid airport restriction that would have used to industrial taxis, however Vassiliadis and others identified that as difficult to impose and outside the scope of what was needed to remain in federal compliance.
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text: Kylie Minogue is one of the most popular women on the music scene today. She has had countless number one hit records, and the tickets for her tours sell out in record time. Throughout her many image changes, her career has gone from strength to strength, and she continues to attract masses of media attention. This book tells the story of Kylie.


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Molecular recognition of chemistry at organized interfaces often leads to interfacial self-assembly. Because many have evolved natural functions for membrane recognition, proteins are logical components to probe both interfacial reactivity and the self-organization of large molecules. In this study, phospholipase A[subscript 2] (PLA[subscript 2]) and lung surfactant have been investigated with physical methods to determine the influence of interfacial properties on protein self-assembly and membrane organization. Biomembrane models at the air-water interface were used to alter the interfacial chemistry responsible for organization. Protein-membrane interactions were analyzed using monolayer film balance techniques and fluorescence microscopy at the air-water interface. Results show that macromolecules such as biopolymers will form large two-dimensional aggregates under conditions which favor specific protein binding and assembly. PLA[subscript 2] was observed to form large two-dimensional domains during phospholipid hydrolysis. PLA[subscript 2]-catalyzed phospholipid hydrolysis produces lyso-lipid and free fatty acid reaction products. PLA[subscript 2] self-assembly in model lipid monolayer systems results from interfacial fatty acid reaction product lateral phase separation. PLA[subscript 2] self-assembly occurred only under conditions where fatty acid phase separation was observed: the presence of Ca[superscript 2+] and alkaline pH. PLA[subscript 2] self-assembly was mimicked using a water-soluble cationic dye as a protein analog. Results from mimicry studies indicate that, in addition to phase-separated fatty acids, chiral lipids also play an important role in determining self-assembled protein structural morphology. Lung surfactant monolayers comprising mixed lipids and peptides were also investigated to determine structure-function relationships between lipids and membrane-resident, hydrophobic surfactant protein. Lung surfactant extract and purified subfraction monolayers were prepared to determine the effects of individual surfactant components on interfacial lung surfactant structure. Lung surfactant monolayer microstructure is sensitive to the presence of proteins and cholesterol-based lipids. These results suggest that protein and cholesterol-based lipid contents in lung surfactant affect the lateral organization of the major lipid components in lung surfactant, 1,2-dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine and 1-palmitoyl,2-myristoylphosphatidylcholine.
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Have you ever meet a centerpiece that was not self-centered? How many times have you walked into a room, and noticed a lovely centerpiece sitting in the middle of a table, it's the shinning star of the table. There are all kinds of centerpieces, tall ones, short ones, big one small ones, pretty ones and of course ugly ones. They sometimes have a light aroma that dances in your nose, or some have a harsh small, that makes your tongue curl in the back of your mouth. However, the centerpiece is most important on the table and everyone else "sits" around the table.
In the past few days, I have sat and studied my centerpiece, I am not the shinning star of my table!!! I am a marigold that was plucked from a plant and standing alone in a shot glass, so unappealing. I decided that I need to set out and buy flowers to make a new centerpiece………these flowers can not be bought I found out, these flowers are earned. Hey I was a girl scout, I can earn anything after that training. I found out the more I opened my mind, and enjoyed life and I mean REALLY enjoyed life's moments my centerpiece would pop up with another flower. This is fantastic…… easy right??!!! Not so much!!!
When deciding on an arrangement, you should really stop take and look around at all the other centerpieces on the tables around you. Do you see qualities you would like to have in your arrangement? Vase with water or a block of oasis? Lots of "filler" or more "flowers" then filler? Have you ever seen a centerpiece that is so big, loud, obnoxious, over-powering, stinky and, just clearly took the job of being a centerpiece way to seriously, and now you can not even see other people at the table because it has become so aggressive? Those are the worst!!!!
Yup, I DO NOT want to ever be an over-powering centerpiece where my vines extend out of my vase and crowd my guests. I would like to be a clear vase with tiny pearls in the bottom so the light can reflect and move freely and guests can see straight through. I have NOTHING to hide so why not!!! Perhaps a few tulips, did you know that they are the only flower that continues to grow after its been cut? Yup I defiantly want a few tulips in my arrangement, having a flower that continues to grow means that I have to always care for my centerpiece, even more than most!!!
So I sit waiting for my flight(since it was delayed an hour), I think I have earned a few "impatients" for my arrangement this morning, and a few pearls for the bottom. Can not forget those pearls, I like to think of them as wisdom!!!!!! Some pearls I learned today I will share, and some I will savor alone. 1. When standing in a security check point line in the airport, take note of the others around you. You may want to really take not what the person is doing in front of you at that time. I however, did not do this, and I bent down to untie my shoes and as I stood up he bent down……….yup, I will leave that for you to imagine and/or savor. 2. You may want to make sure you use your " indoor" voice when things of this nature unfold, security has a slight problem with screaming! 3. Always have a bloody mary(or 2) when you notice many screaming children waiting to get on your flight…………………..


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Boaventura and Education
2017 - 118 pages
ISBN Paperback: 9789463009966 ($ 32.00)
Subject: Social Justice, Curriculum, Education General, Educational Theory
Number 1 of the series: On (De)Coloniality: Curriculum Within and Beyond the WestFree Preview Boaventura and Education
This book examines the work of the leading critical and decolonial intellectual Boaventura de Sousa Santos and its impact on education in general, and curriculum in particular. The volume brings to the table crucial itinerant theoretical rivers of thought in order to examine and understand the crises of modernity and their consequences. The author insightfully articulates Sousa Santos' major arguments – 'prudent knowledge', 'decent life', 'sociology of absences', and 'epistemicide', among others – to unpack some of the major issues facing the contemporary critical terrain. In so doing, she examines how Sousa Santos retools the critical 'emancipatory educational project' towards a more just and participatory democratic society.
"Boaventura de Sousa Santos' groundbreaking theories on epistemology, politics, and society are weaved into brilliant focus against the backdrop of educational practice. What emerges is a powerful exposé of political tensions, contestations, and ruptures, inherent to the struggle against the persistent colonizing forces in the lives of oppressed populations. Central to this decolonizing treatise are the paradigmatic transformations essential to an education truly in the service of democratic life." – Antonia Darder, Leavey Endowed Chair of Ethics & Moral Leadership, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Education, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
"A must read for educators and for students. Boaventura and Education allows one to understand the importance of the work of Boaventura de Sousa Santos that is essential for those who struggle for another world; that is more just, democratic, and united." – Jurjo Torres Santomé, Professor, Universidade de A Coruña, Spain
"In her work of art, precision, and clarity on the work of Boaventura, Inês Barbosa de Oliveira offers us a new framework with which to analyze and critically understand education. … Oliveira's Boaventura and Education is a fundamental tool for thinking critically for all those who oppose the mental paralysis that harasses us." – José Félix Angulo Rasco, Professor of Education, University of Cadiz, Spain, Professor of Education, Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile


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This simple cake with five delicious layers is super moist, flavorful and just melts in your mouth.
Servings: 10 -12 Total time: 60 min Prep time: 15 min Cook time: 45 min
350 g fresh cherries, pitted and halved
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1 cup all-purpose flour
½ cup Muscovado brown sugar
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
1 egg
½ cup sour cream
¼ cup buttermilk or kefir
¼ cup sunflower oil
1½ tsp vanilla extract
Cream cheese layer:
220 g cream cheese, at room temperature
¼ cup sugar
1 egg
1. Prepare the cake layer by whisking together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda in a medium bowl.
2. In a separate bowl, beat together the egg, sour cream, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla just until combined.
3. Add dry ingredients gradually to the wet and beat to combine. Set aside.
4. Prepare the cream cheese layer by beating the cream cheese until smooth. Add the sugar and egg; beat just until combined.
5. To assemble the cake, spread half of the cake batter into the greased and floured loaf pan. Spread half of the cream cheese mixture over the cake batter. Sprinkle evenly with half the cherries. Add remaining cake batter and then the remaining cream cheese. Sprinkle the remaining cherry halves over the top.
6. Bake in the oven at 180°C for 40-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Let cake cool for 5-8 minutes at room temperature before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.


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If you have ever sat down at a poker table, one fact must have been abundantly clear – everyone at the table is trying to abscond with your money, and to do so they are trying to trick you. Poker is, as many would attest, a game of skill. In order to be a top earner, or even sufficient, you will have to adapt to the psychology behind the game of poker. Simply knowing which hands win, which hands lose, and how the game flows is simply not enough. You will need to know when and how to psych out your opponents – as well as avoiding them doing the same to you.For all intents and purposes, we will focus primarily on Texas Hold 'em. As one of the most commonly played types of poker, and indeed the most televised, Texas Hold 'em is the game that many poker fans have turned to. Since Hold 'em is broken down into four rounds of betting, you will have sufficient opportunities to be the puppet master over your opponents, or have the tides turned against you.Assuming you already understand the basics, let us begin with the pre-flop betting round. Folding weak hands is almost always advisable, depending on your play style. A well rounded, adaptable play style is suggested, though when you first sit at a table it is best to establish one type of play and stick to it religiously. This will allow you to ultimately throw your opponents off guard when you play in a wildly different manner. If you convince your opposition that you only play the best and the brightest hands, they may be more willing to fold under your pressure – even if you have nothing.In order to sufficiently set a stage, you will have to play the part. If you are a bad liar, you may want to reconsider anything found here in. Bluffing is essential, but only when the time is right. Many top players will say that tight aggressive is the best way to play, and after some experience with this style, you may agree. By playing tight aggressive, you will not be in on many hands, but those in which you are active, you will be playing hard and fast. Pre-flop raises, continuation bets, and similar tactics are common with the tight aggressive player.This strategy works well against most play types, and can even crush the infamous poker bully if played properly. Once you have established yourself as this sort of player, you can then turn the tides and abuse the psyche of your opposition. If you can thoroughly convince your opposition, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that you are set in your ways, you can abuse their trust and begin to take down more pots. You will not want to bluff on every hand, as they will soon learn that you are being fake, thus making your sound strategy turn trite. Knowing When to Hold and When to FoldIf you do begin to use a bluffing strategy, you will have to remember that not every hand can be a winner. If you are trying to bluff, the amount you bet can make or break your return on investment. You will need to spend some chips in order to successfully put off your opponent, but always be wary of the check raise, or indeed any raise. If you are trying to bluff, three to five times the blinds would be a wise bet. If your opponent calls, you may want to fold – especially if you carry no weight, before or after the flop. Knowing when you are beaten is essential, so keep in mind that folding is not always a bad thing. Conversely, you will usually let your opponent know that you were bluffing if you fail to meet their raise. Maintaining an air of carefree arrogance can help, but you will not want to throw away your fortune simply because your pride or fear got the better of you – especially if they are counter bluffing.Avoiding A BluffSince you want to be the puppet master and not the puppet, you will have to learn your opponents. Sitting at the table is simply not enough to learn about the enemy. You must watch your opponent's every move, learning their habits and their flaws. If you can pick up on their distinguishing features, you should be able to avoid the lies they wish to tell at the tables. Over raising and shoving all in are two signs that they either have nothing or a powerful hand, and it can easily be determined which. A high raise from under the gun is typically a solid hand, though the big blind raising after everyone has limped into the pot is a sure sign of a stolen pot. An all in shove with no possibility of a straight or better on the table is also a good sign of a bluff, but as is the converse. If a flush or straight draw is showing, provided it is a middle straight, then there is a good chance your enemy is bluffing. Misreads To AvoidIf you think your opponent is working his or her way into your psych, you will have to tread lightly. As a rule of thumb, always calculate the possibilities in the community cards. If the board is showing a flush, you may want to fold that set or two pair you are holding. Pocket aces may be a solid starting hand, but they can be cracked. Your worst enemy? The check raise. Check raising is a tactic that can easily turn the tables against you, and you can always be assured that the cocky grin and the large raise is a sure sign of a solid hand. If you are attempting to bluff it out, you may want to consider folding to the check raise. If your enemy happens to bet pre-flop then fails to make any continuation bets, you may also want to apply pressure.The fact of the matter is, you can never be certain. Poker psychology is completely dependent on a number of variables, not the least of which is the cards, both apparent or otherwise, as well as the players involved. No tactic will always work, no players will always be the same. Poker is a game of adaptation as much as it is deception, so make yourself flexible. The moment you become a static player is the moment you start to lose.
Online Games – Can We Make Money Playing Them?
When we refer to online games we are normally referring to video type games that we play on a computer via the internet. Some video games are played over the internet using mobile phones and video consoles, but generally speaking online games means computer games that need an internet connection to be played. Simple text-based multiplayer games were the first of these types of games as internet connections were slow and expensive when these games were first introduced in the 1980s. Gradually these games became popular in the 1990s, with today's online games featuring virtual communities, realistic graphics and multiplayer games where people can even play one to one or in knock out tournaments for cash prizes. We all know that the internet is the fastest growing market place in the history of the world but did you know that there is an online games sector that is growing 4 times faster than the internet overall! Yes! and it's the "Online Skill Games" market.There are many styles of Online GamesSome of the different types of online games that exist:1. Real time strategy games: This type of game is all about strategy where, for your army to fight successfully against the other internet players you need to develop a game plan by building lots of resources2. First person shooter: Here the players compete with each other one to one. In most first-person type games, the online game allows the death match or arena style of play. In this style of game play the view you see is the one seen from your character's eyes.3. Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG): In this type of game each person has to keep trying to reach the next highest level until he has reached the top one written for that game and these online games can have, simultaneously, thousands of players from every part of the globe, playing in a giant virtual world interacting against or with each other. Gamers can keep playing these types of games for months or even years!4. Browser type games: These are pastime games that are quick, simple and small that are played in your browser. The popular Java and Shockwave technologies are used to develop these games.5. Online skill games: An online skill based game is a web game played in tournament format or one to one. Each player pays a cash entry fee to play with a cash or merchandise prize going to the winner or winners. The outcome of each competition is based on the player's ability and performance not luck.How Do Online Game Companies Make MoneyAll games today, are playable online. How do we make money? This is the question that companies making the online games have to ask themselves. The majority of companies make single-player games that are played at home and in this the player has to beat the artificial intelligence of the enemy. Today these games normally include an online multiplayer version which can be played against or with other Internet players. By selling their game DVD/CDs is how these companies earn their profit e.g. Warcraft 3 and Counter Strike. Advertising and promotions is how browser game companies make their money. MMORPG companies generally charge their players a monthly fee and continue to add content by programming new scenarios etc in their games e.g. Everquest 2 and World of Warcraft. Some don't, but survive because their DVD/CD sales are high e.g. Guild Wars.What is the future of online games?Soon there will be a new entry into the online skill games market. According to their Free Online Games Market Report they will be the first company with their new online skill games platform, to launch a business that encapsulates three of the newest phenomena on the internet today. Online Games Entertainment, Social Networking using web 2.0 and a new way of marketing which has been described as Social Marketing 2.0. One of the core differences with this new platform over the conventional models is that we the players can if we want share in the profits while we play our games. With the market today (2007) worth approximately $5.2 billion USD and predicted to rise in the next 3 years to over $13 billion USD that's $412 per second and with social networking sites already reaching 45% of web users and the 4 major Instant Messengers having more than 400 million users between them this potentially could be a whole lot of money.


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Today is my first day back from my holiday vacation (which consisted of napping, eating and wearing no make-up, bras, pantyhose or anything that constricted me in any manner). Years ago, I used to fantasize about being rich and famous. These days, I fantasize about being able to lay in bed as much as possible and wear nothing but huge, comfy tarps. Perhaps that'sthe way to go in the New Year – keep your goals and resolutions super low.
I'm back at my day job now after my holiday break and have not only resumed make-up, bras and pantyhose (I recommend Berkshires Maternity Light Support Pantyhose by the way), but I'm also wearing hair extensions and false eyelashes. The bigger I get, the more I hope to resist ugly maternity clothes and glam it up. I worked hard for this pregnancy and paid a lot of money for it that I'm going to wear it well if it kills me. Of course, if I get any bigger, I may have to start carrying around spotlights, smoke machines and background music to distract from my huge ass.
Putting aside fashion challenges for a moment, two things we did during our holiday break (in addition to the napping and eating) was to attempt to put together the nursery and try, once again, to learn more about the birthing process. We took a birthing class a month ago and quite frankly, we didn't find it very informative. Truth be told, we even ended up dropping out of it. We liked the teacher and there was nothing dead wrong with the class… but we both felt that it was a bit too new agey and stressed natural child birth more than anything else.
To be clear, I'm not saying I'm against natural child birth. I'm just saying I'd rather get all the straight medical facts and all of the options first... then decide what I'd like to do.
There was one class where the teacher (who is a Doula) talked about using your placenta to create art. Apparently, you take your placenta, dry it out, dip it in paint or ink and stamp it on a paper. Now here's the thing: That's lovely but is this information going to help me when I'm writhing in pain? "Quick! The contractions are getting closer together! Somebody get my painting kit!!!" I don't think so.
I genuinely have respect for Doulas. I think they are extremely knowledgeable and if you can afford one (or are friends with one), they can be a valuable asset to a delivery. That being said though, when the teacher (who, again, is a Doula) said that one of the best things about having a Doula is that she can give your husband a break, I couldn't help but laugh.
Why should he get a break? I'm not getting a break. I've endured the brunt of years of fertility treatments, needles, shots, retrievals, etc. This will be the home stretch of feminine torture and I expect him to be there. My only request is if he's going to pass out or steal focus from me in any way, he can leave the room. Otherwise, no Doula is going to let my husband off the hook. Besides, if I'm going to punch someone because of the amount of pain I'm in, it's going to be him. I think that was even included in our wedding vows.
And for the record, the more I learn, the more I wonder if I even want to be in the room. I have DESPERATELY wanted a baby and I'm so incredibly grateful to finally be pregnant after so much... but... how should I put this? Me no likey pain. I wonder if I could give birth via Skype????
In lieu of a class, we bought a DVD on Labor and Delivery to see if we could get the plain facts but it also seemed to have a "natural delivery" slant to it instead of a broad cut and dry description. My favorite part was when they interviewed a couple who had agreed not to use any medication. They recounted their story explaining that some point during the labor process, the woman begged for an epidural but the husband refused to let her have one. In the interview, he said, "I'm proud that I stuck to our original plan and I'm sure she's happy we did too!" The camera then cut to her and her expression was priceless. She said nothing, kind of gave a strained chuckle and had a look of, "You're proud honey? That's nice. Next time you're in pain, I'll be sure to stab you in the nuts." I only hope that one day he gets a kidney stone and she tells the doctor not to give him pain medication. "Are you proud now honey??? Are ya???"
What amazes me is I JUST want to know about how far contractions should be apart before calling the doctor. What a contraction feels like. What a mucus plus looks like. Things like that. I have basic simple questions and I keep not getting them answered. What's almost hilarious is I caught the last couple of scenes of KNOCKED UP this past weekend and I think I actually learned more from that movie than I did from my entire birthing class. Then again, as I said, I did drop out.
My doctor asked us this morning what our birthing plan was and we answered, "To get the baby out in the best healthiest way." Really. I'm not opposed to anything if my doctor thinks it's necessary. I don't need the "experience" as much as I need and want my baby delievered happy and healthy. She actually thanked us for this response as she said it gave us a lot more options.
I suppose that ultimately, you can have all the information you want and all the plans you'd like but no one can predict how it's going to go. Of all the women I've spoken to that gave birth recently, I think only one of them had things go exactly as planned only because it was a scheduled C-Section. In general though, it seems like a 'fly by the seat of your pants' kind of deal.
I'd be remiss not to mention that my Russian neighbor informed me recently that babies who are delievered via C-section suffer from claustrophobia. I have no idea where she got this information or if it's true but her conviction in passing on this "fact" was impressive. It reminded me of the time she told me that Gloria Estefan had Selena killed because she coudn't take the competition.
As for putting together the nursery, I don't think I've ever heard my husband curse so much in his life. I also had no idea how long EVERYTHING would take to assemble, put batteries in or simply figure out. There were moments when our stroller/car seat combo was like a virtual rubix cube. There are
levers and buttons and zippers and snaps. It was like an 8th grade boy trying to unhook the bra off of his date.
Overall, I feel like every day, between trying to look good, figuring out exactly what a nipple brush is and learning that a "bloody show" isn't a television series on HBO, I'm winging it. We have (roughly) six weeks left to go and that will hopefully give us enough time to figure out what the f*ck we're doing. If nothing else, I hope we figure out how to fold up the pack and play before then.


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Ajenta Summerwind, Creine Zephyr, Finnan Keen, Leonitas, and Titan lie battered and bruised for what seems an eternity, after their lopsided bout with Fear. Each has visions of the past of how they became allies, except for the avenger who has a nightmare from yore. Wearily arising to their feet, the group discusses what to do about Despair. Coming to the conclusion of giving her unharmed back to her brother, the adventurers begin the long trek back to Heimdal.
Flies in the Web - Failure to perceive their surroundings, probably due to their weakened state, the party is ambushed by some spiders and ettercaps. The deathjump spiders leap down from some trees onto the warforged and minotaur, with the construct falling to the ground. After some blows from both sides, one of the ettercaps shoots out a sticky web that covers the ground that the heroes occupy and immobilizes them. Fighting through the webs, the bladeling is the first to escape the spider's net and take the fight to the ettercaps. Midway into the fight, Creine shoves the halfling out of harm's way and takes a deadly spider bite for his altruism. Before falling unconscious from the poison, the warlord splits the spider's head in twain with his battleaxe. Repaying the warlord for his sacrifice, Finn calls upon his bardic talents and revives his old friend with a song. Titan in the meantime was stuck in the web in a melee contest with a giant spider. Unsuited for close combat and with no allies to help him, the wizard keeps blinding the creature and pulls off an amazing display of his magical prowess by grabbing a healing potion from Ajenta with his mage hand and pouring it down the recently arisen minotaur's throat from across the battlefield. Ajenta goes toe-to-toe with an ettercap and after a grueling exchange of blows, vanquishes her foe. Leonitas concentrates on the other two ettercaps, finally burying his greataxe into the head of one. After the wizard and rogue bloody the spider, it makes a tremendous leap and flees the conflict. With all it's allies dead or gone, the ettercap leader is beaten back by the group and at last is blasted to bug bits by Titan's magic.
Exiting the forest and finding the Copper Road, the main road to Heimdal; the party is picked up by a caravan of merchants heading to the port town themselves. Able to sell off their loot and buy some provisions, the group listens to the merchants tales of the neighboring city of Weltall and it's recent troubles. Finnan decides not to sell the gems he hid from his allies, as they may notice is thievery. The merchants also tell the party about "Fishermen's Jubilee", an annual celebration of the local fishermen's harvest and the end of fishing in these parts. Finally in town and refreshed from the laid back journey, the heroes meander into town and find out they can join in on today's events.
Fishermen's Jubilee - As Creine and Ajenta participate in the Anvil & Anchors Event, Finn sneaks into Finerfin's store to sell the gems from Voluns Dungeon. The towering minotaur wins the event, while the fighter places fifth. The next event, Last Drunk Standing, sees the avenger and warlord turn into Mo and Spew Puke(lol) and failing to beat the dwarf competitors in what they do best: Drinking vast amounts of quality, dwarven ale. None of the group participates in Glutton's Glory, but strangely Ajenta and Leonitas enter the knife toss with Finnan. The shuriken wielding rogue easily wins first place while the avenger places fourth and the shifter finishes last. Finn and Creine recieve gold medals and ivory trophies from Captain Olim Stonebeard, with the warlord telling the mayor that they need to talk to him later.
While he watches his allies compete, a robed figure bumps into Titan whispering to follow. The wizard obeys and is shocked when the stranger reveals herself as a warforged, Crimson Tide follower. Her name is Dagger and she is Fear's contact in Heimdal, so she fills Titan in on where to take Despair and where. Also she tells Titan that gold and info on retrieving his lost memories will be given to him, if they do as Fear has commanded. Visiting Olim's house at dusk, the party tells him the reasons for their return. At first not liking handing over his prisoner, Olim finally concedes and frees her himself. Taking her to the docks at night, the party hands her over to Dagger and true to her word gives the group the location of 500 gold as well as info about Titan's search for his past. Now the heroes may choose on where to go next: Archwood, Weltall, Wilhelm, or other adventurous places…


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Lila Carson is your average teenage girl living in her popular brother shadows. After summer is over she comes back her junior year with a new look and new adittude. She even attracts the attention from her brother's best friend Brayson also known as the player and star quarterback. She hasn't attracted his attention since that one night they shared when she was fourteen.
Another kiss brings back feelings she thought was gone.
Without her in his arms he's cold and empty.
Will they be able to control their feelings for each other or just ignore it?
Read to find out
FatCatWearingTheHat Jul 18, 2017
Every time I read the name Lila I always think of the Adrien stealing one!!! Nobody shall steal from ladybug....or Marinette!! I repeat nobody. Sorry
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In every story the older brother drives his sis to school and yells at her to wake up but it's funny tho


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A prominent painter of the countryside of 19th century England, Constable was born in 1776 in East Bergholt, Suffolk which is the setting for the scene of this painting, entitled, A Mill or View at East Bergholt.
According to Martin Atkinson, the National Trust Property Manager for the East Suffolk region, "the topography fits in with a view south-eastwards towards Manningtree from a location to the east of East Bergholt" so this may have been a view the painter was familiar with.
Constable was known to do this and he made no secret of preferring to paint landscapes of personal significance. After exhibiting his first painting at the Royal Academy in 1802, he wrote to his friend John Dunthorne:
"I shall shortly return to Bergholt where I shall make some laborious studies from nature…"
The village around The River Stour is know affectionately as "Constable Country", as he would write later in 1821 " "I should paint my own places best…I associate my 'careless boyhood' to all that lies on the banks of the Stour."
Due to the ill health of his wife, Maria Bicknell, he spent his adult years in Hampstead which was then, the outskirts of central London where the air was less polluted.
Here is a painting entitled Storm Clouds over Hampstead which sold at Christies for £409, 205 in London in 2012.
Constable believed that his paintings should come from nature as directly as possible and being deeply religious, wanted to be as faithful to "God's own work" as he could.
His work is moving and direct and always performs well at auction. His most famous work, The Hay Wain, is part of the permeant collection at the National Gallery. The Hay Wain, a type of horse-drawn cart, stands in the water next to a mill on the left of the painting. Across the meadow in the distance on the right, is a group of haymakers at work. The scene is plucked from his beloved Suffolk and looks much the same today.
A beautiful painting by a well-loved artist like the one sent into us could fetch upwards of £200,000 so we will keep you updated if it comes to sale.
Such a masterpiece surely won't be hanging around for long!
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This looks orgasmic. Damn me being at Primervera. Well not damn exactly but y'know.
2ND, 3RD, 4TH June
Various Venues, Bristol, UK
'over - saturated, under - scored, full – blooded'
The third year of wayward musical magick is upon us. Set in the Stokes Croft quarter of Bristol, UK but spilling into special venues throughout the city and featuring bespoke music line-ups, free events, processions, radio sessions, workshops, installations and a roving sense of discovery, Venn burns all your musical maps and jigs like a loon on the smouldering pyre of festival convention - this year in association with Plan B magazine.
Venn Festival includes:
-Over 200 musicians over 3 days and nights
-Lots of venues, cafes, bars and galleries playing host
-Radio Venn 87.7 broadcasting from 1st to 4th June
-Free Art Event at John Wesley Chapel, Bristol
-Free Workshops
-Venn Tings
More news and line-up details to come - regular updates at http://www.vennfestival.com
At: St George's, Bristol
On: Friday 2nd June, 2006
Time: 7pm till 11pm
Price: £18/£16/£12/£10
The first half of Friday's dual opening salvo finds Venn honored to be hosting the beautiful slow-sung sighs of Scottish folk legend VASHTI BUNYAN at the refined environs of St George alongside two worthy companions from the Fat Cat label: esteemed neo-classical laptop auteur MAX RICHTER and Bristol's brilliantly dubbed-out slo-mo jazz folkers CRESCENT.
At: St Georges, Great George Street, Brandon Hill, Clifton, Bristol, BS1 5RR
On: Friday 2nd June, 2006
Time: 7pm till 11pm
Price: £18/£16/£12/£10
From: St Georges Box Office: 0845 40 24 001 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Bristol Ticket Shop: 0870 4444 400 or www.bristolticketshop.co.uk
THE ALIENS + OPTIMO DJs + 65daysofstatic + TETINE
Meanwhile, downtown at The Malcolm X Centre, Venn's second opening show is a deranged collision of indie, rock, latino funk, nu-wave and disco courtesy of new-skool, post-Beta Band wizards of psych-pop THE ALIENS, the ultimate Venn DJ's and kaleidoscopic turntable voyagers OPTIMO DJs, widescreen rocktronic upstarts 65daysofstatic and the Brazilian bootyquake of TETINE.
At: Malcolm X (off Stokes Croft), Bristol
On: Friday 2nd June, 2006
Time: 8pm till 2am
Price: £9 advance / £11 on the door
From: Bristol Ticket Shop / Replay Records (Park St)/ Disc-N-Tape
(Gloucester Rd) / Here Shop (Stokes Croft)
or http://www.bristolticketshop.co.uk
SATURDAY - STOKES CROFT – ALL DAYER
ARIEL PINK + BABA ZULA + SCION + CHRIS CORSANO + COBRA KILLER + FOG + VOLCANO THE BEAR + OREN MARSHALL + THE CHAP + VIALKA + DAVID HERMAN DUNE + KODE 9 + THE ASSTROIDS + TAPE + CRESCENT + BASS CLEF + MALE + KID CARPET + ROSE MCDOWALL + GRAHAM MASSEY (808 State) + TOOLSHED + TEAM BRICK + V/VM + SAFETYWORD + NETTLE (feat. DJ//Rupture) + ++++++++ plus many + many more
Saturday is consumed by a fifteen pound sonic surf around Stokes Croft – last year's all-dayer as bolstered by yet more venues and international acts, specially commissioned workshops, a free dedicated art zone at John Wesley Chapel and yet more unkempt secrets to stumble on.
Leading the musical charge are Berlin's venomous avant-punk vixens COBRA KILLER, Turkish Oriental dub massive BABA ZULA (exclusive UK performance), GRAHAM MASSEY (808 STATE, BJORK) with his crazed communal prog ensemble TOOLSHED and LA's sunken pop whiz kid ARIEL PINK among a pantheon of over 50 pan-global performers, DJs, artists and mischief-makers – not to mention 87.7 Venn FM broadcasting throughout the weekend – all jumbled together across the area's finest venues, art spaces and unlikely crannies to see what magic comes from the mess. Welcome. Now get lost.
At: Various Venues, Stokes Croft, Bristol
On: Saturday 3rd June, 2006
Time: 11am till 4am
Price: £15 advance / more on the door
From: Bristol Ticket Shop / Replay Records (Park St)/ Disc-N-Tape
(Gloucester Rd) / Here Shop (Stokes Croft)
or http://www.bristolticketshop.co.uk
SUNDAY - TONY ALLEN + THE MITCHELL BROTHERS + EUROS CHILDS + NORTH SEA NAVIGATOR + DJ JOHN STAPLETON + very very VENN guests
Sunday sees the climactic roast at The Trinity Centre: Venn loosens up its limbs to the immersive afro-drum epiphanies of the legendary TONY ALLEN. He of Fela Kuti, the back bone of Afro-Beat and the one that has just released a career high band album on Honest Jon's. Bandleader, composer and husky rapping vocalist, Tony Allen has recorded a string of groundbreaking that draw together African rhythm, funk, jazz, soul and hip hop. But now after two decades of fusion adventures, Tony has come home, returning to his roots playing serious modern Nigerian music from his Lagos No Shaking album.
Tony Allen's enormous band is joined in support by those debonair show-stealing hip hop mates of Mike Skinner (The Streets) THE MITCHELL BROTHERS playing unconventionally skewed, popped and grimed British street music with a wry sense of British-ness.Then there's the organ led Welsh eccentro-pop of EUROS CHILDS (Gorky's Zygotic Mynci's fabulous singer) and added musical movements from some super special friends to be confirmed. Savour the flavour: Venn will be gone again tomorrow.
At: Trinity Centre (off Old Market), Bristol
On: Sunday 4nd June, 2006
Time: 6pm till late
Price: £12 advance / more on the door
From: Bristol Ticket Shop / Replay Records (Park St)/ Disc-N-Tape
(Gloucester Rd) / Here Shop (Stokes Croft)
or http://www.bristolticketshop.co.uk
2/3/4th June 2006, Various venues, Bristol, UK
seriously never heard of this before
i doubt i am in bristol but i will tell my home-inclined friends to go. and if one does, something will have been salvaged from this disaster.
the stokes croft all-dayer is going to be insane.
very much looking forward to this.


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Spotlight's Tom McCarthy to re-write live-action Christopher Robin movie
Much like with their Marvel and STAR WARS movies, Disney has been able to recruit some of the best directors and writers working in movies today. Their reach knows no bounds, and as proof they just nabbed Oscar-winning screenwriter Tom McCarthy to re-write one of their upcoming live-action films. The Mouse House always gets their way.
Empire got the scoop the SPOTLIGHT writer/director will re-write the script for Disney's upcoming Winnie-the-Pooh movie, CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, which is still to be directed by Marc Forster. McCarthy is taking over scripting duties from Alex Perry Ross, who wrote the initial draft about an older version of Christopher Robin who has grown-up to live a life of mundaneness, filled with responsibilities and routine. That is until Pooh shows back up, seeking Robin so that he may help him find his friends, but along the way learns who he was really trying to find all along – himself. Pause for dramatic effect.
Capitalizing on nostalgia in numerous ways, CHRISTOPHER ROBIN is looking like a mashup of HOOK and Winnie-the-Pooh in a story reminding adults to remember how awesome their childhood was. It's a smart idea, and it beats yet another story about Pooh getting stuck in a tree. McCarthy is a very thoughtful writer, and I think he can bring a real humanity to the script, turning it into something more than just goofy kids movie, much like the PETE'S DRAGON movie last year. In fact, just throw dragons in this movie too.


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Who Rules the Roost?
When I was expecting my first baby, Gary Ezzo's On Becoming Baby Wise was a really popular parenting book. Several people told me to make sure I read it before my baby was born. So I read it as an expectant mom who had no idea what parenting would really be like.
I also wasn't a child therapist, a child development specialist, or a Ph.D. at the time. Even then, though, I strongly disagreed with Ezzo's approach, as I do today with all my training and experience behind me.
But I did take away one thing from the book that has stayed with me. One of the messages in the book, as I remember it, is that parents should work to make sure that they are creating a family-centered family, as opposed to a child-centered family. And while I definitely do not endorse how Ezzo suggests parents do that, and how he defines it (I think his "family-centered" approach is very much a parent-centered approach, which some families have followed so rigidly that it's been at serious cost to their children), I very much like the concept of being a family-centered family.
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So what do I mean when I say it's important to create a family-centered family? It means that when a decision has to be made, the needs of all members of the family should be considered. Of course, it's often impossible to simultaneously meet everyone's needs at the same time—a baby needs to be held, and mom needs a shower; or a toddler needs to be comforted after a nightmare, and dad needs to catch up on all the sleep he's been missing.
But we can always ask a simple question: Whose need is greatest?
Then, the greatest need trumps. (Note that I'm saying need, not desire, and every family will define those terms differently.)
If mom is so tired that she can't drive safely, her need for sleep trumps, and something needs to change. If a school-aged child has an anxiety disorder and needs dad to stay at school at the beginning of the year instead of getting to work on time, something has to be done to allow the child to feel safe.
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In a family, sacrifices always need to be made. We can't meet everyone's needs, as they are often in conflict. So the way we decide is to reflect on which needs are most pressing. When children are young, their needs usually (but not always) trump our needs. Then, as kids get older, they are more independent, meaning their needs often become less intense and demanding, so our needs can be more easily attended to.
Being child-centric brings its own set of problems, just as being parent-centric does. So even though it can get messy and complicated, working toward being a family-centered family offers the best chance of making sure that everyone is getting their needs met as often as possible, and that the greatest needs are definitely and consistently being addressed. That's being wise. Family wise.


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Whether La Cañada Flintridge should allow parking on a stretch of Fairview Drive will be up for review at Monday's City Council meeting.
According to the agenda, released by the city today, the council is hearing an appeal of their decision in May to prohibit parking at all times on Fairview Drive from Angeles Crest Highway to 100 feet westwards.
The area currently is a no parking zone from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. on school days. City staff is recommending that the council deny the appeal and maintain the full-time restriction.
Also on the agenda are a public safety update from the L.A. County Fire Department, a presentation to Katy Campbell, CIF Division I Swimming 500-Yard Freestyle Champion and a first reading of a zone change ordinance regarding temporary use permits.
City Council meetings are held at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 1327 Foothill Boulevard.


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Food and Slave Culture (Part V)
This final piece on food and slave culture looks at how the food of slaves has carried on for over a century and incorporated itself in mainstream American eating.
Mainstream Cuisine
It is interesting to note that as African-American cuisine became more mainstream in white cooking and eating habits, particularly in the south, a situation arises where slaves are actually sharing their culture with whites. In all probability, white slave holders and their families are choosing to accept and make a part of their lives a piece of culture from a supposed lesser race. It is a blending of sorts of two dramatically different cultures, coming together through food (but not freedom).
Historian Sidney Mintz suggests that food was an early step toward freedom for slaves, though. He notes:
"…nearly all of the slaves had something to do with food, with its production or processing or distribution. In these differing tasks (and in eating), they were able to exercise in human potentiality to take, to compare, to elaborate their preferences…Yet the ability to render judgements of food, to develop comparisons, to calibrate differences in taste – and to be prevented from doing so – help to suggest that something of the taste of freedom was around before freedom itself was."
Food allowed for independence, even if only at an elementary level. It allowed for retention of cultural values that could be passed on from generation to generation. It allowed a small level of control in the otherwise dictated lives of slaves. Food also formed an unlikely commonality between the controlling class of white planters and enslaved African-Americans.
African-American (slave) cuisine was slowly assimilated into the very fabric of southern (white) cooking throughout the late 18th and early to mid 19th centuries. This assimilation is clearly evident today, as southern cooking is a way of life for many people in the American south, whether black, white, or otherwise and is its popularity can also be seen across the country – north, south, east, and west.
Southern Cooking Today
Southern cooking, or Soul Food, is one of the more popular types of American cuisine today. Over the past quarter century or so, an influx of Southern cooking restaurants, cook books, and even TV cooking programs have exploded on the scene. Many of today's most popular food and cooking techniques have roots in African-American slave kitchens. One only has to flip through a southern cookbook to find a number of themes familiar to slave cooking. One example is barbecue.
In his book Southern Food: At Home, on the Road, in History, John Egerton notes of barbecue:
"The practice was not confined to the South, of course, but it took root there when slavery was practiced, and black men were the ones who did the hot and difficult work that was and is a necessary part of good barbecue making. To this day, a high percentage of the South's master pit men are black."
Old cooking habits still survive today everywhere. On Sapelo Island in Georgia, the cooking practices of today are very reminiscent of the slave period more than two centuries ago. A group of African-American women on Sapelo Island were asked what makes the food in this area different from other places. One woman responded:
"Culture and what's available to you. I call it a make do society in Sapelo because you can't run to the supermarket to get things. We are plain cooking. We use salt, pepper, and onion, as basic additives. Our flavoring comes from the type of meat we put in. Bacon is white folks food, pigs tails, neck bones and hamhock is what we use. Soul food is what other Americans call it, but we consider these to be foods we always ate. We never label ourselves or our food."
These are just a couple examples of mainstream foods today that have origins in American slavery. One can see dozens of other examples by picking up a southern or Soul Food cookbook and leafing through the pages. By maintaining their culture through food, slaves paved the way for a plethora of exciting culinary options to be available to people around the country (and truly around the world) today.
Egerton, John. Southern Food: At Home, on the Road, in History. New York: Alfred A.
Knopf, Inc, 1987.
Hudson Jr., Larry E., ed. Working Toward Freedom: Slave Society and Domestic
Economy in the American South. Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 1994.
Mintz, Sidney W. Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom: Excursions into Eating, Culture, and
the Past. Boston: Beacon Press, 1996.


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ECB to release more data on corporate bond holdings
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will begin to publish more detailed information about its corporate bond holdings, it said on Friday, after coming under pressure from European and national lawmakers to make the purchases more transparent.
The ECB will publish at 1400 GMT on Friday data on its corporate bond holdings by country, rating and sector, it said in a brief message on its website.
The data will be updated twice per year, the ECB added.
The ECB has so far bought 114.7 billion euros (102.78 billion pounds) worth of corporate bonds as part of its 2.3 trillion euro quantitative easing scheme.
Although it regularly discloses which bonds it buys, it does not reveal the value of each holding.
(Reporting by Balazs Koranyi; Editing by Francesco Canepa)
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I want a nice Fall sleep in this week-end.
5:30 a.m: Cereal with rice milk
Exercise (7 a.m.): 45 min boot camp
9:00 a.m: Half an avocado with some salt. Bland.
12:15 p.m: Leftover from last night. Eating at my desk... booooring. No one in the kitchen. Seems like a busy day.
4:00 p.m: Baby carrots
7:00 p.m: Last of the leftovers. Also sauteed mushrooms in butter. Why was it so delicious? Oh ya, the butter.
9:30 p.m: Protein shake. Rice milk, strawberry, protein powder, banana, ice


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There's something in the waters of Bad Gastein. That's not just an expression. There actually is something in the water of this famed Austrian resort town.
Located in the heart of the Hohe Tauern mountain range, the town has been a famous destination for centuries as visitors flocked to its various hot spas, seeking out what is considered the magical healing properties of its radon-rich waters and healing mines located in cliffs high above town.
Even today locals still encourage visitors to drink the water straight from the tap in their hotel room, usually a big no-no when traveling, but sure enough, it was as refreshing and tasty as they promised when I tried it out of curiosity after checking into our centrally located and pleasant 3 star Hotel Krone.
Unlike some other ski resorts that are often purpose-built to accommodate the hordes that descend every year seeking their thrills and spills on the slopes, Bad Gastein is an authentic Austrian city with its own life going on in the quaint cobbled streets at the bottom of the slopes.
There is air of faded elegance, a sense that this alpine gem has seen better days but revival is in the air and the enterprising locals have worked hard to transform former rundown buildings and give them a new lease of life.
One of them is a power station that is now a cool bar while another is Bad Gastein's impressive waterfall that sends its tumbling icy cold waters ripping right through the centre of town.
Under clear blue skies and icy white mountains and surrounded by fresh mineral water and hot springs, the sprightly residents here enjoy a healthy, outdoor existence.
It was with some awe that I watched a group of older locals engaged in an energetic game of curling outside the restaurant where we were dining on our first evening in town.
In their version of this local entertainment, the player hurls a large stone that has a longer stick attached, down along a stretch of icy road in a bid to get it as close as possible to the target ball.
It was played with much gusto and even though I couldn't understand what they were saying there was no doubt that a good bit of slagging and one-upmanship accompanied each throw as they each competed to win a round.
Believe me, it was a lot easier than it looked, and even after several awkward pitches I was no closer to getting the hurl to travel with the same level of marksmanship as these robust men of the mountains achieved on every throw.
It was great fun, and well worth the punt, if you excuse the pun, and it helped work off the hearty lunch we had enjoyed earlier in the Eisschützenstüberl Familie Lanzelin right next door.
Even though Bad Gastein competes for a share of the lucrative alpine market it can easily hold its own in the whole skiing stakes, but given the competitive nature of the industry and with some heavy-hitting competitors right on their doorstep, Bad Gastein is not resting on its laurels.
Work is already underway on a massive construction project that will see the transformation of a 20-hectare area of pistes in the Schlossalm ski area.
My first experience of the new ski season was as you'd expect in Austria. We were in and out of Sport Schober, located near the main Stubnerkogel lift station in minutes as the efficient staff had us suited and booted and ready to go, and from there it was a quick ride up to the top of the 2,251 metre Stubnerkogal.
The nice red slopes gently segued into significantly more challenging fast blacks but such was the relaxed pace we were travelling at; it didn't require too much effort to make the adjustment.
On our first morning a heavy snowfall at the top of the mountain did lead to a slight disorientating white out as we descended.
It took some concentration to keep our bearings but as I gradually managed to regain my ski legs the snow stopped the adrenalin kicked in.
Soon we were picking up the pace and after a stop off for lunch, we were back out and by the afternoon were flying.
Our ski guide Alex took us up and over various different runs that all offered slightly different challenges but as a mediocre skier I was well able to take them on at my own pace.
We even stopped off to check out the cool 140m long suspension bridge that ever so slightly swings in the breeze, offering heart-stopping views out over the Gastein valley from a spine-tingling 28 metres above the snow.
On the next ridge a panorama platform, the Glocknerblic observation post looked like a set from Star Wars in the distance
And all around us rose the mesmerising Hohe Tauern mountain chain that gives this part of the world its unique identity
While the skiing was fantastic it would have been amiss to leave Bad Gastein without at least trying out the hot spas for which the town is equally famous and a night time visit to the Felsentherme Spa, located just a couple of doors from our hotel, provided a welcome relief for weary bones.
Floating gently around the indoor 32°C pool was pure bliss although I enjoyed the outdoor 'relaxation zone' where you could get out of the water and dive into the surrounding snow before plunging back into the heated waters.
Talk about a thrill to the senses!
• We flew with Ryanair to Salzburg. See www.ryanair.com for flight details and prices – with flights every Saturday during the winter ski season. Salzburg is one hour from the Gastein Valley, and one hour 15 minutes from the town of Bad Gastein.
• Bad Gastein is part of the Gastein Valley, with over 220kms of accessible skiing and marked pistes. Other activities include cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, ice-climbing, ice skating, curling, husky-dog sledding, winter hiking trails, night tobogganing, full moon ski touring, and a choice of thermal spas as well as the healing caves of the Gaisteiner Heilstollen.
• There's a Stars & Movie Walk, free of charge through the local tourist office.
• Don't miss seeing the wonderful unique feature that is the waterfall which runs through the centre of town.
• We stayed at the Hotel Krone, a 3-star hotel with direct access to the main gondola of Bad Gastein, as well as the Felsentherme Spa, and all shops and bars in the town. Double rooms start at €33 pps while the dorms are €20pps. All rates include breakfast and free WiFi.
• The Felsentherme Spa in Bad Gastein (www.felsentherme.com) consists of
family spa, panorama wellness area and massage, outdoor spa, and fitness suites. Cost for three hours is €22.50 with a Gastein Card.
• We recommend taking Ski School, or Ski Guiding, and of course that is essential for beginners. The Ski School itself is excellent, with English speaking instructors. Schober is an excellent place for ski and boot hire, and is conveniently located beside the Gondola Station at Bad Gastein with excellent and free storage. See www.gastein.com for more.


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Fantasy Wave Shooter Preview: Mage Guard: The Last Grimoire
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In Mage Guard: The Last Grimoire, players take the role of a Guild Mage tasked with guarding the Guild's most powerful relic, The Grimoire. Whilst Mage's are supposed to be good, a rogue faction within the Guild breaks away and begins running amok, capturing or burning villages among many other evil deeds. Naturally they want The Grimoire and it's up to you to stop them.
In its early access form Mage Guard: The Last Grimoire features an introduction and three levels to play through, with each area teaching you new spells to defeat waves of magical enemies. So yes first and foremost this is a wave shooter, no movement is required other than dodging enemy projectiles whilst you fire off some of your own.
There are two spell classes to master, Fire and Ice, with latter enemies being more susceptible to one or the other. To wield your magical powers the left hand controls which class of magic you use, with a particular gesture for each one. While the right hand fires off the spells. These actions are kept fairly simple so that they're easy to remember and quick to activate. Memory plays an important role in Mage Guard: The Last Grimoire as there's no HUD to speak of, aiding that sense of immersion that's it's just you and your magical abilities against these monstrous creatures.
So for example, make an upside down 'U' shape and that'll fire a basic fireball or ice projectile. Forming a circle will then make that same projectile even more powerful. Whilst you do need to remember what gesture does what they have been kept the same across classes making it that little bit easier. Additionally, shots are completely aimed by gaze, with a central reticule able to highlight enemies – which also shows how many shots they take – so that you're always on target.
Mage Guard: The Last Grimoire's gameplay mechanics work really well, enabling quick tactical changes on the fly. The one major downside to it all are the enemies. Currently they fall into the usual charge and attack routine, running their set paths towards you. So as long as you're quick and accurate the challenge isn't all that great until a fair few spawn at the same time.
The developer Hashbang Games has got the beginnings of an interesting experience with Mage Guard: The Last Grimoire. The core mechanics are there and work well – plus it all looks suitably dark and medieval. What it now needs is some variety, not necessarily enemy's per-se, more in the way of giving players combat options, different points to attack from for example. Wave shooters can still offer exciting gameplay experiences, so long as they can offer something new.
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By Ms. Suzanne Ovel (Army Medicine)February 8, 2018
Even before the marches led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Guthrie Turner Jr. set about in his own way to break down the color barriers in the Army.
While Turner commissioned as an Army physician five years after President Harry Truman abolished racial discrimination in the military in 1948, it would take throughout the 1950s before segregation ended in the Army.
Turner's dedication to being a true leader, an exceptional physician and a trailblazer in Army Medicine led Madigan Army Medical Center to dedicate the Brig. Gen. Guthrie Turner Junior Preventive Medicine Clinical Services Building here on Feb. 2.
"He became the first black doctor to be promoted to general officer on active duty," said his wife, Ella Turner; they were married for 57 years and had raised four children together before he passed away in 2014.
The two met in North Carolina, when Ella was a freshman in college and Turner was going to be stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C., for airborne training. Before they wed, he asked Ella if she could be a military wife; she said yes. While military life has its own stresses, from the first duty station the Turners also carried the weight of racism.
"When we started out at Fort Bragg … it was actually Jim Crow time. There were very few black officers," said Ella. "The Army was segregated at that time -- everywhere, every base."
When they traveled to other locations the Turner family had to drive straight through when they encountered "No Blacks" signs at hotels and restrooms.
"We were not happy about it, I can tell you that; we were not happy at all. But there was nothing you can do. What can you do? We had to wait and let that battle be won by Martin Luther King and others. We had to just do what we were told and get from point A to point B," she said.
Inside the military gates, Turner encountered prejudice from his commissioning day (he commissioned as a first lieutenant while others in his year group commissioned as captains) to being denied a residency (he served at a community hospital instead) to just plain having to work harder to get equal opportunities as his white peers. It was his inner strength instilled by his parents during the Depression days that led Turner to thrive.
"In my eyes, General Turner is the Jackie Robinson of military medicine," said Brig. Gen. Bertram Providence, commanding general of the Regional Health Command-Pacific, referring to the first black baseball player to play on an integrated team in the 1940s. He called Turner a trailblazer as well.
"Guthrie had to fight for everything; he had to be the best of the best for everything," said Ella. "He went through some dark days, but he wasn't going to give up -- he just kept fighting and fighting and fighting."
That fight and determination led to Turner graduating from high school at the age of 15, earning his doctorate of medicine at Howard University, attending Harvard University for his master's degree, and deciding that in addition to being a military doctor he'd also be a master parachutist and a pilot.
"He knew that somebody had to do it, and he set his mind to breaking those barriers," Ella said. "I think that's why Guthrie worked so hard in so many areas. He wanted to open up areas for other black Soldiers; he wanted them to fly, he wanted them to go into any area that they felt confident and to work hard, because it was hard work that did it for him. Just constantly working all the time, because otherwise he wouldn't have made it."
Throughout it all, as the Army desegregated and he climbed the ranks, Turner's reputation as a strong leader and mentor built.
"Dr. Turner was very exceptional, a good man and he was a very, very good leader," said retired Sgt. 1st Class William Clark. "He was a Soldier's commander."
Former medevac pilot Art Jacobs shared the story of a mission in the jungles of Vietnam in which his aircraft was shot down.
"My crew was lifting me up into the rescue bird because I had been shot, and a hand reached out and I looked up and it was Col. Turner. It was just kind of amazing because he was the doctor and the battalion commander and had no business going out there on such a mission, but there he was, and it's something I'll never forget," said Jacobs, as emotions weighed down his words.
After that tour, Turner made history again when he became the first African American hospital commander at Fort Wolters, Texas, in 1969. Eleven years later, he pinned on general and moved for the final time to command Madigan. He left his own mark here as a propelling force behind the construction of the current Madigan hospital.
With the memorialization of the prevention medicine building, Ella hopes young doctors will learn about the building's namesake and become inspired by him.
"They're going to say if he could do it, I can do it, which would mean a lot to him," said Ella.


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