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How do I find a teacher?
To find your nearest class or teacher use our Find a Teacher facility, top left of the home page. If you cannot find a local teacher then contact us.
What do I need to know before I start?
Your teacher will answer any questions you may have about equipment and clothing required for the class. Loose-fitting clothing is enough and you should be prepared to practice in bare feet. You should tell the teacher if you have medical conditions, such as post-operative conditions, hypertension, heart problems, high or low blood pressure, back, neck or knee problems, menstrual disorders etc. You should not eat for at least two hours before an Iyengar Yoga class or four hours in the case of a heavy meal.
What is Iyengar Yoga?
Iyengar Yoga is based on the teachings of the yoga master Sri B.K.S. Iyengar, author of the classic yoga treatise Light on Yoga, who began teaching in Pune, India, in 1936 at the age of 18. Sri B.K.S. Iyengar was the foremost authority on the subject of yoga until he death in August 2014. His daughter, Geeta, and his son, Prashant, are also accomplished teachers and authors of yoga texts.
The Iyengar family's teachings are deeply grounded in the yoga sutras of Patanjali, an ancient summation of the path of yoga considered to be at least 2,500 years old. Sri B.K.S. Iyengar's intense practice and almost seventy years of teaching produced significant innovations in the teaching of the art and science of yoga. To learn more go to Sri B. K. S. Iyengar : Official Site
What to expect from this method of yoga
- Qualified and rigorously trained instructors committed to excellence in teaching
- A safe and systematic progression of yoga postures to develop each student's ability and skill, both within each class and from class to class
- Sequencing that develops strength, flexibility, stamina, concentration, and body alignment
- Individual correction and knowledge of how to adjust postures for common physical problems
- Precise use of language
- Demonstration and teaching of specific points to develop understanding and intelligent action
- Individual correction and adjustment of students, when necessary
- Integration of the yoga philosophy with the practice of asana
- Incorporation and relevance of practice into daily life
- Ways to use yoga to ease various ailments and stress
- Use of props, such as blankets, blocks, and straps, to facilitate learning and adjust yoga postures to individual needs
What are props and why do we use them?
Sri B.K.S. Iyengar introduced props into the modern practice of yoga to allow all practitioners access to the benefits of the postures regardless of physical condition, age, or length of study. Props help all practitioners (including the most advanced) gain sensitivity to the use of effort and receive the deep benefits of postures held over significant time periods. Props are introduced from the beginning for students with specific physical limitations and gradually in regular classes to enhance personal understanding of a posture and its effects and to develop skill and confidence.
Props include sticky mats, blankets, belts, blocks, benches, wall ropes, sandbags, chairs, and other objects that help students experience the various yoga poses more profoundly. Props may be used in class to encourage students, bolster confidence, and create optimal body alignment.
Allowing students to practice asanas (yoga postures) and pranayamas (breathing patterns) with greater effectiveness, ease, and stability, props provide support for the body and allow the mind to relax and more profoundly receive the benefits of the yoga.
How does Iyengar Yoga differ from other styles of yoga?
The Iyengar method develops strength, endurance, and optimal body alignment, in addition to flexibility and relaxation. The Iyengar method develops self-awareness, intelligent evaluation, and profound inward reflection. Standing poses are emphasized at the beginning to build strength and ease of movement, increase general vitality, and improve circulation, coordination, and balance. Postures for deep relaxation are introduced from the beginning. Gradually, sitting and reclining postures, forward bends, inversions, backbends, twists, arm balance, and flowing sequences are introduced.
Iyengar Yoga emphasizes precision of alignment in the yoga poses. Why is this important? People tend to stretch from their more flexible areas and rely on their better-developed muscles for strength, thus reinforcing postural habits. Iyengar Yoga encourages weak parts to strengthen and stiff areas to release, thus awakening and realigning the whole body. As the body moves into better alignment, less muscular work is required and relaxation increases naturally.
How should I begin practicing Iyengar Yoga?
If you have not done yoga before, you should sign up for a beginner's or a Level 1 class. Some studios offer an Introductory class, which is a good way to find out about Iyengar yoga. Students who have practiced other types of yoga but who have never experienced Iyengar Yoga are also encouraged to take Level I classes for a time to absorb the basic principles and apply them to the fundamental postures.
What can I expect in a class?
During your first classes with an Iyengar yoga teacher you will be introduced to the basic asanas (poses or postures), which include standing poses, sitting poses, and inverted poses. All the asanas have Sanskrit names that the teacher will use—don't worry, you are not expected to pick it all up right away. The teacher will orient you to the fundamental shapes and actions of the postures and repeat them, so that you learn to know them. Gradually, you will learn more about the postures and about yourself, and this will allow you to do and understand them better and receive more benefit.
The various asanas have different effects on the body. The basic postures taught at the beginning will build strength and stamina, and improve muscular tone, flexibility, and alignment. Practicing the postures reduces tiredness and soothes the nerves. It also trains and disciplines the mind so that concentration is improved.
If you have particular physical conditions or are menstruating or pregnant, certain poses are not suitable for practice. Please consult with the teacher before the class begins, so that he or she can give you alternative postures to some that may be performed during the class.
What are the effects of Iyengar yoga practice?
With regular guided practice the effects are a general feeling of physical health and psychological and mental wellbeing. This is not to say that ill-health will not arise, it may. If it does it is likely that yoga will help one to face it and may manage it. The focus of Iyengar yoga on postural alignment can alleviate postural/structural problems. It can also release emotional tensions. The yoga is demanding in effort and in attention to detail within the posture, which increases concentration and focus helping to relieve the mind and body of stress. It can help to develop a deeper knowledge of your self, which can contribute to greater self-confidence.
Can I come to a yoga class if I have health concerns or limitations?
Advise your teacher of your concerns before class. Iyengar teachers are trained to modify and suggest alternative strategies (or postures) to enable you to practice safely and intelligently. Iyengar yoga is open to people of all ages and all levels of physical condition. Do not be put off from trying a yoga class because you feel that you are too old, too stiff, too fat, too thin, too tired, etc. Yoga has something to offer everyone.
Do I need to bring my own mat and props?
The teacher or studio typically provides yoga equipment, including mats. However this is something to check with your own teacher.
Do I have to be young and fit?
Iyengar yoga is for anyone irrespective of age, gender, health, religion and circumstances in life. Iyengar yoga is not competitive. You will not be judged against other people. A distinctive feature of Iyengar yoga is the use of equipment, called props, to enable a student to develop strength, flexibility and control in a posture in order to achieve their full potential. In this way a student works to his or her maximum ability. The teacher is trained to select the correct prop and to supervise the individual student.
What should I bring to class?
Most studios provide all the props necessary to practice. It is courteous to be on time and a good idea to arrive 10 to 15 minutes before class is scheduled, to allow time to register, changing for class, and ensure space in the classroom. For reasons of safety and courtesy to the teacher and other students, you may be turned away if you arrive after class begins. Wear shorts or footless tights and clothes that allow you to move easily and that enable the teacher to observe you well. Yoga is always practiced in bare feet. Please do not wear perfume or heavy jewelry.
I have done some yoga in the past, what level/class should I attend?
Yoga is a broad subject with many different approaches. If a student has not specifically practiced Iyengar yoga before, it would be advisable to start with an Introductory class or a Level 1 class. When a student demonstrates sufficient understanding of the asanas, they will move into the next level.
Is religious faith necessary?
People from many religious traditions can and do practice Iyengar yoga. Teachers will not promote a religious viewpoint however, yoga is based in the Hindu tradition and some references may be made to the source of ideas or names of postures in order to clarify background detail.


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Sneaker shopping with the comedic rockstar.
Complex's Joe La Puma recently linked up with Kevin Hart for some sneaker shopping at 21 Mercer in New York City, and the comedic rockstar took the opportunity to talk about his upcoming "Hart" Nike Free Train Instinct, which will be arriving at retailers within the next week.
Of course, Kevin Hart had plenty to talk about during their trip to 21 Mercer, including the time he sh*t on himself during a workout at the gym.
Hart also speaks about his experience working in sneaker retail, why his sneaker is better than Drake's and how he stacks up against Nike's signature athletes like LeBron, Kevin Durant and Odell Beckham Jr.
At the end of the day, Hart scoops up three different NikeLab Air Force 1 Mids, an "Ultra Flyknit" Air Force 1 Low, a pair of Flyknit Air Prestos and the premium "Snakeskin" Air Jordan 4, all in a size 8, for a cool $1332.19.


text: If you're looking for a song to use as an alarm in the morning, I would recommend this song! It currently is my alarm, and opens with a beautiful, soft piano. I recognize the woodwind instrument in the back as the duduk--an Armenian instrument that is common in music from Anatolia and the Middle East. If the very beginning of the song doesn't wake you up, the loud rock ballad that kicks in at 00:17 certainly will! Aside from an alarm, this song is definitely worth listening to. Thought the lyrics are a bit lost in translation, the different sounds this song brings together are fantastic! ENGLISH LYRICS: In this attic, it is time for solitude. Where can I search for the "right" of rightful? I should have listened to my mind when it was the time, I was also "trying to forget" you. Unfortunately... In the hunting ground, among the things you left behind, I could return back with empty hands, Or see these days, too. What if you asked about my feelings tomorrow? You disheartened me today! What if I don't say "Stay!" And you stay? Your heart disappeared suddenly... TURKISH LYRICS: Şimdi çatı katında inziva vakti Nerede aranacak haklının hakkı? Dinlemeliydim vaktinde aklı Seni unutmaya çalışmak da varmış ...Maalesef Bana bıraktıklarınla teselli avında Demek ki elleri boş dönmek de varmış, Bu günleri görmek de varmış Yarın hatırımı sorsan ne olur? Bugün hevesimi kırdın bir kere! "Gitme!" Dememle kalsan ne olur? Gönlün çoktan yola çıkmış bir kere!


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Have you joined our Read Aloud Book Club for Kids yet? This year I made a goal to read aloud more easy reader chapter books with my kids in addition to reading lots of picture books. So instead of keeping it to myself, I thought it would be fun to have others who may be … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2017
Read Your World: 9 Amazing Multicultural Books for Kids
As a participant in the 4th annual Multicultural Children's Book Day, I had the pleasure of receiving an amazing array of multicultural books from our friends at Capstone Young Readers to read with my children and share with all of you. Thank you, Capstone for your generosity and … [Read more...]
Daddy, There's a Noise Outside by Kenneth Braswell (A Book Review)
I'm honored to take part in the 4th annual Multicultural Children's Book Day event for another year. Thank you to Fathers Incorporated for supplying us with complimentary copies of their empowering books to read and share! Daddy, There's a Noise Outside by Kenneth Braswell, … [Read more...]
Love Is by Diane Adams (A Book Review)
Love Is by Diane Adams, illustrated by Claire Keane Publisher: Chronicle Books Pages: 32 Format: Hardcover Age Range: 2-5 years old Grade Level: Preschool - Kindergarten Available for Sale: January 24, 2017 Synopsis Perfect for Valentine's Day—or any tender … [Read more...]
Phoebe Sounds It Out (A Book Review)
Phoebe Sounds It Out by Julie Zwillich, illustrated by Denise Holmes Publisher: Owlkids Books Format: Hardcover Pages: 32 Age Range: 3 - 7 years old Grade Level: Preschool - 2 Available for pre-order now! Publishes April, 2017. Synopsis Meet Phoebe. Unfortunately, … [Read more...]


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Voracek scores twice to lift Flyers past Oilersby Adam Kimelman
PHILADELPHIA -- Jakub Voracek knows he's playing some of the best hockey of his NHL career. He also knows it's only one month into the season. So while it's nice to see his name near the top of the scoring leaderboard, he's not picking out space for the Art Ross Trophy quite yet.
Voracek scored two first-period goals to help the Philadelphia Flyers snap a two-game losing streak with a 4-1 win against the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday at Wells Fargo Center.
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Luke Schenn also scored for the Flyers, and Steve Mason made 35 saves for his first win of the season.
Flyers forward Michael Raffl left the game with 4:02 left in the third period because of a lower-body injury. He had blocked a Mark Fayne shot earlier in the period. General manager Ron Hextall said Raffl would be evaluated Wednesday.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored for the Oilers. Viktor Fasth, making his first start since Oct. 14 because of a groin injury, allowed four goals on 25 shots. The Oilers went 0-for-4 on the power play, including two chances in the third period.
The loss was Edmonton's third straight, but their first against an Eastern Conference team (4-1-0).
The goals extended Voracek's streak point streak to six games and gave him at least a point in 11 of 12 games this season. They also gave him 18 points, temporarily pulling him into a tie for the NHL lead in points with the Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby, who regained the top spot with an assist Tuesday night at the Minnesota Wild.
"It's only 12 games in," Voracek said. "We can talk about it 55, 60 games in. It's a long season."
Voracek has been helped by losing 10 pounds during the offseason. Though Voracek never was in bad shape, Hextall and coach Craig Berube thought there was another level Voracek could get to if he was a bit lighter.
"He's faster and he's got more gas from start to finish," Hextall said, "It's made a huge difference for him."
Voracek said during training camp that he was curious to see how his body would hold up. So far, the answer has been outstanding. His two-goal game Tuesday was his sixth multipoint game of the season, and he has at least one point in 11 of 12 games.
"I feel good," Voracek said. "I don't want to be overconfident. It's only 12 games. Everything is going well."
Mason, who has known Voracek since they were rookies with the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2008-09, said he's enjoying watching his talented teammate turn into an offensive juggernaut.
"You knew he could be a special player if he put everything together, and he's starting to do that," Mason said. "When he's going he can take over a hockey game. ... Jake's always been a talented player and he's finally realizing his full potential. We always knew he could be a special player, even in Columbus. Now we're starting to witness it on a regular basis."
As good as Voracek was up front, Mason had a strong game. His best saves came in the third period when the Flyers were killing off two penalties. On the first Edmonton chance, he denied Nail Yakupov on a hard shot from the left circle then stopped David Perron on the left post. On the second power play, midway through the period, he made a great glove stop on Mark Arcobello next to the left post moments after Justin Schultz hit the same post with a low point shot.
"A lot of people say your best penalty-killer has to be your goaltender," Mason said. "Those are times when you're trying to prevent them from getting momentum from scoring goals, and you have to find ways to make saves. ... Penalty kill has to be a big part of our team and [Tuesday] it was."
Voracek's two goals came off fortuitous bounces off Edmonton defensemen.
Oscar Klefbom blocked Voracek's pass attempt from behind the net into the slot. The puck came back to Voracek, and he stuffed it between Fasth and the post to give the Flyers a 1-0 lead 3:59 into the game. His second goal came after Jeff Petry blocked a Michael Del Zotto shot and the puck bounced to Voracek in the slot; he scored before Fasth could set himself.
"We had a very good first period," Voracek said. "We were cycling the puck very well. When you're skating, good things happen. And that's what happened; we were in the right spots and scored two goals."
It was too much of a deficit for the Oilers, who were missing leading scorer Taylor Hall because of a knee injury, especially when Bellemare made it 3-0 early in the second.
Nugent-Hopkins' beautiful end-to-end goal midway through the second got the Oilers within 3-1, but that was as close as they would get.
"I thought some of the individuals that we asked for bigger games out of did that," Oilers coach Dallas Eakins said. "We asked [Yakupov] to shoot the puck more; he was extremely dangerous. I thought Ryan Nugent-Hopkins really stepped up his game. ... The fact of the matter is we can't have just five or six guys step up; we need all 20 guys pulling and maximizing their potential. If you're not maximizing your potential, you are doing our team a terrible disservice, and that's the difference of the game. It's a game in which you outshoot and out-chance but you don't have two points, and all of the positives really don't matter."
Schenn made it 4-1 at 12:01 of the third on a strong play by his brother, Brayden Schenn. Brayden bumped the Oilers' Matt Hendricks off the puck behind the Edmonton net. As he was falling he pushed the puck out to Luke Schenn in the right circle, and the older of the Schenn brothers one-timed a shot past Fasth for his first goal since March 1, ending a 32-game goal drought.
It's the second Schenn-to-Schenn goal this season; against the Dallas Stars on Oct. 18, Luke assisted on Brayden's goal.
"We didn't connect the first two years [as teammates in Philadelphia], and this year we already have a couple," Luke Schenn said. "We connected a lot of times as kids growing up in the backyard rink, and to do it in the NHL is pretty special."
The Flyers are having a lot of fun watching Voracek carry the offense.
"He's playing with a lot of confidence," linemate Claude Giroux said. "With that kind of confidence and skill, it's dangerous. I'm just enjoying playing with him, and it's a lot of fun, but at the same time we have to keep going."
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My arms are hurting from wakeboarding yesterday. Major pains on my left and right forearms, while the right one feels worse. This morning, I washed my hair and body with my left hand. What a struggle considering that I'm right handed. I also washed my face with my left hand. Brushing my teeth was a chore. In a few minutes I'm going to this badminton place, "Smash and Drop" to play badminton with fellow bloggers. I'm not sure how they'll react to see me limping like an old man coz usually I'm the energetic one in the group.
I have yet to get the hang of wakeboarding. It was my second time to try it yesterday. I tried the jumpstart technique, which Bianca (who I just met) suggested to me. She said it was the way she learned it, albeit after a month of trial and error. Basically jumpstart is to stand on a ledge and jump into the water when the rope starts pulling you in. It's more graceful but not necessarily easier. I'd call my attempts a modest success. I was able to glide farther before I fell compared to last week's failure. I spoke to all the "bros" who worked there and they told me that I just needed to find my balance. I hope to be able to do that next week. :)


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Lumix DMC LCD screen kaput
Lumix DMC-FH20 display screen no longer working. Fixable?
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Lumix DMC-FH20 display screen no longer working. Fixable?
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Nancy Bryan, I think it absolutely is fixable, if it is the LCD display. The replacement part number L5EDDXM00008. the LCD can be had for ~$20US at places like ebay etc. Let us know if you need instructions on how to replace it.
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Oh my!! This has absolutely been my favorite digital camera! There are no camera repair places in our area. I thank you dearly for your information. I've printed out the drawings and will attempt to order the part today. Fortunately, I have a hubby that has a hobby that has him dealing with parts smaller than in my camera. So I've got a guy with an eyeloop and some help. I have printed out the drawings and they look very clear. But if we have any problems, I'll be back.
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez Quotes About HeartQuotes about: Heart
To him she seemed so beautiful, so seductive, so different from ordinary people, that he could not understand why no one was as disturbed as he by the clicking of her heels on the paving stones, why no one else's heart was wild with the breeze stirred by the sighs of her veils, why everyone did not go mad with the movements of her braid, the flight of her hands, the gold of her laughter. He had not missed a single one of her gestures, not one of the indications of her character, but he did not dare approach her for fear of destroying the spell.
It was as if they had leapt over the arduous cavalry of conjugal life and gone straight to the heart of love. They were together in silence like an old married couple wary of life, beyond the pitfalls of passion, beyond the brutal mockery of hope and the phantoms of disillusion: beyond love. For they had lived together long enough to know that love was always love, anytime and anyplace, but it was more solid the closer it came to death.
She felt so old, so worn out, so far away from the best moments of her life that she even yearned for those that she remembered as the worst… Her heart of compressed ash, which had resisted the most telling blows of daily reality without strain, fell apart with the first waves of nostalgia. The need to feel sad was becoming a vice as the years eroded her. She became human in her solitude.
With her Florentino Ariza learned what he had already experienced many times without realizing it: that one can be in love with several people at the same time, feel the same sorrow with each, and not betray any of them. Alone in the midst of the crowd on the pier, he said to himself in a flash of anger: 'My heart has more rooms than a whorehouse.
She asked him to come and see her that night. He agreed, in order to get away, knowing that he was incapable of going. But that night, in his burning bed, he understood that he had to go see her, even if he were not capable. He got dressed by feel, listening in the dark to his brother's calm breathing, the dry cough of his father in the next room, the asthma of the hens in the courtyard, the buzz of the mosquitoes, the beating of his heart, and the inordinate bustle of a world that he had not noticed until then, and he went out in the sleeping street.
Because he had not done what she, with her heart in her mouth, had hoped he would do, which was to be a man: deny everything, and swear on his life it was not true, and grow indignant at the false accusation, and shout curses at this ill-begotten society that did not hesitate to trample on one's honor, and remain imperturbable even when forced with crushing proofs of his disloyalty.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Born: March 6, 1927
- Died: April 17, 2014
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banded purple
- See under purple(def 7).
- any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
- cloth or clothing of this hue, especially as formerly worn distinctively by persons of imperial, royal, or other high rank.
- the rank or office of a cardinal.
- the office of a bishop.
- imperial, regal, or princely rank or position.
- deep red; crimson.
- any of several nymphalid butterflies, as Basilarchia astyanax (red-spotted purple), having blackish wings spotted with red, or Basilarchia arthemis (banded purple or white admiral), having brown wings banded with white.
- of the color purple.
- imperial, regal, or princely.
- brilliant or showy.
- full of exaggerated literary devices and effects; marked by excessively ornate rhetoric: a purple passage in a novel.
- profane or shocking, as language.
- relating to or noting political or ideological diversity: purple politics; ideologically purple areas of the country.
- to make or become purple.
- born in/to the purple, of royal or exalted birth: Those born to the purple are destined to live in the public eye.
Origin of purple
- any of various colours with a hue lying between red and blue and often highly saturated; a nonspectral colour
- a dye or pigment producing such a colour
- cloth of this colour, often used to symbolize royalty or nobility
- the purple high rank; nobility
- the official robe of a cardinal
- the rank, office, or authority of a cardinal as signified by this
- the purple bishops collectively
- of the colour purple
- (of writing) excessively elaborate or full of imagerypurple prose
- noble or royal
Word Origin for purple
Old English purpul, dissimilation (first recorded in Northumbrian, in Lindisfarne gospel) of purpure "purple dye, a purple garment," purpuren (adj.) "purple," a borrowing by 9c. from Latin purpura "purple color, purple-dyed cloak, purple dye," also "shellfish from which purple was made," and "splendid attire generally," from Greek porphyra "purple dye, purple" (cf. porphyry), of uncertain origin, perhaps Semitic, originally the name for the shellfish (murex) from which it was obtained. Purpur continued as a parallel form until 15c., and through 19c. in heraldry. As a color name, attested from early 15c. Tyrian purple, produced around Tyre, was prized as dye for royal garments.
Also the color of mourning or penitence (especially in royalty or clergy). Rhetorical for "splendid, gaudy" (of prose) from 1590s. Purple Heart, U.S. decoration for service members wounded in combat, instituted 1932; originally a cloth decoration begun by George Washington in 1782. Hendrix' Purple Haze (1967) is slang for "LSD."
c.1400, from purple (n.). Related: Purpled; purpling.


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Essaouira Riad Darko bedroom 2 pers
Essaouira Riad Darko bedroom 2 pers
Located in the heart of the medina in a quiet street, near shops and souks, our renovated riad is to rent in exclusivity (999€ a week) or by room (as from 45€ / night / 2 pers.). Ideal place to reunite a family holiday in Essaouira, the riad can accommodate 12 people and 2 people in sofas beds.
A living room with fireplace welcome you for your diners and another room with wifi access for your moments of leisure.
A cook is at your disposal to prepare lunch and diners. All is set up for you to feel at home. To complete this relaxing atmosphere, you can provide care and massage in the "Wellness East".
We can organize Golf, trips in quad, horse, camel, sea trips, visits tours of the city, Moroccan cooking classes.
We will be happy to arrange your tours and stay.
Transfers from airports on request.


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In todays' working environment together with technology have robbed many people of their opportunity to develop essential communication skills and the confidence to provide the highest level of service to their customers.
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There are many ways in which the geographical outlines of cities and countries have been used to create pieces of art, however none come close to the dream-like nature of the 'Islands' by Reinhard Krug.
These limited-edition prints feature the cut-outs of each city and has them filled in with a realistic portrait of the landscapes and architecture that the city has to offer as well. The three cities that have been covered in this series are New York, Cape Town and Sydney -- three of the most beautiful cities on the planet. Each city is known for its liveliness and by separating them from their respective countries and depicting each one in the sky, Reinhard Krug hopes audiences will see that they've all got their own domestic worlds and lifestyles. The use of a cloudy, surreal background also helps show them off as heavenly abodes that must be visited.
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Having already assembled one of the top domain portfolios within the .CA domain space, our development phase is quickly ramping up to put our prized properties to good use.
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ICE CHIPS: The KOOTENAY ICE enter tonight's action with a 1-3 record (0-2 at home, 1-1 on the road, 0-2 in overtime) after four games of the EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINAL against the CALGARY HITMEN...KOOTENAY clinched a playoff berth for the 17th consecutive season, the longest active streak in the WHL...The ICE completed the regular season with a .500 or better record for a WHL record 16th straight year.
ROSTER BREAKDOWN: KOOTENAY is currently carrying 24 players (two goaltenders, nine defensemen and 13 forwards)...The ICE roster is made up of three 1994-born players, 11 1995-born players, three 1996-born players, five 1997-born players, and two 1998-born players...KOOTENAY has seven first-year players on its roster.
PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE: KOOTENAY holds a career playoff record of 94-76 (50-33 at home, 44-43 on the road, 24-14 in overtime)...The ICE have played in 31 playoff series in franchise history and hold an 18-13 career record...SAM REINHART (33), JAEDON DESCHENEAU (26) and LUKE PHILP (25) lead KOOTENAY in career playoff games played...REINHART leads the ICE in career playoff scoring with 31 points (10-21-31)...DESCHENEAU is second with 27 points (13-14-27)...KOOTENAY is facing CALGARY in the post-season for the fifth time in franchise history (2-2 career playoff series record)...The last playoff meeting between the ICE and HITMEN was the 2014 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINAL won by KOOTENAY in six games.
DID YOU KNOW: KOOTENAY posted a 3-4-0-0 record versus CALGARY during the 2014-15 regular season (2-2-0-0 at home, 1-2-0-0 on the road, 1-0 in overtime)...LUKE PHILP led the ICE in scoring versus the HITMEN during the regular season with 11 points (6-5-11)...LEVI CABLE (6-2-8) and TIM BOZON (2-6-8) were second with eight points...WYATT HOFLIN was named the VAUGHN HOCKEY WHL GOALTENDER OF THE MONTH for March on March 23...HOFLIN, who set a franchise record for games played by a goaltender in one season with 67, led all WHL netminders in minutes played during the regular season with 3,848, finishing second in the League in wins (36) and saves (1,837)...RINAT VALIEV and SAM REINHART were both named to the WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE SECOND ALL-STAR TEAM March 25...LUKE PHILP finished 15th in WHL regular season scoring with a career-high 82 points (30-52-82)...LENNY HACKMAN recorded his first career playoff point (assist) April 1 versus CALGARY...ZAK ZBOROSKY and TANNER LISHCHYNSKY both recorded their first career playoff points (both assists) March 27 against the HITMEN…TIM BOZON recorded a career high five points in one game March 31 versus the HITMEN (2-3-5)...RINAT VALIEV matched a club record for most goals in a game by a defenseman (two) March 31 against CALGARY...VALIEV shares the mark with MATT WALKER (March 31, 2000) and JAGGER DIRK (March 24, 2014)...KOOTENAY set a new franchise record for most goals in a playoff game between both teams (15) March 31 versus the HITMEN...The previous record of 13 was first set March 29, 2003 at KAMLOOPS (ICE 6 at BLAZERS 7) before being matched March 24, 2014 against CALGARY (ICE 6 vs. HITMEN 7 OT).
ONE YEAR AGO: After Game Four of the 2014 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINAL the ICE were 2-2, after Game Five were 3-2, and after Game Six were 4-2 against the CALGARY HITMEN.
DRAFTED PLAYERS: SAM REINHART - Buffalo Sabres (1st Round, 2014 NHL Draft), TIM BOZON - Montreal Canadiens (3rd Round, 2012 NHL Draft), RINAT VALIEV - Toronto Maple Leafs (3rd Round, 2014 NHL Draft), JAEDON DESCHENEAU - St. Louis Blues (5th Round, 2014 NHL Draft), TANNER FAITH – Minnesota Wild (5th Round, 2014 NHL Draft).


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Last night we set up the Pack n' Play that a neighbor bought us. Its called "Little Hoot." Love the name. We wanted to make sure all the pieces were there so we could throw away the box.
Um.... it might be the cutest playpen I've ever seen! Usually I don't like the way baby "stuff" looks, but seriously.
These are the fabrics (they are brighter than pictured):
And this is the playpen:
It completely matches our living room, kitchen, and our room without lighting up and screaming "BABY." Plus it will give the baby some protection from being trampled by our fetch obsessed dogs at the park. Win-win.


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Remember IP address Classs, Private Address Space and Default Subnet Masks
I always mention to memorize IP address Classes, Private Address Space and Default Subnet Masks. You must have to remember them. Without remembering them it's quite harder to find out the answers related to IP addressing and subnetting. I think you are already familiar the necessity of learning IP addressing and subnetting. Any CCNA exam or job exam or interview exam, must set some of the questions. So, I'm telling you seriously, to be the boss of IP addressing and subnetting, you must have to remember the class of IP addresses, private address space and default subnet masks. These are never changing. So, memorize them. This page only contains IP address classes, private address space and default subnet masks. The only things you need to remember is mentioned this page.
[Note: Visit Subnetting Index or type http://hubpages.com/hub/Subnet to your browser address bar to learn a-to-z of subnetting. Many examples are there to make you a smart master of subnetting.]
IP Address Classes
Each IP address has 32 bits (in IPv4). These 32 bits are divided into 4 blocks. Each block is separated by a dot (.). IP address can be classified into five classes. They are defined as Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E. Remember the following chart:
Class Name Range --------------------- Class A 1-127 Class B 128-191 Class C 192-223 Class D 224-239 Class E 240-255
- Class D is reserved for multicast purposes.
- Class E addresses are reserved for experimental purpose only or for future research purposes.
Private Address Space
The following private address space you need to remember:
Class Name Address Space Range ------------------------------------------------- Class A 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255 Class B 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255 Class C 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255
Default Subnet Mask
The following default subnet mask you need to remember:
Class Name Default Subnet Masks
Class A 255.0.0.0
Class B 255.255.0.0
Class C 255.255.255.0
Please memorize the above IP address classes and their ranges, Private IP address space and Default subnet masks. They are very necessary when you will do subnetting and address calculating. So, memorize them all.
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Keeshond Sunshine Rescue Foundation
Southern California Keeshond Rescue
White Pine Outfitters Looking for a collar that won't damage your Keeshond's coat? You'll find it here!
Wonderpuppy.net Can we help you keep your pet?
Missing Pet Partnership National nonprofit organization dedicated to reuniting lost pets with their people.
UC Davis Vaccination Guidelines Current vaccine recommendations for dogs & cats
Beyond Cesar Millan Current thinking about dog training from veterinary behaviorists and other experts
Looking for a Keeshond puppy?
We very rarely have young puppies in rescue! We do occasionally have adolescents (8 months to 2 years old) and young adults available for adoption.
If your heart is set on a Keeshond puppy, please purchase your puppy from a reputable breeder! Please do not purchase a puppy from a pet shop, newspaper ad, or online classifeds like Craigslist! Reputable Keeshond breeders don't sell their puppies through those venues!
Click here for our article on how to find a puppy.
Here's an MSNBC article on Buying a Dog.


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The East Valley Institute of Technology's Governing Board regularly
meets at 4:30 p.m. the second Monday of each month in the Board Room
located in Building 3 at the Dr. A. Keith Crandell (Main) Campus, 1601 W. Main Street, Mesa. The meeting is open
to the public.
Notices of public meetings are posted on the calendar of the EVIT website -- http://evit.com/calendar. Agendas are posted 24 hours before the meeting at the EVIT district office in Building 3 of the Main Campus. The district office is open from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, during the school year. Summer hours are 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday. To obtain a copy of the agenda, call (480) 461-4150.
Members elected to the EVIT Governing Board represent nine wards
(districts) and serve a four-year term. To view a smaller map of each
district, click on the word "map" next to each elected member's name.
Governing Board District Map
District 1: Norman L. Colbert (map)
District 2: Harry Mitchell (map)
District 3: Robert T. Covington (map)
District 4: Carolyn N. Crandell, President (map)
District 5: Erwin C. Heimbuck, (map)
District 6: David Lane (map)
District 7: James M. Candland (map)
District 8: Dolores Watkins, Clerk (map)
District 9: Matthew W. Wright (map)
To contact a member of the Governing Board, or for more information, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
EVIT endeavors to make all public meetings accessible to persons with
disabilities. Please call 480-461-4150 at least 48 hours in advance of
the meeting or as early as possible to request an accommodation to
attend or participate in the public meeting.
EVIT Policies
It is the policy of the East Valley Institute of Technology District #401 to provide all persons with equal employment and education opportunities regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, marital status, age or disability. District grievance procedures will be followed for compliance with Title IX and Section 504 requirements. The compliance officer is the EVIT Superintendent.


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We are trying to do Westerns and I have treated the sample with SDS/beta-mercaptoethanol. The protein size on the gel is approximately 46kDa but we can never see the 17kDa fraction.
Potentially I have 2 problems: 1) an antibody that does not work such that it is not specific; 2) an antibody that is correct but I cannot get the protein to fall apart.
Would you have any suggestions for alternatives on denaturing proteins?
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Skoolzy Toddler Toys | Stacking Crystal Peg Board Set Educational Toys for 1, 2, 3 Year Old Boys & Girls | Building Blocks for Toddlers Fine Motor Skills
*Light Table Toys – illuminate the pegs with a light table or flashlight for a fun and exciting way to play and learn
*Color Recognition – know your rainbow colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple
*Stacking & Sorting – separate by color then stack by color
*Counting & Numbers – learn to count with the translucent pegs
*Focus & Attention – concentrate on hand movement to place each peg
*Hand-Eye Coordination – use your eyes to guide your hands
*Educational Games – use the pattern cards and a timer to race against the clock
*Fine Motor Skills Development – strengthens small muscles in hands
*Cooperative Play – encourages sharing
*Easy Travel Set – storage backpack makes it easy to travel
*Quick Clean up – encourages cleaning up toys after play!
*1 orange peg board (8.5″)
*30 Crystal pegs (2″) – 6 colors
*1 Skoolzy drawstring backpack (12″ x 8″)
*Downloadable activity guide for the toddler toys
Just add string and the pegboard pegs can be used for lacing beads as fine motor skills toys for 2, 3, 4 year old children.
Product Features
- LARGE CHUNKY PEGS make is easy for little hands to grasp and stack on the peg boards and each other to build towers with the peg stacker. The jumbo size discovery toys makes these learning resources ideal kids toys and sensory toys for autistic children as well as the perfect toddler gift and toddler's favorite bath toy!
- OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY TOOLS: The Crystal stacking blocks manipulatives set a great building toys activity kit to develop fine motor skills, hand eye coordination, concentration, spatial reasoning, matching skills, making patterns and puzzles! Let your little one explore the sensory toys using their pincer grasp all while playing and having fun with these therapy toys!
- COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT: The color recognition toys help to develop senses, enhances small motor skills and promote creativity. Toddler stacking, sorting and matching are all a part of making a learning tower with the Crystal Pegboard Set. These color sorting toys for toddlers is a great toddler learning activities to teach in Montessori school, home schooling, or early childhood and special needs centers.
- GAMES FOR TODDLERS: Create puzzles for 2 year olds during family game nights with these Montessoi toys, early math including patterning, counting and color matching. Use a flashlight in the dark to illuminate the pegs and play a color mixing game. Stack two primary colors together and a new color is created! Add a lacing string to make lacing beads out of the pegs. The best part about these toddler boy or girl gifts is that your kids won't even notice that they are learning as they "play".
- ✅ SPEClAL H0LIDAY OFFER ✅ Stock Up & SAVE with Skoolzy Brand Toys. EASY CLEAN UP: The baby stacking toys set comes complete with the Skoolzy toy storage backpack to conveniently store all the toddler games pieces. Your child can easily carry their Montessori Materials at home, in the car or even next door for play dates! The airplane and travel activities for kids also make life simple for Mom and Dad and an on-the-go lifestyle!
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Over the last two years I have, as you might expect, knitted quite a lot of baby clothes and learnt a great deal about the practicalities of dressing little ones in handknits in the process. I've also learnt a lot about knitting without a pattern, making sensible yarn choices, and choosing projects appropriate to their intended recipient, most of it from making stupid mistakes. What follows is a series of posts intended as advice to anyone who is interested, but shouldn't be taken as either a) didactism[i] or b) a hint. We are going through a baby boom at the moment, after all, so I can't be the only one with baby knitting on the brain.
When I found out that I was expecting my first daughter, I was so excited that I cast on a baby blanket using the first yarn I had to hand, which happened to be a ball of mint-green 99p acrylic double knit- you know, the kind of stuff you can buy in Wilkinson's (although apparently it's gone up to about £1.25 now, what with the recession and all). I knitted the first patch, before deciding that my 3mm dpns were too short to do the job comfortably (i.e, without all the stitches falling off the ends of the needles) so went to try and get longer ones. The shop didn't have any long enough, but they did have 2.5mm so I thought to myself "That's close enough" and bought them. It wasn't close enough, and to this day the blanket still has a weird bulge on one side where one patch is bigger than all the others. It's like the Quasimodo of lacy acrylic baby blankets.
I've already mentioned the blue cotton matinee coat and the dk/ 3-ply mix-up, which admittedly worked out fine in the end. There was also a pair of bootees which should have been knitted in 4-ply and which I made up in Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran- although anyone who knows my daughter and her gigantic flipper feet will have worked out by now that that might have been for the best. The item I was most proud of though, was a yellow lace angel dress knitted in Patons fairytale dreamtime 3-ply, and which I frogged at least 12 times before it was done. It took months, it was horrendously impractical and I think my daughter wore it twice, because by the time she grew into it, it was far too hot to put her in a woollen frock.
The point I'm trying to make here is that I've made a few silly mistakes, but I've also learnt a great deal. In three weeks when daughter number 2 puts in her appearance, no doubt I'll learn a fair amount more, and possibly have to post an eggy-faced retraction of all the advice I'm about to offer.
The Practicalities of knitting for Newborns and Toddlers
There are three major factors to consider when knitting for a baby: Yarn, design and construction. The order you consider them in is entirely your business, I only ask that you read the following before embarking upon a potentially heartbreaking knit mission. Yarn choice being by far the biggest topic, I've given it a post all to itself.
A Note on Standard Yarn Weights.
Standard Yarn weight means a standard "thickness" of yarn, which knits up at a specific number of stitches to a 4" square. If I had known this two years ago I would have saved myself so much distress! If in doubt, look at the Tension or Gauge instruction on your pattern- if it specifies one of the following, you can usually substitute a different yarn from the same group.
3-ply: 32st/ 4"
4-ply: 28st/ 4"
DK (double knitting): 22st/ 4"
Aran: 18st/ 4"
Chunky: 14st/ 4" (approx)
Yarn Choice: As a general rule, "animal" yarns tend to be better suited to winter babies and "plant" yarns tend to be cooler and therefore more appropriate for summer babies. Synthetic yarns are a separate category. You should always consider a number of factors when choosing yarn: what time of year are you knitting the garment for? Are the parents in question particularly passionate about buying local/ Fairtrade? Are they vegetarians or vegans and therefore more reluctant to wear animal products? Are they the kind of person who is happy to hand wash a garment, or are they the absent minded type who will happily throw a precious handknit into the washing machine?
King among the animal yarns is lovely, dependable old wool. It's hardwearing, cheap, warm, dirt and flame retardant and can absorb 30% of its own weight in water without feeling damp. You can also get a vast array of machine washable and even tumble dryable wools these days, and the choice of colours for baby wool is amazing compared to the traditional spectrum of pastel blue, pink, lemon and mint.
The British wool industry is having something of a revival, thanks in part to The Campaign for British Wool, (www.britishwool.org.uk) championed by Prince Charles, so for anyone keen to buy domestically produced yarns or help promote traditional British sheep breeds, now is a great time to start looking. I'll put some links at the end for anyone keen to buy British.
A family of lovely British Sheep.
Alpaca is also a good choice, as it shares many of the benefits of wool, but is often lighter, softer and warmer. Again, you can get machine washable alpaca yarns (although always check the ball band to be sure).
Seriously, how could you not want to make a jumper out of these guys?
There is also a growing market for luxury yarns with which include cashmere, silk[ii], possum, buffalo and even mink. Although these might seem impractical, and certainly aren't suited to things which are likely to get very dirty, for things which need infrequent washing, like hats, they can be a surprisingly good choice. A cashmere bonnet is deliciously soft and warm, and isn't likely to need washing often so it makes a wonderful gift for a special baby. They also work out less expensive than you might think, as a baby hat takes relatively little yarn and you can often get two gifts from one ball or skein.
Plant yarns, aside from being a good choice for warm weather clothes are also great to give to vegans or people who can't wear wool. The most commonly used is cotton, which is controversial as many knitters simply don't like to knit with it. It's the relative opposite of wool, being cool and inelastic with virtually no "spring" or memory, however good cotton can also be very soft and lovely for summer babies. It isn't the best choice for ribbed garments, as it will stretch over time, which defeats the object of knitting rib. There is an increasing market for organic and fair-trade cotton yarns, if that's the kind of thing you're into, and doesn't irritate the skin like some animal yarns do. Be warned that cotton is quite heavy, so if you are substituting it into a pattern written for wool or acrylic (as most vintage patterns are) you will probably need considerably more than the pattern recommends. Look for a yardage (the number of yards the pattern requires) rather than a weight.
The Yarn industry is also becoming increasingly inventive when it comes to "bio-synthetic" yarns, with yarns made from bamboo, seacell (seaweed), soy, taly (sugarcane) and even milk pretty easy to come by with a little research. They aren't as hardwearing as cotton, however so less appropriate for toddler clothes which have to take a lot of wear.
Things to Avoid When Knitting for Babies.
Acrylic: always a controversial issue. I don't actually object to acrylic in general, and can happily agree that it has its benefits, being machine washable and relatively pleasant to knit with. There are some pretty fancy acrylics out there these days which knit and wash beautifully and are perfect for people who can't wear wool and don't want to shell out for some of the more expensive alternatives. All this aside, I don't like to use acrylic for babies for a few reasons: it doesn't absorb water the way wool does, which means that a baby who gets hot in an acrylic jumper ends up very sweaty and then if the temperature drops, wet and cold. It's also not flame retardant, in fact, it can melt and bond with the skin if, heaven forbid, the item should end up being worn during a fire.
Anything fluffy: some of those fluffy yarns just scream "baby!" There are lots which contain angora, mohair or even some alpaca blends which you just want to cuddle and squeeze and which might seem initially like a brilliant choice for a baby jumper. In fact, fluffy is a really poor choice for babies: ever got a bit of fluff in your eye which you couldn't get out? Imagine how awful it must be for the poor infant with mohair fluff in their eye, when they don't even realise they have eyes. Smooth is definitely better for babies.
Links and stockists
www.woolsack.org.uk/node/2 has a great list of suppliers of British wool, including Jaimeson and Bluefaced Yarns, both of whom I really like.
www.thewoolshed.co.uk is one of my favourite sites for yarn online, and their customer service is really very good.
www.tricoletteyarns.com Tricolette is an absolutely gorgeous shop in St John's wood, London. They also have a fab online shop and stock a huge selection of both major brands and smaller, more obscure yarns.
www.britishwool.org.uk You can learn all about the Campaign for Wool here.
www.earthfriendlyyarns.com are based in America, but have an absolutely amazing selection of ethically produced yarns.
Bergere de France www.bergeredefrance.com/uk/info_na.phtml do a good range called Origin which includes yarns made from silk, alpaca, cashmere, soy, bamboo and milk.
As far as ethically produced yarns go, I've tried Manos Del Uruguay, Mirasol, Aracunia and Debbie Bliss' Eco Baby, and would recommend them, with some reservations. Some of the ethical yarns lack the polish of more commercial ones and it's been noted that skeins coming from South America in particular are often badly wound and incredibly frustrating to transfer from skein to ball, but generally, they knit up very nicely and the choice of colourways is often spectacular.
I hope some people might find this helpful, or at least managed to get to the end without wanting to kill me. Next time I'll be talking about design and construction (i.e., what to actually make with your oh-so-carefully selected yarn).


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Check out the Dueling Pianos. This Sunday, March 19th, at the new JUNCTION (formerly The Park) near Gino's across from Long Beach LIRR from 4 to 7 pm. Featuring T J Zino.
The Junction
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Long Beach, NY 11561
Yep, you heard me. THE JUNCTION, formerly The Park. Is it a music venue like what the rumors suggested (link)? Well, based on the photo that Project 11561 posted, it sure looks so.
Come on, Junction, what's your function? Are you a music venue? A sports bar? BOTH?


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Killer Whale Attack Footage 2010
Watch The Killer Whale Attack Footage Here!
Orlando: Killer whale attack footage 2010: Where is the footage? The death of an expert trainer Dawn Brancheau during the show has triggered a heated debate in the world of whale training.
However, a former co-worker at the SearWorld has spilled the beans. While talking to a WFTV-Channel 9 he blamed Dawn for the accident.
Interestingly, he is not the first man to say so. Other workers at the SeaWorld have absolved the killer whale Tilikum. Not only this, but the management has decided to keep the giant 12,000 pound whale in the SeaWorld. They all know that this was not one-off incident in which the whale was involved. In the last 19 years Tilikum has been involved in many fatalities.
However, this time the blame was put on Dawn. The officials said that Tilikum got irritated after Dawn's hair floated over his mouth. The whale dragged her under the cage, drowning her.
Thad said the trainers were instructed to stay far from the whale's mouth. "The protocol was not to be around Tilikum's mouth while you're laying down," he said.
Also Thad said Dawn "became too comfortable with the animal she loved so much." The 40-year-old Dawn was a great animal lover. She had dreamed of becoming whale trainer when she was only ten years old. When she grew up she went to university to read behavioral science of animal. The effort was to understand whale's behavior. But all these could not save her from the wrath of the killer whale on that fateful day.
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Sorbet at Seder? Yes, it's Manischewitz.
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A scoop of Manischewitz blackberry wine sorbet from J.P. Licks does not count as one of the four cups of wine at a Passover Seder, but it does make creative use of a traditional part of the meal. The mauve sorbet tastes like an icy but milder version of a straight-up glassful. "It's not a palate cleanser," says J.P. Licks founder and owner Vince Petryk, who sells this flavor only for Passover and Rosh Hashana. "It's more of a palate coater, with that lingering, sugary taste on the tongue." The shop's ice creams are certified kosher, but the stores are not kosher for Passover. Petryk used to drink Manischewitz blackberry wine with his grandmother, who considered it medicinal. When he started developing a wine-based sorbet, he realized that a sweet variety like Manischewitz would retain its flavor better than something dry. Serve the sorbet straight up, or use it to turn a standard Passover dessert, such as sponge cake, a la mode. J.P. Licks, 659 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, 617-524-6740, and seven other locations around Boston, www.jplicks.com.


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RWC 2011 Anti-Doping Agency appointed
The International Rugby Board has underscored its commitment to the promotion of drug-free Rugby with the appointment of Drug Free Sport New Zealand (DFSNZ) to deliver the Rugby World Cup 2011 Anti-Doping testing programme.
New Zealand's Anti-Doping agency will be responsible for the execution of the sample collection and analysis programme that will operate across the 20 participating teams over the seven-week Tournament.
A WADA Code signatory, DFSNZ will work in partnership with the IRB to supply qualified and experienced sample collection officers who will be responsible for the witnessing and processing of blood and urine samples collected throughout Rugby World Cup 2011. All samples collected will be sent for analysis at the WADA accredited laboratory in Sydney, Australia.
IRB Chairman Bernard Lapasset said: "The International Rugby Board and Rugby World Cup Limited is committed to a zero tolerance policy towards drug cheats in Rugby and the appointment of a globally renowned Anti-Doping agency to deliver the Rugby World Cup 2011 programme underscores this stance."
"Drug Free Sport New Zealand and the IRB share the same values of integrity, discipline and respect and we will also be using Rugby World Cup 2011 as an educational platform for the global Rugby family. We are looking forward to working with DFSNZ on what will be a critical area of Tournament delivery."
Details of the extensive Rugby World Cup testing programme will be announced shortly.
For DFSNZ the appointment represents an opportunity to provide a key service for the largest sporting event of 2011 and the largest event ever to be hosted in New Zealand.
DFSNZ Chief Executive Graeme Steel said: "Drug Free Sport New Zealand will work closely with the IRB and use its considerable experience of testing in the Rugby environment to make sure that the largest single event testing programme ever conducted in New Zealand runs smoothly and effectively."
Praised by WADA for its comprehensive educational and testing programmes, the IRB in partnership with its 117 Member Unions operated a record testing and education programme in 2010.
The IRB undertook 1,288 tests across men's and women's Fifteens and Sevens competitions in addition to over 4,000 controls undertaken by IRB Member Unions and National Anti-Doping Agencies. Despite the rigorous testing programme, there were just five IRB Anti-Doping rule violations in 2010.
Also in New Zealand today, City.Mobi is celebrating the success of its new guide to Wellington.
City.Mobi offers the most comprehensive mobile travel guides available, with over 800 cities in 200 countries listed. Each is developed by the City.Mobi team to combine into a single global travel directory.
However, each city retains its own mobile identity via a dedicated domain. Already on offer are Brussels.Mobi, Paris.Mobi, Sanfrancisco.Mobi and Sydney.Mobi.
Wellington.mobi is the latest in this illustrious line up, offering click to call functionality – which means no scribbling down telephone numbers.
Most entries are also linked to websites where users can quickly access more detailed information if needed.
Other key features include information on accommodation, restaurants, attractions, entertainment, nightlife, shopping, and transport.
City.Mobi guides include user reviews and traveller utilities such as a translation guide, currency converter, news and local weather guide.


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There are times when an unexpected problem cuts the power supply, and it lasts for days.
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The ready mix concrete industry's fortunes and activities are linked closely with the construction industry. This is why TRP Ready mix Ltd. is an offspring of A.L Blair Construction in the Eastern Ontario region.
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A new alternative therapy to consider as for treatment of psoriasis is reflexology. Because a outcome, the skin may want to not shed new cells by going to quick ample pace to rustic lanterns have plain clean skin.
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It is lovely to live near trees for their shade and beauty, but often they become dangerous due to falling limbs or age. Their branches can interfere with power lines and cause fire and their roots can ruin your plumbing.


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A symposium to discuss the challenges to working in the heavily developed urban areas such as Boston's Back Bay, what are the design solutions that led to the successes and benefits upon completion? How do we monitor our success? We learned about the opportunities created for academic partnerships and applied student research. Panelists included: Nancy Girard, Commissioner of the Department of the Environment, City of Boston; Bob Uhlig, President, Halvorson Design Partnership; Keith Riquinha, Project Manager, ValleyCrest Landscape Development; Jim Newman, Linnean Solutions; and Shaun O'Rourke, BAC Director of Sustainable Design Studies.


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Thousands protest against chemical plant in ChinaAugust 14th, 2011 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 14 (IANS) Thousands of residents staged a protest and scuffled with police Sunday morning in the northwestern port city of Dalian seeking relocation of a chemical plant over fears of toxic leaks.
The protesters, mostly young people, sang the national anthem and displayed banners reading "We want to survive" and "We want a good environment", Xinhua reported.
They chanted "Fujia (the chemical plant), get out" and scuffled with riot control officers in a public square in front of Dalian's municipal government offices. There were no reports of injuries.
The protest started with a small crowd sitting in front of the buildings around 10 a.m. Sunday and quickly grew from there.
The city's Communist Party of China (CPC) chief Tang Jun and mayor Li Wancai tried to pacify the crowd by promising to move the plant out of the city.
The plant is a producer of paraxylene (PX), a petrochemical used to create raw materials for the production of polyester film and fabrics. The chemical is carcinogenic, which is any substance or radiation that is an agent directly involved in causing cancer.
Calls to relocate the Fujia Chemical Plant mounted this week after large waves whipped up by tropical storm Muifa breached an embankment near the plant.
Built to protect the plant from floodwaters; residents are concerned that a potential flood could damage the plant and cause it to release toxic chemicals.
- 200,000 evacuated in China in fear of typhoon - Aug 06, 2011
- Cabinet nod for petrochemical region in Tamil Nadu - Jul 04, 2012
- China braces for Typhoon Muifa - Aug 07, 2011
- Reliance Industries plans major capacity expansion - Apr 13, 2011
- Chinese river turns white after chemical leak - Jul 11, 2012
- Cancer-causing chemicals found in China milk - Dec 27, 2011
- Rape victim's mother released from Chinese labour camp - Aug 10, 2012
- China mourns death of Indian doctor's wife - Jun 29, 2012
- Wrongly produced green biofuels can be harmful - Jul 31, 2011
- Flames Continue At Mont Belvieu's Enterprise Products Petrochemical Plant - Feb 09, 2011
- Typhoon Muifa: China evacuates 206,000, issues red alert (Lead) - Aug 06, 2011
- Bugs can destroy toxins in polluted groundwater - Aug 02, 2011
- Bikaner residents block roads to protest murder - Jun 30, 2012
- L&T bags Rs.2,000 crore order from Managalore Petrochemicals - Mar 15, 2010
- Intel opens chip plant in China - Oct 27, 2010
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Epic Battle Fantasy 4 – Now Out!
Mar 4th
Looking for a walkthrough? Check out our guide!
Epic Battle Fantasy 4 lives up to its name with hundreds of battles, across a vast land, that pits you against a bunch of different enemies. If you remember Epic Battle Fantasy 3, then you probably remember it as one of one of the best Flash RPGs in existence (according to the ratings and me). In this adventure, Matt, Lance and Natalie find themselves once again called upon to save the world for an evil entity know as Godcat, with the help of a new character named Anna. Along you journey you'll have More >
Jacksmith – Guidology's OFFICIAL Review
Sep 29th
Jacksmith is a new building game by FliplineStudios, who has made countless Papa games, that have gone on to be very popular. In this game, your goal is to supply your soldiers with excellent-quality weapons so they can kill a bunch of monsters to aid your journey. I'm personally not a big fan of the food/time management games that have made Flipline one of the best recognized game development studios out there. When I first saw Jacksmith, I thought that I wouldn't like it and it would be very similar to the Papa's series, but I was surprised to find that not More >
My Pet Protector 3 – Now Out
Jun 23rd
You heard it right – the third My Pet Protector is finally out and once again brings you the exciting world of Arkandia! Like the previous My Pet Protectors you take control of the life of a young warrior who must restore peace to the land and, in this game, rebuild his or her town. You can six years until the game finishes (in one week increments) where you must work for monkey, train your skills, explore dungeons, collect loot and kill various monsters. This is a very fun game to play and after you complete the game an option to continue More >
CycloManiacs 2 – Guidology's OFFICIAL Review
Aug 16th
If you remember the original CycloManiacs, and are like me, you remember it as one of the best racing games around by one of the best developers around, LongAnimals. Now with the help of RobotJAM, LongAnimals brings the second installment, CycloManiacs 2! CycloManiacs 2 is by far one of the best racing games around, as it follows in the footsteps of the original game, but carves a bit of its own path with new features. Unlike the last game, this one has a storyline – an evil group has kidnapped Princess Jennifer, and you have to use the original 39 More >
Exit Path 2 – Now Out!
Aug 5th
Exit Path 2, sequel to one of the biggest releases onto Armor Games, scoring a 9.3 and nearly 12,000,000 plays. Exit Path also holds a large multiplayer fan-bases, so whenever you want a head-to-head race, you can load up the game at any time and take onto another player! The new game brings 40 new campaign levels, a continuation of the first Exit Path which has a very interesting and eerie storyline. This is a very challenging platformer, from whether you're playing Uniplayer, or Multiplayer, you're going to be challenged with difficult jumps, spike traps and more! If you haven't More >
Alight (in dreams) – Guidology's OFFICIAL Review
Aug 3rd
Posted by admin in Walkthrough or Review
Alight (in dreams) is a new art adventure game that takes you through the dreams of a young man as he rethinks and relives key events in his life that lead him to view the world a gloomy, uninteresting and dull, resulting eventually in suicidal thoughts. I'd describe this as an art game, because the game is mainly focused entirely on the storyline and the thoughts of the character, but unlike many art games that I've seen (which is a pretty unpopulated genre), Alight actually has difficulty and in each world you must retrieve an object, bring you on different routes and More >
Wasted Youth, Part 1 – OFFICIAL Guide
Jun 27th
Posted by admin in Walkthrough or Review
"Wasted Youth, Part 1, takes place behind the walls of St. Frosts Academy – a school for slackers, troublemakers and idiots. At first everything seems normal, but soon, children start to go missing… Features: 16 main story missions, 13 side missions, 20 lessons to attend, 60 rooms to explore, 50 collectable trading cards to find, 60 achievements to complete, Over 30 unlockable extras, Countless other activities – Breaking and entering at night, picking locks, cracking safes, reading books, going to the toilet, eating, drinking, vomiting, going to sleep, watering plants, watching the school hamster, and much much more…" – Official game More >
KOML 2 – Guide
Jun 14th
KOML 2 is the sequel to the popular KOML by Tony on Armor Games. The storyline is a bit misty and a bit hard to understand, especially if you don't remember, or haven't played the original KOML – so if you haven't be sure to give the original a try. I don't want to give away to much of the storyline, but in this game you find both of your sister and father, but things take a turn for the worse at the end of the game. KOML 2 took me about 30 minutes to complete so this is a More >
Riddle Transfer – Guide
Jun 7th
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If you've never played Riddle School before this game might be a bit confusing! Do not fear though, even if you haven't played the previous five games, Riddle Transfer is still a fun and highly enjoyable, yet puzzling, point and click adventure game! Here's a quote from the author comments box.
"Riddle Transfer takes place right where Riddle School 5 left off, and is the sizeable first part of what will be a five-part series. Phil Eggtree has saved his friends and rid the world of the alien leader Viz, but his journey back home doesn't turn out how anyone could More >
Hands of War 2 – Expanded Edition – Now Out! (WALKTHROUGH BELOW)
Jun 1st
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The expanded edition of Hands of War 2, which I wrote a couple of walkthroughs for and got a review up for, is now out! The expanded edition includes 3 new classes, new quests, rideable wolf mounts, new armor and equipment, and much more! Beastmaster, Rogue and Necromancer are now available. Of course being a big fan of the first and second Hands of War games these new additions sound fantastic and really exciting! If you liked the first and second extremely addictive RPG then you'll love the expansion which brings over many new features for play. Be sure to check out the More >


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Conversation is an important part of leadership and change as:
- Vision must be shared, before it can be lived, this requires conversation.
- Change is underpinned by conversation. Organisations change, when people change and people change one conversation at a time.
- Employee engagement is driven by meaning and purpose, this requires conversation.
- Execution requires alignment of action. this requires conversation.
Given the importance of conversations to leadership, the following principles serve as a useful guides for leaders looking to shape conversation:
- Leaders are the custodians of an organisations conversation. Conversation happens on a daily basis in within teams and organisations and much of this conversation occurs by default. By this I mean that it's aimless and unproductive. The quality of an organisation's conversation is the leadership's responsibility. To effectively navigate change leaders need to be proactively engaged in focusing, shaping and influencing an organisation's conversation. The quality of the conversation can be directly correlated with the quality of the organisation's leadership. Using conversation deliberately means that we need to think carefully about how we will craft conversation and how we can use it purposefully.Quality conversation leads to effective decision making, engaged employees, a compelling vision and aligned execution. This requires leaders have a clear point of view about, what the organisation needs to be talking about at this time.
- Effective conversation is about meaningful inquiry. An effective conversation is always based on asking questions that matter. This means that leaders are open to multiple perspectives and view points. To explore all facets of an issue requires open questioning your primary tool. Asking not telling, using open ended questions then standing back to listen. This is the key skill of inquiry. What is the ratio between asking and telling in your daily conversations?
- Conversations shape the context in which people act. Effective leaders use conversation deliberately to shape the organisations direction. However, without a clear philosophy and vision, the shaping of the organisations conversation cannot happen. Leaders need to have a clear message that effectively sets the container in which conversations take place. A great container for conversation requires leaders be clear about the following issues:
- The organisations purpose – why it exists?
- The organisations key objectives – what it needs to achieved?
- The business model – how it makes money?
- The leadership philosophy – how people behave?
- Their goals, priorities and actions – what is most important, what should be do first?
- Language and words shape meaning. Effective leaders are very aware of the impact of their words. What a leaders does and what a leader says, are amplified and exaggerated by their constituents. Given this, if leaders don't take charge of their words and carefully shape their messages, someone else will do it for them.
"…it's through language that we create the world, because it is nothing until we describe it. And when we describe it, we create distinctions that govern our actions. To put it another way, we do not describe the world we see, but we see the world we describe." – Joseph Jaworski, Synchronicity: the Inner Path of Leadership
- Build bridges and not walls. Leaders are in the business of building bridged to the future, this requires the breaking down of walls! Change will always requires the destruction of walls and the building of bridges. One of the best ways to do this in conversation is to replace "Yes, but . . ." and instead say "Yes, and . . ." When someone says something you disagree with, don't make them wrong with "Yes, but I don't agree with you" Rather, help them understand that you have a different point of view "Yes, and in my experience there is another way of understanding that situation."
- Leaders selectively involve influential people in meaningful conversations. When seeking to bring about change, leaders involve influential people to help shape the message and allow them to take the necessary action to bring the message to life. This involves a very conscious choice of people, and of process that's convened to manage the organisations the conversation. Conversation taps into our head and hearts, it taps our mind and our emotions. Inspire influential people and they will take your message to others, sparking further conversation.
- Keep the conversation focused on a few key themes. Focus the organisations attention on a few key themes, the essential drivers of performance and shapers of behaviour. Concentrate the key themes on what really matters. These themes must be simple enough to communicate effectively and be understood. They should be repeated over and over, be managed and measured so that they lead to action. Key themes need to be framed so that they capture the imagination and inspire further conversation.
Considering the above principles, how effectively are you leading your organisations conversation?


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Domestic Roof Repairs in Wakefield – DPR Roofing
All house roofs are exposed to the elements and over time will eventually be affected by wear and tear caused by weather.
As a result, most house roofs will experience a wide range of roof damage including cracked tiles, dislodged or loose slate, split guttering and roof movement.
At DPR Roofing Wakefield we have over 28 years experience in dealing and resolving roof problems and repairing damage to your house roof, often caused by stormy weather. DPR Roofing have continued to develop their specialist domestic roof repair services so that today we are the preferred roof repair company for home owners in Wakefield.
At DPR Roofing we understand that the roof over your Wakefield home is one of the most important structural elements of your house and therefore any problems arising that might cause a risk to the contents of your home and your health need to be dealt with promptly and efficiently.
A damaged house roof can soon cause a major leak, with water causing major damage to the contents of your home, which is why DPR offer domestic customer annual home roof servicing to help identify any roof problems and repair them before they become more serious. Furthermore, regular maintenance should help prolong the life of the roof on your home.
DPR Roofing have been undertaking domestic roof repairs in Wakefield for over 28 years. This is reflected in a growing portfolio of Wakefield customers who trust us with their roof repair work.