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Politically correct medical schools Dangers of government's heavy involvement in your healthcare/
Premed students' biggest fear is taking the MCAT. After 25 years, the MCAT is being revised, becoming longer (by three hours) and covering a broader range of topics than simply chemistry, physics and biology.
o One quarter of the new test covers psychology, sociology and the biological foundations of behavior
o More specifically, students will be tested on social inequality, class consciousness, racial and ethnic identity, institutionalized racism and discrimination, and power, privilege and prestige
Addition of new topics are due to significant integration of topics in modern day society.
First two years of medical school are spent predominantly in the classroom or laboratory.
o Core subjects include anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, pathology
o Much of what is learned is forgotten or irrelevant
What is important is the ability to continue learning, apply critical thought and analysis. A shift is underway with cultural myths replacing hard science and group identity politics replacing individualized care.
How might the new MCAT testing facilitate such a transition in the next generation of physicians?
o Will social inequality and class trump being brutally honest with a patient?
o Will public health policy be determined by disease modeling and the scientific method, or by the latest politically popular, but unproven, fads including global warming or gluten-free diets?
o Will claims of sexual assault or police violence be immediately accepted as true if the victims and perpetrators fall into certain power or privilege classes regardless of evidence?
o Will physicians blame disparate disease prevalence due to ethnicity and genetics on social injustice, or will they push for customized care and gene therapy to raise the health of all groups?
U.S. medical school acceptance rate at about 40 percent
Will schools choose and train the best and brightest as the next generation of physicians? Or will the students look more like a discussion panel on MSNBC? Make no mistake: Compassion, empathy and listening are important skills for physicians. Some are better at this than others. Those lacking in the human skills will lose patients and referrals and may migrate into non-patient care activities. Declining reimbursement and increasing regulations are forcing physicians to see more patients each day, spending less time with each one.
Mandated electronic medical records require a physician to hold a computer mouse rather than his patient's hand. Add to that an aging population and a growing prevalence of chronic diseases. Will this demand be better met by physicians who are smart and efficient or those pondering social inequality, meritocracy, environmental justice and class-consciousness?
Why the new MCAT is better
Patients want doctors who treat the whole person, not just the illness. The new exam preserves what works about the previous exam, eliminates what isn't working, and further enriches the exam by giving attention to the concepts that tomorrow's doctors will need. The natural sciences sections reflect recent changes in science and medical education. The addition of the social and behavioral sciences section recognizes the importance of socio-cultural and behavioral determinants of health and health outcomes
The Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills section reflects the value that medical schools place on analysis, evaluation, and reasoning skills and on broad preparation for medical school
The revision sends an important message: the current premedical curriculum only adds to the prevailing attitude that success in the "hard sciences" (biology, chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics) is all that determines success in medicine, and that the social determinants of health are "soft" in comparison.
But if you've ever had a doctor who can choose an affordable treatment based on your insurance status, or who understands that there's more to your life than your disease, you may agree that those skills aren't soft — they're critical.
Most of all, spending time outside medicine — in business, service, and other fields — has shown doctors the world beyond science, the world that most of our patients inhabit.
The goal of the new MCAT is to have more medical students who've explored more of the world beyond the classroom; it will only make them better able to connect and care for patients.


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Will you partner with me and realize My Dream?
To be quite honest, there is no one else I could go to but you. You are the first people that I have reached out to and its because of our close relationship and investment in the same vision of a a healthier community.
I am in the process of building out a state-of-the-art facility that will be able to provide the speciality in which has helped people all over the world.
This facility will provide a preventative measure for people who are still healthy. For those who are in chronic health problems and utilizing expensive quick fixes, this type of care may be the turning point. It will be able to provide a secondary look to traditional methods of healthcare, provide an alternative for common physical ailments, and bring a sense of hope through a different outlook.
So what I have created below is a way for you to invest in me and help me build this facility. Each level of investment is a statement that you support me, the cause and support the future of Healthcare.
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With this large donation, we'll be able to purchase necessary equipment to provide quality healthcare resources at the facility. There are several different types of equipment needed and several donations at this level will greatly help us take care of our family and friends.
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With a donation at this level we will be able to build out the necessary design to maximize the effectiveness of care in the facility. A careful process is taken to ensure that the facility can provide the necessary quality of care due to the uniqueness of this type of healthcare approach. Safety and quality is our highest priorities. Several donations at this level will help us ensure our commitment to those priorities.
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At this level of donation this will enable our facility to finalize the necessary digital support system that is required for this type of specialty in healthcare. In order for this facility to provide consistent and effective Upper Cervical Specific Chiropractic Care, a digital management system is needed. Only two donations at this level will enable the purchase and maintenance of this system.
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This is a powerful donation. At this level we will enable our facility to finalize the necessary digital x-ray system that is required for this type of specialty in healthcare. It is a vital aspect in identifying the necessary factors needed to help our family and friends health. Only four donations at this level will enable the purchase and maintenance of this system.
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At this level, you have the option to utilize the chiropractic visits for up to 4 persons that has completed an initial exam.
Also included, due to the generosity and commitment to the donor, the post-adjustment suite will be honoring your name or a name of your choice.
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The biggest missing piece in health is the ability to measure if someone is getting well and staying well. One of the vital piece of this facility is the ability to measure health through the nervous system. This donation will enable us to acquire this technology and the support systems to provide this very important assessment for your health and our friends and family. This sponsorship will secure us to have this ability to check nervous systems.
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Also included is an lifetime amount of 1-hour massages (priceless value) for up to 2 people.

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I was fortunate enough to win four tickets from the Young at Heart Mommy blog to the Yo GABBA GABBA! Live show in Ft. Lauderdale (Broward Performance Center) last weekend.
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I think all you white people should be called 'white' -- follow me now -- and I think all people of color should be called 'wheat.' See, this will be perfect because I like the idea of me being nutritious. That's an n-word I can live with.
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Friday, 29 May 2015
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Won't anyone think of the children?
Supplementary material
Statistics Canada, table 102-0540, chapter XX (year 2011)
Number of people killed by falling on or from steps or stairs: 396
Number of people killed by some other fall from the same level: 856
Number of people killed while riding a bicycle: 87
Now please, help me understand why our government and many well-meaning activists are going apeshit about bicycle helmets and not about stairs and sidewalks. Riding a bicycle is barely twice as dangerous as taking a bath (41 people drowned in their bath in Canada in 2011). In the name of safety, are we going to force people to wear a floating jacket when taking their bath?
It's like a moral crusade... some worthy cause (protecting people) that becomes way more important in the eyes of its proponents than it is in reality. And the numbers be damned, because we know we're right. Case in point, here is an anecdote about a child who fell down the stairs and broke her skull, only to drown in her bathtub the next day. Do you want that to happen to YOUR child?
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Well done prank
Cartoon removed because it might be misinterpreted as disrespect for the victim of an actual accident (see comments below). Reality is truly stranger than fiction.
Monday, 4 May 2015
Movie science vs real life (14)
Many thanks to NASA for the images of Earth (as well as, you know, making entire generations want to become astronauts, astronomers or astrophysicists).
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exhibited Works
Represented by Peters Projects
Peters Projects, 1011 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, is pleased to present Diné (Navajo) artist Will Wilson and his solo exhibition AIR, opening on Friday, December 16th running through February 18, 2017. Peters Projects will host an opening reception from 5-7 pm. on Friday, December 16. In addition, the gallery will host a discussion with Will Wilson and the Autry Museum of the West Chief Curator, Amy Scott on Friday, January 13, 2017, 4pm.
Will Wilson has described AIR (Auto Immune Response) multi-media series as a dialogue with "a post-apocalyptic Navajo man's journey through an uninhabited landscape." Will Wilson uses self-portrait as the main character searching for answers about survival: Where has everyone gone? What has occurred to transform the familiar and strange landscape that he wanders? Why has the land become toxic to him? How will he respond, survive, reconnect to the earth?" Wilson creates tension in his photography and installations as the artist believes that Indigenous people remain responsible for protecting the environment and its future for all species. This story underlies the "quixotic relationship between a post-apocalyptic Diné (Navajo) man and the devastatingly beautiful, but toxic environment he inhabits."
The exhibition will include Will Wilson's large format photographs from his AIR series and an installation in Peters Projects' largest gallery space based on his greenhouse Hogan. The 10 ft diameter metal greenhouse is created by the artist to replicate a traditional Navajo dwelling. The greenhouse is covered with air plants, symbolizing survival in this imagined post-apocalyptic environment. Inside is a metal cot designed by the artist with woven plastic tubing of running water that simulates the flow of blood in veins, and illustrating that botany cultivates vital resources that cannot be ignored in the post-nuclear world. As Will Wilson states: "My hope is that this project will serve as a pollinator, creating formats for exchange and production that question and challenge the social, cultural and environmental systems that surround us."
The AIR series has been shown in numerous museums, with the latest showing hosted by the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe. Peters Projects will be the first commercial gallery to make these works available to the public. Will Wilson believes in the "allegorical investigation of the extraordinarily rapid transformation of Indigenous lifeways, the disease it has caused, and strategies of response that enable cultural survival."
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02/17/2017 - Art Press Magazine
Auto Immune Response (AIR) is a series of compelling large-scale photographs and installations by Diné (Navajo) artist Will Wilson. Using himself as the subject, Wilson addresses environmental change and individual agency to unveil an interrelated utopian/ dystopian worldview. Often depicted wearing a gas mask, the artist foregrounds what he calls the "quixotic relationship between a post-apocalyptic Diné (Navajo) man and the devastatingly beautiful, but toxic environment he inhabits." AIR 5, an inkjet print on archival paper from 2005, captures a double portrait of the artist—companion images that are tethered and sustained by intertwined oxygen tubes. The resulting image, one of the few color prints, evokes the promise of a new land emerging from the ruins of the past. The artist who clears a path towards a new utopia once again makes the once pristine and now toxic environment inhabitable. Three generations are depicted in a large-scale inkjet print, which places Wilson, his mother and his daughter against an expansive panoramic landscape. In AIR: Confluence of 3 Generations, 2015, the artist and his daughter are wearing oxygen masks while the mother is standing and breathing the polluted air without mediation. The child, positioned between the mother and the artist, is closest to the viewer—acting as our empathetic surrogate. The mother anchors the right side of the print, allowing the viewer to interpret the image as a movement through time as well as the possibility of a sustainable evolution that would give humans the ability to survive an environmental meltdown. A greenhouse hogan (traditional dwelling) is installed in the central part of the gallery. This circular piece, constructed from metal rails, is adorned with four rows of Tillandsia air plants—bearing witness to the need for oxygen in a post-apocalyptic world. A cot assembled from clear tubing is strategically placed inside the hogan, engaging the viewer in the installation. The tubes are brought to life with aerated water bubbles that evoke a life force flowing through the body. Wilson's work is part of a movement of Native American artists who are mining their ancient lineage while simultaneously looking forward and embracing new media art as a tool for telling their stories. This exciting new artistic trajectory is reinforcing the role of indigenous societies as vital, environmental protectors as well as active cultural producers for the twenty-first century.
09/01/2015 - Shutter - TREND Magazine
If you were to form your impress of Will Wilson mainly through his photographs and the interviews he's given the media, you'd probably fancy him rather serious and academic, perhaps overly so. In one series, he's the gas masked survivor in a post-apocalyptic landscape; in another, a two-panel self-portrait, he's a Native American on one side and a cowboy on the other.


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Let's get rid of the buddy system.
"I'm supporting John for the election because he door-knocked for me when I ran for my seat."
"We should all back Kris for this election because she's so well connected with all the right politicians."
"I'm endorsing Jane because she led the fundraising for my campaign."
Reasons such as these are often given by a politician to support a candidate for an elected office. It happens in elected leadership at every level, from city councils and school boards to the U.S. Senate, and has happened this way for centuries.
We all want to help those who have helped us. The support of friends and colleagues is highly valued, sometimes critically so, in many parts of our lives. The support of those already elected can be particularly validating, even comforting, during political campaigns, which are often personally taxing. And, because new candidates are often unfamiliar with the inner workings of government, advice from seasoned officeholders can get a candidate up to speed quickly and efficiently.
But does this buddy system within our current election method produce a field of candidates that best represents the diversity of constituents?
Ranked-choice voting provides the electorate with a more diverse pool of candidates because the process dilutes the influence of those already elected and in power. Being able to make a first, second and third choice means that voters no longer need to choose between two candidates deemed viable by those in power. People needn't feel they are "wasting a vote" on a candidate who isn't part of the inner circle of politicians who have money, connections and name recognition.
Ranked-choice voting in St. Paul and Minneapolis, in addition to many communities across the nation, has produced a more equitable field of candidates, and those candidates are winning. For example, after ranked-choice voting was enacted in Minneapolis, it produced the city's first Latina, Hmong and Somali council members.
It's not lost on me that as a St. Louis Park City Council member, I am white, straight, middle-class, middle-aged and male. My profile is that of most people in political power for generations. Thus, it's my responsibility to consider the perspectives of those I represent who differ from me in skin color, age, economic circumstance, gender, sexual orientation, background and more.
Our St. Louis Park City Council is moving forward with ranked-choice voting. The support among our residents is overwhelmingly positive and, among those residents who've contacted me, unanimously favorable. By our city charter, the charter commission needs to propose ranked-choice voting back to the city council for a vote. The alternative is a costly and drawn-out ballot question that may delay the change to ranked-choice voting. We recently took the progressive step of eliminating municipal primaries, which was positively supported by residents, without a ballot question.
I urge the charter commission to finish its work quickly. Doing so would make it more likely that ranked-choice voting would be in place in 2019 when three council seats, including mine, will be on the ballot. I may or may not be re-elected, but the process will undoubtedly be more fair, diverse and representative.
Thom Miller is an at-large St. Louis Park City Council member.


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Long shelf with 5 compartments. The shelf is designed to either mount it to a wall or place it on the ground. It fits perfect into a children's room. The shelf has a classic Nordic, neutral design and fits to nearly all interior styles. In a children's room it is ideal for the storage of books, smaller toys or favourite cuddly toys.
Additional accessories for this shelf are storage boxes and shelf boards to further subdivide the shelf compartments. The extra storage boxes, that can be placed individually, have a white front side and an oak wood front side. On each there is a leather handle. If the shelf is placed on the base, the top can be used as a bench to sit on and we have designed a cushion for the small ones to sit softly.
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East Friars is our eclectic family home situated on on the banks of the River Wye in Hereford. A five minute walk to the City Centre or open countryside, we welcome guests to our relaxed, laid back, comfortable family home.
With access to and from the river this is a perfect overnight stop for canoeists, or holiday spot for walkers and fishermen. There is a pontoon for mooring if you arrive by river (direct access from river to the terrace) or safe off-road parking if you arrive by more conventional transport. For cyclists we have plenty of safe of road parking for your bikes and we are going stopping off point for those going from Lands End to John O'Groats. Ideal for families, small parties and anyone young at heart.
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LifeSize: True Video Collaboration Through New Interoperability With Microsoft UC Platforms
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LifeSize today announces the expansion of its rich video collaboration offerings through interoperability with Microsoft UC platforms.
LifeSize HD video conferencing products will integrate with Microsoft unified communication (UC) platforms, enabling users across the enterprise to connect over video from LifeSize systems to the desktop, and vice versa. Organizations of all sizes will be able to scale video collaboration capabilities more cost-effectively to better accomplish their communication and productivity objectives.
LifeSize will be one of the first video conferencing vendors qualified to interoperate with Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 R2™. The following LifeSize video conferencing systems will be qualified in calendar year 2011:
- LifeSize® 220™ Series (LifeSize® Room 220™, LifeSize® Team 220™, LifeSize® Express 220™)
- LifeSize Team 220 planned for qualification in calendar Q1, 2011
- LifeSize® Passport™
LifeSize's interoperability to Microsoft UC platforms means that customers can enjoy a variety of communications services from one single user interface – email, video, chat, or phone. Colleagues, customers, partners and other business users can keep in touch with anyone, anywhere regardless of location – meeting or conference room, home office, on the road, or desktop.
"Our partnership with Microsoft is a key component in our vision to extend the highest quality collaboration capabilities to anyone, anywhere, giving customers true simplicity across existing UC platforms," Craig Malloy, LifeSize Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer & Logitech Senior Vice President. "We look forward to working with Microsoft and continued collaboration in enabling joint customers to fully realize their communications goals."
LifeSize's solution qualification will mean support for Microsoft Office Communications Server, including support for:
o Authentication and Encryption (TLS/SRTP) for secure, reliable communications
o Firewall/NAT Traversal via Microsoft Edge Services to ensure issue-free calling outside organizations
o Auto-configuration: When a system is registered to Office Communications Server, it auto-configures, simplifying deployment to end users
o Unified presence status with the ability to place and receive calls from one Office Communications Server account between multiple devices (PC or a LifeSize system)
o Addition of LifeSize systems to contact and buddy lists in the Microsoft Office Communicator view and vice versa
o Easy placement of calls from LifeSize systems to third-party systems within the OCS environment, using commonly supported video and audio codecs
"Microsoft is pleased to be working with LifeSize to offer customers a more comprehensive UC solution via interoperability with LifeSize video conferencing systems," said Bill Verthein, Principal Group Program Manager for Lync Devices at Microsoft Corp. "The combination of LifeSize technology with Microsoft UC platforms will enable joint customers to extend their video conferencing ecosystems with service to both conference rooms and PCs. Through our qualification process, LifeSize will become one of the first video conferencing vendors qualified to interoperate with Microsoft OCS."
LifeSize's solution immediately offers interoperability with Microsoft® Lync™. Later in 2011, LifeSize will seek increased qualification with Microsoft Lync. Customers will be able to make calls between desktops with Microsoft Lync and LifeSize endpoints, ensuring the most genuine, face-to-face interaction possible, within their existing Microsoft environment and workflow.
Along with this portfolio of enterprise video conferencing products from its LifeSize division, Logitech is offering a broad range of video communications solutions to businesses that are optimized for Microsoft Lync 2010. Logitech UC offerings optimized for Microsoft Lync include: The Logitech® B910 HD Webcam. Logitech plans to introduce Lync optimized corded and wireless headsets in the first half of 2011.
In addition, LifeSize, along with Microsoft, is a founding member of the Unified Communications Interoperability Forum (UCIF) and is leading the technical working group to define the future of interoperability between leading unified communications solution providers.
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Every treatment plan is customized to each patient. The visits after your initial consultation may require a short visit or a series of visits. Many times, we will be applying your appliances – like braces or expanders. Anything from a five minute visit to an hour or so is all it takes. No matter the situation, we'll explain everything to you and set the appointments at a convenient time to match your schedule. Then, you're on your way toward your new smile!
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recently, i have formed a great little safety net of artistic friends around me. there is a painter, a jewelry designer, a photographer, and me, kind of an all-around-crafter (in a good way). a huge road block about working from home is the lack of creative input and interaction, and we all have been feeling it. to fix this dilemma, we decided to start having monthly "business meetings" and let me tell you, the ideas flying around the room are indispensable. today was our second meeting and the topic was our blogs. each one of us is in a different stage of our artistic career path and we all have ideas and input on different topics. i am kind of the tech geek and bring my design skills to layout. another is great at integrating social media such as twitter and facebook into their blogs. and it goes on from there. every person has invaluable input that we never would never have thought of as individuals. it is an atmosphere free of competition and judging and i just love the energy!
do you ever feel challenged and unsure about what products you are putting out into the world? if so, focus on creative friends around you, because i bet they are feeling the same way. try getting together once a month and only talk about your art - no kid chatter, no recipe chatter, only art. you will be amazed how many business building items creep onto your to-do list once you leave!


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3 Major Priorities of Any Successful Business Organisation
When starting a business, an entrepreneur identifies the purpose of his or her business and its goals. The goals to be achieved are classified as either short-term or long-term. The business's management is then tasked with guiding the business toward achieving the set objectives. Business Expansion Every business hopes to grow. That is in terms […]Continue Reading


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As promised, Office Live is beginning to move into markets other than the US, with betas in France, Japan, Germany, and the UK. In the UK, the first 10,000 beta testers to sign up will get a free co.uk domain name.
To learn more about Office Live, check out the Office Live Community at boards.live.com, and learn more about the developer story with the new developer guide and more at the Office Live blog


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The promise and loneliness of airports
You're sitting at a starbucks, drinking a double espresso—long, cos it lasts longer. Your flight is two hours away and you've already passed through security, taken off your belt, smiled nervously even though you had no reason to be nervous. Security does that to you...although not as much as it used to. These miles add up after all. Your gate is at the very end of the airport —64—until it changes; probably to Gate 5. But hey.,,,exercise right?
Ding dong.
You've always wondered why so many people get called over those intercoms. The special ones. That chime will ring and ring—it never stops. And some of these special ones get called over and over again...they can't be busy doing something else can they? It's an airport...dreary and tedious and made to break you before those dreams of travel take hold. Hey maybe that's it: these people have simply dissolved within themselves. They've lost all ability to react, forgotten their own names.
Yeah. Sounds about right.
After all the cheers and enthusiasm, the packing pics and the social banter, one thing remains, regardless: the ambivalence of leaving. It hits me every. single. time. Sure it's exciting to travel, all these images waiting to be seen, waiting to become. Adventure is a rush, a chemical boost as drug-like as heroin. And eventually you crave it, in spite of yourself. You long for the promise of the unseen. I'm not going to whine...I'm one lucky son of a &$(@. I get to do stuff others dream of, get to shoot for a living, get published. I can't even pretend at a pity party.
But right now, as I sip these last few drops of coffee and write these words, under the sterile glare of sodium lights...a loneliness overcomes me. It's that in-between state before jet fumes and strange surroundings. That moment when you think of your kids and your wife, of the possibility of never returning.
Airports are like that.
Full of hopes and uncertainties.


text: Miami Dolphins defensive end Cameron Wake has joined other players in complaining about the NFL's officiating emphasis to discourage quarterback hits."It's sad http://www.dolphinscheapshops.com/ch...nk-gore-jersey ," Wake said Friday. "I don't think it's a secret that the league is concerned about player safety. It just depends on what players."Wake's teammate, end William Hayes, suffered a season-ending knee injury last week and said his foot caught in the turf as he was trying to avoid landing on Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr.Wake said the league should acknowledge that when it comes to player safety, quarterbacks 鈥?including Miami's Ryan Tannehill 鈥?come first."Just tell me, 'Listen, we're going to protect quarterbacks differently," Wake said. "Just be blunt about it. Not 'we care about your safety Ja'Wuan James Jersey ,' because you don't care about my safety. You care about some people's safety. My knees mean just as much to my family and my ability to play and provide just as Tannehill's does. I can't understand that his are more important than mine."Rulings on quarterback hits have been a source of debate through the first three weeks of the NFL season, with players complaining about a lack of consistency on such calls.Wake described steps to make football safer an "uphill battle.""I think the crowd likes the violence," he said. "You see plays on TV, you see big hits, you see the oooh's and the ahh's, and they like that. That's what I'm sure helps drive ratings." Below is a list of today's early NFL games lineup as your Miami Dolphins do not play until the late af ternoon game. As with all other posts on the site please continue to follow all site rules. Remember, as always there is no sharing Cheap Xavien Howard Jersey , requesting or discussion of any illegal game streams on the Phinsider or any other SBNation site.Detroit Lions (3-5) 4th NFC North @ Chicago Bears (5-3) 1st NFC NorthWhen: 1:00 PM EST Where: Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois TV: FOX NFL Sunday Ticket: 709Odds: Bears -7.5Over/Under: 43.5New Orleans Saints (7-1) 1st NFC South @ Cincinnati Bengals (5-3) 2nd NFC NorthWhen: 1:00 PM ESTWhere: Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, OhioTV: FOXNFL Sunday Ticket: 710Odds: Saints -5Over/Under: 53.5Atlanta Falcons (4-4) 3rd NFC South @ Cleveland Browns (2-6-1) 4th AFC NorthWhen: 1:00 PM ESTWhere: Browns Stadium, Cleveland, OhioTV: FOXNFL Sunday Ticket: 711Odds: Falcons -7Over/Under: 50New England Patriots (7-2) 1st AFC East @ Tennessee Titans (4-4) 2nd AFC SouthWhen: 1:00 PM ESTWhere: Nissan Stadium Albert Wilson Jersey , Nashville, TennesseeTV: CBSNFL Sunday Ticket: 708Odds: Patriots -7Over/Under: 47Jacksonville Jaguars (3-5) 4th AFC South @ Indianapolis Colts (3-5) 3rd AFC SouthWhen: 1:00 PM EST Where: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana TV: CBSNFL Sunday Ticket: 706Odds: Colts -2-5Under/Over: 46.5Arizona Cardinals (2-6) 3rd NFC West @ Kansas City Chiefs (8-1) 1st AFC WestWhen: 1:00 PM ESTWhere: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri TV: CBSNFL Sunday Ticket: 705Odds: Chiefs -17Over/Under: 49.5Buffalo Bills (2-7) 4th AFC East @ New York Jets (3-6) 3rd AFC EastWhen: 1:00 PM ESTWhere: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford Cheap Reshad Jones Jersey , New JerseyTV: CBSNFL Sunday Ticket: 707Odds: Jets -7.5Over/Under: 36.5Washington Redskins (5-3) 1st NFC East @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-5) 4th NFC SouthWhen: 1:00 PM ESTWhere: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FloridaTV: FOXNFL Sunday Ticket: 712Odds: Buccaneers -2.5Over/Under: 51


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Marrakesh, 1990
After a bunch of months living in London, working on "The Sheltering Sky" with Bernardo Bertolucci and Gabriella Cristiani, I was going to join Gabriella on a short trip to Morocco so she could buy a house there. At least that's what she said. But through a series of unusual circumstances i found myself heading to Marrakesh alone, with the only thing i knew about the city from the CSN song. That being said, I had an adventure; its lingering affect disproportionate to the days spent there.


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Commentary: Health care debate shows Democrats can't lead
The sad truth is that the Democrats can't govern even when they have all the marbles in their pockets. It doesn't appear that they even know how to fight back when the stakes were never higher.
President Barack Obama is off to Martha's Vineyard to work on his golf and tennis games when he ought to be staying home working on his bare-knuckle skills. He leaves behind him a health care reform proposal, desperately needed, that is sinking faster than his poll numbers.
Everything that could go wrong did go wrong. Everything he and his much-vaunted Chicago advisers have said and done on health care reform has been botched.
The president has clung far too long to the hilarious idea of bipartisanship — the idea that if he bends over backward he can entice the support of any Republican besides Sen. Olympia Snowe.
He and the Democratic leaders in Congress have yet to even crack a whip over the backs of the so-called Blue Dog Democrats, aka Dirty Dawgs.
So on the all important Senate Finance Committee where health care languishes and dies the death of a thousand cuts we have Sen. Max Baucus, Blue Dog-Montana, playing footsy with Sen. Chuck Grassley, who poses as a "moderate" Republican from Iowa.
The president refers to both Baucus and Grassley as "my friends." Mr. President, those guys are not your friends. If you want a friend in Washington, D.C., Harry S. Truman suggested that you buy a dog. Or dozens of dogs, as the health insurers and Big Pharma have done.
The first and biggest mistake on health care was the president's decision not to present his reform ideas in one package but to leave the organization of the whole circus up to the clowns, the members of that august legislative body, the Congress.
The second glaring error was to signal that the only meaningful competition in health care reform — a government-run option akin to Medicare — didn't mean all that much to the White House.
The third huge mistake was to have the president hogging the airwaves daily, if not hourly, broadcasting mixed messages, mistaken messages, messages of weakness and vacillation.
Oh yeah. It was wrong, wrong, wrong for the president to personally cut a deal with the Big Pharma executives that declared the government would not even attempt to negotiate lower drug prices. In exchange, the pharmaceutical buzzards promised faithfully to voluntarily cut drug prices for some seniors by a theoretical $80 billion.
Mr. President, if Big Pharma can cut prices $80 billion and still make an obscene rate of profit, how much more could real negotiators have squeezed out of them for all Americans?
As a parting shot, President Obama wrote an end to the only part of the Trillion Dollar Stimulus Plan that was visibly seen and felt by some ordinary American citizens — the $3 billion cash-for-clunkers program that took thousands of gas-guzzling old vehicles off the road and jump-started the moribund auto industry.
Funny how we've spent hundreds of billions rescuing the biggest banks and brokers and insurance firms, those bastions of free-market capitalism, with hardly a no vote on either side of the aisle, but Republicans tried to derail the piddling $2 billion addition to clunkers as a matter of principle.
May I suggest, please, that our president skip the golf and tennis during his first fancy vacation on the Vineyard and instead take up a serious study of the game of politics in the hardball league.
The first rule is: Never Take Your Eye Off the Ball!
The next rule is: Reward Your Friends and Punish Your Enemies!
The White House is a bully pulpit if you have a message and stick to it. So get one quick, Mr. President, if it isn't already too late.
You arrived in Washington, D.C., with everything needed for success: An approval rating near 70 percent. An agenda most Americans generally agreed with. Your party had an unbreakable grip on the White House and both houses of Congress.
You leave town seven months later with everything in shambles: Your poll numbers, your party, your agenda and your grip.
When you come back you ought to have a list of about six folks you plan to fire; a few dozen dirty dawg Democrats you plan to whip like redheaded stepchildren, and a new list of "My Republican Friends" that includes only Olympia Snowe.


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—Cristian Parinno, VP of Canonical and Head of Ubuntu Mobile
"As a company in the mobile space, we had to have a strategy covering the entire mobile ecosystem - Chinese device OEMs, app developers, and operators. ADG provided that solution and has executed very well "
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Romulans… and more Romulans.
In this episode of Deck Eight, Colin, Shervin, and Tom dig into the upcoming Romulan expansion with the special Legacy of Romulus Ask Cryptic, Massively's Legacy of Romulus interview with Dan Stahl, and a look at the new Romulan ships coming to STO. Also in this week's news are in-game First Contact Day celebrations and the unprecedented hacking of the Caspian Fleet.


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I am Neurology student , today I get email from one person that can use telepathy.
Is it possible that telepathy works on the distance of few kilometer?
I can not find any document on any existing person today that can use telepathy
but I found Vinko Rajic and Uri Geller and they are talking that they can use telepathy.
Why they do not make research on it? Many Schizophrenic are coming with similar story.
Can it be that some Schizophrenics are just receiving from some other head?
James Randi offer 1000000$ for evidence, but Vinko and Uri can use telepathy or maybe NOT?
There is not scientific evidence for telepathy. Whay this telepathy madnes?
At Edinburgh University, experts conducted controlled experiments to see if telepathy is possible.
Vinko maybe can give evidence for it but why they do not make an experiment with Vinko or Uri Geller?


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Recent statistics revealed by the National Association of Estate Agents has shown a decline in the number of 18-30 year-olds buying homes. This is down to 3% of the total number of homebuyers, compared to 12% a year ago. But why has this figure dropped?
It seems that, while mortgage repayments are relatively affordable, the tighter regulations (named MMR) introduced in May mean that it's now slightly harder to access a loan.
Combined with the threat of interest rate increases, it appears that twenty-somethings are now thinking hard before stretching themselves to step onto the property ladder.
Figures from Halifax reveal that an average UK home price is 4.89 times more than the typical wage – this is an increase from 4.54 a year ago. The average since 1983 is 4.11 times more, with a low in 1995 of 3.09.
Nationwide has published data based only on first-time buyers, suggesting that the prices-to-wages ratio is now 4.9, up from 4.4 last year. Nationwide also revealed that the proportion of income first-time buyers spend on their mortgage repayments stands at 33.2% – a figure that's hardly moved in recent years, despite the increased property prices. This is due to the falling mortgage rates, helped by the Government's Funding for Lending Scheme.
Are you in the 18-30 age bracket and, if so, what's stopping you buying your first home?


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Ten sides of Art Nouveau beauty! This bottle is heavily decorated in a floral motif and has an empty spot for monogramming.
It measures 7 3/4" in height with the stopper and 5 3/4" tall to the bottles silver clad rim. The bottom diameter is 2".
The stoppers solid silver panels form an octagon and below the stopper it becomes a decagon.
On one bottom silver panel Solid Silver and Pat Jan5 '86 is written. There is a mark on both the stopper and bottle base which I can't make out but think it is a French mark.
Regardless it is very beautiful and heavily overlaid. The stopper and bottle are in great vintage condition commensurate with age. The inside glass neck area has
cracked glass within the glass. No rough edges just rather common for bottles this old.
Another shopper is interested in this item


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Last week I showed off our birth announcements from Minted, and this week I'm going to show you guys some grandparents gifts we did with them using pictures from our newborn shoot with my friend Jainé from Brklyn View Photography. As I quickly found out after having William, grandparents are OBSESSED with taking pictures of their grandkids. I don't know about your parents, but mine never want gifts for the holidays, but I knew they would love a great framed picture of their grandson they could hang up, so again I teamed up with Minted to showcase some of their frameable art options. With so many designs to choose from, including some using foil in a variety of shades, you really can't go wrong. I, of course, love the more modern designs!!
Quote of the year – I can't wait for Will to start talking so I can use this design for his funny quotes!
Not only can you use photography in their designs, they now are able to print your childs artwork, or create custom maps or silhouettes of your child as well, in bright bold colors or even in metallic foil!
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I had so much fun illustrating this book for Eboni, I can hardly refer to it as work!
Granny Angel Butterfly: Butterflies are Forever is a colorful and joyful story of love that honors the spirit of a grandmother who will always love and support her grandchildren, even from heaven. "Granny waited forever for you to arrive, so be certain that she's watching over you from heaven." Her loving spirit follows her grandchildren everywhere they go—baseball, dance, school, and on holidays too. Granny Angel Butterfly will love her grandchildren forever, for which the author suggests a new term of endearment—lumbi.
"Granny's words are in Mommy's mouth." Remember your own Granny Angel by personalizing your book. You can write up to ten of your own Granny Angel's sayings in the blank cloud bubbles in the book.
Appropriate for all ages. It may be of particular interest to millennials who are raising children while caring for their parents or families of young children who have lost a grandmother.


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Want a totally different look for your wedding photography? Looking to save some money? Consider booking a winter wedding. Many vendors offer discounts during the months of December, January and February.
Region Weddings and SBV Photography are offering $50 off a wedding package if you book a date anywhere from December 1st until the last day in February. This means your wedding falls during this time and not the time of the booking.
Besides the savings, a winter wedding can offer some dramatic black and white images. Things tend to move a little slow in winter, so let's give plenty of time for formal shots. We can keep parents and family somewhere warm for group shots and then head outside for some frolicking in the snow couple's shots. Bride and groom can huddle up in the vehicle while my assistant and I set up the shot. We'll get you into the scene for some snaps of the shutter and then back in again. Let's be extra careful of ice as we want you dancing late into the night.


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Maris Callahan joins me on today's podcast to discuss alternative domain extensions. Maris is Director of Public Relations for Donuts Inc., an Internet domain registry company that offers alternatives to the traditional dot com naming conventions. Many companies are moving away or adding to their dot com domain name, but there is a lot to think about when it comes to buying personalized and other alternative domain extensions.
What is an alternative domain extension?
For businesses and entrepreneurs who are experts in their field, the purchase of an alternative domain name means they may be able to purchase a domain extension that better suits their area of expertise, i.e. yourname.yourfield, which allows businesses to clearly tell the world who they are and what they do. For example, if a photographer named Bob Smith has the domain name BobSmith.com, it does not tell people what Bob does, however the domain name BobSmith.photographer clearly tells people Bob is a photographer.
Why would I want an alternative domain extension?
Let's face it—there are less dot com's available nowadays! Dot com's have been around for 30 years and online real estate is shrinking. Donuts Inc. has worked for three years to bring new domain extensions to market. These alternative extensions have been trickling out for three years and are finally hitting the mainstream, including with larger brands, such as Google who uses blog.Google and domains.Google. Hollywood movie studios are using alternative domain extensions, such as dot movies, take LaLaLand.movie, for example.
The alternative domain extensions are new, but they do not have to be backup domain names either. Businesses are also not being told to drop their dot com's, but they should know they do have a choice if they are looking to personalize their domain names. There are so many alternative domain extension choices, including dot media or dot computer or more lighthearted ones such asdot cool, dot life ordot pizza – to name just a few. You can be very creative to the left of the dot and very specific to the right of the dot, for example thebiz.studio.
Are there a lot of alternative domain extensions available?
There are over 1000 specific and generic dot coms as well as some geographic options, i.e. dot NYC or dot Vegas, as well as branded domains, which are for large brands who went out and bought their brand name as their extension, i.e. dot Marriott. Alternative domain extensions can also be used for microsites or marketing purposes, especially for brands, i.e. see what BMW has done.
How can I use an alternative domain name in addition to my dot com?
Because the dot com domain extension has been around for a long time it is definitely more recognizable. A common objection is that people won't take a company seriously unless they have a dot com, which is why we are not suggesting people move away from that.
Another objection is if a business already has a dot com, why would they need another domain? Donuts Inc. doesn't exist so people will drop their dot coms. If a business already has a dot com then a unique domain extension may be in addition to a long web address—a shorter one may make sense for marketing or word of mouth.
You may also want to increase your SEO with an additional alternative domain extension. For example, if you are a shoe store who also sells jewelry or clothes you may want to buy the dot shoes, dot jewelry and dot clothing to increase your brand's SEO. Amazon does this well.
Again, creating microsites to compliment a main website is also a good use of an alternative domain extension. There are a few pet food companies who use this to market their specific pet food i.e. dot dog, etc.
Students use alternative domain extensions, such as dot land or dot world to house their online portfolios that directs people directly to what it is they do. Professionals also use them when applying for jobs i.e. dot engineering.
Where can I purchase an alternative domain extension?
To purchase an alternative domain extension visit Google Domains, GoDaddy or Name.com and type in what you are looking for to see if it is available. You can also go to Donuts.domains to find out more about how to chose a name and Name.kitchen for naming inspiration.
There are many fun and inspirational domain names to choose from. Just remember to keep it relevant and easy to remember, if you can!
If you have bought an alternate doman extension, leave me a comment and let me know what it is. You can check mine out at www.thebiz.studio!
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Podcast Contest
As this new podcast gets off the ground, I'd really love your help to make sure that it gets in front of the right people. The first weeks of a podcast's life are the most important in terms of the opportunities for iTunes to showcase you to other listeners. Because of that, I'm starting out this new podcast with a bang. There are 3 episodes available for you right now, and there will be at least two more episodes every week for the remainder of the eight weeks.
I thought I'd find some extra ways to thank you for all the sharing and supporting you do of the new podcast so every week until July 15th I'm going to be giving away one of my favourite business books to one person who either:
- subscribe to the podcast or leave a review on iTunes; or
- share the podcast on social media; or
- come in to the Biz Studio and post your favourite tip from a specific episode (along with a link to that episode)
In all cases, you need to make sure that I either know who you are (email me a screen capture of the review or showing you are subscribed) or that the posts on social media are public and tag me (@larawellman) or the Biz Studio (on Facebook you can tag my page).
Each week I'll be announcing the book winner on Wednesdays on my Facebook page
Some of the books I'll be giving away are (I'll be adding more titles soon):
- The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
- You are a badass by Jen Sincero
- It Starts with Why by Simon Synek
- How to Live a Good Life by Jonathan Fields
So get out there and start sharing your reviews and sharing the podcast and good luck. AND THANK YOU!


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By Scott Stearns White House
Russia has stopped all military cooperation with NATO after alliance foreign ministers said future ties depend on Russia pulling back troops in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. The Bush administration says Russia is violating an agreement to withdraw those troops.Russia has notified NATO that it is halting international military cooperation with the alliance until further notice.NATO last week suspended plans for a Russian ship to join counterterrorism patrols in the Mediterranean Sea following Russia`s invasion of Georgian territory outside the breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Given NATO`s own action, White House Spokesman Gordon Johndroe says Russia`s decision to end military cooperation with NATO does not mean much."For all practical purposes, military-to-military cooperation had really already been suspended with the Russians," he said. "NATO canceled some exercises, and I can`t imagine a circumstance right now that we would engage in military cooperation with the Russians until the situation in Georgia is resolved."Under a 2002 agreement with NATO, Russia agreed to cooperate on a number of projects including anti-missile technology, sea rescues, and combating heroin trafficking in Afghanistan.Johndroe says the United States is hopeful for the day that military cooperation will resume, but he says right now Russia is making decisions that he says are not in line with becoming part of a Europe that is whole, free, and at peace.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia intends to keep 500 troops at a series of checkpoints in a security zone surrounding South Ossetia.Johndroe says Russia is violating its commitment to withdraw to previous positions in South Ossetia and Abkhazia as part of a French-brokered cease-fire."The Russians need to honor their commitment," he said. "They made a commitment to withdraw. We expect them to withdraw."Russia is promising to complete that withdrawal by Friday.U.S. military spokesman Bryan Whitman says Russian movements are minimal and there is no evidence of a significant military withdrawal.U.S. President George Bush says South Ossetia and Abkhazia are part of Georgia`s international recognized borders and Russia must not lay claim to the territories.Foreign Minister Lavrov last week said Georgia can forget about getting back the separatist regions as Russian President Dmitri Medvedev met with the self-declared leaders of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.The upper house of Russia`s parliament is set to begin debate Monday on recognizing the independence of the two republics.
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What do we have to offer?
We offer handcrafted bitters made in Dublin using Irish Newmake Whiskey Spirit.
We currently have two flavours: Aromatic and Citrus.
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Barry Gargan, a bartender since his early teens, stumbled into cocktails in 2008. Always a firm
believer in everything homemade and handcrafted, he has progressed from making syrups, shrubs and infusions to producing washes, vinegars, liqueurs and now, bitters.


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This year has seen many specialty prints in the studio, including ketubahs, or Jewish marriage certificates, and this was one of our favorites. Michelle and John wanted something that was very typographic for their ketubah, and if it could reference their location and love of the ocean, all the better. Here's the final piece:
The very pale clouds were printed with a hand carved linoleum cut and add just a soft touch of sky behind the text.
Typographic enough?
The form for this piece was particularly impressive. Their names and the ampersand are wood, while the rest is metal, with a hint of deco to it. Force justified type presents a few challenges, given that the spacing has to be done by hand. There are hundreds of little brass and copper thin spaces in between most of the letters in this form.
Cityscapes are always fun, and San Francisco is no exception. We've had a little experience with the Golden Gate Bridge, so it was a bit easier this time around. The city and text are printed in steel gray, with a red that mimics the bridge alongside the pale blue sky and ocean.
Congrats to Michelle and John! Enjoy your new life together in your beautiful city.


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ON AIR - Select Irish
with Michael Carr
The football star marked his 16th anniversary with wife Victoria by getting the number 99 on his baby finger. 1999 was the year that David and "Posh Spice" got married. Beckham shared a picture of the tattoo on his Instagram account today. It was captioned '99 was a good year for me." Aw.
The famous couple have four children together Brooklyn who is 16, Romeo, 12: Cruz, 10 and Harper is four years-old.
It's nice to see that despite the high-profile life they live, the Beckhams have managed to stay as such a tight unit. What a good-looking family.
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Halloween Event 2016
Halloween Maps (artwork and design by Rory)
- talk to a witch NPC in any Pokecenter and you'll have an option to teleport to the Corn Maze.
- after reaching the end of the corn maze you'll enter a Haunted Forest. All pokemon here have a chance to drop Brains when caught or defeated, which can be redeemed for special prizes from the Halloween Store.
- the Haunted Forest map also features brand new Halloween-themed pokemon ready to be caught.
- the new Halloween Maps are instanced– only 30 players can be on a single 'instance' of a map before a new one is created. This should reduce client-side lag.
- wild pokemon levels on these maps are scaled based on your current pokemon team.
- the Halloween Store can be accessed by talking to any Witch NPC. The most notable item is the Trick or Treat bag, which when opened grants a random prize. You can even get credit shop items!
Limited Time Items in the Credit Shop
- IV resets have been added to the Credit Shop and can be purchased for 500c (450c) each.
- Duskull Masks and Devil Wings have been added as limited edition items, and can be purchased for 500c (450c) each. These items won't be obtainable again, so get them while you can! To any players who previously purchased Devil Wings from the PP shop and want to be refunded, send me a private message. This does not apply to players who purchased Devil Wings from the credit shop.
Bonus Experience
- a global +50% experience rate boost has been applied. +100% experience will be applied during Halloween Day. These boosts stack with all other boosts, including blessings and the Legendary Altar.
Bonus Credits
- receive 10% more credits when donating. Just donate as usual and the bonus credits will automatically be added. Thanks for the support!


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Mizta Ceo - Swag Memphis Grizzly [Unsigned Artist]
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The 'profit' group
These nouns refer to money that you gain or do not have to pay.
discount interest profit rebate return saving yield
In-toto Kitchens is offering Club members a 50 per cent discount on its Wellmann and Contessa ranges.
The profits on a container of tax-free cigarettes are enormous.
38 per cent of people would rather accept a lower return on their investment than support a company with a poor ethical record.


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Looking Ahead: 6 week Grief Support Group (Evenings)
April 4 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
|Recurring Event (See all)
An event every week that begins at 6:30pm on Thursday, repeating until April 26, 2019
Thursdays: March 21 – April 25, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
This 6 week grief support group is for anyone in the community grieving the death of a loved one. Registration Required
Talbot Hospice bereavement and caregiver support groups are open to anyone in the community, regardless of whether or not your loved one is/was served by Talbot Hospice and regardless of your county of residence. All groups are offered free of charge and meet at Talbot Hospice, 586 Cynwood Drive, Easton.


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Intern Magazine
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Why a magazine about interns in the creative industries?
intern magazine was born out of personal experience.
I decided at the start of last year that I wanted to work in independent magazines. I had been waiting all my life to find something that I was passionate about, which was also a viable career. Having convinced myself to take the gamble, I embarked on a journey into the relative unknown. Over the twelve months that followed, the journey took me to Milan, London and Athens, all the while revealing more and more about this industry that I longed to break into. Twelve months as an intern is a pretty long stretch, not the longest by a good distance, but long enough that the strains of working unpaid begin to take their toll. I consider myself one of the lucky ones, I was able to last it out through the generosity and support of my friends who put roofs over my head. Their charity and altruism allowed for my experience as an intern to be rich and educational, as did the kindness and wisdom of my mentors.
Despite this overwhelmingly positive experience, as the year drew to a close, I was no closer to a paid job in the industry as when I had set out all those months ago. I began considering this concept of a 'career' and had seen how the creative industries are full of those for whom a career means freelancing and can be littered with uncertainty. It struck me that there were ways in which people like me could be helped on their quest to get established in their field of expertise.
First and foremost, people need to be exposed to your work in order for them to notice you. Secondly, the culture of internships across the creative industries is one that is not discussed or debated outside or even within them. Wouldn't it be a lot more helpful if people could get an insight without throwing themselves in at the deep end? It is around these two ideals that intern is built; we want you to meet the talent and join the debate.
Since January of this year I have been working with interns and unpaid workers from across the creative industries to put together a magazine that will show off their immense talent and initiate a debate that is pertinent for those involved in, soon to be involved in or even just curious about those industries. I am also making a stand, whereby every contributor involved in the magazine will be paid. This won't be as much as these guys will inevitably make in the future but serves hopefully as one of the first in a long line of monetary rewards for their hard work and talent.
This is where you come in Kickstarter, the pieces are slotting into place, most of the features and contributions are ready. I am setting up the business side of the project to ensure that future issues will follow. I just need some help covering the initial print run so that we can get intern magazine Issue One into your hands. As an extension of intern's ideals, all of our rewards above the £45 threshold are collaborations with our contributors, who will receive a percentage of each contribution which sees their work commissioned. This project is an investment in the future of the creative industries, through nurturing some of the finest talent it looks to support and promote. Through initiating the debate it looks to ensure that the industries reflect on the implications of internships, doing away with complacency and helping to create a situation where creativity is given the freedom required to flourish.
More about Issue One.
One of two potential formats:
1. 265 x 210mm 112 pages.
Cover 300gsm Offset FSC Mixed sources.
48 pages 130gsm Silk FSC Mixed Sources.
64 pages 110gsm Offset FSC Mixed Sources.
2. 240 x 170mm 144 pages.
Cover 300gsm Offset FSC Mixed sources.
48 pages 130gsm Silk FSC Mixed Sources.
96 pages 110gsm Offset FSC Mixed Sources.
What your donations will go towards.
1. Issue One Print Run
2. Kickstarter rewards & postage
- 3. Ongoing distribution & promotion
Rewards, Rewards, Rewards...
Issue Zero
100 Copies of our Limited Edition 12 page tabloid Issue Zero Newspaper are on offer for those pledging £10. Printed by The Newspaper Club on a traditional print press.
Issue One
The first 50 backers will be rewarded with Issue One delivered ANYWHERE in the world for just £12. After that £20 gets you in the game.
Ltd. Edition Tote.
100 Hand Screen Printed, Kickstarter-only Grey 100% cotton Tote Bags are on offer for those who have 'Got To Bag It Up'.
Photo Prints.
12" x 8", 20" x 16" or 30" x 20"
1. Nora Hollstein
2. Cecilia Poupon
3. Maxwell Tomilson
4. Paul Phung
Any backers pledging £45 or more can pick their photo print from the above selection of Issue One contributors. Printed on FujiFilm Crystal Archive photographic paper, each selected sees the contributor getting paid for their work.
Vincy Cheung A3 Screen Print.
300GSM Acid Free, Archival Stock. 50% Cotton 'Fabriano Rosaspina' Water based ink. Eco Friendly hand pulled Screen printing process. Expertly printed in Manchester, UK by SAVWO.
Backers pledging £60 or more can select a beautiful Vincy Cheung A3 'Never Ending Story' Screen Print, masterfully printed by SAVWO. Vincy gets a cut of each one selected.
Design - She Was Only
Film - Generic Greeting
Photography - Meagan Hodds
Screen Printing - Savwo & Callum Higgins
Music - Youthfall
Film Cameos & Consiglieres - DR.ME & OWT Creative
11th Hour Game-Changing Puns - Sophie Galpin
Risks and challenges
As much as there are always risks with print publishing, I have approached this project vigilantly and through extensive planning have tried to make it as watertight as possible. What I can't guarantee though, is that the magazine will sell out. If sales were underwhelming, it would make releasing a second issue financially challenging, but I am totally committed to this project and have been for the last seven months.
Should the Kickstarter be a success, anything from 300 copies upwards of the 2000 printed will already be accounted for and building on the back of that initial circulation and the coverage that this campaign picks up, I am confident that the remaining copies will be sold through the website and through a roster of worldwide retailers that I will look to add to week by week.
The only foreseeable setbacks in terms of delivery time for rewards (including magazines) will be delays from printers and contributors on the handful of features yet to be finalised. That said, the magazine is being printed by the company used by the last magazine I interned with and their service in terms of both quality and speed was first class.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
Funding period
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Physicians, patients and the media are talking about the cuts to healthcare. Here are recent articles about negotiations.
In the News
Ontario Medical Association suing province over cuts to doctors' fees [The Globe and Mail]
OMA suing province over cuts to doctors' fees [CP24]
Ontario doctors launch charter challenge over fee cuts [Toronto Star]
Ontario Medical Association Sues Government Over Cuts To Doctors' Fees [Huffington Post]
Article also appeared in: Mississauga.com, Mykawartha.com, durhamregion.com, yorkregion.com, The Chronicle-Herald, Windsor Star, Ottawa Citizen
Physician Blogs
My feeble attempt at reconciliation between the OMA and the government by Dr. Mario Elia [Blog]
Letter to the Editor
Treat physicians with respect and fairness by Dr. Charles Shaver [Ottawa Citizen]


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Breast Infection in the Breast Tissue
Mastitis is a breast infection in the breast tissue. Breast infections are mostly caused by bacteria found on normal skin. The bacteria usually enter through cracked nipples. The infection is in the fatty tissue of the breast, which creates a swollen breast and pain in the breast tissue.
Things that could Cause a Breast Infection
- Sore or cracked nipples, although it may develop without an open wound.
- Pressure on the milk ducts, caused by a tight bra.
Not draining your beasts sufficiently, which causes blocked milk ducts.
Dealing with a Bleb / Milk blister, Before it Turns into an Infection
Symptoms of Breast Infection
Mastitis Symptoms:
- One side of the breast can become larger than the other.
- Breast lumps may occur.
- Sore breast (tender breast).
- You could experience fever and flu-like symptoms (nausea & vomiting) and body aches.
- Your breasts might feel itchy.
A nipple discharge (pus-like substance) and nipple pain.
- Your breasts may feel hot, and you may feel some breast tenderness.
- You may find that you have enlarged lymph nodes under your arms.
- Your milk supply may decrease temporarily.
- You might notice that your milk seems thicker, or has a fatty look to it.
Mastitis Treatment
Milk from the nipple will be cultured. If you are not breastfeeding and suspect that you have a breast abscess, tests may include a mammogram or breast biopsy.
- Continue to breastfeed. Breastfeeding will help to clear the infection and relieve some breast soreness.
- Apply warm compresses to the breast, or take a warm shower before breastfeeding or expressing.
Wholesome foods will help to strengthen your immune system.
Massage gently, but firmly from the plugged region toward the nipple.
Try nursing while leaning over baby ("dangle feeding") so that gravity will help in loosening the blocked section.
- Use cold compresses between feedings, to decrease breast pain and breast inflammation.
- Vary your baby's position at the breast, so that all the blocked ducts are emptied.
Natural Medicine that will Help Heal Mastitis
- Garlic: Take three cloves of garlic, with four ounces of carrot juice; mixed in a blender every two hours.
- Comfrey leaves and Calendula flowers: Boil them and put them on the breast while warm, at least four times daily. The Comfrey and Calendula
will ease the sore nipples, draw out the infection, as well as clear the
- Raw Cabbage leaves: If placed directly on the infected area of the
breast; it will help draw out the heat and infection. The Cabbage will also
decrease the swelling of the engorged breast.
- Cold, grated raw Potato: Can be used as a poultice. Apply directly onto your sore breasts.
- Vitamin C: Can be used to improve the body's resistance.
- Calendula herb: Heals skin at a rapid rate.
Other herbs that are safe to use that may help.
Chronic Mastitis
Severe Infections
If an abscess develops, it will need to be drained. Women with abscesses may be told to stop breastfeeding temporarily . IV antibiotics are often necessary.
Signs suggesting you need antibiotic treatment:
- There might be a history of recurring mastitis.
- A fever that is rising.
- You are feeling worse as time goes by.
- If your breasts become red, hot or swollen.
- If your lymph nodes, under your armpit, become sore or swollen.
- A Persistent fever, dizziness or confusion.
- You feel a lump in your breast.
- Your breast pains during a breastfeeding session.
Mastitis Control
- Take care of your nipples while breastfeeding. Clean them after every breastfeeding session.
- Make sure that most of the milk is removed from your breasts, by breastfeeding and pumping if necessary. This will prevent plugged ducts.
Make sure that your baby is latching on correctly.
Wean gradually, over a period of weeks, so that your breasts can adapt to the amount of breast milk that they need to produce.
- Try to breastfeed equally from both breasts.
Avoid dehydration, by drinking lots of fluids.
- Make sure that your baby's mouth is clean before every breastfeeding session.
- Avoid sleeping on your tummy, so that your breasts are not squashed against the mattress.
When the milk is not drained entirely from your breast during breastfeeding, milk stasis could occur. Milk stasis causes even more pressure on the ducts, which can cause pain and breast engorgement.
If the infection does not clear up after taking antibiotics, go back to your doctor. A rare type of breast cancer called inflammatory breast cancer may also cause the same symptoms as mastitis. (redness and swelling)
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Joanna Alm — Espresso: Letting the origin speak from the cup
It's with great excitement that we're ready to share Joanna Alm's talk from CoLab: Prague. Joanna is the co-owner, head-roaster and green buyer for Drop Coffee in Stockholm. In addition, Joanna's been very active on the competition front: she's placed 3rd (2014) and 2nd (2015) at the World Coffee Roasting Championship, after having won the Swedish Roasting Championship two years in a row.
During her talk at CoLab: Prague, Joanna presented her and Drop Coffee's vision to focus on showcasing flavours that are inherently present in the quality of green bean, and dependant on the coffee's origin. She presents a strong argument for moving away from roasting for brew method, to rather roasting to bring out the maximum taste potential of each coffee, for moving away from blends, to letting each coffee speak for itself. Joanna's talk is also a huge encouragement for baristas and other businesses to determine a vision and values, and stick to them!
Her ideas raised a good amount of discussion and questions from the audience, as you'd expect for someone with such a bold and strong vision, as Joanna's. A very inspiring talk!


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This was my first time eating un-baked cheesecake, but I've decided that I'm never going back to baked cheesecake again. Each bite was just so light and fluffy in it's creaminess, not super dense like a regular cheesecake. And, whereas regular cheesecake sits like a rock in your stomach after just one slice, this cake slides down so easy and you don't feel like you've eaten much of anything at all. Guilt free! And…very dangerous for dieters! It's like Emily said after we demolished an entire cheesecake despite being uncomfortably full from lunch — "It's scary how easy it is to eat this."
Almost No-Bake Cheesecake
True or false: I have been dying to get my hands on some mini spring-form pans so that I can make adorable, baby-sized cheesecakes? True. So true! I'm a total sucker for miniaturized versions of regular things. In college, my dorm was filled with all kinds of crap that I bought for the sole reason that they were tiny and cute. Miniature condiment jars, tiny milk cartons full of candy, baby staplers…I've gotten better with age, but sometimes I still can't help myself.
Look at how cute my new pans are! And they're so useful for portion-control. Now, instead of filling my fridge with a full-sized, fat-filled cheesecake, I can make tiny, guilt-free portions of the same delicious treat. Nevermind that Dan thinks it defeats the purpose when I end up making four mini-cheesecakes per batch anyway…
The beauty of this cheesecake is that it doesn't need to be baked. It just gets mixed and chilled over night before being served. The only reason it's called "Almost No-Bake Cheesecake" instead of "No-Bake Cheesecake" is that the graham cracker crusts spend a little time in the oven before the filling goes on top. Still, the cheesecake itself doesn't need to be baked at all.
Almost No-Bake Cheesecake (Adapted from Closet Cooking's No-Bake Cheesecake recipe)
Ingredients: Makes enough for 2 4-inch springform pans.
– 1/2 cup crushed graham cracker crumbs. (About 8 crackers)
– 1 tbsp melted butter
– 1-1/2 tbsp brown sugar
– 8oz cream cheese
– 1/2 cup heavy cream, whipped
– 1 tbsp lemon juice
– 1/4 cup sugar
(1) Preheat oven to 325.
(2) Mix graham cracker crumbs, melted butter and brown sugar. Press into the bottoms of 2 4-inch spring form pans.
(3) Bake crust for 8 minutes. Set aside.
(4) In a large bowl, whip heavy cream with an electric beater until thick. Set aside.
(5) In a medium bowl, cream together sugar, lemon juice, and cream cheese. Gently fold into whipped cream mixture until well combined.
(6) Evenly divide filling between two pans, pouring it on top of the crust in each pan.
(7) Chill in the fridge overnight.
(8) Serve plain or with fruit topping.


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Shea, Cocoa, Olive, or Mango may be some of the most common butters known that are beneficial for your hair and skin. Murumuru and Illipe Butters are amongst the more expensive on the market, but there are other less expensive ones available that can be used alone, or mixed with other butters and even conditioner to enhance their properties.
Butter made from fruit, beans, seeds and leaves is produced by hydrogenating the cold pressed oil extracted from them. From oils themselves, for instance Hemp Seed Oil, butter is produced by extracting the oil and combining the fatty acids and unsaponifiables (wax) from the oil. Extracted oils are also blended with Palm Oil, Soybean Oil or other vegetable oils to make butter.
The following is a list of butters that you can use on your body and hair - some of which you may have not heard of.
1. Sweet Almond Butter - its properties are similar to Shea Butter and it contains essential fatty acids. It is great for dry skin/scalp because it hydrates the skin and restores elasticity.
2. Coffee Bean Butter - is natural protection from ultraviolet light and is becoming a popular ingredient in sunscreen products. It is an antioxidant and contains phytosterols which have anti-irritation and anti-inflammatory properties, condition skin and hair and promote moisture retention. It is good for dry skin.
3. Kokum Butter - it has the ability to soften skin and heal ulcerations of lips, hands and soles of feet. Kokum Butter helps reduce degeneration of the skin cells and restores elasticity.
4. Hemp Seed Butter - is rich in essential fatty acids that nourish the skin and helps reduce moisture loss from the skin.5. Avocado Butter - is a great moisturizing treatment for hair. It makes a good butter for belly balms and lip balms. It can be used as an eye makeup remover and in hair conditioning creams.
6. Green Tea Butter - is anti-inflammatory, anti-cellulite (much cheaper than those anti-cellulite creams on the market - about $9 for 8oz) and has anti-irritancy and anti-fungal effects. It has a high content of polyphenols (antioxidants). It protects the skin from aging and against UV-B rays.
7. Pistachio Butter - rich in fatty acids that moisturizes and softens skin. It has excellent penetrating qualities - good massage butter. It also has a low comedogenicity (doesn't clog pores).
8. Macadamia Butter - has a high concentration of palmitoleic acid, a naturally occurring fatty acid. Our production of palmitoleic acid decreases as we get older so this butter is great for mature skin, as well as and dry skin.
9. Orange Butter - has a high concentration of Bioflavonoids (Vitamin P - that neutralizes free-radicals) polyphenols (antioxidants). It has anti-cellulite and anti-inflammatory properties and other protective benefits for skin, such as a cleansing and toning effect. It can improve oily, acne prone skin.
10. Cupuacu Butter - is similar to Cocoa Butter, but has a softer, creamier consistency. It contains essential fatty acids and phytosterols, and is very moisturizing for skin and hair. It is also a natural protection from UV-A and UV-B rays. It can be used to treat skin conditions such as eczema and dermatitis and adds shine and replenishes moisture in hair.
Almost all of the butters mentioned above can be purchased at reasonable prices via the links below. Texas Natural Supply sells sample sizes starting at $1.60 and up. The Kokum Butter may be a bit expensive at about $13 for 8oz, as well as the Cupuacu Butter at about $3 an ounce. Remember, if you have an existing scalp or skin conditions consult your doctor or pharmacist before using.
More Information:Texas Natural Supply - http://www.texasnaturalsupply.com
From Nature With Love - http://www.fromnaturewithlove.com
Stay tuned for more articles from the Natural Hair Agenda Series.
Guest Blogger Laquita Thomas-Banks is one of the Natural Hair communities most noted writers. Her credits include writing for Clutch magazine and its sister site Coco and Cream, the Examiner.com as the DC Natural Hair Examiner. She also writes natural hair articles for Pumpsicle, AfroGlitz, Living No Lye, Sanata International print magazine, and a guest blogger on Kinnks. She was also featured during BOND Inc's Spotlight.
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A fantastic Christmas display by the Little Avenues Pre-school.
The Little Avenues Pre-school is located in the bungalow in the grounds of Broomgrove School. The pre-school is for children from aged 2 years- rising 5's and is run by experienced and highly qualified practitioners. Contact Jane or Marie on 07895180207.