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Our emphasis is on being proactive with regard to your health, rather than reactive. Nutrition plays an important role in preventing disease and maintaining health. By educating our patients on the proper food choices, lifestyle changes and exercises, we are empowering patients to take control of their health.
Realizing that every individual is biochemically unique, we approach each patient one on one, this helps insure that the concerns and needs of the patient are being met. Each of our Doctors is Board Certified in Clinical Nutrition and has the experience of treating thousands of patients.
After a complete history and nutritionally oriented physical examination, you and the Doctor will decide which course of treatment is best. Often further diagnostic tests are necessary to evaluate your individual case. These may include:
- Body Composition Analysis
- Hormone Testing
- Food Allergy & Sensitivity Testing
- Thyroid Function
- Cholesterol Assessment
- Cardiovascular Function
- Blood Sugar Levels
- Gastrointestinal Evaluation
What is Functional Medicine?
It's a science-based, natural way to become healthy again.
Functional Medicine is patient-centered medical healing at its best. Instead of looking at and treating health problems as isolated diseases, it treats individuals who may have bodily symptoms, imbalances and dysfunctions.
As the following graphic of an iceberg shows, a named disease such as diabetes, cancer, or fibromyalgia might be visible above the surface, but according to Functional Medicine, the cause lies in the altered physiology below the surface. Almost always, the cause of the disease and its symptoms is an underlying dysfunction and/or an imbalance of bodily systems.
Named diseases are just the tip of the iceberg. Below the surface, according to Functional Medicine, are the real causes of a patient's health problems.
If health care treats just the tip of the iceberg, it rarely leads to long-term relief and vibrancy. Identifying and treating the underlying root cause or causes, as Functional Medicine does, has a much better chance to successfully resolve a patient's health challenge.
Using scientific principles, advanced diagnostic testing and treatments other than drugs or surgery, Functional Medicine restores balance in the body's primary physiological processes. The goal: the patient's lifelong optimal health.
How Functional Medicine Heals a Key Health Care Gap
Today's health care system is in trouble because it applies a medical management model that works well for acute health problems to chronic health problems, where it is much less successful.
If you have a heart attack, accident or sudden lung infection such as pneumonia, you certainly want a quick-thinking doctor to use all quick-acting resources of modern medicine, such as life-saving technology, surgery and antibiotics. We are all grateful about such interventions.
However, jumping in with drugs, surgery and other acute care treatments too often does not succeed in helping those with chronic, debilitating ailments, such as diabetes, heart disease or arthritis. Another approach is needed.
The Two-Pronged Healing Approach of Functional Medicine
To battle chronic health conditions, Functional Medicine uses two scientifically grounded principles:
1. Add what's lacking in the body to nudge its physiology back to a state of optimal functioning.
2. Remove anything that impedes the body from moving toward this optimal state of physiology.
Plainly put, your body naturally wants to be healthy. But things needed by the body to function at its best might be missing, or something might be standing in the way of its best functioning. Functional Medicine first identifies the factors responsible for the malfunctioning. Then it deals with those factors in a way appropriate to the patient's particular situation.
Very often Functional Medicine practitioners used advanced laboratory testing to identify the root cause or causes of the patient's health problem. Old- fashioned medical diagnosis helps too, in the form of listening carefully to the patient's history of symptoms and asking questions about his or her activities and lifestyle.
For treatment, Functional Medicine practitioners use a combination of natural agents (supplements, herbs, nutraceuticals and homeopathics), nutritional and lifestyle changes, spiritual/emotional counseling, and pharmaceuticals, if necessary to prod a patient's physiology back to an optimal state. In addition educating the patient about their condition empowers them to take charge of their own health, ultimately leading to greater success in treatment.
Treating Symptoms Versus Treating the Person
In the dominant health care model today, medication is used to get rid of people's symptoms. If the patient stops taking the medication, symptoms generally return.
Functional Medicine approaches the health problems differently. Instead of masking the problem, it aims at restoring the body's natural functioning. Although Functional Medicine practitioners may prescribe pharmaceuticals, they are used to gently nudge the patient's physiology in a positive direction so the patient will no longer need them.
For example, conventional doctors would normally prescribe pharmaceuticals like Prilosec, Prevacid or Aciphex to treat acid reflux or heartburn. When patient stops taking such drugs, the heartburn symptoms come back. In contrast, a Functional Medicine practitioner might find that a patient's acid reflux is caused by Helicobacter pylori bacteria. Eradicating the Helicobacter pylori might very well lead to the end of heartburn symptoms, permanently. It's also important to note that in Functional Medicine, treatment for similar symptoms might vary tremendously for different patients, according to their medical history and results of laboratory tests. Factors that can come into play in producing the same symptoms include toxic chemicals, pathogenic bacteria, parasites, chronic viral pathogens, emotional poisons like anger, greed or envy, and structural factors such as tumors or cysts.
The Roots of Functional Medicine
You may be surprised to learn that Functional Medicine isn't new. It actually represents a return to the roots of modern scientific medicine, captured in this statement by Sir William Osler, one of the first professors at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and later its Physician-in-Chief: "The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease."
Another important saying by Osler is "If you listen carefully to the patient, they will tell you the diagnosis." This encapsulates the importance placed in Functional Medicine on taking a thorough history from the patient.
Your Experience of Functional Medicine
We have titled this web site, "Your Medical Detective," because patients often feel their Functional Medicine practitioner is leaving no stone unturned in their relentless research to pinpoint the causes of a particular patient's symptoms.
When you consult a Functional Medicine practitioner, the first step is always your history. Practitioners are trained on how to unravel and make sense of a complicated story. Often clues in the story lead to the identification of key imbalances.
The next set of clues comes from a comprehensive physical examination, which includes many nearly forgotten examination procedures used by famous diagnosticians (both living and long gone), such as chapman reflex points, ankle brachial reflex and nail inspection.
The final set of clues comes from advanced laboratory testing. Innovative, cutting-edge lab tests help the practitioner look deeply into a patient's physiology to identify how it has been compromised and how physiological balance can be restored.
After diagnosis and treatment, a Functional Medicine patient can expect his or her symptoms to diminish in severity, with renewed sense of well-being and significant increase in health and vitality.


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Graffiti bill on its way to Hickenlooper
When a bill ratcheting-up penalties for defacing property died in committee early this year, lawmakers said a graffiti bill would pass "someday:" that day has come.
Senate Bill 256 toughens graffiti penalties by allowing multiple offenses committed within six months to be combined into a single class one misdemeanor. The bill is on its way to Gov. John Hickenlooper after one last stop in the Senate to address a technical amendment made in the House.
Under current law, defacing property is a class two misdemeanor. The bill passed out of both chambers without a single vote in opposition.
"It's the first graffiti bill that's been on the floor since I've been here," said Rep. Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver, a House sponsor of SB 256. Ferrandino's House Bill 1061 died in committee February after some lawmakers thought it went too far, allowing some graffiti artists to face felony charges.
Sens. Lucia Guzman, D-Denver, and Steve King, R-Grand Junction, sponsored the bill in the Senate. Rep. Jim Kerr, R-Littleton, was another House sponsor.

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Pet Gundog Classes are held at
Black Notley Vet Practice,
45 Witham Road, Braintee, CM77 8LQ
In an outdoor arena - fully fenced.
£18.00 for a 2 hour workshop - details in News and Events
Do you have a spaniel, retriever, pointer or any other dog who would benefit from training?
The sessions are in small groups and concentrate on commands which are useful for everyday situations, such as out walking or playing with your dog.
Areas covered include, heelwork, distance cues, the stay, the recall (coming back to you), sending away and the retrieve.
Jane is a qualified, experienced trainer who uses reward based training methods to encourage behaviours which are wanted.
Come and try something different with your dog – who knows you may go on to use the training competitively in working trials.
Dogs and handlers will be taught the basic exercises for gun dog training. These include heel work, a whistle recall, a marked retrieve and a stay as required in the field. Exercises can be taught from scratch. The quality of the training at this stage is important for future more challenging exercises.
The dogs learn to hold their position beside their handler whilst a toy is thrown for the dogs to retrive on cue.
Distance work is part of recall and stay exercises.
Retrieves are carried out over longer distances with left and right cues.
Currently offered through workshops (see news and events).
Im a regular at Janes Gun Dog class
with my chocolate labrador Poppy. The
disciplines covered provide invaluable
skills for any young dog in day-to-day
life - especially distance recall, retrieve
and heel work. The class is a great
supplement to the basics covered in
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Not all campsites are created equal. While some are unremarkable, others have one or more characteristics that set them apart from their brethren.
Use the table below, to determine a campsite's notable characteristic:
- The campsite is prone to flooding; if it rains heavily while the party camp here, they are in for an unpleasant surprise after a few hours. Alternatively, the ground could already be waterlogged.
- The campsite straddles a game trail. During the night, numerous foxes, badgers and other nocturnal creatures scuttle through, or around, the camp.
- The PCs have found a sheltered dell complete with a small spring bubbling out of the ground that fills a shallow pool of fresh water.
- One of the trees standing at the campsite's fringe is "dead standing". If a high wind hits the campsite, the tree could topple to the ground.
- The campsite follows the contours of the land and is long, thin and undulating. Although mainly flat, it stands between two precipitous slopes. It is invisible from the nearest trail.
- Several trees have fallen across the area. They form natural windbreaks and even provide concealment from casual observers.
- A fire recently raged through the area. Nothing remains but scorched earth, blackened stumps and so on. A single forlorn oak—bark blackened and leaf-stripped—survived the conflagration.
- Boulders and rubble lie strewn across the area. There is barely anywhere large enough to comfortably lie down. It takes hours of effort to clear a space to pitch the party's tents.
- A crumbling wall of ancient origin bounds one side of the site. Overgrown with weeds and brambles, the moss-covered stones look as old as the world.
- The campsite is a small hollow atop a high, steep-sided hill. The summit commands sweeping views of the surrounds. It is a highly defensible position, virtually impossible to approach unobserved.
This article appears in 20 Things #21: Wilderness Camping.
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Yes. Im moving back to Kampar after giving it a long long thought.
Y ? Too many reasons that made me wanna go back to my beloved hometown.
1. I cannot stand the hustle & bustle of life in KL. People are everywhere and I'll
always have to be aware of almost everyone that passed by me. So tiring...
2. Transportation wise, driving around in KL/ PJ uses up so much petrol. Talk about tolls ,
they really made a hole in my pockets. If I take public transport, how in the world will I
go to work. There's basically no public transport in my area that goes into the area
where I work...
3. Higher cost of living. It's so disappointing that I can't save any money if I have to spend
it here like nobody's business. Somemore, the prices charged for FOOD is so bloody
expensive for the low cost spent to buy ingredients by the hawker/restaurant.
4. People wise, their minds are too hard to be understood. Even friends...they dun really
look for me. Maybe they dunno that im the type who dun look for people if they dun
look for me. That's because I know that Im not an important person in their hearts
compared to the others. Whether I attend or do not attend any function organised by
them, they won't be bothered. I might as well go home to get the comfort from family
n relatives !!
That's why, Kampar is a much better place to stay at...I guess I might just end up in TAR / UTAR and be a lecturer there...that is if im lucky enough.
Anyway, I love Kampar food the most...
Are you doubting what I talked about above is true ? Think about it !!!
What I said is partly true though some may not seem relevant to you..
I will be truly touched if any of you understand how I feel
about it.
Thank you for believing what I said so far but just don't go too far from your own point of view cuz....
HAPPY APRIL FOOL's DAY !!!
Did I get you ? I hope I did....teehehehehe
* Apologies to those who nearly fainted after reading my post....
* Im not moving back yet lah...what I mentioned above is merely a prank


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Topic Page: Bloch, Ernst, 1885-1977
Ernst Bloch (1885-1977) was a German Marxist philosopher and cultural critic who developed a utopian hermeneutic that influenced the New Left of the 1960s and '70s. His work continues to influence literary and cultural theorists, particularly Marxists and those who have an interest in science fiction, fantasy, fairytales, film studies, and popular culture in general. Bloch saw in all cultural artifacts not only the projections of ruling-class ideology, but also projections of a collective socialist-utopian unconscious, which he called the "not-yet conscious" or, alternatively, the "hope principle." Furthermore, he argued that art is for the sake of hope, rather than for the sake of art. Bloch's publications include numerous essays and 14 books, the best known of which is the three-volume The Principle of Hope (1986[1959]), consisting of more than 1,500 pages. It is an encyclopedic investigation of daydreams, political and social utopias, philosophy, religion, fairytales, myths, architecture, and popular culture.
The son of a Jewish railway official, Bloch studied philosophy, psychology, music, literature, physics, and Jewish and Christian mysticism. His second published book, following The Spirit of Utopia (2000 [1918]), was a monograph on Thomas Münzer, a sixteenth-century German-Christian mystic who led a failed peasant rebellion and was beheaded. Bloch was in his thirties during the Bolshevik Revolution, and in his forties when the Nazis came to power. Hitler placed him at the top of his list of intellectuals who should be promptly killed. He was in his sixties when he returned to Germany from exile in the United States for his first academic post. He died of heart failure in 1977 at the age of 92.
Compared to the Western Marxists, who were Bloch's friends and among his first critics - for example Georg Lukács, Theodor Adorno, and Walter Benjamin - Bloch's work has been neglected. His prose can be provocative, impenetrable, elliptical, idiosyncratic, hyperbolic, and euphoric. It is filled with quirky hyphenated neologisms and with Greek, Latin, and Hebrew phrases, which may require the use of a multilingual dictionary. For some readers, Bloch's prose is too poetic for philosophy, too philosophical for poetry, too Hegelian and idealistic for Marxism. And of course for non-Marxists, his utopian hermeneutic is too Marxist. He believed that philosophy, cultural production, and cultural criticism could and should be a part of a collective praxis. His philosophical vision of a socialist-utopian ontology that does not yet exist except as illuminated fragments of future possibility, part of a not-yet conscious that appears in the past and in the present, could be called - and has been called - metaphysical, mystical, or theological. Fredric Jameson, whose practice of identifying a political unconscious in cultural productions derives from Bloch's utopian hermeneutic, evokes the "suspicion that Bloch is not so much a Marxist philosopher, even a Marxist philosopher of religion, as he is rather (in the terms of his description of Thomas Münzer), a 'theologian of the revolution'" (1971: 117). Jameson suggests that "mainly, however, the neglect of Bloch is due to the fact that his system, a doctrine of hope and ontological anticipation, is itself an anticipation, and stands as a solution to problems of a universal culture and a universal hermeneutic which have not yet come into being." Indeed, it "lies before us, enigmatic and enormous, like an aerolite fallen from space, covered with mysterious hieroglyphs that radiate a peculiar inner warmth and power, spells and the keys to spells, themselves patiently waiting for their own ultimate moment of decipherment" (158-9).
Bloch, who was an atheist, insisted that his vision of the not-yet conscious, of the fragmented hope principle, has a material and scientific basis, and he never forgot the Marxist notion that the economic class struggle is the historical basis for revolution. For Bloch, cultural productions are, as Karl Marx says of religion, "the fantastic realization of the human being inasmuch as the human being possesses no true reality" (1978 [1844]: 54; emphasis original). Thus, Bloch argues that all cultural artifacts contain "latent" and "expectant" figures of hope, providing us with clues or signs as to our true reality, as to what humanity is struggling to become. Arguably, moving a step beyond Marx, and certainly beyond Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, Bloch asserts the existence of the not-yet conscious as a site where new collective material, not old material that has been repressed or forgotten, begins to enter consciousness. He calls this new material the "novum." It is because of the existence of the hope principle that the novum found in the past as "cultural surplus" emerges in the present urging us toward a better future, humanity its necessary agent. Bloch calls this site at which the past, present, and future meet the "Front." Furthermore, he argues, after Aristotle, that matter, in nature and humanity, is dynamic, as is language, while space and time, contra the Euclidean unilinear model, are variable and plural because the material world is itself dynamic and changeable, incomplete and unfinished. Douglas Kellner & Harry O'Hara explain: "Crucial is Bloch's claim that what could have been can still be; for Bloch, history is a repository of possibilities that are living options for future action." It is Bloch's conviction "that only when we project our future in the light of what is, what has been, and what could be can we engage in the creative practice that will produce the world we all want and realize humanity's deepest hopes and dreams" (1976: 16).
Bloch's tendency was to oppose ossified norms of life, norms of philosophies, and norms of genres, and to oppose developing norms wherever he found them, even among, or especially among, proto-socialists and Marxists. Marxist-Leninist thought dismissed certain concepts of utopia as individualistic wishful thinking that may or may not be harmful, but which mostly weren't helpful. Furthermore, according to traditionally developing Marxism, all art produced in capitalist society couldn't help but contain and perpetuate ruling-class ideology, at the very least by encouraging intellectual escapism and by providing pleasurable aesthetic consolation, or by enabling people to think that, by thinking about the world, they could change it. In contrast, Bloch argued that imaginative works can produce a shock value of recognition in readers or viewers, altering previously acquired false perceptions of reality (1980[1938]).
Siding with his friend, the Marxist playwright Bertolt Brecht, Bloch argued against Lukács regarding the significance of modernism, identified with expressionism and surrealism. Grounded in Marxism-Leninism, Lukacs said that only historical realism avoided the ideology of escapism, and, for Lukács, as for many Marxists, scientific rationalism overturns and supersedes superstition, religion, fascism, and capitalist ideology, which are, in essence, irrational. For Bloch, as for Brecht, and sometimes for Adorno, so-called irrational art expresses the fragmentation of capitalist reality, revealing the rationalizing irrational contradictions of capitalist ideology and capitalist practices. In Bloch's view, Lukács's view of reality was impoverished because it excluded daydreaming, really-existing emotions, and the emerging future, which also constitute reality along with the nightmare of history. For Bloch, the real enemy of humanity and socialism is nihilism, the loss of the ability to dream and hope, and the loss of the ability to recognize the extraordinary in the ordinary, the future in the present. Ignoring or critically dismissing the value of daydreaming, of hope, of "expectant emotions" - the immanence of the future - automatically cedes daydreaming, hope, expectant emotions, and the future to the manipulations of fascists, nationalists, and capitalist profiteers. For Bloch, "Marxist reality means: reality plus the future in it" (1988[1935]: 162).
In defending the value of imaginative art and creative daydreaming, Bloch defended artistic and scholarly genius, religious-visionary genius, and poetic genius. Indeed, for Bloch, poetry - which, like the hope principle, can appear anywhere - is synonymous with the utopian function of art. The "subjective factor of the poetical," he says, is the "midwife of the artistic anticipatory illumination" (160). Thus, genius, a term that Marxists typically dismiss, is always poetical, condensing and intensifying illuminations of, or prefiguring anticipations of, our true reality, which is, as Marx (1988 [1884]) suggests, the convergence of nature and humanity, humanity and nature, subject and object, and the end of class-divisions and of alienation. Furthermore, some artists, and some scholars, such as the young Marx, in Bloch's view, are able consciously to combine passion and imagination with rigorous analysis, rupturing the empirical reality of false consciousness, of each-against-each competition. Genius thus shows us the existence of our true consciousness: the real possibility of a classless society in which the individual flourishes because everyone flourishes.
In Bloch's view, the prefiguring anticipations of our true reality are not limited to the productions widely recognized as the creations or visions of genius. For him, as he asserts in The Spirit of Utopia, "everything that is has a utopian star in its blood" (2000 [1918]: 171). Developing and supporting his utopian assertion more thoroughly in The Principle of Hope, Bloch notes that certain debased forms of hope can be limited and misleading, such as transforming "every real and possible need into a weakness" (1986 [1959]: 334). And yet, commodified kitsch and adventure, even fascism, are dim prefigurations of our yearning for socialist species-being. For Bloch, we must recognize and reveal this dimension of utopian collectivity, our not-yet realized socialist ontology, to nourish revolutionary consciousness and thereby guarantee the fulfillment of our deepest longing for utopia, fulfillment achieved as a dynamic process, never as a final static or absolute condition. Utopia, virtually by definition, is a process.
Bloch was influenced by Hegel's philosophy, and by Jewish and Christian mysticism. He often borrowed messianic and apocalyptic language and imagery from the Bible. However, his hope principle and his spirit of utopia are natural and human. The future consists of multiple possibilities because the present consists of multiple tendencies. Barbarism may triumph over socialism, modernist angst and despair or apathy over hope. For Bloch, the future depends upon what we as human beings collectively do, whether or not we realize and shape, according to our deepest yearning, according to our desired rebellion against everything that exploits and degrades us. Moses is a key figure for Bloch because Moses signals the first religion that began not in the realm of astral myth, but with rebellion, originator of a religion of opposition, the earliest leader of a people out of slavery. Furthermore, the Judeo-Christian God is the God of the future: not "I am what I am" but "I will be what I will be" (1972[1968]: 56). More importantly, God is not a transcendent spirit of never-changing ultimate reality, separate from humanity. God is humanity surpassing itself, or socialist ontology.
Kellner & O'Hara (1976), demystifying Bloch's work, explain that in Bloch's view, "the human being is incomplete, unfulfilled, laden with unsatisfied needs and unrealized potentials which are the motor of human self-activity." Thus, for Bloch, "art, philosophy, and religion are the repository of needs and potentialities struggling for expression" (21). Bloch demands our attention because he revitalized Marxism "against a theory or practice which purposefully refrains from positing alternatives or dealing with the future, as well as against a mechanical, non-dialectical, economistic sort of dogmatic Marxism" (13). Furthermore, Kellner & O'Hara say: "One should note that the wild revolutionary-apocalyptic-chiliasm of Spirit of Utopia gives way in the later Bloch to more sober evaluations of religion as found in such works as The Principle of Hope and Atheism in Christianity" (21). However, Bloch's later work may be less sober than Kellner & O'Hara acknowledge. In 1963, he wrote an afterward to The Spirit of Utopia, in which he says: "Its revolutionary Romanticism (as my monograph on Thomas Münzer) attains measure and definition in The Principle of Hope and the books that followed. There, what was specific to The Spirit of Utopia became especially definite, something entrusted peculiarly to evil, as to its remedy: revolutionary gnosis" (2000 [1918]: 279).
In the midst of enthusiasm, Bloch knew that hope and gnosis, of any kind, and wishful thinking alone, or thinking about the world, don't change it. He remains adamant that all forms of utopian yearning are better than anti-utopian or materialist attitudes that deny future possibilities and that ridicule utopian thinking. But he distinguishes between "abstract" and "concrete" utopia. Abstract utopia is wishful thinking, but the wish is "not accompanied by the will to change anything," or the wish goes no further than the wisher's changed position in a world that remains unchanged - "perhaps by a large win in the lottery" (Levitas 1997: 67). Concrete utopia is always oriented with a plan toward a real-possible future. And for Bloch, concrete utopia is always socialist, while real-possibility requires class-consciousness, collective praxis, and, eventually, a violent revolution: the less necessary bloodshed, the better. Thus, whether we consider Bloch a mystic-visionary prose-poet of the future, a scientific Marxist, too Marxist, or not Marxist enough, our response to his hope principle, to his utopian hermeneutic, as Ruth Levitas indicates, "involves explicit value-based choices" (1997: 79). Indeed, though Levitas doesn't say so, we can argue the same about our response to any hermeneutic, to any cultural or literary artifact, toward any material practice. However, as prominent Marxist science fiction scholar Darko Suvin asserts, with Bloch "we should hold a steadfast orientation toward the open ocean of possibility that surrounds the actual and that is so immeasurably larger than the actuality" (1997: 135).
SEE ALSO: Adorno, Theodor; Benjamin, Walter; Fantasy; Film Theory; Freud, Sigmund; Jameson, Fredric; Lukács, Georg; Marx, Karl; Marxism; Modernism; Science Fiction; Suvin, Darko
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***WARNING: The following post contains words that may be offensive to some. I do not use them for shock value, but these words are included because they cannot be ignored. My apologies if I do offend you.***
Hate. So much hate. So much venom spewed at one another.
At us.
At me.
At you.
It doesn't matter how many times we tell ourselves that words will never hurt me. They may not break bones, but they shatter souls.
I've been called many of those words, and much worse.
I have a confession – something I've not told anyone, ever. Even now I wonder if I should, because I don't want to sensationalize this post – or make things seem that I know exactly how someone feels in their situation.
Growing up, I was bullied. I was always on the small side – I didn't weigh more than 100 pounds until halfway through my sophomore year in high school. That seemed to make a great target for the jocks and a group of guys we called "burlies" – manly men among boys.
I had thought about suicide (I mentioned that before on this blog), even attempted it, but that's not my confession.
In my freshman year of high school, I had a plan. My dad had some shotguns and rifles, and I had easy access to them. My school was on a hill, and I knew the perfect spot. I'd wait, draw them all out, and make them pay.
This was at a time where mass shootings weren't in the news – what seems every other day now. We had bomb threats now and then at the school, but nothing really shook us in the way that terror has gripped our children today.
Obviously, I never followed through with it. Never wrote things down, never made my plans known to anyone. I would like to say that Jesus got a hold of me and that's what changed my mind. It would be another six years before I gave my life to Jesus. No, it was simple fear on my part. What would it do to my dad, my sister, my grandma?
I look back now and I find it amazing that I had those thoughts – thoughts of my family – that kept me from making a choice that I could not undo, and that would destroy so many lives. I thank God that I didn't go with it.
Why am I telling you this?
Because someone, somewhere, is thinking the same things. Either to make the bullies pay, to ease their very real, very deep pain, or to end it all alone.
And if you are that person, I want you to know – to really know and to get this deep into your heart and soul – this will not last. The bullying. It won't be forever.
It's hard to see right now. It's relentless, and it's consuming. It steals all the joy and beauty of life – it steals your breath. Some days, you just can't. Can't stop the vice that crushes you. Can't stop the screaming voices in your head.
But they're right, you say:
I'm fat
I'm ugly
I'm worthless…
Those are lies. Everyone of them.
I know, because I once believed them.
And I believed them even after the bullying stopped. Even during my last two years in high school where people actually started becoming my friend. Even after people started to tell me that I was smart, girls thought I was attractive…even after I left home to make my mark on the world.
I still believed those lies that had carved themselves deep into my heart and my mind and my soul.
But, then I met Jesus. And he told me the truth – the truth that was always there, but I couldn't hear it.
I am loved.
I am worth it.
He created me in His image.
Hand crafted by the ultimate craftsman.
I had value because He said I had value.
And I've always had that value – just like every single one of us.
Just like You.
The bullying will stop. The screaming voices of hate will be silenced. Don't give up. Don't let them win. Those who label you with hate. Those who try to take away your worth.
They can't take it away. THEY CAN'T TAKE YOUR VALUE AWAY!
Because it was never theirs to give.
The ultimate authority – the one who alone has the power over life – here and after – has said that you are worth it.
You are uniquely and wonderfully made.
You Are Worth It.
Repeat that. Tell yourself over and over and over until it drowns out those screams of hate.
Say it out loud.
Scream it:
That is truth. That's the only truth you need to know right now.
After that, the rest of the truth will make Himself known.
I do apologize if my use of the words above has offended anyone. I could not see how to write this post without using them. They are offensive. They should make us all uncomfortable. They should make us angry.
And they should make us do something about it.
I know there are a lot of people out there who say that kids are too soft today. That instead of focusing on ending bullying, we should just toughen our kids and help them to stand on their own two feet. I think those that say these things are misguided, and honestly are out of touch with what's really happening. They may have experienced some bullying from time to time, but not the relentless terror that kids face today. They can't escape it, and many can't see the help that might be available to them. Some might not have help available, because their suffering goes unnoticed. That is not to blame anyone, it's hard to see someone's suffering most times. Those who suffer are great at hiding it.
But, there are signs. I don't have the answers, I don't know if anyone really does, but I just ask that you become aware of the people around you. If we take it in our hands to make sure the people around us know that they are worth it, that they are loved – and if we make the effort to drown out the hate with words of encouragement and love – I think we can make a difference.
And yes, I actually do believe every single one of us is worth it. It's not just something to write in a blog.
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Reco Branding Solutions
211 Grover Street
Lynden, WA 98264
Telephone: 360.354.2134
Website: Recobrands.com
Services: Screen Printer, T-Shirt Shop, Sign Shop
Promotional Products Distributor, Sublimation,
About: Reco is a creative company specializing in design, sourcing and printing of apparel, promotional products and signage.
Contact: Brandon Rutledge
Discount Mugs
12610 NW 115th Ave Bldg 200
Medley, FL 33178
Telephone: (305) 406-9507
Website: DiscountMugs.com
Services: Screen Printer, T-Shirt Shop
Promotional Products Distributor, Direct to Garment (DTG) Printing, Sublimation, Embroidery
About: DiscountMugs.com is one of the largest suppliers of customizable products in the U.S. Ceramic mugs, computer and office tools, apparel, tote bags and much more.
Contact: Julie O'Neal
Xpress Custom Print
104 Cole St.
Dallas, TX 75207
Telephone: 214-866-0195
Website: XpressCustomPrint.com
Services: Screen Printer (custom and contract)
Sign Shop, T-Shirt Artist, Direct to Garment (DTG) Printing
About: Get affordable t-shirt and apparel printed with custom text, designs and photos.
Contact: Debra Perez
Logo Worx
Sidney, OH 45365
Website: www.logoworxllc.com
Services: Screen Printer, Promotional Products Distributor, Embroidery
Contact: Seth Dodds
Fimor North AMerica
5404 Ashton Ct. | Suite D
Sarasota, FL 34233
(941) 921-5138
Website: www.fimor.fr
Services: Screen Print Equipment Manufacturer, Screen Print Supply Manufacturer
About: Fimor is a manufacturer of the Serilor squeegees for screen printing.
Contact: Brigitte Divito
Total Ink Solutions
200 S Newman Street
Unit 4 & 5
Hackensack, NJ 07601
Telephone: (201) 487-9600
Website: www.totalinksolutions.com
Services: Screen Printer, Screen Print Supply Shop
Screen Print Supply Manufacturer
About: We are a manufacturer of high quality screen printing ink and supplies. Our products include Plastisol Ink, Water Based Ink, Solvent Based Ink and UV Curable Ink.
Contact: Marc Jelinsky
Vectorize Now
Marietta, GA 30060
(678) 465-8980
Website: VectorizeNow.com
Services: Graphic Artist, bitmap to vector conversions.
About us: Graphic designers and vector illustrators specializing in hand drawn raster to vector image conversions.
Contact: Azeem Feroz
Grade A Printing
3615 N. Clinton
Fort Wayne, IN 46805
Telephone: (504) 657-2081
Website: Facebook.com/GradeAprints
Services: Screen Printing, Graphic Artist, Direct to Garment (DTG) Printing
Contact: Nolan Frankville
Best Price Tees
Dahlonega, GA 30533
Website: GA-Screen-Printing.com/
Services: Screen Printer, T-Shirt Artist, Embroidery
About: Best Price Tees.net provides professional screen printing and embroidery services on t-shirts, fleece, towels, bags and hats for individuals, groups, schools, churches, hospitals, sports teams and small to large companies.
Contact: Wendi Harrison
SEC Graphics
113 Maupin Circle
Shelbyville, TN 37160
Telephone: (931) 580-4793
Website: SECgraphics.net
Services: Screen Printing, Embroidery, Promotional Products
Contact: Steve Kaiser
Spirit STitches
3707 Applewood Rd.
Melissa, TX 75454
Telephone: (817) 266-3807
Website: www.SpiritStitches.com
Services: Screen Printer, T-Shirt Shop, Embroidery, Promotional
Products Distributor
About: Full service screen print, embroidery and promotional products. Specializing in spirit wear, team uniforms and small orders (below 500 pieces).
Contact: Carrie Wells
Kustom Koozies
3125 Gresham Lake Road
Suite 105
Raleigh, NC 27615
Telephone: (919) 977-5350
Website: KustomKoozies.com/t-shirts.html
Services: Screen Printer, Contract Screen Printer
T-Shirt Shop
About: Raleigh, NC based Kustom Koozies is a leading provider of Koozies, T-shirts and related items. Kustom Koozies has a minimum order of one.
Contact: Robert Liddle
N. O. Vative Printing
4413 Chastant Street
Metairie, LA 70006
Telephone: (504) 309-9683
Website: NovativePrinting.com
Services: Screen Printer, Sign Shop, Embroidery
About: Custom Screen Printing, Embroidery, Promotional Items, Wedding Items, Banners, Signs. We take great pride in our ability to provide excellent customer service, short turn around times, and a firm guarantee to beat your current printing costs.
Contact: Vincent Catalanotto
Washington State Correctional Industries
9601 Bujacich Rd NW
Gig Harbor, WA 98332
Telephone: (360) 858-4294
Website: http://www.washingtonci.com/products-services/textiles/screen-printing.html
Services: Screen Printer, Graphic Artist, Embroidery
About: Full service Graphic Design, Screen Printing, Embroidery and Clothing Manufacture.
Contact: Reid Seidlitz
Hot Signz
3804 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44115
Telephone: (216) 391-3804
Website: www.hotsignz.net
Services: Sign Shop, Graphic Artist, Promotional Product Distributor
About: HOT SIGNZ offers a full line of outdoor durable banners including special event banners, pole pocket banners, retractable banner stands. We also distribute imprinted promotional items along with DTG, screen, offset & digital printing services.
Contact: Dee Wooden
Wayfare CLothing
90 Prairie Scene
Antioch, IL 60002
Telephone: (847) 977-6508
Website: WayfareClothing.com
Services: Screen Printer, Graphic Artist, Custom Clothing Line
Contact: Shane Zobel
13880 Mirror Lake Dr
Orlando, FL 32828
Telephone: (407) 506-7834
Website: http://vmfxdesigns.com
Services: Contract Screen Printer, Graphic Artist
Custom Clothing Line
About: Digital and Print Content, Music Production/Producing
Contact: Victoria Mattera
Design DOg Tees
Austin, TX 78704
Telephone: (512) 419-8594
Website: DesignDogTees.com
Services: Screen Printer, T-Shirt Shop,
Contract Screen Printer, Graphic Artist
Screen printing, graphic design and web design
Contact: Joe Emerick
Bodyline GrAPHICS
758 London Eye Court
Las Vegas, NV 89178
Telephone: (702) 857-2180
Website: BodylineGraphics.com
Services: Screen Printer, T-Shirt Shop,
Promotional Product Distributor
About: Quality Garment Decoration
Family Owned and Operated Since 2009. Screen Printing and Embroidery. In House digitizing, Art work and design.
Contact: Mark Huber
SGA Imaging, Inc.
PO Box 36
Sharpes, FL 32959
Telephone: (321) 615-4367
Website: www.sgaimaging.com
Services: Screen printing supplies
Contact: Robert Wicker
Artwurks Unlimited
1463 Albany Ave
Hartford, CT 06112
Telephone: (860) 625-7589
Website: www.artwurksunlimited.com
Services: Screen Printer, T-Shirt Shop, Graphic Artist
About: Artwurks Unlimited is a small design studio large solutions for web & print.
Contact: Andrew Smith
Lucky Tee Company
30631 Birdhouse Drive
Wesley Chapel, FL 33545
Telephone: (813) 991-6840
Website: www.luckyteecompany.com
Services: Screen Printer, T-Shirt Shop, T-Shirt Artist, Graphic Artist
Contact: Luis Acevedo
Kayo Screen Printers
Durban, South Africa 4001
Telephone: (+2773) 7760559
Services: Screen printing
About: African Crafts Arts & Designs is a wholesaler and retailer providing employment and training. We are the leaders in fine art and screen printing services in South Africa and Uganda.
Contact: Timothy Kayondo543 Currie Road Morningside
Bayside Custom Embroidery INc.
840 Summer Street
South Boston, MA 02127
Telephone: 617-268-7100
Website: www.bayside-embroidery.com
Services: Screen Printers, T-Shop
About: Embroidery and Screen Print shop
Contact: Richard Haughn
COrk Industries Coatings
4146 Bald Eagle Lane
Jacksonville, FL 32257
Telephone: 904.502.9781
Website: www.corkind.com
Services: Screen Printer, Screen Printing Supply Manufacturer
About: Manufacturer of UV Coatings for all applications. Gloss, Matte, Soft Touch, Textured.
Contact: Michael Cox
Reprographic Arts, Inc.
1017 Franklin St.
Michigan City, IN 46360
Telephone: 219-872-9111
Website: www.reprographicarts.com
Services: Screen Printer, Sign Shop, Digital Image Printer
About: Blueprint, Signs, Banners, T-Shirts
Contact: Kevin Brown
TNT Web & Grafix
Nashville Rd
Nashville, NC 27856
Telephone: 252-289-8846
Website: http://tntwebandgrafix.com
Services: Screen Printer, T-Shirt Shop, Sign Shop
About: Alan Ricks
Majestic Royalty
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Telephone: 919-636-2009
Website: Majesticroyalty.com
Services: Screen Printer, Custom Clothing Line
Contact: Yolanda Carter
G Sportswear
PO Box 7167
Salem, OR 97303
Telephone: 866-972-4263
Website: http://www.alldayg.com/
Services: Blank Apparel Vendor
About: Family owned and operated importer of high quality custom football gloves featuring customizable color schemes and custom interlocking palm artwork; a perfect add-on sale for all screen printers with youth, high school and collegiate football teams.
Contact: Trevor Davenport
Centralian Shop
PO Box 7412
Grand Rapids, MI 49510
Telephone: 616-366-2528
Website: www.centralianshop.com
Services: Screen Printer, T-Shirt Shop, Sign Shop
About: Custom screen printing and embroidery
Contact: Valencia Cooper
SIgn Kwik
4315 Abbotts Bridge Rd.
Duluth, GA 30096
Telephone: (770) 623-1669
Website: Sign-Company-GA.com
Services: Sign Shop, Graphic Artist
Promotional Products Distributor
Contact: Mark Eubanks
OH Boy! Print Shop
9705 Burnet Rd. | Ste. 210
Austin, TX 78758
Telephone: (602) 515-3577
Website: OhBoyPrintShop.com
Services: Screen Printer
Contact: Santiago Garcia
Stark Industries Limited
48 Maranta Dr. |Roystonia
Couva, Trinidad and Tobago
Telephone: (868) 2931611
Website: Facebook.com/embroiderytt
Services: Screen Printer (custom and contract), T-Shirt Shop, Sign Shop
Graphic Artist, Embroidery
About: The Embroidery Specialist specializes in decorated corporate apparel, graphic design.
Contact: Sunil Changoor
Dave England Design
Wabash, IN 46992
Website: HotAutomotiveArt.com
Services: T-Shirt Artist, Graphic Artist
About: We offer royalty free automotive and motorcycle artwork for immediate download, custom artwork and color separation for screen printing.
Contact: Dave England
Custom T-Shirt PRinting
Granada Hills, CA 91344
Website: CustomTshirtPrinting.com
Services: Screen Printer (contract and custom), Direct to Garment (DTG) Printing
About: Custom printed sport jerseys, t-shirts, jackets, polo shirts, hats, bags, hoodies, pants, and more. Delivering quality products to organizations and businesses all across North America.
Contact: Vardan Adzemian
Clutch Ink
Sparks, NV 89436
Website: www.clutchink.com
Services: Screen Printer, Graphic Artist
Contact: Scott Thompson
Technical Creative Design (TCD)
3715, Ashok Nagar
Alangudi Main Road
Pudukkottai, India 622006
Telephone: (914322) 266804
Website: www.tcdsouthindia.com
Services: Graphic artists, vector artists
About: We cater to the custom-decorating garment and promotional products industries, providing redraws for imprinting in various methods. Web images, logos, jpegs, faxes, scans & hand-drawn sketches can be converted into vector art.
Contact: Palanichamy A
Cutting Edge Graphics
121 N 2nd St.
Stark, KS 66775
Telephone: (620) 431-2197
Website: TheCuttingEdgeGraphics.com
Services: Screen Printer, Sign Shop,
Contract Screen Printer, Embroidery,
Promotional Products Distributor
Contact: Jason Kovacic
15 Indra Nagar
Tirupur, India 638601
Telephone: (305) 606-0412
Website: Cotex.com
Services: Blank Apparel Vendor
About: We make white and dyed t shirts and polo shirts.
Contact: Dilip Trivedi
Iroquois Print
482 East State Route 54
Onarga, IL 60955
Telephone: (815) 268-7746
Website: www.iroquoisprint.com
Services: Screen Printer, Signs, Embroidery
About: Screen printing, embroidery, signs, vehicle wraps or trophies...we do it all.
Contact: Cheryl Lizzio
CL ink
Mesquite, TX 75149
Telephone: (972) 594-9180
Website: CL-Ink.com
Services: Screen Printer, T-Shirt Shop
Contact: Leotis Watson
Chula Clothing Co.
3314 W Heatherock Circle
Sugar Land, TX 77479
(713) 503-3342
Website: ChulaClothingCompany.com
Services: T-Shirt Shop, Embroidery
Direct to Garment (DTG) Printing
About: We are an online screen printing and embroidery company. We have a full line of t-shirts, plops, fishing shirts, caps and other apparel. Competitive pricing.
Contact: Debbie Meier
Tprint republic Apparel
Lot 466, No 4, Jalan Haji Manan
Kluang, Malaysia 86000
Telephone: (+6019) 7209432
Website: www.tprintrepublic.com
Services: Screen Printer, T-Shirt Shop
About: We are T-Shirt Printers offering:
Screen Printing, Transfer Printing, Sublimation and Embroidery.
Contact: Yusri Ahmad
Visual Energy, Inc.
PO Box 68
Rolesville, NC 27571
Telephone: (919) 404-9781
Website: www.visualenergy.us
Services: Screen Printer, T-Shirt Shop,
Promotional Products Distributor
Contact: Susan Young
Digital Print One
223 N 7th St.
Bangor, PA 18013
Telephone: (610) 452-9388
Website: www.digitalprintnyc.com
Services: Screen Printer
Promotional Products Distributor
Direct to Garment (DTG) Printing
Contact: Kris Sergentakis
Hand 'N Hand Graphics
2361 Windy Hill Rd., Ste. 603C
Marietta, GA 30067
Telephone: (404) 483-4063
Website: www.handnhandgraphics.com
Services: Screen Printer, Graphic Artist
Direct to Garment (DTG) Printing
About: We design and screenprint on apparel such as tshirt, polos, sweatshirts, jackets, bags. etc.
Contact: Pamela Hand
Bear Prints
2550 N. E. Second St.
Bend, OR 97701
Telephone: (541) 3881274
Website: www.bearprints.us
Services: Screen Printer, T-Shirt Shop
Direct to Garment (DTG) Printing
Contact: Joyce Harrington
451 Donner Avenue
Monessen, PA 15062
Telephone: (724) 684-5797
Website: www.anykindawear.com
Services: Screen Printer, Embroidery
Contact: Danielle Volkar
11304B Dye Rd
Gulfport, MS 39503
Telephone: (228) 236-7577
Website: Mtsnm.com
Services: T-Shirt Shop, Sign Shop, T-Shirt Artist, Promotional Product Distributor
Contact: Ryan Berg
Printex Screen Printing
201 N. Braddock Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15208
(412) 371-06667
Website: Printexinc1.com
Custom and contract Screen Printing, Promotional Products
About: Printex began in 1998 in Point Breeze, Pittsburgh. We offer quality screen printing at an affordable price and custom embroidered garments. We are located in an industrial warehouse filled with artisans, community outreach businesses and graphic designers. Over the past 15 years, attention to detail, unparalleled customer service and quick response times have established Printex as a leader in the screen printing industry.
Contact: Thom Hoburg
RiverCIty Screen Printing
222-D Anderson Rd.
Mt. Vernon, WA 98273
Telephone: (360) 428-8985
Website: www.rivercityscreenprint.com
Services: Screen Printer, T-Shirt Shop
About: Full-service apparel screen printing business. Custom and contract screen printing services.
Contact: Kyle Davis
End Hymns
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Fixed plant applications are stationary equipment used in mineral processing and transportation via mechanical or conveyor systems.
Typical fixed plant equipment consists of chutes, feed bins, fan boxes, crushers, screen plates, fan blades, cyclones and pipe spools.
Fixed plant applications are engineered steel designed to the flow of mineral process handling applications.
Arcoplate mobile plant applications are in high demand in several industries including mining.
Mobile plant applications are for equipment that can be moved or travel to multiple locations, such as Recycling & Waste Management Industry.
Arcoplate offers protection against wear and corrosion in the waste management and recycling industries. Designed for severe impact and abrasion.
Custom fabrications are available and can be designed, rolled and cut to the specific needs of the application.


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Experience Honey Cocaine ""Schwag TV" [Episode #3]" Video, a new offering from Honey Cocaine, which was released on Sunday, March 25th, 2012.
Things are looking better for Honey Cocaine with each new release, which Honey Cocaine ""Schwag TV" [Episode #3]" Video has proven yet again. It's worthy addition to the impressive body of work Honey Cocaine has been developing over the years. We're looking forward to hearing what's next.
Are y'all feeling this one?
Did y'all catch Honey Cocaine's latest visual for Honey Cocaine "Tim Westwood Freestyle" Video?
If you're feeling this, make sure to hit up Honey Cocaine's profile page for the latest info, news, songs, and mixtapes. Remember to follow Honey Cocaine on Facebook and Twitter.


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Back, after a 13 year hiatus, SUPERHEIST return with an all new line up and an album brimming with big bouncing riffs and epic choruses.
"Ghosts Of The Social Dead" is the 2016 long play album release from SUPERHEIST, Australia's Nu-Metal pioneers.
– The 4TH long play studio album from Australia's Superheist.
– Recorded and mixed at NRG studios North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
– Produced & Mixed by Jay Baumgardner
– Engineered by Kyle Hoffmann with Daniel Pampuri.
– Mastered by John Ruberto at Mastersound Melbourne.
01. Wolves In Your Headspace
02. Back To Base
03. Fearing Nothing
04. Running Away
05. Flick The Switch
06. The Deepend
07. This Truth
08. Hang Your Head
09. Lets Get Out Of Here
10. Sweat / Swing


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S: Seasons of Change
FC: Summing forces
1: in this picture both forces are being pulled to the left so the box will move to that same direction
2: force number one is being pulled to the right and force two is going to the left, so the box will stood still
3: physics=Gods mighty
4: in this picture both forces are being summed to the same direction so the box stood still
5: I love physics | (: | yeah me too
6: Spring is Here
8: is in the air...
11: "I hope you always have a shell in your pocket...and sand in your shoes."
13: Day at the Beach
15: Lasting Memories...
16: "An open home, an open heart, here grows a bountiful harvest." - Judy Hand
19: Playing in the leaves! | The more you laugh, the longer you live.
20: These Are The Moments I Live For
23: 2011
24: Warm & Cozy
25: wonderland | Dashing Through the Snow
27: Home is where there's someone to love, and someone to love us.


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Community Invited to Study Sessions; Results of Federal Inspection Service Feasibility Study Will Be Presented
2016-10-05 · By Editor
A feasibility study on a federal customs facility that would potentially allow international flights at Long Beach Airport (LGB) will be presented to the public in October by Jacobs Engineering (Jacobs). The Jacobs study may be found here.
The analysis surveyed the airport, airport tenants, government agencies, airport-dependent businesses and aircraft owners for economic data, and analyzed passenger traffic-related spending to determine the overall impact of a customs facility at LGB. The study also included a public outreach process to capture community input as a part of the study.
The Long Beach City Council authorized the study in July 2015. The feasibility study was initiated due to a request from JetBlue Airways to bring international service to Long Beach.
On January 19, 2016, the City of Long Beach commissioned Jacobs Engineering to conduct the study after a Request for Qualifications was issued and two community meetings gathered feedback from the public.
A separate analysis conducted by the City Attorney examining possible effects to Long Beach's Noise Compatibility Ordinance (LBMC 16.43) will also be released along with the study and may be found here.
A presentation of the FIS study, a report on the City Attorney's analysis, as well as an opportunity for public comment, will be included on the respective agendas of the following public commission meetings:
Airport Advisory Commission (AAC)
Thursday, October 20, 2016
Long Beach Gas & Oil Auditorium
2400 East Spring Street
6:30 pm
Economic Development Commission (EDC)
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
City Council Chambers
333 West Ocean Boulevard
EDC meeting begins at 4:00 pm; FIS study session will start at 6:00 pm
The City Council directed the study to be available to the public at least 15 days before the first City Council meeting and discussion. The City Council is tentatively scheduled to receive the presentation and public input from the two commission meetings on November 15, 2016.


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6612 Penn Ave S
Richfield, MN 55423
Richfield Reviews by Nicole Sobania
In this edition of Richfield Reviews I will be describing my experience at Sandy's Tavern located conveniently off of Penn Ave. in Richfield. Upon entering the bar you get an immediate relaxed dive bar feel that tells you this place is a great local hang out spot. A little background about the tavern is they are very well known for their burgers, paired perfectly with an ice cold beer.
My Experience at Sandy's Tavern
Sandy's Tavern looks much like a house from the outside and when you enter the building you can tell that this was once a residential property that has been converted into a bar and grill, which was pretty cool. Once inside, the bar had a very relaxed vibe and you could tell that many of the patrons were regulars as they casually chatted with one another and the wait staff. While their menu was limited, it was perfect for what the tavern is known for, a great burger and a cold beer. Their prices were also very reasonable, ranging from $5-$6 for a burger or sandwich, this unfortunately did not come with any sides though. On my visit I was there with a friend who ordered one of their famous burgers – the bacon cheese burger and I ordered a walleye sandwich. The service was extremely fast as our food was out in minutes. It was fresh and was exactly what we were expecting, some tasty bar food.
Other Things to Note
The bar is very small inside and I could see it getting quite crowded on a Friday or Saturday night, however, for lunch on a Sunday the place was busy but not overcrowded. Also, it is important to note that this is a burger bar, meaning if you are a vegetarian or have dietary restrictions it may be hard to find something on their menu. Overall, great local dive bar perfect for grabbing a burger!
About Richfield Reviews
Richfield Reviews is your number one resource for learning firsthand what to expect from the local businesses before you visit them. We are real people giving you an honest and unbiased opinion about the atmosphere, products, staff, and much more. Learn more today about local restaurants, bars, grocery stores and much more by checking out the Richfield Reviews!
About The Author
This edition of the Richfield Reviews has been prepared by Nicole Sobania. It is important to note that the author is not a professional critic, but just an average person telling readers about her experience at these facilities. These reviews are also not meant to be harsh critiques, but simply to let readers know what to expect upon their visit.


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How to switch Qt version in Ubuntu
It's surprising how often people seem to ponder how to switch between different Qt/Qtopia versions when they have multiple versions of Qt/Qtopia installed. All what really matters is to have the right qmake in PATH at time. Even if it might not be that hard to write a shell script to do the switch, I decided to praise Debian's update-alternatives tool a bit. Just look below how easy it is to manage multiple Qt/Qtopia installations with update-alternatives.
I have installed Qt 4.3.2 from Ubuntu repositories to /usr/lib. In addition to that, I have the following hand-compiled installations:
$ ls /usr/local/Trolltech Qt-4.3.4 Qt-4.4.0-beta1 QtopiaCore-4.3.4 QtopiaCore-4.4.0-beta1
Update-alternatives is already aware of the Qt version installed from Ubuntu repositories. To make it also aware of those hand-made compilations we invoke such commands as:
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/qmake qmake /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.3.4/bin/qmake 30 sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/qmake qmake /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.4.0-beta1/bin/qmake 10 sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/qmake qmake /usr/local/Trolltech/QtopiaCore-4.3.4/bin/qmake 20 sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/qmake qmake /usr/local/Trolltech/QtopiaCore-4.4.0-beta1/bin/qmake 10
Whenever I want to change the Qt/Qtopia version I do:
$ sudo update-alternatives --config qmake There are 5 alternatives which provide `qmake'. Selection Alternative ----------------------------------------------- + 1 /usr/bin/qmake-qt4 * 2 /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.3.4/bin/qmake 3 /usr/local/Trolltech/QtopiaCore-4.3.4/bin/qmake 4 /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.4.0-beta1/bin/qmake 5 /usr/local/Trolltech/QtopiaCore-4.4.0-beta1/bin/qmake Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number:
Not very complicated, is it?


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I found the pattern for this solid sliceform heart on the Extreme Cards and Papercrafting blog. I imported the PDF file into Make-the-Cut where I cleaned up and refined the file. These pictures show the front and top views of the sliceform.
The card base was cut from plain white cardstock. The front of the card was cut from Robin's Nest Glitter Gold Chipboard. The sliceform and inside liner were cut from Robin's Nest Pink Bourdeaux Vellum.
The sliceform was suspended in the card front frame with fishing line. Dew Drops were added to the front of the card for accent. I think this makes a stunning card!!


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What to Consider when Picking an Offer from an Online Casino
Online casinos have made gambling a much easier process for players. The numerous offers that online casinos offer are some of their greatest selling points. From welcome bonuses to loyalty points, customers have plenty of motivation to keep playing. When picking an online casino for your poker, slot games or other activities, you have to think carefully about the deals given to customers. Nor every offer from an online casino is suitable for you and you must know how to pick the right ones.
Withdrawal Restrictions
Almost all online casinos will have incentives for new customers, which are in the form of welcome bonuses. A casino can offer up to 100% matching funds if you deposit a certain amount. The welcome bonus ranges from one casino to the next, but typically, it can be between 50-100%. The deposit bonus is another common incentive to get customers to put more funds in their accounts. What happens, however, is that a casino will have rules about how you can use the bonus. For example, you cannot withdraw your bonus funds until you have used them to bet on games.
Wagering Requirements
Another critical consideration before you accept an offer from a casino is the wagering requirements. A bonus may come with conditions as to how you must wager to access it. For example, a deposit bonus may only be available if a player bets 3x times the bonus+the deposit before cashing out. The point of wagering requirements is to minimise the risk that a casino takes when it offers players free money to use for gambling.
Game Restrictions
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To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), Public Law 104-191, included Administrative Simplification provisions that required the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to adopt national standards for electronic health care transactions and code sets, unique health identifiers, and security. At the same time, Congress recognized that advances in electronic technology could erode the privacy of health information. Consequently, Congress incorporated into HIPAA provisions that mandated the adoption of Federal privacy protections for individually identifiable health information (HHS, 2013). You may access the final Privacy Rule at: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/administrative/index.html
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Concerned Grandma Asks About Grandson's Development
Dear Dr. Bill,
My daughter has a 1-year-old boy who is starting to walk but hasn't begun talking yet — no "Mama," "Dada" or anything else. If he wants something, he just points and screeches very loudly!
I've also noticed that he often stares off in his own little world for a moment or two several times a day. He comes back eventually or you really work to get his attention otherwise. Is this normal behavior? Or could my grandson have some kind of problem — like autism? What do you think?
Dear Diana,
I appreciate the fact that you are such an involved, observant grandmother. Your grandkids are fortunate.
Here are my thoughts on your 1-year-old grandson. First of all, the fact that he isn't talking yet shouldn't be a concern. Language development varies greatly from child to child.
Many children don't begin saying "mama" or "dada" until well into their second year of life. Their level of verbal development at their first birthday does NOT predict how verbally skilled they will be by age two or three, or tell you anything about their overall level of intelligence.
On the other hand, I am concerned about the fact that your grandson seems to stare off into space several times each day, and that you have to work to regain his attention. This could be a sign of a hearing problem, a developmental delay, or even recurring minor seizures.
Given your description, I would suggest your daughter make an appointment with her family physician right away, and describe the behaviors she is observing at home. The physician should give your grandson a complete medical and developmental evaluation.
Thanks for writing, Diana. If you have a question for me about family issues or Christian living, click on the "Questions" link on the Family Expert page.
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Dong Di Yin 2017: Gari, Tari… Lari
"In turmoil, poetry rises." That's the Chinese idiom. Hence, here we are again.
After nearly 30 years since its inception, Dong Di Yin has further evolved in year 2017. In addition to poetry recital, Ling Tang, the Director, is infusing various theatrical elements into the poets' performances. For the first time in Malaysia, this is a play written in poetry, and performed by the poets themselves.
(and for the first time, with English subtitle)
The theme "Gari, Tari…Lari" hints at the imprisoned yet uncompromising souls of the poets. Come witness how we dance… and escape…
Date:Aug 26 – 27
Time:3:00pm and 8:30pm
Venue:Damansara Performing Arts Centre, H-01 DPAC, Empire Damansara, Jalan PJU 8/8, Damansara Perdana, 47820 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Consultant:Poh Seng Titt / Producer:Lim Ming Chee / Executive Producer:Lim Siok Li
Director:Ling Tang / Co-Director:陈柯杏 / Assistant:叶湫忆 Short-film Director:Alison Khor
Multimedia:Fairuz Sulaiman / Lighting:陈薇琪 / Installation Art:李慕义 / Stage Manager:Dub Lau / Sound Engineer:Terence张俊开
Marketing:Ma Bao Jing, Loo Pei Yi, Yap Sheau Han, Tan Choo Harn
Poets:Looi Yook Tho, Chiew Ruoh Tau, Lim Kean Boon, Chen Lin Loong, Fred Wong Ah Wah, Ian Lew Yoke Long, Chiew Ruoh Peng, Wong Siew Jye, Tay Yi Lun, Wong Goaty, Alex Choong, Lawrence Huang, Liang Xin Yuan, Peng Mei Jun
Guest Performer:Colbie Ong, Yang Yan Yan 杨雁雁
Organizer:Mentor Publishing Sdn. Bhd.
Sponsors:Eu Yan Sang, Purplecane Tea Art, theLink Salon, Cashido, backSTAGE Academy, Lagenda
Media: Sin Chew Jit Poh, Cahaya Sin Chew


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No offer for Keshi- SAFA
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA
JOHANNESBURG – THE South African Football Association (SAFA)
denied further reports it had offered Stephen Keshi the job as coach of
the senior men's national football team.
Reports coming through and carried out by several media have quoted Keshi suggesting he had an on the table from SAFA.
SAFA President, Danny Jordaan, denied such reports.
"There is no iota of truth in this statement. SAFA has not offered any
coach the Bafana Bafana coaching job and we don't take kindly to such
rumours," he said.
"It is not true because SAFA has not entered into a discussion with any
coach or a representative of any coach," he added.
Bafana Bafana, as the side is known, is without a coach after SAF sacked
Gordon Igesund.
It had been reported Keshi had resigned as the Super eagles coach in the
wake of the side failing to progress beyond the second round at the
ongoing FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
– CAJ News
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The Best Western Premier Hotel Kukdo is a business hotel located
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text: TV / VideoTelemundo Goes HDBy Steve Mcclellan|March 31, 2009 ShareBy Steve Mcclellan|March 31, 2009 ShareTelemundo, the NBC Universal-owned Spanish-language network, will start broadcasting in high-definition beginning in April.Telemundo said it would be the first Spanish-language network to offer HD content both at the local and network levels. (A rep for competing Spanish-language network Univision did not immediately return a call inquiring about its HD plans).Telemundo said its first Spanish-language broadcast would be the 2009 Billboard Latin Music Awards on April 23, 2009, after which the network will gradually roll out its HD broadcast offerings for prime-time novelas, sports broadcasts and specials. "Telemundo … is raising the bar in Spanish-language television," said network president Don Browne. The move to HD, he said, "will clearly differentiate ourselves to our viewers, distributors and advertising clients. We have been producing many of our novelas in HD for a while and now are excited to be able to broadcast this great content at the highest quality available." Telemundo will be the first Spanish-language network to broadcast an entire full-length novela in HD with the premiere of "Mas Sabe El Diablo," set for the 2009-10 season. Another upcoming novela, "Doña Barbara," and select sports broadcasts will also be broadcast in HD. The network said it is planning to broadcast its entire prime-time programming in HD in addition to movies and other specials over time. According to a study conducted in December 2008 by Telemundo's Pulse Research Panel, almost half of the panel members said they own a widescreen HD television. Nine of Telemundo's owned-and-operated TV stations will initially distribute the network HD signal to their audiences, including stations in Los Angeles, Miami, Las Vegas, Chicago, New York, Dallas, San Francisco, Houston and Puerto Rico. The remaining O&Os will phase in HD signals over the next 12 months. Sharehttp://adweek.it/2jH7cCf copy Adweek Adweek


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Small farmers and tractor dealers wanting to sell old machinery are facing difficulties in finding buyers.
Spread over seven acres, the old tractors' market at Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda district, is one of the biggest in Punjab for buying used farm machinery. Farmers from Haryana and Rajasthan also converge here.
Dealers say average sales at the market have slumped to 20 per week, from 200-250 per week six months ago.
They say the situation is the same at the old tractor markets in Barnala, Kotkapura and Moga, with each of them just having 15-20 deals per week.
"Earlier, only dealers used to come to the market to earn money by brokering deals. Now, with farm crisis looming large, small farmers are also coming to the market to sell off tractors and other implements, but are returning empty-handed due to lack of buyers," said tractor dealer Subeg Singh at Talwandi Sabo.
Another dealer, Labh Singh from Kotha Guru village of Bathinda, said, "Sales have come down to 20-25 deals per week from over 200 deals till 6-7 months ago."
"Gurdwara committees which own the stretches of land where the Talwandi Sabo market is held, had allotted nearly 80 plots for rates ranging from Rs 40,000 to Rs 60,000 per plot for a year. It seems we will not be able to recover even the lease money as business has slumped drastically," said another dealer, Gurmel Singh.
Hit hard by crop failure due to pest attack and dwindling yields, many marginal and small farmers are unable to earn enough to recover their input costs and make some profit. Worried over mounting debt, many of them are forced to sell of their farm machinery, especially tractors.
Ranjit Singh (50), a farmer from Phoosmandi village of Bathinda, had gone to Talwandi Sabo to sell his 1999-model tractor, but got no buyers.
"This time, I got only seven quintals of raw cotton from four acres; it is less than one-fourth of the average yield I used to get till last year. My cotton crop was devoured by whitefly this year. I am unable to repay the installment of a Rs 4 lakh loan to the bank. With meager income, I am left with no other option but to sell my old tractor. I hoped to sell my tractor for Rs 1 lakh, but there are no buyers," he said with disappointment writ large over his wrinkled face.
Earlier, only dealers used to come to the market to earn money by brokering deals. Now, with farm crisis looming large, small farmers are also coming to the market to sell off tractors and other implements.
With barely two acres, Kewal Singh (40), a small farmer from Sema village near Bathinda's Bhucho Mandi, also wanted to sell his 20-year-old tractor to repay his debt, but did not find buyers.
"I need to repay my debt and run the household. After failing to come out of a precarious economic condition due to crop failure, I decided to sell my old Eicher tractor," said Surinder Singh, from Sangat village who owns three acres.
As per state cooperative department officials, more than 40% tractor-owners who visit Talwandi Sabo market for sale of farm machinery are small and marginal farmers.
Noted economist and Central University of Punjab chancellor Professor Sardara Singh Johl said farmers resorted to distress sale of machinery when they had crop failure. "As this year the crop failure is far severe, farmers have been left with no option but to sell tractors to tide over the crisis," said Johl.
Another economist, Prof Sucha Singh Gill who is attached with Chandigarh-based Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), said, "This year's crisis is very serious, and will have far-reaching consequences in Punjab. The sale of agriculture implements, especially tractors, points towards it. The distress sale also shows the crippling agriculture scenario in Punjab. This crisis will force farmers to go in for custom hiring of farm machinery, which may become a costly affair and force small and marginal peasants out of farming. The situation will severely affect education and healthcare. The government needs to look into the farm crisis and take corrective measures."
Kesar Singh Bhangu, senior economist at Punjabi University, Patiala, said, "The trend of selling agriculture implements will have a long-term impact on farming as the trend will turn small and marginal farmers into farm labourers and take up other petty vocations. They need some government support to sustain, else they will end up doing petty jobs or pushed to committing suicides. Farm economy will suffer on that account."


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1. Who is the author of The Book of Disquiet?
2. Who is the narrator of The Book of Disquiet?
3. According to the narrator, what is a cult not worthy of worship?
4. What is the only thing the narrator recognizes as reality?
His own sensations.
5. The narrator says he belongs to a group that keeps distant from things. What word does he use to describe this distance?
6. What, in addition to dreaming, does the narrator say makes up his life?
7. When does the narrator believe he is truly able to be himself?
At night.
8. What is the narrator's day job?
Assistant bookkeeper.
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text: We don't expect to see Tom Ford collaborating on ice cream cones anytime soon, but the designer has taken the first step toward Karl Lagerfeld-ization—shooting his own campaigns. The designer dropped his spring ads today. You'll remember that this collection was his first to receive less than 100% rave reviews (and we mean first, like, ever), but it looks great on Mirte Maas in the two campaign images. Ford shot the pictures in Palm Springs (but does that matter?) and they'll hit magazines starting this March. As for the boy biting Mirte's ankle? That's Mathias Bergh.


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Send us your queries at Contact Us, or call our hotline 1700-815-495 Monday to Friday at 10am to 5pm.
call our HQ at +603-5879 6150
via email at firstname.lastname@example.com
call our HQ at +603-5879 6150
Monday-Friday (excluding Public Holidays)
Time: 10.00am - 5pm for assistance.