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Removing the 1p and 2p from circulation would not cause inflation according to analysts at the Bank of England.
Critics say that scrapping copper pennies would lead to price increases as items could potentially be rounded up to the nearest pound by retailers.
But experts argue that the impact on consumers would be minimal because prices would be rounded up on the final bill rather than on individual items. This has been the case in other countries that have removed their low denominations coins, such as Argentina or Australia.
Bank of England economic analysts Marilena Angeli and Jack Meaning say that even if individual prices were rounded on all payments, the evidence suggests there would be "no economically significant impact on inflation".
While the government has not made any official announcement that the coins will be abolished, the blog has sparked further debate on the impact of removing them from circulation.
The analysts argue that due to the low percentage of cash payments in the UK – currently just 3% of all sales – the vast majority of payments would not be affected.
Rounding up or down to the nearest 5p would only apply to cash payments. Card or electronic payments would likely continue to charge the exact amount.
There is also clear evidence that the number of items sold at a price ending in .99 have reduced in recent years and now only account for just over 12% of all prices.
"This is mirrored by an increasing tendency for prices to end in round numbers and suggests that, over the past few years, there has been a declining proportion of items whose prices are likely to be rounded up if the 1p and 2p coins were abolished," say Ms Angeli and Mr Meaning.
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Consumers are also far less likely to spend their pennies, with a Treasury consultation document on cash and digital payments revealing that six out of every ten 1p and 2p coins are used just once before they drop out of circulation.
This mirrors the reduced production rates at the Royal Mint which manufactured half the amount of 1 and 2 pence coins in 2016-17 compared with the previous year.
Whether the low denomination coins will be removed remains to be seen but there is a precedent in the UK with the halfpenny being abolished in 1984.
Ms Angeli and Mr Meaning suggest that the same arguments made in the early 1980s around the inflationary impact of removing the tiny coin are now being made again but the evidence and UK price data suggests that these concerns remain "unfounded".
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It would be possible to pay £0.99 for it, by using a debit or credit card.


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Connecting BSPs and IEPs
Although FBA/BSPs are not reserved for special education students, many students receiving individualized complex FBA/BSPs also have IEPs.
If a special education student is exhibiting behavior that impedes his/her learning, the student should have an IEP goal addressing this behavior! And, the BSP should align to the IEP goal!
Advantages of Aligning the BSP to the IEP
- Ensures the IEP is relevant
- Streamlines data collection (same data is used to track the IEP and the BSP!! This makes your life easier!)
- Provides automatic check-in times (when reviewing the IEP, you also review the BSP)
- Helps teams and students understand and advocate for what skills students are working toward. Remember, students should have an age and developmentally appropriate understanding of their goals.
- It's awesome.
Once you've written the Behavior Support Plan, the 'alternative behavior,' the new skill you plan to teach the student, can become part of the IEP goal. As the alternative behavior is a short term plan to reduce disruption and ensure safety, this may be just the first step in a succession of behaviors that must be taught to help the student reach the ultimate desired behavior, which is the long term goal.
To help determine the long term behavior goal for the IEP, the Oregon Health Standards can be used to indicate age appropriate behavior and social goals. Select the appropriate goal for the student, and re-write the goal as an IEP long term objective, including measurement and mastery criteria.
Now we have the alternative behavior and the long term IEP goal. Using the Shaping Alternative Behavior form, the team can work backwards or forwards to determine what succession of skills must be taught to move the student to the long term goal. Using measurement and the determined mastery criteria, these steps can become Short Term Objectives in the IEP behavior goal.
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Much of the buzz surrounding blockchain has been around cryptocurrency, particularly after the recent sharp rise – and subsequent fall – of Bitcoin. However, the technology also offers significant opportunities that retailers should consider.
Counterfeiting is a major issue for brands and the value of the global counterfeit market is forecast to rise to US$2.3 trillion by 2022.
The encrypted ledger system behind blockchain allows retailers to create a 'digital passport' for goods, showing the exact movement of products from their origins all the way down the supply chain into the stores.
Particularly for retailers dealing with third party distributors, this will give peace of mind about the authenticity of products they're selling in their stores.
There are also provenance implications, with food retailers already using the technology to track the source of products such as meats.
Consumer trust
While retailers want reassurance about the authenticity of their merchandise, the same holds true for consumers.
Imagine being able to scan products with your smartphone, with a hidden NFC chip providing details on an item's origins through blockchain encrypted data. This sort of technology might not actually be that far away into the future.
For example, DiguSign, which already offers blockchain encryption for documents and contracts, has a platform that is already capable of enabling this more consumer-driven use of blockchain.
Such applications could prove particularly valuable for retailers looking to tap into the growing group of Gen Z shoppers, who value authenticity and are inherently less trusting.
In an age when consumers have become more fickle, many retailers are failing to realise the full potential of their loyalty programmes.
For example, incorporating the blockchain into a loyalty scheme means shoppers can be rewarded immediately after they make a transaction - rather than having to go through a centralised system that may take days to credit.
Loyalty rewards might also be transferred to others in a secure way, allowing consumers to share the brand experience with friends or family – a win-win for any retailer.
Efficiency improvements
With the sector constantly faced with rising costs, there is also the potential for blockchain technology to be used to improve efficiencies.
The tracking capabilities of the technology are key here, as it makes it possible to see exactly where goods are in the business and where they are headed.
The wealth of data on these movements helps to drive insights and optimise stock management and sales forecasting – which has cost benefits.
The potential impact could be multiplied if visibility is extended beyond a retailer's operations to include external suppliers.
Payment technology
Lastly, the payments area will offer opportunities for retailers to benefit.
Digital wallets such as Alipay and WeChat Pay have already proven popular to consumers who are outside the traditional banking system, but cryptocurrencies can fulfil a similar role and are an interesting option for businesses looking to pay lower commissions to payment providers such as MasterCard and Visa.
However, payment infrastructure will need to improve as at present it can be a challenge to set up a digital wallet, or indeed for payments to be transferred to a retailer in a timely manner.
Philip Wiggenraad is Head of Research at tofugear. Prior to relocating to Hong Kong, Philip worked at Retail Week in London, providing insight on the technology and e-commerce strategies of the UK's leading retailers.


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The Navigator earned the inaugural Editors' Choice Award in the Luxury Large SUV category. The awards are based on tests in 27 criteria, including driving and performance, comfort, interior and technology.
Lincoln Navigator sales kept their momentum all through 2018, posting a 43.6 percent gain in December on tight inventory, according to sales statistics. High-series Lincoln Black Label and Reserve Navigators represented 90 percent of the SUV's sales mix.
"Our editorial team tests more than 300 vehicles a year ― that's more than a collective 17,000 hours behind the wheel, said Alistair Weaver, editor-in-chief at Edmunds. We're going beyond what's hot and new to showcase the best of the best from all the cars on sale today. An Edmunds Editors' Choice winner represents the gold standard of automotive excellence.
Lincoln sales statistics show more than 55 percent of Navigator sales are conquest, with buyers coming from Mercedes-Benz, Cadillac, Land Rover and other luxury brands. Navigator clients also are skewing younger than traditional Lincoln buyers, with approximately 50 percent between the ages of 34 and 54.
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New Zealand Mosque Massacre Suspect Visited Israel in 2016
Australian spent nine days in Israel and visited several Balkan countries the same year
The main suspect in New Zealand's mosque attacks made a brief visit to Israel in late 2016, Israeli officials said on Sunday.
Brenton Tarrant, an Australian national, entered Israel in October 2016 on a three-month tourist visa and stayed for nine days, an official with Israel's Population and Immigration Authority told Reuters.
Tarrant is the suspected gunman in Friday's attacks in the city of Christchurch in which 50 people were killed in New Zealand's worst peacetime mass shooting.
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The official said there were no further details available on what Tarrant, 28, did during his stay in Israel. The Australian embassy and New Zealand consulate in Israel did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Also in late 2016, Tarrant visited Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia, where he stopped by historic battle sites, before traveling in Western Europe in 2017.
He returned to the Balkans in November 2018 to tour historic sites of Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary.
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Jaden Yuki (also known as Jaden-man) primarily appears in a separate abridged series based around the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX series (created by YouTube users ShadyVox and xthedarkone); he also appeared in several episodes made by LittleKuriboh. Jaden is often shown speaking in a stereotypical type of slang, potentially as an exaggerated jab at his portrayal in the English dub of GX. In the "10th Anniversary Movie Abridged Trailer", he teamed up with Yugi Muto and Yusei Fudo, referring himself and Yusei to be "Yugi's cheap imitations". In a special video, he had challenged Yugi to a rap battle to steal his title of "King of Games", before having his hair poked fun at by Yami Yugi on how it looks like a Kuriboh. Later during the video, he is accidentally run over by Yusei, further complaining about "breaking his coccyx" (a running gag in the original Abridged series) after Yugi casually states to Yusei that "it was only Jaden" he ran over, before being sternly told to "walk it off (you Mary Sue!)" He had made several cameo appearances throughout the main series, his most notable one during a scene where Joey Wheeler recalls a spinoff series titled "Yu-Gi-Oh! DMX", presumably a show about "rappers playing children's card games". In these appearances, he is voiced by LittleKuriboh; however, in all later appearances, his voice was played by ShadyVox, and later on by xJerry64x after ShadyVox left his series to focus on his music career. He also appeared in "Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time Abridged" as a secondary protagonist (and a major nuisance to Yami and Yusei).
As opposed to his original anime and manga counterparts, he despises Duel Academy ("THIS PLACE IS CRAZY!") and hates his Winged Kuriboh card all the more ("WHAT THE F*CK YOU WANT FROM ME?!"), as his spirit repeatedly interrupts him when he is either thinking or speaking, and the fact that the card is overall useless in battle. He even tried to rid himself of the card more than once, such as trading it, selling it, yelling at it, and even mailing it to Australia, only to fail horribly, as the card somehow found its way back to Jaden each time. Jaden planned to return Winged Kuriboh to Yugi's Deck, but he ended up forgetting to do so after he Dueled Dimitri, who stole the aforementioned Deck, much to Jaden's frustration.
In the GX abridged series, Jaden was initially a tame individual who had a high sense of pride and he acted merely for self gratification, but as the series progressed, he became more cynical, selfish, and aggressive, due to the lack of peace and order at his school. He also started to act more like a stereotypical black man, overusing slang terms, and even gaining a habit of rapping during random situations. He also is known in his series for relentlessly drinking alcohol, his common use of drugs such as marijuana (as seen when he hit Syrus under the influence of said drug), and his love for Cheetos. He also claims to have played Sonic games, which was said when he prevented Syrus from fleeing the school by the ocean, as well as Assassin's Creed, seen when he dodged Paradox's attacks by jumping from building to building. His Assassin's Creed skills also enabled Jaden to climb up to the second floor of the Obelisk Blue dorm. Aside from his Elemental HERO cards, Jaden includes "plot device" cards in his Deck. According to him, they are so powerful that they can only be used once and according to Zane, Jaden wins regular Duels with Fusion Summoning, but wins important Duels with his plot device cards. One of these cards, Transcendent Wings, allowed Jaden to win the Duel against Chazz by sacrificing his Winged Kuriboh, while another one, Cyclone Boomerang, allowed Jaden to destroy his own Elemental HERO Wildheart to drop Bastion's Life Points to 0.
Jaden has a bad tendency to get mauled by large animals he comes across. However, these take place off-screen, as there is almost no footage in the actual GX series that show Jaden being attacked by animals. So far, he has been attacked by a bear (which he mistook for a very large dog) once in the first episode, and then again in episode 12, when Torrey accidentally let one in the Slifer Red dorm, Acrobat Monkey as a Beast-Type under the effect of DNA Surgery in episode 10 and by Scooby-Doo in episode 19, though Jaden managed to call Scooby off with a Scooby Snack.
It's also shown that Jaden and Syrus have little to no respect for one another, unlike their anime and manga counterparts. This can be first seen when they think to themselves that "[they'll be] stuck with a nerd" when they were assigned to Slifer Red. Syrus' dislike for Jaden is made more obvious when the latter peeked at the former's deck and found Japanese cards in there (which were banned at the Academy), prompting Syrus to take the deck back and run away crying, while stating that he hated Jaden. Jaden's disrespect for Syrus can be seen when he showed little to no concern about Chumley being taken from the Academy until Syrus threatened to beat him (Jaden) up. During Jaden's Duel against Jinzo, Jaden questioned his "friendship" with Syrus, with Syrus responding with "who said we were friends?" Despite their mutual disrespect, Jaden and Syrus have acknowledged their friendship on two separate instances, once when they were playing a card game in episode 15 and again when Jaden led Syrus through the hall to Yugi's deck in episode 16.
He also brings up the fact that he's the main character almost constantly; it's also his way of explaining how he's always seen without even a single cut after getting hurt (with guns being his one weakness) and how he always wins every duel. He also brought up the "Absolutely Flawless" recurring theme, in which whenever someone says "flawless" or "absolutely flawless" with the song "Flawless" by George Michael (with the line "Absolutely Flawless!") playing every time someone says it. Also, he took part of a remix of the song Leather Pants and his part is reminiscent of the first lyrics of Bleed It Out by Linkin Park. In the same series, Jaden also explains why he lost to Yami Yugi in the final episode of GX: he was crying because of the scent of onions, rather than the fact that he was losing. Because of his perky and somewhat annoying personality, he is often disliked by many of the characters.


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Like many, I began planning for our safari by researching the internet to find out: when was the best time of the year to visit, where should we visit, what were the merits of the various travel companies that offer a safari in their catalog and who could we trust with planning this unique adventure for us.
I had pages and pages of notes and was totally confused by the various opinions and information that I found. Then I stumbled upon the Africa Dream Safari website and heard that there is no best time of the year, just different times. The testimonials explained that ADS would take you to where the animals were, whenever you could go. They even had an interactive map that explained where the animals are during the various months of the year. This was pure common sense to me and I love common sense!
I was so excited when I discovered the ADS website that I emailed the company and asked for more information on their trips. Despite that fact that it was Sunday night, Michael responded to my email almost immediately. He reiterated that ADS had no preplanned tour package but, together, we would develop a private tour based upon our interests and time frame. I was sold on ADS and Michael.
As the trip got closer, it seemed that Michael and I were in almost daily contact. Given all the information that ADS had sent us and Michael's personal attention to detail, I felt totally prepared as I boarded our flight to Africa.
When the plane landed, everything went like clockwork. Mathias met us, got our VISAs and walked us straight through customs. Joseph, an ADS intern, enthusiastically taught us words and phrases in Swahili as Tony drove us to our hotel. The next day, Precious met with us and reviewed our trip. Tony then took us on a tour of his home town, Arusha. After a good night's sleep, Tony picked us up for our flight to the Serengeti. When we landed, we met our driver/guide David. However, all I can say is, no amount of research or conversations with Michael will ever prepare you for actually being on a safari.
I kept telling everyone that the goal of our trip was to simply experience Africa- the people, culture, land and animals. But at the end of the airstrip there were zebras grazing! No TSA agents, just zebras walking around. Almost as soon as we got into our vehicle, we saw a Nile crocodile and giraffes. We drove a short distance and saw Thompson gazelles, elephants, rheboks and our first of eight wildebeest crossings with hippos just wallowing contently nearby in the river. Then we saw a mother leopard and her cub in a tree, a pink and blue agama lizard, topi and our second wildebeest and zebra crossing.
This was followed by seeing more elephants, impalas, guinea hens, Egyptian geese, black face monkeys, giraffes, zebras and more impalas. Then we saw warthogs, elands, spotted hyenas, Cape Buffalos, marabou storks as well as our third crossing. Oh my! My head was swiveling in all directions as David pointed out these Kodak moments. I just kept jumping from side to side and from seat to seat clicking away on my camera, hoping that the pictures looked half as good as actually seeing the animals in their natural environment.
When we arrived at the Mara River Camp, we were warmly greeted by the staff and shown to our tent. We were then treated to a four-course dinner on linen table cloths while we watched giraffes across the river. (FYI Best pumpkin soup, ever!) In the morning, I was told that others in the camp heard hyenas and lions as well as felt the tremors of hippos walking close to their tent. I slept through it all.
This was only the first day of our safari and the rest of our days were just as exciting as this one.
Just a small sample of what we saw and photographed: Lions sleeping on kopjes. Lion cubs playing on their mother's back as she slept. Lions hanging in trees. Giraffes stretching to eat the very top of the trees and bushes. Giraffes drinking water with splayed forelegs. Hippos laying in the river with birds happily sitting on their backs. A rare black rhino wandering in the grass by the river. Cheetahs looking for their next meal and taking it down as we watched.
Cape Buffalo ambling in a straight line, even when this meant crossing the road in front of vehicles. The older Cape Buffalos (I.e., the Old Bachelors) capturing my heart as they stood in small groups. Zebras in a line drinking together. Zebras gathering behind the wildebeest, waiting for a crossing to begin. A parade of elephants walking around our vehicle.
Elephant families drinking at the watering hole. An elephant with very large tusks leaning against a tree resting. Elephants devouring bushes and grasses. Elephants fly whisking. Adolescent elephants swatting each other with their trunks. A bat-eared fox forging for termites. Baboon babies riding their mother's back like little jockeys.
A baboon "sentry" keeping watch as the troupe walked across the road. Monkeys being monkeys -chasing each other, climbing trees and eating fruit. Ostriches running. Spotted hyenas prowling for carrion. Warthogs on their knees digging in the dirt outside our tent. Klipspringers on the top of a kopjes.
Rock hydrox hiding under a rock overhang. Mongooses and banded mongooses running along the road. Impalas, Thompson's gazelles, elands, rheboks, topi, Grant gazelles, waterbucks and my all-time favorite, the dikdiks grazing in the grasses. Birds – flying, standing in the water, perching in trees, trying to steal food at the picnic areas and swooping down on carcasses.
While I was totally engaged when we visited a Maasai village; marveled at the Ngorongoro Crater; was mesmerized by the kopjes, Disneyesque termite mounds and baobab trees as well learned a great deal about the culture of the various indigenous people that we met, who was I kidding? It really was about the animals.
The safari was everything and more than we could have hoped for. We are truly grateful to Africa Dream Safari and Michael for our Africa dream safari. Asante Sana!
Pat G. and Fred S.
Wynantskill, New York
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Advances in Differential Equations
- Adv. Differential Equations
- Volume 13, Number 9-10 (2008), 881-906.
Nodal bubbling solutions to a weighted sinh-Poisson equation
We consider the existence of multiple nodal bubbling solutions to the equation $-{\Delta } u=2\ {\varepsilon }^2|x|^{2\alpha}\sinh u$ posed on a bounded smooth domain ${\Omega }$ in $\mathbb{R}^2$ with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. By construction, we show that there exists a solution such that $2{\varepsilon }^2|x|^{2\alpha}\sinh u_{{\varepsilon }}$ develops not only many positive and negative Dirac deltas with weights $8\pi$ and $-8\pi$ respectively, but also a Dirac delta with weight $8\pi(1+\alpha)$ at the origin, where $\alpha\not\in \mathbb{N}$. In particular, we provide explicit examples to show the existence of nodal bubbling solutions to our problem in the unit disc in $\mathbb R^2$.
Article information
Adv. Differential Equations, Volume 13, Number 9-10 (2008), 881-906.
First available in Project Euclid: 18 December 2012
Permanent link to this document
Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
Zentralblatt MATH identifier
Primary: 35J60: Nonlinear elliptic equations
Secondary: 35J20: Variational methods for second-order elliptic equations 35J25: Boundary value problems for second-order elliptic equations
Wang, Yang; Wei, Long. Nodal bubbling solutions to a weighted sinh-Poisson equation. Adv. Differential Equations 13 (2008), no. 9-10, 881--906. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ade/1355867323


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Update: GoDaddy did not acquire Rook Media, per DomainInvesting.
Original post follows.
GoDaddy appears to have acquired Swiss PPC monetization provider, Rook Media, after the following email circulated yesterday afternoon:
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GoDaddy and Rook Media will team up to make this transition as seamless as possible for our new customers while doing everything we can to provide best in class support and a top-of-the-line customer experience."
SmartName is a PPC platform owned by GoDaddy.
There is no additional information at this time. Social media profiles for Rook Media and SmartName have not been updated for a while.
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It is funny…every time there is change or acquisition with the parking companies, then earnings always go down. I noticed ppc earning drastically going down already in late April, so I knew something was up. There have been so many….TrafficClub to DomainSponsor, DS to RookMedia, and Rookmedia to GoDaddy, These are only to name a few…..always earnings go down.
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text: Dexter Morgan is not just an above-average forensic blood spatter expert. He's also Miami's friendly neighborhood crime-fighting serial killer!But Dexter's "killing" streak gets put on hold, as he find himself trapped in a sticky situation – his high school reunion!The Skid Row Slasher, Miami's newest serial killer, is racking up quite the body count. The rookie is giving good ol' Dexter a run for his money.And Dexter's problems are only beginning to multiply as his Dark Passenger, Dexter's inner voice, screams for a little murderous fun to feed the need


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It is difficult to receive either Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Insurance. It generally takes a long period of time, and many people end up in the hole financially even after getting the benefits that they need, mostly because the waiting period for Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Benefits is nearly two years at this point.
It can be important to understand what sorts of creditors can continue to chase you after you start receiving SSDI or SSI benefits. There are certain creditors that you can avoid after you are accepted into one of these programs – and those you can not.
For those who rely on Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Insurance benefits, the good news is that you are free from a great deal of creditors, assuming that the social security benefits are your only source of income. The only exceptions for this are from past-due child support, past-due taxes, and federal student loans. If you have any of these on your plate, you can expect that the federal government will be interested in making sure that you pay these bills off if you are receiving Social Security Disability Insurance.
If, on the other hand, you are receiving Supplemental Security Income, the story is a little bit different. Due to the fact that the benefits you get from Supplemental Security Income are much smaller, the government has decided that it is unfair to garnish any part of these benefits.
Find recent news, information and resources about social security benefits. Discover what you need to know about how to win your benefits case.
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West Reading – Reading Hospital – Tower Health and Drexel University College of Medicine have announced a collaboration to develop a new Cystic Fibrosis Clinic located in the Doctor's Office Building at Reading Hospital. Cecilia Smith, MD, Chair, Department of Medicine, and Michael Stephen, MD, Drexel University College of Medicine Cystic Fibrosis Center Director, shared the news of the collaboration at the Cystic Fibrosis Gala on Saturday, February 9, in Reading. The new clinic is slated to be operational by April 2019 and will be the first adult Cystic Fibrosis Clinic in Berks County. This clinic will help make it possible for residents in the community with cystic fibrosis to lead active lives and will provide vital care to patients.
"Reading Hospital is proud to provide this great new service for the community that is made possible through our ongoing relationship with Drexel University College of Medicine," said William M. Jennings, President and CEO of Reading Hospital. "Now patients across the region will have easy access to receive the treatments – and resources – they need."
Patients in the clinic will be seen by Pulmonary Medicine physicians from Drexel University College of Medicine as well as members of the Reading Hospital medical staff. Patients with cystic fibrosis require a multidisciplinary approach to care for optimal health and the providers at the clinic will make the important referrals to critical services such as Respiratory Therapy, Infectious Disease, Nutrition Services, and Otolaryngology.
"We look forward to continuing to grow our relationship with Reading Hospital and Tower Health for the benefit of the patients and communities that we serve. The new clinic will participate in clinical trials and important research initiatives, demonstrating our growing relationship and ongoing commitment to the patients and communities," said Michael Stephen, MD, Drexel University College of Medicine Cystic Fibrosis Center Director.
"This new collaboration meets a critical need in our communities," said Brian Boland, Co-Chair of the 2019 Cystic Fibrosis Gala. "Patients will no longer need to travel great lengths to receive the critical treatment they need for Cystic Fibrosis care."


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With late inning leads being forfeited on an almost daily basis, the Chicago Cubs are in desperate need of some bullpen help. Surprisingly, there is actually a late inning specialist with big league experience in the Cubs' farm system, and he routinely throws in the upper 90s on the radar gun. Like everything else with the Lovable Losers these days, however, the club is preaching patience with the young pitcher.
The reliever's name is Arodys Vizcaino, and the Cubs acquired him from the Atlanta Braves through a trade back in 2012. The reason that the 23-year-old right-hander has not been called up to help steady one of the shakiest bullpens in the Major Leagues is because he has not pitched since 2011 entering this season. Vizcaino blew out his elbow while pitching for the Braves in that year and needed Tommy John surgery.The injury shook Atlanta's confidence in the reliever quickly, as he only made 17 appearances for the Braves before heading to the disabled list. Following an exhaustive rehabilitation, Vizcaino was set to break in with the Cubs' organization last year, but suffered another setback and needed arthroscopic surgery on the same elbow on which the Tommy John surgery was performed. This caused the reliever to miss the entire 2013 season.
Fast forward to 2014. The 6-foot, 250-pound reliever from the Dominican made a strong showing in spring training with the big league club this March, and he was designated to the club's high single-A minor league team in Daytona. This assignment was more the result of location, rather than a judgment on Vizcaino's abilities. Cubs' management wanted to put the Dominican pitcher in a climate that is warm and conducive to rehabilitation. In this regard, Daytona was the perfect fit, especially when the other alternatives are Tennessee and Iowa.
So far this season Vizcaino has made five appearances for the Daytona Cubs. In five innings of work he has given up one earned run and boasts a 1.80 E.R.A. He also has struck out six hitters while walking just two and has given up a total of four hits. Daytona Cubs pitching coach Ron Villone says that the reliever has "special stuff." Villone, a former hurler himself, spent 15 years in the big leagues as a reliever and knows talent at the position when he sees it. He says that Vizcaino's consistently high velocity is a gift that few pitchers have.
The 23-year-old fireballer, who has hit 98 miles per hour on the radar gun a few times this season, is working in Daytona to get his routine down and build up his arm strength to the point that he could once again pitch on back-to-back nights. Right now he is pitching on two days rest, and the next step this spring will be to go out on a single day of rest. Villone says that Vizcaino also has some control issues to work out, but with a two-year lay-off, that is to be expected.
"Not playing in games for a couple of years has been tough for [Vizcaino]," he said. "He's worked hard to get here, and now we really want to fine-tune that with all the little things he's doing to get his good habits back."
The right-handed reliever knows that it will be a bit of a long road to make it to Chicago, but he is just happy to be throwing the ball and feeling good. He is focused on getting his mechanics down and doing everything the correct way. He says that he wants to be an example to his teammates to show them what it takes to make it to the big leagues. If all goes well in Daytona and eventually Iowa, look for Vizcaino to be debuting at Wrigley Field some time this summer. For Cubs' fans he cannot get to Chicago soon enough.
Commentary by Jeremy Mika, GLV Sports Writer for the Chicago Cubs
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Are the mundane tasks swallowing up a lot of time? As your business expands, it becomes difficult to concentrate on both primary and secondary activities simultaneously. Outsourcing is basically the process of handing out a part of your business activities to a third party so that they can carry out the operations on your behalf, while you can concentrate on developing the goals of the business.
How to gain more profit with small investment?
By outsourcing the secondary or non-core activities you and your team can fully focus on core or primary activities. The nature of outsourcing contracts has changed with time. Though it began as a frank agreement between the buyer and a supplier, over time this crystallised into a partnership agreement. For best results, you should outsource only those activities that are time-consuming and in no way can lead to the growth of your business but they need to be done.
Outsourcing greatly reduces your operational costs and you can gain wide profit by investing a minimal amount.
Organisations have been outsourcing parts of IT services for quite some time but lately, this has grown extremely popular. There are a few points to consider before outsourcing the IT activities of your firm:
- Never compromise with the quality: Ideally, the non-strategic and menial tasks should be outsourced. This decision has worked well for multiple firms. Outsourcing customer support for IT-related functions is a prime example.
- Follow the Sun: Most of the outsourcing companies adopt follow-the-sun policy. As they function round the clock, it becomes easier for you to capture the global market as your partner provides support to your customers 24×7. Even if you outsource any service, like programming service then by the time you reach office next morning all your previous day's programming tasks awaits for you in the office.
- Morale of the staff: Your in-house staff might not be able to accept the concept of outsourcing in a proper manner. The managers should explain the reasons, which have coerced the management to outsource the tasks. It is important to explain to the employees and not keep them in the dark. You have to make them understand that by outsourcing a few tedious tasks, it will help the team to concentrate on the other vital aspects of the business.


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One of my favourite, simple recipes!
I'm a huge fan of a classic Caprese salad and I also love mushrooms so one day I thought, why not put them together?! It's been one of my favourite simple recipes post weight loss surgery. Given that I now eat more vegetarian based, mushrooms are great as I think they have a similar texture to red meat. They're also rich in all the Vitamin B including B12 which is great for your body. In this recipe, I also use fresh buffalo mozzarella which gives me a high level of protein.
I shared this recipe over on my Instagram stories when sharing "What I Eat In A Day" and you all loved it. It's been recreated in your own ways which makes me so so happy. Regardless of what diet you're doing or whether or not you've had weight loss surgery, you can enjoy this recipe!
Caprese Baked Mushrooms
Recipe created by Ari Eats
Makes 2
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Total time: 15 minutes
- 2 portobello mushrooms
- 1 small tomato
- 1 ball of buffalo bocconcini (can substitue for mozzarella)
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- salt and pepper, to season
- balsamic glaze or balsamic vinegar
- basil leaves, to garnish
- rocket, to serve (optional)
- Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius on fan bake.
- Line a tray with baking paper and place mushrooms on top. Ensure you have cleaned them if they appear to have dirt.
- Drizzle with olive oil and coat.
- Slice your tomato and bocconcini before layering them on top of the mushroom, tomato first and the bocconcini.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Place in the oven and allow to cook for 10 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and soak up any excess moisture with a paper towel.
- Transfer to your serving plate. Drizzle with balsamic glaze or balsamic vinegar before topping with basil leaves.
- Serve while hot with a side of rocket and enjoy!
Buffalo Bocconcini is my favourite cheese to use for this as I also use the left overs to make fresh Caprese Salad however you are not limited to this cheese. You can try any kind of mozzarella or even just regular block cheese grated or sliced.
This recipe can be made on a larger scale by multiplying the recipe. If you are making extra for lunch or for other family members this can all be done at once.
I keep my serving small and basic however my followers that have recreated the recipe have had it for breakfast with a side of eggs or in a large salad adding avocado. Feel free to be creative!


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3 Great Resources to Help You Understand How Complex REI Drumming Can Improve Your Sleep
Most of our clients come to us with problems sleeping. These sleep issues take one or more of 4 forms:
- Difficulty falling asleep. Winding down and transitioning to sleep, is the most common sleep issue we see and is one that is easy to improve . REI can address this with with either the Sleep Rhythms CD or choosing the sleep category in Brain Shift Radio. Or check out the second video below for a free transition to sleep drumming performance.
- Waking frequently at night or too early in the morning. This is a more profound and challenging sleep issue because it requires changing sleep overall patterns rather than simply helping someone transition to sleep. Our REI Custom Sleep Program or all-inclusive REI Custom Program is your best option to accomplish this goal.
- Having trouble waking up in the morning. Morning grogginess is often a sign that you are not getting enough sleep or you're not getting quality sleep. If you're setting your alarm and are only getting a few hours of sleep and you can't schedule more time, try using either the focus or brain boost categories in Brain Shift Radio to get your brain going in the morning. If you have plenty of time scheduled for sleep and still wake up tired or are slow to get going, your sleep may be disrupted and may require changing sleep overall patterns rather than simply helping you get your brain in gear. Our REI Custom Sleep Program or all-inclusive REI Custom Program is your best option to accomplish this goal.
- Being tired during the day. Chronic grogginess or fatigue may suggest your sleep is not restorative. In this case, you need to optimize your sleep patterns. As with night-waking, this can be done with our REI Custom Sleep Program or all-inclusive REI Custom Program.
Here are 3 resources to help you understand how complex REI drumming can improve sleep
1. This video describes how we approach sleep issues using complex REI drumming rhythms:
2. Here is a video with me playing rhythms to help you transition to sleep:
3. Here is an article on the science and history behind using complex REI drumming to improve sleep:
Jeff Strong Plays Rhythms to Help You Transition to Sleep
In this video, I talk about the the perfect tempo and style of music that will drive your brain into a pre-sleep state. I then perform musically-variable rhythms at 7.4 BPS for about ten minutes to help you transition to sleep.
Learn how to play the drum for healing at: http://www.drumhealing.com
Fall asleep with Brain Shift Radio. Sign up for free at: https://brainshiftradio.com
If you are having trouble staying asleep or are not feeling rested in the morning, please check out our REI Custom Sleep Program. This program is currently 50% off. Get the six-week program, including unlimited revisions, for just $147. Check out the program here and save 50%.


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Mission Trip
My daughter is on a mission trip. All the way in Africa. For me, this is a test of faith.
She asked that her eyes would be opened. The next communication was this picture.
I heard her voice. Once. So full of excitement. Wonder. Fun.
She's having the time of her life. Learning lessons that only come from experience.
Like never before
Like never before
The stories are amazing.
But they are hers, not mine.
So I will let her tell them.
But for now, she has three more days before the long trek home. Will you pray for her, please?


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I have sold a property at 8734 152ND ST in Surrey.
FULL INTERIOR RENO! WOW. 9300 sq.ft. lot with a beautiful home on it. Brand new custom kitchen with STAINLESS APPLIANCES, great open layout with 3 bedrooms and 2 brand new beautiful custom bathrooms. This home is move in ready! Fully updated interior including wainscotting, crown mouldings, baseboards and negineered flooring throughout with brand new carpet in the bedrooms. The roof is only 5 years old, h/w tank is recent, vinyl siding is original but in fantastic shape. Both bathrooms are completely reno'd with spa like shower in the master ensuite and a mix of tile and granite in both. Lane access off 87th and 88th. Don't miss out on this gem, it will not last!


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HR and Recruitment
At Causeway Connect, we provide you with a bespoke solution where you assemble your own team of experienced, highly-skillful, and multilingual professionals according to your needs to entrust your work to. We cover many different aspects of the human resources industry. Whether it's providing you with a sourcer, recruiter, talent manager, a marketer your brand or someone to help you out with administration. We've got it all.


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Just How Close Are The MEPs in MAC To A Large Cosmetic Manufacturer?
Are some European politicians in MAC (MEP's Against Cancer) receiving money or perks from a producer of sun protection cosmetics in order to block cancer research on vitamin D? The mountain of research showing the health benefits of the original natural blood levels of vitamin D I humans is growing almost exponentially. However, the lack


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I tend to like smaller, trendy boutique hotels, but I recently was asked to visit The Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Florida. I have always perceived it to be more of a convention hotel, and it is, but what I didn't realize is how much this hotel has to offer guests. I am not alone in this discovery because The Diplomat was voted one of the top 10 resorts in Florida by Conde Nast Traveler Choice Awards in 2018.
The 271-room resort includes 133 suites and features spectacular Mediterranean architecture with classic Italian, Moorish, and Spanish influences. One of my favorite features of The Biltmore is the pool area, which has private cabanas and boasts the largest hotel pool on the East Coast of the United States.
The Diplomat Beach Resort is ideally situated between Miami and Fort Lauderdale, along Hollywood's Gold Coast. Nearby attractions include Downtown Hollywood, Hollywood Beach Boardwalk, Gulfstream Racing and Casino, Seminole Hard Rock Casino, Big Easy Casino, and Aventura Mall.
The resort features an expansive private beach area with lounge chairs and beach service. There are two beachside pools, a Dip & Slide Waterpark, a Kid's Club, a playground and all types of water sports options, including paddle boarding, kayaking and jet skiing.
For South Florida boaters wanting to experience dining at one of the Diplomat's many restaurants, complimentary marina dockage is available. Speaking of dining, the resort offers eight different restaurant venues from casual dining to fine dining, including Monkitail by famed Chef Michael Schulson and Point Royal by Celebrity Chef Geoffrey Zakarian. Other choices include Japanese-inspired food, a steakhouse, a Latin restaurant, an Italian restaurant and a burger place. The Diplomat's Hotel Bar features drink specials from famous hotels around the world.
If you are a spa person, the resort offers ocean-inspired soothing treatments and healing therapies. The spa is 14,000 square feet with all types of treatments, halotherapy salt steam rooms, saunas and an ocean view lounge. Adjacent to the Diplomat Spa is a state-of-the-art, two-story fitness center featuring an elevated cardio deck with elliptical, treadmills and stationary bikes, all with integrated docking stations. Private fitness training sessions are available.
The resort provides a variety of spacious rooms and suites with ocean, Intracoastal Waterway and city views. Oceanfront rooms have spacious balconies overlooking the beautiful Atlantic Ocean. In-room amenities include a mini-bar, refrigerator, video games, 24-hour room service and on-demand movies.
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Guldkustens Discgolfbana
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A tight woodland course on a moor next to Pite Havsbad - one of the biggest tourism and conference centres in Northern Europe.
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# Holes: 18
Target Type: Latitude 64
Tee Type: Artificial Turf
Elevation: Flat
Foliage: Woodsy
Course Length: 5,583ft
Hole Length: Under 300ft: 8 | 300 - 400ft: 7 | Over 400ft: 3
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Tuesday, September 19, 2017
TEPPFA launches Discover Plastics campaign to highlight suitability of plastic pipe systems for sewer and stormwater applications
This major multinational awareness campaign, designed to inform and inspire the civil engineering and utilities sectors, celebrates the flexibility, longevity and strength of plastic pipes – not to mention their ease and speed of installation. Drawing on more than 20 years of independent research, TEPPFA (The European Plastic Pipes and Fittings Association) – in partnership with 4 National Associations – is promoting awareness of the natural suitability of plastic pipes for sewer and stormwater applications. And Wavin, as the foremost European producer of plastic pipes and connections, is proud to be playing a leading role in this dynamic campaign.
Maarten Roef, President of Mexichem Fluent Europe (Wavin is part of Mexichem's Fluent Business Group) was nominated President of TEPPFA in April 2016. His mission, in tandem with all the other members of TEPPFA, is to promote the benefits of plastic pipe systems and shine a bright spotlight on the real life case studies from across Europe – by showcasing how plastic pipe systems have been successfully deployed in many challenging situations, and are continuing to function decades after their installation. He feels the bad image plastic has is completely outdated:
Take for example the lifespan of a plastic pipe, it can last for 100 years underground without leakages. Also plastic pipes can reduce energy consumption and can be recycled between 5-10 times. Altogether, there is no other material that offers that kind of sustainability.Maarten Roef , President of Mexichem Fluent Europe (of which Wavin is part) and President of TEPPFA
Dedicated knowledge hub
At the core of this campaign is a dedicated knowledge hub – a specialist microsite – which brings together the results of multiple wide-ranging studies into the performance and behavior of plastic pipes when used for sewers. These studies include the 100 Year Service Life of Gravity Sewer Pipes report, which investigated the effects of traffic loading and strain, corrosion and other factors on plastic pipes in both field conditions and laboratory testing. Independently reviewed by an expert from the world of academia, the project proved that a 100 year in-service lifetime could be confidently predicted for EN-compliant plastic pipes.
We know civil engineers are passionate about the quality of their designs, and by collating this wide range of compelling evidence, we can demonstrate that plastics display all the qualities required of a long-lasting sewer pipe system.Floris Bordewijk , Wavin Business Unit Director Stormwater Management and Foul Water and TEPPFA Chairman of the Applications Group Civils
Discover: Plastics
According to Ludo Debever, Chairman of the Brussels-based TEPPFA, the campaign is focusing on "enabling specifiers and civil engineers to better understand the benefits of plastics as a valuable material for pipes." What are the key benefits?
Performance – plastics are light, maneuverable, flexible: the performance of plastic pipes makes for a more reliable, efficient and sustainable solution for sewer systems.
Strength – plastics are a strong, flexible and agile material: using plastic pipes for storm water and sewerage offers means few defects and a long lifespan.
Flexibility – plastics combine flexibility and strength: this blend is important to successful civil engineering projects such as sewerage systems.
Longevity – plastics have been proven and tested: hidden beneath our feet, you might not be aware that plastic pipes have replaced traditional materials for many applications.
And as we strive to make urban areas more environmentally responsible and more resilient to extreme fluctuations in climate conditions, plastics are sustainable.
Campaign launch
The Discover: Plastics campaign was launched on September 18th in the United Kingdom and will shortly go live in Poland, France and Germany as well. For more information, please go to the campaign website at www.discover-plasticpipes.com/uk or www.teppfa.eu.


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A partnered social dance that brings people together, Zouk can also be your way to stay in shape. Zouk Elements promotes this, originally Brazillian, partnered dance, which today has elements drawn from Contemporary, Hip-hop and other modern dance styles. You do not need to be a dancer or with a partner to attend. Zouk has a friendly vibe, is mesmerizing to watch and an absolute joy to dance.
For group fitness classes, you must arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled start time to secure your spot in class!


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Benefits of Massage Therapy.
In the 21st century, there are things that people would indulge in to ensure that they live a happy as well as a healthy life. As people purpose to get some massage, it is clear that this has been contributed by a number of factors. It is clear that the body massage has been seen to be instrumental when it comes to making a person relax and feel at ease. You are going to feel more energized as well as feel at ease when you choose to get some regular massage. It is also clear that detoxing has also become a common practice in most parts of the world. There has been an introduction of a number of ways that one person is going to live a healthy life despite of the actual going.
By choosing the right massage therapy, you are assured that this will be vital when it comes to ensuring that you gain some of this benefits. If you are looking for massage therapy in Baton, you should note that you will have a pool of service providers willing to address this needs. Once you have settled down on having some massage therapy, it is high time to realize that you will gain some few benefits. For you to learn more about this benefits of having the right massage therapy you need to ensure that you read more. One of the main reasons why this is important is the fact that this is going to help you relax fully.
Among the reasons why massage therapy is key is because your body is likely going to be tense and this could result in the production of harmful chemicals that are not right for the body. In order to have the stress levels reduced significantly, it has been proven that massage therapy always deals with this issue. You do not have to be stressed about the pain since these massage therapy will help you in stimulating the physical as well as the emotional energy levels. On the other hand, you should note that the reduction of stress also plays a critical role when it comes to lowering the blood pressure levels.
Since high blood pressure and other blood related conditions could lead to heart attack as well as the kidney failure, it is crucial to note that massage therapy does wonders in controlling all this conditions. Your muscles play a critical role in movement as well as other body functions. You should note that massage therapy will help in promoting muscle relaxation and this will make your life easier and more so happier.


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Maintenance for organizations
We offer cooperation with companies for maintenance of computer equipment and network in your office. We carry out fast departure to your office or remote service for small breakdowns.
We work both on the basis of the contract, and on single departures with payment upon implementation of the order. You can choose a fixed-fee service or pay for the work based on the time spent to solve the problem.


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College student's lifestyle could be rough. Professional authors are offered by assignment providers to do away with most the worries you've got and also make certain your endeavors aren't merely original in second details far too. Faculties are sometimes quite a hard time for those college students. Let's talk about a number reasons why getting a degree may be well worth every penny.
Getting a college level is about starting more chances in existence. A level prepares you through missions for the livelihood course and also mature existence. You are able to contact several services for your own mission assistance. Every one understands that non school graduates get substantially fewer wages in relation to the pupils. A level aids to locate job at a particular subject, which consequently contributes to getting work expertise and enhancement of creating probable.
According to polls it can be found the difference between wages between your non and graduates school college pupils will be growing year in, year out. Generally, it's found that level holders reach equilibrium and complete a psychological condition of enjoyment. Lots of people today know that to really have stable occupations it's imperative to possess education from a establishment. It contributes to psychological enrichment in every facets of everyday life span.
The chances of melancholy is paid off into a terrific extent and also the desire to exercising is significantly improved. The likelihood to become overweight or with heavy kiddies later on have been not reduced.
Regardless of the current downturn at the market, scholars from reputed associations are somewhat more inclined to maintain their occupations than their educated batch partners. In addition to the, these pupils find tasks faster compared to their non invasive grad partners. Because the chance of pupils getting extra cash and additionally obtaining work in better-paying occupations, they have been not as inclined to become influenced from poverty.
Candidates from reputed associations are somewhat more inclined to be given a retirement program with those companies.
Generally, graduates are 3 situations as joyful whenever they voice their own opinion seeing project gratification.
- Pupils who failed their own campuses in science-related areas or Engineering or company are far more inclined to discover occupations that are carefully correlated in their own field of analysis.
- Greater than seventy% of these pupils from faculty have the belief their existing occupations are related for their own individual area of analysis.
- Over 1 / 2 graduates in associations claimed their present occupation is really closely correlated to their own major.
Teachers in the private and public business agree it is wise choice to put money into faculty instruction. Studies have demonstrated the yield investments has stayed stable in approximately fifteen% within the previous decades. The degrees of yields were high at the industry of research for scholars requiring qualitative skills for example mathematics and engineering. The levels of yields were higher in areas using majors in operation and medicine and allied areas. As stated by the research conducted from the Federal Reserve lender for a mean individual, buying faculty instruction is almost always a sensible choice.
Aside from area education, faculty education demands organizational abilities and analytical capability, criticalthinking and also the ability to finish a job from beginning to end. These skills offered the doorways for obtaining occupation within an elastic scope of businesses. College level ensures greater project chances and opportunities of mobility.
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Welcome to Feathered Nest Friday
Here is what I shared this week:
Get the look: 4 vintage style chandeliers
The Biltmore & Balsam Hill
Weekend View
My love affair with my Lacanche range
Here are the highlights
Repurpose and upcycle shared a no sew curtain
Housepitality Designs shared a pumpkin floral arrangement
So much better with Age shared a French Christmas living room mantel
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Feathered Nest Friday - Welcome to Feathered Nest Friday Here is what I shared this week:
Thursday, November 1, 2018
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Thanks for hosting! I look forward to coming each week.ReplyDelete
Courtney, I was having computer problems and my original linkup at #9 didn't work correctly. I've re-linked at 47. I don't know how to remove the original. Sorry about thatReplyDelete
Thanks so much for hosting each week!!ReplyDelete
Thank you for hosting Feathered Nest Friday, as always, Courtney! I linked up a couple of posts this week for you. I missed a couple of your posts so will have to catch up, as I see. Been working on Thanksgiving and Christmas ideas this week... The happy craziness of blogging, as you well know.ReplyDelete
Happy fall hugs,
Barb :)
Thanks so much for featuring my Christmas mantel and living room, Courtney! Have a great weekend.ReplyDelete
Hugs, Jamie
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"Mitch Albom has done it again with this moving memoir of love and loss. You can't help but fall for Chika. A page-turner that will no doubt become a classic." --Mary Karr, author of The Liars' Club and The Art of Memoir
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Tuesdays With Morrie comes Mitch Albom's most personal story to date: an intimate and heartwarming memoir about what it means to be a family and the young Haitian orphan whose short life would forever change his heart.
Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in a landscape of extreme poverty, and when her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought to The Have Faith Haiti Orphanage that Albom operates in Port Au Prince.
With no children of their own, the forty-plus children who live, play, and go to school at the orphanage have become family to Mitch and his wife, Janine. Chika's arrival makes a quick impression. Brave and self-assured, even as a three-year-old, she delights the other kids and teachers. But at age five, Chika is suddenly diagnosed with something a doctor there says, "No one in Haiti can help you with."
Mitch and Janine bring Chika to Detroit, hopeful that American medical care can soon return her to her homeland. Instead, Chika becomes a permanent part of their household, and their lives, as they embark on a two-year, around-the-world journey to find a cure. As Chika's boundless optimism and humor teach Mitch the joys of caring for a child, he learns that a relationship built on love, no matter what blows it takes, can never be lost.
Told in hindsight, and through illuminating conversations with Chika herself, this is Albom at his most poignant and vulnerable. Finding Chika is a celebration of a girl, her adoptive guardians, and the incredible bond they formed—a devastatingly beautiful portrait of what it means to be a family, regardless of how it is made.
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- BISAC2: FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Adoption & Fostering
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Albom conveys the heartbreak of watching her suffer (Chika endured surgeries, and lost teeth and hair), while capturing Chika's sweet spirit and youthful resilience. He speaks candidly about being too career-focused and putting off having kids until it was too late, and shares how Chika allowed him and his wife to experience the glory of parenthood decades into their marriage. Albom addresses Chika directly: "You never have to worry about us forgetting you... we'd lose every memory we ever had before we would let go of yours." Both painfully sad and beautiful, this is an absolute tearjerker. - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The takeaway from this simple, moving memoir is that love has no boundaries and should not be hindered by ethnicity, religion, education, or money.A highly expressive, tender story about how "families are like pieces of art, they can be made from many materials. - Kirkus Reviews
"This is a story of such heart-wrenching beauty that you think it would take a Mitch Albom to compose it. But Albom is more than the author, for it was his own heart that was broken open by the surprising arrival and excruciating departure of a dazzling little Haitian girl named Chika—who became, in every way that matters, his and his wife's precious daughter — and it is his own life he seeks to patch back together in the telling." - Melissa Fay Greene, two-time Nation a l Book Award finalist and author of There Is No Me Without You
"Mitch Albom has done it again with this moving memoir of love and loss. You can't help but fall for Chika. A page-turner that will no doubt become a classic." - Mary Karr, author of The Liars' Club and The Art of Memoir
Albom's memoir is a lens into his grief but also a celebration of Chika's spirit and lessons gleaned from their time together as a family. The heartbreaking but uplifting story is a testament to the bravery and resilience of children and the power of love. - Library Journal


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The 300 Spartans fighting for the Termopilis were the main theme of another graphic novel, here the main characters are three slaves escaping from a slaughter and guilt of killing various spartan soldiers.
They are chased by the spartan army that aim to track and kill them.
Unlike 300, this story is a work of fiction, but the context where the characters live is rendered with realism. The story is engaging and full of fights and violence.
Thanks to the publisher for providing me the copy necessary to write this review.
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We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.
Following up on the previous theme of finding things to do as an empty-nester, we were at the mall recently (the Apple Store to fix an iPad and iPhone which had gone awry) and found a gallery which was selling/showing Salvador Dali etchings from the Argillet Collection.
Christine Argillet is the daughter of Pierre Argillet, one of Dali's patrons. His relationship with Dali began in 1934 and continued throughout his life. Christine essentially grew up with Dali, and since Pierre's death has managed one of the largest Dali collections in the world.
I love Dali's work and for my sake my wife suggested we walk in. The gallery manager viewed the etchings with us, telling stories from previous shows which Christine had attended. We were invited back for the show (this weekend on Saturday), which I will attend. A bit later, on the ride home, my wife told me she had no interest in Dali, but knew I enjoyed surrealism, was willing to take a look but I'd likely attend on my own. That's fine, I spent an hour by myself in the Time Warner Building on Columbus Avenue when they had Dali's work in the lobby. A lucky find while out walking NYC streets during lunch.
I was lucky that my wife had paid attention as we were leaving the mall. Empty-nesting is a constant relearning of what brought you together in the first place. Sometimes you find things one or both enjoy, sometimes you just indulge the other person. Dali is a great indulgence, particularly on her part.
For me, Dali is an expression of an inner wildness and creativity which never found a reasonable outlet. His work expresses a joy of life, but also a willingness to avoid conforming to the norm, while accepting the norm but never worrying much about it.
Dali was cast out of the Surrealist movement because he rejected their socialist/communist politics, feeling that art needed to stand on its own. I suspect he had a touch of capitalist in him, knowing he needed money to survive and accomplish what he wanted to do, and his art was a specialized enough means to an end to help get all the things he wanted. However, he claimed to be a communist in his youth, though mainly to promote shock and generate a reaction. In his later years, he returned to Catholicism and declared himself a monarchist. However, he supported Francisco Franco, even praising him for signing certain death warrants.
How much of Dali is really what he believed? That's hard to say. Most of Dali's life was designed to generate a reaction, not necessarily make a point. I like to believe he must have been a very fun person to know, but nearly impossible to figure out or expect much from outside his art.
But it's possible to trace certain modern art, like performance art or the Nouveau Realisme of Christo, to Dali and his desire to generate a reaction. Dali wasn't usually interested inmaking a political point, but from time to time he made his point carefully, such as his Mao work, which included veiled references to the French fleur-de-lis and the Spanish Crown.


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Use your favorite bread for this sandwich. The deli roast beef tastes terrific but bumps the sodium content up. Feel free to use a lower-sodium version.
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Okay, so imagine we collect solar energy on the bright side of the planet and, lacking adequate battery technology, we wire it to the dark side of the planet for their use too. This continues as the Earth turns, with huge amounts of electrical current going round and round the equator daily. Do this on massive scale and you've created a very big electro-magnet.
Is it possible for this activity to impact significantly the magnetic field of the earth? Would climate change take a back seat to the damage we could do? Could this even destabilize the Earth's spin?
There is the mad scientist thought for you. The rest of the calculation is left as an exercise for the student — and watch your minus signs, it might add to what we have, rather than subtract.
Bonus question to the ancient history conspiracy fans – has this happened before?
Personally, I think long before this happens, climate change will redistribute enough ice to change the Earth's moment of inertia and introduce a wobble to the orbit. But that's another exercise for the budding physics students out there.
Since we use AC current, this is actually a trick question. If Tesla had beat Edison, it would not be so. Also, the mass redistribution bit is real.


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Thursday, 25 August 2011
The Drag Anchor.
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The scourge of immigration is destroying America too, OR. It's sickening how your once beautiful cities aren't fit for beasts anymore, the psycho's will slit their throats.ReplyDelete
It does look like mad max out there, or even worse and more recent movie "the road".
Stay safe where you are, and hope they don't start encroaching there too!
In the late nineties, AB, I spent six weeks training in Miami. On looking for a supermarket near the hotel, I asked someone where it might be. They spoke no English!ReplyDelete
As for encroachment, my local city is showing signs of unpleasant, violent behaviour, by our own trailer trash, aping the larger cities. What a world we have created.
I can't blame the people who are coming here (from within and outwith the European Union.) They're just looking for a better life, unfortunately in doing so our country is being ruined financially and culturally, in the end, they can go back to their country but what do we do?ReplyDelete
It's made all the more ironic because we could have ruined the country ourselves, we didn't need help.
I'm all for immigration but it needs to be controlled.
Hi, pa_broon74, good of you to pop by.ReplyDelete
I too, do not blame the immigrants themselves. I am sad their hopes and dreams are squandered by out pathetic establishment, every bit as much as our own.
The Biased BBC (certainly on Radio2 news around lunchtime ) was referring to this as the neutral-sounding "migration", rather than the emotive 'immigration'ReplyDelete
The BBC. The absolute thought police of 2011, Joe.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous26 August 2011 at 07:21
@Joe Public:ReplyDelete
I didn't listen to the radio broadcast, but on their website they talk about people leaving as well as and entering. "Migration" is the correct word to use in that case.
Anon, all the semantics possible cannot hide the stain of BBC leftie bias.ReplyDelete


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