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For Kristina Tsvetanova, a Braille tablet reader is more than just helping those who are blind or visually impaired to read — it's about helping them accomplish so much more.
In 2012, Tsvetanova realized a gap in the market after a blind friend at school asked her to help him sign up for an online class, according to The New York Times.
"'The shock that my friend couldn't perform this simple task stayed with me,'" Tsvetanova told the publication. So after earning a bachelor's degree in industrial management and a master's in engineering, Tsvetanova went on to co-found Blitab in 2014 alongside Slavi Slavev.
Blitab is motivated by wanting to help "blind people [be] independent at school, at home, and at work and to enable them to maintain gainful employment," it says on Blitab's website. It aims to launch its first portable tablet in the fall, also called a Blitab, for the blind and visually impaired. It is "designed for universal literacy and [an] inclusive future."
The Blitab features touch navigation and text-to-speech output, and "it is a platform for all existing and future software applications for blind readers. So we do not compete, we integrate and collaborate," Blitab explains, adding that it can be used to empower children and students learning new skills as well as adults who may need the tablet at their office or at home.
"On the top half, the tablet's glass is perforated into a grid with holes, which allow Blitab's liquid-based technology to create tactile relief — or 'tixels' — that outputs content in the Braille alphabet — the touch-reading system that has been the literacy tool for blind people since 1824. The 'smart' liquid alters the surface of the tablet to convert text, maps, and graphics into Braille, by creating a rising sensation under the user's fingertips," The Times reports.
"Blitab can translate any type of content into Braille using our cloud-based software and displays one page of content at a time," Tsvetanova adds in the article.
Users can read, write, surf, and connect on their Blitab, which features a full-page Braille display. The Times points out that there are portable Braille readers that exist, but they "typically offer only single-line displays."
"Can you imagine reading Harry Potter one line at a time?" Tsvetanova says in the article.
Finally, Blitab points to four global problems that it aims to solve: digital exclusion, poor literacy, social exclusion, and unemployment issues within the blind community.
Regarding the latter, the National Federation of the Blind reports that in 2015 in the United States, only 28 percent of non-institutionalized persons aged 21-64 years with a visual disability were employed full time.
"Therefore, for working-age adults reporting significant vision loss, over 70 percent are not employed full-time," the federation says.
In 2017, Tsvetanova took home the Rising Innovator award from the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, which recognizes female entrepreneurs 30 years old and under. In a video from the event, Tsvetanova says:
"In Europe, there are many strong role models, but many [are men]. Perhaps I will be a role model for someone, who knows."
Hopefully, the forthcoming Blitab — to be released this fall — does exactly what it aims to do, and we look forward to seeing how it can benefit those who are blind or visually impaired.


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My first proper entry.. inspired by Jay L. nice one Jay!!
When I say day 6 its just after 5am, so i've had five days of focusing on my desires... Jez I didn't realise how negative my thoughts were until just 5 days ago, and it was on the 5th day that I felt I'd any kind of a handle on it... Isn't improvement GRRREEAATT!!!
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3 Bed Townhouse near the Beach
Murcia Region San Javier Santiago de la Ribera
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Lovely 3 bedroom townhouse for sale near the beach, in Santiago de la Ribera, Murcia. The ground floor has a spacious lounge and dining room, bedroom, bathroom, separate kitchen and a covered rear patio with a second kitchen and seating area. The side terrace has been enclosed to make another lounge area and the garage is used as extra living space. Upstairs there are 2 further bedrooms and a bathroom and the main bedroom has a sun terrace. There is air conditioning in the lounge.
At the front of the property is a covered porch with a sun awning and room to park a vehicle though there is plenty of parking in front of the property as well.
Located in a much sought after area of Santiago de la Ribera, close to a park and just a 10 minute walk ( 400 mtrs ) to the picturesque beach and promenade.
The attractive town of Santiago de la Ribera is the name given to the coastal area attached to San Javier and it lies within the Murcia region, on the shores of the Mar Menor.
Santiago de la Ribera has a very lovely promenade flanked by attractive palm trees and with Summer beach bars, cafes and restaurants along its route. Today La Ribera continues to be popular with the Spanish for their vacations but also attracts visitors from all over Europe. It has a modern air, without being over developed and still retains a lot of its original character and charm.
The 4 kms of fine sandy beaches with calm, shallow waters, are ideal for all kinds of water sports and activities as well as for taking time to relax and enjoy the sunshine. Cycling is very popular with the flat terrain and cycle tracks make it safe for all. From the Marina you can take a boat trip around the calm waters of the mar Menor or take a ferry across to La Manga Strip on the opposite side of the bay.
The Romería de San Blas is one of the most well-known festivals in Murcia, which takes place at the beginning of February. During the summer in Santiago de la Ribera, they also celebrate the Festival of the Virgen del Carmen with a maritime procession and popular street parties.
The newly extended Dos Mares shopping centre is nearby and has a wide range of shops, family friendly restaurants, an arcade and bowling alley. A little further is the popular retail and leisure development of La Zenia Boulevard (20 minutes by car). The city and port of Cartagena and Murcia City, are a 30 minute drive on uncongested motorways. Unlike a lot of towns, Santiago de la Ribera does have quite good bus links. The town of Balsicas is 14 kms away and has a train station which connects to Murcia and from there to all major cities in Spain. Corvera airport is 25 minutes and Alicante airport 50 minutes.


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The American Water Works Association indicated that 237,600 water line breaks each year in the U.S. and cost public water utilities approximately $2.8 billion annually. Further, aging and leaky pipes steal 7 billion gallons each day from our water systems.
Smart farming as an application of IoT has been picking up a lot of traction lately. We see not only startups building smart farming solutions but even large corporations, like John Deere, realizing the potential benefits of IoT in farming equipment.
Creating waste is one of the few necessary evils that does not get nearly enough attention. In US alone, we are generating 30% more waste per day than we did 50 years ago. Steps have been taken to handle and process this waste in a better way and building better awareness among people has helped.
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A terrifying story of conformity and deformity in a world paralysed by genetic mutation
In The Chrysalids John Wyndham takes the reader into the anguished heart of a community where the chances of breeding true are less than 50 percent and where deviations are rooted out and destroyed as offences and abominations. The narrator of The Chrysalids is David, who can communicate with a small group of young people by means of 'thought shapes'. This deviation from a cruelly rigid norm goes unnoticed at first. But sooner or later the secret is bound to be discovered, and the results are violent, horrific... and believable.Nyrb - 2008
The Chrysalids is set in the future after a devastating global nuclear war. David, the young hero of the novel, lives in a tight-knit community of religious and genetic fundamentalists, always on the alert for any deviation from the norm of God's creation. Abnormal plants are publicly burned, with much singing of hymns. Abnormal humans (who are not really human) are also condemned to destruction — unless they succeed in fleeing to the Fringes, that Wild Country where, as the authorities say, nothing is reliable and the devil does his work. David grows up ringed by admonitions: Keep pure the stock of the Lord; Watch thou for the mutant.
At first he does not question. Then, however, he realizes that he too is out of the ordinary, in possesssion of a power that could doom him to death or introduce him to a new, hitherto unimagined world of freedom.
As one reviewer noted when the book was first published, John Wyndham writes with a 'miraculous avoidance of cliche and a gentle, sophisticated, slighty astringent humour. He is one of the few authors whose compulsive readability is a compliment to the intelligence.'Nyrb - 2008
"[Wyndham] was responsible for a series of eerily terrifying tales of destroyed civilisations; created several of the twentieth century's most imaginative monsters; and wrote a handful of novels that are rightly regarded as modern classics." —The Observer (London)
"John Wyndham's portrait of a community driven to authoritarian madness by its overwhelming fear of difference — in this case, of genetic mutations in the aftermath of nuclear war — finds its echoes in every society." —The Scotsman
The Chrysalids is a perfectly conceived and constructed work from the classic era of science fiction, a Voltairean philosophical tale that has as much resonance in our own day, when religious and scientific dogmatism are both on the march, as when it was written during the cold war.


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Crofters, a startup helping you grow completely organic food right inside a living room
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This belief brought Deepak Srinivasan a long way who now finds himself on the entrepreneurial path.
According to Deepak, "The industrialised farming methods based on fossil fuels are putting a huge amount of pressure on our planet. To come up with technically advanced systems that can enable farming in urban areas in a sustainable manner is the need of the hour. The food we eat is engineered to travel long distances and 50 percent of our food is wasted even before it reaches us. We need ways to produce healthy local food."
Deepak, with his co-founder Ashish Khan, started Crofters in March 2016, and they have come up with devices that will help people farm their fresh, healthy food in a sustainable manner. Crofters have developed India's first fully automatic indoor home farm.
They have built an intelligent, self-cleaning, indoor aquaponics ecosystem that helps grow completely organic food right inside a living room. It is for passionate gardeners living in crowded apartments without a backyard space or a terrace of their own.
A combo of nature and technology
They have built an intelligent WiFi-enabled mobile app and sensor unit which helps control and monitor all ecosystem parameters remotely. All this comes with zero maintenance. Users can use the system to grow vegetables, herbs, or small fruits. They are looking to gather data from its users to replicate the model on a large, commercial scale in the future.
How do they implement this?
They create hardware and software that enable people to grow their own fresh food. They have a series of products and solutions that will enable farming in places previously considered unsuitable for it. Their LED grow light technology will help in the indoor farming area to convert huge spaces in urban areas into farms. They claim that their technology will reduce water consumption by 80 percent and pave the way for vertical farming that will make more use of available space.
How did they choose the name of their company and what does it mean?
According to Ashish, "Crofter refers to someone who farms on a small piece of land, so we named our company Crofters as we are on a mission to make farming accessible to everyone on this planet."
Core service/product
They develop IoT-based indoor and outdoor farms based on the science of aquaponics.
Monetisation strategy
They have an online-only model for selling their products with doorstep delivery and service. They are into consumables model with income from the sales of accessories to the users through the marketplace. They are working towards setting up experience centres for experiencing the Crofters ecosystem in Bengaluru and Chennai. They will work with ed tech companies on a partnership basis by licensing of their product with a curriculum.
Funding status
They are bootstrapped and want to achieve some tangible traction before looking for funding.
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You can do this in the beginning, during your first contact with them, or you can do it once they've started budgeting and taking advantage of one or several of your products.
You will find that many of your customers don't consider themselves businessmen or women and are typically grateful simply to have a reliable job. However, many are accomplished and/or experienced workers that can easily turn life experience, a career or a skillset into additional side work(or even a full-fledged company), one day. It's important to share with your customers that they do have the wisdom to run a business, if they have the right training and guidance.
However, when it comes to starting a new business, most entrepreneurs make a mistake by choosing a business model that just isn't profitable. So, while it's true that it's a great idea to help your regular customers turn into business owners, it's also important to teach them how to recognize a good micro-business; and also to teach them how to launch that business properly.
What are Some Micro-Business Ideas that Might Help to Reach and Empower Underserved Markets?
- Temporary staffing agencies for local small to medium sized businesses,
- Software training,
- Financial services training like for financial careers in accounting, grant or loan application preparation, and tax preparation,
- Financial services like accounting, grant or loan application preparation, and tax preparation,
- Job site food services,
- B2B mobile product and computer sales, repair and consulting,
- IT and IT training,
- Translation services,
- Contracting and skilled labor,
- Baking staple foods like breads and muffins,
- Affordable eldercare and childcare,
- Cleaning cars and homes, and of course
- Taking their current job and turning it into a spinoff business
What Could Your Program Offer?
- Offer classes to guide them in writing a business-plan,
- Review their business plans and make useful recommendations,
- Offer classes in marketing and advertising,
- Offer vouchers for free business services like printing, food services and courier services etc.
- Encourage business relationships throughout the community with coupons, vouchers and events.
- Offer simple to understand business and money management classes so they don't go into business with blinders on. They should know what to expect.
- If their credit is too bad to offer seed money, work with them improve their credit, learn money management and start their new businesses asap.
Teaching members of your community how to run their own businesses will improve their families and make your community better. There's no reason not start developing your bank's outreach program today!
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Starwood Luxury Custom Home Builder
Professional & Skilled Arizona Custom Home Builders
The custom home-building experience at Starwood is all about you, and making your dream home a reality. Whether you have a firm idea in your mind of what you want, or prefer to choose from a library of home plans and styles, our luxury custom home-builders can build it, and build it right! Choosing to build a Starwood custom home is choosing to build it your way. From the exterior, to the interior, no two of our homes are exactly alike.
We can build a home in any style to reflect your personal taste, from modern to traditional, contemporary to Tuscan. Our Arizona custom home builders are experienced professionals, ready to build your unique custom home in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Gilbert or valley-wide. They carefully consider all the needs of your particular lifestyle to ensure your custom home will be a haven for you and your loved ones for years to come.
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This is your first opportunity to meet the highly-talented Starwood team and share with them your ideas and custom home features wish list. The Starwood team will present creative ways to maximize your budget and determine the best type of home to meet your unique lifestyle. You will benefit from their years of experience and building knowledge.
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If you are not already pre-qualified for a construction home loan, we can set you up with one of our preferred lenders. They will assist you in carefully determining the size of loan you qualify for. We can also work with your preferred lender.
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Location, location, location! Our team will help you find the perfect lot for your custom home. You will have exclusive access to our personal inventory which includes over 100 custom home sites throughout the Valley. We can also build on a lot you already own, or help you purchase a lot outside our exclusive inventory.
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Chances are, you've already given extensive thought to the best floorplan to meet your unique needs. You can work with one of our highly-skilled architects to draw your floorplan from scratch or choose from a library of pre-drawn plans. Whether you need a basement, theater room, large pantry, or casita, we can incorporate any element into a new or existing floorplan.
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You will be guided through this fun process by a skilled interior designer. You will get to choose your colors, flooring, appliances, fixtures, lighting, countertops, cabinets, etc. This is your opportunity to select the features that will best reflect your unique style in your new living environment.
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Exhibitors: Book your hotel room using the link on the Exhibitors Home Page.
EPIC 2018 Group Rate: $229 per night, plus applicable taxes (15.75% + $3 per room night occupied).
Conference days include: Monday, October 15 through Wednesday, October 17
The EPIC 2018 group rate for the Hyatt Regency New Orleans is offered 3 days prior and 3 days after the EPIC conference, subject to availability.
Registration Deadline has been extended but there are limited rooms available – book today!
Members, don't forget about the Hotel Room Reimbursement Program. Details and reimbursement forms can be found on the Get to N'Awlins/Hotel Room Reimbursement page of this web site.
This year, Hotel reservations are part of the conference registration process – in order to complete your meeting attendee registration, you should make sure to register for your hotel room at the same time.
Members: When you register for EPIC as an attendee, you will be directed to make your hotel reservation as part of the meeting registration process. You can book your hotel for more than three nights, but you will be required to book via the EPIC room block at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights (Oct. 15, 16, & 17) – staying these three nights and departing on Thursday, Oct. 18 is how you qualify for the bonus partipation plan. If you later need to change your reservation, you can do so at that point in time.
Suppliers: While no reimbursement program is in place for you, and no requirement for three nights stay, please make your reservation in the EPIC room block so that your stay helps EPIC meet its room block commitment.
Making your reservation in this manner will ensure you get the proper rate.
Why are we changing the hotel reservation process this year? EPIC absolutely needs your hotel reservation to run through our established reservations process, to enable us to meet our contractual commitment to the hotel. When you book around the group's block, or stay elsewhere, it creates a shortfall that could end up costing EPIC money. Thank you in advance for making your reservation as part of the EPIC 2018 room block.
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How are you all fairing in this hot weather here in the uk i love the warm but it was rather close yesterday and it,s just not fair as i,m working full time this week,and will miss my afternoons free time.I,m hoping we have a bit more air today.
It,s a treat to sit in my craftroom when it,s like this as it,s like a little fridge so cool, when you leave the room it,s just like when you go on holiday to greece or somewhere like that and you get off the plane and the heat hits you.
Right now onto some brill news.
It was so exciting opening my DT parcel from Teresa the other day as in it was some yummy new rubber stamps all available now at the CRAFTS and ME Store and i couldn,t wait to ink them up i have finished a card using one to show you It,s just so gorgeous and great to colour.This ones from Artist Jasmine-Becket-Griffiths called Butterflies in my Hair, and what fabulous hair is this ringlets and all.
If you want this beauty shes available HERE at the Crafts and me store
And heres a closeup isn,t she a beauty.
Other Items used.
Promarkers,Memory box Design paper available HERE at Crafts and Me.Crafty Ribbons Seam Binding,Marieanne Creatable leaf die,Prima flowers and pearls from my stash.
I hope you have a fab day
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WELCOME to my Blog I,m a Proud DT member for Crafts and me Crafty Ribbons and Crafty Catz
Tuesday, 28 June 2011
Whoo Hoo New Rubber at Crafts and Me
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5 comments:
- tilly said...
loving the hair and butterflies, no wonder you could not wait lol
- 28 June 2011 at 11:19
- Riet said...
So beautiful card Trish,I love the image and the colours.
So gorgeous papers.
Hugs Riet.xx
- 28 June 2011 at 16:31
- coops said...
fantastic card trish.love the stunning image and your colours and details are gorgeous :D
xx coops xx
- 28 June 2011 at 22:06
- Dawn said...
Hi Trish, she is gorgeous! Beautiful card, Hugs, Dawn
- 2 July 2011 at 05:34
- crafty amy said...
It has been a bit warm hasn't it lol :D This is stunning hun I do love this stamp and she looks so good in those colours :D
- 4 July 2011 at 11:45
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Officials with the State Police say that they are expecting a big uptick in drunk driving accidents now that summer is here. Police are preparing to step up DUI checkpoints throughout the state in order to discourage as many would-be drunk drivers as possible.
Captain Jones, a spokesman for the State Police, says that troopers will use crash data collected over recent years to identify problem areas, and will turn their focus there.
According to data collected from 2015, alcohol was involved in more than a third of crash-related fatalities in New Jersey. All told, 542 people were killed on New Jersey roads last year.
Jones has told drivers to be cautious this summer and expect to see more State Police on the roads than in previous years. He refused to give out specific locations of where troopers intend to set up checkpoints, but did say that their Facebook page would provide general areas they would be monitoring.
He and state officials hope that the increased presence of authorities and checkpoints will be enough to greatly reduce the number of fatal accidents this year, and encourage people who have been drinking to make smarter decisions.
To report a drunk driver, State Police ask that you call the aggressive driver tip line at #77 from a hands-free mobile device and provide a description of the vehicle and driver if possible.
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Time to Catch UpPosted: March 3, 2019 Filed under: digital, Fine Art, photography, Still Life | Tags: Fine Art, photography, still life 1 Comment
I'm a bit fed up with myself today and it occurred to me I should catch up on my photo posts. I spend quite a lot of my time on Flick'r now and 'age' doesn't allow me the same concentration that I used to enjoy , so I'm afraid my Blog has suffered a bit of un-intended neglect !
I hope these pics will compensate for that …
Thankfully my love for taking photographs hasn't waned and I'm still keen to try to make little works of art, although it seems a little presumptive to assume that other people will enjoy looking at them! Still – I can indulge myself here and from past experience I've found everyone really friendly and encouraging, and that's been a real blessing.
Also making an appearance are these lovely catkins . The shrub is commonly known as Harry Lauder's Walking Stick because of it's twisted branches, which are seen at their best in winter and spring. Unfortunately, in the summer time, the leaves are also contorted, so it looks as though it has some terrible disease!!
These tulips are not growing in my garden – they are just a bunch I bought. I placed them in a vase in front of the brightly sun-lit patio window ….
Same tulip, different setting. I really enjoy Still Life photography and trying to harmonise the subject within it's setting. The tulip doesn't strike me as a particularly 'delicate' flower, so I think it can take bold treatment …. not to everyone's taste of course, but then not everyone is a 'Still Life' fan either. But for me it's a life-saver when getting out and about is difficult.
Part of the joy of Still Life are the beautiful 'props' that you accumulate. I've had three 'Macintosh' style mugs for years but never photographed them before. I added a soft glow effect in my PSP which I though suited it very well…..
See you again soon I hope, Eileen
Festive FunPosted: December 18, 2018 Filed under: Christmas, digital, photography | Tags: bit of fun, Christmas, digital, festive, photography, photos 3 Comments
I've been cheering myself up with some festive photography lately – hope you like them …. just a bit of festive fun !
Of course, the true meaning of Christmas is that God sent his Son into the world to redeem mankind and offer eternal life to those who believe in Him, not because we deserve it , but He reconciles us to Himself through His grace.
If I'm not back here before Christmas, I wish you many blessings, Eileen
Catching Up(again)Posted: October 12, 2018 Filed under: digital, Fine Art, Flowers, macro, Nature, photography, Uncategorized | Tags: creativity, Flowers, garden, macro, photography, photos 10 Comments
Yet again I find myself having to catch up with my postings here as I've been somewhat distracted with other things. Fortunately [for me, not necessarily you] I haven't neglected my photography because that is the thing that keeps me happy and sane , together with the good Lord's gracious care of me….
So, this will be a miscellany of images – hope it doesn't all seem too disjointed!
It was only after I peered at this flower through my macro lens that I saw this tiny caterpillar popping his head in and out! The flower is a small Jacob's Ladder.
I enjoy photographing flowers more and more these days and often wish i could get to grips with using 'Textures' to enhance the backgrounds. Meanwhile I'm using the usual depth of field of my lenses to achieve, or try to, a softer background and sometimes the much sought after 'Bokeh'. I haven't a mathematical brain and age has brought with it less stamina and patience to make the required effort to achieve what I really want – but, c'est la vie ! It was much simpler when I used to paint – no tech involved!
This was shot against the light from the window in my living room – it's south-facing and can get extremely bright. I like the bright dazzle of a high key picture though.
Another sparkly ….
I loved the soft yellow of this Chrysanthemum ….
Take care everyone, see you soon, Eileen
Black & WhitePosted: July 11, 2018 Filed under: digital, effects, Landscape, Nature, photography, Trees, Uncategorized, wildlife | Tags: black& White, creativity, infrared, photography, photos Leave a comment
In looking back over the pics I've posted here, I realised to my surprise, that I've never done a post solely of my black and white images. So, as I've recently gathered some black & white and infrared pics into their own folder on my computer, it seems a logical follow- on to post some here: all taken at the Ifield Mill Pond & Bewbush Water Gardens.
Well – there we are folks …. the last few I used an 'infrared' effect on in my Paintshop Pro software, because I love the sunny, soft look it gives !
See you soon, Eileen
Designed From AbovePosted: April 21, 2018 Filed under: digital, macro, Nature, photography, Uncategorized | Tags: colour, design, macro, nature, peacock feathers 2 Comments
The peacock feather must be among the most beautiful of God's creations – so obviously an intelligent 'design' , full of colour and grace. I was so pleased when my daughter presented me with some superb ones for my birthday.
I used my Olympus OM-DE 10 camera with 60mm macro lens attached. I played around in my PSP for a bit of drama by adding a vignette.
The last one is one of those rare occasions when adding water drops doesn't necessarily enhance the subject, I think maybe it makes the overall effect too fussy – but no matter it's here anyway for your opinion!
God bless, Eileen
Catching Up!Posted: March 23, 2018 Filed under: digital, Flowers, macro, photography, Plant Portraits, Roses, Uncategorized | Tags: close up, creativity, Flowers, Lensbaby, macro, photography 3 Comments
After a long absence from My Photo Blog, but not my camera, I've quite a bit of catching up to do here!
I thought I would start with some pics taken with my new Lensbaby Composer Pro 35mm. I've found it difficult to get the hang of, but when I get it right I'm very pleased with the artistic results ….
The lens itself is moveable so that you can choose the part of the subject you want in sharp focus. Much depends on your distance from the subject as well as the f/ used. For ages I couldn't figure out why I couldn't change my f/ number using the usual dial on my camera, till I realised I had to change it on the actual Lens – silly me !
It seems particularly suited to flower subjects – at least it is regarding the 35mm. Lensbaby have a whole variety of different lenses available and I'd hankered after owning one for ages, but as I can't necessarily see the subtle differences between them and they tend to be very expensive, I don't think it will be likely that I will buy any more – I'm very happy with what I've got ! I'd treated myself to this one as a Christmas pressy.
Ha ha – this looks like a rogue macro of the same rose, but no matter – I'll need to look up the techy info to check, which I can't seem to locate here ….
Well, I'll leave it at that for now and will post some more macro flowers next I think. Bye for now, Eileen
Birthday FlowersPosted: March 25, 2017 Filed under: digital, Fine Art, Flowers, macro, photography, Plant Portraits, Roses, Uncategorized | Tags: art, Flowers, macro, photography, roses 5 Comments
Well, would you believe it – I celebrated my 80th Birthday recently ! I have very mixed feelings about that …. but I had some truly lovely gifts and lots of flowers. Flowers, for me, are not something to simply leave in a vase – I love to let myself loose with my camera on them. Macro photography comes into its own and I also get trigger-happy with my little water spray bottle …. so here are a few resulting pics :
I hope to post more tomorrow – Mother's Day flowers have arrived too! Lol….


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Sunday, May 19
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Come join us for this fun-filled day of art-making for the whole family! Create art projects with renowned guest artists. Workshops will be suitable for children of different ages, and will include traditional fine arts and photography.
Authors Selina Alko and Eleni Gage will lead Story Time, and musical performances by students from NYC Guitar School will take place throughout the museum in the afternoon. Lunch will be provided for all of our young artists. Parents are invited to place their bids on unique experience items in our on-site auction.
We invite you to come create with us!
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This is common and EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ADVICE for Orthodox, seemingly paradoxical considering all the talk about Uncreated Light, angels, theophanies, visions, etc. "Even the devil can appear as an angel of light" (2 Corinthians 11:14). We're even supposed to avoid visualization-meditation of any kind, which he can make use of. And if we do see some apparition, we're not to trust it or obey it, but consult our spiritual parent or priest or bishop. This is not the same as Western skepticism toward "private revelation" or needing to get "ecclesiastical approval." It's checking your experience with someone who traditionally knew from his or her own confirmed experiences and Divine Gift how to "discern spirits." The reason for this is how easily we can delude ourselves regarding spiritual things, in severe form known by the Slavonic word prelest, in Greek plani. And it's dangerous because we can be spiritually mis-led and imperil our salvation. Holy Tradition is full of stories of the greatest Saints and Fathers of the Church who were temporarily deceived or even deluded.
All we do, then, is struggle with life on the Orthodox Way, in The Orthodox Church if available, aided by God's Energies and an Orthodox spiritual parent. Purification, period. Illumination and Glorification / Theosis are in God's hands and Mercy and Love.
If that doesn't sound like much, remember this(!), and the great Saint or Father who, as he lay dying in the Monastery, had his brethren around him. They saw his lips moving, though they couldn't hear what he was saying, so they asked him. He said he was seeing an angel, and asking for more time to repent. They were incredulous: 'If anyone has purified himself of all his sins and readied himself for God's Glory, it's you.' But he countered, "I'm not sure I have even begun to repent." This isn't "poor self-image;" even my Latin novice-master told us, "The closer you get to the sun, the more cobwebs you see." Hence Orthodox prayer asks God 'merely' to help us "make a good start."
From St. Feofil, the Fool for Christ's Sake, courtesy of this blog:
If you are praised, be silent. If you are scolded, be silent. If you incur losses, be silent. If you receive profit, be silent. If you are satiated, be silent. If you are hungry, also be silent. And do not be afraid that there will be no fruit when all dies down; there will be! Not everything will die down. Energy will appear; and what energy!
And a well-known story about advice from St. Macarius the Great about indifference to praise and insult, 'Insult the Dead.'
From Saint Symeon the New Theologian, one of the key Fathers of the Church (his feast is commemorated this Sunday 12 October, and two hymns of his feast are here):
Our holy fathers have renounced all other spiritual work and concentrated wholly on this one doing, that is, on guarding the heart,* convinced that, through this practice, they would easily attain every other virtue, whereas without it not a single virtue can be firmly established. (Emphasis added.)
(*–NB: In the Author's Prologue, in the second paragraph, I believe the phrase "it is not anthropocentric but the anthropocentric" should read "it is not anthropocentric but theanthropocentric," ie, centered on the Theanthropos, the God-Man — Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ, Theos and Anthropos, God and Human. One might also say "Christocentric."
NB2: The online text from Metropolitan HIEROTHEOS' Orthodox Psychotherapy linked to is not the entire book, which you might wish to buy or borrow [or steal?! Just kidding.].
NB3: This work is not to be confused with this one of Russian provenance, which I have not yet read through.
NB4: Metr. Hierotheos may well be a living Father of the Church. At least as of 1994 he was spiritual father to "a vast number" of people, especially in Greece, but also worldwide, even through "a treatment network" of "the more spiritually healthy" of his spiritual children. Since '95 he's been an active Ruling Hierarch of a diocese in Greece northwest of Athens [on this page he's spelled Ierotheos, without the H]. As you can see, they have quite a few dioceses over there … where they're called Metropolises, as with most Greek / Hellenic jurisdictions.)
…from the original source follows, for interest's sake (emphases and footnotes mine):
8.) What do you personally find the most challenging about Orthodoxy?
I keep finding that I have so much further to go. Well, to step back, the most challenging thing about Orthodoxy is that it dumps you right out at the place where it's you and Jesus and nowhere to hide. You have to deal with him. No excuses, no lies — lies come from the evil one. As I continue to use the "workout routine" of the spiritual disciplines, I continue to discover that I am still lying to myself about so many things, I am still afraid, I am still lonely, and stubbornly choosing lonely freedom over loved humility. It's an endless struggle. I have been practicing the Jesus Prayer for 12 years, and I am still so far from "pray constantly." It's not a matter of feeling guilty, but more like recognizing that you are still flabby and out of shape and not ready to run the race. Orthodoxy keeps emphasizing God's compassion–that's another thing I noticed early on, that it keeps stressing that God forgives us freely and welcomes us like the father of the Prodigal Son. But I keep holding back. That's the most challenging thing.
9.) Do you feel the freedom to disagree (agreeably) with certain issues of doctrine within the Orthodox Church? How might you handle this differently now, compared with when you moved in Protestant circles?
I guess as a Protestant, and a graduate of Episcopal seminary, I felt an "appropriate" (ha) pride in my own intellectual vigor. There is a vibrant tradition in Western theology, perhaps from the time of St. Thomas Aquinas, of theological debate. The problem, as one seminary prof explained to me, is that eventually all the possible new ideas have been thought of, so a person who wants to make his name has to advance a theory that is outlandish if not impossible. Anyway, as a Protestant, I not only felt free to disagree, I felt invited to disagree, and taht not disagreeing would be intellectually lazy. It's a funny thing, hard to express.
In Orthodoxy there's a different history. It's more collaborative. It's as if the expectation is, we all want to grow in Christ–that's the only goal, there's no goal of theological exploration for its own sake. So anything anyone expresses is intended to be a contribution to that goal. At its best, when Orthodoxy is functioning well, the good stuff gets picked up and included, and the not-so-good (it's all well-intentioned; there is no intention of "making a name for myself") might percolate a while before being discarded. Someone told me early on that, no matter where you dip into Orthodox history, no matter what nation or century, the writings sound teh same; the writing style is the same. Strange but true.* So there is this impulse to collaborate, pull together, to work on this one thing that unites us–rather than an impulse to pull away from the herd and be original and independently brilliant.
There are some things Orthodoxy is united on, and when it comes to those I either agree, or hope to understand better. I can't think of anything that is a serious problem for me. Before we became Orthodox we believed in women's ordination, and I still have no problem with women being ordained in other churches, but I recognize tht they aren't in Orthodoxy. I don't understand fully. Apparently it has never been controversial, in all 2000 years, which alone tells you something, so there's no explication. However, Orthodox women saints have been preachers and teachers and theologian, they've acted as pastoral counsellors to both men and women, they've gone into new nations and single-handedly evangelized the people. I've given Sunday-morning sermons from Orthodox pulpits all over the country. So Orthodox women do as lay people a lot of things that might require ordinaiton in a Protestant church. I wrote an essay on this in Beliefnet.com last January: http://www.frederica.com/writings/womens-ordination.html But not everything in Orthodoxy has that kind of unanimity. There was a time when the church was completely pacifist, and then, after Constantine's conversion, war was permitted (we don't believe in Just War, however. War is always tragedy and sin, but sometimes it's just going to happen.)** I tend to be a pacifist, but I recognize that I can't prove this viewpoint consistently in the Church. So I'm on the board of teh Orthodox Peace Fellowship and this view is represented there. This is not really the same thing as "disagreeing" but it is navigating an unsettled point. It's strangely enough another one of those paradigm shifts in the east — the noble responsibility to disagree, the honoring of the rebel, is a (relatively recent?) Western idea that doesn't occur in the East, because we see ourselves as partners in each other's process of transformation. Collaboration rather than disagreement.
10.) How might an Orthodox see salvation in a different light than a Protestant Evangelical?
I think I covered a bit of this above–I guess I'd say first that in one sense the view is the same, that is, the moment you believe in Christ you are "saved." If you died that moment, you would end up in heaven. But most of us don't die taht moment. We have all this time left over, days and years, in which we must choose moment by moment either to be surrendered to Christ or to withdraw. In Orthodoxy we are always being reminded of the example of Judas, who had every advantage of being in Christ's presence, Christ even washed his feet, yet he withdrew and fell. If he'd repented again he would have been saved, but he remained locked in his rejection. So we have a strong teaching that it is possible to "lose salvation," in the sense that you can fall away and reject it later on. This doesnt' happen suddenly but gradually, as your commitment weakens, one little tempting thought after another. So there is strong emphasis on clinging to the Lord and admitting your weakness, being humble and not proud abt spiritual strength.
There are two senses of "salvation," then. One is the right-this-instant sense, and another biblical figure that Orthodox regularly recall is the Good Thief (also known as the "Wise Thief"), who was saved apart from any effort of his own by God's grace, just by calling out to Christ in humility. But another sense would be that day by day you are "growing in" salvation. By God's grace, on the last day you will endure to the end, and be one of teh saved at his right hand. An Orthodox reply to "Are you saved?" is "I have been saved, I am being saved, I hope to be saved."
(*–Maybe because it's the same Spirit of God behind it all?! –Leo Peter)
(**–That is to say, one thing rulers and armies do, even ones trying to be Orthodox Christians, is fight wars. The Orthodox view, sans the West's Justifiable War Tradition, is merely realism. At the same time, you may recall, Emperor Constantine wasn't Baptized until he was near death – spent all that time as a catechumen – in part so that he could do what he felt he should as Emperor, ie, first, military commander [Latin imperator]. But he remains an Orthodox Saint, Holy Emperor Constantine the Great, Equal-to-the-Apostles – blasphemy to my Mennonite and Quaker friends! But anyone who shed blood used to be barred from receiving Communion for 3 years, and clergy and monastics traditionally still aren't allowed to shed blood ever. And often a soldier or ruler who came to feel strongly enough about it resigned, and sometimes entered a monastery. Many sainted Irish Orthodox princes even gave up the prospect of succeeding to thrones – often a successor [Gaelic tanaiste, tanist] virtually had to prove his worth in factional fighting within the clan or kingdom – in favor of monasticism. –Leo Peter)


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A son of Heracles and Bolbe, from whom the Thracian town of Olynthus, and the river Olynthus near the Chalcidian town of Apollonia, were believed to have received their name.
- Athenaeus, viii, p. 334.
- Conon. Narratives, 4, where another person of the same name is mentioned.
- Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
- Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v.
This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.


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First, have a lunchtime rendezvous at this most iconic venue, not for a sit-down feast but for lighter fare, to enjoy a seafood platter right up on the counter at Pérard restaurant. The place is credited with the invention of the fish soup, but is also celebrated today for its impossibly fresh oysters, langoustines and lobster.
Elegant Le Touquet is known for its world-class golf – it's no coincidence that the official logo of the town is a caddy, so hit the links for an early post-lunch round on the seaside course. If you are not a golfer, this is a great place to try the sport, you can take lessons at the driving range and start developing your future killer swing. You'll have a story to tell, plus it's definitely worth making the time to enjoy the scenery and genteel atmosphere, a carry over from the very British beginnings of this beautiful coastal retreat.
Back into town for a stroll along the main pedestrian street, Rue Saint Jean, with its upscale shops and unique boutiques, where the mandatory stop is a snack at Aux Mignardises, a local institution. Pick a filling for your crêpe or choose from an array of waffles and artisanal ice cream.
Time to burn off some calories and you couldn't be in a better place. Head to the beach rental spots for your choice of sand yachting, wakeboarding, kitesurfing, stand up paddling, or sailing on a catamaran, and even join a team effort in a pirogue.
You're probably ready to downshift, so take a leisurely stroll along the nature preserve that starts on the northern tip of the beach. There's a choice of three circuits of varying lengths, with over 45 hectares (111 acres) of land with clearly marked walking trails, spectacular dunes and forest, all framed by jaw-dropping views of the beach and the estuary of the river Canche.
Wrap up this perfect afternoon back at the beach to watch the spectacular sunset over the water, comfortably perched in one of a half-dozen beach cafés on the sand. Claim a beach chair, order a local beer or a long cocktail. There's plenty of time to dress for dinner later at one of the fabulous gastronomic restaurants in town, for now – just take a pause and start planning your next trip to Le Touquet, maybe for a longer stay, perhaps a week, or why not the whole summer.


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Kleiner's Kolumn: Documentation of the First 15 Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges in Nassau County
The Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge series continues with the first 15 bridges in Nassau County (#s 13-27) going from west to east.
Mystery Foto #2 Solved: The New Hyde Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge Abutment
My favorite co-author Al Velocci needed your assistance identifying this currently unknown Motor Parkway bridge abutment. It came from the same folder that held a 1956 view of Levittown (Mystery Foto #43).
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Our favorite Motor Parkway father and son team Dave and Sammy Russo journeyed once again on their bikes to explore our favorite parkway from Lake Success to Melville. In the third of our new series, Sammy and Dave explored the Searingtown section of the Motor Parkway from Shelter Rock Road
Mystery Foto #17 Solved: An Aerial of the Garden City Park Water District (Circa 1963)
My favorite co-author Al Velocci forwarded this large Motor Parkway aerial, which he discovered in a public place. Julianne Quinn and Jaime Cutinella assisted with the photography.
My Motor Parkway Series #2- David Lamm: Introduction and Chapter One
In the second of the "My Motor Parkway Story" series, David Lamm, assisted by his daughter Cassie Lamm, provides the introduction and chapter one of his "lifetime of exploration of his blacktop-paved love affair."
Sam & Dave's "Excellent Motor Parkway Adventure"II: Lake Success & Manhasset Hills
On April 4, 2015, Dave Russo and his 10-year old son Sam experienced a one-day 38-mile bike tour on the Long Island Motor Parkway. In the second post of this new series, Sammy and Dave explore Lake Success and Manhasset Hills as part of their "Excellent Motor Parkway Adventure."
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#18 Shelter Rock Road Bridge in Manhasset Hills
Continuing the Long Island Motor Parkway bridge series, the 18th bridge to be featured is the Shelter Rock Road Parkway Bridge in Manhasset Hills.


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# 2 Ability To Manage Your Particular Kind Of Event In Woolloongabba 4102
Not every caterer is best or every kind of occasion, and many catering services themselves openly confess this.
So when interviewing your Woolloongabba catering services (and you need to consult with at least 3 caterers for any occasion with a reasonable budget plan), you need to specify about the type of event you are preparing and the kind of food and/or presentation you are anticipating. Otherwise, you might end up picking a caterer who merely isn't a great suitable for the type or style of your event.
Almost every catering service has a basic menu or menus to pick from, and numerous do offer some level of built-in flexibility to adapt these menus to your specific needs by replacing specific items and/or tailoring others.
However, the standout catering services will surpass standardized menu choices and want to create amazing fare that matches a lot more specific theme and dietary needs.
# 3 Desire To Supply Tastings
How will you ever understand exactly what a caterer can do unless you sample their goods? And more particularly, how will you understand exactly what the menu items you are considering will taste like unless you particularly try them?
Some people shy away from asking to sample the particular items they want for their event because it looks like a hassle for the caterer, but it is standard to ask for a tasting of exactly what you are planning to order prior to you sign on the dotted line.
In addition, you can request wine parings for these tastings if they are appropriate for your event (once again, be prepared to pay a fee, it's a small price to pay to guarantee you choose the best catering service). When you are sampling the food, also take care of how it is presented, as any catering service who makes the effort to properly display a sample will most likely be most likely to make that sort of effort on your event day.
Are you an event supervisor who needs to manage catering information, budgets and projects?
Or are you a catering service who has to track propositions, invoices, meal choices, inventory and other customer details?
# 4 Familiarity With The Location
You may be in for a surprise if you employ a BBQ take-out joint to cater an official ballroom fundraising event. Or if you choose a high-end business event catering service to serve a barn wedding event. Why? Since these catering services might not be accustomed to preparing and serving food in such a setting.
This can get back at more specific depending upon limitations of the location itself, like when it comes to museums and historical sites.
Even more conventional venues can also have limitations that catering services need to follow, like certain setup standards or disposal limitations for waste food and water, so having a catering service that is familiar with a venue's guidelines can possibly save you lots of trouble on event day.
# 5 Complete Explanation Of Services/Goods Promised In The Contract
The catering service's contract need to plainly define exactly what food, beverages and services the caterer will be supplying on the designated day( s). Furthermore, it must secure you from non-performance as much as it safeguards the catering service from non-payment/default, so you might wish to think about having a lawyer} look at it before you sign it.
Every detail should be consisted of in the agreement, consisted of chosen menus, variety of servings and/or people to be served, beverage/bar service details (if relevant) and all prices and additional services.
No catering service in Woolloongabba with a shred of self-respect and scruples participates in a contract with strategies to bail at the last minute, however you have to ensure there is a cancellation stipulation in your agreement simply in case your caterer needs to cancel.
You do not wish to be left without recourse with only days or hours before your occasion, so just make sure cancellation procedures and charges are in place so you do have a backup plan.
# 6 Recommendations You Can Call and Talk With
Obviously you will have to check up on the catering services you are considering, and it's always good to start online and check out sites.
However, do not stop there, as online reviews are not constantly dependable (or even authentic); for example, a good caterer may have had a few nightmare/hater customers who skew their scores, while a really average caterer may have padded their online reviews. So see if you can track down some previous clients of the catering services you are thinking about and connect to them.
# 7 Insurance
Every catering service we talked to called insurance protection "a provided" for catering services, and you certainly do not want to legally be on the hook for some oversight or mishap that was the fault of your caterer.
# 8 A Skilled Chef and Kitchen Personnel
Surprisingly, for how long a catering business in Woolloongabba has actually been in business might not be as vital in choosing a great caterer as you may think.
So make sure to ask about the chef's bona fides and CV since he/she will probably be the one most responsible for the result of the meal and whether your guests enjoy it or not.
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text: Blount High School's Demetrice Vaughan was a jack-of-all-trades last week as the Leopards beat LeFlore 25-22 in a key Class 6A, Region 1 football win. Down 22-0 in the fourth quarter, Vaughan rallied Blount with two rushing touchdowns covering 20 and 32 yards to tie the game at 22-22, then booted a 39-yard field goal with seven seconds left to seal the win. For his efforts, Vaughan headlines the AHSAA Prep Spotlight for Week 10. He finished with 156 yards rushing on 20 carries as the Leopards rallied from a 22-0 fourth-quarter deficit to beat LeFlore 25-22. Vaughan finished with 156 yards on 20 carries and scored on runs of 32 and 20 yards. His performance edged out another outstanding kicking effort by Auburn place-kicker Sage Ledbetter and a seven-touchdown effort by North Jackson running back Octavious Matthews. Ledbetter was 4-of-4 on field goals, including a career-long 50-yarder that marked the second-longest field goal in school history captured the 2 seed in Region 2 with a 40-14 win over Smiths Station. Ledbetter also was 4-of-4 on extra-point tries for 16 kicking points total and had eight of his nine kickoffs go for touchbacks in the important win. Matthews rushed for 309 yards on nine carries and scored seven touchdowns in the first half of a 62-14 victory over Good Hope. He had six rushing TDs and a returned a punt for another TD. Among his scores was a state-record trying 99 yard run – the longest run in North Jackson school history. Other top performances reported include: PASSING GREY JACKSON, FAIRHOPE: Passed for 307 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 77 yards and two more scores as the Pirates beat Murphy 54-30. ANTONIO STANTON, BESSEMER CITY: Was 17-of-29 passing for 314 yards and three touchdowns in a 27-8 win at Center Point. SAM HOWARD, DESHLER: Had 252 yards passing and touchdowns covering 76 and 8 yards as the Tigers posted an emotional 36-14 win over Rogers. Howard also rushed for two touchdowns. KENNON CASEY, G.W. LONG: Was 12-of-16 passing for 240 yards and four TDs and added 81 yards rushing and two more scores as the unbeaten Rebels (9-0) beat Houston County 59-7. JOSH THOMAS, MONTGOMERY ACADEMY: Completed 9-of-10 passes for 239 yards and three TDs and ran nine times for 63 yards and two more touchdowns in a 49-0 victory over Prattville Christian. ZACH THOMAS, HEWITT-TRUSSVILLE: Completed 18-of-33 passes for 249 yards and rushed for 50 yards and three TDs as the Huskies fell to Hoover 38-24. ELI REYNOLDS, HUNTSVILLE: Threw for 105 yards and two touchdowns and also ran for 80 yards and a score in a 35-34 upset of James Clemens. His first touchdown pass came with 25 seconds left in the game to force overtime. The second came in the OT period for winning score. BRICK PUGH, EAST LIMESTONE: Was 9-of-14 passing for 185 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for a fifth – all in the first half – and East Limestone (9-0) beat Ardmore 37-7 to finish unbeaten in Class 5A, Region 8. JAKE TIFFIN, HARTSELLE: The junior was 12-of-16 passing for 249 yards and two scores (including a 92-yard TD) as the Tigers beat Austin 34-13. GARRETT BOLAND, VINEMONT: The sophomore completed 15-of-21 passes for 256 yards and three touchdowns in the Eagles' 27-21 win over Winston County. JOSH DECKER, CEDAR BLUFF: Completed 11-of-12 pass attempts, including 8-of-8 in the first half, for 216 yards and five touchdowns (59, 13, 2, 9, 22 yards) in the Tigers' 47-20 win at Gaylesville. BANIKO HARLEY, RAMSAY: Completed 14-of-26 passes for 238 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 138 yards on 13 carries with another TD in a 25-22 win over Corner. JOHNNY GRIZZARD, COOSA CHRISTIAN: Finished with 392 combined yards and five touchdowns in the Conquerors' 72-42 loss to Spring Garden. Grizzard threw for 260 yards and a 34-yard touchdown and rushed for 132 yards and touchdowns of 60, 38, 1 and 5 yards. PAYTON NICHOLS, RUSSELLVILLE: Was 17-of-20 passing for 257 yards and five touchdowns as Russellville beat St. John Paul II 49-14. TYREN DUPREE, CHEROKEE COUNTY: Completed 12-of-18 pass attempts for 199 yards and two touchdowns (21, 30 yards). He also rushed for 75 yards on 20 carries and a 2-yard touchdown and had two 2-point conversion runs in the Warriors' 37-31 win over White Plains. CHASE GARRETT, SAND ROCK: Completed 12-of-24 pass attempts for 252 yards and two touchdowns (59, 66 yards). He also rushed for a 21-yard touchdown in the Wildcats' 33-26 loss at Pisgah. RUSHING KYLE NALL, FAYETTE COUNTY: Rushed for 311 yards and three touchdowns in a 35-14 victory over Cordova GARY JOHNSON, DOUGLAS: Running out of the legendary Notre Dame Box offensive set much of the night, Johnson had 24 carries for 277 yards and five touchdowns--the second best single game rushing yardage in Douglas history, as the Eagles beat Randolph 35-15. TROY DIXON, UMS-WRIGHT: Gained for 251 yards and three touchdowns as the Class 4A unbeaten Bulldogs blanked Satsuma. . LUKE PHILLIPS, ST. LUKE'S EPISCOPAL: Scored three touchdowns, including the game winner with less than a minute left, as the Wildcats beat Mobile Christian 28-21. Phillips completed a 43-yard pass to J.D. Favors on a fake punt to set up the winning score. He finished with 115 yards passing and 134 rushing. BRANDON BAYNES, TALLASSEE: Rushed for 230 yards and four TDs on 18 carries in Tallassee's 34-7 victory over Sylacauga. LEE HISBON, TANNER: Ran 12 times for 226 yards and touchdowns of 51, 50 and 9 yards in a 77-24 win over Falkville. MARCUS WEBB, HOOVER: Had a career high 182 yards rushing on 25 carries and two touchdowns as the Bucs rallied from a 24-24 tie late to beat Hewitt-Trussville 38-24. Teammate Bradrick Shaw added 124 yards on 21 carries with two touchdowns. TERRELLE WEST, CLAY-CHALKVILLE: Ran for 224 yards on 21 carries in a 45-20 victory over Gardendale. He scored on a 97-yard run. MARLON BRIDGES, LANETT: Finished with 287 all-purpose yards, including 193 rushing yards and a touchdown on 30 carries, in a 26-19 loss to Reeltown. On defense, he returned a fumble recovery 65 yards for a TD. KRISTIAN JONES, HACKLEBURG: Rushed for 144 yards and three touchdowns as the Panthers claimed the Class 1A, Region 8 title with a 36-15 victory over R.A. Hubbard. Jones went over the 1,000-yard mark with the performance and now has 1,033 yards rushing and 15 TDs on 116 carries for the year. Teammate Matt Harper added 165 yards and two TDs on 20 rush attempts and was also 8-of-13 passing for 74 yards in the win. He has 933 yards rushing and 988 passing on the year while accounting for 27 points. CHASE JENNINGS, SPRING GARDEN: Ran for 131 yards and four touchdowns (12, 16, 40, 40 yards) and also had an interception on defense in the Panthers' 72-42 victory over Coosa Christian. Backfield mate Matt Mullinax added 121 yards and three scores in the win. MICAH STEPHENS, LOCUST FORK: Rushed for 224 yards and a TD on 14 carries in a 36-28 win over J.B. Pennington. His TD came on an 80-yard trek. KEARVAE QUALLS, COLBERT COUNTY: Scored five touchdowns in the Indians' 42-15 win over Sheffield. He had nine carries for 133 yards and four rushing scores and also caught a 28-yard pass for his fifth TD of the night. LOGAN BROOKS, FAIRVIEW: Had 27 carries for 201 rushing yards and three touchdowns in a 33-0 shutout of over Butler. AUSTIN STIEFEL, FYFFE: Had 18 carries for 181 yards and three touchdowns to lead the unbeaten Red Devils (9-0) to a 49-7 win over Collinsville. NIC ROLLOW, COLD SPRINGS: Rushed for 171 yards and two scores on 21 attempts as the Eagles beat Tarrant 36-33. The sophomore scored on runs of 4 and 82 yards. Fisher Willoughby also had 135 yards on 12 carries with a 37-yard TD run. MITCHELL SMITH, GASTON: Rushed 16 times for 113 yards and four touchdowns, including the game-winning 11-yard score with 24 seconds left, as Gaston upset Cleveland 35-28 to secure the No. 2 seed in Class 2A, Region 7. PASS RECEIVING| TYLER CRUMPTON, PHILLIPS: Hauled in seven catches for 147 yards and four touchdowns as Phillips beat Decatur Heritage 40-33. JUSTIN PERDUE, CARVER-BIRMINGHAM: Caught six passes for 179 yards and four touchdowns in a 44-28 loss to Fairfield. His TDs covered 12, 20, 62 and 74 yards. GRAHAM, BUCKHORN: Had five catches for 181 yards and touchdowns of 5, 73 and 47 yards as the Bucks upset Gadsden City 37-20. He also scored and fourth time on an 11-yard run. WESLEY BURNS, BOAZ: Caught 11 passes, a school record, for 107 yards and a touchdown in a 28-14 loss to Guntersville. TREY GUTHERY, VINEMONT: Caught seven passes for 183 yards and two touchdowns in a 27-21 road win at Winston County. The senior, who also had a forced fumble, fumble recovery, six tackles and two pass breakups, sealed the victory with an interception deep inside Vinemont territory with eight seconds remaining. DEE WILLIAMS, MOODY: Had six catches for 163 yards and two TDs and added 113 yards rushing as Moody beat Lincoln 27-26. He now has over 3,000 rushing yards for his career. JAYLAN JACKSON, HARTSELLE: Had just six touches for 215 yards and three touchdowns as Hartselle beat Austin 34-13. He had 105 yards rushing on three carries with TD runs of 19 and 68 yards. He also caught three passes for 110 yards with the big one a 92-yard TD reception. DEFENSE RILEY COLE, ONEONTA: Had 19 tackles, four for loss, and a sack in a 33-13 victory over Westminster Christian. RENARDO PRATT, BESSEMER CITY: Intercepted three passes and broke up four others as the Tigers beat Center Point 28-7. QUENERIS POLLARD, MOODY: The senior defensive end had 18 tackles, two sacks and blocked a punt as Moody nipped Lincoln 27-26. CULLEN AMSTRONG, HOUSTON ACADEMY: Had 16 tackles, caused one fumble and recovered two others to set up two touchdowns as the Raiders beat Providence Christian 13-10. CHANCE DUNCAN, GLENCOE: Had 15 tackles, including three for a loss, and two sacks in the Yellow Jackets' 56-0 win over Pleasant Valley. HUNTER GREEN, CLEVELAND: Was credited with 23 tackles and a pass break-up in a 35-28 loss to Gaston. RYDER JONES, WEST POINT: Had seven tackles, including two for loss and a sack, and also batted down two passes in a 21-14 overtime win over Lawrence County. The senior also had three pass receptions for 42 yards and a touchdown (17 yards) to help the Warriors clinch their first Class 5A playoff berth. Teammate Trent Campbell also had 10 tackles, including two sacks. ETHAN WILLIAMS, MIDFIELD: Recorded 11 tackles and returned a blocked punt 45 yards for a TD in a 23-8 victory over Fultondale. He also caught four passes for 110 yards. RUSS LOGAN, DEMOPOLIS: Recovered two fumbles and intercepted a pass from his linebacker position in a 41-18 victory over Dallas County. DAVONTA WILLIAMS, ASHFORD: Recovered two fumbles, returning one for a touchdown, had nine tackles and two sacks in a 63-0 win over Headland. SPECIAL TEAMS EDSON CASSARRUBIUS, FLORENCE: Kicked three field goals, including a 42-yarder, as the Falcons beat Decatur 23-6. WIL MURPHY, CENTRAL-FLORENCE: For the second straight week Murphy kicked a game-winning 21-yard field goal with 6:55 to play as Central secured a playoff berth with a 5-3 win over Brooks.


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Free women's health conference set for April 10
Researchers now believe that small amounts of light coming through your curtains at night could lead to symptoms of depression. Tony Spitz has the details.
UCLA Health's free annual women's health conference, "Sleepless in Conejo," will be April 10.
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The conference aims to engage, empower and educate women about important wellness issues. Medical sleep experts will discuss sleep deprivation and provide practical information to help you get to sleep and stay asleep. Topics will include sleep apnea and other disorders, sleep management, the sleep/exercise connection, sleep and hormones, and sleep medication.
The event will be from 8 a.m. to noon April 10 at the Hyatt Westlake Village, 880 S. Westlake Blvd. in Thousand Oaks.
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Uxbridge students champion award-winning talent
Monday, 26 June 2017
AN UXBRIDGE performing art student has been crowned champion after competing in the World Irish Dancing Championships in Belfast, along with a fellow student placing 6th after beating close to 5,000 other hopefuls.
Cara and Emmet, both students at Stagecoach Performing Arts Uxbridge, competed against thousands of other professionals by dancing their way through four rounds of auditions, leading to a heated final against 30 other dancers hoping for the crown.
The event, which is known as the "Olympics of Irish Dance" was hosted at Dublin's CityWest Hotel, and has been organised by The Irish Dancing Commission for 90 years.
The Championships are open to dancers who have qualified at Regional Championships this year, following the previous World Championships Solo competition. This takes place across three rounds, typically in front of a rotating panel of adjudicators. A Ceili competition includes both traditional ceili dances (as outlined in Ar Rince Ceilí) and Own Choreography sections. The largest Own Choreography section, the Figure Dance, is for up to 16 dancers, must portray "an Irish theme or legend", and is considered the most prestigious team event in Irish dancing.
Cara, who was crowned world champion after beating a total of 165 other hopefuls, has attended Stagecoach Uxbridge for almost three years, while Emmet, who was awarded 6th place overall, is dance captain of the school and a veteran, and has attended for 13 years (since he was 4), singing and dancing alongside Rebecca Odedra who became Principal in 2003.
Cara, who won the overall title for her group, puts her success down to vast experience on her mother's side of the family, who are all dance teachers. She also credits hard work, determination and encouragement from those around her, saying: "I have three classes, one gym training session and ensure to keep a healthy diet. That combined with the skills that Stagecoach has taught me in my confidence and technique make a winning combination!"
Cara said of the event: "Emmet and I are so dedicated to our training and absolutely love to dance, so to have this opportunity was mind-blowing. We were surrounded by our friends and families which was a great support, and we can't thank Rebecca our Principal enough for the inspiration and confidence she has always given us, making opportunities like this possible."
Stagecoach Performing Arts Uxbridge is part of a network of more than 700 part-time Schools Worldwide. Early Stages classes are available for children aged 4 to 6 and Main Stages classes take place for 6 to 18-year-olds.
For more information please visit the website at www.stagecoach.co.uk/uxbridge or call 020 8357 0273
About Stagecoach
Stagecoach Performing Arts was founded in 1988 and it was one of the first part-time children's performing arts schools in the country. With over 300 Principals and 2,500 teachers worldwide we aim to inspire our students every week.
Stagecoach operates over 700 schools and has a presence in eight countries worldwide including Canada, Germany, Malta, Spain, Gibraltar, Australia and South Africa. We continue to grow as the UK's largest network of part-time performing arts schools for children.
We believe that we make a difference to our students lives by teaching Creative Courage For Life. Notable alumni are Emma Watson, Jamie Bell, Eleanor Tomlinson, Tuppence Middleton, Tom Fletcher, Dani Harmer, Josh Cuthbert, Danny Mac and Charlotte Jaconelli.


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Monkeys, foxes, and birds climb through the vines and flora of this exquisite antique leather screen from Italy. With painted areas still almost fully intact, there are also areas of the original copper gilding remaining. Attached to the frame with copper nails, there are areas that have detached and some that are cracked and torn but somehow it all seems perfect. The back is unfinished. Fabulous when hanging on a wall – A marvellous headboard for a queen-sized bed.
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Join a fun filled week with an energetic, experienced and encouraging set of coaches. Each camper will receive a ball and a shirt.
This camp must comply with regulations of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and be licensed by the Medfield Board of Health.Board of Health regulations requires each child to have an up to date health form on file. The form requires an up-to-date immunization record, physical and emergency contact information in the event of a medical emergency. New this year, all health forms will be completed and stored in an online database through www.campdocs.com. You will only need to complete the form once (should take about 5 minutes) and upload your child's physical and immunization report to the site.


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"I believe a home is not just an address but is the fruit of our labor, we spend a lifetime striving for our perfect home."
My name is Matthew D. Muche. I was born on March fifteenth ninety eighty four and grew up in West Springfield, Massachusetts. My Mom, Herminia, and my Dad, Bartholomew, with my only sister Samantha are all first generation Portuguese Americans. Furthermore, I am proud to say I just got my citizenship for Portugal. I plan on retiring in motherland someday.
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I spend personal renewal time spending with my two God children who I love to spoil. My other hobbies consist of hiking, kayaking, stand up paddle boarding, golfing, quality time with friends, and spending time with my family during holidays.
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