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Outfit your kitchen with all of the gear, delivered to your door
When someone gives you an Amazon gift card for the holidays, it's a way of admitting that they had no idea what to get you. But there's no reason to get mad about it, because, in some ways, an Amazon gift card is kind of the best gift. That's because you can get basically anything your little heart desires from Amazon. You know exactly what to get you. Really, the biggest question at this point is what to buy with your Amazon gift card, and that is a good problem to have, my friend.
And what better way to spend the day after Christmas than by sitting on your couch or in your bed and scrolling through Amazon to find the best gift for yourself? The best present you can get yourself with an Amazon gift card is something that you know you want, or maybe even something you need, but couldn't really justify spending your own, hard-earned money on it.
Amazon is full of great gear that definitely fits both of those criteria, but if you're still stumped about what to get yourself with your Amazon gift card, here are nine gifts that you can buy now to treat yourself in the kitchen later.
Nice Olive Oil
Good olive oil can be hard to find, but using high-quality olive oil can also make all of the difference in a recipe. This one comes highly recommended from Extra Cripsy's assistant culture editor Kate Welsh, who describes the taste as, "grassy and bright and kind of fruity but also buttery? It's definitely not sweet or overwhelming." But the best part might be that it's available on Amazon.
Zoe Extra Virgin Olive Oil, $15.99, amazon.com
Fish Pop Molds
You've got Amazon credit to burn, so why not spend it on ice pop molds that are shaped like fish and other undersea creatures? It's going to be summer again eventually, and you want to be ready with the cold treats. You can even make popsicles for breakfast.
Zoku Fish Pop Molds, $19.99, amazon.com
Rocket Cocktail Shaker
You could get a classic cocktail shaker for about $10 on Amazon, or you could splurge on this rocket-shaped cocktail shaker. It'll immediately dress up even the most boring of bar carts or countertops, and it'll definitely be a conversation starter.
Visol Rocket Stainless Steel Cocktail Shaker with Stand, $24.99, amazon.com
Magnetic Knife Strip
A couple of years ago, my dad gifted me a chef's knife from Global for Christmas, which is a very nice, very practical gift, except for the fact I had nowhere to store it. This magnetic knife strip would've been a reasonable solution, and even if your dad didn't give you a knife for the holidays, this wooden magnetic knife strip is a pretty way to keep your blades sharp.
Zelancio 16" Premium Hardwood Maple Magnetic Knife Strip in Maple, $29.99, amazon.com
Golden Bar Cart
One of the beauties of Amazon is that you can get basically anything shipped straight to your front door, including fancy furniture' and this golden bar cart is definitely fancy. It's a stylish way to store all of your booze and alcohol accoutrements.
Silverwood Sinclair 2 Tier Serving Cart in Gold, $153.53, amazon.com
Air-Tight Food Canisters
Get a jumpstart on organizing your life in 2017 by organizing your pantry. There's no need to label these clear, air-tight food containers because you can see exactly what's in them—and you won't have to worry about your dry goods getting stale.
Oggi 4-Piece Acrylic Canister Set with Airtight Lids and Acrylic Spoons, $24.83, amazon.com
High-Tech Food Scale
A digital scale is one of those kitchen gadgets that you , and since you're buying a gift for yourself, you might as well get one of the nicest digital scales on the market, according to Amazon reviews. This bad boy is the bestseller in "Mechanical Cook Scales," and it has a temperature sensor and alarm timer in addition to being a regular, old scale.
Etekcity Digital Multifunction Food Kitchen Scale with Removable Bowl, $15.59, amazon.com
Enamel Tea Kettle
Sure, you could get a cheap aluminum tea kettle from the hardware store around the corner, but you've got an Amazon gift card burning a hole in your pocket. Might as well get this stylish enamel tea kettle from Le Creuset that you will be proud to leave sitting on your stove.
Le Creuset of America Enamel on Steel Demi Tea Kettle in Hibiscus, $69.95, amazon.com
High-Powered Blender
If you had an exceptionally kind Secret Santa this year, you could spend your Amazon gift card on a Vitamix blender—but if you're working on a smaller budget, and still want a blender that'll crush ice like it's no problem, consider the Ninja Professional Blender. One reviewer on Amazon described it as "the Cadillac of blenders," and it's only a fraction of the price of a full-fledged Vitamix.Ninja Professional Blender (BL610), $69.99, amazon.com


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GLOW Paddle Board Session This Saturday Night at the SM Pier!
Editor's Note: We received the below email today from Poseidon paddle and surf shop in Santa Monica. This sounds like an AWESOME event. Hope to see some of you out there!
This Saturday Sept 28t from 7pm -3am is GLOW an all night artistic expression session featuring illumination inspired artists.
Check out the city of Santa Monica's glow website here to get a better idea about the event.
Poseidon Paddle and Surf shop will be coordinating a Glow Stand Up Paddle Board night paddle during the event from 9pm-10pm. Poseidon will provide glow in the dark sticks to attach to paddles and boards. Please arrive at Poseidon no later than 8pm to decorate your board and paddle with your glow sticks. We will have tape to attach them to your boards and paddles.
Meet at the shop at 7pm, leaving from the shop to head to the beach at 8pm. If you want to come by earlier in the day to decorate your board feel free.
My cell is 310.383.8317 in case you have any questions or feel free to call the shop.
We will have about 12 boards available for rentals. A one hr rental is $35, 2hrs is $50, wetsuit rental is $15. I recommend calling ahead and reserving a board if you need one.
Weather is forecasted to be 82 degrees and surf is supposed to be small. All the stars are lining up for an epic night!
Glow Stand Up Paddle Board? This sounds awesome. Count us in.

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Zeel's new Hindi GEC &TV to launch in March
MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) is all set to add a new channel to its bouquet. Christened '&TV', the new Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) from Zeel's stable is set to launch in the second week of March.
The channel will launch shows starting from prime-time. With a robust line-up of fiction and non-fiction shows in the pipeline, the channel aims to target the changing consumption trends of youth and premium segment viewers. The channel will be competing with the incumbent players in the highly competitive Hindi GEC space.
&TV has roped in multiple top line production houses like Sphere Origins (Balika Vadhu), Swastik Productions (Mahabharat), Shashi-Sumeet Productions (Diya Aur Baati Hum), Endemol India and Freemantle India amongst others. It has also got on-board a few start-up production houses, one of them being Saregama Productions.
Sphere Origins' show Ganga will be followed by other shows like Swastik Productions' Razia Sultan, Saregama Productions' Begu Sarai, Edit II Productions' fiction comedy titled Bhabhiji Ghar Pe Hai? amongst others.
According to information available with Indiantelevision.com, shooting for all the shows has already begun.
The channel has also lined up an aggressive content strategy for non-fiction formats and has begin acquisitions in the space. It has acquired the format of an internationally acclaimed singing reality show called The Voice. This will be aired soon after the curtains come down for the quiz show. The popular reality series, which has travelled across 169 countries, will be produced by Endemol India for the Indian viewers.
The Voice, is an American reality television singing competition broadcast on NBC. Based on the original The Voice of Holland, the concept of the series is to find new singing talent (solo or duets) contested by aspiring singers, aged 15 or over, drawn from public auditions.
Additionally, the launch of the new channel will be supported by a marketing blitzkrieg. Sources close to the development inform that a budget of approximately Rs 120 crore has been set aside for marketing and promoting the channel. "The channel is going to go very strong and aggressive on the marketing front. It wants to build the '&' franchise and make its mark along with other GECs in the space," informs the source.


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Individual Price: £12,498.00
Sony FE 600mm f/4 GM OSS Lens
Sony FE 600mm f4 GM OSS Super-Telephoto Lens Summary
The Sony FE 600mm f/4 GM Super-Telephoto Lens offers the same outstanding optical quality you would expect from a G Master lens. With a high magnification, it's perfect for wildlife, nature and sports photography.
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A fantastic choice for any photographer who wants a high performing super-telephoto lens with a high magnification. As you'd expect from a G Master lens, the optical quality is outstanding along with a tough, robust design, perfect for shooting out in the wild. You can read more about our impressions of the lens on our blog here: https://blog.parkcameras.com/2019/06/sony-600mm-and-200-600mm-lenses.html
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Two XD (extreme dynamic) linear motors provide fast, precise AF and reliable tracking. The SEL600F40GM brings out the best in modern camera bodies, effortlessly maintaining accurate focus on fast-moving sports and wildlife subjects. A control algorithm developed specifically for these motors contributes to fast positioning of the large focus group with minimum delay and vibration.
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An exacting G Master optical design employs three fluorite elements to suppress chromatic aberration that can be a problem in telephoto lenses. A large XA (extreme aspherical) element is also included to eliminate onion-ring bokeh. Each lens is individually calibrated to achieve the ideal balance between resolution and bokeh. Optional high-performance 1.4x and 2.0x teleconverters with XA elements are also available.
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When the FULL TIME DMF switch is ON, manual focus is automatically engaged when the focus ring is operated, even in the AF-C mode. Built in Optical SteadyShot image Stabilisation includes MODE 2 for panned shots, and MODE 3 for dynamic sports or wildlife action. MODE 3 also provides a more stable viewfinder image for easier framing.
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Experiment and Transition 1967–52
Francis Bacon (1909–1992) was arguably the most important British figurative painter of the twentieth century. Between September 1959 and January 1960, at a key stage in his career, Bacon stayed in St Ives making work for his first show with Marlborough Fine Art, which opened in March 1960. This small exhibition focuses on that stay and his work of 1957–62.
Whilst in St Ives, Bacon used No.3 Porthmeor Studios. Previous tenants of these important studios had included Ben Nicholson and Terry Frost, and were then occupied by Patrick Heron, Trevor Bell and others. Three of the paintings Bacon made there have been reunited and are being shown here for the first time, alongside earlier and later works.
This period was an important transitional phase for Bacon. It was announced by a series of highly coloured and loosely handled paintings of van Gogh made in 1957 and was concluded by his Tate Gallery retrospective in 1962, the exhibition which confirmed his international reputation. During this period Bacon experimented with colour and paint handling, and embarked on a radical re-assessment of how the human figure might be located in space on the canvas.
The works of 1957–62 are often characterised as a blip in Bacon's career and until recently have been given little critical attention. In fact they are of great importance, and are crucial to Bacon's later development. This exhibition presents an opportunity to examine this key period in detail and reflect on the possibility that Bacon's exposure to abstraction in St Ives may have influenced his subsequent development.


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The huge news at press time is the signing into law of the big $850-plus billion tax bill that included the retroactive reinstatement of the biodiesel and renewable diesel blender credits, as well as the extension of the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit; not to mention extension of the investment tax credit, section 1603, and the alternative fuels mixture credit.
For those who have been living under a rock for the past year, the biodiesel and renewable diesel tax credits expired at the end of 2009 and went through brutal ups and downs throughout the past year in anticipation of renewal. The lapse had devastating effects on the U.S. biodiesel industry, and, less quantifiably so, may have also depressed domestic renewable diesel project development.
Earlier this year, the U.S. ethanol industry began to question whether its credit would suffer the same fate as the renewable and biodiesel credits did, and all of the hardship that came with it. Interestingly, the biodiesel industry, which has been proudly displaying its designation as the first commercially available advanced biofuel in America (per U.S. EPA's calculation of lifecycle reduction of greenhouse gas emissions compared to baseline petroleum diesel), began to adapt to a world without a tax credit—one can argue that the biodiesel industry has been forever changed as a result of its experiences in 2010—as biomass-based diesel renewable identification number (RIN) prices soared in recent weeks to 80-plus cents a credit. With each gallon of biomass-based diesel producing 1.5 RINs, this comes out to $1.20 per gallon, a fifth more than the $1 per gallon tax credit.
Producers registered under EPA's RFS2 program were taking advantage of this, and plants were beginning to manufacture fuel again. The downside to RINs, however, is the once-a-year reporting period, causing volatility in the RIN market place: prices spike as obligated parties scramble to meet their obligations by the end of the year, after which prices can dip dramatically.
The retroactive nature of the biodiesel and renewable diesel tax credits will provide a cash injection to the industry, specifically for those who held on to the hope that the credit would come back and continued blending biodiesel, and the surety of the credit through 2011 will surely be positive. But the trade associations, such as the Advanced Biofuels Association and the National Biodiesel Board, will have their work cut out for them in 2011 as they push for multiyear extensions to bring investor confidence back into their respective sectors.


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During a celebratory banquet guests lookingwaiting for the moment when the couple for the first time as husband and wife perform the wedding dance. As a rule, the couple try to prepare well for this part of the event to speak nicely to please and present elegant staging. For the classical formal event perfect wedding waltz - ballroom dance, known around the world. A touching performance of Homer's choreography will win the hearts of visitors, tell them about the true love of dancing couples, the newlyweds will bring pleasant emotions.
Waltz What is better to choose for the wedding dance?
In recent years, the couple around the worldexperimenting, choosing dance performances unusual wedding dance - tango, jive, swing, dance, surprise, rumba, waltz but a wedding is one of the most popular. Fine movements and various pieces of classical dance allow you to create a unique mood for posing. There are two versions ball choreography - it is a slow waltz and a smooth, rhythmic and rapid Viennese waltz. What type of dance to choose - it depends on the wishes of the heroes of the occasion.
Viennese waltz
Viennese version of the dance is suitable for studyingthose couples who already have some experience of dance as it is performed at a rapid pace and requires clarity of movement. If the future spouses, before never engaged in ballroom dancing, want to choose this style for a wedding setting, you need to spend a lot of time for training. To all the movements looked beautiful, interesting, admired by visitors, to be used when creating a literate figure wedding waltz - it will help to make a professional choreographer.
As a rule, before the wedding ceremony with bridebride to come for at least 8-10 sessions, this will be enough to make a simple, but effective version of the dance. If you want to put the original Viennese waltz with complex shapes, supports, you may need much more time. The exact number of hours of training will depend on the readiness of the future spouses and the length number. Experienced choreographer immediately able to say how long it takes a couple to bring a pair of wedding song to perfection.
Slow waltz
Slow wedding waltz - the secondpopular wedding dance for special occasions after Vienna. Movement during this dance number more tender, smooth, and from this whole statement is as light and airy. This waltz chosen by young couples who have little time to prepare (just a few sessions) or experience in dance, and those who want to create a beautiful touching song. The slow version is suitable for older people, who because of their age can not move as fast as the young heroes of the occasion.
Regardless of what kind of a slow waltz forwedding much easier to perform, the future spouses need a good try, that such a statement does not look dull. Due to the quiet pace, present guests special attention will be paid to the clarity of movement, the position of the dancers body. Make a slow waltz interesting help frequent changes of figures support.
What kind of music to choose for the newlyweds dance?
Music plays an important role in creatingthe unique mood of a wedding dance. Newlyweds need to pay careful attention to the selection of the composition, given their own wishes, abilities. Many couples find a song for the dance numbers helps choreographer who invents setting for heroes of the occasion. Look professional and his advice in choosing the composition will provide an opportunity to fulfill future spouses truly beautiful dance.
Some young people can easily dancea waltz party, played the piano, and someone needs a clear rhythm, bright accents to understand, where the transition from one part to another dance. For future spouses who find it difficult to harmonize the movements with music, professional podyschet composition with well audible Percussion Thus heroes of the festivities will be able to get into the rhythm. For wedding dance couple can choose the music with words or minus on the composition of famous songs.
It is popular for wedding dance music fromclassics: "Spring Waltz" by French composer Chopin Waltz "Snowstorm" by Vivaldi, solemn compositions by Giuseppe Verdi, gentle waltz works of Wagner, "Waltz of the Flowers" by Schubert. We should also be said about the rich heritage of compositions by Johann Strauss: listening to the work of this composer, the couple will be able to find exactly the right product. More setting can be used Marsh Mendelssohn, often sounding in the registry office, converted a waltz.
Listen to music for productions Waltz
If the future spouses do not know what songto pick up for the ceremonial dance number during the banquet, you should pay attention to several popular tunes. On the links below you can listen to and download Viennese Waltz Sarah Brightman "Child of the Moon", the well-known work of Strauss, Wagner waltz composition, "Waltz of the Flowers" by Tchaikovsky and fabulous music for dance from the movie Harry Potter.
A selection of beautiful wedding waltz
The first dance of the newlyweds - it is alwaystouching event. To look good in numbers, the future spouses must spend many hours of intense workouts. Prepare for some couples can become an ordeal, but it will give a great result - positive reaction and guests wonderful memorable pictures. If the heroes of the occasion forever want to capture the dance performance, the operator need to hire a professional who will remove the video for a good technique mount frames and writes to disk.
videographer Invitation can be expensive,but the video quality is much better than the filmed triumph guests free video. Professional install two or more cameras to record from multiple angles, and then uses those mounting frames, which is most advantageous to accentuate the wedding dance.


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2018 STEM Fair Winners Announced!
This is the important thing that you need to do. I would tell you more but I don't know what it is that you are supposed to do. But there is probably a link.
Students and teachers grades K-12 are invited to participate in the Arts Expo. We will showcase BOTH visual and performing arts. Please read the following FAQ sheet for more info.
Please submit teacher name, school, contact info (email and cell #), genre/style of artworks, and number of students participating by February 9, 2018 (soft deadline) We are especially looking for performing groups at this time and also have plenty of room for more visual arts.
Additional questions can be emailed to Michelle Holdt email@example.com.
We are happy to help and will always look for creative solutions so that you and your students can participate!


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I do not watch a lot of television. I find most of the programming to be wretched, except for the news. I find it vacuous. The only television I enjoy is the Red Green Show. It is now off the air in my area. It was a comedy (some say documentary) about the stupid thing middle aged men do. Being a middle aged man who works with a lot of middle aged men in a shop well equipped with industrial grade power tools, I think the show could be rightly classified as a training film. The show is Canadian, produced in Hamilton, Ontario. This makes it not just weird but Canadian weird. You know, like their football.
I also watch Doctor Who. This is a British produced show. It is about a man who, with his comely female sidekick, travels in an old police call box through time and space. The show takes place all over the universe, but it is mostly about saving the cities of London and New York from destruction by characters in bad costumes. The show's usual tag line is the title character introducing himself as "the Doctor." The standard response is "Who?" Recently, the mold was broken when the reply was "What?" If I am ever introduced to the guy, I will answer with "Why?".
A friend of ours is a fan of the show 24, so my wife, daughter, and I watched two episodes. The show is about a FBI agent who saves America from miscreants. The show is full of shootings, car crashes, and daring do on the part of the Jack Bauer (spelling?), the lead character. The two episodes I sort of watched (I had my back to the television. I was playing a computer game and only listening. I only turned around to catch some of the exciting action.) had the White House invaded and seized by what appeared to be Congolese commandos. They entered the building though a secret tunnel that was not there. This explains why the Secret Service was caught off guard. (1) (One of the commandos was a geeky guy with a laptop computer he used to hack into the White House's security system. The guy reminded me of Harold on Red Green. Bauer reminds me why I don't watch television.)
After lots of antiseptic killings, the hero rescues the President and shoots the lead bad guy. Bauer, however, is in deep trouble: he violated department rules (not filing the paperwork for the previous episodes?) and is now on his way to the lockup. But he talks his way to release. This is good because there are more bad guys as well as a Quisling government employee to shoot. (How do you think the commandos found the non-existent tunnel? I think it is because they could not find work on another show.) What the show lacks in reality it makes up for in ammunition use.
The show is in serial form. The last episode ended with the FBI looking for Bauer (His release was canceled. Not filing paperwork is a serious offense. It could lead to an ammunition budget short fall.) and Bauer looking for the rest of the bad actors. Bauer uses his cell phone to call those looking for him and tells them that there are others about who need shooting. Even super heroes can not do it all themselves. Stay tuned!
The advent of the cell phone has caused a real problem in the super hero business: the disappearance of phone booths. This lack of phone booths explains why Bauer never donned his costume, mask, and cape. The writers of the show really need to address this matter after they delete the trite, silly, and stupid. Until they do I will keep reading comic books–but not too much.
(1) Hey Randy! has learned from confidential uninformed sources close to retirement that the Secret Service, embarrassed by their failure to find the non-existent tunnel and enraged that the FBI is getting all the television exposure, has requested 187.35 million dollars to be added to the fiscal year 2010-2011 budget to install a new sump pump in the White house basement. "This will greatly enhance security on Air Force One," said a spokesman for the Service. Other security measures being considered are painting the Rose Garden mauve.
I watched a third episode of 24. This one had hero Jack using a front end loader to overturn a modular building. The bad guy inside the overturned building had to climb out of the window to have the fight with Jack. Just before he died, the killer, who had murdered both a key government witness and a Senator and set up Jack to take the blame, reveals that the weapons of mass bemusement the FBI has been searching for are all ready in the country. This was all made possible by Jack's wacky female confident and soon to be not former FBI agent in her illegal transfer of FBI data to Jack via an unbreakable, hyper-encrypted, unintelligible, scrambled, encoded, stirred-but-not-shaken cipher utilizing as yet undeveloped, philosophically impossible quadstate logic over the zero point energy channel. Fortunately, a visitor to FBI headquarters, the wacky female confident's husband, was able to break through the protective safety seal and unbake the cake. It took only a little less time than it would to chew a bug. It cannot get much better, but there is next week.


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Social Media, Marketing and PR Enquiries
Wildcat Fitness was set up not only as a London-based Personal Training business, but also as a brand in its own right. The reach and influence of both myself and Wildcat Fitness continues to grow, and as of January 2020 the Wildcat Fitness combined social media channels (Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook) have over 40,000 followers. The official Wildcat Fitness Blog was set up in 2015 and has also continued to grow month on month, allowing me to not only be invited to attend and cover exclusive fitness events across London, but also to work with some amazing brands and products. In June 2016 my Blog was awarded Best Fitness Blog at the Health Blog Awards 2016.
I am also a regular contributor for Top Sante UK magazine
Opportunities and Brands I have been involved with include:
Dyson (on the launch of their Pure Cool Purifier)
Sealy (as a World of Wellness Ambassador for the ActivSleep beds and mattresses)
Expedia (on the launch of their #hitreset campaign)
Hello Fresh (on the launch of their new Balanced range of meals)
Bulk Powders (who named me one of the UK's Top 12 Fitness and Food Bloggers)
Winky Lux Cosmetics (on their UK Launch)
Kind Snacks UK #kindchallenge2016
Missfits Nutrition – Creator of Women's Workout Series How To Videos
Santander Cycles Spin Up Summer campaign
Musto Clothing (Musto Women's Fitness SS16 collection)
Lorna Jane UK (as a Brand Ambassador)
LifeBox Food (as creator of their monthly workout cards and videos)
Icon UK YouTube Channel (created, choreographed and advised on Fitness videos and Online workouts by Model and Blogger Danielle Peazer)
Saucony UK (as part of their #RunYourWorld Social influencer campaign)
Active in Style (as host of their #RUNCHELSEA Running Club and HIIT workouts and guest influencer at their fitness events)
Charli Cohen (as a model for her February 2015 London Fashion Week catwalk show with photographs featured in Vogue and Hello Fashion magazine)
If you are, or represent a brand, product or event and would like to collaborate with Wildcat Fitness or discuss potential opportunities please get in touch with me at: firstname.lastname@example.com. Please note I will only work with brands and products that I personally believe in and agree with – so please no weight loss supplements, "detox" teas or meal replacement shakes, and please also note I do not eat meat and try to follow a vegan diet as closely as possible.


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Industrial Development Authority Board (Greene County)
Greene County
Promotes industrial, commercial, agricultural, and manufacturing development thereby creating jobs in Greene County. The Board consists of five members who serve a six year term. Meetings are held as needed.
This board is currently filled. To be added for future consideration, please contact Presiding Commissioner Bob Dixon – firstname.lastname@example.com or 417.868.4818.
**Please let us know if you submit an application and/or get appointed to this board.


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Shops in Newtown, Surry Hills, Redfern, Potts Point and the CBD will be allowed to trade until 10pm, seven days a week and without formal approval, under proposed changes to local planning laws by the City of Sydney.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore is behind the recommended reforms and believes they are critical in saving Sydney's late-night culture.
The proposal also includes the introduction of a noise-control management system, which would be a requirement for new residential buildings. This means mandatory soundproofing for new venues, designed to manage the impact of existing noise and improve certainty for both venues and residents.
"They'll help protect the places we love, and will make sure new additions to our neighbourhoods are developed in a sensitive way for everyone," councillor Jess Scully tells Broadsheet. "I know how hard our venue owners and bookers work to keep bringing live music to our city, and I'm sure we'll be hearing from many of them who'll appreciate this change."
As well as extending trading hours for local businesses, the proposed changes would also permit a range of alcohol-free cultural events and activities after dark, without operators having to seek approval. This includes the screening of films, live performances, art exhibitions and talks in public spaces. A 24-hour library with wi-fi facilities is also proposed to attract families and people of all ages.
The changes will widen the spectrum of after-dark activities and will better accommodate the thousands of people citywide who finish work late.
"It'll be great for our neighbourhoods, we'll be likely to see more activity on the streets and more income for small businesses," says Scully.
Keep Sydney Open director Tyson Koh welcomes the proposed changes and calls on the state government to implement agent of change laws statewide – which put the onus for noise reduction on developers instead of live-music venues – like in Victoria.
"We have been working with councillors across the divide to steer Sydney's night-time economy in the right direction after the damage caused by reckless state government policies," he tells Broadsheet.
"Later trading retail and dining will bring Sydney into line with the world's best cities across Asia and beyond."


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Apple is working on a rear-facing 3D sensor system for the iPhone in 2019, another step toward turning the handset into a leading augmented-reality
(AR) device, according to sources.
Apple is evaluating a different technology from the one it currently uses in the TrueDepth sensor system on the front of the iPhone X. The existing system relies on a structured-light technique that projects a pattern of 30,000 laser dots onto a user's face and measures the distortion to generate an accurate 3-D image for authentication. The planned rear-facing sensor would instead use a time-of-flight approach that calculates the time it takes for a laser to bounce off surrounding objects to create a three-dimensional picture of the environment.
The company is expected to keep the TrueDepth system, so future iPhones will have both front and rear-facing 3D sensing capabilities.
Apple has started discussions with prospective suppliers of the new system, the sources said.
Companies manufacturing time-of-flight sensors include Infineon Technologies, Sony, STMicroelectronics, and Panasonic.
The testing of the technology is still in early stages and it could end up not being used in the final version of the phone. An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment.
The addition of a rear-facing sensor would enable more augmented-reality applications in the iPhone.
Apple chief executive officer Tim Cook considers AR potentially as revolutionary as the smartphone itself. He's talked up the technology on American television and gives it as almost much attention during earnings calls as sales growth.
"We're already seeing things that will transform the way you work, play, connect and learn," he said in the most recent call.
"AR is going to change the way we use technology forever." Mr Cook said.
Apple added a software tool called ARKit this year that made it easier for developers to make apps for the iPhone using AR.
The tool is good at identifying flat surfaces and placing virtual objects or images on them. But it struggles with vertical planes, such as walls, doors or windows, and lacks accurate depth perception, which makes it harder for digital images to interact with real things.
So if a digital tiger walks behind a real chair, the chair is still displayed behind the animal, destroying the illusion. A rear-facing 3-D sensor would help remedy that.
Production problems with the sensor array initially slowed manufacturing of the flagship smartphone, partly because the components must be assembled to a very high degree of accuracy.


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HR Portal – Self Service
Using browser technology to enable data capture, review and analysis by a wider audience.
Using the SharePoint technology from Microsoft in conjunction with specific Jane HR functionality enables any HR & Payroll team to present their specific requirements to their operational audience – your staff.
Using a company Intranet or Internet site, employees can take responsibility for maintaining the data that pertains to them. By putting the onus on staff to keep personal information up to date, you will improve the quality and accuracy of the information you hold. Costs and time spent on administration is reduced and, as a result, payroll and HR specialists are able to spend more of their time on strategic issues and problem-solving, rather than sorting forms and entering data.
The Jane Self-Service Portal allows your workforce to review and update employee-specific information, online via a browser, reflecting any element of their personal and professional development.
Self Service facilities devolves responsibility for the initial data capture to the employee themselves when performing common tasks such as requesting leave, submitting expenses, requesting attendance on pre-planned training events and contributing to on-going appraisals. The capability to view and print information such as Payslips and remaining Holidays or print P60s eliminates query resolution which would otherwise have involved HR professionals.
Devolving the accessibility of this information as well as the capacity to instigate changes enables organisations to dramatically reduce the resources required in central HR teams so that they can be deployed elsewhere such as acting as consultative partners which culminates in a more cost efficient and responsive provision of service by your HR Team.


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Printmaking terms
A small steel rod with a sharpened point used for engraving a metal plate. It leaves a distinctive V-shaped groove in the plate's surface. Printmakers used it to add heavier accents to a plate started in etching.
Engraving is a form of intaglio printing, meaning an image is printed by inking an incised (engraved) surface. The engraver uses a tool called a burin to incise lines into the plate. To print an image the plate is inked, and the surface wiped clean so that only the grooves retain any ink. To ensure that all the ink is transferred to the paper they must both be placed in a press which can apply great pressure. To facilitate the transferral the paper is dampened. This process means that the paper is left with an indentation called a plate mark from where the edges of the metal plate were pressed into the sheet. It is a much more physically demanding technique than etching because it not only requires great physical strength but also great skill to incise an even line.
Etching is also an intaglio technique, but the recesses in the plate are achieved chemically rather than manually. The plate is heated and coated with an acid-resistant ground (in Van Dyck's day this was done with a feather). The artist then draws with an etching needle, which easily scrapes through the ground leaving lines of exposed metal. Van Dyck used a soft ground as he was able to move the etching needle very easily. The disadvantage of the softer ground is that it can be dislodged more easily. Excessive contact with the ground will remove it, and allow the acid to reach the plate, resulting in foul biting. The plate is then immersed in acid, which bites (corrodes) into the copper plate where it has been exposed. If the artist wants some lines to appear deeper than others so that they will print more heavily, these lines can be exposed for a second immersion whilst protecting the other lines with an acid-resistant varnish. When the ground has been cleaned off, the plate is then ready for printing. The etchings by Van Dyck appear in lettered states with the signature line Ant. Van Dyck fecit aqua forti (i.e. 'etched by Anthony Van Dyck', or literally, 'Van Dyck made this with strong water').
An impression is a single pull printed from a plate.
Confusingly, 'margins' refers to the unprinted edges of the paper outside the plate-mark, while the term 'margin' denotes the space between the image and the lower edge of the plate, which is usually reserved for inscriptions such as titles and makers' names.
A type of falsification that disguises an impression as an earlier state. Areas of the plate are covered with paper to prevent them from printing.
The means by which lines in a plate are altered. If the surface of a plate is smoothed and polished it tends to retain less ink.
The condition and appearance of the plate when a number of impressions were printed. If alterations were subsequently made to the plate, any further impressions would represent a different or later state.
Marks in paper caused during manufacture by a pattern formed of wire attached to the wires of the mould. The mark usually denotes maker, size, or place of origin.


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- $250 million repayable investment in research and development
CAE announced today that the Government of Canada will participate in its latest research and development (R&D) program through a repayable investment of $250 million. The goal of CAE's Project Innovate, which will span five and half years, is to develop and expand CAE's current modelling and simulation technologies, develop new ones and continue to differentiate its service offering.
This investment is being made through the Government of Canada's Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative (SADI), which supports strategic industrial research and pre-competitive development projects in the aerospace, defence, space and security industries.
"CAE is proud to partner with the Government of Canada for its R&D projects. By supporting and nurturing innovation in the aerospace industry through the SADI program, the government helps maintain and grow highly skilled jobs in Canada," said Marc Parent, President and Chief Executive Officer of CAE. "Innovation is in CAE's DNA and it has allowed us to become a leader in our civil aviation and defence markets."
"With the government's support, CAE can continue making substantial research and development investments in order to maintain its leadership position in modelling, simulation and training," said Stéphane Lefebvre, CAE's Chief Financial Officer. "CAE plays a key role in helping make air travel safe with our innovative technology and services. Simulation also reduces costs and allows aircrews to be ready for their missions."
Under Project Innovate CAE will develop its next generation of simulation platforms for its civil aviation and defence markets. It will create a state-of-the-art modular system which will be more efficient and much easier to deploy and maintain. The new system will also enhance CAE's user experience. In addition, CAE will develop technologies and training solutions geared towards joint and networked operations in order to be a training systems integrator in air, sea and land domains.
CAE will carry out Project Innovate in Canada, utilizing its R&D laboratories, as well as test and integration facilities. CAE employs approximately 4,000 people in 15 locations across Canada and around 4,000 in the rest of the world. CAE's highly-skilled workforce will continue to partner with universities and key research organizations in Canada, as well as innovative suppliers across the country.
About CAE
CAE is a global leader in modeling, simulation and training for civil aviation and defence. The company employs approximately 8,000 people at more than 100 sites and training locations in approximately 30 countries. CAE offers civil aviation, military and helicopter training services in more than 50 locations worldwide and trains approximately 100,000 crew members yearly. In addition, the CAE Oxford Aviation Academy offers training to aspiring pilot cadets in 10 CAE-operated flight schools. CAE's business is diversified, ranging from the sale of simulation products to providing comprehensive services such as training and aviation services, integrated enterprise solutions, in-service support and crew sourcing. The company applies simulation expertise and operational experience to help customers enhance safety,
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improve efficiency, maintain readiness and solve challenging problems. CAE is now leveraging its simulation capabilities in new markets such as healthcare and mining. More information can be found at www.cae.com. Follow us on Twitter @CAE_Inc.
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Agriculture combines the study of natural and life sciences with valuable academic and practical aspects of management.
With our 119-year history of educating the world's agriculturalists, the University of Reading is consistently at the top of league tables for agriculture. We are the highest-ranking UK university for this subject area and ranked 9th in the world (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019 - Agriculture & Forestry).
Our academics' research influences government policy, and new innovation and product development, and this expertise feeds directly into their teaching across areas including agri-environment, crop production, and animal, dairy and food chain sciences.
We have an international mission and ethos, with more than 30 nationalities represented in our staff and student body. This mix, and the broad range of degrees offered in the wider University, means that you will meet and socialise with people with diverse interests and backgrounds.
Our close and longstanding links with farmers and other land-based industries provide real-life experience and an opportunity for networking and research. Our degrees are supported by an extensive programme of visits to regional farms, agricultural businesses, enterprises and organisations, including a residential course. You will also have access to our own 800 hectares of mixed farm and woodland, and our state-of-the-art facilities.
You will learn how to use biology and technology to maximise crop and animal production to meet economic targets and achieve environmental objectives. You will also gain a thorough grounding in financial and business management.
These courses cover practical skills and can include time spent on university-based farms and on placements. You will also gain a comprehensive grounding in financial and business management to ensure that your practical knowledge is matched by commercial understanding.
Possible careers after these degrees include farm management, animal and crop research and advisory services, and overseas development work. It is the perfect route into agriculture, sustainable rural livelihoods and related industries.
Guest speakers and other stakeholders of the agricultural industry contribute actively to the course, giving you the opportunity to build relationships and improve your knowledge of employment options. You will have the chance to attend farming and rural conferences and seminars, locally and nationally, all of which provide excellent networking opportunities. You will also have the opportunity to participate in six-week summer placements linked to research undertaken at the University, generally completed between your second and final year.
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Social Media: Employee Appetites Outpace Employer Policy
Social tools are the latest in a long line of innovations that enhance the way people communicate and interact with one another. But these products and services are often a bone of contention between workers and management in businesses.
Employees view social media as a means to more efficiently share information and collaborate. Employers, on the other hand, are often skeptical regarding its efficacy in the workplace.
According to a survey commissioned by Microsoft of 9,908 information workers across 32 countries, a significant number of managers still view this latest communications "advancement" with a jaundiced eye because of security and productivity concerns. A mere 30 percent of respondents said executives embrace the use of social tools in the workplace, while 34 percent spoke of how their companies underrate and often actively hinder the use of those tools.
Employees, by contrast, take a decidedly more positive view: 77 percent of those surveyed said these tools increase productivity, while another 40 percent said social services make the workplace more collaborative — a good thing, considering that an equal number of respondents said their offices aren't collaborative enough.
In many instances, reticence regarding the employment of social media in the workplace comes from the top, particularly on the IT side. For example, a year ago, BizTech reported that only 10 percent of Fortune 250 CIOs engaged in social media. Sure, that number has probably grown, but clearly not enough to be reflected more generally worldwide in the Microsoft survey, where 40 percent of respondents indicated that IT workers are a barrier to accessing social tools.
To fill the void, 44 percent of workers turn to colleagues to learn about (and discover) new social technologies. Meanwhile, a third of the repondents said they would pay for social tools and services themselves, if they thought it would increase productivity.
A Net Positive for Business?
True, not all social media activity in the office is business related, just as not every phone call is about selling the company's latest widget. A clear and transparent social media policy is one way to tip the at-work balance away from the personal and toward the workplace.
First, take a step back and briefly examine how social transparency affects business from the outside in. BizTech must-read IT blogger and social media marketer Brian Solis labels social-media-conscious customers as "connected consumers."
As companies have discovered, social media is a double-edged sword that cuts both ways in customer service: It is wonderful when people publicly praise your products and services, but not so great when they're bashed for all to see.
But as BizTech online content manager Ricky Ribeiro points out, "The great thing about social media's transparency is that the company's response is just as visible as the customer's complaint." That's a net positive for businesses that engage customers honestly and straightforwardly. Companies should do the same with their employees.
As social tools continue to penetrate the marketplace, connected consumers, as employees, have brought those tools further into the workplace for personal use, but also as a means to — for example — improve communication with colleagues and partners, share documents and network. By taking the lessons learned from engaging connected consumers, businesses should be able to move the social needle in the right direction internally as well.
One way to do that is to develop a comprehensive yet easy-to-follow set of policies, with input from all stakeholders, especially employees. Then, take the time to educate them as to what is and is not appropriate to share over social media. It's also important to put into place a series of rewards for adherence and escalating consequences for policy violations.
A clear set of flexible guidelines will go a long way toward bridging the divide between employee–employer perceptions of social tools and services. The policy should allow workers to feel free to collaborate with people inside and outside the company, while maintaining the integrity — and security — of company data.


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Check it out! Author SM Harding is here at Women and Words! Woo! Be sure and read all the way to the end, because she's got a fabulous giveaway and all the deets are there.
Good luck!
In lesfic, that is. I was surprised when a member of my writing group, a straight woman who'd been a core member for over ten years, said she loved I Will Meet You There—except for the graphic sex. Graphic sex? Really? Then she said, "But I guess you have to put that stuff in for the genre." The genre? Lesfic, of course. Since we were at our group's annual Christmas dinner, I let it go. But it bothered me. It was one of those aborted conversations that replay when trying to get to sleep. I didn't think I'd written "graphic" sex scenes; I thought I'd written one scene that pushed the story forward and one that deepened the reader's understanding of the characters.
I'd let it go until I received a query from a lesfic reader a couple of months later. She expressed surprise at the amount of sex (thank goodness, she didn't say graphic) in the book and wondered if my publisher had pushed the sex scenes. Here, in part, is my response: No one from Bella Books suggested more sex, or pushed it. Do you remember your first time with a woman? For me, it was an overwhelming set of feelings that blew me away. Can you imagine if your first time was at forty-five? That you'd lived your life as a straight woman, including marriage to a man whom you loved? I wanted the reader to understand the moment that changed Sarah's world forever.
Though I didn't go into Win's scene with this reader—a wee bit of bondage lite—I could've added that I thought carefully about her motivations before I wrote it. Win hates surrender—the word, the notion, the action—and not only can we chalk it down to her military training, but she's let her barriers down once before with disastrous results. That she would open herself to Sarah so completely seemed to me to deserve a scene. The "why" to me was clear and I hope readers saw this scene with clarity and saw Win as a real risk-taker with her heart. And falling in love with Sarah is a risk. Win tries to warn Sarah about repercussions of their love, but she doesn't listen. She rarely does! Instead, she shoves the feelings down, doesn't examine them and simply plunges forward.
Now, some of my favorite lesfic authors rarely visit the boudoir of their characters and I'm sure you can think of myriad examples. On the other hand, some stop the forward progress of the story for a sexy romp, complete with the number of digits used. In the latter example, my eyes glaze over and I tend to skip to where the story picks up again. Because I believe whatever scene we write has to serve the story—that the scene either pushes the story forward or deepens the understanding of the character/s. Granted, I write under the banner of the mystery genre, specifically police procedural and thriller, but I want fully developed characters in a plot that flows from them and their actions. If it involves relationship building and sex, so be it.
So did I change the second novel in the series, A Woman of Strong Purpose, because of these comments? Absolutely not! Though, while Sarah and Win talk about sex—after all, they are new to one another—there's no full-blown sex scene in this novel. Why not? Because there was no need to push the story forward or to deepen the readers' understanding of them through a sex scene. Period.
But this brings up the question of whom do I write for? Not for my publisher, nor even my readers. In my heart of hearts, I answer that I serve the characters that have tapped me on the shoulder and told me their stories. Sarah and Win are married as A Woman of Strong Purpose opens, living together and Sarah feels pushed to come out publically. Win says when straight people think about lesbian relationships, all they consider is sex. Yes, it's part of a lesbian relationship, but not the totality of two women who are trying to build a long-term relationship. I need to feel free to explore all the aspects of their marriage, emotions, thoughts, heart and sex. What? You think women over forty-five have no libido?
Now I have some questions for you:
- Which subgenre of lesfic do you read the most? (You know, romance, mystery, etc.)
- How do you read sex scenes? As welcome titillation or an interruption of the story or something in-between? Explain, please.
- How much is too much? Not enough?
- Do you favor "fade to black" before orgasm?
Answer one of the questions and if I find your answer good and intriguing, I'll send out a copy of A Woman of Strong Purpose or a print of the cover photo (your choice, just let me know).


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When Jesus spoke the words "the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head" He was not referring merely to physical comforts (Matt. 8:20). From the beginning of creation God has actively sought a resting place for Himself among… Read More ›
Exploring Community
Community of Grace
From the shadows they came. From the dark and dangerous haunts of the city. From the hidden nooks and crannies where they lingered on the fringes of society. These were the undesirables, the basest and most shunned in the community…..going… Read More ›
Somewhere A Church
Heard the one about there being no perfect church? It goes like this: 'Well, there's no perfect church because churches are made up of imperfect people', or words to that effect. It's one of those often repeated Christianese statements that… Read More ›
In Search Of Authentic Authority
Leadership. For many of us the word leaves a bad taste. For some it evokes a sense of deep disappointment, emotional pain or abandonment. And for far too many it awakens traumatic memories of spiritual abuse. Jesus didn't have a… Read More ›
I'm Not Your Hero
The Sunday morning service was about to start. The child squirmed and protested on my hip as I stood at the back of the room, struggling to keep him still and quiet. The woman approaching me didn't notice my difficulty… Read More ›
Exploring Community Part Three: Hierarchy and Leadership
Where does hierarchy fit in with authentic Christian community? What role, if any, does leadership have to play? These are questions many of us are struggling with as God continues to lead us out of 'playing church' into the day… Read More ›
Exploring Community Part Two: True and False Community
We have seen how the very essence of authentic community lies within the mystery of Three in One Elohyim: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit dwelling eternally as vibrant, living, loving community among Themselves. We have seen how humanity is… Read More ›


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Since November 9th of last year, the majority of us have been feeling rather trapped, endangered, if you will.
When NASA broke news of discovering seven Earth-like planets each in their system's habitable zone, millions came to the Professor's conclusion:
But, wait, things aren't so bad. And traveling 40 light years is impossible. We live here, for better or worse. Lately, granted, it's mostly been worse. We all look up to the heavens, the deep void, to be inspired, to feel hope.
Naming our aspirations matter. While I love the work that so many astronomers and astrophysicists do, they routinely fail at that most fundamental human trait–naming. Last year, as an adamic exercise, I took it upon myself to name some worlds, some exoplanets.
The planetary system is known as TRAPPIST-1 (Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope). I prefer to think of it not as an acronym but as a reference to the Trappist Catholic order, Cistercian monks making of the world's finest beer. I would contend that Westvleteren would be a better name for this star and system, but in all honesty, Trappist is a good name.
As a means to connect what is out there with what we here experiencing, I propose these names for the seven known exoplanets of the Trappist System.
Tiresias (Trappist-1b)
This week saw our nation's leader decide some of the most vulnerable among us ought not to have basic bodily freedom. Thus, I propose naming the first planet of the Trappist system in honor of the Greek character Tiresias who lived as both a man and a woman. Tiresias has always been someone who traveled between presumably fixed states transgressing boundaries, thresholds. S/he was a myth granted a lifespan of seven lives.
Hunkpapa (Trappist-1c)
Sihasapa (Trappist-1d)
Yanktonai (Trappist-1e)
The three tribes living on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, where protests against DAPL have been rigorous despite aggressive governmental action against the natives. Under the new presidential administration, the protest camp as been burnt to the ground.
Aztlán (Trappist-1f)
Perhaps the most Earth-like of these seven Earth-like planets in terms of size. Aztlan is traditionally the name given to where the Aztec people lived. However, contemporary usage deploys it to denote the land with which Chicano activists identify. Given the current administration's desire to expel Chicanos as well as the vast majority of Hispanic and Latinx from our nation, it seems appropriate there be a heavenly body out there emblazoned with a name that highlights their struggle and right.
Inshallah (Trappist-1g)
Callach (Trappist-1h)
Since the KKK is staunch ally of the current president, who has surrounded himself with vocal anti-semites and islamophobes, it's not enough to punch neo-Nazis in the face. We should continue like Captain America to punch neo-Nazis in the face while we enshrine in the heavens planets named for an Arabic expression of hopefulness and a Hebrew word for 'forgiveness.'


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I've been searching for the perfect solution to my skin breakouts and blemishes and since there are so many skin systems out there with weird chemicals and acids, I decided to go down the natural route with Dr Hauschka's Daily Face Care Kit for Oily Skin.
My skin complaints date from when I moved to London almost two years ago from Newcastle and many of my friends have blamed the hard water and excess pollution and stress for changes in their own skin.
I popped in to Zest Pharmacy in Soho, a proper neighbourhood chemist, which stocks an excellent range of natural, specialist and French skincare brands. I had a long chat with one of the owners, a French lady who knew pretty much everything about skincare and had luminous skin to prove it.
She showed me starter kits by La Roche-Posay, Murad, Vichy and Caudalie, but recommended Dr Hauschka for its homeopathic approach to solving skin problems.
I've been using the Hydra Medic skincare system by Repechage for about nine months, which I roadtested for ELLEuk.com, but after initial good results, it seems to have dried my skin out. The Repechage Beta Hydroxy Serum is a great overnight treatment, as it smoothed out all the tiny bumps on my forehead, but the Mattifying Moisturiser is a horrible bright white that made my skin feel tight and uncomfortable.
At just £15 for six travel size products, I thought I'd give it a try and see if I have more luck without the drying chemicals I've been relying on for so many years.
The Daily Face Care Kit for oily skin consists of a Cream Cleanser, Clarifying Toner and Normalising Day Oil to be used instead of a moisturiser, as well as three weekly treatments – a Facial Steam Bath, Cleansing Clay Mask and a Revitalising Mask.
On the first day of the trial, I took some time out to do the whole seven step system with all of the products. I expected the Cleansing Cream to be smooth and rich, but it had an oatmeal consistency that gently exfoliated my skin without drying it. The Clarifying Toner felt refreshing and calmed my skin with extracts of calendula, witch hazel and daisy.
Having used oil-free products for so long and having an almost pathological fear of getting an oily T-Zone, I was sceptical about using the Normalising Day Oil. I could just imagine my make-up slipping off and suffering a greasy face all day, but I was amazed at how quickly the oil was absorbed. It's important to get the right amount and I found that two drops was enough to cover my face.
Dr Hauschka's skin regime is completely different to any other I've tried, as he doesn't believe in using exfoliators or night creams, as they upsets the natural rhythm of your skin, thus clogging pores and making your skin increasingly dependent on products.
It's all about normalising skin and making it learn again how to repair itself biologically. I'm still unsure about putting so much trust in my own body to rid itself of the blemishes, as it's been a bit of a bitch so far, but picking and choosing various harsh and expensive products is probably what's given it the hump in the first place.
Once a week, you should give your skin an intensive treatment of steam, deep pore cleansing and radiance revealing. The Facial Steam Bath has a subtle, herbal scent and helps open pores and detoxify skin. Add a few table spoons to a sink full of boiling water, cover your head with a towel and breath in the aromatic steam for five to seven minutes. Afterwards, my skin, chest and head all felt opened and I instantly had more energy.
Immediately after steaming, you're supposed to add a thin layer of the mustard-coloured Cleansing Clay Mask and keep your face moist for up to ten minutes (I forgot and my face felt tight and rigid, like it was covered in cement). After washing it off, I applied the Revitalising Mask, which felt luxurious but not too rich and had a relaxing aroma.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Duration: 166 minutes
Language: Hindi
India Release Date: 12-NOV-2015
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PDF Verdict: Overall, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo will be another blockbuster movie of Salmaan Khan. The movie is full of Emotions, Love, Action & Family Drama. A Celebration of Indian values, rituals and culture, PRDP is a clean, family entertainer.
Ratings: 3.5 on 5
Performance: 3.5 on 5
Script: 3 on 5
Screenplay: 3 on 5
Music and Background Score: 3 on 5
Cinematography: 4 on 5


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The retired officers, in testimony prepared for a House hearing Tuesday, said Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV admonished subordinates for contacting the Defense Department's inspector general about Dawood National Military Hospital.
Caldwell is now head of the Army North command and senior commander of Fort Sam Houston in Texas. North Command spokesman Col. Wayne Shanks said, "I am sure that Lt. Gen. Caldwell would welcome the opportunity to respond to any inquiry and I'm confident that once the facts are presented and examined, all allegations will be proven false."
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee said Caldwell could be called to testify in a future hearing.
Retired Army Col. Gerald Carozza Jr., who was chief of legal development assisting the Afghan Army and defense ministry, said Caldwell at one point expressed concern that the request was too close to the 2010 congressional elections. But Carozza added that in his view, Caldwell "did not want the request to go to the DOD IG (Department of Defense inspector general) at all."
"The general did not want bad news to leave his command before the election or after the election," Carozza will testify. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the testimony in advance of the hearing.
In September 2011, The Wall Street Journal reported from Kabul that U.S. officers found that patients at the hospital were routinely dying of simple infections and starving to death, while corrupt doctors and nurses demanded bribes for food and basic care.
A memorandum written by another committee witness, retired Air Force Col. Schuyler Geller, confirmed the poor treatment and corruption. Geller, a command surgeon attached to the training mission, agreed in a memo that Caldwell did not want an inspector general's investigation.
Eventually, Caldwell agreed to ask for a limited investigation, but Carozza said his request for the inquiry "would not mention the Auschwitz-like conditions at the National Military Hospital."
It appears the inspector general went further than a limited investigation. Committee officials said the inspector general has now opened two investigations in response to complaints into the conduct of Caldwell and a deputy, now-Maj. Gen. Gary Patton.
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What Wasn't Doesn't Matter: Renaldo Nehemiah on Success
Many people remember Renaldo Nehemiah for the way he cleared flights of hurdles with beauty and finesse. He was the first person to break the 13-second barrier – and 30 years later, fewer than a dozen men have done the same. Winning the NCAA Championships twice and being named the 1979 Penn Relays MVP (after anchoring the shuttle hurdle relay, 4 x 100-meter relay, 4 x 200-meter relay, and 4 x 400-meter relays) are additional credits on Nehemiah's resume. Few people realize that despite his numerous accomplishments, Nehemiah does not have an Olympic medal.
"Ninety percent of people make the mistake of believing that I won an Olympic medal," Nehemiah says. "I am often introduced as 'Renaldo Nehemiah, Olympic medalist,' and immediately after [I say] thank you, I have to correct them."
Just when it seemed that Nehemiah was at the top of his game and ready to compete on a world stage, President Jimmy Carter decided to boycott the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Although it has taken Nehemiah some time to get over what could have been at Moscow, he does not believe that it has changed how he is viewed as an athlete.
"An athlete is not defined by their last race," Nehemiah says. "Even without an Olympic medal, people still remember my races and my accomplishments. People still randomly come up to me and say they remember watching me when I ran at Penn Relays… or when I trained at Byrd Stadium.
"Yeah, I think about what I could have done at the 1980 Olympics because I was [ranked] number-one at that time," Nehemiah admits. "But the positive things people come and say to me or about me… and the things I have been able to give back to the sport – that's my gold medal."
Nehemiah's track and field career was cut short – not by injury or other tragedy, as happens with many athletes, but by another twist of politics. In 1982 he left the track behind and signed with the San Francisco 49ers to play professional football.
"After the Olympics, I found myself as a 22-year-old about to graduate from college and looking for a job. Football came at the right time and extended my athletic career. I couldn't go back to track since football was a professional sport and track was an amateur sport. But two years after I signed my NFL contract, track became a professional sport. Many people ask why I didn't just stay with track, but I had to make a living, so I just tell them, 'I was born too early.'"
Despite world politics and athletic politics working against him, Nehemiah never lost his passion for the sport, and he is about as involved as a non-athlete can be – working as an agent and athlete representative for Octagon, the world's largest sponsorship consulting practice.
"I got into being a sports agent on accident," Nehemiah says. "I was working with financial management and helping athletes manage their money. I started working with Gold Medal Management with Michael Johnson… I wasn't really interested at first but then I thought about it and after two years at Gold Medal I moved on to Octagon where I started as an agent with no clients. But then my clients from Gold Medal came over to Octagon as well."
Contrary to the Jerry McGuire image, it's a job with a lot of less-than-glamorous hats to wear.
"I set up races, flights and hotels for the athletes, and their families sometimes. [I set up] endorsements and sponsor deals… everything under the sun. I get calls at 2 and 4 in the morning, so it's a very busy and a very thankless job. I have a partner overseas now so I handle most of the domestic things and don't have to travel as much as I used to."
Nehemiah has also tried his hand at coaching – although his competitive fire may have tainted him for that role.
"I [coached] for a little while at George Mason University, where we won two NCAA titles. I enjoyed coaching but couldn't stick with it because I often found that I wanted it more than the athletes. When I was an athlete, I was a student of the sport. I studied present competitors, former athletes, my flexibility, and dieting. And now many athletes don't want to do that. But I still occasionally help my [Octagon] clients by timing their phases.
"Athletes today are not battle tested. They win great and run great, but then they duck and duck and don't compete so they don't have to risk losing their titles. When I was number-one, I was truly number-one because I was battle-tested. I ran against my competitors 10-15 times per season. My biggest competitor, Greg Foster, and I always competed against each other."
It's Nehemiah's opinion that the sport of track and field – the way races are organized and appearance fees are paid to foster today's professionals – may be doing the sport the most harm. Is he the stereotypical old guy ranting about the olden times and demanding the kids stay off his lawn? As a man close to the money in the sport, maybe not.
"I believe athletes should have to work for their money. For shoe contracts or endorsements, if I'm paying you $300,000 a year to show my shoe or clothing, but you're only racing maybe two or three big meets of the year, then you're not holding up your end of the deal. This should put contracts at risk. Instead of there being appearance fees, the money should be put in a pot for prize money for first, second, and third. This way, people have to come out and compete more often to make their money and this will increase competition and make people want to tune into track more often.
"Everything is about instant gratification today. It's all about money and fame, which leads people to using banned substances. I didn't run track to make it a profession; it was an amateur sport at the time… I used it to further my life—I got an education, got to travel and see the world, but it was not a means to an end. Too many athletes now use professional sports as a means to an end."
Despite this altruistic view, and a genuine desire to see the sport succeed, Nehemiah's in no hurry to lace up the spikes again – and he won't be hopping in any Masters meets any time soon.
"Man, the last time I went over hurdles was about three years ago at my last clinic. I can't get over the 42-inch height anymore; they're too high for me now, but I still have all the technique I had before. I think that my business on the track is finished, and I have accomplished everything that I needed to. The best day of my life was the day I retired. I had a family, and I wanted to move on with my life and be a regular guy."
What's his advice to the up-and-comers today? Some counsel that's decidedly not related to competition.
"Always keep business cards," Nehemiah advises. "If someone has taken the time out to show enough interest in you to give you their card, don't take it for granted. Athletics won't take care of you forever; everyone will have to retire one day whether it's by choice or by force. These contacts always help with building something for yourself outside of sports."
While interviews like this one invariably remind Nehemiah of 1980 and a handful of things that never were, having or not having an Olympic medal does not appear to be a heavy weight on his shoulders.
"I want to be remembered for the things I was able to help and give back to people. I don't need recognition or articles talking about what I did, but I want people to know that beyond the track, I gave back and helped out where I could."
D'Ambour Lewis is a junior sprinter and jumper at the University of Maryland (Renaldo Nehemiah's alma mater, coincidentally). She is a journalism major. Contact her here.
Photo credits: University of Maryland
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Wow what an insightful interview, I was at Maryland when Skeets (his nickname, as most on campus knew him)competed. Yes he was a student of his sport no doubt,very well spoken and determined. He was later signed by the San Francisco 49er's as a receiver, but did not fair as well, which sadly brought to an end to his track career. Unlike Micheal Jordon who spent two years in minor league baseball he was never able to regain his prowess in track and no doubt the 1980 Olympic boycott was a moment he'll always wish would have worked out differently.
Nehemiah was and still is a very sharp and intelligent man…something that athletes of today should come to understand.
Intelligence is an essential element to being a champion. The altruism that Skeets has developed is a by-product of his years of hard work and this is a trait that others should attempt to emulate and strive for…but it can only be done if you have goals and are willing to make sacrifices above and beyond that which is expected of you.
Because what you will find in true champions is not only a natural athletic ability but a desire to leave it all on the field, at the end of the day, and get up and do it again and gain and again.
Don E. Dotter
I agree…this was an insightful and well written article!!! Being a former hurdler, I am a fan of Nehemiah and loved watching him run.
I was not aware of the fact that he never won an Olympic Medal. But I must say that does not take away from or minimize any of his accomplishments.
I agree with his statement that today's athletes are not battle tested. I LOVE track and field but have not kept up with watching meets on t.v. because you rarely have the top competitors competing.
Mr. Nehemiah, thanks again for your contributions to track & field. It was a joy to watch you run.
To my dear niece that wrote this article…JOB WELL DONE!!!! I love you!
Auntie "DRE"
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I believe Nehemiah should have waited 4 years to compete in the 1980 Olympics instead of becoming a professional in the NFL thus closing the door to return to Track and Field. I was sorely disappointed by that move as I watched his career as a high school track athlete from NJ. I obtained Nehemiah's autograph in NYC at the Wanamaker Milrose Games in 1979(I think) along with many other athletes.
Curious why people make the assumption that athletes aren't intelligent? I think greed and the desire for fame cause people to make poor decisions.
I trust Skeets, the sports agent, does well by the rest of his clients how Sanya Richards was handled.
Kimberly, I'd love to hear more about what you mean with the Sanya Richards reference.
Rick Miller
Hi D'Ambour,
Thank you for such a fine article on Renaldo Nehemiah. As a Univ. of Maryland hurdler in the mid-60's and from New Jersey (Renaldo's home state) I have followed his career closely. I personally believe he is the greatest hurdler who has ever lived. He had it all.
I would love to see Renaldo dust off the old spikes and get involved in Masters Track & Field. He would bring a tremendous amount of excitement to Masters Track and would become the supreme ambassador for the sport.
Bruce Carson, Class of '68
Thanks for the kind words Bruce. We'd love to see Skeets toe the line in some Masters races too…
I had just finished college as a Jamaican foreign student who religiously attended the Penn Relays and did not then know about Renaldo Nehemiah even though I had a job in Scotch Plains N.J. But it was the last even of the Penn Relays in I think 1979 when this student from University of Maryland received the Baton several yards later and happened to not only pass the four or five athletes in front of him but caught the lead runner and won the race. I am a track fan and I can without a doubt say that race is one of the greatest amatuer races I have witnessed.
I was at the race the day Renaldo anchored the U of Maryland team to victory at the Penn Relays with a great come from behind effort. Having run against him in the 4 x 400 meter finals at the Union County Indoor championships in Elizabeth, NJ I new exactly how those other runners felt. I was running for Roselle Catholic that day and I received the baton two people ahead of "Skeets" and before I made it around the 1st turn he had overtaken me. I think I ran 51 seconds that day. He had to have run 49 secs or faster. It was an amazing effort.


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