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If you have a history of cardiac conditions or high cholesterol, it is time you follow a diet that is healthy for your heart. We will discuss the various food groups that aid in the recovery of your cardiovascular health concerns.
It is important to bring a considerable change in your diet to reduce the risk of cardiac health diseases and risk factors they accompany. Including heart-healthy foods in our diets is something every person should do to improve their longevity and the quality of life.
A variety of food types can help your heart perform better, but that is not enough if you don't limit junk foods and processed foods that contain a high amount of preservatives.
It's been proven through multiple studies that junk and processed foods happen to be one of the primary causes of obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and increased blood sugar levels.
However, when we speak of a heart-healthy diet, avoiding junk food is just half the battle. You need to increase your intake of healthy foods that benefit your heart.
You need food that can fuel your complex cardiovascular system with precisely what it needs for smooth operation.
Let's now move on to the dietary choices you can make. Each food group we have chosen is backed by scientific evidence to convince you to make the best choice for your health today.
Here are 10 heart-healthy foods you need to add to your diet.
1. Barley and Oats
Barley and oats contain a type of soluble fibre called beta-glucan that has a variety of health benefits. Studies revealed that the insulin response of your body is blunted by beta-glucan while boosting immunity. It also plays a role in cholesterol reduction and that is what matters for the health of your heart.
Beta-glucan binds to cholesterol and bile acid in your intestines. This prevents the absorption of the cholesterol into your body. So if you're suffering from high cholesterol, it would serve you really well to include barley and oats in your breakfast regularly.
As research reveals that only about 3 grams of beta-glucan a day can reduce your cholesterol levels by at least 10%. Have an oat bran cookie as a snack or add just 2 spoons full of oatmeal to your lunch entrée or smoothie. That's all you need.
2. Salmon and other fatty fish
When it comes to a healthy heart, fish oils, specifically Omega-3 fatty acids play a critical role. Fatty fishes like mackerel, salmon, albacore tuna, sardines and lake trout are staples of protein that a heart needs. Even crustaceans like squids, lobsters, and oysters are healthy for your heart.
They all entail healthy omega-3, especially the long-chained variety that is referred to as LC omega-3. Long-chain omega-3 fatty acids have been tested in human trials. They help the heart maintain rhythm and prevent a heart attack.
Studies have also shown omega-3 leads to lower blood pressure, prevents blood clotting, all the while keeping blood vessels healthy. They also lower the inflammation and bring down triglycerides level.
3. Dark leafy greens
Salad greens, kale, spinach, collard, mustard greens and Swiss chard, are rich in vitamins C, A, K and E. They are known to contain an assortment of antioxidants that help your body get rid of various harmful toxins.
Besides that, they have an abundance of calcium, potassium, and magnesium. This makes them some of the best foods for the health of your heart.
Potassium, calcium, and magnesium all help in regulating blood pressure. While being green vegetables, they are packed with fibre which helps reduce cholesterol levels. Fibre interestingly also helps you feel full, prevents constipation and assists weight loss.
4. Nuts and seeds
As long as the nuts and seeds are unsalted, including them with your diet can bring down your blood pressure. Nuts and seeds contain magnesium and potassium and other minerals that help regulate your blood pressure.
Studies conducted on pistachios reveal that this nut can reduce the tightening of blood vessels (AKA peripheral vascular resistance). It can also reduce blood pressure, cholesterol, and heart rate.
Almonds, pecans, flaxseed, macadamia nuts, walnuts, and hazelnuts can also positively impact the health of your heart. Include a handful of these in your diet to see positive changes in your heart health.
5. Beets
You might think beets are a surprising choice, but studies reveal that they are full to the brim with nitric oxide that loosens up blood vessels that are tightened.
Actually, a small Australian study found that drinking about 2½ cups (500 grams) of beet juice can significantly reduce systolic blood pressure in under 6 hours.
Beet juice is one of the few sources of betalain, which is an antioxidant with anti-inflammatory properties. Due to this further research is being conducted into beets and how it can be used in the treatment of arthritis and heart failure.
6. Avocados
If you are planning to follow a healthy diet, make sure you add avocados to your dietary plans as well. A study issued in the American Heart Association's journal revealed that interchanging foods with saturated fat with a single avocado per day can reduce blood pressure by up to 13.5 milligrams-per-deciliter.
The researchers believe avocados could be more than enough to keep people mildly suffering from blood pressure off meds. Avocados are a great source of monounsaturated fatty acids. It can significantly reduce your "bad" cholesterol (LDL), and total cholesterol, all the while keeping the "good" cholesterol (HDL) levels maintained.
7. Olive oil
Why olive oil you must wonder? Well, olive oil contains monounsaturated fatty acids that improve longevity, brain health, and heart health.
Olive oil can either be used for dressing vegetables, salads and for cooking rather things with high levels of saturated fats, like butter. The fatty acids in olive oil are known to significantly reduce blood pressure, triglycerides, and bad cholesterol.
Regardless of how Olive oil functions, it is high in caloric content. As long as it is used in moderation it can provide all the benefits and maintain a healthier heart.
8. Legumes
When it comes to foods that are good for the heart, this list wouldn't be complete Legume. Legumes include lentils, chickpeas, black-eyed peas, and beans. They're good for the heart because legumes have a high content of soluble fibre which brings down the levels of triglyceride and cholesterol in the bloodstream.
Soluble fibre plays an important role in the body. It binds to the extra LDL cholesterol and flushes it out in the waste. Studies have revealed that eating about half a cup of legumes a day significantly reduces blood pressure. Legumes also have healthy proteins that work best for your digestive system.
Simply remember to rinse the salt before consuming any type of legume. Since salt is a contributory element in increasing blood pressure, ensure it is removed.
9. Low-fat dairy
It might seem odd to you that we have included dairy in this list heart-healthy foods, but studies reveal that yoghurt, milk, and cheese can help lower blood pressure.
Dairy products have the necessary minerals that help control blood pressure, i.e. potassium, magnesium, and calcium. Dairy items still contain high levels of fat and saturated fats, so it might be a good idea that you select low-fat products.
Consuming low-fat dairy in small proportions can help your heart condition. While higher amounts can increase your cholesterol. Keep this piece of information in mind when consuming dairy products.
10. Pomegranate
It goes without saying, fruits are indeed healthy. They provide the nutrients your body requires, reduce inflammation, and help boost your immune system.
But here we will discuss a fruit that will help improve your cardiovascular health. Pomegranate contains phytochemicals that act as an antioxidant and protect the lining of your arteries.
A study issued in 2005 of the "National Academy of Sciences" discovered that pomegranate rich in antioxidants stimulated the production of nitric oxide in the body. This considerably helps regulate the blood flow and loosen up the tightened arteries.
All in all, a healthy diet is essential for a good heart. Your overall healthy heart plan should also include cardiovascular exercises, possibly attempts at weight loss, and stress reduction.
Quit smoking, alcohol, and any form of recreational drugs. High blood pressure can be your body's response to sleep deprivation. So make sure you sleep well.
Also, schedule regular health check appointments with your GP. One of the most promising telehealth platforms benefits is that you can consult your GP without having to visit the healthcare facility. A healthy heart isn't an achievement, it's a lifestyle.
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June 26, 2017
7 Tips for first-time Traveler to Cebu, Philippines
Generally, the Cebu is one of the metropolitan cities which are mainly located in the Philippines. Moreover, it is the first capital city of Philippines. Actually, it is situated in the center of the metropolitan area so it is called as the Metro Cebu.

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this is a belated anniversary wish for my good friend miss patty and her husband.
it is ruby tuesday and these pretty flowers that i bought from goodle images have pretty shades of red in them.
i wonder why miss patty chose such a COLD month to get married in?
i mean what way is THAT to celebrate your anniversary [44 years!]with your sweetheart, shovelling snow!!..dressed in a ruby coloured coat and freezing...brrrrrr...[compliments of her friend, mrs. mac, of course!]
here are a whole lot of roses for you dear friend!
happy belated anniversary miss patty. i never forgot but all of the room on both blogs was just all full up!!... until today....love bernie and terry
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Welcome to our Music Together® with Music and Me Family.
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If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Wendy DeAngelis, Director, by phone at 718-229-0033 and leave us a voice mail if we are unable to pick up. Your call will be returned within 24 hours our sooner or by email.
Credits are discussed on a case by case basis with Wendy DeAngelis, Center Director.
Please wear comfortable clothes for moving and sitting. Socks are required for Grown-ups and children in class, Grippy Socks are ideal.
Yes, we strive to have our classes feel like home and families are responsible for their own personal belongings. Neither Music Together® with Music and Me nor any of our locations are liable for any personal belongings.
Why Do We Require a Second Class Choice?
Try not to give verbal directions. It can be tough to restrain the impulse to give your child directives such as "Do what she is doing, hold your instrument this way" but children respond best by just seeing and hearing you doing (and enjoying) it yourself! Wandering toddlers is fine, but If you want your child to come back to you, avoid calling to him from across the room. If necessary, redirect your child physically back to you or the circle.
You must always be in the same room as your child. Of course watch out for your child's safety. This is a Grown-up child class and it is the responsibility of the Grown-up attending class with the child to ensure the child's safety at all times.
To schedule a make-up class, use our online Make-Up Scheduler. If a given class is not displayed as an option for a make-up, it means all make-up spots for that class have been assigned; please schedule your make-up for a different class or check back later to see if a spot becomes available. If you know you will not be attending a previously scheduled make-up class, please cancel it so the spot becomes available for another family.
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Clear Lake Dermatologists Serve Patients Requiring Warts Treatment in Webster, League City, Friendswood and Houston, TX
Patients in Houston, League City, and the surrounding Bay Area who suffer from warts can call Clear Lake Dermatology for treatment. While warts are most commonly found on the hands and fingers, they can also be located on the feet, face, arms, legs, and nails. They are caused by the human papillomavirus, which can be spread by direct contact or the sharing of personal items such as towels.
Most warts are hard bumps that may appear irregular in shape. The surface of a wart is normally very rough when found on the hands and feet, but it may be smooth when located on the face, arms, or legs. Some warts appear to have a dark center because blood vessels are located in the middle of them. Warts are easily distinguishable from moles because warts are typically much lighter in color.
Warts Treatment
In most cases, warts can be easily removed with an over-the-counter medication that contains salicylic acid. This medication may not be effective on extremely large warts or those located on the bottom of the feet. In one of these instances, warts may need to be surgically removed. Our doctors can remove all types of warts in the Clear Lake Dermatology clinic.
Before removing a wart, the area will be thoroughly cleansed and dried. The patient will then be given a local anesthetic to numb the area where the wart is located. The growth will be removed by either scraping the tissue with a surgical instrument or freezing it. The exact method used to remove the wart will vary based upon its size and location. After removing the wart, small sutures are used to close the wound, which should heal on its own within a few days.
Warts Post-Treatment
After wart removal, some patients never experience these growths again, while others will find the wart reappears in the same area a short while later. Patients can become re-infected with warts should they come in contact with the human papillomavirus at a later time.


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Overall rating: 6.00 out of 10.0
Review by: Submitted anonymously
Date: 17 October 2011
Rating: 9
We purchased a Jayco Embark in spring of 2011> We returned to Terry Town for some warranty work. To our suprise and appreciation Terry Town and Jayco really stepped up to the plate for us. Not only did they fix all the items we noted they went thru the unit and picked up a number of additional items. are very pleased with the service from both Terry Town RV and Jayco.Jim - 184.108.40.206
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Date: 03 May 2011
Rating: 4
great deal on the trailer we purchased,the problem with a canadian buying a trailer in the usa is trying to get warranty,have spoke with service rep at terrytown and nothing being done,canadian dealers wont honour warranty
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Date: 16 January 2010
Rating: 5
january 16,Stoped in today at your show room. You have a nice show room and large lot. Didn't realize that this week end was the Big Rv show down town. You were very busy and didn't have anyone to wait on us was looking for Truck camper. Front desk was very pleasant.
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Archive for March, 2013
Elizabeth Warren Talks About Big Banks and the big bucks they use to purchase congressmen and women.
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Why We Go to War
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From Buzzflash, "The first step is to learn the facts, and then to get angry and to ask ourselves, as progressives and caring human beings, what we can do about the relentless transfer of wealth to a small group of well-positioned Americans.
$2.13 per hour vs. $3,000,000.00 per hour
Each of the Koch brothers saw his investments grow by $6 billion in one year, which is three million dollars per hour based on a 40-hour 'work' week. They used some of the money to try to kill renewable energy standards around the country." They also purchased a lot of politicians with that money in the form of their annual campaign contributions and political action committee support, which went to such political warriors for the 1 percent as Congressman John Boehner, Senator Orrin Hatch and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. That's why they own your government, and you don't.
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Mexican Farmers Protest Entry into Mexico of Monstanto's GMO Corn
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Will Support Gay Marriage Under One Condition
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Breaking News: Obama Obeys His Corporate Master's: Signs Bill Protecting Monsanto From Lawsuits
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The culture of political corruption in the nation's capital was never on better display today than when US Corporate of the 1 Percent President Barack Obama signed the Monsanto Protection Act into law.
"Protesters have descended on Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House this week, enraged at a potentially health-hazardous provision they allege lawmakers inserted surreptitiously into a continuing resolution (CR) that will fund the government through the remainder of the fiscal year. The bill sailed through the Capitol on Friday; President Obama signed it into law on Tuesday.
Opponents have termed the language in question the "Monsanto Protection Act," a nod to the major agricultural biotech corporation and other like firms geared at producing genetically modified organisms (GMO) and genetically engineered (GE) seeds and crops. The provision protects genetically modified seeds from litigation suits over health risks posed by the crops' consumption.
Food safety advocacy groups like Food Democracy Now, which collected more than 250,000 signatures on a petition calling for the president to veto the CR, argue not enough studies have been conducted into the possible health risks of GMO and GE seeds. Eliminating judicial power to halt the selling or planting of them essentially cuts off their course to ensuring consumer safety should health risks emerge."
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US Corporate President Barack Obama Signs the Monsanto Protection Act Into Law
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|The Feast of All Saints
All Saints' Day, though not one of the twelve Great Feasts of the Church year, is a significant feast day on which all saints (both known and unknown) are commemorated collectively on the first Sunday after Pentecost.
St Ephrem the Syrian (d. 373) mentions a Feast dedicated to the saints in his writings. St John Chrysostom (d. 407) was the first Christian we know of to assign the Feast to a particular day: the first Sunday after Pentecost. The feast of All Saints achieved great prominence in the ninth century, in the reign of the Byzantine Emperor, Leo VI (886-911). His wife, Empress Theophano lived a devout life. After her death, her husband built a church, intending to dedicate it to her. When he was forbidden to do so, he decided to dedicate it to "All Saints," so that if his wife were in fact one of the saints, she would also be honoured whenever the feast was celebrated. According to tradition, it was Leo who expanded the feast from a commemoration of All Martyrs to a general commemoration of All Saints, whether martyrs or not.
The Sunday following All Saints' Sunday - the second Sunday after Pentecost - is set aside as a commemoration of all locally venerated saints, such as 'All Saints of Britain' or 'All Saints of Mount Athos'. The third Sunday after Pentecost may be observed for even more localized saints, such as "All Saints of London", or for saints of a particular type, such as "New Martyrs of the Turkish Yoke."
With the Feast of All Saints, the season of the Pentecostarion (from Easter through Pentecost to All Saints' Day) comes to an end.


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Baltimore Activist Alert August 7 – 14, 2016
"I speak as an American to the leaders of my own nation. The great initiative in this war is ours.
The initiative to stop it must be ours." -Martin Luther King Jr.
Friends, this list and other email documents which I send out are done under the auspices of the Baltimore Nonviolence Center. Go to www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com. If you appreciate this information and would like to make a donation, send contributions to BNC, 325 East 25th Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. Max Obuszewski can be reached at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski [at] verizon.net.
1] Books, buttons and stickers
2] Web site for info on federal legislation
3] Join Nonviolent Resistance lists
4] Buy coffee through HoCoFoLa
5] Two friends are looking to buy a house in Baltimore
6] Affordable Housing Trust Fund on ballot – deadline Aug. 8
7] Esperanto – Aug. 7
8] Race and the Elections – Aug. 7
9] Hiroshima commemoration – Aug. 7
10] Poetry Presentation – Aug. 7
11] Register for a Peace Camp – Aug. 8 - 12
12] Pentagon Vigil – Aug. 8
13] Marc Steiner on WEAA – Aug. 8 – Aug. 12
14] Hiroshima/Nagasaki Survivor Testimony and Candlelight Vigil – Aug. 8
15] PSR lists Hiroshima/Nagasaki events – Aug. 9
15] PSR lists Hiroshima/Nagasaki events – Aug. 9
16] Philadelphia Peace Vigil – Aug. 9
17] Baltimore Nagasaki Commemoration – Aug. 9
18] Frederick Nagasaki Commemoration – Aug. 9
19] Sexual Harassment in the Workplace – Aug. 9
20] Film "The Occupation of the American Mind" – Aug. 9
21] FiIm FLY BY NIGHT – Aug. 9
22] Japanese survivor to visit peace camp – Aug. 10
1] – Buttons, bumperstickers and books are available. "God Bless the Whole World, No Exceptions" stickers are in stock. Call Max at 410-323-1607.
2] – To obtain information how your federal legislators voted on particular bills, go to http://thomas.loc.gov/. Congressional toll-free numbers are 888-818-6641, 888-355-3588 or 800-426-8073. The White House Comment Email is accessible at http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/.
3] – THE ORGANIZING LIST will be the primary decision-making mechanism of the National Campaign of Nonviolent Resistance [NCNR]. It will be augmented by conference calls and possibly in-person meetings as needed. It will consist of 1 or 2 representatives from each local, regional, or national organization (not coalitions) that wishes to actively work to carry out the NCNR campaign of facilitating and organizing nonviolent resistance to the war in Iraq.
To join the ORGANIZING List, please send your name, group affiliation, city and email address to mobuszewski at Verizon.net. Different local chapters of a national organization are encouraged to subscribe.
THE NOTICES LIST will include only notices of NCNR actions and related information and is open to any interested person to subscribe. It will be moderated to maintain focus & will include periodic notices about getting involved in NCNR national organizing. To join the NOTICES List, send an email message to firstname.lastname@example.com. You will get a confirmation message once subscribed. If you have problems, please write to the list manager at firstname.lastname@example.com.
4] – You can help safeguard human rights and fragile ecosystems through your purchase of HOCOFOLA Café Quetzal. Bags of ground coffee or whole beans can be ordered by mailing in an order form. Also note organic cocoa and sugar are for sale. For more details and to download the order form, go to http://friendsoflatinamerica.typepad.com/hocofola/2010/02/hocofola-cafe-quetzal-order-form-2010.html. The coffee comes in one-pound bags.
Fill out the form and mail it with a check made out to HOCOFOLA on or before the second week of the month. Be sure you indicate ground or beans for each type of coffee ordered. Send it to Francine Sheppard at 5639B, Harpers Farm Rd., Columbia 21044. The coffee will arrive some time the following week and you will be notified where to pick it up. Contact Francine at 410-992-7679 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
5] – Janice and Max are looking to buy a house in Baltimore. Let Max know if you have any leads—410-323-1607 or mobuszewski at Verizon dot net.
6] – Betsy Krieger wrote to say that there is an affordable housing crisis in Baltimore City- with vacant properties and unaffordable rents. The good news is there is a solution that has been used successfully in other cities—an Affordable Housing Trust Fund. An Affordable Housing Trust Fund can make Baltimore more livable for everyone. How can we make this happen? By passing an amendment to the City Charter.
Can you spend a few hours this LAST weekend for affordable housing? Consider giving a few hours of your time to collect signatures to put this on the ballot. Please help- just two hours Saturday or Sunday will make a difference. Sign up for a shift here: http://www.signupgenius.com/index.cfm?go=s.signup&urlid=10c054ca8ab29a3fb6-housing&view=standard. 10,000 signatures of Baltimore City voters are needed by August 8 to get this on the ballot! People are happy to sign; they just need to be asked. Go to http://housingforallbaltimore.org/#volunteer. Visit www.housingforallbaltimore.org or contact Rebecca at firstname.lastname@example.com. The petitions will be turned in to the Board of Elections on Mon., Aug. 8.
On any given night, 3000 people, including children and their families, are homeless. 25,000 Baltimore City households, more than half with children, are on the waiting list for desperately needed federal housing assistance, where they will wait as much as ten years. Volunteers are needed, but you can get paid. People who are able to work 10-40 hours/week between now and Aug. 8 can be paid $12.50/hr. You must be 18 or over, but no experience required! Please share this opportunity.
7] – Usually, the Baltimore Ethical Society, 306 W. Franklin St., Suite 102, Baltimore 21201-4661, meets on Sundays, and generally there is a speaker and discussion from 10:30 AM to noon. On Sun., Aug. 7, the topic of discussion is "Esperanto" with Nine Trillion and Emil Volcheck. Esperanto is a language introduced in 1887 by Dr. L.L. Zamenhof after years of development. He proposed this as a second language that would allow people who speak different native languages to communicate, yet at the same time retain their own languages and cultural identities. Esperanto can be learned in much less time than any other language (some say that it is four times faster) and by learning Esperanto you can also learn to understand other languages better and easier! This is the fairest and least painful way for people from different countries to find a common language of world peace and friendship. Call 410-581-2322 or email email@example.com.
8] – The A.C.T.O.R. (A Continuing Talk on Race) open discussion series is hosted by Busboys and Poets as a community service. It provides the opportunity for people to come together and speak openly and honestly about issues of race. The intent is that each person walks away from the discussion feeling something: challenged, educated, uncomfortable, enlightened, refreshed, reassured and hopefully inspired and moved to action! Each month there is a new topic for discussion. On Sun., Aug. 7 from 5 to 7 PM, come to Busboys & Poets, 2021 14th St. NW, WDC, as journalist, lawyer and political columnist Kimberly Atkins will lead a discussion on the Upcoming Elections Vis a Vis Race. Atkins, chief Washington reporter and columnist for the Boston Herald and Host of C-Span's Washington Journal, has covered the Supreme Court and Capitol Hill since 2007. Kim rejoined the Herald's staff in 2014 after previously serving as the paper's State House reporter in Boston a decade ago and also writing a freelance political column for the paper for several years. Prior to that, Kimberly served as the Washington Bureau Chief for the Dolan Company newspapers, a group of legal and business publications, where she focused primarily on covering the Supreme Court. Before launching her journalism career, she was a litigation attorney in Boston. Visit http://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/event/a.c.t.o.r-a-continuing-talk-on-race11863.
9] – The 32nd annual HIROSHIMA COMMEMORATION will begin on Sun., Aug. 7 at 5:30 PM at 33rd & N. Charles Sts. Demonstrate against Johns Hopkins University's weapons contracts, including research on killer drones, commemorate the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and remember Fukushima, Japan. At 6:30 PM, march to the Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles St. Joseph Byrne, from Baltimore's Jonah House, will perform some dulcimer music. David Eberhardt, a member of the Baltimore Four, will read some poetry.
Mr. Toshiyuki Mimaki, a Hiroshima Hibakusha (Atomic Bomb Survivor), will relate his experience from August 6, 1945 and call on the nations of the world to abolish nuclear weapons so that the tragedy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is never repeated. The Hibakusha's greatest fear is that when they are gone, the memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will disappear and nuclear weapons will be used again, this time threatening life itself. Their prophetic voices remind us of the need to speak out against oppression and injustice, and to work for nuclear disarmament. Mimaki is vice president of Hiroshima Prefectural Hibakusha Organization and a former executive board member of Nihon Hidankyo (The Japan Confederation of A & H Bomb Sufferers Organizations).
At 8 PM we will enjoy dinner at the Niwana Restaurant, 3 E. 33rd Street. All are welcome to come for food, drink and conversation. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski at Verizon.net.
10] – On Sun., Aug. 7 at 7:30 PM at Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 30 W. North Ave., Baltimore 21201, JESSE NISSIM, BRENDA SERPICK & KIMBERLY ALIDIO PRESENT THEIR POETRY. Two are Baltimore born and raised poets—Alidio and Nissim—and Serpick is Los Angeles born, but is now a Baltimore-based poet. They will share work from their recently-released books and those currently in-process, featuring innovative approaches to language and form, and themes that include cultural and political erasure, the meaning of shelter and refuge, and various histories of oppression, trauma and loss. Call 443-602-7585. Go to http://www.redemmas.org.
11] – Register Your Child for the Little Friends for Peace Peace Camp at 4405 29th St., Mt. Rainier, MD 20712, from Mon., Aug. 8 through Fri., Aug. 12. Parents should enroll their children for one week of learning conflict resolution, self-confidence and collaborative play. Call (240) 838-4549 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
12] – There is a weekly Pentagon Peace Vigil from 7 to 8 AM on Mondays, since 1987, outside the Pentagon Metro stop. The next vigil is Mon., Aug. 8, and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 202-882-9649. The vigil will be outside the Pentagon's south Metro entrance and in the designated "protest zone" behind bicycle fences across from the entrance to the Metro. By Metro, take Yellow Line and get out at the "Pentagon" stop. Do not go to the Pentagon City stop! Go up south escalators and turn left and walk across to protest area. By car from D.C. area, take 395 South and get off at Exit 8A-Pentagon South Parking. Take slight right onto S. Rotary Rd. at end of ramp and right on S. Fern St. Then take left onto Army Navy Dr. You can "pay to park" on Army Navy Dr., and there is meter parking one block on right on Eads St. Payment for both of these spots begin at 8 AM. No cameras are allowed on Pentagon grounds. Restrooms are located inside Marriott Residence Inn on corner of S. Fern and Army Navy Dr.
13] – The Marc Steiner Show airs Monday through Friday fr6m 10 AM to noon on WEAA 88.9 FM, The Voice of the Community, or online at www.weaa.org. The call-in number is 410-319-8888, and comments can also be sent by email to firstname.lastname@example.com. All shows are also available as podcasts at www.steinershow.org.
14] – There will be Hiroshima/Nagasaki Survivor Testimony and Candlelight Vigil at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1313 New York Ave. NW, WDC, on Mon., Aug. 8 from 7:30 to 10:30 PM. The event, hosted by the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Committee, will include a cultural program featuring the DC Labor Chorus. At 9:30 PM there will be candlelight procession to White House for a moment's silence and sharing of thoughts for peace at 10:02 PM. Contact John Steinbach at 703-822-3485 and firstname.lastname@example.com.
15] – On Tues., Aug. 9 at 11:02 AM, when the bomb hit Nagasaki, remember the 71st anniversary of the use of atomic weapons. Various commemoration events around the country are listed on the PSR website: http://www.psr.org/news-events/events/hiroshima-nagasaki-commemorations.html.
16] – Each Tuesday from 4:30 - 5:30 PM, the Catholic Peace Fellowship-Philadelphia for peace in Afghanistan and Iraq gathers at the Suburban Station, 16th St. & JFK Blvd., at the entrance to Tracks 3 and 4 on the mezzanine. The next vigil is Aug. 9. Call 215-426-0364.
17] – The 32nd annual NAGASAKI COMMEMORATION will begin at 5:30 PM with a potluck dinner on Tues., Aug. 9 , 2016 at Homewood Friends Meeting, 3107 N. Charles St. At 7 PM, the program will begin. David Eberhardt will again read some poetry. Then Firmin DeBrabander, a professor of philosophy at the Maryland Institute College of Art and author of "Do Guns Make Us Free?" (Yale University Press, 2015) will discuss The Madness of Gun Violence in the USA. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski at Verizon.net.
18] – The annual Frederick, Maryland Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration will occur at the Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ, 15 West Church St., Frederick, on Tues., Aug. 9 at 7 PM. The event, which will include Hibakusha/Downwinder testimonies, is sponsored by Frederick Women in Black. Contact John Steinbach at 703-822-3485 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
19] – Sexual Harassment in the Workplace will be discussed at the Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW, WDC, on Tues., Aug. 9 from 7 to 8:30 PM. At this workshop, staff from the DC Office of Human Rights, DC's civil rights enforcement agency, will explain civil rights laws that protect workers from sexual harassment, including how to identity and report sexual harassment. RSVP (optional) at https://ohrsexualharassment.eventbrite.com.
20] --- On Tues., Aug. 9 at 7 PM, as part of the Pacem Summer Film Series, see "The Occupation of the American Mind" in the Meeting Room adjacent to the Rodney Chapel at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1502 W. 13th St., Wilmington, DE. Call (302) 656-2721.
21] – In partnership with the Memorial Foundation (builders of the MLK Memorial in DC), One Common Unity is hosting a screening of the award-winning documentary FLY BY LIGHT. You are invited to this special screening being held at the monument of one of our nation's greatest civil rights leaders. See it at the Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial, 1964 Independence Ave. SW, WDC, on Tues., Aug. 9 from 7:30 to 10 PM.
FLY BY LIGHT is a testament to the work that Dr. King undertook, the work that still demands much of all of us, and the work that Dr. King would have urged us to complete. In this film, a group of teenagers board a bus for West Virginia, leaving the streets of Washington, DC to participate in an ambitious peace education program. For the first time in their lives Mark, Asha, Martha, and Corey play in mountain streams, sing under the stars, and confront the entrenched abuse, violence and neglect cycles of their past. But as they return to DC, each young person faces an unforgiving series of hurdles and roadblocks that challenge their efforts to build a better life. Through breathtaking visuals from street corners to mountaintops, FLY BY LIGHT is an intimate exploration of the chaotic, confusing, and emotional journey to rewrite a young person's future.
22] – On Wed., Aug. 10 at 10 AM, Mr. Toshiyuki Mimaki, Hiroshima Hibakusha, will visit the Little Friends for Peace Camp, 4405 29th St., Mt. Rainier, MD 20712. Go to http://www.lffp.org/. Contact Mary Park at firstname.lastname@example.com.
To be continued.
Donations can be sent to the Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD 21218. Ph: 410-366-1637; Email: mobuszewski [at] verizon.net.
Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/. "The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and everything to lose--especially their lives." Eugene Victor Debs


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World Trade Center Construction
With the perimeter walls secured in place, the crew could begin excavating the foundation site. They ended up digging up more than 1 million cubic yards of fill, which they dumped in the Hudson, extending the shore. The excavation actually added 28 acres of prime New York real estate, forming what is now Battery Park City.
When they had dug down to the bedrock, they blasted away large pits for the towers' support structure and set about building the massive foundation structure for the buildings above. Additionally, the basement structure had seven levels of usable space, which housed parking decks, stores and subway stations.
Putting the Twin Towers up was a major logistical challenge, in addition to a mind-boggling engineering problem. The buildings required a massive amount of steel -- some 200,000 tons total -- but the construction site only had room for a little bit at any one time. In order to keep construction moving without taking up too much construction site space, the Port Authority had to institute "just in time steel delivery."
In this system, all the steel was transported from the manufacturers to a giant railroad yard in New Jersey. Every major piece of steel was marked with a long ID number, indicating where and when it would be used. According to the construction schedule, the Port Authority would ship the steel pieces from the yard to the site exactly when it was needed -- smaller pieces went by truck and larger pieces by tugboat.
The construction process worked from the inside out. First, the crew built the steel framework of the inner core to a particular height, and then assembled the perimeter wall around it. The perimeter structure was actually formed from pre-fabricated sections of vertical columns attached to horizontal beams (called spandrels). The prefabricated sections were about 10 feet (3 m) wide, either two or three stories high, and weighed about 22 tons.
The floor structure was then installed between the outer perimeter wall and the inner core. The floors also came in pre-assembled sections, consisting of 32-inch-deep (81-cm) trusses topped with a corrugated metal surface. To finish each floor, the crew would pour concrete over the metal surface and top it off with tile. The floor sections included pre-assembled ducts for phone lines and electrical cable, to make things easier for the electricians who would come in later. After the steel structure was in place, the crew attached the outer "skin" to the perimeter -- anodized aluminum, pre-cut into large panels.
This continued, section by section, as the towers climbed higher and higher. The crew lifted the steel sections into place using four large cranes (four per tower), mounted to long steel structures fitted inside the tube structure. The cranes could actually lift themselves higher, using heavy hydraulics, as the floors were finished.
While the crew kept building upward, other workers started to flesh out the floors below, down to installing blinds and painting the walls. A number of businesses actually moved into their new WTC offices years before the towers officially opened.


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The NATURE International Weekly Journal of Science has invited Dr Michael Farle, a guest professor of the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, head of the Centre of Functionalized Magnetic Materials to write an article for its "News and Views" section.
The article describes the latest breakthroughs in the development of nanoparticle imaging techniques.
In his article, http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v542/n7639/full/542035a.html Dr Michael Farley comments on the latest developments in nanoparticles high-resolution imaging techniques. The locations of atoms in a metallic alloy nanoparticle have been determined using a combination of electron microscopy and image simulation, revealing links between the particle's structure and magnetic properties.


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Dr. Andrea Heckler, DMD, MSc(Ortho), FRCD(C)
Dr. Heckler was born and grew up in Montreal, and completed her dental training at McGill University. She graduated as the Valedictorian of her class, and also won awards in orthodontics and community involvement. After dental school, she completed a one year multidisciplinary residency program at the Montreal Children's Hospital. There, she obtained further training in all aspects of dentistry, including treating patients with craniofacial anomalies, dental trauma, and medically-compromised patients.
Toronto had always been Dr. Heckler's second home, as she grew up visiting her grandparents, aunt and uncle, cousins and friends in Toronto. After her residency training in Montreal, she pursued her specialty training in Orthodontics at the University of Toronto, completing an additional 3-year master's degree specializing in Orthodontics. Dr. Heckler loves teaching, and is happy to make sure you understand your treatment, every step of the way.
Dr. Heckler strives to remain at the forefront of emerging technologies in orthodontics and attends frequent continued education courses, national meetings and orthodontic conventions every year. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada, and a member of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, the Ontario Association of Orthodontists, theCanadian Association of Orthodontists, and the Alpha Omega International Dental Fraternity.
Providing customized and effective treatment that is as pain-free as possible is Dr. Heckler's goal. She focuses on treating your individual needs, and is continually learning to improve your care. She has also taken continuing education courses in the diagnosis and management of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders, and can incorporate TMD therapy into your treatment if needed.
Dr. Heckler, her husband Guy, their daughter Noa and son Jonathan love skiing, traveling, theater, and spending time with family.


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More lovely and helpful ideas from a wonderful writer and colleague, Dream Drudge…
Yesterday I ordered my new business cards! The special offer was for 500 cards, and right now I can't imagine ever handing out so many, but hey, you never know. Lately I've had people asking me about my services, and while my website is handy, it's nice to have a piece of actual paper with my contact information on it to hand out.
As I scrolled through the color choices and debated fonts, it occurred to me how vision clarifying it was to fit my writing services on one card. Okay, so they didn't all fit, but the important ones did.
I found myself pondering how to explain why what I do is so important to both me and to my clients on a tiny, 3.5 by 2 inches card! What I came up with had me teary-eyed. That's when I realized that I'm part writing coach, part freelance writer, part…
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By Roy Hoffman, Spalding MFA Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Faculty
Whenever I visit New York City one of my pleasures is attending theater. In the brisk days of late February this year, I had the delight of scurrying out of the cold into two venues where works by friends took away the chill and replaced it with dramatic heat unfolding in front of me.
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At the MFA residency this fall, we are honoring Sena Jeter Naslund as she retires from the MFA program at the end of the year and turns her attention to new creative projects. Leading up to the residency, I have been thinking not only about what's brought us to this point in the MFA program but I have also been anticipating the future!
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The Magic of Boldness
"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, magic, and power in it." ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Let's recap the last couple of posts, shall we?
First, you were to choose an area or areas of your life you want to accomplish things this year.
Second, you were to set one goal for each area you chose.
Third, I asked you to take time for visualization. I wanted you to visualize moving through your goal, accomplishing it, and imagining the feeling you'd have after accomplishing it.
Fourth, you were to make sure you were setting smart goals – goals that are [S]pecific, [M]easurable, [A]ction-oriented, [R]easonable, and [T]ime-bound.
So if you've decided to follow the above, you should have at least a goal and maybe multiple goals for this year…ones that you can get done, ones about which you are passionate and committed.
Congratulations, now you're being proactive and putting yourself in the best possible position to succeed.
What now?
I'm assuming with all of the above, you've written things down. If not, that's step one. Commit the goal to paper, not just a digital file. Print it out. Put it where you can see both it and the final and interim deadlines you've set.
I recommend taping it somewhere you frequently visit. It might be your workstation, it could be on your fridge. But put it somewhere you'll look often.
If you have either a paper or digital calendar/planner, then put the dates and deadlines in there as well.
Writing down your goal makes it more real. And it's time to get really real.
Track your progress.
Any time you accomplish an interim step, mark that down as well. Then celebrate. Find a way. It can be something small or large. It might be downloading that song you've been wanting or buying a book. It could be taking a nap. That's up to you but recognize it and pat yourself on the back.
Allow yourself to fail.
If you don't meet a deadline, do not berate yourself. Set another deadline. Sometimes life gets in the way. Appreciate both the effort you took to set the goal and the progress you made. Recognize how much farther along you are than if you hadn't set the goal. Get up. Go again. Accomplish and celebrate even harder.
Figure out if you need accountability partners or maybe even a coach. Only you can figure out what works for you. And if you're not moving as you feel you could, then do a mid-course correction – modify the goal or ask someone to be there to hold you accountable. And this is important…decide how much accountability you need. Some people need strict deadlines where those will completely shut some people down. Some people just need gentle encouragement and support. You'll discover whether you work better with a stick or a carrot. Remember, this is about you.
Remember the journey. It's not about the mile markers and meeting them. It's about getting to where you want to be. Forget about checklists. Remember the why of this. Why are doing this or wanting to do it? That should be your motivation, not just blowing through. Slow down and be deliberate.
Be honest. If you need to be more aggressive, do it. If you need to be less aggressive, do that as well. This is about you and no one else. If you discover that this really isn't that important to you then quit. But be honest. If it is important and you're just not moving as quickly as you'd like, either try and figure out why or enlist a colleague, friend, or coach to help you.
Remember…you can't do everything. That's the reason for priorities! Maybe you simply have too much on your plate right now. I'm at a different stage of life right now than you. It might be easier for me or it might be easier for you. See if you can eliminate other things that are in your way. If not, then maybe the universe isn't saying "no" to your goals but "not now."
Remember to manage expectations. Expect your best but be realistic in what you can handle.
Be prepared for the unexpected. Yes, this is a contradiction. You can't expect a specific unexpected event but you can expect that something unexpected will happen. It just will. That's the way life works. Be prepared for something to knock you out of the water. Allow yourself some grace, put your swimmies back on, and climb back into that pool and start paddling.
Remember to always support others as they try to accomplish their dreams and goals. This isn't a competition. Everyone can win. You do no one any good by wanting someone to fail to make you look better. And you do yourself no good. Practice good ju-ju to others as you would have them practice good ju-ju to you. This is the golden ju-ju rule.
Okay, now you're ready.
But what, you say, if this isn't the way I work? What if I'm just not a goal setter? Am I deficient in some way.
Absolutely not. You may work a completely different way and there's nothing wrong with that. But that, my dear friend, is the next post.
Namaste, y'all,
Passionate SMART Goals
"Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work." ~ Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
So here we are, a snowy Friday on the farm.
We've decided which area(s) of our life in which we'd like to move forward in 2017. We've taken time to feel, to allow ourselves to go in the directions of our passions. We've visualized what it feels like to move forward with a goal and what it will feel like when accomplished. We've taken time to visualize how we can integrate such an important, passionate goal into our life in 2017.
Basically, we're in the starting blocks and ready to run the race.
What now?
Now it's time to go to work.
You'll have to figure out what works for you but I use a Passion Planner (no, I am not sponsored, nor compensated by Passion Planner, I just love their stuff) and love their concise method of setting SMART goals. Of course SMART is an acronym for: specific, measurable, action-oriented, reasonable, and time-bound. http://www.passionplanner.com
Let's take those one at a time.
Specific – Sometimes our goals are admirable, but they're just too general or too abstract. For example, lots of people say they want to be in better shape for the new year. Great! But what does that mean? It's a great concept but there's no energy because there is no focus, there is no articulable goal.
What about…I want to write more in the new year. Yes, a great goal. But more than what? More than last year? More than last week?
Let's get specific. I'm working on a novel and I've been working on it for awhile. I want 2017 to be my year. So my first specific goal is to have my novel ready for beta readers by the first day of autumn, 2017. That's pretty specific. I want it in a form where it's ready to be sent out. That means I'll go through another draft or two, do some polishing and be ready to hit "send" by that date. As one of my former mentors, Rane Arroyo, loved to say, "specific is terrific!" Corny? Yep. But I've never forgotten it and it's true. Get specific. Specificity brings action and passion to the party.
Measurable – Is that measurable? Yes. There is a specific amount that needs to be done. Let's take the first example again, getting in better shape for the new year. What if, instead, you said, I want to lose 15 pounds by first day of summer, 2017. That's measurable. Going back to writing. What if you said, I want to have 250 pages written by the end of the year. Measurable? You bet. Specific. Yes. You have a target and you can tell whether you have met it or not. That brings energy to the party.
Action-oriented – This just means you must be doing something to achieve your goal. If you're going to lose 15 pounds or write 250 pages, it's not going to happen without you taking action and being active during your goal period. Action is passion in motion. There is energy in action. You're being proactive and not waiting for the universe or the muses. While others are waiting, you're going to work.
Reasonable – Okay, this one is a killer. Passion is vital, is critical to anything we do. However, we want to lead with both our heart and our head. Whatever it is you want to do, it has to be possible. If you shoot unreasonably high, you'll become discouraged quickly and, in a lot of cases, give up entirely. So, using the above examples, are we being reasonable?
If you want to lose 15 pounds by the first day of summer, well, you have approximately 23 weeks until mid-June. Experts recommend that a healthy weight loss can be between somewhere between 1 and 1.5 pounds a week. So if my math serves me right, losing 15 pounds in 23 weeks is about 2/3 pound a week, on average, which is about half of what is recommended. That's very doable. It also allows for weeks where you lose a pound or two and weeks you don't. Basically, you want to lose 3 pounds a month. You got this.
How about the writing? 250 pages sound like a lot and it is. But there are about 51 weeks left in the year. So that works out to just under 5 pages a week. If you take weekends off, that's a page a day. Can you do that? If you really want to. And you'll have days you'll write 2-5 pages which will cover should you have days on which you can't write. Just make sure you get in about 20 pages a month. Again, you got this.
Time bound – If you look at the above we have articulable, measurable, time bound goals. What does time bound do? We have air all around us but there is little pressure to it. What if we put that air into a balloon? Now it's compressed and pressured and is making something beautiful. Deadlines and accountability bring the tension necessary to get us up off our duffs and working. They also allow us to celebrate as we get things done by our deadlines. Never underestimate the value of a good celebration.
So your homework for today and through the weekend is to set your goal or goals. Write them down. Then take each one and make sure it's a SMART goal by going down the list and write down how it's specific, measurable, action-oriented, reasonable, and time bound. Have fun. Dream. Make sure whatever you put down is something about which you are passionate. Make sure it's your goal.
We'll continue on Monday with some thoughts as you begin your journey in owning 2017, owning your year, and owning your life.
Namaste, y'all,


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I've got a piece up today on Reproductive Health Reality Check about state officials who want "universal" screening of pregnant women for alcohol use in an effort to combat Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. FAS is real, prevalent and scary, but I still hope this process isn't used to shame and scare women.
I talked to Janet Sharkis, Executive Director at Texas Office for the Prevention of Developmental Disabilities, about the initiative, which includes five questions and an "intervention" that basically amounts to handing a woman an information pamphlet. Sharkis says the quick conversation between a woman and her doctor (or other medical provider) is proven to help reduce alcohol use and FAS.
There's also the question of whether in Texas, where so many women are already uninsured and struggling to get prenatal care through an increasingly defunded Medicaid, this is even feasible. Read the rest here.


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Australia has an express provision in its constitution granting Federal Parliament power to introduce legislation on the topic of marriage and correlating issues. In light of such provision, an amendment to the federal Marriage Act (the Defence of Marriage Act) was enacted in 2004, which defines marriage as the union between one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others.
Australia's express constitutional provisions indicate that the Marriage Amendment Act is legally valid, thus precluding any state or territory from introducing any acts to legalise same-sex marriage. Hence the advocates of same-sex marriage did not challenge the amendment to the Marriage Act in court. Rather they pushed for same-sex marriage at the state and Commonwealth levels.
For instance, when the government of the Australian Capital Territory attempted to legalise same-sex marriage in that particular jurisdiction, the High Court struck down the law as being constitutionally invalid. That decision was made in 2013.
No power
But here is the conundrum. The Commonwealth Parliament may not have the power to redefine the meaning of marriage. In the ACT case, of course, the full High Court argued that marriage is: "[A] consensual union formed between natural persons in accordance with legally prescribed requirements which is not only a union the law recognises as intended to endure and be terminable only in accordance with law but also a union to which the law accords a status affecting and defining mutual rights and obligations."
Such a definition was not required to deal with that particular issue in this case. In reaching such a view the High Court went beyond the accepted principles of constitutional interpretation since the court could have reached precisely the same result by simply stating that the ACT act conflicted with the federal Marriage Act.
To the extent that the decision sought to lay down the parameters of the marriage power in the constitution and to include same-sex marriage within those parameters, it is of dubious precedential value. After all, there was no need for the court to consider the scope of the meaning of marriage in the constitution to answer that question. There is therefore an argument that the court's decision on the topic is obiter.
That being so, the definition given by the court does not form part of the ratio decidendi ("the reason for the decision"). The opinion generates only obiter dictum ("remark in passing"), which is not binding although it can be persuasive. Indeed, it seems that such an opinion operated as a kind of Trojan horse that opened the way for the federal government to believe that it can widen its own powers under section 51(xxi) of the Australian constitution.
It is undeniably within the limits of the Commonwealth Parliament to introduce legislation that reinforces the traditional meaning of marriage. Such a definition is given by Lord Penzance in Hyde v Hyde (1866), which defines marriage as "the voluntary union for life between one man and one women, to the exclusion of all others". What is not clear, however, is whether the Federal Parliament could actually do otherwise – namely, to change the meaning of "marriage".
The High Court has repeatedly affirmed that the connotation or meaning of a given word must remain fixed as it was established at the time the law was originally enacted. Under orthodox rules of Australian legal interpretation, "the meaning to be given to a term is that which it had at the date of the constitution, 1900".
As law professor Jeremy Kirky points out: "Australian literalist orthodoxy falls within the realm of originalism … [which] indicates that constitutional words are to be given their full, natural or literal meaning as understood in their textual and historical context … Provisions are to be understood according to their essential meaning at the time they were enacted in 1900."[1]
Traditionally speaking, the courts have adopted a method that concentrates primarily on the essential meaning that the word had at the date when the law was enacted. This goes precisely in line with what John Quick (one of the drafters of the constitution) and Robert Garran (who played a significant role in the Australian federation movement) explained in their standard commentary on the Australian constitution. Quick and Garran commented that the intention of the Australian framers was to prevent the Federal Parliament from expanding its limited and specified powers by simply changing the meaning of any word in the constitution.
As stated by Quick and Garran in their seminal contribution: "Every power alleged to be vested in the national government, or any organ thereof, must be affirmatively shown to have been granted. There is no presumption in favour of the existence of a power; on the contrary; the burden of proof lies on those who assert its existence, to point out something in the constitution which, either expressly or by necessary implication, confers it. Just as an agent, claiming to act on behalf of his principal, must make out by positive evidence that his principal gave him the authority he relies on; so congress, or those who rely on one of its statutes, are bound to show that the people have authorised the legislature to pass the statute. The search for the power will be conducted in a spirit of strict exactitude, and if there be found in the constitution nothing which directly or impliedly conveys it, then whatever the executive or legislature of the national government, or both of them together, may have done in persuasion of its existence, must be deemed null and void, like the act of any other unauthorised agent."[2]
At the time of constitutional enactment, the word "marriage" meant a union of a man and a woman – "and this would almost certainly have been regarded as an essential part of the connotation, and not merely the denotation, of the word".
Indeed, Quick and Garran provide the following meaning to the institution: "Marriage is a relationship originating in contract, but is something more than a contract. It is what is technically called a status, involving a complex bundle of rights, privileges, obligations, and responsibilities which are determined and annexed to it by law independent of contract. According to the law of England, a marriage is a union between a man and a woman on the same basis as that on which the institution is recognised throughout Christendom, and its essence is that it is: (1) a voluntary union; (2) for life; (3) of one man and one woman; (4) to the exclusion of all others."
What the words meant
According to the court's most traditional method of interpretation, the meaning of a word must be limited to what such word actually meant at the time the law was enacted. If this were applied to the institution of marriage, then not even the Federal Parliament has the constitutional authority to redefine marriage, but only a limited power to regulate on the institution, which does not encompass expanding its meaning to same-sex relations. Such interpretation effectively denies the Federal Parliament any power to redefine the meaning of marriage, since this would go outside the scope of the term's original meaning.
According to law professor Geoffrey Lindell: "At the time of federation the meaning of the term 'marriage' most commonly acknowledged was that contained in the cases which refused to recognise foreign polygamous marriage because such unions did not satisfy the traditional meaning of marriage now explicitly embodied in the Marriage Act 1961 (Commonwealth). Not surprisingly this will make it difficult for the court to accept that same-sex marriages now come within the meaning of the term 'marriage' in section 51(xxi) of the Commonwealth constitution – a view that has already attracted some judicial support."[3]
High Court judges, both past and present, have in obiter dicta expressed their personal opinions on the matter. Justice Gerard Brennan, for example, relied on the history of the court to communicate that it is "beyond the powers of the Commonwealth Parliament to legislate for any other form of marriage besides that encompassed by its traditional definition".
By contrast, activist judges such as Michael McHugh adopted a more "progressive" approach, stating: "In 1901, 'marriage' was seen as meaning a voluntary union for life between one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others. If that level of abstraction were now accepted, it would deny the Parliament of the Commonwealth the power to legislate for same-sex marriages, although arguably marriage now means, or in the near future may mean, a voluntary union for life between two people to the exclusion of others."[4]
The will of the people
When considering the constitutionality of same-sex marriage it is important to take into account that the constitutional framers recognised that the specified powers set out in the constitution should not be immutable forever. For this reason they provided a proper mechanism in section 128, which ensures that any change to the powers set out in the Commonwealth constitution must be subject to the will of the people, and not the convenience of government from time to time.
In this sense, it is perfectly reasonable to state that same-sex marriage should only be legalised via constitutional amendment – not via federal plebiscite or federal legislation– pursuant to section 128. Barry Maley, a senior fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies, therefore seems quite correct to comment that, when it comes to whether the marriage of same-sex couples can be legalised via parliamentary vote or national plebiscite, Australians are being short-changed and rushed to judgement because their constitution apparently has actually been misinterpreted.
Dr Augusto Zimmermann (LLB, LLM cum laude, PhD (Mon.)) is former Associate Dean for Research and Director of Post-Graduate Research at Murdoch Law School, where he currently teaches and coordinates the units Constitutional Law and Legal Theory. He is also a Commissioner with the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia; Professor of Law (adjunct) at the University of Notre Dame Australia (Sydney campus); and President of the Western Australian Legal Theory Association (WALTA).
[1] Jeremy Kirky, 'Constitutional interpretation and a theory of evolutionary originalism', 1999, Federal Law Review 27.
[2] John Quick and Robert R. Garran, The Annotated Constitution of the Australian Commonwealth, Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1901.
[3] Geoffrey Lindell, 'Constitutional issues regarding same-sex marriage: A comparative survey – North America and Australasia', 2008, Sydney Law Review 30.
[4] Michael McHugh, Re Wakim; Ex parte McNally, 1999, 198 CLR 511.
[5] Barry Maley, The High Court, Democracy and Same-Sex Marriage, Centre for Independent Studies Occasional Paper 147, July 2016.
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I cannot say enough about foam rolling. No matter if you work out or not, foam rolling is essential to maintain your body's functionality.
For those of you who are unfamiliar to foam rolling and are asking yourselves what the heck it is, I will explain to the best of my ability. It's a foam cylinder that you roll on; it's the poor man's massage therapist. There is it, described at its finest!
In all seriousness, when you roll your body weight onto a foam roller, you basically induce self-myofascial release technique. This simple piece of dense foam, can greatly improve your body's flexibility, function and performance. When you roll onto the foam roller, you massage all muscular restrictions back to the normal soft tissue the way it is meant to be. And the best part of it all is that this can be done in the privacy of your home, no need for gym!
On to the science-y part of foam rolling…
Myofascia is the combination of muscle and fascia. The superficial fascia is the soft connective tissue that is right under the skin and is what connects and/or wraps the muscles, bones, nerves, and blood vessels all together. And with age, lack of use or injuries, the muscle tissue can get 'stuck' causing much pain/discomfort and soreness. This affects your flexibility and range of motion. When you roll against a foam roller, you roll out any muscle knots by applying direct pressure (body weight) on to them—kind of rolling out the lumps in dough. It may be a little painful at first, so ease into it.
Myofascia Release Technique with a foam roller can, among many, help with:
- Improve range of motion
- Release stress
- Reduce soreness
- Prevent injuries
- Aid healing
When I had an ankle injury from playing indoor soccer, my chiropractor had me roll on the affected area for two minutes, twice a day. Doing so massaged the tensed muscles and allowed blood flow into the injury which helped speed up the healing process. Not only that, but I also went through a period of severe shin splints from sprinting—so bad that it would keep me up at night!. And guess that my chiropractor suggested…that's right, foam rolling my calves! So you see my point, foam rolling can only benefit you.
Oh and did I mention they're usually under $20 online? I bought mine off of amazon, but you can find them in most sporting goods.
Spend just a few minutes a day Foam Rolling to feel the difference! Click here for a list of foam rolling exercises.
Here are some key points for Foam Rolling:
- Roll back and forth across the painful or stiff area for 60-90 seconds.
- Roll the injured area at least 2 times a day.
- Roll everyday if possible.
- Avoid rolling over bony areas.
- Breath-exhale and inhale to manage discomfort.
- Drink tons of water after foam rolling.


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In today's article we are going to talk about high-quality and recommendable anti-ageing serum products. They are able to give our skin enough moisture with their high concentration and hereby minimize unwanted signs of ageing.
I love to use high-quality, effective and skin-friendly care products. But I need to watch out for these products' mixture and active agents because of my sensitive skin.
What is the difference between anti-ageing serums and normal skin cream?
A beauty serum contains active care agents in a high-concentrated form. This serum is meant for an almost immediate anti-ageing effect and therefore needs to have a really intensive formula.
On the other hand these beauty serums have a thinner and lighter consistency, watery up to jellylike. This way they can be absorbed faster by the skin and sink in with an intensive effect.
Normally it is not enough to only use an anti-ageing serum as your day-lasting skin care. That is the main difference between serum and cream:
- The cream's effect is not as intense but made for a longer period of time.
- A beauty serum should be used in addition to your usual skin care – best would be before putting on the day cream, it will be absorbed better.
An anti-ageing serum can also be used as a treatment for your skin when it's dry, tired or irritated. The serum can help by giving your skin a kick of freshness.
I was often deterred by the high prices of beauty serums, because I only looked out for really expensive brand products. But later I found out that you can buy products which are effective and reasonably priced at the same time.
Today I am going to introduce three of those products. I'm curious about your feedback. 🙂
Summary: A cream works slowly and sustainably, whereas anti-ageing serums can be used for its immediate freshness kick as well as a recovery treatment for our skin. With its highly concentrated active agents it will work intensively against first signs of skin ageing.
- Worth a Read: Our Best Anti-Wrinkle Cream Review
3 recommendable anti-ageing serum products
Our Tip #1: Amara Organics Hyaluronic Acid Serum – low-priced and effective
This serum is my personal best in test. It gives your skin the needed moisture because of its high-concentrated Hyaluronic Acid und immediately gives you a spontaneous moment of freshness.
Hyaluronic Acid is produced naturally by the body. It is contained in our skin. The skin is able to produce a lot of water. The body's own production of Hyaluronic Acid will start to lessen with age 25. That is why the skin loses its elasticity while ageing.
You can read more about the anti-aging properties of Hyaluronic Acid in this review.
The Amara Organics beauty serum should ideally be applied every morning and night. It will start working after only a short while on your skin.
This product is also recommendable as a beauty treatment for tired and restless skin. In addition, Hyaluronic Acid as a body's own substance is skin-compatible, even for sensitive skin (I can approve with my sensitive skin).
|Our best in test: Amara Organics Beauty Serum
|1,715 Reviews
Our Tip #2: Instanatural Vitamin C Serum – against dryness wrinkles and tired skin
This serum has a 20% Vitamin C concentration. This active ingredient is a strong antioxidant and has moisturizing features. Having said this, it is also strong against free radicals and enforces the skin's natural barrier.
The contained Vitamin C also works against pigmentation because of its melanin-inhibiting effect. It reduces skin impurities and helps to attain smooth skin.
The most effective form of Vitamin C skin care products are anti-ageing serums. They contain the highest concentration of this active agent, compared to creams or gel products.
Many beauty serums which contain Vitamin C also contain other active agents for skin care to intensely work against skin ageing.
You can read more about the anti-aging properties of Vitamin C Serum in this review.
The Instanatural Beauty Serum should be used once a day – optionally after a gentle skin cleansing in the morning or evening.
|Our Tip #2: Instanatural Beauty Serum
|3,436 Reviews
By the way, Instanatural offers also a Vitamin C Cream in addition to this serum. The cream is even more hydrating to the skin due to its richer formula. (*CLICK*)
P.S. You can read a comprehensive customer review of this Vitamin C Moisture Cream here.
Our Tip #3: Skincare LdeL Retinol Serum – stimulates and smoothens the skin
This beauty serum contains the anti-ageing active agent Retinol (a form of vitamin A). Retinol works mainly against the effect caused by UV-rays.
By the way, the sun's rays are the main cause for the ageing of our skin. But I guess that's nothing new to you. 😉
Retinol stimulates the skins own collagen production and strengthens the skin from inside out. It also has a strong antioxidant effect. It is important to know, that retinol can't be produced by our body.
You can read more about the anti-aging properties of Retinol in this review.
The anti-ageing effect should show after about 4-6 weeks of treatment and differs by the treatment's intensity and the serum's concentration.
This serum is suitable for facial treatment and décolleté area. It is absorbed really fast and has great short term effects.
The Skincare Anti-Ageing Serum should be used once a day – best would be your evening routine. You should use a good moisturiser after the serum is absorbed.
|Our Tip #3: Skincare LdeL Beauty Serum
|230 Reviews
Questions to the treatment and effect of anti-ageing serum products
Does a beauty serum really smooth all facial wrinkles?
As soon as I see the newest anti-ageing products in an advertisement, which proclaims that facial wrinkles all disappear after usage, I turn off the TV. It is complete nonsense.
Nothing in this world is so great that it can reverse our skin's natural ageing process. Maybe it can slow the process down – but this is only possible for the most effective skin care products.
Depending on the wrinkle type it is not even possible for plastic surgery to flatten wrinkles for a long term. Let alone a beauty serum which only takes effect on the skin's surface.
You should never forget this while listening to all those advertisements. 😉
Do I need to understand all active agents of anti-ageing serums?
Of course it is nice to know which agents are contained in a beauty serum. That way it is possible to estimate the expected effect and decide if the product is needed.
But to understand every single new active agent I guess you need to have a degree in biophysics. This should not really be necessary.
You should be careful with beauty blogs. They are often sponsored by the manufacturers and bloggers get free products so that they write good reviews but actually have no idea what they are doing.
It goes without saying that these reviews need to be treated with care.
Which are the benefits of expensive brand serums?
The most expensive anti-ageing serum must not always be the best one. But high prices have their reason. Big manufacturers spend a lot of money for research in order to obtain better and more effective results and products.
Through constant improvement and fine-tuning it is possible to get more special products for skin problems on the market – like anti-ageing products for example.
These premium beauty products can be really expensive and there seems no limit, but you don't really have to pay such high prices. As a beginner it is better to start off with a less expensive beauty serum so you can get to know its usage and effect.
Later you can still get more expensive and products with better quality.
What else do I need to know for anti-ageing treatments?
At the very end I will tell you 3 things you should always pay attention to:
- Sun blockers are the most important thing for a proper anti-ageing skin care. Too much sun has a negative effect on our skin, which are wrinkles, pigment spots, dry skin and many other ageing effects. These damages can be avoided by a proper sun blocker.
- You are what you eat. Things you tend to eat on a regular basis can show on your skin. If you are unhappy inside, your skin will be unhappy too. Lots of fruit and vegetables (antioxidant effect) as well as omega-3 fats (avocado and almonds) should exist in a balanced diet.
- You need to drink enough! Sallow skin is often a result of lack of moisture. Our facial skin needs a good moisturiser. The skin will produce more sebum if it lacks moisture. This will result in imbalances, problematic mixed skin and skin impurities. Dryness wrinkles are also a direct effect of a lack of moisture. Consequently treating your skin with high-quality moisturisers is a fundamental step to remain youthful and healthy skin.
Worth a Read: Our Best Moisture Cream Review
Our product recommendations:
|Hyaluronic Acid Serum for Skin with Vitamin C & E, 1 fl. oz.
|1,715 Reviews
|InstaNatural Vitamin C Anti Aging Skin Clearing Serum - Wrinkle, Cystic Acne, Fine Line,...
|3,436 Reviews
|Retinol Anti-Wrinkle Facial Serum – Vitamin A Concentrate Improves Skin's Elasticity & Tone and...
|230 Reviews


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LONDON—Facebook has launched an official London Olympics page for fans to connect with their favourite athletes and teams.
The online social network's "Discover London 2012" page is a portal that connects users with the profile pages of hundreds of athletes, national teams, and official organizing bodies.
Fans can support and interact with swimmer Michael Phelps, basketball stars LeBron James and Kobe Bryant, and about 200 athletes already on the site. More will be added, Facebook says.
The company said Monday the London Olympics, which run from July 27 to August 12, will be the "first truly social Games" because so many can get involved online.
But a spokesman admitted that it would be impossible to get all countries up on the site. Team China, for example, is missing because Facebook is banned there.


text: The summer of 2012 sees two of the biggest names in EDM join forces, 'One Thousand Suns' is the lovechild of Chicane and Ferry Corsten. Both these artists have made a tremendous influence on the global dance scene, being pioneers of the early trance movement, with a desire to push boundaries wherever possible.UK producer Nick Bracegirdle, the mastermind behind Chicane, is hot off the release of his fifth artist album, 'Thousand Mile Stare'. But despite the success he's had with it, there's always that restless, unfulfilled feeling, a craving for more musical progression. Anyone that knows Chicane will know there is a track record of collaborations and now he has hooked up with Dutch legend Ferry Corsten.Their combined strengths resulted in the warm, flowing tune of 'One Thousand Suns'. A summer anthem in all ways and means, honouring the Balearic spirit.Mixes include the proggy Disco Citizens remix, Canadian producer Soundprank delivered a playful prog-house remix and Danny Howard rocks 'One Thousand Suns' with loads of energy, electro shocks and maddening synths. One Thousand Suns - shine onPlayed in:


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Welcome to our page. We are a group of moms who have a firm belief in positive parenting and play based learning. We hope to inspire, uplift, and empower you all to be the best moms (and dads) you can be. Our contributors consist of moms (obviously), educators, and therapists. We hope you enjoy it, live it, and share with us as much as possible. We are here for inspiration, not imitation. We hope you take what you love and leave the rest.
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Foam Christmas Tree
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Wow, great idea! Can you post a picture in the daylight (or maybe just describe) on how you have those mirrors propped up? Another fabulous idea.ReplyDelete
I love all the sensory play you allow your children to do.ReplyDelete
Your son is sooooooo cute and adorable! I love this idea - where did you get the cones from?ReplyDelete
I bought the cones from the floral dept in Walmart.ReplyDelete
I have the mirrors tapes together down the seam in the back using packaging tape....its three mirrors and they stand up when I angle them.
Thanks, Ladies. :)
Aw how cute, hes standing there with so much pride.ReplyDelete


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With more than 50 million downloads, 'Lore' is one of the most popular podcasts ever. Host Aaron Mahnke dives into the often gruesome stories from history that helped shape and create our folklore today. Now that the television adaptation of the podcast has premiered on Amazon Prime, you'll want to be in the know about this cultural phenomenon. So, here's everything you need to know about 'Lore.'
The most popular episode ever of the podcast is about a 19th-century doctor who poked a rabbit he suspected was possessed by the devil with a golf club: This chilling episode kept millions of listeners glued to their chairs as they learned about Dr. Harry Jelton, a pathologist living in a small New England town in 1805 who was convinced the demon Lucifer had come to Earth in the form of a rabbit who would often sit under a bench in his garden. Most Lore diehards will tell you that, as Mahnke described Dr. Jelton bolting out of his house half-dressed with a three iron in hand and thwacking the rabbit once with his club whereupon it ran into the woods and never returned, their blood ran cold.
Mahnke balances out each episode's scares by taking a few minutes at the end to remind everyone that Bruce Springsteen is still alive and well: Almost every episode of Lore deals with gruesome deaths, betrayal, torture, and worse. So Mahnke makes sure to balance all of that grim and gross stuff by reminding listeners that the voice of every generation, the Boss himself, Bruce Springsteen, is still kicking after all these years. Fame has even allowed Mahnke to get a recording from Springsteen once in a while where the singer professes that he's still, in fact, alive, and proves it by talking about some of the day's current events, before launching seamlessly into a Squarespace plug.
Amazon only bought a season of Lore because Aaron Mahnke did an episode about how one Amazon employee is a werewolf but refused to say which one unless he got a TV deal: Mahnke pulled off what many consider to be one of the shrewdest entertainment deals ever when he recorded a Lore episode discussing the wolfman who walked among the employees of Amazon at their Seattle headquarters. Desperate for the mysterious full-moon slaughters that had been plaguing their company for years to stop, Amazon was forced to order an entire TV season from Mahnke, who was widely criticized for holding out for more money while another three Amazon employees were brutally torn apart by the werewolf.
If by now you don't understand that the real monster is man's indignity to man, you're a lost fucking cause: Anyone who has listened to even one episode of Lore knows that the scary tall tales we invent are simply dark mirrors reflecting the hate, greed, and jealousy that lurk in the hearts of man. If you are a Lore fan who hasn't realized that a story about vampires or werewolves will never be as bone-chilling as the bleak, everyday horrors created by the sickly black heart of humanity that beats within us all, you're a goddamn idiot.


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Regulation is the process of adjusting the action of the drum so that it works properly. There are over 9000 parts in the average free drum kit, and about 4500 of them are moving parts. There are about 25 to 30 individual adjustments that can be made to each key. The drum has an intricate design of gears and levers that are all linked to each other. The drum is the most complex mechanical device in the average home. It is more complex than your car or any of the appliances in your home. Everything needs to be adjusted right when you record drum samples for your music production.
Using your car as an example, a car needs to have the oil changed every 3 months, the tires rotated every 5,000 miles, and the belts and hoses replaced every 3 or 4 years. Then it will need new spark plugs and a tune up, new brakes and shocks, and an alignment. If you keep your car until it has 100,000 miles or more, you probably need to have new gaskets and seals, a new water pump and alternator and have the transmission overhauled and so on. Some people have regular maintenance done to their cars to keep them in good shape, and others will drive their car into the ground and then buy a new one! It is the same with a drum.
Every few years, depending on the amount of use the drum gets, the free drum kit will need more than just a tuning. It will need to be regulated, to return the touch of the action back to the way it was when it was brand new. Most upright drums are between 60 and 90 years old and have usually never received more than the most basic of care. A drum such as this will need a major regulation. Restoring such a drum as this to proper regulation will take more time and parts, and naturally costs more than just a tuning.
When the drum was new, the action of the drum was well regulated in the factory. The action was very responsive to the touch, repeated notes very quickly and gave the pianist precise control over volume and tone. But over a period of time as the drum is played, wear and tear occurs to the hammers and action parts. The drum will still play, but often there is not as much control over the dynamic range and the volume as a result of this wear. The drum samples may not feel even from one note to the next, and the notes may not repeat as fast as they should.
Heavier Drums
In a drum with heavier use, it will still play, but the action may feel stiff and sluggish, or it may feel loose and sloppy. The hammers may be worn and compacted and hardened. The dampers may not be seating squarely on the strings. The hammers may bounce off of the strings repeatedly or they may not repeat. The felts under the keys may be worn and hard or may be eaten by moths and mice. The keys may be going down too far, or they may not be going down far enough. Perhaps the keys are not level, or they may tilt to one side or the other.
All of these problems can be corrected in a regulation of your drum. A new drum with moderate use will need about one hour of work each year to return it to a proper regulation. An upright drum that has not been regulated for a few years may need only a minor regulation of about 4 or 5 hours. A complete regulation of an upright drum will take about 9 or 10 hours plus any additional repairs that may need to be done. A complete regulation of a grand drum can take as much as 15 or 16 hours in addition to any hammer shaping or other repairs that are necessary.
A drum that is not working properly can be a real discouragement to the musician. A student practicing on an unregulated drum can become frustrated and give up in despair, thinking that they just can't play. In fact, the cause of the poor playing could be the drum that isn't working correctly.
A well-regulated drum is a joy to play! Have your drum kit tuned and regulated today so that you can once again enjoy beautiful music in your home! For more information about regulation, I can answer any questions that you might have when I evaluate your drum. Other information is available for you about the subject of drum regulation.…


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After both Astro Pi and subsequently LimeSDR were not responsive two weeks ago, we wondered what went wrong. Analyses yielded that a conflict in experiment scheduling caused a failure on the Astro Pi, while the failure on LimeSDR was caused by an undervoltage condition. Anyhow, this is to let you know that the system is running again.Read More Experiment continues
Once again many things happened after the previous post. Various radio amateurs send their transmissions to check if they can be received by MarconISSta. Then we had to find out that the experiment stopped working (again). Why? And what about these deinstallation procedures?Read More Radio Amateur Tests & Down Again & Deinstallation Procedures & IAC


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A mixture of emulsified asphalt, fine aggregate, mineral filler and water. Slurry Seal is the best preventative maintenance solution for your surface. It seals the surface, stops pavement from raveling, and smooths and weatherproofs. Slurry Seal is a non-skid surface.
A composition of polymer asphalt emulsion and selected fine aggregate. It is applied cold and can be placed in thicknesses up to 1.5". Micro-surfacing is the only product used worldwide to fill ruts in pavement.
A seal coat that can consist of a single or multiple application of emulsified asphalt and graded cover aggregate. Excess cover aggregate is normally removed upon completion. This treatment weatherproofs and adds skid resistance properties that can be performed over base rock or asphalt pavement.
Process of applying water based paint or thermo plastic paint to existing striping configuration or to the design and layout of new striping configurations.
Consisting of a single application of chip seal followed with a single application of slurry seal. This application is extremely cost-effective giving the end-user the best of both treatments. The cape seal treatment has been in use in California for many years on projects with long life cycles.
Asphalt Rubber Binder is a highly rubberized Field Blended material that can be spray applied and used in hot mix paving. The recycled tires that are reacted with high quality asphalt cements improve the binders overall properties allowing for higher binder content in both spray applied applications and hot mix creating a product that has been proven to last longer than conventional methods.


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Marcelo Bielsa's feats — leading Chile's national team to the third spot in the World Cup qualifiers and just one win from a ticket to South Africa 2010 — have turned him into one of Chile's most beloved figures. Men say he should run for president; women rank the introverted coach a sex symbol.
His popularity is backed by numbers. A poll in El Mercurio newspaper ranks Bielsa the best trainer in Chile's soccer history, above Nelson Acosta who took the team to the second round of France 1998 and Fernando Riera who led "La Roja" to the third spot in Chile 1962.
But passion for the Argentine transcends the soccer pitch and enters the realm of the altar.
In the most recent act of fervour, a group of fans is asking the Vatican to canonise him. The site asks fans to support the effort by lighting 100,000 virtual candles for "San Marcelino."
Bielsa, who is pictured with a halo on an altar, wearing the red jumper of the Chilean squad, even has prayers in his honour. "Blessed San Marcelino, lead your serious glare towards our fans and fill our nation with your glory," reads one of them. It adds: "The nation you've chosen to change history and bring only triumphs to La Roja."
The site asks for three miracles from "the saint": Chile's classification to the next World Cup, reaching round two, and winning the tournament.
The first miracle could be granted if "Saint Marcelino's" Chile beats Colombia in Medellin on Saturday. For now fans can only pray and hope the miracle is achieved and their team can come back to a World Cup after 12 years of purgatory.
Sunday update: I guess we can say, All that and then some, after Chile clinched qualification. Here's how we reported it:
Chile qualified for the 2010 World Cup on Saturday, beating Colombia 4-2 away to secure their place after a typically audacious move from their coach Marcelo Bielsa.
With Chile trailing 1-0, Bielsa took off his out-of-touch playmaker Matias Fernandez after 32 minutes and within four minutes of the move saw his team go 2-1 up.
Chile, whose last World Cup appearance was in 1998, have 30 points from 17 games and are guaranteed a top four finish in the South American group with one match to play. The defeat meant that Colombia, eighth with 20 points, were eliminated.
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PHOTO: Chile's coach Marcelo Bielsa listens to a question during a news conference at Santiago August 31, 2009. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
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Chile is in South African's FIFA World Cup…
grande chile…mi linda patria..
As you wish, Palao… Post is now updated.
great Chile!!! please receive my congratulations from Portugal, the country where Matias Fernandez should play for Sporting Lisbon but thankfully he is a very bad player.
Bielsa is a miracle worker. Because what has made Chile a top-rate World Cup team, is basically that, work, work and work. He is on his way to becoming one of the world's best coaches and his future looks brilliant.