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I've continued to study Robert Liberace's approach to color. I went back through his DVD and my notes to try to understand, in a systematic way, what he was doing and why it worked. That's the way my brain works: it has to be logical and systematic, rather than intuitive, before I understand it. Once I understand it, it can then be intuitive.
What I came up with, in a nutshell, is that the basic skin tones in the lighted area were warm colors, slightly neutralized so they're not too intense. As the planes of the face turn away, they shift to cooler colors. The intermediate shadow (the dark line between the lighted and shadowed areas) is definitely cool. Robert uses green or greenish blue and I've seen other artists use something comparable. The shadowed areas are basically green. Then there are the reflected lights. These are in the shadows but are light reflected from something nearby. They contain the color of whatever reflected them. A purple shirt, for example (as in Robert's DVD) reflects purple light. Skin tones generally reflect red or orange. Highlights are basically white with a touch of whatever the color of the light source is.
At last night's life drawing/painting session, I had a chance to put those theories to work. I put aside my normal selection of colors and went with a much more varied one with purples, magentas, stronger yellows, and greenish-blues. I started with umber to sketch the figure and put in the shadowed areas. Then it was on to the brighter and more varied palette. The result is Bobbi, above. I'm quite happy with the way it turned out. The figure feels full and rounded, the colors are brighter yet not overpowering, and the variety in colors is interesting in itself.
I was also more careful in my brushwork. I put down some pretty heavy strokes in places so that the strokes would help define the form. Sometimes they were blended into surrounding areas, sometimes not. I made a conscious effort to hold the brush toward the back, rather than closer to the ferrule, as it keeps me from getting too tight, and also focused on using a lighter touch, trying to "dance" my brush across the canvas.
One final change was to put my palette between myself and the easel. My normal stance has been to have the easel in the center, with a small table on the left holding paper towels and other random supplies, and my taboret (which is really a Sears rolling tool chest with a glass top) on the right. But this had a couple of consequences. One, it allowed me to stand too close to the painting. I studied that yesterday and found that I stood maybe 12" from the canvas, and sometimes even closer. By standing further back, I could get a better idea of the painting as a whole. Two, it put the color mixing surface far away from the painting. I had a triangle that my eyes would bounce around: subject in the middle, palette down and to the right, and painting up and to the left. By putting the palette in front of the painting, this triangle is much smaller. And it prevents me from standing too close. Last night's arrangement was a bit of a jerry-rig to test the idea and it worked, so now I'm looking for a more permanent solution.
So it's experimentation time. I'm having fun and learning a lot. More experiments to follow.


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TROY — With the majority funding from potential grants and sale of excess land, the city of Troy is seeking to purchase the 117-acre Huelskamp Farm located on North Troy-Sidney Road for $1.5 million.
On Wednesday, the community and economic development committee members Tom Kendall and John Schweser approved to recommend legislation to authorize the director of public service and safety to purchase the land, including home and barns. The committee also approved to seek emergency designation due to the anticipated closing of the sale within 60 days.
According to public service and safety director Patrick Titterington, the purchase will include the 117 acres of the Paul and Jill Huelskamp farm, as well as the house and barns, in the $1.5 million price.
Titterington said the home and barns may potentially house the city's park department's equipment and office area in the future.
"It's an opportunity that we don't believe we want to pass up to be considered for future park areas, again, as part of the expansion of Duke Park," Titterington said Wednesday. "Immediate funding involved is a one year bond anticipation note. We have received confirmation — verbal and/or written — of several grants that will offset a majority of the purchase of that property."
Titterington said nearly $1.1 million of the purchase price will likely be raised by the grants and the anticipated sale of excess property at the site. Titterington also said the city anticipates to pay nearly $350,000 for the property it will retain after grants and excess land sales.
Titterington said the property is a "once in a life-time" purchase and was offered as an "all-or-nothing" deal to the city. Titterington said the property will more than double the size of Duke Park,which is the city's main recreation sports facility.
Committee member Kendall asked for Titterington to clarify the definition of a bond anticipation note.
Titterington said a bond anticipation note is a short-term note which carries a lower interest rate than a conventional bank loan, but a little higher than a long term bond would charge.
"We anticipate, that what the excess (land) would be, the cash would pay for the net difference in general fund cash reserves," Titterington said.
Schweser asked if the land would need to be annexed. Titterington said the land would need to annexed in the future as well as seek appropriate zoning.
Kendall said the property acquisition is "a perfect opportunity" for the city of Troy, prior to his positive recommendation.
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It's embarassing to admit—but, hey, I'll admit to just about anything short of impure thoughts in putting together this blog—that at one point in my young life I was afraid of a water tower.
Let me explain.
Every so often back in my preteen days in the late '60s and early '70s the family would pile into the auto and trek from suburbia into the city to visit grandma, my dad's mother, at her shotgun house off Oak Street, not far from the old Louisville incinerator.
I hated these trips because everything about my grandma's home and neighborhood creeped me out; everything was different from the suburban brightness, openness and spaciousness I was used to. The darkness of the home's interior, the cramped living room with a shaft of light coming through the front window barely illuminating the ancient bric a brac, such as the old early 1950s TV (long unworking) with its tiny round screen and behind it on a tall spindly wooden shelf an old set of encyclopedias dating from the 1920s and 30-year-old pictures of relatives (one of whom—my father's sister—had left the home back in the 1940s and simply vanished off the face of the earth). Yet, there she was, a long-lost member of the family staring right at me. In a sitting room further back of the house toward a kitchen was an old Victrola from the 30s, with Al Jolson and Vaughn Monroe 78s and some weird generic albums of carillon performances and such bought from thrift department stores for $1.99—still with the tag on. In the kitchen was a fascinating faded browning color reproduction of a painting of a 30's vintage girl in a one-piece swimsuit in a diving pose on a seaside boulder. I never quite understood that one. It seemed to add an element of sexuality in a house that otherwise seemed to me dark and lifeless, with a quality resembling Mrs. Haversham's time-stands-still home in Dickens' Great Expectations.
And, sad to say, in my young shallow ignorance, I was not too crazy about grandma either. She was chubby, dowdy and seemed to always wear the same long conservative brown dress. She looked to me like W.C. Fields in drag, with glasses and a wig. She was standoffish, mild, out of touch with current culture; and was not one to spoil her grandkids. She was a God-fearin' woman, the product of poverty and thrift, and me and my sister were too young to understand any of that.
She wasn't anything like my mom's mother. By contrast, my other grandma was a hip, lively swinger. She didn't look her age, not yet anyway (alcoholism would later take care of that), she dressed brightly, wore pants, drank and smoked and cussed and showered me and my sister with anything we wanted anytime we wanted it. She had a chintzy cool loungey bar in her basement, with lighted bar signs for atmosphere, no less. She even let me taste beer when I was 10. She had Elvis Presley records. We liked her.
I've sidetracked a bit in reminiscences here, but what I was driving at is that the old neighborhood of my dad's mother symbolized to me at the time everything that was menacing about the big, rusty crumbling old city.
And on the trip to that shotgun house we would always approach a railroad track and to the left of that, towering and glowering above an old brick factory building was a rusty bulbous old water tower. Whenever we approached those tracks, my head went down below the window. You see, I didn't want to see that tower, or it to see me.
In my childlike imagination, there was something creepy about that hulking steel tower, which still stands today, as though a retro space ship from H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds had descended and extended its landing gear.
So to wrench this whole thing inartfully back to the point, I've come to discover that there are still all kinds of creepy roadside giants scaring kids all over America.
There are so many from coast to coast, in fact, that one wonders if they're tied together somehow as part of some New World Order plot to take over America.
I'm talking about the giant lumberjacks and the giant muffler men.
While searching Google Images looking for art to post on my Mega Super Mammoth MP3 Blog List page, I stumbled onto a bunch of pictures of giant lumberjacks.
The more I looked, the more astounded I was at the sheer number of these things towering over restaurants, campsites, gas stations and other venues across the continent—such as this mammoth dude who watches over Bangor, Maine. A great website called Roadside America even has a running catalog online of these tacky fiberglass giants, which even includes their repair or disrepair status. It even includes updates on giant roadside men who have been destroyed, moved, damaged or even repurposed.
Another big category of giant roadside behemoths is the so-called muffler men. For some reason, muffler and auto shops have been big adherents of the giant-man-as-advertising idea. This fellow to the right who graces lovely Jersey City, New Jersey, appears to once have been a Paul Bunyan converted into a muffler man.
I guess a giant man is supposed to mean that your muffler shop is more "manly" than your competitor's.
And when I say coast to coast, I mean it. There are giant lumberjacks stretching from Bangor, Maine to the east to California redwood country on the west and all the way to points south such as Albuquerque, New Mexico, Flastaff, Ariz., and Raleigh, N.C. And, of course, there are some in Canada, too.
Most of them seemed to be based on Paul Bunyan and some even include his trusty companion ox, Babe.
A lot of them seem to have been repurposed. Where once sat an ax handle in their palms now sit giant mufflers. With a little repainting, a lumberjack can morph into a grease jockey.
These are just a few of the lumber-giants I pilfered off the web. Most of the pictures can be credited to Roadside America.
This gargantua towers over Munice, Indiana, though one worries that even he would be no match for the apparent tornado that seems to be forming behind him.
The Lake George resort area of New York state appears to be gound zero for creepy giants. There are so many of these fiberglass dudes in the area that we might well assume that this town is perhaps the epicenter of the giant man invasion to come. This fellow wields an ax, evidently daring put-putters to send a ball rolling between his legs. Though distracting, I doubt that mini-golfers feel intimidated. But mark my words and mark me well, this big guy remembers. And he will get you.
Here's another Lake George lumberman who seems to be a little more up to date, what with the chainsaw and all. Evidently, this guy has met with a great deal of disrepair of late. Just like his buddy, he will not forgive humanity for that. So beware.
This lumberjack is stuck up on a pole soaking in the rays and dry air of Albuquerque, New Mexico. He guards what is no doubt a fine purveyor of gourmet truck stop fare.
This guy seems to be stuck out in the middle of nowhere in Aline, Oklahoma, safeguarding whatever town there might be.
By now, you're probably noticing a great similarity in the face and body designs of these giants. I'm sure there's a story in this that I haven't researched. It appears that a company mass produced these things as promo-advertising gimmicks. If I find out more I'll add that info here.
This guy, like so many, appears to have been demoted from lumberjack to friendly tire-store salesman. No doubt he met a giant woman while he was in the Yukon who married him then dragged his now-domesticated ass back to Wilson, North Carolina, to get a "real" steady job selling tires at White's. He might look friendly, but he's forcing that smile.
And there are a lot more where these came from.
I have no ending for this—just a word of advice: Steer well clear of these lumberjacks, but if you must get up close to one treat him with respect and make sure the ax doesn't move.


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Reality is that it is a little more complicated than that, if you, the Client, choose it to be.
The Coach and the Client work not only with the Clients agenda, but also to help the client to see where his language, actions and environment are not supporting their goals sufficiently and to then assist the Client to put better, more supportive ways of being and doing into place. In many cases, the Client learns to release judgments and to take full responsibility for their choices both past and present, with an eye on confidently and easily moving into the future which they have envisioned.
The Client gains Mastery, an expanded sense of self, more self confidence, an improved way of being which supports better communication, lower stress levels, better relationships and more success in all parts of their life. Not to mention more happiness and maybe a they have a little fun along the way.
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Psychotherapy generally deals with emotional or behavioral difficulties, and/or past painful situations. Although there are exceptions, as in the case of some humanistic or solution focused psychotherapy practices, psychotherapy usually involves treating DSM-IV disorders. The aim in psychotherapy is usually to bring the client to normal functioning. Therapy is usually conducted in-person. Only occasionally is therapy conducted over the telephone.
Coaching helps an already successful, generally well-functioning person to reach a higher level of success. Coaches also help client's leverage their strengths and develop themselves in ways that bring greater success and satisfaction in their career or in their personal life. Coaching is often conducted in-person or over the telephone. The aim of coaching is generally to achieve excellence and greater success.
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Examining Trauma & HEROES IN CRISIS: How Superheroes Deal With Trauma
Like most superhero comic book events, the Heroes in Crisis story will feature several shocking deaths, followed by superheroes pursuing the evil that caused them.
But in Heroes in Crisis, there's an additional crisis at hand, as the story also deals with the mental effects of trauma. Some of the superheroes featured in Heroes in Crisis have experienced life-or-death violence and are shown to be psychologically affected by it - and are getting professional help.
"The DCU has a bunch of superheroes and all they do is fight, every time, and that must have a psychological effect on them, right?" said Heroes in Crisis writer Tom King. "You can't live a life of violence and not feel that violence deep in your heart."
King, a former CIA counterterrorism officer who's dealt with trauma-related mental stress, indicated that he wants to use DC characters to tell the stories of real people who are dealing with the aftermath of trauma.
In part one of our series on "Trauma and Heroes in Crisis," Newsarama examined the symptoms of PTSD and other trauma-related mental illnesses, speaking with experts about how a comic book could expose truths about something millions of people experience in their lives.
In this second installment, Newsarama also talked to psychologists with specific knowledge of and interest in superhero comic books, discussing how trauma was already indelibly linked to superheroes and whether it's realistic that the costumed heroes we've seen depicted in comics would suffer from mental side effects.
Could superheroes suffer from trauma?
Terry Keane, director at the National Center for PTSD at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, told Newsarama that the superhero genre is already dealing with trauma, if for no other reason than because the characters risk their lives to save others.
"Life and death situations is what 'trauma' means," he said.
Keane said the fact that superheroes are exposed to multiple traumatic experiences makes it even more likely that some would develop psychological problems, if they existed in the real world.
"Most people with PTSD have had many traumatic experiences in their history and their background. That's why it's common in combat veterans because they don't have one traumatic event; they have sometimes literally dozens," he said.
"The superheroes, they're fighting crime every day. So they're seeing a huge amount of it," Keane said. "And one of the things that we well know is that the more exposure to traumatic events you have, the more likely you are to suffer."
Vasilis Pozios, a forensic psychiatrist and co-founder of the mental health and media consultancy Broadcast Thought, has often spoken out about the representation of mental health in comic books, being a fan of the genre himself. He agreed with other experts that superheroes could experience psychological after-effects from the trauma they face in comic books.
"If the approach to storytelling and characterization is rooted in realism, then yes, it's realistic to depict heroes and villains experiencing trauma and dealing with its consequences, including PTSD, especially if these characters serve as analogues for first responders and combatants," Pozios said. "Lifetime prevalence of PTSD is up to 10 times higher for veterans than for civilians."
Of course, Pozios emphasized that not everyone who experiences trauma develops PTSD. So it's not like superheroes must suffer from post-traumatic symptoms, because they could be that huge portion of the population that emerges from traumatic events without mental after-effects.
"In fact," he said, "the majority of people who experience a traumatic event do not go on to develop PTSD."
Wounded Healers
Yet superhero comic books already deal with the aftermath of trauma within the DNA of many characters. Robin S. Rosenberg, a clinical psychologist who has written several books on the psychology of superheroes, said the origin stories of superheroes are often spawned from traumatic experiences.
"A traumatic origin story can provide an easier, more obvious motivation for the super-powered individual to use his or her powers for good," Rosenberg said. "After all, an origin story should explain why the hero puts himself or herself in harm's way repeatedly. Experiencing a searing trauma, and then dedicating your life to preventing or lessening the likelihood of something similar happening to others is a worthy goal. Such a goal is the silver lining of the traumatic experience."
Ken Duckworth, medical director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, equated this idea to the "wounded healer" phenomenon that is common in the mental health industry.
"This story makes me think of mental health providers who have experienced their own depression, anxiety and apparent mental illness. It's the idea of the wounded healer," he said.
"That's a long-standing tradition. My dad had bi-polar disorder. I knew a lot about it, experiencing him suffering from it, and I became psychiatrist," Duckworth said. "It's very common in mental health that we or people in our families have had these vulnerabilities and we learn how to take care of them."
Rosenberg summed up the analogy: "Superheroes born out of trauma are wounded healers — people who are themselves wounded and address it by trying to help others."
Ownership and Injuries
There are other superhero tropes that seem to mimic aspects of real life trauma and its aftermath.
One is what Keane called a "total ownership" of what happened during the traumatic experience.
"So many people [with PTSD] claim ownership," he explained. "'Well, if only I hadn't gone there.' 'If only I didn't go to that bar.' Or, 'if only I had been prepared, then this wouldn't have happened.' Or, 'It was my fault.' [They are] types of total ownership of what had happened, when in fact, violence is violence, and it's sometimes random, and it's sometimes unprovoked, and it can be devastating for people."
Rosenberg pointed out that the set-up for the "ownership" element of PTSD is already part of the superhero story. "When a superhero thinks 'it's my job to protect the citizens of my city' and is then unable to protect them," she said, "the superhero may then feel responsible for the villain's reign of terror and violence.
"This sense of failed responsibility, along with traumatic events, can contribute to PTSD," she said.
Keane also mentioned research that's being done into the link between traumatic brain injuries and PTSD. "Mostly what we're seeing are people who have what we would call a mild traumatic brain injury," he said. "But mild traumatic brain injuries and these blast injuries come with very serious emotional consequences. You can imagine just driving along in your vehicle and something exploding completely out of nowhere and how frightening that would be.
"So there's a lot of work going on to try to figure out, how the mild traumatic brain injury or the concussions that people experience in blast injuries contribute to the psychological problems, the emotional problems that people have," he said.
With superheroes often emerging from battles with serious head injuries (including a seemingly devastating head trauma that just happened in Batman #55 to the character Nightwing), the emotional problems that could emerge from brain injury are a part of the post-trauma story that would fit well in a superhero story.
"In fact," Rosenberg pointed out, "Prof. Paul Zehr wrote about the likely effects of head trauma on Batman in his book Becoming Batman."
Help Winning the Battle
The are also elements of recovery built into superhero stories already, Rosenberg said. She called the Justice League a sort of "support group" that can help superheroes process their experiences and realize they aren't alone.
Paul Dini, comic book writer and co-creator of Batman: The Animated Series, has already traced his own process of recovering from a violent mugging and how fictional superheroes fit into that process.
For Dini, the thoughts and feelings he experienced in the aftermath of trauma were personified in the graphic novel by Batman and his rogues gallery = sometimes supportingly, but just as often in a negative way. (For example, Scarecrow delighted in the fears that resulted from the experience, and the Joker stoked Dini's struggles to resume his previous life.)
But Dini's graphic novel was also marked by honesty about how he got help through therapy, as well as friends and family.
Duckworth said he hopes Heroes in Crisis and the tie-in pages that show superheroes getting treatment will encourage people to get help if they are experiencing trauma-related symptoms.
"You don't have to hide from this," Duckworth said. "It is OK to get treatment. And you still can keep your special knowledge or power. Right? Getting treatment does not make you weaker. You still know what you know, or you've already developed the strength that you've developed as a result of what you've been through. But you don't have to have it limit your functionality."
Check back for future installments of Newsarama's Heroes in Crisis tie-in series exploring superhero comic books and the mental effects of trauma, including more information about real-life treatment (and its connection to the comic book's "Sanctuary") and whether superhero comic books have moved forward with their depiction of mental illness.
For more information about mental illness or to get help, there are several resources and phone numbers available on The National Alliance on Mental Illness website. The V.A. also has information and resources specific to PTSD awareness at ptsd.va.gov.


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You should consider a few of the first date don'ts to help you pass this first stage of dating.
Dating is a necessary process in finding a mate. Your first date is also your only time to make a great first impression. And you only get ONE first impression, so you want to make that first date count. You should consider a few of the first date don'ts to help you successfully pass this first and critical stage of the dating process. It all begins with Date #1.
First Date Don'ts #1 - Don't show up late for a date.
By arriving late on a date, I would say you have decreased your possibility for date to 50% or higher. Unless you have an extremely genuine reason for arriving late. You should always account for the time it takes to arrive including potential traffic and parking dilemmas. Do you think anyone gets hired arriving late for a job interview? Guess what? You're on an interview, and there is a lot of judgement particularly on Date 1. So do whatever is necessary to arrive on time or early so you are not rushed and ready to be at your best.
First Date Don'ts #2 - Don't pretend to be someone who you're not.
So many singles have shared with me their frustration with people turning out to be someone completely different. This is largely because they lied about whom they were in the beginning. If you start a relationship by playing the "me too" game you will find yourself playing an actor for most of the relationship. Telling someone who you're also very "active" and "work out" when you don't go to the gym or even have a membership is just setting yourself up for failure. She says she likes a man that's athletic and plays sports. Here goes the "So do I"; yet your idea of sports is playing arm-chair quarterback in front of the TV when you're watching football. Giving someone the wrong first impression is just a recipe for disaster.
First Date Don'ts #3 - Don't be inappropriately dressed for the occasion.
If you have not decided that eating at a fine dining establishment is where you want to have your first date, well gentleman, a slogan t-shirt and a pair of comfort jeans is clearly not the outfit of choice. Similarly ladies, a casual coffee meeting is not an opportunity to sport your 5 inch stilettos and low-cut backless black dress you were saving for your next Girls' night out!
First Date Don'ts #4 - Don't start planning on the colors of the wedding and the names of your future children.
This means keep things light and don't be too pushy or assumptive. You may be completely enamored with your date but does he or she feel the same way? Do you even have the same relationship goals? Coming on too strong in the beginning is often considered a turn off and for some it's just plain creepy.
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Well, with some help from above; I was able to push through today
I feel great, in that, I got what seemed to be guidance from above, with respect to finishing a stage of a project that I have worked on for awhile. We can make all the plans we want; but remaining open to the spirit moving us, is a big plus, because we don't always know by ourselves, what a situation will require. So, it seems like I completed a stage today, and I feel good about, not over exuberant or that nervous about it either. One of the important things about moving forward in our life, is knowing what our reasons are for doing so. We can feel like we are doing things for the right reason; but to me, it takes a great deal of time and work to really get our words and actions aligned with our values.
For instance; if we want to create a peaceful world, or even a specific resolution, we must act for the most part in a peaceful way, otherwise our words have little meaning. We must act calmly at crucial moments. JonPosted in Uncategorized
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Nigeria Independence Day All You Need To Know About It
When is Nigerian Independence Day?
This is the National Day of Nigeria and is always celebrated
on 1 October. It marks independence from British rule on 1
October 1960.
History of Nigerian Independence Day
European influence in modern day Nigeria began when in the
16th century when the first explorers from Spain and Portugal
began trading with locals, leading to the development of
ports, such as Lagos. The British became an increasingly
dominant influence on the region in the late 19th century
through the Royal Niger Company, resisting German attempts
to expansion in the region.
In 1900, the territories under the control of the Royal Niger
Company became the Southern Nigeria Protectorate. In 1914,
this was combined with the Northern Nigeria Protectorate to
create the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, which forms
the borders of modern day Nigeria.
Many aspects of modern life in Nigeria were established
under the period of British Rule, but by the middle of the 20th
century, the call for independence sweeping across Africa
and the decline of the territories in the British Empire led to
Nigeria being granted independence on 1 October 1960 under
a constitution with a parliamentary government and a degree
of autonomy for the country's three regions.
Nigeria marked total independence from Britain when it
became a federal republic when a new constitution was
adopted on 1 October 1963 with Nnamdi Azikiwe as its first
Political unrest led to a series of military coups in 1966 and
Nigeria was ruled by a military junta with democratic rule not
being restored until 1 October 1979.
How is Nigerian Independence Day
Despite being the national day of Nigeria, the holiday itself is
declared annually by the government of Nigeria.
In New York, Nigeria's Independence Day has been marked by
celebrations since in 1991 and are the largest by any African
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Vegan diets, when planned properly, are healthy and can even lower the risk of certain diseases, according to the American Dietetic Association. They can be appropriate for individuals in all stages of life, including infancy, childhood, pregnancy and lactation. It is important to note, however, that there is a risk of being deficient in certain nutrients if the vegan diet is not carefully planned. Those who adhere to strict vegan diets are at risk for less than adequate intakes of protein, omega-3 fatty acids, iron, calcium, zinc, iodine and vitamins D and B-12.
Protein Combinations
Because animal foods such as meat, dairy, eggs, fish and fowl are among the best sources of protein, vegans can sometimes lack sufficient protein in their diets. The American Dietetic Association, however, notes that protein requirements can be met if a variety of plant proteins are consumed. Complementary proteins, specifically, can be very helpful in providing all the essential amino acids required by the body. Complementary proteins are made up by two incomplete proteins, such as beans and rice, that, when combined, form a complete protein. These proteins do not need to be consumed at the same meal, just during the same day.
EPA and DHA
Though vegan diets are often rich in omega-6 fatty acids, they can lack sufficient amounts of omega-3 due to the restriction of omega-3-rich foods, including eggs, fish and other seafood. The omega-3 fatty acids found in animal sources, which include eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, are important for cardiovascular, brain and eye health. Plant foods rich in omega-3, such as flaxseed, only contain another type of fatty acid, known as alpha-linolenic acid. Vegans can purchase soy milk and breakfast bars fortified with DHA, as well as DHA supplements derived from microalgae. Because DHA can be retroconverted to EPA, sources containing DHA are sufficient for vegan diets.
Vitamin Supply
Vitamin D is important for bone health, and low levels have been linked to reduced bone mass. Sunlight exposure is best source of vitamin D. Therefore, vegans who do not get regular sun exposure need to consume dietary vitamin D through either fortified foods or supplements, since vitamin D occurs naturally in very few foods. Vegan sources of vitamin D that are often fortified include soy milk, rice milk and orange juice. Lack of vitamin B-12 is one of the biggest concerns with vegan diets, especially because vegan diets are typically rich in folacin, which can mask B-12 deficiency symptoms. Severe B-12 deficiencies can result in both anemia and dementia, notes Harvard Medical School. So, if you're a vegan, be sure to consume B-12 fortified foods such as soy and rice beverages and breakfast cereals, or supplements.
Mineral Rights
Because the bioavailability of iron in vegan diets is lower than in traditional diets, vegans should consume 1.8 times the amount of iron consumed by nonvegans. Good sources of iron for vegans include dried beans and dark, leafy green vegetables. Zinc is another mineral whose bioavailability is lower in vegans than in nonvegans. Vegan sources of zinc include legumes, soy products, grains and nuts. Some research suggests that because plant-based diets are low in iodine, vegans who do not consume key sources of iodine, including iodized salt and sea vegetables, are more likely to be deficient in the mineral. The American Dietetic Association notes that vegans tend to fall below the recommended intake of calcium. The calcium in certain calcium-rich vegetables, such as Swiss chard and spinach, is not absorbed well, making fortified foods such as fruit juices, breakfast cereal and soy and rice milk among the best choices for vegans.


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On NEHTA's website - as of Sep 1 - the following Headline is displayed.
NEHTA - National E-Health Transition Authority
Personally controlled electronic health records (PCEHR) Concept of Operations
Following receipt of submissions, the final Concept of Operations document is scheduled for release in August 2011.
See www.nehta.gov.au
Also from the Government site we have:
PCEHR Draft Concept of Operations Consultation
The Draft Concept of Operations - Relating to the introduction of a PCEHR system (draft Concept of Operations) consultation process closed on 7 June 2011. All submissions received by the deadline were reviewed and will help inform the final personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) system Concept of Operations document - scheduled for release in August 2011.
The draft Concept of Operations provides details about how the PCEHR system might look, what information it might contain, and how it will function and connect with existing clinical systems. It also covers participation issues, information management, privacy and security, and matters of implementation, evaluation and consultation.
The content was shaped by a range of consultations which the Department of Health and Ageing and the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) held with stakeholders — consumer groups, health professionals, the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry and state and territory governments.
You can find out more about the draft Concept of Operations by reading the fact sheet and the PCEHR consumer booklet, e-health - have your say, which describes key elements of the proposed PCEHR system, and the impact it will have on health care in the future.
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So the self-imposed deadline has already slipped. I guess we will just have to wait.


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Feeling Overwhelmed?
This topic may be frivolous on some level, a bit tongue in cheek (considering I just wrote my 2018 Wishlist!) and certainly is a First World problem, but I think it's worth sharing.
Before I delve into it, let's define 'overwhelming', per the Dictionary:
Bury or drown beneath a huge mass.
Oooh, that's a good one!
I'm happy to admit that I LOVE fashion…bags, shoes, clothes, accessories, makeup, skincare, haircare…you know the drill.
Like many women, I enjoy acquiring and using, all of these things. It's fun and creates an opportunity to express individual style.
However, buried, is exactly how I feel when I look at bundles of clothes and shoes in my closet and a graveyard of beauty products in my vanity drawers!
So Now What?
If it costs you your peace, it's too expensive
~ Unknown
Well, first of all, I manifested all these things, and feelings, through my choices about where I put my time, money and attention.
For example:
- Ordered lots online, all the packages turned up the same day and there's now a mountain of empty packaging to dispose of
- Went on a shopping sprees and then realized I bought too much, as I emptied the car
- Watched lots of my fave YouTubers 'hauls' and 'monthly favorites' videos [without judgement about them, each to their own]I mentally could imagine the stuff piling up in my closet
It takes a lot of time, energy and money to acquire 'stuff' and even more to sell or donate it, too.
I already did a clear out only a few months ago and since then, more has creeped in to my closet, than gone out.
Less Is More
One of my best friends in Scotland is extremely disciplined about how she keeps her closet tidy.
She has a strict rule, one thing in, one thing out. Must say I admire her commitment and diligence to this, and she definitely sticks to it.
There's a gift in everything. Following my friend's practice and paying heed to Ms. Vivienne Westwood's quote, I'm going to:
- Clean out my closet, again
- Take an inventory of my basics, favorites and color pallette
- Stop buying dupes and multiples
- Stick to quality vs quantity for my purchases
Not just ready for the 'one thing in, one thing out' closet commitment just yet, but I'm getting there. Shoes would be my biggest challenge, for sure. Toiletries and makeup, I can easily do.
Anyhoo, my goal is to feel "overwhelmed with joy" when I walk in my closet and open my vanity drawers. It's all up to me.
Are you with me on this? Would love to hear what you think and feel about closet overwhelm.
Glow with the flow,
Bren xo


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Factors Influencing Travel Order as Proxy for Leadership and Trade-offs in Activity Budgets in Lactating and Nonlactating African Savanna Elephants
Publication Date
Advisor(s) - Committee Chair
Dr. Bruce Schulte (Director), Dr. Cheryl Davis, Dr. Michael Stokes
Degree Program
Department of Biology
Degree Type
Master of Science
Nutritional and energetic needs of female mammals depend upon size or reproductive investment and shape individual activity budgets and behavioral patterns. To maximize nutritional and energetic intake females may increase time allocated to foraging or access resources through risk-prone behaviors, represented as aggression or leadership. Conversely, to minimize nutritional and energetic spending females may engage in risk-averse activities such as resting or nonaggressive social interactions. Females with the highest needs should exhibit activities and behaviors that facilitate the greatest nutritional and energetic returns or highest metabolic savings. The propensity for risk-prone behaviors may be greater among older as well as lactating females. Older individuals tend to be larger and more experienced than younger conspecifics. Moreover, lactating females are under substantially greater energetic, nutritional and water stresses than nonlactating individuals. Therefore, to fulfill greater nutritional and energetic needs, older and lactating females may allocate more time to foraging or rest or be more assertive during search for and defense of resources. I assessed the relative effects of age, reproductive condition and sex of nursing offspring on activity budgets, the frequency of risk-prone and risk-averse behaviors such as leadership propensity, and chemosensory inspection of the surroundings in female African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana africana). To quantify activities and behavioral patterns I used focal animal sampling with continuous recording. I determined leadership by the position in a mobile herd, where the first and last positions were considered as ends, and the center was considered as a middle position. I discovered that older females stood more, were more aggressive, socialized less and traveled closer to the end of a traveling group than younger females. Females that were lactating spent more time foraging, were more aggressive and engaged in nonaggressive social interactions less frequently than their nonlactating conspecifics. Finally, females nursing female calves spent more time foraging than females nursing male calves, but the latter spent more time nursing and standing. These results elucidate how individual nutritional and energetic needs influence the activity budgets as well as the propensity to exhibit risk-prone and riskaverse behaviors in female elephants and thus add to a body of work examining mammalian female activity budgets shaped by individual differences such as age and reproductive condition.
Life Sciences | Other Animal Sciences | Other Nutrition
Recommended Citation
Wisniewska, Malgorzata, "Factors Influencing Travel Order as Proxy for Leadership and Trade-offs in Activity Budgets in Lactating and Nonlactating African Savanna Elephants" (2011). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 1121.


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Foundation class in photography utilizing black and white film and a wet darkroom. Shoot, process, and print individual student work throughout the semester. Emphasis on the documentary approach and a continual visual exploration of meaning and metaphor in the form of regular assignments, slide lectures of important historic and contemporary photographic work, and critiques of each other s work. No textbooks are required, though students will need to budget a comparable amount for supplies and equipment. Instructor consent required. Instructor: Sharp
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|Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson
- Homer: You can check my carry-on, but you can't check my spirit! And why is there moisture between the windows?! And don't wake me up to land! Just land!
- Homer: [heavily disguised] A six-pack of Duff, please?
- Apu: Oh yes, Mr. Homer.
- Homer: Awwww, what gave me away?
- Apu: Well, the hotdogs spin counter-clockwise in fear whenever you are near, sir.
- Nash Kastor: Yes, your video has been mashed up, Autotuned, Jimmy Falloned, Philippine Prisonered and occasionally even watched! Ha!
- Homer: If we lose football, we lose the blitz, cheerleaders, Rudys, Ochocincos, something for fat kids to play. [starts crying] Ochocincos! [sobbing loudly]
- Carl: Is it a little weird how much he cries?
- Lenny: No way! When a guy who loves America cries it makes him super-straight.
- Homer: Aw, Marge, don't worry. People know I'm doing a character, like Stephen Colbert or Newt Gingrich.
- Homer: Now Lisa, I'm an entertainer. And you can't entertain and inform at the same time. And if you're Access Hollywood, you do neither. [chuckles]
- Mr. Burns: Now they're all excellent choices, so simply pick the white male candidate you prefer and we'll elect him.
- Homer: I dunno, can't we get Chris Christie to run?
- Mr. Burns: I don't think so.
- [Meanwhile, Chris Christie is gorging himself on a large amount of food. He starts choking on the turkey he was eating.]
- Chris Christie: Save me, Obamacare!
- Homer: Ted Nugent! I made love on my honeymoon to your sweet music. YOU'RE MY MAN!
- Lisa: You're endorsing Ted Nugent? He's a right-wing rock star who likes everything I hate!
- Bart: Could there be anyone awesomer?
- Ted Nugent: [entering with a gravy boat on his head and a freshly-killed elk] Who's hungry for elk?
- Lisa: [screams and runs away from the dinner table]
- Marge: My daughter's a vegetarian.
- Ted Nugent: That's alright, she can munch on an antler. Antlers ain't meat.
- Homer: [screams] Mozart!
- James Madison: I am James Madison, Sir.
- Homer: [screams]
- James Madison: Fourth President of these United States.
- Homer: My fellow Americans, I am full of crap.
- Lisa: I knew you were, Dad. [hugs Homer] I always knew!
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I thought it would take me three months at least, but I did it – working all day, practically – in exactly a month. Which is the fastest I've ever written a book.
Reason to be thrilled, I suppose. And I was. On Wednesday, when I had the end I wanted, I was pretty happy – the kind of writer's high you get when you've written something and you know it's good.
The trouble with writing a book, though, is that writing the book is the easy part. That's the fun part, the picnic. It's only after the book is written that you start the long, hard slog to find a publisher.
You'd think it'd get easier after the first one, even easier after the second or third. But it doesn't. Sigh. Not only is each barrier a brand new barrier, it sometimes (apparently) becomes a tougher barrier. This, I hadn't expected.
My agent, who told me bluntly that he's not interested in this or any other of my future endeavours unless I hit the jackpot, explained that when your published books don't do well, then publishers don't want to look at any of your new work.
At one level that makes sense. Publishers have a business to run and they want to print books that will sell.
However, it also makes you wonder. What about all those authors whose first one or two or three books went nowhere and they finally became international bestsellers with their nth attempt? If I recall correctly from her autobiography, Agatha Christie was one of those. So, clearly, her publisher thought it worthwhile taking a chance on several of her books before she made it big.
Of course, I'm no Agatha Christie, I know that. I'm just saying. I'm prepared for each new book to be judged on its own merit (though, going by the latest yawn-inducing offerings of some erstwhile awesome authors, that's not always the case either). But for a book to be summarily discarded because previous books by the author – although superb pieces of writing in their own rights (ahem!) – didn't make it big in the market would mean that someone whose first book is not a bestseller is just doomed. That can't be right?
But my agent is supposed to be the best in the business. He should know. And so it is certainly disheartening to know that he doesn't want to have anything to do with my upcoming works of genius.
It's also disheartening because it means I have to do the whole business of sending out my manuscript to publishers all on my own. And that's so not fun. It's tedious and tense and discouraging.
And yet… here's the good part about your nth attempt at fame and glory. I know there's no fame and glory to be found at the end of the tunnel. But I also know that I've been here before and I've got through it. I struggled for years to get my first and then my second book published. Well, they finally did get published. So I know that – win or lose – it's a question of persistence, of not losing faith in yourself. I've been in this lonely place before, where no one knows what you've written and no one thinks it's worth publishing. This work of mine might never in fact get published… but I've looked that disappointment in the face before and survived. It can't be so bad the third time around, can it?


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Amidst Pittsburgh's Schenley Park stands the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, a striking crystal palace that was a gift to the city from philanthropist Henry W. Phipps. Since 1893, the conservatory has been inspiring and educating visitors about not only the beauty and importance of plants, but also environmental sustainability.
Inspired by the City Beautiful Movement, the conservatory was originally stocked with tropical plants from the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, while giant Amazonian water lily pads floated in the conservatory's Victoria Room. Today, the 65-foot-tall Palm Court, with Dale Chihuly glass sculptures, continues to be the focal point of the conservatory. Visitors wander through the Serpentine Room, the Fern Room, a room containing hundreds of rare orchids, and a room where bright tropical plants will soon be joined by butterflies. The South Conservatory features show rooms illustrating the tropical forests of India, tropical fruits and spices and fish ponds, while children can play in a farmers' market in the Gallery Room. A sunken garden is outfitted with fountains and hanging baskets. Since 1902, cacti and succulents have flourished in the Desert Room. A large fountain and central pond are the focal points of the Victoria Room, while the Broderie room is planted with a formal and elegant garden typical of those found in Louis XIV's France. Streams and waterfalls are the hallmark of the East Room.
Outside, visitors can enjoy a variety of gardens, such as aquatic gardens, a medieval herb garden, a fern garden, dwarf conifers and a medicinal plant garden. A Japanese courtyard garden features a natural looking man-made landscape and Bonsai. Other outdoor gardens have been designed for children's discovery and play.
Every year, the Phipps Conservatory offers a Spring Flower Show. This year's display was based on The Secret Garden, the classic children's book by Frances Hodgson Burnett. To interpret the story of how a newfound love of gardens helps 10-year-old orphan Mary Lennox, Terra Design Studios created beautiful English-style plantings throughout the conservatory, filling the air with the fragrance of tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and lilies. The display included Martha Sowerby's Cottage Garden; Archibald Craven's Topiary Court; Ben Weatherstaff's Kitchen Garden; The Secret Garden Alcove; a formal Victorian garden with a dipping pool and jet fountains; a wild garden featuring edible and seasonal woodland plants; a riotous Victorian pattern garden where swatches of bulbs and annuals criss-cross to form bold patterns; topiaries in geometric and animal shapes; ivy-covered trellises; flowering trees like redbuds and magnolias; and a host of flowers, including hydrangeas, pansies, shamrocks, begonias, snapdragons, azaleas and daisies.
I wasn't prepared for the conservatory to be so spectacular. Halfway through the tour, my camera was exhausted, so we took a break and recharged our batteries in the Café Phipps. The luscious spring green walls were as refreshing as the "Phipps Splash," made from local Pittsburgh seltzer water and freshly squeezed pineapple juice.
Crystal Palaces: Garden Conservatories of the United States, by Anne S. Cunningham, includes a chapter on Phipps Conservatory.


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When we come to worship, we come to a throne. This is where worship must begin. Everything else arranges itself around that throne…When we worship, we acknowledge that all authority, power, dominion, control, and supremacy belong to Him who sits on the throne. There is not authentic worship without the acknowledgement of the authority of God.
Month: August 2011
God Is Crazy About You!
"If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning… Face it, friend. He is crazy about you! "
— Max Lucado
James' First Sermon
James preached yesterday during our Youth Sunday and here is his sermon.
Pressing On!
In April of 2010, Runner's World published an article on Scott Jurek. It was a very interesting article on a man who is an ultrarunner — these are not mere mortals — these are almost super humans. A marathon is to an ultrarunner what a 5K is to most the rest of us mortals. Ultra runners race in races 50 miles or longer. The article gives you a glimpse into the mind of an ultra runner — people who think running 135 miles across Death Valley is something fun to do. (And I get strange looks when I say that I'm going out for 10 mile runs.) When I read the article, there was a paragraph that caught my eye.
Millions of people, from schoolchildren to overweight joggers, can run a mile in nine minutes and 20 seconds, and doubtless hundreds of thousands can hold that pace for a half-hour or more. Extend the range to the marathon, and the numbers shrink, but still, 26.2 miles at a 9:20 pace is hardly remarkable, something that many thousands of people can do. Double the marathon, though, then double it again. Add steep climbs over rocky paths. The numbers shrink. Turn up the heat, and plunge the course into frigid darkness. Now there are few nine-and-a-half-minute milers left . Add shrieking headwinds, and dusty canyons and icy rivers and exposed mountain ridges and what you have is the Western States Endurance Run, a 100-miler that has 41,000 feet of ups and downs, and scores of men and women facing not just thirst, and hunger and fatigue and unforgiving terrain, but each other, and more daunting, themselves. At the end of the race, you're left with exactly one human being who can sustain a 9:20 pace.
The opening sentence of that paragraph peaked my interest. Would the day come, when I could run a mile in 9:20? Wednesday marks the second anniversary of my foray into running — August 31, 2009 — I hit the track at Robert E. Lee High School in Staunton, with an old pair of sneakers and ran/walked 1 mile. It took me 20 minutes.
I'm hear to say that today, I hit that mark for a 9:20 mile, in fact, I almost hit that mark for three miles in a row. I completed my fastest 5K run to date. It took me just a mere 29:06 to run 3.1 miles for a pace of 9:23. Which means I put three almost 9:20 miles together. I can't begin to describe how that feels — it is amazing. You'll notice that is twice as fast as that first mile I ran walked two years ago. As of my last weigh in, I weighed 220 pounds (about 45 pounds lighter than two years ago.) I feel so much better.
People ask me all the time about pain in my knees or ankles or other such pains. Running has reverse a lot of damage that overeating created. Two years ago, my knees would crack and creak and hurt. Today all of that pain is gone. A foot that I injured 5 years ago, is completely healed. I used to feel that injury all the time. All of this due to the fact that I now exercise regularly.
At times it's hard for me to believe that I went from being a complete couch potato, to someone who actually enjoys running and misses it when I don't get out. Yes, I do take an occasional vacation from running, but those are short. Another added bonus is that my clothes fit better than they have in years — I really need to get a new suit, because the current crop of suits that I wear are all too big. If all goes well, the next time I buy pants, I will be in a size 40. I can't tell you the last time I wore that size.
As you can tell, I am excited. It's now hard to believe that I am looking at a goal of running a 9 minute mile. So this is my running anniversary post and wanted to let you know how I was doing.
Pressing On!
The Stand
Our teens introduced us to this song in worship yesterday morning.
It works really well with our new mission statement STAND.
Sunday Night Thoughts
Watching the Sun Set
It has been an amazing weekend, despite the weather. If you're wondering, Staunton really didn't see much action from Hurricane Irene. Yesterday was cloudy, with several good bursts of wind and one or two pockets of rain, otherwise, we didn't see much of anything. The summer really is beginning to wind down. The temps this week will be much cooler – with lows from the mid 50's to low 60's and highs in the 70's and low 80's.
Parkway Student Ministries
This past weekend, I was wearing my student ministries pastor hat for a good portion of the weekend. Friday night we met at the church for a lock-in. We had 7 students attend and we had a great time painting the youth room. It still needs more painting. I need to go back to Lowe's and get some more paint. The room looks great and we will be rearranging the room following our paint job. One of the other highlights of the lock-in was playing "Sardines." It's sort of like a reverse hide and seek – played in the dark. You can imagine trying to find your way around a darkened church. We had a great time. This morning our teens took over the service. The teens led the worship time (Call to Worship, music, prayer, and the message.) James preached the message – he volunteered to do it and he did a great job. I will be posting video of the message tomorrow. I am so proud of James. I was nervous for the teens, so I made a few mistakes in playing my guitar. Twice I had a song in the wrong key. We did several songs that the students wanted to do including Tim Hughes "Happy Day," Matt Redman's "You Never Let Go" and Hillsong's "The Stand." I am proud of all of our teens for doing such a great job. We have a new theme for our youth group that comes from Ephesians 6:13 — Stand: Stand up, Stand, out, Stand Firm.
Happy Birthday!
I have been amazed and overwhelmed at the amount of birthday greetings I have received today. My phone has been pinging all day with notifications from Facebook. Thank you ever one for all the wonderful wishes. I have some wonderful friends and count each one of you among them. Thank you and may God richly bless you.
I am looking forward to another great week. Remember to Seize the Day!
Sunday Set List
August 28, 1011
Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost
Welcome and Announcements
Call to Worship and Invocation
1 Timothy 4:10b-13
Songs of Worship
Beautiful One
Happy Day
In Christ Alone
Worship Through Prayer
Songs of Worship
The Solid Rock
You Never Let Go
Worship Through Giving
The Stand (Musical Offering)
Worship Through God's Word
Stand Up, Stand Out, Stand Firm
Ephesians 6:11-17
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Dangly Silver Flower Hook Earrings
These pretty silver flower earrings are the perfect gift for any flower lover.
Handmade silver flower earrings
The Silver flowers have been cut out by hand and are slightly domed with three little silver balls in the centre and the hang delicately from a silver ear wire.
Made by hand
Each earring is handmade by me in my own little workshop.
Made from: Sterling Silver
Size: Flowers measure 1.2cm
Length: Approx 2.5cm
Finish: Polished
Beautifully gift-wrapped
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Thank goodness!
After specifically skipping the chance to wear a Hawaiian shirt in Hawaii, President Obama has fulfilled our "silly presidential fashion" quota. Today he visited Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Bali, making a return to the country where he spent part of his childhood for the first time in 18 years.
He was clearly happy to be back, smiling gamely at a gala this evening as he donned a traditional Indonesian shirt.
And we have to say: the commander-in-chief looks good. A little goony, perhaps, given that we're not used to seeing him in jewel tones, not to mention busy prints (that's Michelle's department).
But with a big grin on his face and a matching buddy besides him, the president totally makes the green shirt work.
Flip through the photos below -- and, if you're feeling clever, come up with some good captions and leave them in the comments. These pics are just begging for a caption contest.


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1715 – Jean Martell (his great, great grandfather) founded his Cognac House.
1868 – The house of Martell went international and exported to China, Hong Kong and Japan – 145 years ago
1988 – His family sold the Martell Company to Seagram group. Patrick Firino Martell (his father) became the president of Martell company.
1994 – Michel Firino Martell, ninth generation, joined the business to promote and sell his family product.
« His grandfather and his father during a celebration of the new moon festival at the end of the 70s in Malaysia »
« Michel Firino Martell doing a tasting in Macao during the year 2000… »
Since 1994 Michel Firino Martell had always put all his roots and deep passion to sell and represent his family product that was Martell cognac in the United States, Latin America and mainly in Asian markets.
In December 2001, the Martell brand was purchased by the Pernod-Ricard Company.
At the end of 2002, after working successively for both groups mainly in Asia, he decided to join other family businesses that focused above all on the "terroir" aspect of wines and spirits.
In 2006, he has founded his super-premium wines and spirits merchant house (negociant): "Elite Selection Company"
At the end of 2012, he found «Michel Firino Martell» S.A.R.L. to share his own prestigious selection made of champagne and spirits to his French and Foreign customers.
Today, he is animated by his deep of exchange and his unique discovery between the wealth of exceptionnal terroirs and the love linked to the work of excellence of the families to create his own limited edition of champagne and spirits !
Discover the choice of excellence of Michel Firino Martell
To visit our website Michel Firino Martell champagne & spirits, you must be of an age at which the purchase and consumption of alcohol is permitted according to the legislation in your country of residence. If there are no laws on this matter, then you must be at least 18 years old. Vous devez avoir 18 ans pour consulter ce site.


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Thai Coconut Curry Chicken
-Suitable for a Candida Cleanse
Our Recipe Page has a full list of recipes suitable for a Candida Diet
Thai Coconut Curry Chicken:
Coconut pushes this dish into a Stage 2 or 3 of a Candida Cleanse:
- Chicken breast cubed (3-4 breasts)
- Red pepper chopped fine
- 3-4 cans coconut milk*
- 1 cup Chicken broth
- Ghee (1/2 cup)
- ½ head of Cauliflower broken into small flowerettes
- Fresh Snow peas (2 pkgs) veins removed
- 1 large yellow onion minced
- Fresh ginger minced (2 tbsp)
- Salt/pepper
- Thai red/green/or yellow curry paste (3+ tbsp)
- Apple cider vinegar to taste
Cook chicken and onion first for an hour in coconut milk, butter, broth and flavourings. Add veges for a further ½ hour or until tender to your liking.
Serve over bed of brown rice or Quinoa. Freeze the leftovers. (keep some leftover curry sauce for breakfast scrambled eggs. It's yummy!)
(p.s.) Brown rice is usually 1 cup rice to 2 cups water. I use my rice maker by steaming it for an hour and letting it sit a further 10 minutes.
Quinoa is a 1:1 ratio and takes about 20 minutes to cook. Detailed instructions are on the "How to cook Quinoa" page.
*Coconut was in question for the Candida Cleanse. I didn't find out concretely until day 10 that this was on the NO List. So until day 10, I included it in my diet. Coconut is okay to include, however, in later stages of the Cleanse.
I, Nikki, am Blogging a step by step journal titled The Candida Chronicles, so I can share with you the Dietary Rules, the Meal Plans and Recipes , the Tips and Facts, and most importantly, the Results. If I can lick this problem, letting 'Food be my Medicine' and only using Herbals then you can too!
Take the preliminary Candida Quiz to see what Candida is, and if you have the Symptoms of this nasty Yeast condition affecting both women, and men.
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With the advent in the technology more and more people these days love to play games and download or explore new apps. The trend has now changed if a game or an app has the potential to impress people it can be a hit to a great extent. Many applications and games are these days used by everyone who has a Smartphone and can be said that the phone is incomplete without those games or applications. So, how to get your game or app over the top? Well, it's simple first of all you have to contact us and then we will let you know what games and marketing is all about.
What we offer is that this kind of marketing involves some steps such as pre-development marketing, the time when your game is being developed but it will create hype before its complete! Secondly its release, before the game is released or the app, everyone would be humming the name of the app or the game. And then comes the post release marketing, what steps are important to take when the application or game is in the market? To add new people this step is taken and the last is finale, the time when we provide statistics and data about how success the application or the game has been. So much, at such low prices; go for games and apps marketing technique today!


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I got recruited to help at the PeFo booth at Route 66 Days on Saturday in Holbrook!
Bringing rocks, although I just found out the early breakfast is sponsored by Hashknife Posse. Not precisely the same guys I know, but .... Just rocks....
Got out a little later than expected and I will be only posting photos from the phone, because I forgot the loader for the camera card. May take a while.. but GREAT FUN ALREADY!!
The other casita is at an angle. The kitchen is bigger and the view out the door is pretty spectacular. I No protective wall and top to bottom view of that hill (the one the deer were wandering) and only the neighbor and road are hidden from view!
I immediately re-arranged it.
I was not facing the sunrise when I woke. The cat might have been confused. I can look at walls at home. I moved the desk against the wall and maybe shoved the bed a bit into the corner, but makes the room very spacious.
I also met my neighbor. I told her I had valued my solitude and she was welcome to talk the me, but I would let her be, so she could have it all to herself.... then proceeded to move furniture, drop things, talk to the cat and pretty much be noisy. I just realized I talk to myself ALL THE TIME!
The bathroom is even cool! It has a smaller tub and the same size water heater, so I am able to fill it warm! Not that I am as excited about a HOT bath, as the casita had windows open and was 86 when I got there! I know the nights are cooler. That is what I am most looking forward to: Silence and dark. Wind blows most days and it is calmer at night... or it was when I was here!
Ran across the street for my ice cream and then I had to head over here (yes, the old visitor center) to find out what I am doing tomorrow. The rumor is to meet at the Adamana exit at 7:30. I CAN SO DO THAT!
Wanna know the best of the best of it all???
There was a Tony Hillerman book in the desk for me!!! I may be too tired to read, and THIS time I know what to do with all my spare time, but JUST FOR ME!!!
I am in heaven for a few more days...
Since there's no Wi-fi anyway, and data is a bit more reliable in the Casita and Wi-Fi at The Visitor Center, (where I saw a moth that was easily four inches wide)
Is though the thing has found the outdoors very entertaining. He managed to squeeze through a rip in the screen. This one is not nearly as well put together as the other one. So I noticed out of the corner of my eye he was in the window and then kind of not in the window. Never quite figured out where he went but it was in the other room and I had gone outside to watch the Sun go down. When I went in I couldn't find him, and that's when I noticed that although it was somewhat small, there was a tear in my screen with lots of fur around it. No cat. I found him on the other side of the house. I had been outside the whole time. He just didn't come around that side.
I was rewarded with a pretty spectacular Sunset, which I usually get! However this one was from the other side of the building. And I was lucky to have witnessed my second full moon! This is it rising over the old place...


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Furthering the awesomeness that is the StartupBus community, SpaceApps, an event that owes some early momentum to the StartupBus alumni community is being featured by NASA & the White House in their submission to the White House's Open Government Awards (Open Government Awards & Open Government Partnership).
New @WhiteHouse @OpenGovPart Awards application features @SpaceApps. Letter by @SpaceAppsNYC organizer @mik3cap
— openNASA (@openNASA) June 30, 2014
We're thrilled to announce that the International Space Apps Challenge is one of several programs featured in the White House application for the Open Government Partnership's new Open Government Awards, which recognizes efforts to improve government policies and to better serve citizens through two-way engagement. – Read More at open.nasa.gov
Be sure to check out the letter written by Mike Caprio on behalf of StartupBus.


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Setting the pace - Interoperability Implementation at scale (INTEROPen)
Dear Supplier,
This letter is to invite you to join an emerging working group of suppliers, dedicated to accelerating the formation and validation of standardised approaches to interoperability in the health and social care system.
As you will know, over the last few years there have been a number of publications that have highlighted the urgent need to make care systems interoperable in order to improve the health of this nation. Publications include the techUK Interoperability Charter, the CCIO Newcastle declaration, the National Information Board 2020 strategy and numerous King's fund reports.
At the end of last year, a community was formed called the 'Code4Health Interoperability Community' consisting of many stakeholders and groups; two techUK supplier representatives sit on the board of this community, Paul Cooper and Dr Amir Mehrkar. The community encourages interoperability delivery via a series of 'action groups' which may be formed by community members. This new group of suppliers is an action group that has the support of the Code4Health board members, NHS England and NHS Digital (HSCIC).
Suppliers are in a very good position to inform the design of the necessary interoperability technical standards, and are in a position to validate that they are implementable and fit for purpose. We will all remember that in days gone by interoperability standards have often been invented without reference to practical implementation and have been "landed" on suppliers. The results have generally been very poor. Successful implementations have involved suppliers from the start of the standards process. Thus, there is strong evidence for the involvement of suppliers in this process from the beginning.
This supplier group's activity will primarily be focused on:
1. Data exchanges between the different care domain systems e.g. GP, acute, community, mental health, child heath, maternity, social care. This data exchange will favour structured data whenever possible, with development proposals where it is lacking.
2. The establishment and validation, both clinical and technical, of FHIR based profiles for the exchange of granular transactional data between systems. These standards will operate alongside other standards such as CDA, which is targeted at document exchange. We will work in partnership with the Professional Records Standards Body (PRSB) to establish FHIR profiles and CDA standards that are 'clinically' fit for purpose.
3. The definition of APIs with associated trigger events to carry the data, particularly real time requests and posts.
4. Informing the requirements for the technical governance rules, security mechanisms, and regional architectures that will be necessary to safely exchange data in an acceptable manner.
The overall objective of the group is to actively demonstrate the flow of data between domains, and between separate supplier IT systems using the standards, for example via Connectathons and live demonstrations. To be clear, this is not a paper exercise or a talking shop to debate commercial interests. Outputs will be incorporated into the Code4Health interoperability community's executive arm alongside collaboration with PRSB.
All activities will be open and transparent and operate in collaboration and in coordination with other interoperability initiatives from the Code4health community, NHS England and NHS Digital where the transparency is reciprocated.
Members of the supplier group are self-selected but must be willing to dedicate their own time and intellectual energy to the work. Commercial self-interests must be put aside and seen to be so. There is no direct funding for suppliers' time and facilitating meeting spaces may be required. Contributions should include both senior technical and clinical informatics individuals. Whilst contributions are by individuals, agreements reached should be on behalf of your company at a level sufficient to establish confidence in the likelihood of implementation.
It should be noted that this is not a techUK commissioned group and is open to all health and social care IT suppliers with expertise in these areas.
This is a call to action! We hope you are willing to join the group at this exciting time. We all realise that achieving this group's objectives at pace and with a high quality will drive the delivery of new models of care so necessary to achieving the transformation needed in our care system and outlined in the Five Year Forward View: driving disease prevention strategies, breaking down organisation barriers and allowing patients and carers to become active participants in their care journey. This will save lives, reduce illness, and promote a future of wellness for all.
Care delivery is truly becoming a 21st Century information science and interoperability between our IT systems is crucial to realising this potential.
Please register your interest by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com
Setting the pace letter (attached below) has been signed by;
- Code4Health Interoperability Board techUK representatives - Paul Cooper and Dr Amir Mehrkar
- Chair, David Stables, Endeavour Charity
Founding members of the supplier group include; Blackpear, Cerner, Endeavour Health, Emis Health, IMS Maxims, Intersystems, Orion Health and TPP.
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Since announcing its IPO, Snap Inc has faced one setback after the other thanks to Facebook, from replicating features Facebook soon responded by cloning Snapchats lenses, filters, and more recently stories for Instagram. The last one came within days of Snap Inc's IPO announcement, and the inverse impact it has had on Snapchat's daily engagement has been unprecedented. Now Facebook has set its sights on LinkedIn, the professional networking tool that was acquired by Microsoft late last year.
In a blog post titled "Take the Work Out of Hiring", Facebook is offering employers the opportunity to share vacant positions on its platform while offering candidates the ability to search for and apply for jobs from one interface. The timing couldn't be better – this week LinkedIn forcefully rolled out a new UX and UI for its free members, limiting access to new jobs and making job search filtration harder than ever before.
Just like LinkedIn, recruiters using Facebook's new tool will be able to create job posts, track applications, and communicate with them directly. Pricing is an unknown at this point, with LinkedIn charging US$ 80 for a job post.
While the idea of using Facebook to advertise jobs is not new (we do it), having a dedicated portal should allow recruiters to reach the best-fit audiences. This should prompt job seekers on Facebook to update their profiles so they can match any vacancy ads that match their experiences and skills. It's likely that this tool was added as a consequence of page owners using the site for advertising jobs and finding success, rather than Facebook moving in this direction on their own. Recruiters would prefer quality vs. quantity candidates. Beyond charging to boost vacancy announcements for better reach, the monetization is unknown.
From a B2B marketing perspective, this is a dream come true for being able to market to Facebook users based on their designation and company, another step forward in account-based marketing.
The tool will be rolled out in the MENA region next quarter.


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Councillor Raymond Cho Wins Scarborough-Rouge River By-Election
On September 1st, Ontario Progressive Conservative candidate (and Ward 42 Councillor) Raymond Cho was elected as the new MPP for Scarborough-Rouge River. He replaced long-serving Liberal MPP Bas Balkissoon who suddenly resigned in March 2016.
This is a key win for the Ontario PCs as it will give them some confidence that they can compete with the Liberals in urban ridings in the 2018 general election – especially if they continue to attract popular candidates. It also builds the credibility of new leader Patrick Brown, who has now won three consecutive by-elections at the helm of the party.
The results of the by-election were consistent with provincial polling averages putting Ontario PC popular support at 41% and Liberal support at 29.8% – the results were 38.1% and 28.9%.* The Liberals will be slightly concerned by the decline of their vote share in a Toronto riding from 38.7% in the 2014 general election to 28.9%. The most recent weighted polling average had Liberal support in Toronto at 37.1%.*
The NDP were unable to capitalize on this by-election despite a well-known candidate, Andrea Horwath's personal popularity and success in by-elections before the last general one. They will look to refocus their efforts and refine their messages ahead of the next by-elections in Ottawa-Vanier and Niagara West-Glanbrook.
Important Win for the Ontario PCs but Several Caveats…
Despite the important win for the Ontario PCs in a Toronto riding, it is important to consider the following:
- The Ontario Liberals entered into this by-election campaign with low approval ratings and the Ontario PCs have been polling at over 40% support in the province.*
- Support for former Liberal MPP Bas Balkissoon had continuously declined over the past several elections (65% in 2007; 42% in 2011; 39 in 2014). Also, it is not clear that MPP Balkissoon was performing any high profile campaigning on behalf of the Liberals.
- Raymond Cho had been a city councillor in Scarborough since 1991, and had the significant advantage of name recognition among voters. Cho's campaign was further aided by campaign co-chair Doug Ford, who remains popular in Scarborough.
- Traditional Ontario political thinking is that by-elections are often used as 'protest votes' for the electorate to voice their displeasure with specific government policies, or even government direction.
It would be premature to identify Raymond Cho's election as a real shift in the electorate –or if it will just be reversed in the general election like the 2014 election of Doug Holyday, another city councillor-turned PC MPP.
Nevertheless, both parties will analyze the results as an early test as they begin campaign preparations in earnest over the next 6 months. Furthermore, a by-election in a riding that will be split in two after boundary adjustments (in the next election) will only be a fraction of the equation that parties use to determine their course.
Historically, the PCs have fared well in Toronto when the Liberals and NDP split the vote, which seems to have happened in this by-election. The Liberals may want to re-examine their strategy to ensure that they can consolidate the left-of-centre voters who carried them in the last general election. These voters may be dissatisfied on issues such as hydro-one, electricity rates, and other pocketbook issues.
Notably, Premier Wynne was on a trade mission to Mexico on the date of the by-election, unlike other by-elections where the Premier was present to support the Liberal candidate. She did not have any high profile visits to the riding, such as her event with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Whitby-Oshawa by-election earlier this year.
Sex Education 'Gaffe' did not Affect Brown – as yet
Brown and Cho won despite a challenging week stemming from Brown's attempted clarification and then reversal on his position regarding the sexual health education curriculum in schools. The PCs were able to win despite the media's focus on the perceived gaffe and the Liberals attempt to capitalize. Opposition to sex education is a popular issue in some urban ridings with a strong visible minority presence like Scarborough Rouge River, and the PCs may have benefitted from the publicity. Brown may face repercussions from those comments in the next general election if the Liberals continue to paint him as a social conservative.
MPP Cho likely to become Ontario PCs Toronto Front Man
It is not expected that the election of Raymond Cho will have a significant impact on the legislature. It does not affect the Liberal majority or the composition of key committees.
Cho has "flown under the radar" at City Hall for over 20 years. His strength has always been as a "retail politician" and is very popular in the riding. Nevertheless, as the only Toronto MPP, the Ontario PCs will likely use Raymond as the front man for key urban-focused policies that should begin to be released in the policy development process over the next several months and at the next Annual General Meeting in early 2017.
*Provincial polling averages used from http://www.threehundreight.com


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This post is part of KPCC's "Season's Givings" series, chronicling volunteer experiences and opportunities during the holiday season. View a full listing of charitable organizations seeking help this season and let us know your holiday volunteer story!
Thirty elderly men and women face the cafeteria entrance, waiting. Some are in hospice care or rehab therapy; others have Alzheimer's. Their average age is about 90.
After 15 minutes, kids show up – some as young as four. They're with their moms, and they're carrying trays of cookies imported from Israel and blue balloons that say "Happy Hanukkah."
They've all come as part of The Jewish Home's volunteer program, to participate in a Hanukkah sing-along.
They all break into song, and many of the residents clap along, smiling as the kids move around the room handing out "gelt" - chocolate coins.
Ana Simon brought her two children to the Jewish Home's Hannukah celebration so they could learn about the importance of volunteering.
"You know? Everyone grows old and sometimes we get forgotten," she says. "And being alone isn't a happy place to be. So we just wanted to bring a little Hanukkah light into their lives."
Jane Poppers is sitting towards the back of the room with a Hanukkah balloon in hand. Her son is next to her, and he's brought their dog Ted. Poppers lives at the Jewish Home.
"It's very wonderful because everybody is very lovable," she says, laughing. "It's just wonderful to be involved with all these children and ladies."
Stacy Orbach heads up volunteer services at the Jewish Home. She connects residents or patients like Poppers with volunteers. Orbach says many who offer up their free time are retirees; others have relatives at the Jewish Home.
"I have volunteers that come in with therapy dogs; we have volunteers that come in and sing, volunteers that play violin, piano, blackjack, poker, lead discussion groups, arts and crafts, one-to-one companionship…"
A lot of the residents don't have relatives; they've outlived a spouse, their siblings, and sometimes even their children. But Stacy Orbach says the people at the Jewish Home are never hurting for outside help. She gets calls asking about volunteer opportunities every day not just for Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Passover and Purim - but year-round.
To find out how you can get involved, you can find volunteering opportunites at their Web site.


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Happy Tuesday my friends!
I was working a whole weekend and I do not have any new WIP updates to show you. But I've captured a miracle of the sunrise!
Looking to the east - the lake is almost frozen (that picture was taken last Sunday, today the lake is solid frozen 'cuz the temps dropped down to -25 C) and the sky is on fire.
And looking to the north-west:
a gorgeous full moon with clouds reflecting delicate pink.
With moments like that I know why I love living here - for the beauty of the nature and highways with no traffic.
And my Christmas cactus is in the bloom! My fingers are very itchy to stitch some Christmas ornaments!!!
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Watch: Junior College Football Player Punches Referee
A junior college football player was arrested Saturday after he allegedly punched a referee in the head.
Walnut. CA's Mt. San Antonio College offensive lineman Bernard Schirmer was in the middle of a mouthing match with a Ventura College player when the referee stepped in to diffuse the situation.
After being pushed back, Schirmer can be seen punching the official in the head, knocking him to the ground.
Schirmer was ejected and arrested on suspicion for battery.
According to California Community College Athletic Association bylaws, striking an official is punishable by a five-year ban.
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Ernest �Gene� Farris, 83, of Athens, died Thursday, Nov. 13 at his residence.
Ernest �Gene� Farris, 83, of Athens, died Thursday, Nov. 13 at his residence. A native of Port St. Joe, he was a son of the late Wesley and Stella Wilburn Farris and was also preceded in death by his wife Naomi Farris, grandson Ernest Glen Grubb, Sr, and brothers, Gordon, Tom, and Alden Farris.
He was a member of Allen Memorial United Methodist Church and was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during the Korean War. He came to Athens in 1954 with the startup of Bowater serving for 31 years and retiring as Superintendent in the Paper Mill Department. Following his retirement from Bowater he was associated with Geschemay Felts of South Carolina for 12 years.
He is survived by three daughters and three sons-in-law, Shannon and Larry Miller, Lynette and David Culberson and Ellen and Tom Dodson; one son and daughter-in-law, Keith and Lisa Farris all of Athens, grandchildren, Amanda Wooden, Emily Buckner, Hope Adams, Jason Farris, Blake Farris and Carrie Peck; great-grandchildren, Kayla Partain, Alicia Wooden, Kyle Buckner, Kimberly Buckner, Jordan Buckner, Ernest Grubb, Jr., Nathan and Addison Farris and Colton Adams, sister, Elsie Farris of Port St. Joe, and several nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. ET on Monday, Nov. 18, in the chapel of Smith Funeral Home with Rev. Ogle Wattenbarger officiating. Interment will be immediately following the service in McMinn Memory Gardens with Military honors at the graveside. The family will receive friends from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. ET on Sunday at Smith Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Hope Farris Adams, Jason Farris, Blake Farris, Gordon Griffin, Fred Griffin and Vincent Driggers. Honorary pallbearers will be Ernest Glen Grubb, Jr. and Ray Carpenter.
The family suggests memorials be made to the Holston Home for Children, 404 Holston Drive, Greeneville, Tn. 37743.
If you are unable to attend this service or visitation you may sign the guest register at www.smithfuneral&cremationservicesofathens.com.
Smith Funeral & Cremation Services of Athens is serving the family of Ernest �Gene� Farris.