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Card holders can check and update the details collected and entered for ration card renewal. The web portal will be active till 28th of this month. One time updation only possible now.
- Login to www.civilsupplieskerala.gov.in
- Click Ration Card details (Right top)
- Enter the 10 digit card number and texts in the image(Click submit button) Card details will appear
- Enter your mobile number in 3rd page
- You will receive a one time password and type this password in the specified column on the web site.
- Updations can be done including bank account number, Aadhar number etc.
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As mentioned on our taxes page, taxes are technically due in four quarterly installment throughout the year (not one lump sum on April 15th). Most people don't even think about this because it's automatically done for you by your employer before the money even hits your bank account. But if you're self-employed or have income from other sources, you may have to make these "estimated payments." They're estimated because you don't actually know how much you'll really owe until you file your tax return and come up with the final amount.
How much do I need to pay?
For federal taxes, there is a "safe harbor" rule to help you with the uncertainty. The total of your quarterly estimated payments (plus any withholding you have from other sources) must be at least the smaller of:
(a) 90% of the tax that you owe for the current year (which, again, is the number you're unsure of), or
(b) 100% of the tax shown on your prior year return (110% if you're considered "high income"--For 2012, you're considered "high income" if your adjusted gross income was more than $150,000.)
If you fall into that group of people that is required to file estimated payments and still have questions, check out the IRS website here. They actually have a respectable Q&A page that should answer all your questions about estimated payments. It includes a link to the actual vouchers (1040-ES) you'd send in with your payments. Page 9 of this document is a worksheet to help you calculated your estimated tax amount.
State Payments
Don't forget, if you owe estimated payments for Federal, you may owe quarterly payments to your state as well. We know, we know. Does the tax fun ever end?
I'm Lisa—an accountant/mom with a passion for personal finance. I help people whip their finances into shape.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Tax Series #1: How do I make estimated tax payments?
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The meaning of the word Soul, in SoulCollage® work, is inclusive. It includes all the Neters of the personal self: the personality parts, including the ego, and the energies of the physical body, and the archetypes that come from cosmic realms to influence us, and even other sentient beings. In other words, all the Neters of the four suits are included in Soul. This Soul, as we use the word in SoulCollage,® might also be called the Whole Self. And it is actually holy purely because it is a form manifested originally from Source. No matter how shadowed the Soul becomes through a lifetime, at its core there is a spark of the holy, of Source.
Together We Are Evolving!
The first SoulCollage® book was printed in 2001, and at its conclusion I wrote these words: "How each of us nurtures, heals, and explores Soul will have impact on the vast cultural changes beginning to manifest. If we become more Soul-Conscious, we will become more powerful and effective as Lightbearers, as Warriors, as Wise Women and Wise Men of the 2000s."
Now it is nine years later, and I am writing the final words of this second book. The Larger Story has evolved since then. There are even more rumblings about a paradigm shift happening in the world than in 2000. Many healers, teachers, and even astrologers are talking about it…
I like to think that SoulCollage® has become one of the "imaginal cells" working within this still cocooned "old caterpillar" of a society to help it transform into the new "butterfly" of a society that many are envisioning. We are joining other communities of awakened human beings, and adding our special gifts of images, intuition, and imagination. We are working towards the balance of left and right brain hemispheres, and the balance of masculine and feminine energies. We are working to end the dualisms that separate people into good and evil camps by teaching that all beings are unique and at the same time holy, each being blessed with a spark of Source.
I invite you to join the community of SoulCollage® and be part of this paradigm shift, using the special tools described in this book.
"I Am One Who..."
From the time you tear out your first image and wonder what it symbolizes, begin to use the I Am One Who… process to let the image speak to you. This is not the same as analyzing or interpreting the image, ways your logical mind will want to use. This is an intuitive way of listening to the self and is a well-respected form of empathic participation in the essence of something or someone. In this case gives life and surprising consciousness to what looks like just a photo. At first it may seem awkward or childish to speak aloud this way, but trust that there is "gold" in this process, and give it a try. You can begin practicing the I Am One Who… with an image you have just torn out, and later with images on the cards you create. It will be a primary tool in the readings you do with cards, and I'll describe how those are done in a moment. First gaze deeply at your image. Is it a person? A child? Is it an animal? Perhaps a cat? Is it a non-being? Perhaps a tree? Step into the image and feel its energy, its mood, its intention. Imagine it has a history, and that it has a voice. Begin to speak, or write if you are journaling, using the words, I Am One Who… and go on from there, describing yourself as if you were the image, where you are, what you are doing, giving little personal descriptions...These two activities: finding a compelling image and then speaking aloud and spontaneously from this image, are the two core pieces of the SoulCollage® process. Under many of the cards in this book you will be able to read a few of the I Am One Who… words that the creator of each card has recorded. Look at the images and then read these. This will give you a good feel for this practice.
Making a Card for the Inner Healer
There are a number of current writers who teach about using intuitive skills in one's own self-healing. Carolyn Myss in her Energy Anatomy (book and audio) teaches of various ways we can call on our Inner Healer, a Council member, to assist us in our own health care. I recom¬mend that everyone create a card for this archetype, using whatever image or images of a Divine Healer feel most powerful. Make this card even if you seem to have little need for such a Healer just now. At some deep level of psyche, we all need healing, and having the image present in your deck will bring you into a greater state of consciousness about your own health.
As you work intuitively with your cards, consulting them and bringing in the Divine Healer and other archetypes to dialogue with suffering parts, you may discover clues to self-care. These may be in the form of specific directions to change your pace, your relationships, your work habits or situation—all pos¬sible changes for finding better physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health.
SoulCollage® Readings
Your SoulCollage® deck may eventually contain a hundred or more cards. However, as soon as you have created a few you can begin to consult them about questions that matter to you. We call this intuitive process "doing a reading," and basically it is dialoguing with your own inner guides or Neters. Very of¬ten the answers you receive from deep within your Soul are surprising, wise, and, once in a while, life changing.
Reading SoulCollage® cards is not the same as consulting divinatory cards such as the Tarot although the actual physi¬cal process is similar. Briefly, here are the basic steps in our process:
1. First you write down your personal question.
2. Then you draw from your deck a certain number of cards without looking at them, putting them face down in front of you.
3. Then, one at a time, you turn the cards over and ask each image your question.
4. Holding each card in turn, step into the image, and, starting with the I Am One Who… words, speak to your question from the energy and wis¬dom and perspective of this Neter.
This form of a reading is not something esoteric or occult. It is not about forecasting the future. The cards do not have meanings prede¬termined by any tradition or another person. Each card has a meaning that you will intuit for yourself, and every time an image is consulted, you will come up with your own internal answer. In SoulCollage® no one reads the meaning of the cards for you; you are the reader of your own images, and speak to your own ques¬tions. Even if you are loaned cards from someone else's deck until you have created enough of your own, even then you read from the images yourself, without any information about them from their creator. Synchronici¬ties may and often do occur around the question and the cards that are drawn, but this is not a process that depends on any unusual or psychic pow¬ers. It is an intuitive dialogue with one of the Neters of your many-faceted Soul. Ev¬eryone has intuition and imagination and is able to do it for oneself.


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AIAM Memberships
Whether you are currently operating a business in the aerospace industry or are evaluating the possibility of expanding your product and service portfolio into the industry, an investment to become an AIAM member could be the best decision you make.
A recent Boeing publication forecasts the need for over 41,000 commercial aircraft within the next 20 years at a value of over $6 trillion USD. This projection indicates a very healthy economic future, along with tremendous opportunities for all sectors of the industry. As an AIAM member, you will have the ability to network with powerful global industry leaders along with influential aerospace educators. As a collective association voice for the industry, you will help to create and drive a legislative agenda that will continue to grow Michigan's aerospace presence.
Regardless of the size of your company, you will benefit from an AIAM membership. Led by its diverse Board of Directors, AIAM is an association that works for its members and pledges value for each investor. Our propose is to bring industry, educators and government together to create network opportunities, talent development workshops, supply chain connections, and so much more.
There are a number of ways an AIAM membership can provide a return on your investment. Whether it is recruiting your next key employee through our relationships with educators in the state, identifying a supplier to provide critical components or landing a new customer, put your membership to work today!
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Some comments on EC2 instance heterogeneity
An article (Exploiting Hardware Heterogeneity within the Same Instance Type of Amazon EC2) linking to a paper from HotCloud '12 has some information about mixed instance types for Amazon EC2 machines. I found it interesting, so browsed through the article. Here are some observations I had when looking:
– "Furthermore, the high-memory instances use identical Intel X5550 processors" — Not true, from what I can tell. E5-2665 processors are used across at least us-east availability zones for all m2 instances sizes — m2.xlarge, m2.2xlarge, and m2.4xlarge. In fact, in several thousand instances spun up, it seems that these instances are used up to 70% of the time in one availability zone (though almost not at all in another.)
– The CPUBench test was done across 20 instances, but the Redis test appears to have only been done against one of each type, as far as I can read. I'm not totally convinced — given the variability in performance between node types — that this is entirely explained by instance differences — though given the CPUBench scores, it's clear that some of the variablity could well be coming from that.
Anyway, I primarily wanted to comment on the high memory instances all using X5550s — since it's clear that they don't, at least not in US-East 🙂


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It was no simple matter to serve drinks to the King at his supper. The post of cup-bearer to the King was a very prestigious one and whomever happened to hold it often added cups to his personal crest. When the King was seated the cup-bearer would walk up to the royal table, bow and take his place behind the King's chair.
Whenever the King wanted something to drink the cup-bearer shouted aloud "The drink for the King!". Having thus announced the King's desire to drink the cup-bearer would make his way to a sideboard where the Master of Wine had prepared two decanters of wine and water respectively. Then, the cup-bearer, the Master of Wine and the royal taster all head to the King and bows. A small silver cup is filled and the royal taster tries the wine to make sure that it is not poisoned. Another cup is given to a gentleman-servant. Both cups are returned to the Master of Wine's assistant. The gentleman servant bows and hands the golden cup and salver with the decanters. The King makes his choice and hands them back. With another bow they all return to their stations.
When these gentlemen had returned to their posts the Dauphin would step forward and hand a damp napkin to the King which would be used to wipe his lips.


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I don't know about you but I love the Hearth and Home Framelits, and was so excited that they won't be retiring but carrying over to the Occasions Catalogue in January. They make it so easy to create many, many different looks. This card started out as a 3 x 4″ card for a Project Life Scrapbook page, however, I loved it so much I re-created it for this card. I stamped the tree from the Lovely as a Tree stampset onto Whisper White card using Old Olive ink. I then used the framelit from the Perfect Pines Framelit Dies to cut the "baubles" from the image. The panel is layered onto Real Red card and a star punched from Red Glimmer paper using the star punch from the Bitty Punch Pack is added to the top. The window frame is cut from Smoky Slate card and the image panel attached to the back. I embossed the Whisper White card using the Brick Wall Embossing Folder, attached the window panel and layered it onto Real Red card. I embossed the next layer using the Softly Falling Embossing Folder, added the window panel and layered it onto the front of scored and folded Real Red card. The greeting from the Petite Pairs stamp set is stamped in Real Red ink and punched using the Large Oval Punch, layered onto a Real Red Scallop Oval and attached to the card from using dimensionals so that it would sit over the corner of the window frame panel. Inside I stamped the tree image once again using Old Olive ink. Used the framelits to cut the baubles in the tree and attached it to the inside of the card.
I love how easy it is to combine these products to create so many different looks, don't you.
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Mayor praises efforts of Lee High leadership group
Curry wants to spread program to other Jacksonville schools
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A group of Lee High School students had lunch Monday with Mayor Lenny Curry at City Hall to pitch their plans for how to combat violence among youth and other issues their generation is facing.
They said they have big plans for the city -- a progress agenda they shared directly with Curry over pizza.
"They are the model about how we can fundamentally change our city with young people," Curry said.
The young men started a leadership group called EVAC – that's CAVE spelled backwards, based on Plato's
"Allegory of the Cave" about the importance of education.
Junior Chris Burgess said the group hopes to highlight how youth can rise above a dark past, overcoming challenges to focus on a brighter future.
"This is very important to us because we feel like Jacksonville is a good city, and we want to improve the youth crime rate and we want to give more opportunities to kids our age, youth our age," Burgess said. "And not only just a bad image on us but increase the positivity inside all schools and all communities."
Curry shared personal stories from his childhood, offered encouragement and listened to the students' ideas on how to improve the odds for teens across Jacksonville.
"We've got a lot of challenges in this city, and we've got a lot of young men, including those standing here with me now, that are experiencing things that most adults haven't been through," Curry said. "But they have figured out that focus, discipline, hard work, commitment is the way forward."
Monday was Curry's second meeting with the EVAC group. He said he hopes to generate ideas on how to spread the leadership program to more Jacksonville schools.
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The Boston Globe featured our neighborhood- and the Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House- on its Sunday front page this weekend. The article, entitled "Area Four Residents Live in the Shadow of the Future," explores the stark inequalities in our neighborhood:
"As global pharmaceutical companies build new labs, Internet giants Google and Twitter expand, and startups snap up office space at ever-higher rents, families living in the shadow of the innovation economy are flocking to the local food pantry at three times the rate of a decade ago. The waiting list for public housing is double what it was five years ago. The beds in the Salvation Army homeless shelter on Massachusetts Avenue are always full."
The article goes on to note:
"When executive director Barbara Kibler took over Margaret Fuller 11 years ago, the community center's food pantry served about 400 people a month. Today, it's about 1,200. On many days, the line stretches down Eaton Street."
We have the power to meet the needs of our neighbors; we just need the funds. You'll hear more from us during the holiday season- specifically, from some of the teens who grew up in the Margaret Fuller House, and so we thank you in advance for your generosity this season.
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Cultural activities in Antibes.
From Roman ruins to masterpieces by Picasso
Antibes and its environs are rich with cultural and artistic sights for visitors to explore. The Cote d'Azur region has been a popular destination for many Impressionist artists during the past century.
Antibes itself is home to a famous Picasso Museum located in Chateau Grimaldi within the ramparts of Vieil Antibes.
Picasso was invited to live and work in Chateau Grimaldi in 1946 and spent six months in residence creating paintings, ceramics, and tapestries.
The Picasso Museum contains 246 works by Picasso and also has exhibitions by other modern artists. We encourage guests to also visit the gardens of the museum that includes modern sculptures and jaw-dropping vistas of the azur-blue Mediterranean Sea.
On Cap d'Antibes, we encourage guests to visit Eilenroc Villa and Gardens (located on Impasse Beaumont). Designed by Charles Garnier (who also designed the Paris Opera), this villa was build between 1860 to 1867. The house and its 27-acre garden are open Wednesday and Saturday afternoons most of the year.
Antibes also has an Archaeology Museum located in a 17th century fortress at the end of Promenade Admiral de Grasse. The museum focuses on the classical history of Antibes from Greek and Roman times onward. The museum has recently acquired some new Roman artifacts discovered when the city built its new parking garage near the port.
The Church of the Immaculate Conception (Rue du Saint Esprit) within Vieil Antibes was first built in the 11th century with stones used from earlier Roman structures. Its current façade was constructed in the 18th century and blends Latin classical symmetry and religious fantasy. The interior houses some impressive pieces such as a Baroque altarpiece and life-sized wooden carving of Christ's death from 1447.
Garoupe Lighthouse (Route du Phare) in Antibes provides one of the best views in the region. To visit the lighthouse and the church Notre Dame de la Garoupe near it, visitors walk about one kilometer up the Chemin de Calvaire from the Plage de la Salis.


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The government of Zimbabwe says it intends to start selling millions of dollars worth of diamonds from a controversial field in eastern Zimbabwe. But officials with the Kimberley Process, which seeks to regulate diamonds in conflict zones, say it has failed to produce an agreement on the issue.
Several hundred delegates from 75 countries ended a four-day meeting in Jerusalem deadlocked over whether to allow Zimbabwe to sell diamonds from the Marange field in eastern Zimbabwe.
The Chairman of the Kimberley Process that seeks to prevent the trade in conflict diamonds, Boaz Hirsh, told reporters no agreement had been reached yet.
"It is not an easy situation. We recognize it. We are working together with Zimbabwe and other countries to solve it. The situation is as we said earlier remains the same, until we manage to create the consensus," Hirsh said.
He said some delegates needed to consult with their governments and he hoped a consensus would be reached in a few days.
The Kimberley Process suspended sales from Zimbabwe's Marange field two years ago after human rights groups accused the government of brutality against thousands of informal miners working the alluvial (river) deposits.
Zimbabwe's Minister of Mines, Obert Mpofu, said his government would begin selling the diamonds immediately.
The Kimberley Process in June allowed Zimbabwe to hold two auctions of the diamonds. The government is seeking to have the ban lifted permanently.
Finance Minister Tendai Biti, who belongs to the former opposition Movement for Democratic Change, said diamonds from Marange were not conflict diamonds and it would be better for his cash-strapped government to earn some money from their legal export.
Smuggling of diamonds from Marange is reportedly rampant.
The Kimberley Process sent an evaluation team to the fields 10 weeks ago. Some of its members returned saying that the human rights situation had greatly improved. But others said it had not improved enough to allow a resumption of diamond sales.
The Human Rights Watch group on the eve of the meeting called for a ban on diamond sales from Marange. The human rights group said the army and police had forcefully taken over the fields and income from the diamonds was supporting senior officials of President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party.
The Zimbabwean government says it has stockpiled more than four million carats of rough diamonds. It says it needs the money to help revive the economy which declined during a decade of hyper-inflation and falling productivity.
Zimbabwean officials accuse Western governments of seeking to maintain the ban out of opposition to Mr. Mugabe and ZANU-PF. Western governments have imposed targeted sanctions on senior ZANU-PF officials and companies associated with them because of human rights abuses.
Zimbabwe Says Will Sell Marange Diamonds Amidst Kimberley Process Deadlock
The government of Zimbabwe says it intends to start selling millions of dollars worth of diamonds from a controversial field in eastern Zimbabwe. But officials with the Kimberley Process, which seeks to regulate diamonds in conflict zones, say it has failed to produce an agreement on the issue.


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Proof Of Time Travelers Found in Many Historical Records and Photographs
In Back to the Future, you need an expensive car, and a conveniently placed lightning bolt – but what if time travel was easier than that?
What if time travelers were ALL AROUND US?
These amazing images showing people from the future pictured in bygone eras have served to convince millions of people time travel WAS possible.
From people captured with technological devices centuries before being made. - these images are just some of the best examples.
What if we could take our cameras and iPhones back through time, and capture pictures of ourselves in moments throughout history? Stand beside famous celebrities, mingle with people from eras past? Do you think time travelling is possible or it's just Sci Fi? If you had had the chance to time travel when and where would you have gone and why? Would you have changed anything or let things stay the way they were at that time?


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DJ Dancefloor
Incredibly infectious electronic music made by Kyle.
Who Are These Guys?
Scotty found this picture on the internet in 2002. We've been trying to figure out who they are ever since.
Steal This Magnet
These are going everywhere. They'll always be stolen. Constant circulation. Want one? give us a shout and we'll hook you up.
The World's Longest Receipt™
The original sales receipt from the Store Buyout project. The receipt is for sale as an art piece. The price of the receipt is the exact price of everything in the store, $18,871.93.
Red Paperclip Boomboxes
Rugged, rechargeable and LOUD boomboxes. They Look Like Hell And Sound Like Heaven.™
one red paperclip
Kyle started with a red paperclip and traded up to a house.
Be Anything
A de-written book.
Store Buyout
We bought everything in a corner store.
We bought EVERYTHING in a store. from Store Buyout on Vimeo.
Hitch 50
Scotty and Fiddy hitchhiked to all 50 states in 50 days
The World's Most Expensive Briefcase.
Part of the Store Buyout Project. The actual briefcase used in the buyout was sold for $10,000.
Cycle Killer
A collection of 12 fine art photographs of destroyed bicycles.
The Blue and White Garage
10 Episodes of The Most Popular English Language Garage Based Youtube Talk Show to Ever Come Out of Montreal
99 Bottles of Beer
We bought 99 bottles of beer, put them on a wall, and sang a little song
Pictures of People Taking Pictures at The Grand Canyon
Kyle Reads a Saved By The Bell Book.
Only a select few have ever watched the whole playlist. This is underground Red Paperclip stuff to say the least. If you have 1:44 to kill and an unbelievably low threshold for amusement, then this is for YOU.
Important Mysteries
Let's solve them.
Message in a Barrel
Kyle and Dom went to the Galapogos Islands in 2005, grabbed a handful of postcards from the Postcard Barrel on Floreana Island, and proceeded to deliver them all over the world.
Short Stories
<Short Stories written by Kyle
Remember playing Punch Buggy or Slug Bug? Well this is the same thing, but based entirely around Burgundy Dodge Caravans.
For Sale Signs For Sale
"The only product that sells itself." TM
Paint and sell for sale signs as art.
Flyer or Fiver
See what's easier to give away on the streets, $5 bills or flyers.


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Packaging Web Applications in Debian
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Information Architecture for Designers
I conclude that I am no longer a graphic designer, but an information architect, and from now on that is how I will describe the meaning of my work and the scope of my activity. - Massimo Vignelli_____
Manaus on the March
Lat/Lon: 3.1° S 60.0° W_____
Work in Manaus
INdT is looking for high skilled professionals to be part of the Development Team._____
Adding your application and its icon to the Ubuntu Mobile Desktop
The final step for your new mobile application_____
Using Autotest for Mobile testing
Autotest lets you manage jobs, client hosts and look at test results. Here is one way to set it up on Ubuntu Gutsy. Later on some mobile tests will be added_____
Setting up a personal debian repository
A Debian repository is a set of Debian packages organized in a special directory tree which also contains a few additional files containing indexes and checksums of the packages._____
MOTU Q&A session
Welcome to a Masters of the Universe classroom session_____
Frothing-0.1 on Maemo
The Liferea port is now running on armel for Nokia Internet Tablets_____
FOSK Certificate Development at Linux Professional Institute
I was recently invited to become a SME (Subject Matter Expert) for the development of the FOSK (Free & Open Source Knowledge) certificate for those working in civil society._____


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Hey Babes!
I'm happy to report that I've finally made it safely back to the States after a series of unexpected events on the route home from Costa Rica 😥More to come on that later...
One of the things that I had on my to-do list was to go through my wardrobe and pull out items to donate/give away this month. I try to do this at least every other month, as my closet is housed in a limited space (I live in a loft), and it is necessary to prune what items I retain from working with brands. Add to that a healthy habit of retail therapy, and well - you get the picture😊 Doing this regularly also affords me the opportunity to identify previously purchased items that I may have forgotten about and or don't get their fair share in the spotlight. Today's post features one such item, a beautiful white dress (by Eliza J.) with laser cut lace overlay. I snagged it from Nordstrom last summer, on sale. I've worn it a couple of times, but not nearly enough. That will change this summer 😉 For an afternoon out, I decided to pair it with white accessories and a rattan purse that I often convert into a clutch. Because I always NEED at least one pop of color, I swiped on a new favorite pink lip stain along with pink statement hoops.
I'm looking forward to styling this dress next with black!
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Eden (3) LOVES small world play of every description. Not a single day passes without her playing with Tinkerbell figurines, or Strawberry Shortcake figurines, or Barbies, or Polly Pockets, and it's hard to explain how excited she gets when she enters a room to find a playscene waiting for her. Put it this way: she vibrates with excitement. No joke.
Most of our playscenes centre on characters such as Fairy Land, little Dolls at home, or an Arctic sensory tub, so a prehistoric dinosaur playscene was something of a departure from the norm for us. Eden had just 'won' a packet of dinosaurs (from our reward system) and she did not know what to do with them. Her first impulse was to make them 'doggies' for her Barbies! So, I created this Prehistoric playscene for her as an introduction to the world of dinosaurs.


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Energy and enthusiasm filled the gym at Baltz Elementary School on April 30, 2019 as third, fourth and fifth grade students, and teachers gathered for a pep rally to get ready for Smarter testing.
Each class brought a Lego brick with a different testing strategy written on it. Two representatives from each class carried the brick around the gym so all students could see the strategies written on them. Principal Amy O'Neill told the students, "We are here to celebrate the hard work you did to make yourselves ready to show what you know and what you have learned."
Class representatives read their strategy aloud and students responded chanting, "Everything is Awesome". The boxes were compiled to build a strategy wall. Upon completion of the rally, the Lego strategy bricks were carried through the halls and out to the playground.
Smarter testing is given in reading and mathematics for students in grades 3-8 during the spring. Spring testing runs until May 30, 2019. Dates and times vary within schools so it is best to check with your child's school for a specific schedule.


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Big duststorms and lightning are not unusual at this time. Why do they occur, why did so many die?
Over 100 people were killed in duststorms, thunderstorms, and lightning at many places in northern, central and eastern India on Wednesday. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said "lightning and thunderstorm" killed 62 people in Uttar Pradesh and 32 in Rajasthan; the UP government issued a districtwise break-up of deaths that added up to 70.
Expected, unexpected
These casualty figures seem abnormally high for weather events on a single day. However, there was nothing unusual in the occurrence of the weather events themselves. Rainstorms, duststorms, and even tornadoes are expected at this time of the year, and the Meteorological Department routinely issues alerts and warnings. The weather events of Wednesday, too, had been predicted, and warnings were issued.
How the storms built up
Rainstorms and dust storms arise from similar meteorological conditions. They are almost always preceded — and caused — by a spell of intense heat. Thunderstorms or hail occur when the atmosphere has moisture; when it doesn't, dust storms take place.
Many parts of India witness a build-up of surface heat during this time of the year. The places that were hit by the storms had seen heat-wave like conditions last week.
Dr Mrutunjay Mohapatra of India Meteorological Department said such events take place due to a local "instability" arising out of a deviation from the normal temperature difference between the upper and lower atmosphere. In this case, for example, moist easterly winds from the Bay of Bengal reached up to Himachal Pradesh, which was also receiving dry winds from the north-westerly direction. The two systems destabilized the equilibrium temperature difference between the upper and lower layers of atmosphere, leading to conducive conditions for a thunderstorm.
The final trigger, however, is the development of a largescale air-circulation system. In this particular case, the trigger came from the circulation system that developed over Rajasthan a couple of days ago.
Why so many deaths, then?
It does seem odd. However, a large number of deaths over a few days have been reported earlier. In June 2016, more than 300 people were reported killed by lightning over three days. Lightning is the biggest killer in India among natural calamities. In 2014 and 2015, it killed 2,582 and 2,641, show National Crime Records Bureau data.
What was unusual about Wednesday's events was that they occurred over a large geographical area within a very short time. Dr Sunil Pawar of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, explained that severe thunderstorm clouds can sometimes arrange themselves within a few hours in long "squall lines" of 150-250 km length.
What use the predictions?
In most cases, storms do not kill by themselves. Even lightning rarely strikes people directly. But they trigger incidents that result in deaths. Walls or homes collapse, and people are electrocuted after power lines snap, or after they are caught in fields filled with water. People in the poorest, most densely populated areas are the most vulnerable.
Also, meteorological predictions are for broad geographical areas and timeframes. The events themselves are, however, very localised, both in time and space. It is not yet possible to predict a thunderstorm or lightning at a precise location — say a village or a part of a city.
The exact times these events will hit, too, cannot be predicted. Alerts and warnings are in the nature of a general advisory, telling the people to expect these events, and to take precautions.
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An Ohio man was arrested after posting death threats against Donald Trump on Twitter and threatening to bomb polling stations following the president elect's victory.
Zachary Benson, 24, now faces five years in prison after a series of post-election tweets in which he stated an intent "to assassinate Trump."
"Diplomacy. Fucking Fools. I hate you all. I want to bomb every one of your voting booths and your general areas," Benson Tweeted the Wednesday after the election under the handle @ZeeAyeKeyKay.
Benson also tweeted: "My life goal is to assassinate Trump. Don't care if I serve infinite sentences. That man deserves to decease [sic] existing."
Secret Service picked Benson up later that day for questioning.
Although he was "very apologetic," Benson admitted to Secret Service Agents "to making the threatening Twitter posts," according to court documents obtained by Infowars.
A criminal complaint submitted by the arresting Secret Service agent explains that Benson "did knowingly and willfully make a direct threat to take the life of or inflict bodily harm to a current candidate for the office of the President of the United States and eventual President-elect Donald Trump":
"Benson said he was at a local restaurant on Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 with his father and his friend… They had a couple of drinks and food before going home. Benson was in his room later in the evening watching the election returns when he decided to post the threatening statements. Benson said he never had any intentions behind any of the posts and was just frustrated thinking about how President-elect Trump's policies could affect Benson's job. Benson said he knew he 'went too far' with the posts and upon waking up in the morning; he immediately deleted the posts from his account. Benson insisted he never intended harm to anyone and would not want anything to happen to Trump or the general public despite his threat about bombing 'general areas.'"
According to the Secret Service, Benson violated Title 18, US Code, Section 871 (Threats against the President and successors to the Presidency) and Section 879 (Threats against former Presidents and certain other persons).
NBC News reports Benson is being held on a $20,000 unsecured bond at the US District Court in Cleveland. He will face a grand jury trial, although no court date has yet been set.
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If you're feeling some anxiety or struggle about goals for the New Year, here's my advice for relieving that pressure: fail fast and avoid the drama. Just avoid making goals altogether. Seriously, you say?
I remember my parents' generation making New Year's resolutions, but they rarely stuck to them for a full year. Today, I believe that's why making resolutions is less trendy because people realize how hard they are to keep.
The concept of stretch goals for personal and professional growth can be inspiring and hopeful, but the reality is that they're very difficult because it requires us to do something different, to break old habits, and adopt new behaviors. Reprogramming our brain is counter to human nature, which likes to follow the old paths.
Creating goals requires some measure of worthy sacrifice. [Tweet this quote]
Sacrificial Decisions
Think of a time in your life when you made a worthy sacrifice. The arrival of a new baby in a family is a great example. Babies inconvenience everyone around them, and yet couples quickly make drastic changes in their mindset and behaviors. This type of sacrifice is obviously a willing investment with a valuable payoff!
Just thinking of the word sacrifice can be painful, but if the goal is strong enough, then it's worth it.
Ironically for worthy goals, giving up an old mindset or behavior can actually lighten the load mentally, emotionally, and physically! And it's an authentic and inspiring example in leading others, too.
The Elevator Isn't Working
Years after my mom's passing, she is still a legendary schoolteacher and leadership example in the community where I grew up. One of her students made her a sign that hung on a wall in her class and ultimately in our home. It said* –
"The elevator to success is not working. You'll have to take the stairs." [Tweet this quote]
That sign made a great point, and seeing it often sealed in my mind the principle that success is usually a series of steps that require diligent, hard work for any profession. Michael Jordan would shoot baskets for hours. Pro golfers typically hit hundreds of balls a day. Business owners and senior leaders typically work long hours to cover all their responsibilities. In all of these examples, the sacrifice was ultimately worth the cost because these leaders passionately believed in their goals.
As I related in Leading with Honor, our senior POW leaders sacrificed regularly in order to set a high standard of resistance to the enemy for the rest of us. We all had to sacrifice to achieve our goal statement to "Return with Honor." The sacrificial cost was worth the goal in this life-and-death example, and it still dramatically affects my personal and professional life today.
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3 Helpful Goal-Setting Tips
Here are three tips that will help us achieve our goals this year –
- Remember how you have sacrificed in the past and the reward that came from your suffering.
When you have eaten nothing in a Vietnam POW camp but a bowl of thin soup and a piece of bread or cup of rice twice a day for weeks, months, years, you know you can eat almost anything and survive well on a lot less than the typical American diet. What seemed like sacrifice became the accepted way of life because it was the only way to achieve our goals. You also have examples where you've paid the price—reflect on them.
- Use determination and discipline to overcome your fears.
When you sacrifice (and even suffer) to achieve an important goal, it's fear that you have to combat. As a writer, I have to fight off the "fear of failure" voices in my head telling me "this is no good" and "who would read this?" We must fight back, knowing that once we kick fear out of the way, we'll find that sacrifice helps us reach beyond ourselves and find success. Lean into the pain of your doubts and fears and do what's needed to achieve your worthy goal.
- Make your goal public and enlist a support team to encourage you along the way.
The wisdom of the ages is that you should never fight alone. In the POW camps, we would risk our lives to reach out to isolated teammates. Victory is usually a team effort and especially when you're fighting discouragement.
Who will encourage and support you when things get tough, and help you stay the course?
My Sacrificial Goal for 2016
One of my goals for this year is to finish a new book. I've been thinking about how I'll alter my schedule to write more; how I'll have to say no to some good things I want to do; how I'll have to stay focused and just sit down at the computer and write. To stay accountable, I'll give you public updates each quarter on my progress. It's a worthy goal, and thankfully I have a great team to help me.
So what's your decision? Are you willing to sacrifice this year to grow, change, achieve, and reach a higher level? Please respond and make your commitment public right here.
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*The source of this quote is usually attributed to salesman, Joe Girard.
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Police said a man either jumped out or was pushed from a moving vehicle yesterday near Dorchester and Providence streets after police said he was reported kidnapped from an Austin Street residence.
The victim suffered an injury to his leg, and was taken to a nearby hospital by ambulance. His injuries are minor, police said.
Police said an officer working a private detail at Worcester Academy called for help with a carjacking after he saw a black Acura drive by him with a man in the rear passenger seat who got himself halfway out of the rear window and yelled to the officer for help.
Farther down Dorchester, near Mendon Street, he either jumped or was pushed, police said. The Acura continued on, with a maroon car following. Police said that minutes later, the Acura was found abandoned on nearby Park Terrace. Police were still looking for the maroon vehicle last night.
Around the same time, police said a call came in from an Austin Street apartment reporting a kidnapping had just occurred involving the same cars from the Dorchester Street incidents.
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It's time for the Movie Trivia Celebrity Schmoedown! On today's match, the young cast of Andy Muschietti's new adaptation of Stephen King's IT float into the Movie Trivia Schmoedown. In this free-for-all match, Losers' Club members Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things), Jaeden Lieberher (St. Vincent), Jack Dylan Grazer (Me, Myself and I), Wyatt Oleff (Guardians of the Galaxy), Chosen Jacobs (Hawaii Five-0), Jeremy Ray Taylor (Ant-Man), and Sophia Lillis (37) compete for a chance for movie trivia glory.
IT is based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. In Derry, Maine in the summer of 1989, a group of outcast preteens known as "The Losers' Club" fight against an immortal, shape-shifting entity responsible for the disappearance of dozens of children in their town, and are forced to confront their own personal demons in the process. The film opens nationwide on September 8th.
New to the Schmoedown? Tune in for an exciting battle of movie knowledge that challenges the best minds in the entertainment industry. Competitors are asked a series of questions in a wide array of categories to test their knowledge of blockbusters, classics, and everything in between. Some players become fan favorites, others turn "heel," but no matter what their persona is, the victory goes to whomever has the most knowledge in the round.


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Summit Day: 29 December, 2016
January 1, 2017
PUBLISHED BY Nathaniel Krasnoff
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Part 1: The Ascent
For those of you who saw me in the weeks prior to the holidays know that I had a pretty bad cough, which was only getting worse. For those of you who knew my Holiday plans this was disconcerting to say the least, but for those of you who weren't in the know I signed myself up to climb Mt Kilimanjaro- the tallest mountain in Africa standing at 19,341 ft. It's also my first time climbing a serious mountain. Feeling unsettled yet? It's alright that's natural.
The date is 12/29/2016, it's our 5th day of our 6 day trek, and it's a date that I will be hard pressed to forget because today is summit day.
It started just like any other day with a light dusting of snow at our 15,000 ft base camp with 11:30 pm tea and cookies. No one in my group of 12 can eat because we are too nervous, and we are out the door walking toward nothingness at 12:15 am. Within 5 min of walking I turn around to see one of my teammates blowing chunks and dropping out of the summit push. I hurriedly turn back around and try to block it out, "positive thoughts Nathaniel, positive thoughts."
For a bit of context:
Our team of 12 has a natural split into two clear groups- the fast group and the slow group. Naturally I am in the later group unless I take supplements to hide how out of shape I really am, which I do in copious amounts. The preffered ones for this trip is from a startup called Nootrobox. On 3 out of the 4 days up to this point these enabled me to keep up with the fast group, but on day 3, where we ascended from 13,000 ft to 15,000 ft only to descend back to 13,000 ft, I didn't take them and ended up in the back walking through a cloud being pelted by freezing rain with 10 feet of visibility alone with our guide Hosea. This is how I chose to spend my much needed vacation, "you're having fun Nathaniel," was what I repeatedly told myself so many times I started to believe it until about 10 hours into our summit day when I regretted every decision I had made in my life to get to that point-that is until the piggy back rides started coming into play. Curious? Read on.
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Any day that starts at 11:30 pm the previous day is set to be a doozy so I take my two energy fairy god mothers to boost the odds, but it's to no avail. It's not even 12:45 am and I'm already in the back. First it was me Alice, Cynthia, Luke and Simone with guides in numbers to match, but in less than an hour Luke and Simone had peeled off and so too did Cynthia and Alice.
It's probably 1 am now and it's down to just me and my new best friend and guide Amadeus. In our first two hours we don't get very far and everyone around us is dropping out like flies. The killer section is a series of switchbacks that extend up somewhere around 1,000 of the 4,000 vertical foot summit push and it is STEEP. Amadeus asks me how I'm doing and I explain to him that I have no other option but to summit because I don't take quitting lightly, that I set this goal for myself, and we will achieve it together. He understands my crazy because all the guides and porters (ask me about these guys- total heroes) on our team are equally crazy so we push on.
Two more hours pass and we finally start to make a bit of progress. We've passed a few groups, we've set reasonable 40–50 min milestones and are moving up this mountain. I did a horrible job planning my snacks, but I do have cookies and chocolate so we start breaking those out with each milestone.
*Insert your own nice visual about sunrises* Summary is that it's majestic, but I've been awake for 7 straight hours climbing a mountain so sunrises are the least of my concern.
Hopped up on sugar and stimulants we actually make it to Stella Point around 7:00 am. For reference, Stella Point is the top of the massive face we've been slogging up with very little grace and poise. On one side we are overlooking Arusha, and beautiful lush jungle, and grasslands, and cloud forests, and all the other shit we climbed through to get this far, and the other is the inside of the Kili crater. The important part here though is looking to my left way out along the ridge I finally get my first tangible feeling that I might finish because I can finally see the summit.
We break out the walk around the ridge into 3 sections and set out. I pass the fast group coming back down already because they've obviously already been there done that and their additional encouragement irritates me, because honestly we hate all those fast people anyway, the tortoise won that race in the end, right?
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CDN stands for "content delivery network."
Traditionally, web sites are served from a server(s) in a single data center. Since many of the worlds websites are hosted in the United States, speed has never really been a concern for those in North America.
However, for those on other continents, retrieving content – especially media – from thousands of miles away could make for a painfully slow and unreliable experience. It becomes most obvious to the server when they are trying to stream a video. Not only will it typically take longer to start, buffering becomes a major problem. The problem is exasperated when they are trying to stream a high definition video or download a large file.
With a CDN, there is still that first data center, which hosts what is known as the origin server(s). These are the servers that the webmaster uploads the site and content to.
In addition to the origin server, there are what are called edge servers that are strategically placed around the world in various data centers. A good CDN will have coverage on every continent and sometimes coverage through multiple data centers in particularly populated areas, such as Europe and Asia.
Through geolocation, the surfer connects to the data center and servers closest to them. The edge servers are essentially duplicated origin servers. Because of his, rather than a surfer in Asia having to hop across the Pacific Ocean to get content, they are routed to a server(s) located in a data center in Asia. This makes for a much faster experience for them, similar to what people in North America – where most websites are hosted from – enjoy.
The origin and edge servers are not constantly talking to each other and syncing as that would be a waste of resources. Instead, files are only sent one when they are uploaded. If a change is made to a file, the webmaster must invalidate the existing link, which will tell the edge server that it needs to call home to the origin server to grab the latest file(s).
While gaining in popularity, CDN is currently mostly used by larger companies. With Stunner Media being a forward thinking company, a CDN is already deployed across our entire network. This means faster download times, less frustration worldwide, better sales, and even better retention.
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If your big day is just around the corner, then you probably have a lot of things to take care of. Because you probably want your wedding to be an unforgettable moment, make sure you create a beautiful venue for both you and your guests to enjoy. Giving your decorations a personal touch is possible, if you resort to a few unique ideas and use some personalised wedding ribbon. Here are a few clever ways on how to use ribbon at your wedding:
Ribbon decorated candles
Let's start with the most simple DIY project – the ribbon decorated candles. This is a great way to beatify your tables, without spending a lot of money, or putting in too much effort. All you need are some basic standard white candles, ribbon straps and chamomile flowers. Attach one or two flowers on each candle using a fine piece of ribbon, and create a small bow. In less than one minute, you will already have a decoration with a wow effect. Simple, yet elegant.
Ribbon garland for the buffet or bar
If you will have a buffet or a bar at your wedding reception, then you need to make the area go with the romanticism of the event by decorating it a little. Create a long garland of ribbons or a ribbon mantel and place it around the entire counter. You will be surprised how much it will change the décor.
Ribbon photo booth backdrop
One idea that all your guests will certainly love is a ribbon photo booth backdrop. Because it has become tradition for each wedding to have a corner specially decorated for taking photographs, come with a more exclusive alternative, and choose this option. Use some metallic bars to create a frame, and then tie small straps of ribbons in various patterns and colours together. Give it a try, and you will certainly enjoy the results.
Because your wedding is one of the most important moment of your entire life, you probably want everything to look perfect. Avoid making dull choices and put your personal touch on your venue by creating some DIY decorations. Ribbons will give any wedding décor a romantic and sophisticated vibe, without requiring much effort from your part. Just search for a supplier that can offer you high quality ribbon and bows, choose the patterns and colours that go with the style of your wedding and place your order. With a bit of creativity and some inspiration found online, you can create some one-of-a-kind items for your wedding.


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We've spent the past couple of weeks travelling through a few countries to the north east of France and they really do seem to have an abundance of canals, lakes, harbours and beaches. Each city we've visited has had at least one grand water feature around which the city seems to centre itself. It's made me think a lot about Brisbane and our river. It cops a lot of flak at home for its colour and how dirty it looks, but when I compare it to the waterways over here, it's really not too bad. Perhaps it's just that we have the magnificent Sydney Harbour in the same country, which always manages to sparkle in its aquamarine finest. That is despite the filth and rubbish that comes with tourists and the large population who live there. It's a lot for the Brisbane River to live up to and I feel it's not so deserving of its criticism.
Clockwise from top left: Bruges, Rotterdam, Marken, The Hague, Volendam, Hamburg, Amsterdam
All the cities we've travelled to seem to make the most of their waterways and really celebrate them. After our few days of remembrance and participation in Anzac Day (as revealed in the last post) we headed to Bruges. Brought to fame by the movie In Bruges, which only one of us had seen, it seemed that most people mentioned it while we were there. In contrast to the movie it was such a romantic place. In comparison to Paris, I seemed to be able to block out all the tourists (of which there were many) and marvel in its beauty. We cruised the canal, checked out the beers, chocolate and waffles, and just meandered along the cobblestone streets and over its abundant bridges.
It was followed up by a couple of nights in Brussels where we took a bit of time to catch our breath. The main point of interest for us was the celebration of International Jazz Day. Throughout the Belgian capital were the pop up jazz performances of many varieties. The novelty of people appearing in apartment windows to jam along with someone across the street was great.
Parts 2 & 3 are already in the pipeline, so we won't leave you hanging for too long in between posts this time – we promise!
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A. Raymond Randolph
Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
An interview with A. Raymond Randolph conducted January 15 and January 16, 2013 by Myron A. Farber for the Columbia Center for Oral History, Rule of Law Oral History Project.
In the D.C. Circuit, Judge Randolph wrote the majority opinions for the landmark Guantánamo Bay detainee habeas cases Al Odah v. United States, Rasul v. Bush, and Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, in which he ruled that Guantánamo detainees did not have rights under the United States Constitution. In each case, Judge Randolph's opinions were reversed by the Supreme Court. Highlights of this interview include discussions of Judge Randolph's clerkship with Judge Henry J. Friendly, the Nixon administration and the Watergate scandal, the origin and application of habeas corpus, the concept of originalism and the U.S. Constitution, the application of Geneva Convention rules in Guantánamo detainee cases, and Judge Randolph's 2010 "Guantánamo Mess" address at The Heritage Foundation.
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At the 4th World Parkinson Congress held in Portland, Oregon September 20-23, 2016, a group of researchers affiliated with InMotion presented a poster entitled "Early Results on Preservation of Motor Performance in a Community-Based Exercise Program". The poster text detailed the results of a study of 28 volunteers with Parkinson's disease attending physical activity programs (dance, exercise, sports, tai chi, yoga) at InMotion. Each person was individually assessed on the basis of a number of tests of physical performance at the beginning of their attendance at InMotion, and after 6 months of participation.
The averaged results of all 28 participants showed that their performance on 11 assessment tests uniformly improved to some degree over the 6-month interval. On four of the 11 tests, the results were statistically "significant", meaning that there are less than 1 in 20 odds that the improvement occurred by chance alone. For the other tests, one could only conclude that there was a trend toward improvement.
The authors of the study were Dr. David Riley, Chair of Medical Education at InMotion, Benjamin Rossi, Program Director at InMotion, and Dr. Elizabeth Stiles, a member of the Program Committee who helped with the design of the study and conducted the statistical analysis. They urged caution regarding the interpretation of the results. Dr. Riley said, "there are a number of limitations to the kinds of conclusions that can be drawn from data such as we collected. We made no attempt to influence or control other important factors, such as medications or outside activity levels." Thus, the authors stated, the data do not prove that attendance at InMotion was responsible for the improvement in the participants. They also emphasized that 6 months is a relatively short interval over which to measure the influence of any factor on the course of Parkinson's disease. Nevertheless, the authors concluded in their poster text that the data suggest that attending physical activity classes "may be contributing to stabilization of the clinical course" of the participants, which is important to people with a progressive disorder such as Parkinson's disease. The results were also "consistent with a large body of literature documenting the value of physical activity" for persons with the disease.
Posters are an important means of communication among researchers and other interested persons from around the world at meetings such as the World Parkinson Congress, which is currently being held every 3 years. The posters are mounted on viewing boards for the perusal of attendees, of which there were 4,500 at this particular meeting, where more than 2,000 posters remained on view for all 3 days. During a 2-hour assigned time slot, poster authors stand by the posters and field questions from interested passers-by, gather helpful criticism on how the study could be improved, and make important connections with investigators from elsewhere who might become collaborators in the future. Posters can also serve a secondary purpose as a means for a fledgling organization such as InMotion to make its presence known among the worldwide community of people interested in Parkinson's disease.
Stop in and view the poster. It is on display in the Education Resource Center at InMotion. The authors hope to expand their observations in terms of the number of participants and the duration of the study, as well as correlating the degree of improvement with the number and type of classes attended, in order to produce more meaningful results in the future.


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President-elect Donald Trump has selected Stephen Bannon, the former head of Breitbart News, the online home of the alt-right – a neologism for white nationalism – to be his chief strategist. Bannon had made Breitbart a home for a host of reactionary and intolerant beliefs. But this choice in particular has brought to the surface the antisemitic undercurrent of Trump's reactionary populism.
Previously antisemitism has been a social phenomenon mostly public on the comment section of Stormfront and the mutterings of geriatric bigots. In odd ways its renewed prominence is both new and old. What is old is what this zombie bigotry does for power. What is new is that Jews are not, or at least not in the same way, the vulnerable shtetl-dwellers and working-class that were the victims of centuries of European antisemitism. Nor are we so closely associated with communism. Indeed, if any ideology claims to represent Jews these days – and it is a false and dangerous representation – it is Zionism, an ideology and movement not of the powerless but of the powerful.
But to claim that antisemitism exists does not explain how to fight it. It dictates neither prescriptions nor alliances. And how we go about explaining the phenomenon goes some way towards guiding us as to how to mobilize against it.
Antisemitism is not a just the blight of individual intolerance, to be cured through liberal tolerance. Antisemitism is the creation of antisemites, and they create it for a reason. In this case, it is the "socialism of fools," in the words of Augustus Bebel. Political antisemitism blames Jews for financial manipulation and usury, rather than viewing finance as part of capitalism – a rational machine of social domination.
Various movements have deployed antisemitism in the past, but in the present – with all disrespect to endless op-ed writers anguishing about the "new leftist antisemitism" in order to attack the anti-racist movement for Palestinian rights – it is a movement and a sentiment of reaction, of the Right. From the fascist Jobbik in Hungary to the US-allied Saudi regime, antisemitism is a class project which seeks to harness anger and fury at the way things are, and to redirect it to Jews.
For the Saudis, blaming a "Jewish Lobby" for US aggression in the region distracts from the fundamental alignment between Saudi policy and US policy.
For Trump, it is a part of a plan to "make American great again." His anti-immigrant rhetoric is coupled with a vision of a national economy, renewed protectionism, and domestic renewal and growth. It is a classic populist agenda. It seeks to create a partially imaginary "shared interest" between the millionaire and billionaire supporters of Trump's campaign, and the white middle-classes where he found his strongest support. One mortar to cement together such social blocs is nativism – a rejection of the foreign Other. Hence the vicious attacks against immigrants, especially Muslims.
Another mortar is antisemitism. Antisemitism works to deflect unease with capitalism to nebulous "global power structures." The effectiveness of such a ploy is not its falsity. It is that it is partially true. There is a power structure. And George Soros, for example, prominent in Trump's demonology, does play a powerful role in contributing to that structure. What is false and dangerous is the reduction of the structure to the religion of those playing such roles.
Trump is not a fascist, but underneath him are the germs of a fascist movement, awaiting the appropriate avatar. The policies of capitalism and state racism create a resentful white underclass. As the center collapses – and the center is collapsing the world over – elites are embracing everywhere right-wing populism. In the absence of a genuine left-wing or anti-capitalist alternative, that populism will be the politics of some portion of that underclass.
We are conditioned to associate antisemitism with Nazism. For that reason it is important to keep things in perspective. Jews are not very much oppressed as a people in the United States, despite the intolerable rhetoric coming from Trump and his supporters. The first victims of Trump are those who have seen their prayer rooms vandalized, who fear going outside alone, as racists attempt to deny them public space.
This does not mean that things could not get uglier. It means a repetition of 1930s and 40s-levels of ugliness is extremely unlikely. Jews have a right to feel afraid and to react politically to that fear (they also have the right, like Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, to gush over the election of Trump in anticipation of services rendered to the colonial Zionist movement). But that fear ought not to lead to the embrace of the Democratic Party. Economically shattering the county for 40 years, and for 24 years pushing the Republican Party as the evil to be defeated at all costs, created a domestic underclass desperate for an alternative, and alienated the Democratic Party's core support base. Right-wing populism is the child of the center-right drift of the Democrats.
It isn't just that lesser-evilism birthed a greater evil, but that it was a disaster on its own terms. It was under the Clinton-Obama Democrats that deportations hit record levels and US contra-wars, sanctions, and no-fly zones destroyed much of the Middle East. Trump's threat is to bring home the state of lawless mayhem that the US creates abroad, as well as among the Black and Brown populations in the United States. In the post-Nazi reckoning, Aimé Cesaire wrote of liberals aghast at the Third Reich. But the camps, roundups, and massacres were nothing new to the colonial victims of European liberalism. What was new were the locations and identities of the victims. Cesaire wanted badly for people to understand that Nazism was the product of a sick and "indefensible" Europe, much as Trumpism is the product of a US social and political order that was neither reformable nor defensible.
Then as now, the point was not to finger-wag, to say I told you so. It is to consider the criticism of liberal tolerance for far-off murder, and close-up murder of the poorer and the darker, as an invitation to join a more inclusive movement – one big enough for all of us, except for those who insist that others pay the price for their safety.
For to turn anti-Trumpism into more yearning for the days of the Democrats is to create and accept that old division between those whose safety we insist upon as a precondition for our own and those whose safety may be sacrificed so long as we are secure, a security that is ever-fleeting in any case, tenuous, on the verge of withdrawal – almost a bribe. I do not recommend accepting it. What power gives power can also take.


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Chinese New Year: traditions and twists
Following the end of western world's holiday season, Chinese society is preparing for the celebration of their new year suggested in the lunar calendar. (A fun fact: 2017 is the year of rooster!) For children, Chinese New Year is always fun, red envelope, big feasts, and family gathering; however, not so much for adults. Not only being known for its large-scale celebration and the power to bring together the community, the festival is also known for its lengthy rituals.
"If you think getting ready for Thanksgiving is stressful, preparations for Chinese New Year are even more intense, often beginning a month in advance with a whirlwind of activity. There's the hubbub of cleaning the whole house, especially the family altar; buying dried seafood and cakes for ritual gifts; getting a haircut and new clothes (from outer to underwear); purchasing plants to spruce up the feng shui; lining up for crisp new banknotes at the ATM to fill the red packets given to children, unmarried relatives, and employees. " — Departures.com
- Pay tribute to gods – Chinese people will visit temples or prepare a feast at home to pay tribute to gods. This symbolizes appreciation for the gods for protecting the whole family in the year and hope they can continue watching over the entire family and drive away evil spirits.
- Clean the house – this custom, by cleaning and throwing away old stuff, symbolizes the family can start a year with a fresh start.
- Stick Chinese New Year couplets on the door – usually with words or phrases that symbolize blessings.
- Have New Year's Eve dinner with family – the most important dinner of the year, especially for those family members away from home. There are several dishes that will definitely be served during the meal, such as fish and dumplings, suggesting prosperity.
All of the above are on the adults' to-do list for Chinese New Year, not to mention they have to splurge money on giving the children red envelope and buying gifts for friends and family, too. But with the advancement of technology and globalization, people now have more alternatives to innovate and keep up with the old customs.
- Write your own New Year couplets – Typically families will buy the New Year couplets with blessing words on them; however, having the same words on the doors could be boring, why not create your own couplets with special meanings? Let children sketch out their new year's resolution or wishes for the year or exchange the New Year couplets with one another can be just as fun as Christmas gift exchange!
- Dine out for New Year's Eve dinner – Making the New Year's Eve dinner is always a nightmare for moms worldwide. Just like Thanksgiving dinner, the preparation has to start days before, and the competition between moms, meaning all female characters like grandma, aunt, sister-in law are all expecting a perfect feast, is intense. Let us suggest we leave the hassles to the professionals and enjoy a 10-course (or more!) New Year's Eve meal peacefully with your loved ones.
- Family trip – Instead of hanging out at home for the entire week, travelling may be a good alternative to bring the family together and explore new things. Since all popular destinations within the country are guaranteed to be packed, many people choose to go abroad for Chinese New Year. New York City, Paris, Milan are all popular cities to spend some quality time with the family. Find out more travel destinations recommended by The Lonely Planet. Don't forget to book a vacation photographer to capture your memories, too!


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The West Gippsland Regional Catchment Strategy (RCS) is the main strategic framework for land, water and biodiversity management in our region. Government departments, community groups and individuals with an interest in the environment use it. It identifies what needs to be done to protect and enhance natural resources and the environment over the next six years.
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|The first living wall as it's constructed in South Africa.
My friend Warren Te Brugge has taken on a project that deserves the attention of all who are interested in the ideals of sustainable communities and food security in all parts of the world.
His new foundation My Arms Wide Open® is building the first-ever living food walls with the objective of providing fresh fruits and vegetables to disadvantaged youth in both Vancouver Downtown Eastside and in rural South Africa.
The sister walls will be constructed based on the design of South African artist, Dylan Lewis, who created the exhibition "Untamed" (pictured above) at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens (see more pics of the living plant wall construction here). The exhibition was originally constructed in celebration of the country's hosting of the 2010 World Cup.
The two identical vertical gardens — one in Vancouver and the second in Cradock, South Africa — will yield several harvests throughout the year and offer educational opportunities. The main goal: inspire youth to make their own "mini walls" contributing to their health and sustainable communities.
How are these walls being constructed? All the details are here (.pdf). In short, each will be designed as an "S" shaped arc that is 40 feet long and 6 feet high. The design is ideal for allowing the young children to tend the lower parts and older youth to tend the higher areas. A concrete footing will support individual slots for plastic 2-liter pop bottles cut to hold each plant.
"During the fall and winter, the garden's bottles not being used for vegetables and fruits will be replaced with suitable plants to maintain the wall during the off-season and allow for preparation of new vegetable seedlings for the spring," Warren writes on his blog. "In addition to the fruit plants grown in the bottles, we intend to plant several fruit trees around the wall to support the surrounding community's need for fresh fruit."
He also writes, "These food walls are about 'more than just crops'. Projects like this can help create a sense of real community as families learn about how to grow and maintain the walls, volunteer to help and share the harvests."


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Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by SlyPokerDog, May 12, 2019.
Tanya Harding was innocent! She knew nothing! We need Jeff....
Where did you hear this?
What's the latest on Hood?
Can I see some Skal and Babyface this round?
If we do, it most likely means we're getting blown out.
So, I hope not.
Or we're up 40 late !
Bone bruise and questionable for game 1
I saw someone saying that an MRI can't tell if there's a meniscus tear. Not sure how true that is.
That's mostly nonsense with a bit of truth.
I think they are confused with an x-ray.
Who is this hero? Is that Superman?
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