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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: West Michigan
Posts: 1,035
Height: 5'2"
***Breathe a Little Easier Challenge***
Ok gang (and anyone else who might want to join in)...
It's a new month. The month of May. Which is also
"Clean Air Month"
! So...what a better way to get this challenge going than to challenge ALL of you to breathing easier this month! Of course this involves exercise...what did you think???
First of all...pick an exercise that you enjoy (walking, biking, aerobics, WATP, etc.) Just figure out how many minutes you think you might do them during the week. (We will break this down into weeks) and then post that. For each following week, try to increase your previous week's minutes with more minutes or intesity (or both) by any amount. Based on that, figure out how many minutes you will exercise the whole month of May and post that.
As an example, this week I will exercise 130 minutes. (week 1)
(Week 2) 145 minutes
(Week 3) 150 minutes
(Week 4) 160 minutes
(Week 5 is only 4 days, so I will probably only get in 2 days of exercise) 90 minutes (which is still increased because I upped it to 45 minutes each session)
By the end of the month, I should have in 675 minutes of exercise. That's 11.25 HOURS of exercise! What would I be doing with those hours if I'm not exercising and trying to breathe a little easier??? Something to consider.
If you'd post your weekly/monthly exercise minutes each week, I can try to do a tally based on who is participating in the challenge.
also includes having pants fit a little loser, doesn't it? Which might include some of our eating habits...SO, if you want to join me to not only get our metabolism boosted with exercise, but also to start making healthier choices with food, then let's start that today as well!!!!
I'm joining Weight Watchers on Tuesday!!!! I know that for me, posting my food journal is just part of the deal. So, I am going to try to post my "menu" here each day as well as my "real" food eaten. If you'd like to join me with the food challenge, I'd love the support. Elisha...I know you already do that, so that will be fun to join you with that! If anyone has another idea for the food/weight loss, then I'd love to have you share. I just know that for me...
"breathing easier"
is so much easier when done with friends!
used to be tofat
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: southeast michigan
Posts: 1,347
Height: 5' 3 1/2"
I would like to joing you in this. I am having a bad day and not really in the mood for explaining what all has happened today, but I've been looking for a place to keep me accountable for my exercise. I hope you don't mind me jumping in. I am aiming to get 3150 minutes of exercise during May. I want to spread this out evenly instead of increasing each week as I am starting to aim at maintaining weight instead of losing. (Plus I can't go much over the daily amount of time I'm at now.) Thanks for giving me a place to come post my progress.
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 214
Hey Julie... I'm copying you... because it's easier that way and besides if you can do it ... I can do it!
(Week 1 )130 minutes
(Week 2) 145 minutes
(Week 3) 150 minutes
(Week 4) 160 minutes
(Week 5) 90 minutes
I intend to do some walking... but given the time of year some exercise must come in the form of lawn mowing and yard work... otherwise I'd have NO time to register. I'd like to start WATP again a few times a week too ... So, I guess I'll be - what they call = cross training.
I will weigh in and measure tomorrow morning .. it won't be pretty and it won't be rewarding... but I do need to start being accountable.
The other day I decided that I'm going to begin to challenge myself to do things that I fear or I have trouble with rather than quitting or demeaning myself.... first thing I challenged myself to do was.... I was driving the truck which is a standard to work (the van is an auto and I usually drive it) and I usually go a particular route to work... but when I drive the truck I get nervous (panicky type) about a small hill with a light and so I drive 2-3 miles out of my way..... Well Friday I just said I'm going to face the hill and not be afraid and I did.. and it was NO PROBLEM.
Sorry... bit of a tangent, but I'm hoping that this new attitude will give me some empowerment and self esteem. I know I have all the knowledge and all the tools to do this ... I'm just missing the believing in yourself part. I am going to challenge myself to find out why I don't allow myself to loose the weight and be successful in this next month before my 50th birthday.... I have said for two years that I want to be to goal by now and still I am at my heaviest.
Too many truths for tonight...
FIll in the rest tomorrow.
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: West Michigan
Posts: 1,035
Height: 5'2"
Monday Morning
OK all you sleepy heads...time to rise and shine!!!
I'm glad we have found Joy again!! Sure seemed empty and lonely around here without her! Maybe we can find a few others who have wandered from the fold!
Joy...We are here for you! Whatever you need. You KNOW you can do anything you set your mind to and we can do this together. My goals are lofty, but I am feeling good about it right now. I really really need to do this! My 45th birthday is in July and it would just feel nice to be down to a decent (not goal) weight by then! My whole body has changed since I have gained back the weight...I bump into things now with my butt!
My back hurts more, I have less energy, etc...So...this is it for both of us! Let's just DO IT!!!!
Artsygirl...We're glad to have you! Sorry about the really bad day. Feel free to find this place a good place to vent! Yea for you on being able to maintain your loss! May I ask how much you lost and how you did it?
OK...gotta go get ready for my day. I'm feeling like it's going to be a whirlwind! Oh boy.........
used to be tofat
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: southeast michigan
Posts: 1,347
Height: 5' 3 1/2"
Good morning ladies-I'm sorry about starting with such a bad introduction yesterday. I had my truck window smashed in and my purse stolen yesterday. It happened in my church parking lot and of course no one saw/heard anything. I didn't lose a huge amount of cash and got all the cards cancelled right away, but I have been going through a lot of bad emotions and feel very violated.
Well, I'll try to let ya know a bit about me. I am a piano teacher/church organist/glass artist/jewelry maker. My degrees are in music, but I've been doing more with art in the last few years. I am blessed that I usually enjoy all of my jobs. I will be 33 on Wednesday. I'm married (10 years in Nov.) and have 2 dogs-no kids. I've lost around 40 pounds since January by watching portion sizes and doing LOTS of cardio (usually 2 hours a day). I've just in the last week made the decision to switch to maintenance so I'm working at adjusting everything just a bit. It is scary because I KNOW how to lose, and of course I know how to gain, but I'm not sure exactly where the fine line of maintenance lies.
My exercise goals for the month are:
WEEK 1: 700 minutes
WEEK 2: 700 minutes
WEEK 3: 700 minutes
WEEK 4: 700 minutes
WEEK 5: 350 minutes
most of my workouts will be walking, spinning, kickboxing, running or softball
Joy-Isn't it great when we challenge ourselves and try something we're uncomfortable with and realize we can do more than we thought?! Glad you had sucess with the truck and I wish you the best as you work to bring that challenge into the personal realm.
Julie-thanks for the welcome. I so understand about your entire body changing with weight gain. I used to need to take an afternoon nap because I lacked energy all the time. I also used to knock into things all the time and then I felt so ashamed of myself.
I've done a 4 mile walk in the misting rain this morning and it helped calm me and start my day off right. I want to do a kickboxing workout in a bit, but I am very stiff today and not sure if I'll do it or not.
I'm looking forward to getting to know you all. Have a great day
Bound and Determined
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 1,316
Height: 5'10"
Morning chicks!
Its always good to add a new face to the group! Youve done a wonderful job so far! Such an encouragement for the rest of us! Im sure you will figure out maintenance. And once you do, could you please let us all know for when we make it there?
Julie: Posting my menu helps me stay on track. Yeah, I log my food in my DietPower every day, but no one sees that but me, and its not going to yell at me if I eat a cheeseburger instead of a salad. Posting helps with accountability.
And just for the record, any time anyone wants to comment on my food intake or make suggestions or ask questions, please do! This learning to eat healthy is an ongoing process, and I will take all the advice I can get.
Joy: Good to see you again!
Yard work definitely counts as exercise! I will get getting some of that in too, now that I have a yard to take care of. I might actually plant something!
I understand completely about challenging yourself though, and I think its a wonderful idea. I dont avoid roads because of a standard (I drive a standard, and in WV there is NO way to avoid hills), but I do avoid roads Im not familiar with, even if it takes longer.
OK, so, goals for this month:
Week 1: 210
Week 2: 225
Week 3: 240
Week 4: 255
Week 5: 160
Lose 6 poundsI want to get to or below 210 by my birthday (29th)
Ive been slacking off a bit with exercise for the past week, and now Im feeling guilty, so as of today its back to it! I got up this morning, weighed in (216.0down 1.2 this week!), and measured (everythings about the same), then took Ella for a quick 13-minute walk. Ill do my Yourself!Fitness after work tonight. No exercise Friday (day off), Saturday was a 30-minute walk with Steve and Ella, last night was bowling and weights and stretches. No cardio yesterday, because I was busy from 7:30am on, but then I felt guilty about slacking and did my weights and stretches while watching Big Love.
Also, I need to drink lots of water today. I tried to be conscious of it over the weekend, but that didnt work so well. So Ill be chugging it today.
Food this weekend was ok. Friday night Steves parents took us to Pizzaria Uno, and I really wanted a big, cheesy, deep dish pizza, but I was goodI had salmon, roasted veggies, and a tiny bit of cole slaw. Yay me for making better choices! Saturday and Sunday I didnt eat the healthiest foods, but I ended up having a big breakfast, no lunch, and a reasonable dinner both days, and calories came in at a decent range.
I didnt get enough sleep this weekend though (surprise surprise, eh?). Friday night I was up until around 3:30. A couple of Steves best friends have a banda very good band, actuallyand theyre splitting up, and Friday was their farewell concert. It was sad. Ive gone to all of their home concerts for the past 6-7 years. Lots of memories. They do a cover of the Muppets goodbye song at the end of their shows, and the entire band and at least half of the audience was in tears by the time they finished. It was sad.
So anyway, I was up way late, and the rest of the weekend was busy too. My goal tonight is to get to bed as early as possible.
But I did get a lot done this weekend, so its all good. We did our wedding registry (or at least 1 of them, theres at least 1 more well do) and went over a bunch of other wedding stuff with my mom and maid of honor. I got all my laundry done and some meals cooked for the week. We got new curtains for the bedroom and put them up (finally figured out a decorating scheme). And we figured out a few next steps that we want to get done around the house. So a rather productive weekend.
OK, menu for today:
2 c. coffee w/FF vanilla creamer
½ banana frittata w/pecans and light syrup
This was soooo yummy! I got the recipe from AllRecipes (just search for banana frittata) and altered it a bit to make it even healthier (use my LF vanilla soy milk, egg substitute, and no oil). I thought it would be weird, because its something like a banana omelet, but it tastes more like a banana pancake. Yum yum yum.
Whole wheat penne w/LF Bearnaise
Sautéed squash, peppers, and onions
LF Yogurt
Spaghetti Bolognese
Probably a piece of toast (because I cant have spaghetti without some form of bread)
OK, Ive got to get cracking. Have a good day, chickies!
A Mom
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Northern Alberta
Posts: 561
Height: 5' 2"
I'm hoping I can join you ladies, I'm a SAHM with 2 boys, one is almost 3 and the other is 4 months. I'm going to think about how much I'm going ot walk and then I'll get back to you. As I'm having a busy day today.
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Western NY
Posts: 220
I'm totally in. I need something to "challenge" me to exercise more. I didn't work out at all last week because I was so busy. My goals are:
Week 1: 120 minutes
Week 2: 130 minutes
Week 3: 140 minutes
Week 4: 150 minutes
Week 5: 120 mintues
Total Minutes: 660 minutes
Total hours: 11
I think I'm going to be doing aerobics and walking. I am so excited to start again this week! Lots of slimfast and salads and healthy dinners too!
Brandy-nice to see you here!!!
A Mom
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Northern Alberta
Posts: 561
Height: 5' 2"
I'm back and have a bit of time now. Had to take my baby in for pics. Was only 4 min late, not bad.
week 1: 240
week 2:300
week 3:360
week 4: 420
week 5: 180
total: 1500
my only sticker will be if it rains
I hope to lose 11 popund this month, I know that's a lot, but I'll try. Rhat's my mini goal, to reach prepregnancy weight
Maybe I should go get started as I'm being very ambitious
"workin' on my fitness"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Palm Beach, FL
Posts: 881
Height: 5'10"
My 3FC Diet Blog
I'm in! I have got to start moving this body...I am already feeling the effects from this weekend, just schlepping & dealing with everything in the new house. Arrrgh.
Hubby's office is up & running, but we did have to take my computer down to make it happen. I'll catch everyone up in the morning, and that gives me time to come up with my goals and plans.
Happy May, chickies, and a big Welcome to all the new faces!
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 512
Happy First of May!
It sounds like we are all off to a very enthusiastic start! I made some good food choices today.....totalling 1300 calories!......and have already done 30 minutes of WATP (Obviously I have been away from exercise a little too long, as it took me the first mile just to get the muscles warmed up!)
Julie.....Thank you so much for settting up this challenge! I really smiled when I saw the 'breathe easier' title.......I was out weeding the flowerbeds this past Saturday and found that bending and breathing at the same time was nearly impossible! This challenge is going to change that!
Brandy.....Welcome! Zounds.....what a great pic.....you look fabulous! You are going to be our Maintenance Trailblazer.....you get it figured out and we will all be right behind you! You are from Southeast Michigan? Julie and I are from the west side of the state!
Joy.....It is sooo nice to see you post again! WTG on facing.....and conquering....your fears! We can do this together!
Elisha....Wow....you really got a lot done this past weekend! Doesn't that give you a great sense of accomplishment!
Diane.....Welcome! You are going to love this group.....so supportive and encouraging! You want to lose 11 pounds this month?......that sounds like a lot, but I bet you can do it!
Angela.....Welcome! I know how hard it is to fit exercise into one's busy life! But you have to be good to yourself and schedule it in.....just like any other appointment!
Jennifer......Great to hear DH's office is up and running.....that sure smooths his life out. It will take some time to get totally settled into the new house.....just living in one place has got to simplify your life!
Today was incredibly hectic at work.....AR statements and assorted month end reports, insane and/or hysterical co workers, and a line of people outside the door who needed stuff done 'yesterday'. I think the most important stuff got done.....and the rest will be waiting for me tomorrow (is this what they call job security?)
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: West Michigan
Posts: 1,035
Height: 5'2"
Monday Evening
OK...this is just for the first day accountability, but since I don't start Weight Watchers until tomorrow, does this really have to count?? LOL!!!
Exercise...20 minutes with DD after work...soccer in the yard...it was more like 30 minutes, but the hard part was more like 20!
Water...Not enough!
B-fast: 2 egg & turkey & cheese burritos with salsa wrapped in flour tortillas
Lunch: 1 slice cold veggie pizza, fruit & marshmallow fluff!
Supper: 1 serving leftover spaghetti (with meat sauce), 3/4 cup cooked broccolli & carrots with butter
Snack: one whole bag of microwave popcorn w/ cinnamon sugar sprinkled (I was very generous!)
I know this is going to come to a screeching halt after tomorrow's meeting at WW. I am excited, but a little nervous since it's been a long time since I did any "formal" meeting weight loss. I'm dreading weighin in because it could be much more than I "think"! I really need to stay accountable and stick with the "program". I'm such a rebel and so stubborn that I often set myself up for failure before I even start (like I have for the last....oh...year!) But nonetheless, I am excited and looking forward to starting this journey (again). I can envision my body where I want it to be and am suprised sometimes when I see myself in the mirror or in pictures...especially below the waist and above the knees! Makes me cringe!
I really don't like to be so negative, but lately I've really been feeling badly about myself and how far I've let this weight issue just get out of hand! It's disappointing! But hopefully I will see some success real soon! I'm hoping for at least 3# the first week, which means I will have to kick some serious butt this next week! Ya!
It's great to see some new faces and some lost sheep from the fold...
Ihope we can really all stay motivated this month...until the END of the momth! HA!
Elisha...glad you had a loss this month. That's great! We are both going to kick serious butt this month, though! I'm going for 10# this month! Think I can do it??? That's a lot for me!
Jennifer...looking forward to hearing from you and having you join us this month. I'm so glad you are finally all moved! YEA!
To all the newbies...keep posting. I'll eventually comment, but I am getting heavy eyed right now and it won't make much sense!
Hope you all have a great day tomorrow! Wish me luck!
Bound and Determined
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 1,316
Height: 5'10"
Morning chickies!
Diana and Angela! Were glad to have you with us!
Yesterday was a good day. I dont remember exactly where my calories came in, but they were in the 1600-1650 range, I do believe. Water was good, though I would have liked to get in another 10-20 oz. I got a soda on the way home and it lasted me all evening (I drank water during my workout). Food went as planned, except I had lasagna instead of spaghetti and skipped my afternoon yogurt. Exercise was a 13-minute walk with Ella in the morning and 30 minutes of Yourself!Fitness after work. And I really pushed myself during Y!F, so I got a great workout. But it felt good, and I felt good about it.
I did get to bed a little early, but then I laid there and watched Honey, Were Killing the Kids on TLC. Have you seen that show? Its pretty good. They take a family with bad eating habits and give them 3 weeks to change their ways. They show computer simulations of how the kids will look at 40 if they keep the same diet and exercise habit, and then at the end they show a new simulation of how they will look if they keep up the good habits. Its interesting.
But anyway, I woke up at 5:15 this morning feeling like I hadnt slept at all. I went back to sleep until 6, and feel a little better. Tonight I will do either 45 minutes of Y!F or 30 minutes Y!F and a walk with Ella.
Menu today:
2 c. coffee w/FF vanilla creamer
½ banana frittata w/pecans and low-cal syrup
I have to go out to run some errands today, so Im planning to get one of those Frescata sandwiches from Wendys. Ill research it a bit and see which one will be the best choice, nutritionally. Im not going to get any fries though, just the sandwich. Since I havent been eating fast food, the greasy fried stuffespecially friesdoesnt sound remotely appetizing anymore. But I would like to try one of those sandwiches.
LF yogurt
Sautéed squash and peppers
Whole wheat penne w/Bearnaise sauce
Maybe some salmon-dill cakes, depends on if I feel like cooking
OK, my co-worker is out today, so Ive got lots to do. I should probably get started. Have a good day, chicks!
lisa girl
FullTime Domestic Goddess
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: North Georgia
Posts: 458
Hello to everyone...Julie, Jennifer, MsRD, Elisha, Joy! And, also, hello to everyone else that I don't already know......this is a terrific bunch of ladies for sure!
I just wanted to stop in for a moment. I have been MIA due to baseball, baseball, and more baseball. With 3 boys playing, each having 1 practice and 2 games/week, we are constantly on the road. But, all is well. I am learning a lot about the sport, as well as how to best get grass stains out of the baseball pants...LOL!!
Amazingly, I have met my weight loss goal...actually surpassed it by 2 pounds. I'm now at 138 pounds. I have a lot of toning to do though. Gaining 75 pounds with that last pregnancy really did a number on my body. Losing the weight has helped my back problems as well as my arthritis. I really want to keep the pounds off. I have been doing Weight Watchers here at home. For some reason, WW is the only program that works for me it seems!
I went back and read through some of the posts..it's good to be here in a familiar place
. I would love to join in this challenge...I need to get my exercise/toning routine started. You have always been so motivational to me!! I look forward to getting to know all the other new faces here too! I hope you all have a great day!!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: NW Indiana
Posts: 547
Here I is again!
Third time's a charm, right? Maybe this month I'll actually follow through!
Let's see... I know I can maintain 30 minutes of cardio, 5 days a week, so I'll start with that as the base, and try to add 10 minutes of light strength training each week.
Week 1: 150 minutes
Week 2: 160 minutes
Week 3: 170 minutes
Week 4: 180 minutes
For a grand total of 660 minutes.
Ok, I'm getting side tracked. I'll post again when I can devote more attention.
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Rise of the Iron Eagle
by Roy a. Teel Jr
Series: Iron Eagle (Book 1)
Hardcover: 294 pages
Publisher: NarroWay Press; 1st edition (May 31, 2014)
Paperback: 358 pages
Publisher: NarroWay Press (September 8, 2014)
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File Size: 2884 KB
Print Length: 358 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: Narroway Press (May 28, 2014)
Publication Date: May 28, 2014
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Is The Iron Eagle a psychotic serial killer?
Or a new breed of Justice?
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Detective Jim O'Brian and FBI Profiler Special Agent Steve Hoffman are hunting for a brutal serial killer; however, this case defies the profiling rules both men have been trained to detect. "The Iron Eagle" appears to only hunt and capture serial killers. Time is of the essence as with each passing day "The Eagle" gets more brazen. The deeper O'Brian and Hoffman dig into profiling the killer, the more they realize that this is more than a race against time – it's a race laden with the realization that the killer may be one of their own.
From the inside flap:
The city of Los Angeles is no stranger to violence. It has both a colorful and grotesque history with it. Sheriff's Homicide Detective Jim O'Brian and FBI Profiler Special Agent Steve Hoffman are also no strangers to the violence of the sprawling metropolis, but in the past decade something has changed. There's a serial killer preying on other serial killers – some known by law enforcement, others well off radar. "The Iron Eagle," a vigilante, extracts vengeance for the victims of Los Angeles' serial killers. His methods are meticulous and his killings brutal. With each passing day, "The Iron Eagle" moves with impunity through the streets of Los Angeles in search of his prey. O'Brian and Hoffman create an elite task force with the sole purpose of catching "The Eagle" and bringing him to justice. But the deeper they delve, the more apparent it is that he may very well be one of their own. As the two men stare into the abyss of their search, the eyes of "The Iron Eagle" stare back.
***Content Warning: The Iron Eagle Crime novel series contains mature subject matter, graphic violence, sexual content, language, torture and other scenes that may be disturbing to sensitive readers. This series is not intended for anyone under the age of eighteen, reader discretion is advised.***
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On May 11, 1995, at 30, Roy's life was irrevocably changed. After walking into the hospital, he was admitted and later received the worst possible diagnosis – Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. His doctors gave him two years to live, and he left the hospital in a wheelchair. After battling Multiple Sclerosis for nearly 16 years, Roy began devoting his energies and passions to the full-time art of storytelling. His disability has brought with it an unforeseen blessing. He can finally take medications to alleviate some of the pain from his MS and focus on the pleasures of character creation and the joys of putting words to paper.
As an author, Roy A. Teel Jr. is very diverse, and his works include both fiction and nonfiction. His previous works include The Way, The Truth, and The Lies: How the Gospels Mislead Christians about Jesus' True Message (2005), Against The Grain: The American Mega-Church and its Culture of Control (2008), Light of Darkness: Dialogues in Death (2008), and And God Laughed (2013).
In 2014, Roy began publishing his latest and largest project – a 15-book geographically-centered hard-boiled, mystery, suspense, thriller crime series: "The Iron Eagle Series." The main character, a former Marine Corps Black Operative turned rogue FBI agent, hunts serial killers in Los Angeles. Each novel addresses different subjects, and while fiction, all titles deal with real world subject matter. "The Iron Eagle Series" is not about things that can't hurt you. What happens in these novels can happen to any one of us if we let our guard down and/or are in the wrong place at the wrong time. To learn more, go to http://ironeagleseries.com/
Roy lives in Lake Arrowhead, CA with his wife and children. Readers can connect with him on Facebook, Twitter, and Goodreads.


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The cast of 3Way complain about the trailers, the food and unmet contractual obligations, while guest star Cathy DeBuono resents having to work in the rain, and Bridget McManus is concerned about "all the touching."
Then there's guest star Elizabeth Keener (aka Dawn Denbo), who is upset at not being able to eat and being forced to clean Jill Bennett's car with … well, just watch the video.
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Entertainment Design
and Lighting Dimensions will pay tribute to the American Society of Theatre Consultants in honor of the organization's 20th anniversary at a cocktail reception on Thursday, March 18 from 4:00-5:00pm at the USITT stage expo and conference in Long Beach, CA. Members of the society represents the country's leading theatre consulting firms and are responsible for excellence and safety in theatre design and planning. Their work ranges from opera houses and concert halls to performing arts centers and high school auditoria.
"Since our inception in 1983 ASTC has grown from eight to 45 members. The membership meets twice yearly to conference with fellow professionals involved in the fields of architectural design and planning, production design, promotion, direction, choreography, music, higher education and management," says Michael McMackin, the current ASTC president, and principal at Auerbach Pollock Friedlander in San Francisco for Design/Planning of Performing Arts and Media Facilities. "Our committees are in active engagement with USITT, IAAM, AIA, ESTA, NFPA, ANSI and educational institutions among others. We sincerely thank Entertainment Design and Lighting Dimensions for hosting a celebration of our 20 years of contribution to the field of theatre design and to kick off the future of ASTC. Please join us in celebration at booth #550. We hope to see you there."
Robert Shook, principal partner at Schuler and Shook, adds "the ASTC has accomplished a great deal, including most prominently exerting a great deal of influence in the writing of building codes relating to performing arts facilities." In a past issue of the ASTC newsletter, Shook wrote: "Two decades ago, thirteen founding members gathered in Jules Fisher's conference room in New York City and laid the groundwork for the organization. Today, the American Society of Theatre Consultants has forty-one members representing the majority of theatre consulting firms practicing throughout the United States."
The ASTC has ties with allied organizations including the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT), the International Association of Auditorium Managers (IAAM), the Entertainment Services and Technology Association (ESTA), and the International Institute for Theatre Technology (OISTAT). For further outreach, in 1999 the ASTC established an Internship Program that invites qualified theatre and architectural students to participate in its annual Forum activities.
Congratulations to the ASTC as the organization enters its third decade!


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Hi all, Here's the review from RealNetworks regarding the UAAG 1.0 Last Call draft. Thanks for the extra time to present this -- and hopefully pushing the deadline by a few hours won't present too many problems. :) First, some general comments. We think that many of the ideas presented here are great things for the community to think about. However, given statements regarding UAAG conformance made in the SMIL Language draft, it seems as though there may be a bit of a misunderstanding of applicability: The Web Accessibility Initiative is defining "User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0" [[UAAG]]. User agents are encouraged to conform to the Priority 1 accessibility guidelines defined in this document, and preferably also Priorities 2 and 3. Once the guidelines are completed, a future version of this specification is likely to require conformance to the Priority 1 guidelines in Conforming SMIL user agents. After reading through the conformance claim section, it seems as though a specification referencing UAAG 1.0 would not be able to merely to all Priority 1 claims, but would need to actually have a well-formed minimum conformance claim. It seems very clear that a much more specific and carefully negotiated "minimal conformance claim" will need to defined if any such requirement for UAAG 1.0 conformance should make it into a future SMIL specification, and we hope that the UAWG considers many points in UAAG 1.0 negotiable when crafting the minimal conformance claim. Many features, though useful, are expensive, and thus when standardized minimal conformance claims are issued, it would be very good to ensure that either a cost/benefit analysis is done, or that cost/benefit is somehow implicit from the process (e.g. through the two interoperable implementation rule). Our biggest problems were with sections 6.1 and 6.2 (DOM conformance), so I'd like to call that out now. Below are comments with specific sections. Anything not specifically listed may not have been reviewed (ran out of time), and thus, if you want to make sure you get input on a specific checkpoint, let us know: 1.1 Excellent suggestion/requirement 1.2 Excellent suggestion/requirement 1.3 Excellent suggestion/requirement 2.1 Ummm...ok. 2.2 Good, with caveats. We have a "View Source" feature that may be turned off at the option of the content provider. 2.3 Interesting requirement...not something we do in all cases today, but there's a strong case for this. 2.4 See issues raised in Ian's meeting notes: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/2001AprJun/0044.html 2.5 Good recommendation (though I'm assuming this is required only for tracks specifically marked as captions) 2.6 This is what we do for a living :) 2.7 Ok...good as lower priority 2.8 Ok...good as lower priority 2.9 Ok...good as lower priority 2.10 Not clear on the benefits... 3.1 Hopefully not applicable to SMIL, since there's no concept of a "background image" in the same way that HTML has this. 3.2 Difficult to apply to a SMIL playback environment in a useful way. Unlike HTML, *all* media (text included) is done as included media which the SMIL engine itself has little knowledge of. 3.3 Seems mutually exclusive with 2.5. May require changes to client-server protocol for RealText, seems very difficult for Live Text applications, and may not be possible in other settings. 3.4 & 3.5 Our player is all about dynamic content (audio/video enhanced by other media) and all content is handled in one plugin or another, so clarification of the applicability of this particular checkpoint would be useful. It seems as though encouraging alternate HTML equivalent versions may be a more useful alternative to getting too carried away implementing the letter of the law here. 3.6 Not sure why distinction between client-side and server-side redirects is useful. This feature is easy enough to add, but doesn't seem to have a lot of bang for the buck, and just creates one more moving part on a user agent that can break. 3.7 Not as applicable to SMIL as HTML. In a simplified view of the world, HTML has text content, with images as decoration or buttons that are easily replaced by text equivalents. SMIL is nothing but media objects, where text and images are peers, and are often indistinguishable from other each other or other media by the SMIL renderer (e.g. the "img" tag is syntactic sugar for the "ref" tag) 3.8 Ok 4.1 Does the RealPlayer "Zoom" feature qualify here? 4.2 Very difficult feature to support, since many datatypes in our system support text in different ways. We can see the benefit, but it would be good to ensure that a lower conformance level can be achieved that excludes this feature. 4.3 Since there's no single identifiable "background color" for text in SMIL, this is rather difficult (no global color, only on a per region basis). HTML also has this problem with tables. 4.4 Very costly feature. We understand the benefits, but there are lots of complications. See Ian's meeting minutes for some examples: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/2001AprJun/0044.html 4.5 Difficult feature. We offer a seek bar in our product that allows for timeline navigation, complete with buttons to nudge the presentation one "increment" either forward or backward, but we don't offer faster than real-time rendering. Just offering seeking support on rectangular region animations doesn't seem terribly useful, and creating a programmatic interface to datatype plugins that support animations for rewind and fast-forward rendering is very difficult. 4.6 Difficult feature. 6.1 & 6.2 DOM conformance - Our biggest problem is with mandatory DOM conformance for XML datatypes. Since our player currently doesn't support a DOM or provide access to many bits of functionality that DOM provides, this would be a *very* expensive feature to add. However, a programmatic interface to the raw source code would be much easier to add, and would still give a lot of bang for the buck. It seems as though some form of access to the raw source should be a priority one feature, followed by read-only DOM access as a secondary level of conformance. It would be a shame if some level of compliance cannot be claimed because of this requirement gating conformance (or if this requirement adds enough to the cost of implementation that someone evaluating the whole set of checkpoints decides to drop trying to support the entire specification). 6.3 This is rather vaguely defined -- not sure how one would certify conformance to this checkpoint. Also, "operating environment" is tricky...for applications such as ours trying to provide cross-platform APIs, to say that the operating system vendor, for example, can define a "standard" API which must be adhered to makes it virtually impossible to comply on all platforms. 6.4 Programmatic read/write access to user agent controls - Doable for most controls, but becomes pretty unfunctional as the complexity of the controls increases. 6.5 Programmatic alert of changes to content, user interface controls, selection, content focus, and user interface focus - the granularity of notification would need to be defined in order to understand the cost of providing conformance. 6.6 - Implement standard accessibility APIs (e.g., of the operating environment). Where these APIs do not enable the user agent to satisfy the requirements of this document, use the standard input and output APIs of the operating environment. Not sure what this means to an application like RealPlayer. 6.6, 6.7, 7.1, 7.2 Implementing or don't disrupt various OS accessibility conventions. - Once again, these get *extremely* difficult for those trying to build one codebase that functions across Win/Mac/and multiple Unix flavors. In designing a cross-platform application, a product may opt for consistency for ease of development and/or usability. X-plat may make some OS features unavailable, unattainable or tether a product to the OS manufacturer's demands/designs; not always a positive outcome. 6.8 For an API implemented to satisfy this doc, support the character encodings required for that API. - this is rather vaguely worded, and if we understand, doesn't add anything. If an API requires a certain character encoding, then implementing it in a conformant way would necessarily mean satisfying this requirement, without the existance of this requirement. 8.1 Implement the accessibility features of all implemented specifications. Plugin architectures allow the addition of non-compliant components -- voiding the warranty on the entire application? This requirement points out the need for standardized minimal conformance statements, in which the required set of supported datatypes/specifications is enumerated. 9.1 Good requirement 9.2 Allow the user to move the content focus to any enabled element in the viewport. - Good requirement -- authoring guidelines probably very important to really make anything useable after satisfying this requirement. 9.3 For each state in a viewport's browsing history, maintain info about point of regard, content focus, user interface focus, and selection -- hmmmm...this is a bit of a "history tax". If adding a history mechanism causes a user agent to go out of compliance until they implement this feature, the temptation may be to just not have a history mechanism. A generalized, robust way of implementing a history mechanism for plugins is not easy. 10.1 states "This checkpoint refers only to table information that the user can recognize"... Shouldn't this be "user agent" as specified by the Glossary definition of recognize? 10.2: In theory this is a reasonable demand; however, it may need SMIL clarifications--there's no general purpose way to inform visually of focus and linked areas in SMIL. 10.3: This seems reasonable, but rather unprecedented in all current browsers. Also, this seems to imply that all datatypes must support the ability to identify recently visited links. 10.7: see 10.2 comments. 11.1: Excellent recommendation 12.1 Excellent recommendation 12.2 Excellent recommendation 12.3 Excellent recommendation We hope this helps. Let us know if any of these points need further clarification or discussion. Thanks RobReceived on Thursday, 10 May 2001 03:31:03 UTC
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Custom drapes for different window styles
Other parts of this site show you the various components of drapery, and how you can make your own drape treatments.
But where do your start? Can you put any drapery style on any window?
On some windows you can, but others lend themselves to certain types of treatment.
Standard window shapes
Most of us have these types of window. They have the following features:
- They are rectangular, with one or more flat panes of glass.
- The frame might be simple or complex.
- There's room either side and above the frame.
- The window reaches to the floor, or is set up some distance.
These are the easiest type of window to treat. Here are some ideas to help you plan your own designs.
Bay windows
These large windows use dark poles and dress (false) curtains. The effect is to frame the windows and soften the sides, but still leave the view to the outside clear.
Designing custom drapes for bay windows is not difficult. The hardest part is selecting and fitting the hardware, and installing any top treatments.
There are usually a few options open to you. Take a look at this page for more information.
Arch window
These are not nearly as difficult to treat as many people imagine. One method which can be used with most of them is to completely ignore the arch. Other ways incorporate the arch into the design.
Here are some illustrations to show some of the different methods you can use for your arch window draperies.
Patio drapes
Patio doors and windows bring a whole set of practical implications. Once you've sorted out what's possible and what isn't, it's usually quite clear what your options are.
Keep to practical solutions and your patio drapes will enhance your window while allowing free access to the outside of your home.
Country windows
This topic covers many types of window. But they all have one thing in common - you want to avoid overdressing them and making them look too grand. Here are a few ideas.
Dormer windows
These can be problematic, but there are a few simple solutions which are both practical and easy to make.
Bed drapes
This large bed canopy may be too elaborate for the average home. But the principles involved in making it are the same as for a much smaller treatment.
These custom drapes aren't often attempted by people making their own drapery.
But why not? It's no different from making drapes for ordinary windows. The making up techniques are just the same. A four poster bed with bed drapes is a great individual way of setting your bedroom off from the crowd!
Canopy bed drapes
You'll have seen this type of treatment in hotels. Unfortunately they're often poorly implemented, with skimpy drapes and badly thought out proportions.
But when they're done properly, they're most attractive, and add a definite touch of luxury to a bedroom.
Thought and planning
Deciding on the most suitable custom drapes for your window only need some thought and planning.
Look at the practical limitation and opportunities, and plan from there.


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Arjit Capsule
(An effective anti- arthritic and anti-spondilitic agent)
It is an alternative to NSAIDS (Non-Steroidal Anti inflammatory Drugs) is effective anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-arthritic compound useful in various forms of joint disorders. Treatment with Arjit Capsules ensure better results because they treat the etiology, that is immune system.
Vataraktha (Gout), Astibhagna (Fracture), Amavatha (Rheumatoid Arthritis), Sandhivatha (Arthritis), Sandhighatavatha (Osteoarthritis), Greevashoola, Katishoola, Shotha (Anti-inflammatory).
» Corrects the immunological abnormalities
» Very effective in mild to moderate conditions
» No gastric irritation
» Improves mobility in the affected joints
» Alters the disease process favorably and relieves pain and inflammation effectively
» Arrests degenerative changes.
Each 500 mg capsule contains :
Two Capsules three times a day after food or as prescribed by the physician.


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You're dating the girl of your dreams and fervently hoping that she gets serious about your relationship. Convince your girl that you're her Mr. Right by showing her that you have all the qualities she expects in her man. Knowing what women want prevents you from taking a wrong step and losing the opportunity to share your life with your ideal mate.
Look Attractive
An unclean, sweaty look and ill-fitting clothes are not going to fetch you any points. You want your girlfriend to dress well and look good; so it's only fair that she expects the same from you. Maintain a fit look with regular workouts or daily walks, be clean and wear clothes that you think show you in a good light.
Respect Her
Women want men who can respect their intelligence and feelings. Allow her to have her own views and opinions about things. Practice gestures such as inviting her to join you and your friends on an outing so that she knows you're proud to be with her. Respect also means avoiding intrusion into her personal space and trusting her enough to live her own life.
Listen to Her
A girlfriend is happy when her boyfriend takes the time to listen to what she has to say. She wants a patient ear to share her day at work, her interests, and her successes and disappointments. Listening to your girlfriend is an opportunity to get to know her better as a person.
Notice Her
Whether she has lost a few pounds or is wearing a new dress, a girl likes her boyfriend to notice the change and appreciate it. Say something like, "That's a new dress I'm seeing, right? The color complements your skin." The more specific you are, the more points you earn.
Show a Sense of Humor
Girls like guys who are able to laugh at themselves and at the world in general. Cheer her up with a humorous incident you've been involved in recently. Make light of your worries, see the positive side of things and smile often - and you're bound to impress your girl.
Be Forward-Thinking
It would add to your appeal if you are a goal-oriented person with specific plans for your future and willing to put in the hard work and courage to meet the goals. You may be an artist, teacher or a technical professional; whatever the field, keep your energy and ambition running to impress her.
Be Romantic
Profess your love for her through love notes and letters. Surprise her with a gift now and then. Arrange a candlelit dinner for two on her birthday or take her on a long quiet walk on a beautiful night and kiss her under starlit skies. Find ways to cherish her and make her feel special.
Be Sensitive
A guy who is sensitive to others' feelings and goes out of his way to help others is more likely to win his girl's heart. Participate in charity activities. Show some sensitivity toward your girl with gestures such as calling her parents and wishing them well on their anniversary or joining her girl's-outing when she invites you.
Stand By Her
Share responsibilities, be it household chores or other major things in life, and be there for her during moments of joy and sadness. Hold the promises you make to your girl, both big and small. All of these actions earn you your girlfriend's trust, which is the foundation of a happy relationship.


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We are calling the weekend; "Death is a Cabernet". Imagine the mystery to be solved is hidden within the heart of a wine lover. Or perhaps it is deep within the wine cellar.
Either way, the process will be enjoyable, the tastings will be ripe with clues and of course, the fellowship will be focused on who done it!
Or will it?
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Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is taking aim at the entire agribusiness sector in addition to statutory commodity promotion programs. In pre-election rhetoric she has vowed to dismember agribusiness companies including Bayer AG (which is a German company) and Tyson Foods Inc. a domestic entity with international investments.
Warren maintains that "check offs" are corrupted and need reform and have been used to squeeze out competition" according to a March 27th posting on Bloomberg.
Warren maintains that check-off payments should be voluntary rather than mandatory. If in fact check-offs were at the whim of an individual, the U.S. egg-production industry would not have enjoyed the benefit and support of the American Egg Board that successfully defeated the cholesterol myth through supporting responsible scientific research and publicizing results.
The AEB has expanded egg consumption by promoting innovative products and developing new markets both in the U.S. and internationally. Increased egg production and sales benefit consumers but also generate jobs through the entire supply chain, This extends from operators of farms growing corn and soybeans, plants crushing soybeans, owners and operators of egg-production complexes and farms, the transport industry, manufacturers of equipment, suppliers of pharmaceuticals and biologics, packaging manufacturers and workers in the food industry.
Check-offs are not necessarily corrupt, certainly the AEB is not and one cannot envisage the need for reform. Senator Warren should spend more time studying her targets and understanding their contribution and role rather than trying to fix something which is not broken. Generating rhetoric to support a quixotic political aspiration will rebound in Iowa wit 50 million hens.


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Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I am going to share my 3rd episode of my Saturday Simple Stamping Series Somehow it never got published. I used one of my favorite stamp set for this episode. I just adore Floral Statements. It features large sentiments intermixed with floral imagery. This set is actually part of a series of stamp sets. This was the first one released in the Annual catalog. The next was released in the holiday Catalog (it had Joy and Noel as the words). The third was released in the Occasions Catalog; Birthday Statements features the same large letters but is themed around Birthdays of course. Here's a look at this card.
If you missed that weeks Facebook Live featuring this lovely stamp set you can watch the replay here. If you have never caught me for one of my Facebook Lives you can watch me on Wednesday nights at 8 pm CST for my weekly workshop and on Saturday mornings at 11 am CST for the next episode of Saturday Simple Stamping. I also do a YouTube Live Stream on Tuesday afternoon between 3:30 and 4 pm CST.
I adore simple stamping there's can be so much impact with just stamps ink & paper. Sometimes its nice to see such simple cards just pop off the page. Not that I really had to do to much work with the Floral statements stamp set. It really does all the work for you.
Here you will see two cards made with the same stamp set.
I am going to share with you another simple card using the same stamp set just in a different color. I think that it's a little hard to decide on which color I like the best.
Thanks for dropping bye. I hope to see you at 11 CST today for Episode 6 of Saturday Simple Stamping over on my Facebook page.
Stampin' Up! Simple Stamping Shopping List:
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Floral Statements Wood-Mount Stamp Set [143738] – Price: $25.00 – http://msb.im/Rmk
Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes [131527] – Price: $6.50 – http://msb.im/Rml
Fresh Fig Classic Stampin' Pad [147144] – Price: $7.50 – http://msb.im/Rmm
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Wednesday was a car day. We dropped Jossan and Robin off at Six Flags (yep, second time at Six Flags this time, they bought season passes). The rest of the day was all about getting the car repaired and hire a rental car. The decision now is to leave the car in St Louis and continue towards Canada in our rental car, an orange Toyota. Great car by the way, you can listen to music, talk to each other, sit in a nice temperature with no luggage all around you seat. Just GREAT!! And I love the color, the car is sooo easy to find, even in big parking lots.
I stayed in a small shopping center when Monsieur went to pick up the "kids" and to talk to the repair man. Just strolled around in several stores, lovely. Didn't buy much, just a "car neck pillow", a "sleeping pad" and a choklate cake, all in Bed, Bath and Beyond. 🙂 But I tried on nearly 20 dresses, but no, NO, didn't find the perfect one. Strange, when I am home I just need to go to Joy and I come home with 3-4 dresses/tops (and if I could afford it I could buy half the store, so many nice hings there).
Super done done
Ate at a great Italian restaurant, Gianinos restaurant, in the evening, the guy at Avis told us about that local place. We had pizza, steaks, salad,beer, white and red wine and it was all very good. The expression "Super done done" was invented that night, in a discussion with our nice waitress! She asked Robin if he was done with his pizza (he had lots of left overs since that nights special was buy a 12″ pizza, get a 16″). Yes, he answer! Do you want it in doggy bag? No! Ah, you're done done. Exactly,and I have eaten to much already! Aha, so like "super done done"? Yep, totally!! 🙂


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I've been very interested in doing it for a long time now, had started the application process a few times, but it wasn't the right time. Now it is, so……. I'm going to apply to do my PhD. Yay!!! I love to study, to research and to spend quality time reflecting and writing on many education topics. However, I know I need to define a more specific focus area for a PhD so that is where I am at the moment, and discussing these potential research topics with prospective supervisors. I'm very excited about this and believe it is going to be a great experience and opportunity for me and hopefully for me to impact the field of education.
Like the typical organisation freak that I am, I am also trying to plan now how I will take notes on the literature I read; how I will manage time; how I will record and write things; and, how I will keep myself motivated. It is a lot to think about and I know its a huge undertaking but I am ready for it… bring it on.


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I came across a new language learning tool in this post on a blog called The Everyday Language Learner and I got so excited, it was hard to wait for Monday to roll around to share it!
I've always half-joked that I wanted to save the world with languages, and it seems that the people at Glovico have figured out a way to do just that. Following in the fine tradition of micro-finance organizations like Kiva, Glovico follows an "a hand up, not a handout" philosophy – teachers in developing countries are given training, equipment, and a decent wage for their hard work and dedication. Language learners pay very reasonable rates for an hour of focused, personalized language lessons from native speakers. It's like having a conversation partner via Skype, except that your partner is a trained professional; it's like getting one-on-one tutoring from a language teacher, but at a quarter of the price; and your language-learning dollars are not only helping you as a learner, they're also helping sustainable, responsible economic development. It's a win-win-win!
One of the other things that's very exciting about this program is that because the company proactively targets teachers in underserved parts of the world, language learners have access not only to big global languages like Spanish and Arabic, but also some real rarities among language learning resources, like Hausa, Pashto, Mongolian, and Kurdish.
I have to be honest – Skype makes me nervous. But I'm going to have to get over that eventually, and I think maybe signing up for my free trial language lesson might be good motivation!


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Some Great Thoughts By Great People I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. -George S. Patton In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. -Bill Cosby A man may fall many times, but he won't be a failure until he says that someone pushed him. -Elmer G. Letterman. • If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad. -Denis Waitley "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." -Mahatma Ghandi "Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress." -Mahatma Ghandi "Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes." -Mahatma Ghandi "An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind." -Buddha "The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice." - Mahatma Ghandi "The nonviolent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of those committed to it. It gives them self respect; it calls up resources of strength and courage that they did not think they had. Finally, it reaches the opponent and so stirs his conscience that reconciliation becomes a reality." -Martin Luther King Jr. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and faboulous?' Actually, who are not to be? You are a child of God. Yor playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing so enlightening about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are born to make manifest the glory of god which is within us. It is not in just some of us, it is in all of us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fears, our presence automatically liberates others. --Nelson Mandella (1994 Inaugural Speech)
Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it. -Groucho Marx There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet. -William Frederick Halsy, Jr. Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. -Warren Buffett The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. -Benjamin Mays Size isn't everything. The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine. -Bill Vaughan Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lots of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. --Robert F. Kennedy How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. --Anne Frank To love without role, without powerplays, is revolution. --Rita Mae Brown Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds. --Bob Marley In Germany, first they came for the communists, and I did not speak up, because I was not a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak up because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist, then they came for the catholics and I didn't speak up because I was a protestant Then they came for me, and by that time no-one was left to speak up. --Pastor Martin Niemoller (victim of the Nazis) "An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind" - Mahatma Gandhi "I find that we are all such sinners that it is better to leave the judging to God." - Mahatma Gandhi "What we can do, we will try to do." - Mahatma Gandhi "I realized that I had the call to take care of the sick and the dying, the hungry, the naked, the homeless - to be God's Love in action to the poorest of the poor. That was the beginning of the Missionaries of Charity." - Mother Theresa "I see God in every human being. When I wash the leper's wounds, I feel I am nursing the Lord Himself. Is it not a beautiful experience?" - Mother Theresa "There is a terrible hunger for love. We all experience that in our lives - the pain, the loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it. The poor you may have right in your own family. Find them. Love them. Put your love for them in living action. For in loving them, you are loving God Himself." - Mother Theresa "It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving." - Mother Theresa "To God there is nothing small. The moment we have given it to God, it becomes infinite." - Mother Theresa "You have to be holy in your position as you are, and I have to be holy in the position that God has put me. So it is nothing extraordinary to be holy. Holiness is not the luxury of the few. Holiness is a simple duty for you and for me. We have been created for that." - Mother Theresa "I refuse to accept the view . . . that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality." - Martin Luther King Jr. If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well. - Martin Luther King Jr. Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding; it seeks to annihilate rather than to convert. Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. -Martin Luther King Jr. Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. ~Buddha
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. -Thomas A.
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The Achilles tendon is the largest tendon in the body and can withstand over 1,000 pounds of force. Because of this, it is the most frequently ruptured tendon with sports injuries. Achilles tendonitis is a common overuse injury that involves the inflammation of this tendon. Sterling and Alexandria, VA, podiatrists Dr. Richard Lee and Dr. Steven Lin are well versed in treating these types of tendon problems.
About Achilles Tendonitis
Some instances that may cause Achilles tendonitis include stair climbing, overuse of the calf muscles, rapidly increasing speed when exercising, starting up too quickly without proper stretching, trauma caused by hard or sudden contractions of the calf muscles, trauma caused by calf muscles putting extra effort or improper footwear.
Some symptoms of Achilles Tendonitis that a Sterling, Virginia podiatrist can treat include:
- Morning tenderness where the Achilles tendon meets the heel bone
- Sluggishness in the leg
- Mild/severe swelling
- Recurring localized pain along the tendon
- Stiffness that diminishes after warming up
Treatment methods for Achilles Tendinitis include a variety of approaches. A bandage can be designed to restrict motion of the tendon leading to healing. Anti-inflammatory medication also may be helpful with this injury. Custom orthotics also help as they relieve stress on the tendon and support the muscle. Stretching and exercises to strengthen this weak muscle also has been proven to help heal Achilles patients.
Generally, most cases of Achilles Tendinitis can be treated with at-home simple methods under the supervision of your podiatrist. Self-care strategies are necessary to reduce the risk of recurring episodes. More serious case may lead to rupture leading to the need for surgery. Sterling and Alexandria, VA, podiatrists Dr. Richard Lee and Dr. Steven Lin can examine each patient and determine what treatment will work best for each situation. To schedule an appointment to discuss treatment for your Achilles Tendinitis, call 703-823-2357 today.


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Date: August 29, 2016
Subject: 2016 Labor Day Schedule Notice – REMINDER
To Our Valued Customers,
In observance of Labor Day on September 5, 2016, TOTE Maritime Alaska will have a few changes to our facility operational schedules.
Schedule changes are as follows:
Tacoma Marine Terminal, Tacoma Vehicle Department, Federal Way Office, and Customer Service:
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I've only just noticed that I haven't posted a recipe in absolutely ages!! I've actually been home for the past week and between seeing friends and getting some work done, I haven't had much chance to bake!!
This however, is my lovely butterfly cake recipe which I always use (especially for my dad, he's a big butterfly cake lover since my mum used to bake them all the time for him before!!)
So.....for this particular recipe you will need:
150g Self Raising Flour
150g Butter
150g Caster Sugar
3 Eggs
2 Tbsp Milk
Divide the mixture between 6-8 large cupcake cases and bake on 180 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean!
I hope you're all having a really lovely weekend so far! I'm off to see my friend Carla from Cute Minute Newt and spend today photographing the ever so beautiful town of Aberystwyth. I will show you all the pics and let you know what we get up to when I get home!!


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Flamer is a Kirby series enemy that resembles an eyeball. It gives Kirby Burning (or in Kirby: Squeak Squad, Fire). Flamers usually just move along floors, walls, and ceilings like magnets, but sometimes, when they see Kirby or when attacked, they will rise into the air, burn up, and charge into him. They first appeared in Kirby's Adventure, then its remake (Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land), and most of the following games.
Physical Appearance
Flamer is a red, spherical creature with a single eyeball. It has four holes on its sides to expel fire to create a fireball and burn Kirby. It can also be colored green, blue, or orange.
- Kirby's Adventure (debut)
- Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (remake of game mentioned above)
- Kirby & the Amazing Mirror
- Kirby: Canvas Curse
- Kirby: Squeak Squad
- Kirby's Epic Yarn (latest debut)
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Animal Lifecycles
Children learn that living things grow and change. They learn to compare animal parents and babies. They see that some animal babies do not look like their parents. From tadpole to frog, egg to chicken, caterpillar to butterfly, and puppy to dog; students are introduced to, and learn the stages of, the life cycles of animals.
From tadpole to frog, egg to chicken, caterpillar to butterfly, and puppy to dog, learn the stages of the life cycles of animals.
- Students will understand that there are four different stages in an animal's lifecycle: First, it is born; second, it grows and changes and becomes an adult; third, it produces offspring; and fourth, it dies. The animal's offspring can have their own offspring, and so on. The "cycle" part of the word "lifecycle" means that although an individual animal dies, its characteristics can be carried on from generation to generation through reproduction.
- Students will know the details of the lifecycles of some of the different groups of animals.
- Mammals: Mammals are a class of animals that are born alive, have fur, and feed their young with milk. In addition, baby mammals require more care from their parents than other animals. Mammals include people and dogs. Lifecycle of a mammal (Dog example): First, the puppy is born alive; it is a smaller version of the parent. Then, the puppy grows and changes until it becomes an adult dog. When it is an adult, the dog can reproduce.
- Amphibians: Amphibians begin their lives in the water, but they live on land as adults. In addition, they hatch from eggs. Examples of amphibians include frogs and newts. Lifecycle of an amphibian (Frog example): Frogs lay their soft-shelled eggs in a pond to keep them from drying out. Then, the eggs hatch into tadpoles. Tadpoles are baby frogs, but they do not look like adult frogs. They have a tail and no legs, they swim like fish, they breathe with gills, and they eat plants. As a tadpole grows, it changes; it loses its tail and gills, it grows legs and lungs, and it eats bugs instead of plants. Soon, it looks like a small frog. When it becomes an adult, it can lay eggs that will hatch into new tadpoles.
- Birds: Birds have wings and feathers; in addition, they hatch from hard-shelled eggs. Birds include chickens and eagles. Bird lifecycle (Chicken example): Chickens lay their eggs in a nest; bird eggs have hard shells to prevent them from drying out, so they do not need to be laid in water. Each egg contains one chick. After it develops (about 21 days), the chick hatches from the egg. Soon after, the chick begins to look for food. As the chick gets bigger, it develops adult feathers and looks more like its parents. When the chicken reaches adulthood, it can lay its own eggs, which will hatch into baby chicks.
- Reptiles: Reptiles have dry, scaly skin, and most of them hatch from eggs. Examples include turtles and lizards. Reptile lifecycle (Turtle example): Female turtles lay their tough shelled eggs in holes that they dig on land; usually, they leave the eggs and never come back. When a baby turtle hatches, it looks like its parents. The baby turtle grows very quickly and becomes an adult. An adult turtle can lay its own eggs.
- Fish: Fish live their entire lives in the water. They breathe with gills, swim with fins, and protect themselves with scales. A fish begins as an egg that is laid in the water. When the fish hatches, it looks like a smaller version of the parent; it swims, has fins and a tail, and breathes with gills. The larva, or fry, will eventually grow into an adult that is capable of laying its own eggs.
- Insects: Insects have six jointed legs, three main body parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and a protective exoskeleton. Insects include grasshoppers and butterflies. Metamorphosis is an important part of an insect's lifecycle, because it helps the insect to grow and change. Insects exhibit either simple metamorphosis or complete metamorphosis. The milkweed bug goes through simple metamorphosis, which has three stages (egg, nymph, and adult): It starts out as an egg. Then, the egg hatches and releases a nymph, which is a smaller version of the parent. The nymph molts and gets larger several times until it grows wings and becomes an adult. A butterfly goes through a complex metamorphosis, which has four stages (egg, larva, pupa, and adult): The butterfly starts out as an egg; then a caterpillar (a type of larva) hatches from the egg. The larva eats many leaves and grows quickly. Then it covers itself with a protective case and becomes a pupa; the pupa changes inside the case. Finally, an adult butterfly, which can produce its own eggs, emerges from the case.
- Students will realize that every baby animal will grow up and look similar to its parents. A puppy will grow up to be a dog, not a cat. However, individual animals may vary a little in their appearance. For example, dogs from the same litter may have different colorations and sizes.
- Pantomime: After watching the video, divide the students into two groups. One group represents the simple metamorphosis; the other represents complete metamorphosis. Have each group work out a way to show the other group what happens in their version of the lifecycle through pantomime. This activity can be done in pairs or small groups as well.
- Venn diagram: Choose two groups of animals that are highlighted in the video and produce a Venn diagram in front of the class that compares and contrasts their lifecycles. The students should come up with the information to fill out the diagram. Frog and chicken example:
- Differences: Frogs live in water as tadpoles and on land as adults; however, chickens live on land throughout their lives. Frogs have soft-shelled eggs that must be laid in the water; however, chickens have hard-shelled eggs that are laid on the land.
- Similarities: Frogs and chickens have the same general lifecycle (birth, growth, reproduction, and death). Frogs and chickens both hatch from eggs.


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The leaves of banaba, also known as Lagerstroemia Speciosa and Lythraceae, have been used for many years in the Philippines to treat diabetes and kidney related diseases. Banaba contains quite a few constituents that are believed to have health benefits, but corosolic acid is believed to be the main active constituent.
The most common uses of banaba are as a fat loss and recompositioning aid and for controlling blood glucose levels. Banaba has been shown act in a manner similar to insulin in lowering blood sugar levels. This makes banaba of benefit not only to those with high blood glucose levels, but also to performance and physique athletes. Supplementing with banaba may lead to less ingested carbohydrates stored as body fat and more carbohydrates stored as glycogen in skeletal muscle. Banaba may actually inhibit the storage of calories as fat, and it is also believed to curb appetite. Banaba may have some additional benefits as well. Research suggests that banaba may act as an anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant, and may support liver health.
Banaba is included in many weight loss and blood glucose control supplements for its ability to act as an insulin mimetic. Banaba may also be purchased as a single ingredient in capsules or bulk powder.
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2. Ulbricht C, Dam C, Milkin T, Seamon E, Weissner W, & Woods J. (2007). Banaba (Lagerstroemia speciosa L.): an evidence-based systematic review by the Natural Standard research collaboration. Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy. 7(1), 99-113.
3. Priya TT, Sabu MC, & Jolly CI. (2008). Free radical scavenging and anti-inflammatory properties of Lagerstroemia speciosa (L). Inflammopharmacology. 16(4), 182-7.
4. Hou W, Li Y, Zhang Q, Wei X, Peng A, Chen L, & Wei Y. (2009). Triterpene acids isolated from Lagerstroemia speciosa leaves as alpha-glucosidase inhibitors. Phytotherapy Research : PTR. 23(5), 614-8.
5. Bai N, He K, Roller M, Zheng B, Chen X, Shao Z, Peng T, & Zheng Q. (2008). Active compounds from Lagerstroemia speciosa, insulin-like glucose uptake-stimulatory/inhibitory and adipocyte differentiation-inhibitory activities in 3T3-L1 cells. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 56(24), 11668-74.
6. Judy WV, Hari SP, Stogsdill WW, Judy JS, Naguib YM, & Passwater R. (2003). Antidiabetic activity of a standardized extract (Glucosol) from Lagerstroemia speciosa leaves in Type II diabetics. A dose-dependence study. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 87(1), 115-7.
7. Liu F, Kim J, Li Y, Liu X, Li J, & Chen X. (2001). An extract of Lagerstroemia speciosa L. has insulin-like glucose uptake-stimulatory and adipocyte differentiation-inhibitory activities in 3T3-L1 cells. The Journal of Nutrition. 131(9), 2242-7.
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I tell you that by your way of measuring time, it has been several million years since we dared to interfere in another people's act of self-destruction. Many of us disputed the wisdom of doing it this time. We thought . . . that there had been a consensus among you, that you had agreed to die.
Set after a nuclear war between the USSR and United States, Octavia E. Butler's Dawn tells the story of Lilith Iyapo, an African-American captured alongside two and a half hundred human survivors by an alien species, the Oankali. One of Butler's accomplishments, even surpassing Lovecraft's similar attainment, is to eschew anthropomorphism and make her aliens truly alien. Indeed, when Butler imagines alien consciousness she arrives at the same metaphor Lovecraft used in 'The Colour Out of Space': 'It gave her… a new color. A totally alien, unique, nameless thing, half seen, half felt or… tasted.' The Oankali have three sexes, as well as male and female there are Ooloi, crucial to the species ability to perceive and manipulate genetic biochemistry, which is how they survive. In their current guise—they evolve rapidly—they are humanoid with sensory tentacles covering their bodies. They are depicted as repulsive and fearsome to humanity, with whom they plan to trade genetic material. They seek humanity's intelligence and even find uses for our propensity for cancer and, in turn, decide to repair human being's destructive inclination for hierarchies: 'Our children will be better than either of us," it continued. "We will moderate your hierarchical problems and you will lessen our physical limitations. Our children won't destroy themselves in a war, and if they need to regrow a limb or to change themselves in some other way they'll be able to do it.' This is a novel about colonisation, but also the encounter with the Other and simple endurance against reality.
Lilith resists, but Oankali are not merely stubborn. All of their decisions are made through the consensus of the species and are therefore individually irrevocable. This produces one of the most sinister aspects of the novel, as Lilith or other humans vainly try to negotiate against a force the logic of which is inaccessible and unchangeable. Lilith finds herself altered, tampered and stripped of agency, 'The Oankali had given her information, increased physical strength, enhanced memory, and an ability to control the walls and the suspended animation plants. These were her tools. And every one of them would make her seem less human.' The horror is visceral, but unlike most body horror—played out merely for the gratuitous voyeurism of its audiance—slow building and subtle. Lilith eventually pairs with an Ooloi named Nikanj and another human, Joseph, and through a series of tragic events this leads to the possibility of hybrid offspring as altered humans are reintroduced to earth. Butler evokes genocide, rape and slavery, but through a conceit of speculative literature that evades obviousness. This allows her to explore these themes at a distance and open up questions about identity, both personal and shared, that would otherwise be difficult to elucidate and explore through narrative. A classic of science fiction, Dawn is a unique book.
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The Louisiana Small Business Development Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette helped Jill Hurley plan, build, brand and grow her business Health-e Habits for Living. Diets have come and gone over the decades but the solution for weight loss that has always stood the test of time has been healthy eating and exercise. In twenty years as an occupational therapist, Jill Hurley learned that obese patients could best be cared for by a 360-degree approach that encouraged entire lifestyle changes. In 2008, Hurley put that belief into action and founded Healthe Habits for Living, a unique organization that helps clients eat better, exercise more, lose weight and improve the quality of their life. Focusing on the mental challenges behind making the changes, they also incorporate intense behavioral therapy. "After I started losing weight and saw what a challenge it was, I realized I could help others.
There are a lot of mental challenges and we have strategies to help lose weight and keep it off," she said. Hurley put her idea into action through help from the Louisiana Small Business Development Center at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. With virtually no business experience, Hurley wanted to find consultants that could help her handle the administrative tasks of getting the business up and running so, she could focus on her job as a clinician. Hurley worked with the center for six months and then worked on start-up tasks and research for two years before opening her doors. The center assisted by helping with everything from writing a business plan and web site design to branding and a developing company identity package. They also helped Hurley fine tune her marketing plan to target and lure the right clientele once she opened her doors. Having never worked in the business world before, Hurley also found human resource issues a challenge and she worked with a center consultant to put together policies and procedures to make sure that everything was in accordance with labor laws and standards. Healthe Habits opened its doors with approximately 20 patients per month and has now grown to serve a volume of more than double that. Healthe Habits also offers classes in everything from Pilates and Zumba to Belly Dancing and Taekwondo.
They also offer Camp Healthe, a 16-week program where participants meet once a week to inspire and encourage their lifestyle changes in dieting, exercise and positive thought. Hurley still consults with the center on occasion to help manage the company's growth. "We now talk about how to grow the business, business strategy and sometimes legal issues or advice, or where to go for certain things. They've been a great help," she said. Contact us today to learn how the LSBDC can help grow your business!


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August 14, 2012, 10:36 am -- /EPR NETWORK/ -- This year's London Design Festival is to run from Sep 15-23, with hundreds of events taking place at locations across the capital, including galleries, shops, universities and design agencies.
The nine day festival will include talks, competitions and exhibitions, in an all-encompassing celebration of the design industry, covering textiles, architecture, fashion, retail, typography, manufacturing, interior design and photography.
Related events are happening all over London, but much of the action will take place at the big cultural centres such as the Southbank Centre and St. Paul's Cathredral. The Victoria & Albert Museum will be at the heart of the festival, and a number of conveniently located London hotels, in conjunction with LondonTown.com, are offering significant discounts on rooms.
Among the deals on offer, the Ampersand Hotel on Harrington Road has announced availability on double rooms at a 47% discount. The reduced rate brings the cost of a night's stay down to only £135. The Ampersand is set to open on at the end of August and already looks certain to be a fittingly stylish base for anyone in town for the Design Festival. This sophisticated boutique hotel is less than five minutes walk from the V & A.
Five minutes in the other direction is the Fifty Four Boutique Hotel on Queen's Gate, which is offering double rooms from £66 per night – a 93% discount on the usual rate. Both London hotels featured here must be booked via LondonTown.com in order to take advantage of the discounts.
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Warm Welcome Single Wick Candle
Warm Welcome
Typically a Christmas fragrance but popular all year for it's warm, welcoming scent. Think sitting by an open fire with a glass of red!
An intensely rich and full aroma leading with crisp top notes of bergamot, lemon leaf and warming spices, enhanced by fresh eucalyptus, tender lavender and summer geranium. The base of this fragrance is exotic and full with red cedar, massoia wood, amber, frankincense and musks.
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The University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) is one of the nine professional universities recognised by the Swiss Confederation.
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Dubai eyes more solar rooftop panel installations
DUBAI, August 13, 2018
Dubai government has announced plans to install solar rooftop panels on buildings and residential villas across the emirate following the success of its flagship Safaqat project, whereby 640 villas were retrofitted with photovoltaic panels in the Hatta region.
Safaqat (Arabic for transaction) is the solar revolution enabler for the UAE and falls under the Shams Dubai initiative which aligns with Dubai's integrated energy strategy (DIES) 2030, the UAE National Energy Strategy 2050 and UAE Vision 2021.
The green deal platform for the UAE, Safaqat leverages the power of crowdsourcing to provide economically viable low carbon solutions. It also offers energy and resource-efficient smart products, which will enable buyers to 'pay with their savings' whilst decreasing their environmental footprint.
Under Safaqat, eligibility is only possible when the savings are more than the cost of the hardware over its usable life. Each Safaqat deal will cost less for the end user by comparison to their pre-purchase scenario, said a statement from Dubai Carbon, a key provider of advisory services to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon, sustainable, green economy.
The Safaqat programme will support the implementation of solar rooftop panels on buildings across the UAE, with demand coming from Hatta and residential villas in Dubai, it stated.
The solar rooftop panels are PV panels, which generate electrical power by using solar cells to convert energy from the sun into a flow of electrons. Solar cells produce direct current electricity from sunlight which can be used to power equipment or to recharge a battery.
When installed on the villas, the PV panels will result in the reduction of 50 tonnes of carbon emissions, equivalent to the planting of 500 trees, whilst installation on the buildings results in the reduction of 130 tonnes of carbon emissions, equivalent to planting 1300 trees.
Dubai Carbon CEO Ivano Iannelli said: "Historically, sustainability has had associated cost considerations. Through crowdsourcing, we have sourced products which offer long term savings as well as being energy efficient, made available on the Safaqat platform."
"The provision of solar energy to more buildings and villas via the Safaqat platform shows there is a demand for energy from natural resources. We are excited to meet this demand and also encourage more people to embrace solar energy through the Safaqat platform," he noted.
On the advantages, Iannelli said the solar-in-a-box kit can easily be dismantled and refitted when moving house or country, and it also enables residents and business owners to access solar energy, realise savings towards their electricity bills and effectively pay with their savings for the kit.
"Zero per cent financing is available for the kit, which includes 14 solar panels, a mounting structure, inverter and sun shade, cables and Shams Dubai fees and approvals," he stated.
With the ambition of creating a more sustainable future, Safaqat enables Dubai Carbon to accelerate the transition of the UAE to a green and sustainable economy, he added.-TradeArabia News Service