text: Greg Rice Posted April 11, 2014 Hey everyone, remember that awesome Double Fine Adventure documentary that kept you all up to date on what's going on with the Broken Age team? We'd understand if not, what with all the that's been going around lately, but IT'S BACK!Behold, the first post-Act 1 launch Double Fine Adventure episode. This one follows the time from the backer release of Act 1 all the way up through the public release. It does get into spoilery territory with discussion of the Act 1 ending, so if you're holding off on playing through the first act until the Act 2 is complete, you should stay away from this and all future documentary episodes as well (though you really should go play it!). Soooooooo, here goes! [vimeo]91628466[/vimeo] Double Fine Adventure Downloads To those of you who have been patiently waiting for downloads of the documentary episodes and its wonderful Terence Lee soundtrack, those are now available on your Humble download pages! That can be accessed by the link originally mailed out to you or by navigating to the bottom of your Humble library. If you didn't back at a high enough tier or have a friend that really wants to get in on the Double Fine Adventure fun, we have a solution for that as well! Just head over to http://brokenagegame.com/buy/ to find a whole new suite of stand alone and bundle purchase options for the documentary! And those tasty tunes are available on Terence's Bandcamp site. Double Fine Presents Recently we announced a really exciting new initiative to help out other independent game developers called Double Fine Presents. The first game released as part of this program was MagicalTimeBean's Escape Goat 2, which is now available for PC, Mac, and Linux and is a toooootally awesome puzzle platformer. Check it out at escapegoat2.com. Today we're excited to announce the second official Double Fine Presents game, LAST LIFE from Rocket Science Amusements. This one should be of particular interest to you all, as it's an adventure game that launched a Kickstarter campaign just moments ago. It is super stylish, full of mystery, and is something we're really proud to be a part of. The trailer is below, but check out lastlifegame.com for more information or to back the game! Controls If you've loaded up Steam recently you may have noticed a Broken Age update and wondered what magical treats lay in store for you. Well, in anticipation of our additional platform releases, we went ahead and pushed out both controller and touchscreen support! The new controls are in beta, so we'd love to hear your feedback over in these touch and controller forum threads. That's all we got for now! We're digging into Act 2 work as we speak and will share more on that in the next update! Show Notes 00:15 - You really shouldn't watch this before finishing Act 1 of Broken Age. 03:00 - Grim Fandango was released October 30, 1998 03:15 - http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/broken-age-review-embargoes/#!DmTd3 10:45 - Broken Age's current metacritic: 81 17:35 - Bent, get in touch for some free chocolate 21:48 - Check out Episode 4 of the documentary to relive the art jam from 18 months ago 25:51 - You can see in the bottom left Bagel's iphone is propped up. Scott stayed on the phone for a long time listening to the ideas and pumping people up. 32:24 - Dave is animating on Massive Chalice now! 32:30 - The unannounced project is Costume Quest 2![vimeo]https://vimeo.com/91583418 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


text:
How Can I Help Treatment Go Smoothly?Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 13:43
Because many non-Hodgkin's lymphomas now have a good chance of being cured, anyone diagnosed with lymphoma should be referred to an oncologist as soon as possible. One reason for this is because treatments are constantly being improved and an oncologist is most likely to be aware of new and better therapies.
The oncologist and the family doctor can then work as a team to arrange the best possible treatment and follow-up care. The medical team may also include a hematologist and/or a radiation oncologist.
You can help to make your treatment go as smoothly as possible by:
- Giving your doctor the most complete medical history that you can.
- Telling your doctor about any
side effectsor problems you have during treatment.
- Trying to eat right.
- Taking care of yourself, including getting pain relief when you need to.
- Following your doctor's recommendations, including follow-up and long-term care.
How To Information:
Questions You May Want To Ask Before Treatment
According to the National
You do not need to ask all of your questions, or remember all the answers, at one time. During the process of diagnosis and treatment there will be chances to ask the doctor to explain things and to get more information.
What To Tell Your Doctor
Before and during treatment for any form of cancer, your doctor will need to know about any medications you may be taking. This includes over-the-counter medicines for allergies, indigestion, colds, and pain relief and any vitamin, mineral or herbal supplements you may take. Remember to tell your doctor about prescription medication from other doctors.
If You Have Side Effects During Treatment
If you develop any symptoms that seem unusual or if there is anything you are unsure about, don't hesitate to call your doctor. Call your doctor if you notice any of the following:
- Losing or gaining 10 pounds or more.
- Nosebleeds.
- Severe itching or rash on skin.
- Wheezing or any other trouble breathing.
- Feeling very tired.
- Constipation.
- Sores in your mouth or throat.
- Coughing a lot.
- Feeling tingling in your fingers and toes.
- Ringing in your ears.
- Red dots under your skin.
- Black and blue marks.
- Nausea or vomiting.
- Diarrhea.
- A fever of 101 degrees or higher.
- Chills, especially shaking chills.
- Redness, swelling, or tenderness, especially around a wound or sore.
- Hair loss.
- Headaches or changes in vision.
- Warm to hot feeling of an arm or leg.
- Unusual bleeding, for instance from your gums or nose.
- Unusual bruising.
Try To Eat Right
Although it is sometimes hard to eat a balanced diet during cancer therapy, it will help your body recover much sooner from the effects of the treatment and the cancer. Every day, try to eat and drink:
- At least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables.
- Protein-rich foods like chicken, fish, cheese or eggs.
- Carbohydrates, found in breads, pastas, rice and grains. Whole grains like whole-wheat bread and pasta, and brown rice are more nutritious than processed foods like white bread, pastries, and sugary foods and will help your body recover sooner.
- Plenty of liquids.
- Soups can combine all of these and may be easy to eat.
If it is hard to eat, try soft, soothing foods like milkshakes and soft sandwiches. Acidic or spicy foods or foods that are too hot or too cold can make eating more uncomfortable. Eating small meals more often can help you to meet your nutritional needs.
Taking Care Of Yourself
Cancer therapies can make the mouth sore and prone to infection. Try to brush your teeth with a soft toothbrush after every meal. If your mouth is too sore to brush, try to at least rinse with water.
Try to get plenty of rest. This will allow your body to heal and help fight infections. Avoiding people who have colds, flu, or other infections may decrease your risk of being infected.
Dealing with cancer and cancer therapy can be extremely stressful. You may find yourself becoming depressed, or you may find yourself discovering new wisdom.
Try to find emotional support and someone you can talk to about your feelings. This could be your family, someone in your church, a counselor, or a support group for cancer patients. For more information, go to Additional Sources of Information.
Getting Adequate Pain Relief
Cancer can be very painful. While cancer pain cannot always be completely stopped, you do have the right to have relief from pain.
Some people are afraid that if they take powerful painkillers they will become addicted. Some doctors and other caregivers also still hold this belief.
Studies have shown that people who take pain medications in the right way, for real pain, rarely become addicted. Being able to keep pain under control actually makes people less likely to become addicted. Other studies have shown that severe, prolonged pain is actually harmful to your body and its ability to heal. Even if you have to take pain medication for a long time, this does not mean you have become addicted.
In addition to pain-relieving drugs, techniques such as relaxation therapy, hypnosis, visualization, and massage can also help ease pain. Discuss these with your medical team.
Be sure to discuss pain relief with your doctor if and when you need it. Try to work with your medical team and play an active role in your own care. Simply feeling in control of your situation can often do a lot to help ease pain.
If you feel that your medical team is not allowing you the medication or other treatment that you truly need for your pain, you may want to discuss the problem with a counselor or seek a second opinion from another doctor.
Follow-Up Care
Because lymphomas can
Lymphoma Treatment In Children
If your child has been diagnosed with lymphoma, call your child's doctor whenever you have questions. If you are unsure whether something should be reported, discuss it with your child's doctor.
According to the National Cancer Institute, you should let your physician or another medical team member know if your child has any of the following:
- A fever or other sign of infection, or just doesn't look well.
- Exposure to a contagious infection, especially chickenpox or measles (unless your child is known to be immune from prior exposure).
- Persistent headaches, pain, or discomfort anywhere in the body.
- Difficulty in walking or bending.
- Pain during urination or bowel movements.
- Reddened or swollen areas.
- Vomiting, unless you have been told that your child might vomit after
chemotherapyor radiation.
- Problems with eyesight such as blurred or double vision.
- Bleeding. In addition to obvious bleeding such as nosebleeds, signs of bleeding can be seen in the stools (red or black), in the urine (pink, red, or brown), in vomit (red or brown, like coffee grounds), or the presence of multiple bruises.
- Other troublesome side effects of treatment such as mouth sores, constipation (beyond 2 days), diarrhea, and easy bruising.
- Marked depression or a sudden change in behavior.
Remember to check with your child's physician when your child is due to receive any kind of vaccination or any dental care.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
August 6, 2019, 8:15 AM - 9:00 AM @ Sammons Community Center
Take that morning routine up a notch! Get your heart pumping and the oxygen flowing. Easy to follow, senior aerobics and fitness workout program for active senior adults ages 55 and over. Aerobic exercises help build endurance and stamina. Cool down exercises complete this well-rounded workout. Movements can be performed standing or seated; adaptable for all levels of mobility.
August 6, 2019, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM @ Sammons Community Center
Get Fit, Stay Fit! Join our energized instructor in this low-impact, core strengthening program designed to improve balance, flexibility, coordination and range of motion. This long-running fitness program uses light hand weights and elastic bands to strengthen the body and focus on functional fitness. Stretching exercises complete this well-rounded workout. Adaptable for all levels of mobility.
August 6, 2019, 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM @ Sammons Community Center
Namaste! Lift your spirits and lower your stress levels as you achieve the physical and mental benefits of Hatha yoga. Enjoy simple, easy to follow movements in a soothing atmosphere. Yoga postures improve every part of the body; stretching and toning muscles and improving flexibility of the spine and joints. Improve balance, range of motion and strength, while keeping the mind active and alert. Chair friendly for those with limited mobility.
August 6, 2019, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM @ Sammons Community Center
Make the most of your lunch break, get out and boogie! Why not bring a sack lunch to enjoy with Lynn and the gang before returning to work. Enjoy great tunes in a relaxed, fun environment. Learn some popular line dances and impress your friends at one of our bi-weekly country and western dances.
August 6, 2019, 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM @ Sammons Community Center
Get ahead in the workforce! This program continues to be one of the most in-demand skills that employers are requiring. Excel is a spreadsheet computer program that allows users to store, organize, analyze and report information using worksheets, charts and graphs. Experience first-hand how Excel makes it easy to work with many different kinds of data to help keep you business and/or everyday life organized. Basic computer knowledge is required to enroll in this hands-on course.
August 6, 2019, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM @ Sammons Community Center
Put the day's hectic schedule behind you! Dance your stress away after work in this evening class. Two left feet? Who cares! Just relax with friends, share a few laughs and learn a few easy to follow, basic steps and let the music lead you. Before you know it you will pick up the easily memorized patterns and will be shuffling across the dance floor.
August 6, 2019, 10:00 AM @ Historic Post Office
Historic Post Office
101 North Main Street
August 6, 2019, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
The Design Committee works on downtown beautification and cleanliness, building restorations, street improvements, and any other downtown physical improvements.
August 6, 2019, 7:00 AM @ West Temple Park located off W. Adams Ave. behind Temple Fire Station #7
Wonderful fruits, vegetables, tastes, and smells await at the Temple Farmer's Market! Temple Farmer's Market will open for the season in West Temple Park (121 Montpark Road) located off West Adams behind Temple Fire Station #7. The market will operate every Tuesdays from 7:00 a.m. – Noon, throughout the summer.
For more information on the Farmer's Market or to become a vendor, please call Daniel Lara at 254-624-4178
August 5, 2019, 9:00 AM - August 8, 2019, 12:00 PM @ Temple College, Berry Hall
For curious young minds who want to take the first steps into the world of programming. Student explorers will use their creativity to solve a series of web-based coding challenge. Each lesson builds fluency in essential digital skills needed for the future. At the end of the class, students will receive access to their interactive learning platform to continue their coding journey at home.
August 5, 2019, 9:00 AM - August 9, 2019, 12:00 PM @ Gober Party House
Improv, melodrama, stand up comedy, musical theater, and technique - this camp is an actor's playground! Act, sing, dance, produce, and play in this fun, loving, and supportive environment.
August 5, 2019, 9:00 AM - August 9, 2019, 12:00 PM @ Blackmon Community Center
Join us for a splashin' good time at Under The Sea preschool mini camp. Sea turtles, shells, fish, whales and sharks abound as we explore life under the sea! Your little guppy will experience an ocean of fun, arts and crafts, storytelling, games, and daily snacks
August 5, 2019, 1:00 PM - August 8, 2019, 4:00 PM @ Temple College, Berry Hall
Want to learn the world's fastest growing programming language favored by Google, NASA, YouTube, and the CIA? Learn how to code with Python to create engaging apps and games. Each lesson takes you step-by-step on a programming path that will let you challenge friends with fun content you create from start to finish! Students will work in pairs or teams for most of the program.


text:
Visitor warning
The Netherlands Casper Thomas: Jeremy Paxman states that in Amsterdam 'young people on bicycles exercise a particular tyranny'. Being one of these alleged tyrants, I would like to remind Paxman and your readers about the law of the land: tyranny by bike in the form of loud bell ringing or dangerously whooshing past you is exercised only upon those who do not understand that pedestrians should stick to the sidewalk. In fact Amsterdam suffers from tyranny by visitors who seem to think that all roads are laid out for them.
FT Weekend
Notes on a portrait
Derbyshire Derek Brumhead: The photograph of Churchill chosen for the new plastic five-pound note in Britain was taken in 1941 by the famous portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh. Churchill, as ever, was chomping on a cigar and refused to remove it. Karsh stepped forward and politely plucked it out of Churchill's mouth before taking the photograph. The result was probably the most famous image of Churchill in a grumpy mood.
The Times
Capital Idea
Doveridge John Rattigan: The observation that the full stop is becoming redundant in social media reminds me of the Victorian public school headmaster cecil reddie of abbootshome school who campaigned vigorously for the abolition of capital letters and the unnecessary use of punctuation especially commas although he still felt the need for the occasional full stop.
The Daily Telegraph


text:
Three popular termite treatment systems in use in Texas are the traditional barrier system, the bait system, and the nonrepelling barrier system. Each system has its advantages and disadvantages. Ask your trained pest control professional which system is best for your particular home.
Traditional barrier system. The traditional repelling barrier system places a chemical barrier in the soil near every potential entry point into the house. These chemicals create a barrier that termites will have difficulty penetrating. The barrier chemicals used today are less durable than Chlordane, a popular chemical that was banned by the EPA in the 1980s. Today's chemicals must be reapplied every few years for continued protection.
Bait system. The bait system strategically places a series of bait stations in the soil around the perimeter of the house. The intention is for a termite to find the bait and take the active ingredient back to the colony, and the colony is either eliminated or substantially reduced.
Nonrepelling barrier system. The nonrepelling barrier system is similar to a traditional barrier system, except that the active ingredient used is not a repellent. The termites cannot detect the active ingredient and inadvertently bring it back to the colony, where it can either eliminate or substantially reduce the colony.
When comparing proposals for termite work from different companies, make sure you get the details in writing and read the fine print. A detailed proposal should be specific in the scope of work. It should outline what chemical will be used, including the amount and concentration. It should also specifically detail the areas in which the chemicals will be applied. If one company proposes to do much more work than another company, a higher price might be a better value.
To learn more about us and the areas we service, please click here, or feel free to contact us. Our customer service Help Desk would be happy to answer any questions that you might have.


text: Jean-Claude Juncker is considered a strong contender for the post of EU president [AFP] Klaus sought an opt-out from the treaty three weeks ago, after Prague's parliament ratified it, in an attempt to ensure the treaty would not allow ethnic Germans expelled from former Czechoslovakia after the second world war to reclaim their property. The only obstacle to the Klaus's signature now is a legal challenge by Czech senators, which the country's constitutional court is expected to dismiss on Tuesday.Presidential race EU leaders also moved closer to an agreement on a new president, with former British prime minister Tony Blair's chances of securing the role receding. Blair's hopes faded when his candidacy failed to secure the blessings of European socialists, who are his ruling Labour Party's allies. In depth Possible candidates for the EU presidential role The post is now more likely to go to a centre-right candidate, with possible contenders including Jan Peter Balkenende, the Dutch prime minister, and Paavo Lipponen, the former Finnish prime minister.The president, who needs to be elected unanimously, will serve a two-and-a-half-year term, strengthening the current system of a six-month presidency that states hold in turn. Ratification of the treaty after years of negotiations would encourage the EU in its hopes of increasing its influence on the world stage. It would also streamline decision-making in the bloc, which is unwieldy now that it has grown to 27 member states representing 495 million people. SOURCE: Agencies


text:
I've been slowly going through my grandfathers' paperwork, and you have to understand, there's a lot of it. I'm digging through everything from 1972 tax returns to index cards with my grandmother's apple jelly recipe. It's tedious and time consuming and I just don't know what the hell I'm looking for or what it would even look like. It's frustrating, and the more mundane, ordinary documents I find, the more I feel like there's nothing here, that I'm not going to find anything that will help me figure out what is going on. And then…
I almost threw this out – it was stuffed in between a few unimportant old papers and it's in rough shape, I was just going to toss it, but I opened it up and the words 'Beware of shadows' popped into my head immediately. Beware of shadows… yeah, after the past couple weeks, that's not comforting. Not even a little bit.
It's a telegram to my great-grandfather Wifred, but I have no idea who it's from. Apparently it's a death notification about someone named Arthur, but then it goes on to ask about some 'object' and mentions shadows.
Has this been going on since my great-grandfather's time? What did he know about it? At least I'm feeling less like I'm going crazy. I'm not sure that's a good thing, though.
Now I know I need to go through every scrap of paper that was stuffed in that steamer trunk. This is going to take a while.


text:
Additional information
|Product dimensions
Strap closure
Width: 41.5 cm
In stock
Waxed Canvas is a fabric with a waterproof and eco-friendly character and a semi-rough, yet high-end appearance. A combination of features that makes this fabric kind to the world, beautiful to see and therefore the ideal new fabric for our bags.
Laauw Tribunal | The most trendy district of Madrid can be reached by the metro stop Tribunal. Tribunal is chosen because of the trendy and hipster influences, which can be linked back perfectly to this waxed canvas backpack. A backpack, but just a bit more trendy.
✅ Free shipping & returns
✅ Next day delivery in The Netherlands
✅ 1 – 3 day delivery in the rest of Europe
✅ 30 day return window
|Product dimensions
Strap closure
Width: 41.5 cm


text: In the last 10 years, the rate of computer and network performance has outpaced storage. Compute nodes with multiple cores, advanced memory technology, high speed bus, and fast network NICs have kept pace with network speeds of 25GbE/40GbE, and even up to 100GbE. Unfortunately, most storage architectures, even the new clustered scale up/out architectures, are nothing more than derivatives of older legacy designs, and, as a result, storage has become the primary bottleneck for applications.


text:
Welcome to my page! My name is Jenna, and I'm a personal trainer, certified yoga instructor, and health and personal growth enthusiast. My mission in life is to help people come to accept themselves wherever they are in their health journey and realize they can THRIVE at any size.
My WHY
My passion stems from a lifetime of my own personal struggle with weight, body dismorphia and disordered eating. From an early age, I convinced myself that I weighed too much and was constantly on a diet to reach a body image that my family and society felt was acceptable. In college, I went multiple months of starving myself by eating less than 500 calories a day or doing month long juice cleanses, all in attempt to have a flat stomach. Spoiler alert: It never happened! What DID happen was I developed chronic stomach problems that would last nearly a decade, gained a lot of weight, and had problems with my hormones, thyroid, and other body parts that made doctors think I was 50, not 25.
After long stints of vegan, raw, fruitarian, paleo, and ketogenic diet fats, I finally decided enough is enough. I'm a woman who has run marathons, trains in the gym daily, and eats healthier than anyone I know, but I still felt like I was broken because my belly had too many rolls and my arms couldn't fit into my designer jackets I wore when I was 20. At the peak of my pain, anxiety, and frustration with life, I decided to give up EVERYTHING and move to Stockholm, Sweden. I realized that what I had done in life up till this point had not served me, so it was time to start over. I even had to reprogram my brain and thoughts in order to survive. I couldn't live in a hostile environment of constant self hatred and telling my body that it wasn't enough any longer.
It was about a year long process, but eventually things started to soften. I became free from the tangled constraints of my thought patterns. I realized that I am completely, fully lovable at ANY size. And that is precisely what I am here to help you realize, too. Not every day is perfect, and the path to self acceptance, health, and joy isn't always an easy one. But if you're willing to embark on it, I promise you it will be the most rewarding thing you ever do.


text:
The key moments from MK Dons' Sky Bet League One clash with Oldham Athletic at Stadium MK...
21 October 2017
Sign in or register to watch
Subscribe to watch
Advertisement block
Read full article
Ahead of the 2020/21 season, mkdons.com will be taking a look at each of MK Dons' Sky Bet League One opponents.
Russell Martin expressed his joy this week after landing experienced international defender Richard Keogh – a player he described as is number one target.
Aged just 22, Regan Poole has already picked up 93 Professional Appearances, and captained his country on numerous occasions.
View more


text:
Roy Clements feels proud and humble when he returns to walk the treeway named after him. But he insists he was one man in a team of people that made it happen. Captions for other pictures are at the bottom of the story.
By Bruce Morris
When Roy Clements was a little bloke, he came from the family farm in Matamata to visit his Great Aunt Adele in Ruarangi Rd on the slopes of Mt Albert.
It was around 1941 and seven-year-old Roy — on the first of many holiday trips to the big smoke — looked out across the open terrain skirting Mt Albert Grammar to a wasteland of swamp and gorse bisected by a dirty little creek.
Thus began an association with an ugly strip of suburban Auckland that has now endured for almost 80 years and blossomed into something rather special.
Stand today where Great Aunt Adele once lived and an entirely different landscape unfolds: a small urban forest hugging the school's lower sports fields alongside a stream that is being given a future. Sharper eyes may even snare a glimpse of a raised wooden pathway meandering through a peaceful Mt Albert sanctuary.
Get up close and the links to 1941 are written on the signs leading to the path: Roy Clements Treeway.
What a difference a few decades can make — and what a difference one man can make.
So how did it all happen? How was that wasteland of the 30s and 40s — and, really, right through to 1980 — turned into a forest-and-wetlands green belt for us and other creatures to appreciate?
A small group of community volunteers, with useful support in important places, helped to give the initial impetus, and the good people of the St Lukes Environmental Protection Society (STEPS) have since become caring guardians watching over the future.
But so many great things begin with the commitment of one person, and when the path alongside Meola Creek was created in the 80s and 90s — and given a lift 10 years ago with the raised wooden platform to keep visitors' feet dry when the waterway floods — there was never any doubt it would be named after Roy Clements.
The story of the treeway may have its roots in the 1940s, but the close Clements connection didn't really begin until Maurice Hall, MAGS headmaster from 1970 to 1988, lured Roy back to Mt Albert.
Roy's first job, after graduating from Auckland University in 1956, had taken him to Te Kauwhata District High School in the Waikato. Later, theological studies at St John's College led to curate positions in Waikato churches, followed by five years in Wellington as general-secretary of the Student Christian Movement before he arrived at MAGS for his first stint there as a teacher, of English and music, late in 1969.
Two years later, Roy was off to explore the world, stopping here and there in Asia before a 10-month teaching spell in a challenging London comprehensive school. After that, the prospect of teaching English in Germany held a certain appeal and he stayed for four years before drifting back to New Zealand … and getting a phone call in 1979 from Maurice Hall.
The headmaster's priority was to invite Roy to rejoin the MAGS teaching staff, but he soon found his enthusiasm went wider than the classroom. In a land that was starting to understand the importance of the environment, both men were "green" almost before it became fashionable.
Their first venture — planting 60 donated trees along the school side of the stream — wasn't too successful. Most were gone in a week or two, stolen or "accidentally" knocked over by unsympathetic ground staff.
But the second assignment was rather more enduring.
"That land down on the other side of the creek — we don't need it for grazing anymore," the headmaster told his ally. "I know you like to plant trees, so why don't you go down there and see what you can do."
So off Roy went to investigate the narrow, winding strip of Education Ministry-owned land that had no practical value to the school because of the dirty little stream that separated it from the lower playing fields.
The land was as narrow as 10m in some parts, though stretching 30m or 40m for much of it, and it was tough, rocky territory where noxious plants such as privet, woolly nightshade and gorse had made their home.
Roy rolled up his sleeves and got stuck in, inspiring students to add their muscle and embrace his vision of creating a forest on suburban wasteland.
Bit by bit, the land was cleared, with holidays and weekends sacrificed to advance the project and a generous headmaster sparing him five hours a week from teaching duties to work on the patch, often with students at his side.
After the clearing came the planting, and then the creation of a concrete path. The work was never-ending; as a labour of love, it was all-consuming, especially in the important first five years before a range of others joined the initial force and kept up the momentum.
All projects need a champion, and Roy Clements was the organiser-in-chief who got the ball rolling before sharing the toil. Even when he left MAGS in 1994, he maintained a strong interest in progress. Today, the land might be occupied by light industry and factories were it not for the influence of him and his merry band.
He insists it was all a team effort, and the project owes much to the endeavour and support over the years of groups of local volunteers, workers on Government-funded temporary employment schemes, generous nurseries and professionals, enthusiastic botanists and local body experts.
Then, of course, there was a supportive headmaster and the students who worked alongside their teacher.
If taking kids away from studies or footy practice to work on a pet project seems a bit unorthodox, no one was complaining.
Back in those days, MAGS was seen by critics as some sort of cultural desert, with perhaps too much focus on sport. Roy Clements did his bit to help change that through music … and the environmental focus of the treeway.
"I think back then, much of the spirit of the school, the pride associated with going to the school, flowed from the sporting fields," he says. "By creating things and involving the kids, I think we gave them a different sense of pride and that was very healthy and rewarding."
These days, the future of the treeway is secure, even if some self-seeded "noxious" trees — and the scourge of graffiti — can take a little away from the dream of perfection. The community volunteers of STEPS run the working bees (go to their Facebook page to lend a hand) and fight for the future of the creek and the forest; Auckland Council maintains the land.
Walk the treeway in 2018 with its architect — through the manuka, totara, nikau, karaka, kahikatea and chatter of birds — and the pride is clear.
"It is," he says, "very humbling to come here and see how it has developed, how trees we planted 40 years ago have helped to create something special."
Roy now lives in East Auckland, where, as a former president of the Civic Trust and after a life-long commitment to community, he continues to do his bit on local projects.
But he likes to pop back to Mt Albert every month or two to see how things are coming along, finding it "very restful" to wander through what he helped to create.
He's always impressed and gratified at the dedication of STEPS members in tending the forest and wetlands and keeping the stream as clean as they can — and, as an old teacher, he's impressed, too, with the manners of the local school kids.
"They see this old hobo wandering along and they are so polite and friendly," he says.
It could be they know a quality hobo when they see one.
CAPTIONS (from the top): Woolly nightshade, gorse and privet pictured in 1979 — the site is now restored as "lava rock forest"; the Alberton Ave end of the strip of land in 1979; Auckland Regional Authority staffer Mary Buckland, who drew up a plan that year for developing the land, pictured discussing it with seventh formers (from left) Jeff Meyer, Brett Wilkie and Darren Davis, who spent the summer working on the project under a special student employment scheme; the concrete pathway pictured in 2001; Roy Clements on the raised wooden pathway that enables walkers to keep their feet dry when the Meola Creek floods; Roy Clements today.


text:
- Home
- New Releases
- Flowers
- Fresh Cakes
- Popular Gifts
- Shipping Gifts
- Occasion Special Gifts
- Festival Special Gifts
- Corporate Gifts
- Addon Gifts
- Special Offer
- Custom Order
- Track Order
- Saree New
View Cart(0) | Contact | Register | Login
- Home
- Products
- Corporate Gifts
- Addon Gifts
- gifts by Occasion
- gifts by Festivals
- Special Offer
- Custom Order
- Order Tracking
- Saree New
:: Custome Order
Dear Customer, At times you may have very special set of gifts combinations in your mind and here it comes to customize the same. You can place your customize order from this single order form by mentioning your product requirements. Please contact us for any further details and discuss your requirements with our customer support.
Best Seller


text:
B.W. Webb
Cincinnati Bengals changing face of franchise with 1st pick
By The Associated Press Apr. 15, 2020 10:37 AM EDT
Bengals release Dre Kirkpatrick in defensive overhaul
By Joe Kay Mar. 31, 2020 03:29 PM EDT
Key additions and subtractions for AFC teams in free agency
By Barry Wilner Mar. 19, 2020 05:33 PM EDT
Bengals release guard John Miller as line shuffle continues
By Joe Kay Mar. 18, 2020 05:46 PM EDT
Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals 11/24/2019
Nov. 24, 2019 01:28 PM EST
Kupp has 220 yards receiving as Rams roll 24-10 in London
By Mattias Karen Oct. 27, 2019 04:55 PM EDT
Jacksonville Jaguars at Cincinnati Bengals 10/20/2019
Oct. 20, 2019 01:30 PM EDT
Arizona Cardinals at Cincinnati Bengals 10/6/2019
Oct. 06, 2019 01:24 PM EDT
Panthers' Newton inactive against Cardinals
By The Associated Press Sep. 22, 2019 12:22 PM EDT
Bengals' Joe Mixon frustrated by 1-yard run average
By Joe Kay Sep. 19, 2019 06:04 PM EDT
Cincinnati Bengals at Seattle Seahawks 9/8/2019
Sep. 08, 2019 02:53 PM EDT
New York Giants at Cincinnati Bengals 8/22/2019
Aug. 22, 2019 07:29 PM EDT
Bengals Preview Capsule
By The Associated Press Aug. 22, 2019 12:01 PM EDT
Cincinnati Bengals at Washington Redskins 8/15/2019
Aug. 15, 2019 07:30 PM EDT
Giants Training Camp Capsule
By The Associated Press Jul. 22, 2019 11:42 AM EDT
NEW YORK GIANTS (5-11) OPEN CAMP: July 24 East Rutherford, New Jersey LAST YEAR: Coach Pat Shurmur never had chance to succeed in his...
Bengals Training Camp Capsule
By The Associated Press Jul. 22, 2019 11:26 AM EDT
CINCINNATI BENGALS (6-10) OPEN CAMP: July 26, Cincinnati (first practice in Dayton, Ohio on July 27) LAST YEAR: Coach Marvin Lewis was...
Bengals Draft Preview Capsule
By The Associated Press Apr. 18, 2019 11:26 AM EDT
11. CINCINNATI BENGALS (6-10) LAST SEASON: Third straight losing season and another significant attendance decline ended coach Marvin Lewis' run at 16...
Bengals CB Darqueze Dennard stays on 1-year deal
By Joe Kay Mar. 25, 2019 03:52 PM EDT
CINCINNATI (AP) — Cornerback Darqueze Dennard chose to stay with the Bengals on a one-year deal Monday, keeping Cincinnati's starting cornerback group intact. ...
The Latest: Jets agree to terms with CB Brian Poole
By The Associated Press Mar. 14, 2019 10:10 PM EDT
Free Agency-Giants Capsule
By The Associated Press Mar. 11, 2019 05:19 PM EDT
NEW YORK GIANTS (5-11) UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS: G Jamon Brown, S Landon Collins, LS Zak DeOssie, DT Mario Edwards, WR Bennie Fowler, G John Greco, S...


text:
ForRentByOwner.com - Privacy Policy
What information do we collect?
We collect information from you when you register on our site, place an order, respond to a survey or fill out a form.
When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number or credit card information. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.
What do we use your information for?
Information we collect from you may be used in the following ways:
The email address you provide for order processing will only be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your order.
- To personalize your experience;
- To improve our website;
We continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.
- To improve our customer service;
Your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs.
- To process transactions;
- To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature;
- To send periodic emails.
Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed instructions on how to do so at the bottom of each email.
How do we protect your information?
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information.
We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment gateway provider's database. This information is only accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems and these users are required to keep the information confidential.
After a transaction, your private information (credit cards, financial information, etc.) will not be kept on file for more than 60 days.
Do we use cookies?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow). Cookies enable the site or service provider systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.
We use cookies to help us identify and process the items in your shopping cart, to understand and save your preferences for future visits, and to compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
Cookies, IP addresses, Referrer, Web beacons and other technology will be used to increase the speed of access by the users of this website, to increase the distribution of rental advertisement and to track website activity. Email addresses of both owners and renters may be collected and used for marketing purposes with an option to receive or not receive information related to rental property.
Do we disclose any information to outside parties?
Third Party Links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore claim no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
We value your privacy and have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act). We do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years of age or older.
What are some of the Fraud Prevention Measures used on this website?
What information is not disclosed to users of this site?
- CAPTCHA function installed.
- The website program filters out emails containing known fraud phases using a key word finding routine.
- We have a dedicated employee to monitor the website for possible scams and fraudulent activity.
- Easy function to "Report" these ads so that the ad can be removed from our website.
- "7 Warning Signs of Possible Fraud" are available to owners posting rentals.
- Quick link to report fraud to the FBI's Internet Fraud Complaint Center: www.ic3.gov.
- Email addresses of owners posting properties are not disclosed to prospective tenants.
- Click to proceed. "I will exercise caution" is displayed at website launch with the warning, "never send money or give personal information to anyone without first considering the possibility of fraud."
- Each user selects their own unique user password which is the key to accessing their account.
- Online support by clicking "Contact" on the home page. "If you have questions about using our system, or specifically about your account or posting, please start with our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)."
What information is disclosed to other rental sites?
- We disclose all information provided during the posting of rentals except:
- Actual email address
- Actual rental property address if, "Hide My Rental Address" is selected
- Credit Card: Information is collected for payment from credit cards using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology that encrypts the card information so that it cannot be read over the Internet.
Refund and Shipping Policies
- Rental postings may be distributed to other rental websites.
- We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other websites. We currently distribute rental information to the following websites: (Please refer to their websites and privacy policies).
- RealestateFRBO.com (same as ForRentByOwner.com)
- RentBits.com (http://rentbits.com/rb/page/privacy-policy.html)
- Zillow.com. (http://www.zillow.com/corp/Privacy.htm)
On-line Privacy Policy Only
- No refund will be given for advertisements that you place using your credit card.
- Full refund will be given for advertisements that a fraudulent person placed using your credit card.
- This website has no products that are shipped.
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.
Terms and Conditions
Please also visit our "Terms and Conditions" section establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our website at http://www.forrentbyowner.com/terms/
Your Consent
By using our site, you consent to our website's privacy policy.
Will the Privacy Policy change? Yes. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.
Copyright and Trademarks All services, including text, graphics, logos, etc. are Copyright 2020 For Rent By Owner, Inc. For Rent By Owner logo is federally trademarked. "ForRentByOwner.com" is a subsidiary of FRBO, Inc, a Colorado corporation.


text:
Scientists have developed a new test that can reveal the amount of DNA people shed, a tool that could be used by forensic experts to nab criminals using genetic clues left at crime scenes.
A single tap of a finger on items like door handles, glass or even shaking hands can help identify and link potential suspects to a crime. Modern DNA forensic science is capable of analysing microscopic genetic traces inadvertently left at crime scenes.
However, accurate identification depends on the quality of DNA sourced at the scene, according to a researcher at the Flinders University in Australia.
There is always a risk crucial evidence could be overlooked, smudged fingerprints are the only evidence left behind, or even more worryingly, secondary transfer could take place, researchers said.
This could result in an innocent person's DNA being transferred by an object or even a handshake to a place they have never visited.
Scientists have developed a test that can reveal the amount of DNA people shed. This will help determine whether they were actually the last person to make contact with an item, researchers said.
"We know that some people pass on more of their DNA because when they touch something more of their cells are left behind," said Adrian Linacre, Chair of Forensic DNA Technology at Flinders University.
"They are called shedders but it's very difficult at the moment to see who is a shedder," he said.
"What we have developed is a simple test which can work out if an individual is a shedder in a matter of minutes, which tells us who has the better chance of passing on DNA," she said.
The shedder status of a specific person of interest may be relevant in determining the likelihood of whether a major contributor in a mixed DNA profile was the last person to make contact with an item and is therefore linked to a crime.
The test can help forensic examiners at crime scenes identify materials which confirm the presence of DNA that is likely to provide an individual's genetic profile, said Paul Kirkbride, a professor at Flinders.
"Currently the forensic examiners are working blind because they can't see the exact location which contains deposits of DNA and therefore have to sample where they think DNA might be stored," said Kirkbride.
"The shedders test also showed men shed more than women, and that thumbs leave the most accurate traces," he said.


text:
Hello 2018: My annual non-New Year's resolution blog post
Welcome to another edition of my annual non-New Year's resolution blog post, where I list my top three goals for the year to come: one fitness-related, one professional, and one personal.
I started publicly sharing my goals back in 2012 as a way to keep myself accountable, but also so I could look back and see where I was at the time fitness-wise, professionally and personally.
My 2012 and 2013 years were tough professionally and personally, as I was leaving one long-term relationship and moving into another, and transitioning from a tough contract job into a government position. In 2011 I completed my first triathlon and was a running machine, signing up for almost every local race I could afford. But in 2013 my focus shifted, and for some reason I made it my goal to "have abs" in 2013. I'm glad I decided to run my first ultra instead. That's a much more bad-ass goal.
In 2014, I actually achieved all the goals I set out for myself, which I was super proud of — especially getting published (and featured!) in a print magazine and qualifying for Boston. In 2015 I did okay, but as I explained in this post, I was having another "transition" year, as I like to call it — where a lot more stuff was going on than what was shared on this blog.
Although I completed zero of my goals for 2016 (I missed qualifying for Boston twice — I got injured at the Phoenix Marathon in February then missed it again by 12 seconds at the Victoria Marathon in October; I pretty much forgot about writing a book proposal; and I did not pay off 50% of my debt – although I did set up an aggressive payment plan and opened an RRSP), it was a much better year overall. Matt and I had a blast at Disneyland and Vegas in February. We finally moved in together. We added another furry child to our pack (Gus the English Springer Spaniel). I went to BlogFest and got to meet all my favourite wellness bloggers IRL. More friends got married and had babies. All my family and friends stayed healthy. I stayed healthy. I had close to 160 freelance fitness articles published online and four published in print.
In 2017, I was a bit more general with my goals. I thought I would be going back to school to do an MBA (I applied to the program, got in, but decided at the very last minute not to do it because I didn't want the extra debt. Honestly, the only reason I wanted to go back to school because I love learning and thought it was what I needed to do to get a better paying job. Turns out that's not true!). I also planned to read lot of books and go on lots of trail runs and hikes (check!). I planned to make more time and space for friends and family (check!), and to only do things in my spare time I truly enjoyed (check!). I also made a point to love my body more, which happened later in the year when I decided to take a break from food restrictions and exercise for several months in order to restore balance, both physical and mentally. My work clothes might not fit right now, but that's why we have lululemon, am I right ladies??
Other things that happened this year that were amazing:
– Got engaged to the love of my life (!)
– Hosted the wedding of my sis-in-law-to-be at our house
– Discovered lots of new trails to explore
– Ran a decent half marathon time and had a blast at Seaweeze
– Took a 250-hour yoga teacher training program (I suppose I did go back to school to learn something new in September after all)
None of those things, except for Seaweeze, were goals I set at the outset of 2017.
For 2018, I do have one fitness and one professional goal in my sight.
Fitness-wise, I signed up to train with Kyla Gagnon for the next six months to get wedding ready; I see this as the one time I actually want to train for an aesthetic goal and feel awesome on my wedding day, so that is what I'm going to do. I've also never had a trainer and have always created my own programs, so I'm excited to let someone else take the reins for a while. There will definitely be less running and more yoga this year, along with my strength plan from Kyla.
My professional goal is two-fold. First, I'm going to set a budget and stick to it so I'm not scraping by after the wedding. In order to do that (aside from a shopping ban except for wedding-related items), I'm pushing myself to get out there and develop professionally. That means teaching yoga once I take my certification course, applying for higher-paying and more challenging positions, and perhaps taking on more personal training clients again. That said, I don't want to burn myself out like I did before, so if I end up with a new position at work, my focus will be to save instead of spend. Having extra time with family and friends has been so worth it this past year, so I'm reluctant to take on extra side hustles just to make a few bucks.
My personal goals for 2018 will be the same as last year. I want to keep learning, loving and living to the best of my abilities. To continue to make time and space for family and friends. To appreciate the little things and to stay humble. To keep moving. To love my body more. To truly come into self-actualization. To only do things in my spare time I really enjoy and ditch the rest. To ask myself daily if my actions are serving myself or others in a positive way, and if not, to stop doing those things. To be gracious and giving. To make a difference in someone's life for the better (be it an animal, nature or a person). To be a lighthouse – steady and strong in my convictions to draw others to the light. To be fearless and open-minded.
I have a feeling 2018 will be amazing. And not just because it's going to be all about wedding planning and family and honeymooning (although that plays a big part) — I can just feel it. I feel like myself, my friends, family and our collective community will wake up a bit more; will be more compassionate, kind and open-minded thanks to the turbulence and horror of world events last year. I feel like yoga will play a big part in that. I don't know how, but I can just feel it.
And with that, I'll leave you with my favourite Neil Gaiman quote:
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.
Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're Doing Something.
So that's my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody's ever made before. Don't freeze, don't stop, don't worry that it isn't good enough, or it isn't perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.
Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it.
Make your mistakes, next year and forever.


text:
Creating Lifelike Figures In Polymer Clay
Pages: 144
Photographs: Includes photographs
With more than 400 step-by-step photographs in full colour plus200 detailed drawings, polymer-clay crafters everywhere can learnhow to sculpt realistic 6?- 8? figures using the author?s simpletechnique. The author, Katherine Dewey, a well-known polymer clayteacher and sculptor, shares a wealth of information in such detailthat they?re accessible even to beginning sculptors. She covers theessentials of working with polymer clay, the fundamentals offigurative modeling (including measuring to achieve the rightproportions in any scale), and how to make the tools that willensure success. She shows readers how to recreate faces andexpressions, male and female torsos, legs, hands and feet, allusing a simple ?appliqu?technique, in which clay is built up ratherthan carved away. Then, of course, there are finishing touches likeclothing and costumes, paint and fibre, and - for those seeking atouch of fancy - a simple method for creating incredibly realisticbutterfly or fairy wings. Topics include: selecting clay, makingmodelling tools, proportioning figures, posing, ethnic and gendersubtleties, facial expressions, costumes in clay, and finishingtouches.ISBN13: 9780823015030
|Currently no stock Available
|Not available in store
If you require further information about"Creating Lifelike Figures In Polymer Clay" please contact us.
|Price INC VAT
|Creating Lifelike Figures In Polymer Clay
|£11.96 Save 20%
|Unavailable to buy online


text:
How to Decorate: The Best of Martha Stewart Living
Clarkson Potter, 1996 - Crafts & Hobbies - 160 pages
The editors of "Martha Stewart Living," one of America's most successful home living magazines, have gathered in one convenient place the stories and projects that have defined their approach to decorating the home. The book is organized in a fresh and sensible way, looking at how the rooms are actually used, not at what they are called. Step-by-step instructions for each project are included, plus an extensive resource section. 200 color illustrations.
What people are saying - Write a review
LibraryThing ReviewUser Review - carterchristian1 - LibraryThing
A book with many good ideas, but also a book to relax into. The section on color selection is very good.There are also many rooms portrays that have wonderful soothing pastel walls. Read full review
Other editions - View all
How to Decorate: The Best of Martha Stewart Living
Martha Stewart,Celia Barbour,Carolyn B. Mitchell
No preview available - 1996
How to Decorate: A Guide to Creating Comfortable, Stylish Living Spaces
Martha Stewart
No preview available - 1996
Common terms and phrases
132 Spring Street 164th Street 25 ſtop 290 Lafayette Street AERO Ltd ambient light Ann Baderian Polokoff Baderian Polokoff Ltd bathroom bedroom bedside BLANKET stitch Bleecker Street bottom left bottom right box spring brass cabinet cast-iron Clarence House Clarkson Clarkson N comfort corners cotton create cross-stitch custom-made by Ann decorative desk diagonal dining Donghia drape Duralab East 11th Street East Hampton house enamel fabric feeling finish floor Flushing folded French furniture glass guest hardware Harry N icolz inches ingrain carpet intense colors Interior John Dugdale LAMP linen lustreware mahogany marble Martha Stewart mattress mirror needle � � opposite Martha outdoor pair palette pillows porcelain Potter Rattan Ric HT right and bottom Roll-up Rooms & Gardens Santa Barbara sconces seam sewn sheet shower side chair silk siso spaces ſtop left ſtop right toolz towels trade Victorian Wainscott Wausau Westport White window yard yarn York


text:
Some of you might have noticed, but the release of 2.2.13 didn't go as smoothly as planned. During extensive testing and a beta period there didn't come up anything, so I decided to go live. Within a few hours I had to roll back to a previous version because something did come up: the WordPress media library didn't work anymore which is pretty serious.
So in this version I changed the output buffering code back to how it was before.
Improvements are: a bug in the multisite environment was fixed, a filter was added to remove the comment this plugin adds to check if the mixed content fixer is active, and several other small improvements.
Still looking for a better way to betatest, with a larger group of active betatesters. Any suggestion is welcome!


text:
Eastern Canada intermodal volumes increase in second quarter
CALVERTON, Md. — Intermodal activity is up in Eastern Canada, posting a volume increase of 6.5% in the second quarter compared to the same time last year.
The region's share of total North American intermodal shipments increased one point to 8% in the second quarter.
"This positive showing can be attributed to strong domestic intermodal statistics, which increased 7%," the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) reported.
The association released data this week that showed domestic container volume continued its steady performance in the second quarter, posting a 9% year-over-year gain. The growth was attributed to the big box segment. Total intermodal traffic rose 2.4% in the quarter.
International volume, however, fell 1.3% in the second quarter, after posting a 3% Q1 gain. IANA chalked the decrease in international volumes to "surprisingly weak shipments in June, with loads falling 6% from a year ago."
Intermodal trailer volumes dropped 2.5% year-over-year in the second quarter, but the decline was less than half of what was experienced in the first quarter.
"Domestic container volume was the foundation of intermodal growth in both the second quarter and year to date," said Joni Casey, president and CEO of IANA. "Despite some segments slowing in Q2, the Market Trends and Statistics data confirm the industry's underlying momentum."
The quarterly report can be obtained by e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
Have your say
We won't publish or share your data


text:
Children have a natural affinity for the natural world which is quickly stimulated at Forest School. The philosophy behind Forest School Plymouth is based on the Scandinavian Forest School model which became a fundamental part of Early Years Education in Denmark in the 1980s. The philosophy is based on the principle that if children are given experiences that enable them to appreciate and enjoy the natural world this would encourage care and understanding of the natural environment in later life.
This is rapidly becoming popular in the U.K. Current research has shown that Forest School has huge benefits for children and adults, creating a sense of well-being and health.
Forest School events take place in established Forest School sites that have been carefully selected for their suitability. A fire circle, often constructed from wood from the forest, creates a safe home area around the campfire. Shelter is provided with a cover to keep children and any equipment safe. Alternatively, sessions can take place in your school grounds or anywhere that has an outdoor space.
The children will take part in a variety of activities which could range from a mini beast hunt to making, for example, kazoos or wooden forest friends using real tools. Environmental art will be created from natural objects. Other activities include den building, bush craft, learning the art of fire making, toasting marsh mallows and a large variety of games including team building and confidence building.
There is a strong emphasis on health and safety at Forest School and every site and activity is carefully risk assessed. All leaders have a Level 3 OCN Forest School Leader qualification a current CRB check and outdoor first aid and are fully insured


text:
The movie started with the people of Gotham City celebrating the 8th Harvey Dent's day. Commissioner James Gordon tempted to reveal the truth during his speech but ended up keeping his notes and said otherwise, praising the Dent Act instead. During a party at Wayne Manor, Bruce Wayne who has become a recluse accidentally discovered 1 of the maid, who was serving his dinner, checking out his hideout. He immediately noticed her wearing his mother's pearls and attempted to retrieve it but was outwitted instead. He was intrigued and curious as she has managed to also retrieve his finger prints from the well-guarded safe. This has prompted Bruce to find out her identity while Alfred worrying over Bruce's recluse and not afraid of dying manner. They had a fight with Alfred telling the truth about Rachel's letter which he had burnt, prompting him to leave Wayne Manor. The more Bruce digs, the more he discovered, slowly but surely bringing Batman out of hiding and back to become the hero he is.
Finally! I was so over the moon when Hubby decided we should watch the last of this trilogy! I definitely had high expectation of this movie, especially since Batman Begins and The Dark Knight were GOOD! Alas, Christopher Nolan did not disappoint me… good story line, good action, good CGI! What more can I asked for? Some say the starting was kinda slow… to me it's just nice… slowly but surely picking up the pace and hit the high notes at the end. Of course, Christian Bale is the most suited Batman comparing to the previous older versions. Anne Hathaway purred away my doubts and emerged a fantastic Catwoman! Tom Hardy and Marion Cotillard may look stiff at some point but the overall movie shone away from them. Not forgetting the beautiful Lamborghini and super cool Batmobile! Just loved it! A triumphant ending to a superb trilogy!
PS: I suspect there might be another movie about Robin.
9 thumbs up out of 10


text:
noun, plural: genetic drifts
The drifting of the frequency of a gene variant (allele) relative to that of the other gene variants (alleles) in a population over time as a result of a chance or random event
The genetic drift pertains to the process of change in the frequency of an allele (gene variant) in a population over time. The change is caused by chance or random events (e.g. a disastrous event in a habitat) rather than by natural selection. The effect of genetic drift in large populations is usually negligible whereas in small populations, it predominates. In a small population, genetic drift results in some alleles becoming more common while others becoming less over time; thus, it results in a seemingly drifting apart of the frequencies of genetic variants in a population.
An example where the effect of genetic drift is magnified is the so-called bottleneck effect. For instance, an island inhabited by a large population of a particular snake species is hit by a calamitous event resulting in a substantial decrease in their population. With only few surviving snakes, the gene pool is affected and the allelic frequency would eventually change. Over time, the genetic composition of the re-establishing population of these snakes would be different from that of the initial population. There is a possibility that in the new snake population a dominant allele declines in terms of frequency (or is eventually lost) while the recessive allele is relatively becoming more common over time.
- allelic drift
- Sewall Wright effect
See also:


text:
Washington, DC: As of Thursday, November 30, 2017, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ("NHTSA"), a division of the US Department of Transportation, has posted a total of 66 vehicle, tire, accessory or other related product recalls this month. Are yours listed? http://ht.ly/5G8bb
Direct link: http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchCurrentMonthRecall
Additional information:
Continue reading
Filed under: US NHTSA, Vehicles | Tagged: American Honda Motor, crash hazard, Honda CBR1000RR Motorcycle, Honda CBR1000RR SP Motorcycle, injury hazard, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, NHTSA Campaign Number: 17V681000, NHTSA November 2017 Vehicle, Recalls Direct RIN: 9516-2017, Vehicle | Leave a comment »


text:
Bishop Duffy, Outspoken Advocate for the Poor: Requiem in Pacem
August 26th, 2011
Bishop Paul Francis Duffy, OMI – an outspoken Oblate missionary and Zambian bishop whose social justice work brought him threats from government officials – died Tuesday in San Antonio.
Father Billy Morell, OMI said Bp. Duffy was known throughout Zambia for fearlessly advocating for the rights and freedoms of people in the country's poorest areas.
In his 27 years there, Bp. Duffy was credited with helping establish Oblate Radio Liseli, the Mongu Diocese Development Center, three schools, a teachers college, a hospital and several home-based care projects, including one for people with HIV/AIDS.
"He was a major political voice for the poor in Zambia," said Father Jim Chambers in San Antonio. "He loved Zambia, and you could see that. He had a deep concern for the sufferings of the poor, and he let the government know."
Bishop Duffy will be buried in Mongu, Zambia.
Posted in: About, Africa, Economic Justice, Global, Homepage News, Human Dignity, Integrity of Creation, Issues, Members, News, Peace, Resources, Social Justice
Related keywords: africa, bishop duffy, oblates, omi, Social Justice, zambia


text:
Mugler is getting a makeover. The Paris-based house, which was launched in 1973 by designer Thierry Mugler and has garnered fans that include Lady Gaga, Rihanna, and Selena Gomez, has revealed plans to unify its various ready-to-wear and fragrance lines under a single brand name and a corresponding brand logo.
According to WWD, the brand, which is currently under the creative director of David Koma, is slated to begin its rebranding with the impending launch of Mugler's newest women's fragrance, Angel Muse, this month. Significantly, this fragrance and those to follow bear the same Mugler name and logo as the brand's ready-to-wear collection.
According to Sandrine Groslier, president of Clarins Fragrance Group and Mugler Mode: "We want to protect the [label] as an institutional brand, as a brand for the future. It was really the moment after 25 years on the market — to become a clearly international brand that's easy to read everywhere in the world and also to make people understand that the [label] has changed."
If this move sounds familiar, that is because it comes on the heels of similar moves by both Burberry and Paul Smith. In November, Christopher Bailey, Chief Creative and chief executive officer of Burberry, announced that he will oversee the consolidation of all Burberry labels (think: Burberry Brit and Burberry London, the "lower end" alternatives to its main, Burberry Prorsum collection) under one core Burberry brand. The Prorsum collection, which is the one we see on the runway each season – will reign supreme, albeit without the Prorsum name. Far from just a cosmetic shift, Bailey said the change will be "huge" and "will make it simpler and more intuitive for our customer."


text:
About your dog's vaccinations and Annual Wellness Visit:
Routine vaccinations and annual exams help to prevent common disease, as well as identify other problems before they become unmanageable.
Vaccinations that are routinely given to every dog:
- DA2PLP/C – the routine dog 6-way, or "distemper-parvo" vaccine
- Distemper – is a viral disease that causes respiratory as well as GI signs, and then eventually can cause neurologic symptoms and, ultimately, death. It is a very common disease.
- Adenovirus Type II – is a viral illness that is not very common. It causes a form of viral pneumonia as well as canine viral hepatitis.
- Parainfluenza – is a more common form of viral pneumonia, especially in dogs that come from a kennel or shelter type environment.
- Leptospirosis – is a bacterial disease that causes kidney and liver failure. Contrary to common myth, it is very common in the environment, as it is spread in the urine of wild and domestic animals, including opossums and raccoons, deer, cattle, and horses. Once contracted, it is often misdiagnosed due to its similarity to many other diseases.
- Parvovirus – is a severe intestinal viral disease that causes acute, severe, bloody diarrhea and vomiting, and which is often fatal. It is very prevalent in the environment, and is extremely common in puppies and other non-vaccinated dogs.
- Coronavirus – similar to parvovirus, it causes vomiting and diarrhea, although is not usually fatal.
- Bordetella (or kennel cough) – is a bacterial disease that causes a severe, hoarse, dry honking cough, similar to Whooping Cough in kids. It is rarely fatal.
- Rabies – is a viral disease that is uniformly fatal to any animal that contracts it, including humans.
Of the vaccinations given above, all are viral diseases except for Leptospirosis and Bordetella. After the initial set of puppy vaccines, all viral vaccines are repeated at 3 year intervals, including rabies. The bacterial vaccines – Lepto and Bordetella – are less potent, and thus have to be repeated annually.
Also during the annual visit, we'll perform the following:
- A complete physical exam, checking all organ systems, including GI, respiratory, skin and coat, lymph nodes, and eyes/ears/nose/throat (pet permitting). Any abnormalities are noted and discussed as to proper course of action to remedy.
- Fecal flotation – examines your pet's stool for internal parasites such as hookworms, roundworms, and whipworms, all of which are common in Florida.
- Heartworm test – uses one drop of blood to test for this extremely common disease that is transmitted between pets by mosquitos.
Other, optional vaccines that can be performed during this visit include:
- Canine influenza – is a relatively rare viral disease, usually confined to kenneling and shelter environments. We usually only administer this on the requirement of a boarding kennel for a stay at their kennel.
- Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi) – is a bacterial-type disease transmitted by the deer tick. It is more common in the northeast, but cases unique to Florida are starting to be recognized. Any dog with high tick exposure is a candidate for this vaccine. If that includes your pet, please let us know and we'll discuss whether your pet should receive this vaccine.


text:
"Learning is a process, not the static image provided by an intelligence test. It's an intrinsically hopeful process of improvement. As an animal, I am also perpetually beguiled by the bumbling folly of baby animals, while also understanding what I see is not stupidity, but an early stage of a journey toward grace, competence, and comprehension."
--Becoming a Tiger: How Baby Animals Learn to Live in the Wild, by Susan McCarthy
Kitty Bill, our youngest child, stood up the other day and began to walk. He took two wobbly steps and fell. He pushed himself back up on his fat, little sausage legs and grinned at us. He took two more steps and fell. Undeterred, he stood back up and tried again. By the end of the week he can walk across the room.
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about how we learn new things. Not just how we teach our children, but how we teach ourselves. To me those ideas are connected because our children learn so much from watching us. If learning is a painful process for us... If we curse, or get frustrated when we mess up... If we chuck our knitting or statistics books across the room... If we are easily defeated and give up the first time we take a spill on the ice, they might see those things and adopt them as their own. If we make a fuss, they learn to make a fuss.
The opposite is also true. If we're sure-footed and excited about learning... If we're eager and interested... If we're accepting of new challenges and seek out new learning experiences, they will too. If they see us laugh at our own mistakes, our own follies, our own early attempts at mastering a new skill, and if we don't give up, they learn to try and try again. Of course it won't always happen this way, but we're the biggest role models our children have.
Kitty Bill isn't old enough to feel humiliated when he fails. He's still in that natural, unblemished phase of life where every moment holds some new discovery. In watching him I have to wonder if that's how each one of us started out, on shaky legs but eager to learn and discover. To taste the untasted and explore the unknown, without bias or fear or embarrassment or expectations. Imagine carrying that into adulthood and how empowering that would feel. I'm not saying that at age 35 we should go around mouthing shoes or licking the cat. But if we could hold onto our sense of wonder and eagerness and ride that horse of self-esteem into adulthood, goodness knows what we might accomplish.
As I watch Kitty Bill in this pure state of exploration, I can't help but ask myself where does he go from here? What pitfalls in learning might trip him up, and like ashes on the snow, mar his unfettered sense of discovery? When and how and why does this eagerness and self-motivation start slipping away?
I don't have the answers. I just know that I wasn't always eager to learn. Even in the recent past I have given up because I felt foolish and innane and simply not up to the task. It's not the newness of something that I find daunting, the idea itself. In reality I want to learn everything. I want to be perfect at it the first time out: bowl a 3oo game, play a symphony, hit the ball out of the park. Completely unrealistic, but there it is.
The part that trips me up is the falling. The failing. The making a complete ass out of myself part. If you're not the kind of person that can laugh at yourself, and most people aren't, then the hurdles of learning appear a bit larger than they actually are. It's like looking at your pores with a magnifying glass. Of course you're going to look hideous and pock-marked. But isn't that what we're doing when we critically examine each and every attempt at learning as a separate thing? When we focus too much on one critical aspect and lose sight of the whole, the bigger picture?
Learning isn't like that. That's like focusing on a two inch square of one of Monet's water lilies. We would think it was blurry crap. Maybe he did, too, since he painted so many of them. Maybe he was just trying to get it right. Maybe he didn't know the first one was outstanding. Maybe Manet came along and laughed at him, and said, "You call that a water lily? Ha!" Manet was dead by then, so it would have to have been his ghost. Or what if Rembrandt's ghost came along and fashioned a grade on Monet's water lilies. Imagine Rembrandt, with his exacting eye for the smallest detail, came along and put a big honkin' red F on Monet's sort of hazy way of painting the world.
What if you and I were graded on a daily basis, on each task laid out before us? Overcooking pasta might earn us a C, while forgetting to buy cat litter, yet again, would get a big fat F. Could you imagine living in that world? Two nights ago I finished knitting my first adult sweater. It took me months of agony, and it looks ok. It's not perfect. But I'm proud of it. Who knew I could follow the directions and knit a sweater?! But if some knitting genius came along and gave me a grade on it. If they turned it inside-out and examined every seam I guarantee they would find plenty of mistakes. It would not hold up to that kind of scrutinty. Would I ever dare to knit a sweater, or anything, ever again? If someone graded my first row of stitches, I might not have even tried knitting a dishcloth, let alone a sweater.
Learning is hard work. Those first steps can be traumatizing if we let them be. If we fall off the horse and never get back on, we may never know what it's like to gallop fearlessly on with the wind whipping through our hair. If we don't learn how to overcome our own hurdles, how can we learn to teach?
"Teachers and educators must be patient with their own self-education, with awakening something in the soul that indeed may sprout and grow. You then may be able to make the most wonderful discoveries, but if this is to be so, you must not lose courage in your first endeavors.
"For you see, whenever you undertake a spiritual activity, you always must be able to bear being clumsy and awkward. People who cannot endure being clumsy and doing things stupidly and imperfectly at first never really will be able to do them perfectly in the end out of their own inner self... If once or twice you have succeeded in thinking out a pictoral presentation of a lesson that you see impresses the children, then you will make a remarkable discovery about yourself. You will see that it becomes easier to invent such pictures, that by degrees you become inventive in a way you never dreamed of. But for this you must have the courage to be very far from perfect to begin with."
--The Kingdom of Childhood: Introductory Talks on Waldorf Education, by Rudolph Steiner


text:
The National Football League turns ninety-five years old next month. Come January, the Super Bowl will be fifty. Take the difference in years between them — forty-five — and you have the approximate number of seasons which the NFL seems disinclined to remember.
If the NFL encompassed the entire universe (and sometimes, it seems, it thinks it does), the Big Bang would have occurred in 1958 with the so-called "greatest game ever played," and present-day Earth would have emerged from stardust in 1967 when the Super Bowl was born.
Prior to that, pro football was . . . misty and mostly unknowable. Primitive, prehistoric.
For some time I've puzzled over why pro football has such a blinkered view of its own past. Then the primary reason clicked into place as I conducted an interview for my upcoming book on the Cleveland Rams.
"What the NFL has done to itself," Joe Horrigan of the Pro Football Hall of Fame explained to me, "is to kind of mark time from when they became America's number-one sport" — roughly coinciding with the creation of the grandiloquently titled Super Bowl — which "is kind of baloney, but it's an easy milestone to point to. I can't begin to tell you how little institutional knowledge the NFL actually has."
As a result, down the memory hole go the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, with the 1950s and early 1960s consigned to a dusty shelf in the league's back bedroom. Only in the liberated '60s and '70s does the NFL emerge, shiny and new, TV-ready — a sport with no past.
Imagine if Major League Baseball had done much the same with its own heritage. Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Bob Feller, Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle — largely forgotten. Baseball begins with Bob Gibson and the St. Louis Cardinals over Carl Yastrzemski and the Boston Red Sox in the 1967 World Series.
The popular perception of early pro football is the deadly "flying wedge". . . leather helmets . . . grown men missing teeth. Yet the NFL's most scrum-like formative era was remarkably brief, perhaps a dozen or so years in duration. Within a decade of the league's founding in 1920, Cleveland native Benny Friedman became a sensation by tossing as many as twenty touchdown passes in a single season, four in just one game. By the mid-1930s the pass was de rigueur for nearly every NFL team and was ably exploited by some of the league's earliest star receivers including Don Hutson of the Green Bay Packers and Jim Benton of the Cleveland Rams.
But modern football as we know it — truly the current-day NFL's Big Bang — began in 1940 with the Chicago Bears' deployment of the T-formation offense as designed by the visionary Clark Shaughnessy. ESPN recounts that
"[…B]y positioning the quarterback directly behind the center for a hand-to-hand exchange, and by making the position the undeniable focus of an offense instead of merely a glorified blocker in the single wing, Shaughnessy forever altered the game. He conjured up the man in motion, misdirection, the counter play and the three-wide-receiver formation. Shaughnessy prioritized deft ballhandling and intelligent decision-making by quarterbacks, and made the ground game more viable and modern by drawing up quick hitters and eliminating much of the backfield traffic that slowed the run and previously rendered the game a ponderous exercise in physical superiority."
Using the T, the Bears dismantled the Washington Redskins, 73-0, in the most lopsided NFL championship game in history. Within a few years nearly every NFL team was hastily assembling some version of the T formation. And it's still with us today.
To watch rare footage of an NFL game from the 1940s is to witness the emergence of swaggering modern football as surely as the bluesmen of the same era presaged the bigger phenomenon of rock'n'roll. Rams quarterback Bob Waterfield in particular embodied the confident presence behind center, the backfield misdirections and rollouts and downfield arcs miraculously speared with acrobatic catches that we've come to expect from NFL football. By the time American servicemen arrived home from World War II in 1945 and 1946, "hungry for rest and relaxation and distraction" as Horrigan put it, pro football had emerged from a twenty-five-year experiment with a product that was engineered for postwar popularity.
But what of the players who brought the NFL to that magical moment? Many fans seem to see the league's early era as a novelty and even a source of some amusement. Yet most players of the time were not just college-educated but college graduates, usually forestalling their inevitable business or professional careers for the sheer love of the game. Many were certain Americans would one day embrace the pro game as they had the collegiate version. Friedman committed suicide in 1982, in ill health and reportedly in despair that he never would be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame (he was, in 2005). Waterfield died a year later, his place in the Hall secure but his legend quickly fading.
"I look at the guys from that era . . . my dad played a game with four broken ribs," Waterfield's son Buck Waterfield told me. "How many guys today would go into a game with four broken ribs? I think you could take a team from the 1940s or 1950s, play with rules from the 1940s and 1950s, and teams from then would just kill teams from today. They were just tougher. The wide receivers would never get off the line of scrimmage; they would get a bloody nose. Toughness? I don't think so. I grew up with all those guys. They played football because they loved it, not because of the money. Money was secondary."
With the NFL's centennial looming in 2020, I asked Horrigan whether the league and the Hall had some festivities up their sleeves. He said there are "lots of things to cover," but that "the challenge will always be, what is significant versus interesting. Unfortunately the significant tends to lose out to the interesting."
The sport's restless forgetfulness, its disregard for its own provenance, seem to weigh a bit on Horrigan, the man charged with preserving its past.
"Baseball has always had its history. There's always been a following," he said."But football — it's still virgin territory. There's a lot of territory that can still be investigated and reported."


text:
What is the SJDMI?
The San Juan Diego Lay Ministry Institute has as its expressed and focus purpose:
The preparation of lay Catholics to proclaim their faith in Jesus as Lord, to teach the truths of the Catholic faith, to give witness to the spiritual tradition of the Catholic Church, and to extend to others the invitation to join in mission of the Church, by the preparation for particular ecclesial ministries and the formation of Permanent Deacon.
archives >


text:
Protesters, under the aegis of the Forum of Non-Governmental Organisations in Nigeria, yesterday stormed the United States (U.S.) Embassy in Abuja. They urged American government to deny former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar visa to the U.S.
The group alleged that Atiku, who is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in next year's presidential election, was allegedly involved in a bribery scandal for which Senator William Jefferson was tried and jailed for 13 years in 2009.
The group's convener, Wole Badmus, said: Granting his (Atiku's) visa request will amount to a negation of the Patriot Act which makes the acceptance of foreign corruption proceeds a U.S. money laundering offence.
"It also makes a mockery of the United Nations (UN) Convention Against Corruption enacted in 2003 in which the U.S. played an active role in its enactment and presently ratified by over 40 countries.
"It is also against the spirit of investigative group dedicated to combating foreign corruption by Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) formed in 2003 by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
"Finally granting such request makes a mess of a president Bush Presidential Proclamation 7750 denying U.S. visa to foreign officials involved with corruption, and other supporting legislations by the congress."
He noted that if the U.S. denied the former vice president its visa for 13 years and now grants it to him in the twilight of his presidential election, it will be tantamount to making a mockery of the UN convention against corruption.
Badmus added that if the U.S. that is seen as a global seat of democracy, rule of law and transparency grants its visa to Atiku, the country would have aided him to score a cheap political goal.
Although the US embassy in Abuja was on a public holiday yesterday following the burial of former President George Bush, Badmus read his letter addressed to the U.S. Ambassador, Stuart Symington before a surging crowd of protesters and the armed policemen on guard.
The letter, titled: "The Imperatives of Rejecting Alhaji Atiku Abubakar's Visa Request," reads: "We write to officially and strongly advise the United States Embassy against granting this request as doing so has the capacity if portraying the great American state as being supportive of illicit transactions and gross abuse of public office for personal aggrandisement.
"This is apart from the tacit and covert electoral gain such can confer him as the general correct perception in our country now is that an Atiku is being denied America Visa because of proven cases of money laundering and financial crimes against him."
The protesters were decked in orange T-shirts and fez caps, carrying different placards with inscriptions as "U.S., stay clear of Nigeria's internal politics"; "No issuance of politically motivated visa to Atiku"; "Senator Jefferson was jailed, Lady Jennifer was jailed, Atiku must also be jailed in the U.S."; "Nigerians say no to America's interference in the nation's politics"; and "Go, Atiku Go to jail in America."


text: tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285871073069940636.post4134366192441652152..comments2020-07-26T11:14:53.722-07:00Comments on The Kundalini Consortium: Kundalini Transformation - Part 02JJ Semplehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285871073069940636.post-59051307563123987242017-05-05T11:04:32.411-07:002017-05-05T11:04:32.411-07:00There is no actual physical component but is psych...There is no actual physical component but is psychosomatic where the mind plays a role to induce certain physical pains in organs when the cleansing is taking place. Everything is happening on the astral level since the spiritual body is a new vehicle for consciousness yet the existing consciousness oscilates between physical and spiritual until the process is integrated. It feels like its physical pains but it is not. Ever. I have never done kriyas but I am aware of the process. Just let go and relax as the energy moves through your body. Fear is failure so be without fearNeven Paarhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285871073069940636.post-57617168436088053222017-05-05T11:02:12.964-07:002017-05-05T11:02:12.964-07:00Thank you so much. A lot to live up to and I work ...Thank you so much. A lot to live up to and I work hard every day to be the best I can be :)Neven Paarhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285871073069940636.post-14659038650461052782017-04-27T03:36:31.675-07:002017-04-27T03:36:31.675-07:00Thank you for the wonderful posts that are giving ...Thank you for the wonderful posts that are giving me a certain "map" to where i might me be going with this kundalini transformation. Could you elaborate more on the physical aspect accompanied by this transformation? What i understood from my own process is that the purification of the subtle body is necessary in order for the energy to flow in the body? Did you experience in purification process any spontaneous movements (kriyas) which literally separated the spine's vertebrae (where the chakras reside) und the shoulders? YOZ!!!!https://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285871073069940636.post-68016366049209178052017-04-26T18:33:17.724-07:002017-04-26T18:33:17.724-07:00All the great people in the world had their kundal...All the great people in the world had their kundalini awakened .You are one of those masters . I Salute you Neven .I will read this article again to digest it fully .jitendrahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
Gov. Brown signed AB 1070 (Gonzalez Fletcher) into law last week. The bill previously unanimously passed the California Assembly and Senate. AB 1070 creates new and important consumer protections measures, including standardized and simplified disclosures, for all residential solar customers.
"CALSEIA greatly appreciates the efforts of Assemblywoman Gonzalez Fletcher to protect consumers and applaud Governor Brown for signing AB 1070," said Bernadette Del Chiaro, Executive Director of the California Solar Energy Industries Association (CALSEIA). "We support this new law because it simultaneously helps eliminate confusion in the marketplace while also reigning the handful of errant contractors. It does this without inadvertently harming the ethical California business men and women who are critical architects of California's clean energy future."
AB 1070 requires Contractors State License Board (CSLB) on or before July 1, 2018, to develop a disclosure document that must be provided to consumers prior to sale, finance or lease of solar installation. In addition, the law requires the California Public Utilities Commission to develop standard inputs for calculation and presentation of energy savings to potential buyers.
"We should make it as easy as possible for Californians to use solar power and other clean-energy sources," added Assemblywoman Gonzalez Fletcher, author of the bill. "But it's very expensive and very intimidating for homeowners to invest in solar power. It's a challenge figuring out the honest companies from the ones trying to rip you off. The more protection we can provide consumers, the more comfortable they'll be purchasing solar power at a time when each of us must do our part to combat climate change."
California solar thermal incentives officially extended until 2020
Last week, the Governor previously signed two other important consumer protection bills, SB 242 (Skinner) and AB 1284 (Dababneh), which provide additional consumer protections for Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing of clean energy projects. SB 242 mandates PACE providers call homeowners to ensure they understand the terms, and AB 1284 requires the Department of Business Oversight to regulate PACE providers and that PACE lenders to ensure borrowers have the ability to repay their loans obligations.
Since solar investments are independent, voluntary choices made by consumers, consumer protection is considered the cornerstone of the solar industry. With the signing of these three strong bills – AB 1070, SB 242 and AB 1284 – California took major steps to increase protections for consumers in the 2017 legislative session.
— Solar Builder magazine
[source: http://solarbuildermag.com/news/california-to-standardize-disclosures-for-solar-contracts-protect-solar-customers/]


text:
a.k.a. Gail Kim
Felina, the stunning Asian beauty who has rocketed to super-stardom in the wrestling world, is now on track to become one of the most popular ladies in the WWE. And it's no wonder: not many ladies in the business today can surpass Felina's killer combination of stunning beauty and superb ring skills. Originally wrestling under a black mask, Felina's career actually took off after she lost a big match. One of the stipulations of that match was that she would have to reveal her face if she was not victorious. When the mask came off and Felina's beauty was finally revealed to the fans, everything changed for her. Fans everywhere suddenly wanted to see more of the sexy new grappler...including top executives of World Wrestling Entertainment! With the WWE Women's Title firmly in her sight, it shouldn't be long before we see Felina with the gold wrapped around her gorgeous waist.
Felina's Stats...
- Height: 5' 4"
- Weight: 125
- Hair: Dark Brown
- Eyes: Brown
- Hometown: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Felina's Profile...
- How It Started: I always loved wrestling and wanted to do something as a career that involved being athletic or physical. Luckily, I fell upon AWF's Web site so I figured that I would take a shot. From there, I moved on to the Squared Circle Training Gym in Toronto. It was something that I was passionate about so I gave it everything I had. After a lot of hard work, training and perseverance, I've gotten to the place I want to be and I'm doing what I love!
- Gimmick: I can't really say that I have a gimmick. I just try to do my best to have a great match and pull out a win. Oh...and looking good while doing it always helps, too!
- Wrestling Style: Part technical, part high-flying, and part whatever I have to do to get the victory.
- Gear: I don't wear anything in particular now. Back in my "masked days", I used to wear an all-black catsuit. Now I wear whatever strikes my mood at the time. Usually it's a hot two-piece outfit or sexy, shiny tights.
- Titles Held: None yet. But you can bet I'll be shooting for the WWE Women's Title soon!
- Biggest Win: I'd say it was my very first singles match in AWF against Tracy Brooks.
- Worst Loss: When I wrestled Tracy in an important title match and lost to her.
- Favorite Type of Match: Singles competition mostly, but I also enjoy mixed tag matches.
- Favorite Moves/Holds: Anything that is high-flying. I like taking big bumps, too. :)
- Finisher: Nothing specific. Whatever move I use, I'm happy with it so long as it does its job and finishes-off my opponent.
- Biggest Allies: At this point in my career, I've learned that you can't be allied with anyone too closely, because you never know what might happen. I pretty much rely on my own wits to carry me through.
- Most-Hated Enemies: Can I list everybody? Here's the way I look at it: whoever stands between me and the title I'm shooting for...I consider an enemy!
- Career Highlight: There have been a few. My very first singles win was a thrill. Being signed by the WWE and getting to meet all the Superstars has definitely been a thrill. Also, competing in my very first WWE event. Things are happening so fast now, I feel like there is a new highlight almost every day.
- Favorite Wrestlers: There are so many. But I really like Chris Benoit, Jeff Hardy and Molly Holly.
- Wrestling Ambition: Well, my ambition had always been to make it to the WWE. Now I'd have to say that the next logical step is to go after the Women's Title!
Felina's Personal Notes...
If you're looking for all those cute little facts, hobbies and tid-bits about me like the other wrestlers have on their profiles...get lost! The fact is, my life revolves around wrestling and that's what takes up all my time and energy. When I'm not actually in the ring, I do things that will make me better in this business. Weight training is one of them. Do you think I got this body from sitting in front of the television set watching Monday Night Raw with a bag of Doritos?! After weight training, I like to get involved with various other sports. I find that they help me to improve my physical conditioning, reflexes and overall health. So don't ask me what my "favorite color" is unless you want to find yourself laid out flat on the floor!
Essential Felina Links...
- Visit Felina at her personal Web site... : Felina "Queen Of The Cats"