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Hi Richard, On Jan 9, 2013, at 1:38 AM, Richard Wallis <firstname.lastname@example.com<mailto:email@example.com>> wrote: Starting from the point of view that most of the 'real' types of things we want to describe could have fictional equivalents – fictional people (characters), fictional organisations, fictional places, fictional products, fictional automobiles, fictional planets, fictional fizzy drinks, fictional races, fictional religions, fictional songs, ...., .... I am thinking perhaps a more generic solution might be appropriate. What about a FictionalThing type. Probably a sub-type of Intangible, having createdIn and referencedIn properties both having an expected type of CreativeWork. To describe something as fictional you would only have to add FictionalThing as an alternativeType, or add a typeOf attribute in RDFa. That way we would not have to invent a new type for every new thing that we find a fictional instance for. I agree that there's a more general need here, and that anything could be fictional, but I think just adding another type doesn't really solve the problem. From my understanding of RDFS, if I have a subject with two different types, then I'm really saying that the properties associated with this subject are the intersection of those two types. It actually is sort of the reverse of this based on rdfs:domain and rdfs:range semantics. If I say the following: schema:actor a rdf:Property rdfs:domain schema:Person, schema:FictionalThing . What I'm saying is that the property is on _both_ schema:Person and schema:FictionalThing. In general, I don't want 'actor' to be a property of either schema:Person or schema:Thing. Dan's introduced the notion of schema:rangeIncludes to address this problem, but the semantics haven't entirely been worked out yet. This issue is, is there a similar schema:typeIncludes that uses something closer to owl:unionOf semantics. But, using schema:additionalType (or @typeof with RDFa) won't do this, AFAIK. The way I had actually modeled Character for Wikia was closer to the following: wikia:Character a owl:Class rdfs:subClassOf [ a owl:Class; owl:unionOf schema:CreativeWork, schema:Person ] . This basically allows me to define properties on wikia:Character that done "infect" schema:Person or schema:CreativeWork. Gregg ~Richard. On 09/01/2013 02:04, "Jason Douglas" <email@example.com<x-msg://firstname.lastname@example.com>> wrote: On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Gregg Kellogg <firstname.lastname@example.com<x-msg://email@example.com>> wrote: On Jan 8, 2013, at 5:43 PM, Jason Douglas <firstname.lastname@example.com<x-msg://firstname.lastname@example.com>> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Gregg Kellogg <email@example.com<x-msg://email@example.com>> wrote: > TL:DR: propose adding schema:Character, schema:Location, and schema:FictionalLocation classes, along with a schema:character property. > > In the work I'm doing with Wikia, we're using extensions to schema.org<http://schema.org> <http://schema.org<http://schema.org/>> to add structure to Wiki content. Wikia hosts hundreds of thousands of wiki's, mostly related to special-interest subjects. Important classes of these include sites about Movies, TV Shows/Series and Video Games. > > Cool!! > > > The schema.org<http://schema.org> <http://schema.org<http://schema.org/>> vocabulary is pretty useful in doing this but lacks some important properties and types: > > Character class: a Character is a subclass of Person, which is intended to represent some fictional character. This could include fictional human characters, such as Sam Spade, as well as non-human characters, such as "The Cat in the Hat". As such, it could also be considered to be a union of schema:CreativeWork and schema:Person. Alternatively, it may simply be a sub-class of Creative Work which simply has some properties in common with Person (birthDate, colleague, gender, ...). Note that books can also have characters. > > Character property: An important characteristic of things such as movies, and TV shows is the characters that are in them. For instance, TVEpisode has actor, director, producer and so forth, but no way to indicate the characters that are in the show. Here is where having Character class comes in handy, so that you might have the following: > > <http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Where_No_Man_Has_Gone_Before_(episode)> > a schema:TVEpisode; > schema:name "Where No Man Has Gone Before"@en; > schema:partOfTVSeries <http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series>; > schema:character <http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/James_T._Kirk>; > schema:actor <http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/William_Shatner> . > > One downside of this is that when you have multiple characters you lose the ability to correlate the actor to the character. In the example below, I set schema:actor on the character ah, missed that. , but it's obviously loosing some temporal information. More complex modeling can be more accurate, but within the context of a single graph (e.g., for a specific episode), we can probably simplify it that there is a signal actor for each character, or at least a set of actors. > An alternative, that Freebase uses, is to create a class for Performance, that has the properties of character (expects Character has you defined) and actor (which works the same as actor on today). This is sort of like an Event, which acts to join various elements together (characters and actors in this case), perhaps along with elements such as scenes and locations. I like the idea of having a Performance class, but there may be times when simpler modeling works. > Connecting that to TVEpisode could be done with either a new "performance" property or by making actor accept Person or Performance. > > > <http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/James_T._Kirk> a schema:Character > schema:name "James T. Kirk"; > schema:birthDate "2233-03-22"^^xsd:date; > schema:deathDate "2371"^^xsd:gYear; > schema:actor <http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/William_Shatner> . > > Another class of properties generally useful for works of media classes is Location. A schema:Location class could be a sub-class of schema:Place, intended to describe locations that might not be real, or not at least not having geographic coordinates you can get to using Goole Maps. A location could also be a Fictional Location, such as Middle Earth. > > Lastly, many wiki's concern themselves with Video Games, which have quite deep structure. Logically, a Video Game is probably a sub-class of schema:SoftwareApplication. Of course, there are many other things that could be modeled on video games, such as levels, objectives and weapons, but having a concrete class for describing them would be quite useful. > > Since the Wikia communities are the real domain experts here do you think there's any chance they could enumerate these in a public schema.org<http://schema.org> <http://schema.org<http://schema.org/>> extension proposal? This post was an attempt to get that started, and the most obvious missing pieces are for Character and Location, along with the character relationship. Agreed, those are needed incremental additions. Video Games is a deeper subject, and we can share the work we're doing, but it will be a more substantive proposal. I'd really like to use it to get a conversation with other people who have worked on modeling games. Our current focus has been on linear first-person shooter style games, but much of the work carries over to open-world/parallel mission environments too. We'll come back with more on this in the future. Yeah, Video Games is where I was hoping for a more "substantive proposal" as you say. Sounds good. Gregg > -jason > > > Gregg Kellogg > firstname.lastname@example.com<x-msg://email@example.com> > > >Received on Wednesday, 9 January 2013 21:15:28 UTC
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REGENERATING THE GREEN CHILD By Rosemary MacGregor
One of the strongest motivations for eco-tourism should be the influences it can have on our children. Here at the Mango Tree SPA we were visited by a top CEO from ECO Securities, the top carbon reducing company in the world. I asked this CEO what was the best way to change people's behavior and thinking on "going green". His answered saying we have to educate the children. Whether this is taught in the schools or Cub or Girl Scouts, these children will be the shepherds of the future.
In their wide-eyed innocence they will go home and ask, "Mom, we learned about recycling today. Do we do that?" If allowed, they will then either: teach, insist or correct the home behavior. Unfortunately, culture and population growth have been producing a succession of generations with less and less regard for nature. Also, there is less and less nature in many places to be appreciated.
Appreciation comes from being in Nature and the first five years of one's life are vital for brain development. In those early years the brain is deciding which neurons to keep and which to discard… "Use it or loose it" as they say. Do we want our children to have brains that are global and one with the world or segmented into "Lego" or "Barbie" mentality? Toys, kinds of play and exposure are critical. The early environment that provides a rich-multi-sensory experience allows the brain to develop its integrative capacities….integration and regulation of sensory information. Pleasurable experiences are the catalyst in developing the biological foundation for emotional-social-sexual intelligence. Brain growth is truly experience dependent. A change in your environment equals a change in the brain. Our body evolved in a rich multi-sensory natural environment and expects to be fed rich multi-sensory experiences. Three dimensional experiences enrich the brain's development significantly over a two dimensional symbolic abstract screen (computers and TV). Today's graduates in terms of social, emotional and imaginative capacities are no match for the graduates of earlier generations. They are sensorially deprived.
I grew up in the tropical jungles of Sumatra, Indonesia. Our typical day was as follows: We got up when we felt like it (usually around 7), had a good healthy breakfast, spent 1 ½ hours in our home schooling course, Calvert School out of Maryland, went to the Club pool until lunch time, came home, had a big lunch, and when our parents took a nap around one pm, we kids got together to invent, play and explore. This was our time and we did everything from playing canasta with 12 decks to slipping through the tiger grass outside our home to go down to the stream to find new species of tropical fish to bring home to our fish tank.
In the afternoon our father came home from work and we had tea like the British out in our outdoor teahouse. Then we went for a family game of golf. We did not have television. The clubhouse offered two movies a week, Wednesday night and Saturday. As a large social group we met on those nights at the club house for dinner (we all chipped in) and then watched whichever movie we had been sent. It could have been Hop-a-long Cassidy or Ben Hur. That didn't matter. We were a social entity enjoying and laughing at the craziness or wonder of the movie.
We lived in nature. My father was a rubber planter for Goodyear rubber and our home was surrounded by huge trees covered with orchids and our yard was full of tropical flowers. What are my favorite memories of my childhood? They are not television, recess, my computer or my Ipod. They are my experiences in nature: the pool in the jungle, my little 1 yard square garden my dad helped me develop, my chickens, "Donald" the white duck that followed me around, the tree we climb and held meetings in, the wonder of the new orchid my Dad grew. And yes, even picking leeches off ourselves, trying to avoid snakes, centipedes and other creepy insects, being at awe at the tiger tracks in our backyard banana patch, experiencing thunder and lightening, collecting huge toads in a pond, observing frog eggs hatch into pollywogs, waiting for the chickens to hatch and so on. I remember them all, good, bad, and scary and appreciate each for the lesson it taught. To this day these are my stories.
Our family time consisted of bicycling into the jungle via dirt roads, going with our father to discover a pool laced in the jungle undergrowth, playing golf, building things from scratch, and improvising.
In our modern society, the experiences of nature are vanishing. What can you do? While there are many options from joining nature organizations, green movements, taking a nature break, moving to a nature place, influencing your schools to teach nature curriculums, doing a family nature adventure each weekend, this article is about living in Nature or taking a Nature vacation.
Due to my childhood experience in Sumatra, I found I greatly missed the "green" in my life. In 2004-2006 I sold everything and moved to Costa Rica. I feel in love and mostly with the opportunity to return to be able to relive the moments in my life of my greatest happiness's.
Tres Rios de Coronado on the South Coast is a place that embodies that natural genius of my childhood, a place of natural spirit and spirits. I am an adult now (in years at least) and yet I am back in the wonder of my gardens, the sometimes roaring river below me after a heavy rain, the many animal sounds that bless my soul from morning to night, and in fact, all night. We are constantly in wonder as to what bug is making this or that noise. One of my favorite things to do is to delve into search expeditions (with the spirit of the young at heart) for that different or unusual flower, fern or plant for my collection. We enjoy walking the beaches and exploring the caves at low tide or snorkeling off Caño Island, one of the best places in the world to snorkel. This is of course, after a boat ride through 25 miles of the world's third largest mangrove area in the world and seeing the bats on trees, snakes, and caiman on the banks, unusual birds and thick jungles off to the OSA Peninsula side. After the mangroves, there is the experience of crossing the bar from river to ocean and then hoping to see the giant turtles pass the boat as well as pods of dolphins, maybe even a humpback whale. For the brave, jumping into the ocean waters and swimming in the ocean 50 miles off the coast. For those lovers of fresh mountain waters, climbing up one of our numerous rivers (Tres Rios) through boulders to discover as one climbs further and further up, natural river pools and bigger and bigger waterfalls.
I have barely touched on the positive activities for children and adults that are available here. There are many more, such as zip-lining through the jungle canopy, river-rafting, ocean fishing, eating and exploring new food in the markets, horseback ridding up into the hills or along the beaches, and visiting to open aired fresh produce markets.
We live much off our land as well. Our foods are fresh and whole. We have: pineapples, papaya, guyaba, avocado, cashew, lemon/orange trees, water apple, rambutan, and yucca plants. There are numerous plants that offer us cures for many ailments as well. I have not seen a child in Costa Rica with a runny nose. My worker's son, at age 6 went to the local school for kinder-garden and was never sick the whole year. This is the land of health and longevity.
I have observed several gutsy families who have brought their children to raise them in this environment and decided to home-school them. I am amazed at the intelligence of these children. One of my friend's child who is 11 years old has purchased 10 goats and is learning animal husbandry, simple veterinary skills, how to make goat cheese and simply being responsible. Another couple with two young girls ages 6 and 8 takes her children on endless adventure outings from zip-lining to botanical garden experiences. I observed these two girls and their two American friends who came to visit zipping out away from us full of confidence playing Tarzan over the canopy floor. I pictured the poor child in civilization being hand-held and guarded by their parents for fear of being kidnapped, being run over by a car or whatever else they need to be protected from.
Outdoor activity in other environments has taken a back seat today to television, video games, the computer, and a demanding work schedule. Solution: Change your life and the way you are living it. Get outdoors, travel, camp, explore, create outdoor hobbies, garden and so on. Be one with nature!
We welcome your visit to the Mango Tree Ecologe and SPA. Come and enjoy nature at its best. Immerse yourself in the Natural environment. Experience reduced stress, rest, relaxation, healthy food, clean air, mountain spring water, natural exploration, play and great food. You will have an unforgettable experience.
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Some of the tech world's biggest names will huddle today with President Trump for the first meeting of the American Technology Council.
Born of an executive order Trump signed in May, the group of CEOs from Silicon Valley and beyond will tackle a wide-ranging agenda, providing the president and Vice President Mike Pence with input on subjects including H-1B visas, ways to modernize the federal technology infrastructure and how to bolster's the nation's defense against cyber attacks.
Two names, however, will be noticeably absent: Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who stepped down from two of Trump's other advisory councils after the president pulled out of the Paris climate accord, and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, currently on leave from the troubled ride-hailing startup.
Here's what you need to know about the meeting:
- One of the more controversial items on the agenda will be the H-1B program, which Trump's team has said is used by Silicon Valey to import cheap labor while cutting job opportunities for U.S. citizens.
- CEOs and other top tech leaders from 18 companies are expected to attend, including Apple's Tim Cook, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Microsoft's Satya Nadella, along with VC Peter Thiel with Founders Fund and Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google parent Alphabet.
- While the CEOs have agreed to sit down with Trump, the tension could be palpable: Trump upset a number of tech titans recently when he pulled the U.S. out of the Paris agreement, drawing public criticism from Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Google's Sundar Pichai and outgoing General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt.
- Various reports suggest that Cook, for one, will bring up four issues during the meeting, including immigration's impact on the tech workforce, the importance of protecting strong encryption, improving services for veterans and making sure human rights remains a top-of-mind focus for the Trump administration.
- Trump will solicit ideas from Adobe, IBM, Intel and others on how the federal government can use tech in smarter ways to cut costs; the White House reportedly believes that it can use technology to cut a trillion dollars from the government budget over the next 10 years.
- The tech council is being skippered by Jared Kushner, the president's senior adviser and son-in-law.
- Monday's meeting is the kickoff of so-called "tech week," a series of meetings with the tech community that will take place this week and throughout the entire month of June.
- Recode reported that on June 22 the White House will host a meeting with another group of experts who'll focus on drones, driverless cars and the 5G wireless technologies that power the "Internet of Things;" that meeting is being organized by the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the White House's leading research arm, which has sent out invites to 30 companies, including Amazon, Google and Intel.
Here are some of the other CEOs slated to attend:
- Ajay Banga, CEO of MasterCard
- Zachary Bookman, CEO of OpenGov
- Safra Catz, co-chief executive of Oracle
- John Doerr, chairman of Kleiner Perkins
- Pat Gelsinger, CEO of VMware
- Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir
- Brian Krzanich, CEO of Intel
- Tom Leighton, CEO of Akamai
- Bill McDermott, CEO of SAP
- Steven Mollenkopf, CEO of Qualcomm
- Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe
- Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM
- Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture
Photo: Left to right, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Alphabet CEO Larry Page, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Vice President-elect Mike Pence and President-elect Donald Trump during a meeting of technology executives at Trump Tower, Dec. 14, 2016 in New York City. Another tech meeting is happening Monday at the White House. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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Did you love Gregory Waller as the pleasure addicted prime minister Zynth in Rue? Fall for his smooth talking Fortune Clay in Angel Eaters? The check out his work in One Year Lease's current production of The Bald Soprano. You will surely see some Fluxers, myself included, in the audience!


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Give the gift of this stunningly illustrated fairy-tale reimagining from the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of The Wonderful Things You Will Be this holiday season—sure to be a modern classic!
Snow and Rose didn't know they were in a fairy tale. People never do….
Once, they lived in a big house with spectacular gardens and an army of servants.
Once, they had a father and mother who loved them more than the sun and moon.
But that was before their father disappeared into the woods and their mother disappeared into sorrow.
This is the story of two sisters and the enchanted woods that have been waiting for them to break a set of terrible spells.
In Snow & Rose, bestselling author-illustrator Emily Winfield Martin retells the traditional but little-known fairy tale "Snow White and Rose Red." The beautiful full-color illustrations throughout and unusual yet relatable characters will bring readers back to this book again and again.
"The deeper meanings of the [story] do emerge, but the pleasure…is paramount." —The New York Times
Series Overview: Emily's next book is an all-ages picture book, also this season, titled The Imaginaries.Contributor Bio(s)
Emily Winfield Martin is a collector and lover of fairy tales, and the original Grimm's tale of Snow White and Rose Red enchanted and haunted her all her life. She is a painter of real and imaginary things, and the author and illustrator of such books as Dream Animals and The Wonderful Things You Will Be. Emily lives among the giant trees of Portland, Oregon, and if you need her, you might look in the heart of the woods. Visit her online at emilywinfieldmartin.com.
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Call for partnership proposals to host Jazz North's northern line showcase in 2019
We're inviting expressions of interest from festivals, venues and promoters based in the North of England who would like to be the delivery partner for the 2019 edition of the northern line showcase.
Deadline for EOI: 06/08/2018
northern line is Jazz North's flagship scheme to support touring across the North of England. The scheme offers a subsidy towards the artist fees for a selected roster of musicians therefore reducing the financial risk to promoters and encouraging more jazz performances across the region.
For the last 6 years, the annual showcase has presented the latest selection of artists to join the northern line roster in a day-long celebration of high quality and diverse talent. The event offers an open invitation for jazz audiences, alongside promoters and programmers from across the UK to visit, sample the music and learn first-hand about the artists on the scheme.
The showcase has been presented in partnership with manchester jazz festival for the last 5 years and, with their support, has become a key event in the Jazz North calendar. We now want to reimagine what the showcase might look like going forward, and we are looking for proposals for host partners from 2019 onwards.
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text: Type 2 Diabetes Nutrition & Weight Loss Should People With Diabetes Use Low-Calorie Sweeteners? An expert Q&A on the latest research By Barbie Cervoni MS, RD, CDCES, CDN facebook twitter linkedin instagram Barbie Cervoni MS, RD, CDCES, CDN, is a registered dietitian and certified diabetes care and education specialist. Learn about our editorial process Barbie Cervoni MS, RD, CDCES, CDN Medically reviewed by Medically reviewed by Do-Eun Lee, MD on July 29, 2020 linkedin Do-Eun Lee, MD, has been practicing medicine for more than 20 years, and specializes in diabetes, thyroid issues and general endocrinology. She currently has a private practice in Lafayette, CA. Learn about our Medical Review Board Do-Eun Lee, MD on July 29, 2020 Print djedzura/iStock More in Type 2 Diabetes Nutrition & Weight Loss Carbohydrate Counting Meal Planning Symptoms Causes & Risk Factors Diagnosis & Treatment Living With A1c Test Analyzer It's one of the most frequently asked questions when it comes to health, blood glucose (blood sugar), and weight control: should you use sugar substitutes aka artificial sweeteners, low-calorie sweeteners, or non-nutritive sweeteners? Are they safe and can they help you lose weight or reduce blood sugar? Research Overview There have been decades of research on the safety of low-calorie sweeteners (LCS) and whether they can help people lose weight or more easily achieve glucose control. The research has been mixed, some positive and some negative. The truth is that the equation for a healthy eating pattern is one that does not focus solely on any one food or food product. Moderation is key. And when it comes to losing and controlling weight, reducing calories from sugar and refined carbohydrates can help people who have diabetes or are overweight to lose weight and reduce blood sugars. So, if switching from using sugar or regularly sweetened beverages, such as soda, to packets of LCS or diet beverages helps you control your weight and improve your blood sugar, then you may want to consider them. For those of you who are skeptics of LCS, becoming educated on the subject and weighing the pros and cons can help you to make good choices. Being overweight and having uncontrolled diabetes is a threat to your health and it may be advantageous to use products that help you reach your goals. Many studies suggest that people who use LCS are able to lose weight easier, maintain a healthier weight, and control blood sugar levels. An Expert Discussion Hope Warshaw, MMSc, RD, CDE, BC-ADM, weighs in as an expert on the topic. Q: Some studies suggest that LCS promote overeating and eventually weight gain whereas others show when LCS are used as part of a healthy eating and lifestyle plan and can help control weight. Where does the truth lie? A: Before looking at individual studies, here's the bottom line. In viewing the body of research on LCS and body weight, many health associations and experts agree with the conclusions from a scientific statement from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and American Heart Association (AHA): LCS are not a magic bullet for weight loss, but can be one of many tools you can use as part of a complete weight control plan. LCS can help people lower their calorie intake if they don't replace the saved calories with calories from other foods. There have been some conflicting studies, but even more so conflicting headlines. To the research on LCS and weight control—a number of the headlines about LCS, and more specifically diet beverages that contain one or more LCS, have emanated from so-called observational studies. These studies review vast amounts of data from studies, which observe a large group of people and follow myriad lifestyle factors. These studies can make observations but can't confirm cause and effect, for instance, that LCS and/or diet beverages cause weight gain. The reality is that many other factors in a person's food choices and lifestyle can cause weight gain. In a 2013 analysis by Pereira of a number of these observational studies, he concluded that people at risk of weight gain, obesity, and type 2 diabetes (T2D) may be more likely to increase their intake of diet beverages in an attempt to reduce their risk of diabetes and weight-related diseases. A few randomized controlled trials (RCT) have been completed, which show that LCS (particularly when diet beverages replace sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB)) can help people lose a small amount of weight. RCTs are considered the gold standard type of study in which researchers compare a control against one or more study groups to determine the impact of some change. Peters and fellow researchers conducted a 12-week weight control program in about 300 men and women. The study group was instructed to drink 24 ounces per day of diet beverages (any type) and the control was to drink 24 ounces of water per day only. Results showed the diet beverage group lost an average of 13 pounds or 44 percent more than the control group subjects who lost an average of nine pounds. Another RCT by Tate and fellow researchers looked at over 300 overweight adults over six months. The diet beverage and water groups substituted at least two servings per day of their SSB for a diet beverage or water. After six months, the diet beverage drinkers were more likely to reach a five percent weight loss than the water drinkers. One other study from the well-known National Weight Control Registry (NWCR)—a registry of more than 10,000 people who have lost at least 30 pounds and kept it off for at least one year—looked at the consumption of LCS sweetened beverages in over 400 hundred people for seven years. It found 53 percent of participants regularly drank diet beverages and 10 percent regularly used SSB. Nearly 80 percent of participants reported that diet beverages helped them control their calorie intake. Last but not least, a meta-analysis (analysis of many studies) published in 2014 by Miller and Perez found that LCS reduced body weight compared to placebo and modestly, but significantly, reduced body mass index (BMI), fat mass, and waist circumference. In an editorial accompanying this publication, James Hill, PhD, a well-respected obesity researcher stated: "It means that LCS seem to be doing exactly what they were designed to do: helping reduce total energy intake while providing the sweet taste we value…You can confidently use this tool [LCS] without worrying that you might be unintentionally hurting your weight-management efforts." Q: Does one type of low-calorie sweetener impact weight differently than another? A: There is no research to show this. Today, diet drinks are most often sweetened with aspartame (canned and bottled drinks), aspartame and saccharin (fountain soft drinks), aspartame and acesulfame-K, or sucralose. One reason beverage manufacturers may use a blend of LCSs is to take advantage of the different taste profiles of the different LCS to improve overall taste of the product. Q: What does research conclude about LCS and cravings and increasing appetite for sugary foods and sweets? A: This has been another area of contention regarding LCS. The notion seems to be that because LCS are sweeter than sugar, they overstimulate sweet taste receptors and cause sweet cravings which lead people to overeat and gain weight. Several studies refute this notion. For instance, Antenucci and Hayes recruited over 400 people for a series of taste tests. Participants drank between 12 and 15 separate samples containing calorie-containing sweeteners as well as various concentrations of several LCS. Study participants rated the perceived sweetness of each sample. The results showed that participants perceived the sweetness of LCS at lower concentrations than the calorie-containing sweeteners. The researchers concluded that the results don't support the claim that LCS over-stimulate peoples' sweet taste receptors. In addition, three of the studies previously detailed include findings to help answer this question. Peters showed the hunger ratings at 12 weeks increased slightly in the water group and declined slightly in the diet beverage group which resulted in significantly less hunger. An additional analysis of the Tate study by Piernas showed that while both the water and diet beverage drinkers reduced total calories and added sugars intake, the diet beverage group reduced their consumption of desserts more. The researchers conjectured that perhaps diet drinks satisfy the desire for something sweet. The NWCR study showed that nearly 80 percent of participants said that diet beverages helped them control their calorie intake. Bottom line—Rather than increasing cravings, appetite, and hunger, in actuality LCS (either as a sugar substitute or food and beverage) may satisfy people's cravings for sweets and tamp down their hunger. Q: Is it possible for low-calorie sweeteners to affect the gut microbiome in a manner that can cause rises in glucose levels? A: The gut microbiome is the large variety of microorganisms that live in the digestive tracts (the intestines) of animals and humans. Research in this area is accumulating and increasing. The thinking is that maintaining a healthy gut microbiome can play a role in health, disease prevention, and maintaining a healthy weight. The study by Suez and fellow researchers, published in Nature, captured a lot of media attention and made several very broad brushstroke conclusions about the use of all LCS. In reality, the majority of the sub-studies in the paper reported focused on saccharin and a number of them were conducted in mice. It's important to note that, although LCS are in the same category, they are different in origin, composition, and how they're metabolized. This was a very complex paper with many sub-studies within. At this point, some of the key study results have been challenged by respected experts. As is true with a lot of research, additional well-conducted studies will need to be done to further prove this relationship. The findings in this study that aspartame and sucralose, the low-calorie sweeteners in greatest use, raise glucose levels don't concur with the existing body of research. It's worth noting, that to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a food additive and for use by people with diabetes (which they are), research submitted to the FDA for approval must include the studies about the impact of the LCS on glucose levels. Research submitted to FDA for approval as well as additional research in the ensuing years after approval doesn't concur. Overall, studies conducted over the past few decades show that neither aspartame nor sucralose significantly change the gut microbiome or raise blood glucose levels. Most of the animal and human sub-studies reported in the Nature study focused on the impact of saccharin on glucose control. Of interest to people with diabetes is that saccharin has been in use for more than 100 years and for many years was the only choice available. To date, there are a few animal studies which indicate saccharin in high doses may change the gut microbiome. Data from human studies on this topic are insufficient and less clear. Bottom line—Further research is important, but a dramatic impact of even moderate saccharin use on the gut microbiome or glucose levels appears highly unlikely. Q: What are the recommendations about LCS from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and other organizations? A: In November 2013, the ADA published an update to their nutrition recommendations for adults with diabetes. In this position statement, which reviewed many nutrition related topics, the ADA statement reads: "Use of nonnutritive sweeteners [LCS] has the potential to reduce overall calorie and carbohydrate intake if substituted for caloric sweeteners without compensation by intake of additional calories from other sources." Regarding the impact of LCS on glucose levels, the ADA concluded in these nutrition recommendations that existing research shows that LCSs don't cause a glucose rise unless the LCS is consumed in a food or beverage with other calorie containing ingredients. For example, that would be a yogurt or hot cocoa sweetened with an LCS. In contrast, diet beverages generally contain no calories. Bottom line—LCS don't cause a glucose rise unless the LCS is consumed in a food or beverage with other calorie containing ingredients. Q: How much LCS do people in general and people with diabetes specifically consume? A: When it comes to "safe" amounts of LCS to consume, research shows that people, on average, consume nowhere close to what is called the Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI). This includes people with diabetes, who may be the highest consumers of LCS. ADI is defined by the FDA and other regulatory agencies around the world as the amount of an LCS that a person can consume every day of their life with no safety concerns. The ADI is based on the wide range of animal studies required for approval and is based on a one hundred fold safety factor from what's called the highest no adverse effect level. Let's look at aspartame for an example. The FDA ADI for aspartame is 50 mg/kg of body weight/day. This amount would be equal to using 97 packets of an aspartame-containing LCS each day over a person's lifetime. Yet, the Estimated Daily Intake (EDI) for aspartame was found to be six percent of ADI in the general adult population. EDI is defined as an estimation of the amount of the ingredient consumed if it were substituted for sugar in 100 percent of all possible foods and beverages. The FDA requires extensive research on LCS prior to allowing LCS on the market. Generally speaking, LCS are approved for use by the entire general population. This includes children, pregnant and breastfeeding woman and people with diabetes. Q: What is useful information for a person who is overweight and at risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) or someone with T2D regarding the most important actions they can take regarding their eating plan and long term health? A: It's clear from the research and the nutrition recommendations from the ADA that the most important actions a person at risk of T2D (prediabetes) or with T2D can do to prevent or slow the diagnosis (of prediabetes) or slow the progression of T2D at or just after diagnosis is to lose about five or seven percent of initial body weight and keep off as much of that weight as possible—a tall task for sure! This should be achieved by eating fewer calories, choosing healthy foods, and being physically active (this includes aerobic activity, resistance training, and reducing sedentary behavior). In addition, it's critical that people get and keep their glucose, blood pressure, and blood lipids under control initially and over time. Hitting these targets or those that you and your provider decide on can give you your best shot at staying healthy and minimizing complications over time. Today, we know control of diabetes is more than just controlling blood glucose levels. As for the use of LCS, whether to replace sugar in hot or cold beverages or in foods, my recommendation is to take advantage of these products to support your efforts to lose weight. Keep those pounds off and consume fewer grams of less healthy carbohydrates (fewer refined grains, sweets, and sugary foods) and added sugars, particularly from beverages. Bottom line—Go beyond the headlines! Be sure to read the details of any new study on LCS and fit the new findings from that study into the existing body of research. Keep in mind that LCSs have been studied for decades and the ones that are approved for use in the U.S. and around the globe have gone through significant regulatory scrutiny prior to coming to market. Plus, review doesn't end there. Regulatory agencies around the globe continue to review the research and their use over time. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! We know healthy eating is key to help manage diabetes, but that doesn't make it easy. Our free nutrition guide is here to help. Sign up and receive your free copy! Sign Up You're in! Thank you, {{form.email}}, for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. What are your concerns? Other Inaccurate Hard to Understand Submit Article Sources Verywell Health uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read our editorial process to learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy. Miller PE, Perez V. Low-calorie sweeteners and body weight and composition: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and prospective cohort studies. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2014. Tate D, et al. Replacing caloric beverages with water or diet beverages for weight loss in adults: the main result of the Choose Healthy Options Consciously Everyday (CHOICE) randomized control trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2012;95:555-563. Catenacci V, Pan Z, et al: Low/No Calorie Sweetened Beverage Consumption in National Weight Control Registry. Obesity. e-pub: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/oby.20834/full Pereira MA. Diet Beverages and the risk of obesity, diabetes and CVD: A review of the evidence. Nutr Rev. 2013;71(7):433-440. Peters JC, et al. The effects of water and non-nutritive sweetened beverages on weight loss during a 12-week weight loss treatment program. Obesity Journal. 2014;22(6):1415-21. (Link to article: http://anschutz.new-media-release.com/study/downloads/oby20737_NNS_study.pdf) Suez J, Korem T, et al. Artificial sweeteners induce glucose intolerance by altering the gut microbiota. Nature, 2014.


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From the moment he arrived two Sundays ago, Kendrys Morales has been telling Twins manager Ron Gardenhire his glove was ready to go.
For Saturday's game against the White Sox, Gardenhire finally took Morales up on his offer.
Joe Mauer was in the lineup at designated hitter, while Morales was playing first base and batting cleanup.
"It's been a long time since I've played first base, but I'm ready," Morales said. "I take ground balls every day in case Mauer gets a day off or is DH. I know Mauer is the first baseman, but I'm ready."
Morales handled himself just fine, fielding the only ball hit his way (Alexei Ramirez's broken-bat grounder in the fifth) and positioning himself properly with the help of infield coach Paul Molitor.
With a run-scoring single in the fifth, Morales also broke an 0-for-21 slide and said playing the field helped him relax.
"I think I need to play more out there, maybe two times a week," he said. "That's good for me and for my (left) ankle too, more motion. I'm feeling good right now."
Morales wore a bag of ice on his ankle after Saturday's win, but he walked without a limp and was in generally excellent spirits. He even got a chance to chat at first base with White Sox slugger Jose Abreu, who played under the same youth coach (Julio Aguada) that taught Morales the game from the age of 6 in Cuba.
Morales had last played first from Sept. 13-15, all three games of an interleague series at St. Louis. He last played the field in an American League game on Aug. 31 at Houston.
Morales, who turned 31 Friday, was the regular first baseman for the Los Angeles Angels in 2009-10 before breaking his ankle in a freak accident in May 2010. The past two seasons with the Angels and Seattle Mariners, the right-handed thrower has made a combined 59 starts at first, posting a combined Defensive Runs Saved of minus-3.
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Morales reiterated his offer to play first whenever the skipper needs him to.
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Tuesday, 26 June 2012
VHS Dream
Mega muffle pop from Norway's VHS Dream. Firmly wearing their love for Deerhunter on their sleeves, this first release is a glorious and engaging oddity.
VHS DREAM - Tired by VHS Dream
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Wednesday, 20 June 2012
A choice cut of Gold Pandaesque electronica from Portugese born Utrecht based producer Lasers.
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Monday, 18 June 2012
World Tour
From the Korallreven school of floaty, balearic tinged dream pop, World Tour follow up their Believe EP with another gem. World Tour - Forever Tonight by Emotion
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Friday, 15 June 2012
Wild Eyes
More wildness today, this time from Wild Eyes, whose Debut EP is all driving squall but with some delicious hooks.
04 Summer by Wild Eyes
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Thursday, 14 June 2012
Wild Nothing
Mild rejoicing was triggered this morning with the announcement of a new album from Wild Nothing...here is the first available track from it. Wild Nothing - Shadow by Bella Union
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Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Sad City
We're a bit slow on the uptake with Sad City, whose track Night Time Trails is reminiscent of superb French producer Colder.
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Monday, 11 June 2012
Port St. Willow
Coming on like The Antlers circa Hospice only far less morose, Port St. Willow peddle a beautiful line in atmospherics.
Consumed by Port St. Willow
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Friday, 8 June 2012
Vintage Dream Pop from Vancouver in the shape of Village. Nowhere by Village (band) Claustro by Village (band)
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Thursday, 7 June 2012
Humongous, driving electro here from Churches, of the musical hotbed of Glasgow. A pop sensibility paired with superior production.
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Friday, 1 June 2012
Guest Mix #2 - The Electric Sons
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I almost missed this, by not keeping up with NPR Science Friday. Last week there was a short spot on ... get this... rock and roll musicians plugging science. And not just on an NPR blurb but they are doing it on TV in order to hit a huge audience. The web page (below) says in big letters on it: "Who is Your Favorite Geek"? and I don't know how many times I heard, to the sound of background music "My Robot is Better Than Your Robot". And yes they say "programming" is a cool thing - science includes computing for sure and it gets you hopping...you can't help it.
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I'm sorry, I haven't blogged for a long time. I hope to start again very soon, but until then, enjoy the archives!
Here's a list of some of the articles I've written over the past few years that are avaliable to view for free on the internet. I haven't bothered to list the ones that you can't access for free!!
A breif theology of anger (FNT 2010)
Book Review: The good man Jesus and the scoundrel Christ (EA 2010)
Facebook (FNT 2007)
Fear of aliens, fear of God (FNT 2010)
God's presence in Haiti (FNT 2010)
Imagining that Jesus is Lord (FNT 2010)
How do we share the Gospel with those with different beliefs? (idea, Sep-Oct 2010, page 28)
How theologically sound is it to make a pact with God? (idea, Jul-Aug 2010, page 28)
Is God punishing Jade? (FNT 2007)
People say that God will guide us. But why does He never seem to guide me? (idea, Mar-Apr 2010, page 28)
Religion, a get out of jail free card? (FNT 2010)
Respect, compromise and the pursuit of religious liberty (FNT 2010)
Rev (FNT 2010)
Sport relief (FNT 2010)
Striking justice (FNT 2010)
Tax avoidance (FNT 2010)
Tears, questions and theology (FNT 2010)
The demise of reliability (FNT 2010)
The problem of us vs them (FNT 2010)
Why do we sing songs that say God is beautiful? (idea, May-Jun 2010, page 28)


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Traditionally treated as an annual, Bishop's Weed is a long time relative of the carrot are really quite showy in any garden.
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across the RA Collection
or do an advanced search in
exhibition catalogues,
Henry Hugh Armstead RA
Studies for the effigy of Archdeacon Moore, for Lichfield Cathedral, ca. 1879
Pen and ink over pencil on cream wove paper
Study for the effigy of Archdeacon Moore, for Lichfield Cathedral, ca. 1879
Thomas Banks RA
Anatomical Crucifixion (James Legg), 1801
Plaster cast, early 19th century
Sir Frank Brangwyn RA
Still-life: Fish, Early 20th century?
Oil on canvas
Robert Buhler RA
The Anatomy Lesson, or the Death of Art Schools, 1960s
Peter Coker RA
Sheep Carcases on a Bench, 1955
Oil on board
George Dance RA
Head of a ghostly figure
Pencil on cream laid paper
John Gibson RA
Nymphs Carrying the Body of Phaeton to the Tomb
Pen and ink and wash over pencil on wove paper
Antigone discovered over the dead body of her brother
Achilles and Penthesilea, c.1850
Pen and ink over pencil on off white wove paper
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Study of a skull, 24th March 1859
Pen and black ink with wash on cream wove paper
Emily Gwynne-Jones
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Siegfried and Fafner, LXIII
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Louis Joseph Le Lorrain
The Death of Cleopatra, 1742?
Howard Pyle
'But Lancelot mused a little space; / He said, 'She has a lovely face; / God in his mercy lend her grace, / The Lady of Shalott.'
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Philip Reinagle RA
Eagle and Vulture disputing with a Hyena, ca. 1801
Attributed to Jacob Schijnvoet
Parts of the skull, relating to Cheselden's Osteographia, by 1733
Pen and ink with wash on laid paper
Human skull with detached lower jaw and teeth, relating to Cheselden's Osteographia, by 1733
Pen and ink with wash over pencil on laid paper
Charles Hamilton Smith
Costume of a Saxon Chief
Hand-coloured etching with aquatint
Ruskin Spear RA
Mackerel, 1943
Oil on paper marouflaged to board
Jose Suarez
Still Life, ?1970s
After Unknown maker
Figure of Christ from Michelangelo's 'Pieta', early 19th century
Plaster cast
Thomas Uwins RA
The House of Mourning, 1836
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Saturday, 17 December 2016
quick tags
two very quick - and very last-minute!- tags to show today.
I used white tags, as they were handy - for this one, a blue tag would have been even quicker.
I just stamped the larger snowflakes from the winter edges set across the top of the tag using versamark and embossed with white EP., then sponged chipped sapphire distress ink across the tag.
Of course, if you have a pristine versamark pad, you can just emboss with clear powder,but all mine are varying shades of grey, so white powder it was......
Second tag uses the bells from a child is born, stamped with black versafine and clear embossed. Coloured with watercolour pencils and a waterbrush, with the green of the pine needles brushed out around the bells.
Hope you are all more up-to-date for Christmas than I am, I still have cards to make and post, but at least I have the stamps ready (both rubber and postage)
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Beautiful, quick and very effective.ReplyDelete
Beautiful tags, lovely designs and colours, fab inspiration thank you Veronica, Kate xReplyDelete
This blue and white tag is so pretty, and I love the white embossed snowflakes which are a great contrast to that strong blue. I have still got cards to make and post too, so simple is the way to go for me. xReplyDelete
They're lovely, the blue one is so striking.ReplyDelete
Adorable tag, quick but so impressive!ReplyDelete
I still am busy doing cards, I love tags, funny how at times you just need that little bit of inspiration, to kick start you again, thanks for sharing Lesley, a few tags about to be born I think xxReplyDelete
Makes such an impact! And that only with white and blue!ReplyDelete
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He hangs poets from a scaffold. Update from a reader, who cautions:
This is based on a report by a known fabricator named Amir Taheri, the guy who wrote the infamous story about Iran requiring Jews to wear yellow stars.
I don't know if the hanging story is true or not, but my guess is Rouhani didn't have much to do with this. One account from a rights group I found said the intel ministry carried it out, which would be under the Supreme Leader's purview, not Rouhani's. That doesn't excuse the act, of course, or Rouhani's place in that system, but that's not the same as him "ordering" it.
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I am an Iranian-Canadian graduate student and this is the first time I'm e-mailing the Dish. I think it is important to note that the President of Iran (Rouhani) does not order executions. That is in the domain of the Judiciary branch of government (run by Sadeq Larijani under the supervision of Ayatollah Khomeini). The correct title for this post should have been "The Other Side of The Islamic Republic", as there is still a lot of human rights violations in Iran and the President has very little say in preventing them. To blame these vicious executions on Rouhani is naive as it ignores the internal power dynamics within the country. I'm not saying Rouhani has no responsibility for trying to stop or reduce these cases, but to outright blame him for ordering the executions is not fair.


text: Over 800,000 minority Tutsis were massacred in one of Africa's worst racial conflicts [AP] Over 800,000 Tutsis were massacred by majority Hutus in one of Africa's worst racial conflicts. At a hearing at a Westminster magistrates' court, Nteziryayo was remanded in custody until January 5. Bajinya, Munyaneza and Ugirashebuja were remanded until a further court appearance on January 26, a Crown Prosecution Service spokeswoman said. Prosecutors alleged that Munyaneza, 48, Ugirashebuja, 53 and Nteziryayo, 44, had been local mayors with sweeping powers in their areas while Bajinya, 45, was accused of having been a militia coordinator in the capital Kigali. All four men deny the accusations against them. Under an agreement between Britain and Rwanda, revealed in court for the first time on Friday, the men would not be given the death penalty if they were convicted. The massacre took place in the spring of 1994 as gangs of machete-wielding Hutus roamed the country slaughtering not only ethnic Tutsis but also moderate members of their own race while the outside world simply stood by. Rwanda began holding trials 10 years ago in connection with the genocide. Earlier this month a United Nations court trying leaders of the genocide sentenced a former Catholic priest to 15 years in jail for ordering bulldozers to flatten a church in which 2,000 Tutsis were taking refuge. Father Athanese Seromba had denied the charges. He was the 27th person to be convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. The process took on a new twist last month when a French anti-terrorism judge called for Paul Kagame, the Rwandan president, to stand trial for the shooting down of a plane carrying then President Juvenal Habyarimana that triggered the genocide. Kigali has ridiculed the accusations, cut diplomatic ties and accused France of trying to cover what it says is its own guilt over the massacre. SOURCE: Agencies


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Research your company in more than one company research database. When looking into the internal environment of a company and attempting to identify strengths and weaknesses, a good starting point would be to search for the company in the company databases listed below. Each database presents information from different sources or in a different manner— You may find a great SWOT analysis in one, a comprehensive focus on financials in another, in-depth executive profiles in yet another database, and so on.
Find current news and in-depth studies on your company in article databases. While many of the company research databases feature articles and current news about a company (Nexis Uni and Business Insights: Essentials are especially strong in this area), you should also research your company in business article and multidisciplinary article databases to increase your understanding of the company and awareness of news about the company.
Use the Advanced Search feature in company databases to create lists of companies by industry code (such as NAICS code) and other criteria. Company databases Mergent Intellect, ReferenceUSA, and Nexis Uni are a few of the databases that can be used to create lists of companies by industry code, geography, sales, number of employees, and other criteria.
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Last week we posted a blog looking at how people in construction see one another. The blog sparked a lot of comments mostly positive, though one with a word of caution. We thought that this was an important point and decided to take the opportunity to explain why we think we need to look at how we view other people in order to affect the way we treat them.
Love it, thanks! Might use this as part of training for our access group trainees!Flick Harrris
Most of us know how difficult life is, how much pressure we are under and what could be done to make life easier if only other people took the time to empathise with our situation. Unfortunately, we do not always afford the same considerations to others and this means we can fail to see the pressure, and even stress, that they are under; this is especially true in sectors where there are a lot of roles set out in a confrontational format – like in the built environment. Here we have separate individuals and companies with different priorities (aesthetics, finance, structure, construction, environment, etc.) in order to arrive at the end product. Of course, each perceives their role to be the most important, which can get in the way of us all working together.
All too true, unfortunately. Whatever happened to working together? AND understanding that if one of the "team" working for the Client, either directly, or indirectly, fails, then ALL fail? Jim Kingston
The only way around this is communication and working together as one – for the project, not the individual roles within it, but as we know procurement routes are sometimes set up to work against this model. Worse still, companies frequently are too – with separate targets for different departments (e.g. quantity surveying and construction), so we probably need to make the effort ourselves. Having spent a year as a QS before becoming a Setting-out Engineer, I understood the importance of
Funny, you could take these same photos, and do the same with many occupations. Great points, though, in that we all think our piece of the puzzle is the most important. We think that we perform best and that other partners are not holding up there part of the bargain Sally Boven
Very amusing, due to more than a hint of truth running through it. We all carry prejudice with us every day. In my experience though sub-contractors are treated akin to Dobbie almost universally!
We do tend to generalise our view of individuals according to their role, but should we? Generalisations are a negative influence and representative of lazy-thinking – we should seek to challenge them wherever and whenever we find them. Sheryl Curran
So why not put aside some time each week, or month as I know we are all busy right now, to help a colleague understand a little more about your role, and how you can work together to meet both of your objectives. I always found giving an hour to someone else usually paid me back in more time saved elsewhere.


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How do you know if your eggs are fresh or bad? Eggs are like yogurt…you shrug your shoulders and trust the manufacturers expiration date. Whether your recipe is a heritage, classic or of your own invention, you need fresh eggs to achieve the desired result.
Here is an easy and accurate method to test if your "fresh" eggs are really fresh. When I did this to my newly purchased over priced name brand and within date eggs, they nearly all stood on end!
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Sky Sports on demand sounded like a great idea when Sky's NOW TV service launched -- access to all those Premiership football games without a monthly satellite subscription fee to pay. Except, a Sky Sports Day Pass on NOW TV ended up costing £9.99. £9.99 for 24 hours access. Ouch. Today Sky has announced that it's shaking up the pricing of Sky Sports on NOW TV, offering a far more reasonable week-long pass for £10.99.
It's also dropping the Day Pass price down to just £6.99 -- which, considering most people will just be looking to catch a single game in a week, may still prove the most popular option. It's worth mentioning that both the revised Day Pass price and new Week Pass price are listed as "for a limited time only", so don't be too surprised if Sky raises the prices once more once the mid-season crunch time kicks in.
Sky's been working hard over the past few weeks getting its digital services up to scratch in time for this year's Premier League football season's kick-off, revising all of its mobile apps, adding on demand features for every single Premiership team to its Sky box catch-up services and adding the new Sky Sports 5 channel too. [NOW TV]


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Ryan Palmer fought through a breezy day for a 3-over-par 73 yesterday at the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas. That was good enough to top the leader board at 5 under.
Ryan Palmer fought through a breezy day for a 3-over-par 73 yesterday at the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas. That was good enough to top the leader board at 5 under.
Even with two bogeys in the last three holes, Palmer finished a stroke ahead of playing partner Sergio Garcia after the two started the day tied for the lead.
Garcia shot a 74 while also making bogeys at the 16th and 18th holes, where he missed makable putts.
The last three holes at TPC Four Seasons played into the wind, sustained all day at 25mph with gusts near 40.
Only eight of 74 players shot under par yesterday. The best was a 67 by Arjun Atwal that tied him with Ryuji Imanda (70) for third place.
"Obviously, the scores show how hard it was," Palmer said.
"The front nine, I was actually kind of cruising along, not letting the wind bother me. It got tougher and tougher."Irwin tied for lead
Hale Irwin, five days shy of age 66, began the week talking about the end of his career. He energized it with a 2-under 70 to tie Kiyoshi Murota for the lead through three rounds of the Senior PGA Championship at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky.
Seeking a victory that would make him the oldest winner of the oldest senior major, Irwin finished with a double-bogey.
Tom Watson shot a 68 and is only one shot back.Donald has shot at No. 1
Luke Donald birdied two of his last three holes for a 1-over-par 72 and a share of the lead at the BMW PGA Championship in Virginia Water, England, with Italian teenager Matteo Manassero.
Top-ranked Lee Westwood is two strokes back. The second-ranked Donald needs to finish in front of Westwood to capture the No. 1 ranking.American leads Brazil Cup
American Heather Bowie Young made eight birdies in a 6-under-par 66 that gave her a two-shot lead at the LPGA Tour's Brazil Cup in Rio de Janeiro.


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Even the Rain (Meme La Pluie)2011
Even the Rain (Meme La Pluie) (2011)
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Critic Reviews for Even the Rain (Meme La Pluie)
All Critics (61) | Top Critics (21) | Fresh (53) | Rotten (8)
There are striking performances from Luis Tosar as a cynical yet flexible producer and Juan Carlos Aduviri as the native who becomes a figurehead for those who don't have the luxury of playacting.
Bolleín and Laverty punch up every icon and wingding in the arthouse cliché dropdown.
Never really excels in any given area, and re-watch factor is a zero.
Bollaín and Laverty offer a cutting, self-critical analysis of their medium while finding an honest and effective perspective on history...
A film within a film within a film, Even the Rain holds up a hall of mirrors to the Third World and invites us to look in.
The most outstanding performance comes from Aduviri, an indigenous Aymara from Bolivia, who was nominated for the Best Newcomer award at Spain's Oscars, the Goyas.
Audience Reviews for Even the Rain (Meme La Pluie)
An intriguing Spanish drama that raises many complex questions about morality with well-constructed characters who have solid motivations for their actions, and the plot makes some curious parallels between the early colonization of America and modern-day imperialism.
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I don't think I have a lot to say about the movie really, it's quite self-explanatory but it is a very good film. I think it manages to tell an effective story with emotional depth without being overtly preachy. I actually thought the movie was definitely going to be preachier than it ended up being. Of course, and this is apparent as you watch the movie, is that the movie's characters talk about the injustices the Bolivians face when they're paid $2 per day for the work they do and how they're expected to pay for the water that is, in turn, going to be increased about 300%. You wonder *how* much exactly did the extras in the movie actually get paid. I hope they got more than a decent pay-off because then the movie is simply just doing the same thing that the film's message is so strongly against. Still that doesn't mean it isn't a very good movie with some strong performance, particularly from Luis Tosar who does a great job at transforming his character throughout the film. The rest of the cast is also very good. The movie also does a great job at, near the end, just making everything look like complete chaos. As this is based, at least the protests against the privatization of water, they had a lot of real footage from the riots, and it's definitely powerful stuff. Overall a very good movie, with maybe some hints of hypocrisy, but still a movie that's worth watching.
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On location for a film shoot in Bolivia, Sebastian(Gael Garcia Bernal), the director, arranges for an open call which brings out a very long line of applicants which ends up driving his producer Costa(Luis Tosar) to chocolate. At first, Sebastian agrees to compromise before going ahead and seeing everybody, anyway. Of particular interest is Daniel(Juan Carlos Aduviri) and his daughter Belen(Milena Soliz) which still does not make Costa happy until he sees a screen test of Daniel in full makeup. That's not the only local point of interest, as Maria(Cassandra Ciangherotti), a videographer assigned to the production, stumbles across some of the locals fighting for water rights. Written by Paul Laverty and dedicated to the memory of Howard Zinn, "Even the Rain" is a superb movie that has done a powerful job of linking Columbus' voyages to America, as seen through the eyes of Montesinos(Raul Arevalo), a Spanish monk who was sympathetic to the natives, to the recent Water Wars of Bolivia, showing the continuation of the exploitation in Year 508, as Noam Chomsky would put it, with the novel device of using a film production as background. Yes, Daniel does not need to say there are more important things than making a film but it is a worthy sentiment nonetheless. The movie also works on a personal level, detailing the loneliness of the long distance actor, via Anton's(Karra Elejalde) drinking, as one cannot be in one place for very long without being affected somehow. And I know Gael Garcia Bernal is supposed to be the star here but it is Luis Tosar who steals the show with his observational gaze.
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* Bouma, Katherine (November 19, 2006) "Imperiled fish reappear up Shades Creek." ''Birmingham News''.
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Shades Creek, sometimes called Mountain Brook, is a 56.4 mile-long stream running southwest from its source near the Birmingham Race Course, through Shades Valley, to the Cahaba River near the Shelby County/Bibb County line. Along the way it passes through Irondale, Birmingham, Mountain Brook, Homewood, Hoover, and Bessemer.
From 1915 to the 1940s, Shades Creek was dammed at Columbiana Road, just downstream of Griffin Creek to form Edgewood Lake, a popular recreational resort during the 1920s and 30s.
In recent years, the Freshwater Land Trust has purchased several acres of land along the creek, primarily behind Wildwood Shopping Center and in Shannon for permanent conservation. The Land Trust is also working to remove Japanese privet, a highly invasive, non-native plant, along stretches of Shades Creek in Bessemer and to restore the creek to its original pathway. Other work along the creek includes Homewood's construction of the Shades Creek Greenway to connect Jemison Park in Mountain Brook with West Homewood Park.
Recently, biologists have found Cahaba shiners, goldline darters and coal shiners in Shades Creek near its outlet into the Cahaba, perhaps indicating that recent improvements to both streams are having a positive effect on aquatic life.
Sites along Shades Creek
Starting upstream (from the north):
- Jemison Park
- Brookwood Village
- Shades Creek Greenway
- Homewood High School
- University Park
- Wildwood Shopping Center
Streets running alongside Shades Creek
Major roads crossing Shades Creek
Starting upstream (from the north):
- U.S. Highway 280
- Independence Drive (U.S. Highway 31)
- Columbiana Road
- Interstate 65
- West Oxmoor Road
- State Highway 150
- Interstate 459
- Cahaba Tributaries at the Rivers of Alabama web site
- Greenway Walking Trail at the Homewood Chamber of Commerce web site
- Freshwater Land Trust web site. Accessed November 8, 2006.
- Bouma, Katherine (November 19, 2006) "Imperiled fish reappear up Shades Creek." Birmingham News.
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Buck Creek, Little Cahaba River, Little Shades Creek, Patton Creek, Shades Creek
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We love Michelangelo's ability to turn stone into poetry. However, did you know the man also had a way with words among his other vast amount talents? We thought we would take the time to share with you our favorite Michelangelo sculptures and quotes. Enjoy!
"If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all."
"Ancora Imparo
(Yet I am learning)"
"If I am more alive because love burns and chars me,
as a fire, given wood or wind, feels new elation,
it's that he who lays me low is my salvation,
and invigorates the more, the more he scars me."
"It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges."
"The greatest artist does not have any concept
Which a single piece of marble does not itself contain
Within its excess, though only
A hand that obeys the intellect can discover it." I Sonetti Di Michelangelo: The 78 Sonnets of Michelangelo with Verse Translation
"With few words I shall make thee understand my soul."
"Dear to me is sleep: still more, being made of stone,
While pain and guilt still linger here below,
Blindness and numbness–these please me alone;
Then do not wake me, keep your voices low."
"The true work of art
is but a shadow of the divine perfection"
"O night, O sweetest time, though black of hue,
with peace you force all the restless work to end;
those who exalt you see and understand,
and he is sound of mind who honours you.
You cut the thread of tired thoughts, for so
you offer calm in your moist shade; you send
to this low sphere the dreams where we ascend
up to the highest, where I long to go.
Shadow of death that brings to quiet close
all miseries that plague the heart and soul,
for those in pain the last and best of cures;
you heal the flesh of its infirmities,
dry and our tears and shut away our toil,
and free the good from wrath and fretting cares." Complete Poems and Selected Letters
"Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven."
"The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it."
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We are delighted you want to learn more about The Temple! Become a partner in the rich history of our congregation by submitting a Membership Inquiry Form.
We're fond of saying, "The Temple is your temple." It means that people make up our community, and those people matter more than anything. The building we worship in, our long history and traditions, these all serve as sources of pride. But our members, the more than 1,500 families who come and give of themselves, are what makes The Temple a home to so many.
Developing Jewish spirituality and identity is our central mission as a synagogue. To that end, we offer a wide range of religious, educational, and social justice programs and services. From the youngest to the eldest of our members, we work to ensure they benefit from Temple membership.
We invite you to join your Temple and explore what this community offers.
Benefits of Membership: Religious Services
The Temple performs a number of services for our members in the area of religious observance. In addition to our weekly Shabbat worship services, which are open to the public, we also mark the major Jewish holidays with special worship services. Members are provided with all access High Holy Day tickets to our many services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
In addition to prayer and worship, we also work with our members to help them mark the various life cycle events. From birth to death, marriages to bar/bat mitzvah, in the good times and the not-so-good times, our clergy are a resource for support and guidance.
Members exclusively can avail themselves of our clergy for life cycle ceremonies and religious instruction.
Benefits of Membership: Educational Programs
Our most visible educational endeavor is the Breman Education Center, wherein our members can enroll their children for a deep and meaningful Jewish learning environment. Temple members can also enroll their children ages 1-5 in the Weinberg Early Learning Center and benefit from member-rate pricing.
While many of our adult education courses are offered free of charge, those that do incur additional costs are always at a lower cost for Temple members as well.
We believe very strongly that learning is a lifelong endeavour, which is why we provide a large number of formal and informal learning opportunities to members of all ages.
Our program team delivers exciting events, which boast informative talks with notable scholars and celebrities to our Schwartz Goldstein Hall. We've hosted panel discussions on comparative religion and several times a year we have Synaplex, a blend of Shabbat worship, socializing, and learning.
Benefits of Membership: Social Justice
The Temple has a long and storied history of championing social justice causes. We believe that each of us, individually, is made stronger when the community comes together to fight for everyone, and that belief extends into our own membership as well as the larger community.
We host many opportunities to engage in social action work, from volunteering at the Zaban Paradies Center for homeless Atlantans to collecting and delivering food for the Atlanta Community Food Bank or the Midtown Assistance Center. Our members also avail themselves of the many programs designed to teach about the root causes of social inequality, and to remember our traditions at events such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Shabbat each year.
But we also work to serve the needs of our own population. Social justice also includes caring for our sick and those in difficult times. Caring at The Temple is a program that brings our members together to provide support at such moments, with soup deliveries to sick members and visitations during a stay in the hospital.
For any community to thrive, we must all do our part to care for one another. That is at the heart of The Temple's efforts.
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The second trailer for the rather huge-looking X-Men: Days of Future Past has just been posted online, and as you'd expect, it's a very boomy affair indeed.
But among all the bangs and reverberations, you've got Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen—or rather Charles Xavier and Magneto—joining forces to send Hugh Jackman's character Logan back into the past, to meet their former selves and avert the genocide of the mutant race.
And as in X-Men: First Class, those former selves are played by James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender. And that's just the banner headline stuff. There's also Nicholas Hoult, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page and Peter Dinklage:
And here's the first trailer, released back in October last year:
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Damian Lewis Apologises To Sir Ian McKellen For "Fruity Voice" Dig
12 British Actors Who Got Started In Soaps
Sir Ian McKellen Surprised He Gets On with Bestie Sir Patrick Stewart