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FLASH: Happy people have been munching on the crunchy delights since the beginning of writing.
They are thought to have originated in China and Central Asia before spreading to Biblical Egypt, Greece, Turkey, and the Middle East + all the lands that lay along the fabled Silk Road which connected the Mediterranean with Asia.
Before we go any further, to set the record straight, botanists – plant scientists – categorize the almond not as a nut but as a stone fruit. That is right: almonds are related to cherries, plums, and peaches.
Almond trees thrived in the hot and dry climates found in Spain and Italy, and elsewhere along both sides of the Mediterranean seacoast.
Ancient documents noted that almonds were a highly-valued ingredient in breads served to the Egyptian pharaohs.
Franciscan Padres is credited with bringing the almond tree to California from Spain in the mid-1700s to Christian missions along the American West Coast. But the cooler, foggy conditions next to the Pacific Ocean did not provide a good growing environment.
Only in the 1800's did California almond growers plant trees further inland in the fertile soils west of the Sierra Nevada mountains: "By the 1870s, research and cross-breeding had developed several of today's prominent almond varieties. By the turn of the 20th Century, the almond industry was firmly established in the Sacramento and San Joaquin areas of California's great Central Valley."
Centuries before that, the Biblical Book of Numbers says that when Moses "went into the Tabernacle of the Covenant the next day, he found that Aaron's staff, representing the tribe of Levi, had sprouted, budded, blossomed, and produced ripe almonds!" Some biblical scholars interpret this recorded event as a miraculous symbol of divine approval for the almond.
The ancient Romans, before their Fall, substituted almonds, representing fertility, for the rice now pelted at newlyweds leaving for their honeymoon.
Today, many Americans give wedding guests a bag of sugared almonds to symbolize abundance, happiness, children, romance, good health, and great fortune.
One traditional Swedish custom is to serve a Yuletide rice pudding flavored with cinnamon with one single raw almond stirred into one single dessert serving. The person lucky enough to discover the almond hiding within their sweet after-dinner treat (called Risgrynsgröt) will be next to be married.
The Big Q: Did you know that California is the only place in North America where almonds are grown commercially?
The Big A: Over the past 30 years, almond harvests from the Golden State have increased 4X, with over 450,000 acres in the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys under cultivation.
Over 90 nations buy California almonds.
Outside the US, Germany is the largest almond importer, eating approximate 25% of the American export crop. Japan ranks 2nd, eating about 12% of West Coast almonds.
Almonds have been ranked #1 for nutritional food value and eating only a handful a day can give you loads of benefits, including:
- Better digestion
- Moister skin
- Protection from heart disease
- Reduced food cravings
- Shinier hair
- Healthier cells
- Lower cholesterol
- Reduced risk of diabetes
- Lower blood pressure
- Feeling full (satisfied appetite)
Because almonds are so high in protein, carbohydrates, and fiber, eating some every day can help with weight loss goals. They are a much better snack choice than chips or even popcorn. I have been eating at least 12 raw almonds daily for over 50 years.
Eating almonds satisfies the appetite, reduces food cravings and the urge to splurge on junk calories between meals, and actually provide nourishment the body needs.
Look how much goodness a mere 1/4 cup of almonds, this ia about a handful contains:
207 calories
7 grams of carbohydrates
5 grams of fiber
5 grams of protein
5 grams of sugar
4 milligrams of riboflavin
16 milligrams of vitamin E
8 milligrams of manganese
97 milligrams of magnesium
33 milligrams of iron
96 milligrams of calcium
172 milligrams of phosphorus
Enjoy almonds just about any way imaginable: straight-up whole and raw, chopped by hand or in a blender or food processor, purchased sliced (for cooking or baking), ground into a flour, made into a butter (which is absolutely fabulous as a substitute for peanut butter), or juiced (called almond milk).
Eat these dried fruits all by themselves or in any of their many forms, as a distinctive and welcome addition to any meal or munch; morning, noon or night.
American actress Michelle Forbes, admired by science fans around the world for her role as Ensign Ro Laren in Star Trek: The Next Generation, admitted she does just that:
"One of my last few vices is coffee, but with a spot of almond or soymilk, it's never tasted better!"
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Average earners need to see their salaries doubled to keep up with rising house prices
If average earners are to get on the housing ladder they would need to have seen their wages more than double over the last decade. This is despite the crash in 2008 and the subsequent problems that this brought with it. The property market has seen a significant recovery in prices whereas wages have seen very little growth. This means that property values are now totally out of sync with wages and average earners in London would need to see wages increase by £100,000 per year in order to buy in some parts of London. These figures have been put forward by Shelter, the housing charity that have carried out research from 1997 to the present date.
Since 2003 house prices on average have gone up by £1000,000. This compares to the annual average salary that has risen by just £6,750. If you take London and the south-east out of the equation the average house price across the country has risen by £73,000. You can see why house prices look very inflated when wages growth has been so low. Average earnings have a long way to catch up and house prices look as though they will continue to rise further particularly if there are not enough new affordable homes being built to satisfy demand
Help To Buy Criticised By First Time Buyers Group
The government's flag ship policy Help To Buy Scheme has been slammed by PricedOut. The organisation which campaigns for more affordable housing said that the whilst the scheme had help just under 19,000 first time buyers get onto the housing ladder a further 245,000 were now unable to buy a home because prices had spiralled out of control. The group has calculated English Housing Survey's income profile of private renters along with figures from the Office Of national Statistics on the latest house price index to show that three-quarters of private renters could no longer afford to buy their own property.
This is on the basis that a borrower would not borrow more that four times their income. With house prices predicted to rise by a further 8% in 2014 and wages growth not likely to increase significantly there is more concern that more first time buyers are going to be locked out of the market.
Although there are other factors that are pushing up prices the shear volume of buyers that are out there along with the lack of new homes being built the Help To Buy Scheme may have the opposite effect of what is was rolled out for. Instead of helping buyers get on the ladder it is actually inhibiting borrowers from buying. Of course there are two sides to this and many commentators have said that the Help to Buy Scheme has been the main driver for the housing market and has pulled the country out of the recession but this still doesn't help those that still can't afford to buy.
First Time Buyer Levels Surge In 2014
First time buyers have returned to the property market in abundance according to figures releases by the Council Of Mortgage Lenders (CML). According to new figure the number of first time buyers are taking out the larger proportion of new home loans than at any time since the start of the century. The figures also showed that buyers were having to put down a 20% deposit and need to take on the biggest multiples of mortgages than at any time since 2007 just to get on the housing ladder. Buyers are having to take out larger loans because house prices are increasing faster than at any time since 2007 and many commentators are concerned that we are seeing prices increasing too quickly which could cause problems if they continue.
Despite the increase in the number of sales going through the number of transactions is still well below the peak of 2007. there are concerns that borrowers are taking on too much debt to get on the housing ladder. Typically borrowers took out loans worth £114,000 or 3.33 of their salary. This figure is an increase on 2012 which saw an average of 3.26 times annual salary. The figures show that apart from 2007 the levels of borrowing and multiples of income are now at their highest levels since records began in 1974. In 2007 the figures were 3.36 times salary. This in itself should start to ring alarm bells but the government will not be doing anything too drastic particularly with a general election just around the corner.
House prices in London are continuing to show strong growth even though the Chancellor has slapped a tax on non-resident foreign investors. The introduction of the new tax which will mean that foreign buyers will be subject to the same tax laws as UK residents has done nothing too dampen down the market which is steaming ahead. There is some speculation that the government may reduce the limit on the purchase price on the Help To Buy Scheme which is currently set at £600K. Some commentators believe that reducing the limit to £300k – £400k may have an impact on prices particularly across the south east. We shall have to wait and see.

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Isabel Healthcare Announces the Addition of Powerful New Triage Functionality to its Symptom Checker
Triage capabilities added to the Industry leading symptom checker assist consumers in making informed decisions about their care.
Ann Arbor, MI (PRWEB) February 24, 2016 -- Isabel Healthcare announced it has added unique triage functionality to its Isabel Symptom Checker. Consumers have flocked to the Isabel Symptom Checker since its release in 2012 as they have become more engaged in their healthcare decisions. The addition of the triage tool will further assist a consumer with deciding on where to seek care
Patient engagement is not only a requirement for achieving Meaningful Use, most believe that consumersmust engage in their healthcare decisions to achieve the improvements in outcomes while reducing costs outlined in healthcare reform. In addition, the recent release of the IOM report "Diagnosis Error in Medicine" has focused the national spotlight on not only the diagnosis error problem but also on solutions including getting patients involved in their diagnosis decisions using technology like symptom checkers.
MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, IL knew its patients were going to the internet for healthcare information. They sought solutions to bring high quality information to their patients through the addition of the Isabel Symptom Checker to their website. The tool is located on the consumer facing home page of the organization and provides access to the triage tool and links to their physicians.
"Patients are already online researching their symptoms. With Isabel Symptom Checker on the front page of our hospital website, we can ensure our patients receive high quality information and it is delivered by us" stated Chuck Bareis, MD, Chief Medical Officer at MacNeal Hospital. "We receive several hundred hits per month to our symptom checker and the patients, family and friends who I have referred to the site really find it helpful."
The Isabel Symptom Checker is based on Isabel's clinically validated and trusted professional diagnosis decision support tool which is used by physicians around the world to broaden their differential. The Isabel Symptom Checker allows a patient/consumer to enter basic demographics (age, gender, pregnancy status and region or recent travel history) and the tool returns a list of possible diagnoses for the consumer to learn more about and to discuss with their physician. The consumer can link to various other resources to learn about the diagnoses, use the triage tool to determine a potential best care venue and interact with other links to get additional services, like telehealth, lab testing and e-visits. The Symptom Checker can be used by organizations on their consumer facing websites, within a patient portal or inside a personal health record as a patient engagement tool and accessed via the Isabel UI or integrated into their platforms using the Isabel API
"The addition of the triage tool provides another component for patients and consumers to become engaged in their healthcare decisions," said Isabel Healthcare CEO Don Bauman. "Our unique approach to triage is based on a broader look at the patient's state. By combining the results of their query with the answers to some basic questions, we can suggest a venue of care without forcing the user to pick a condition or self-diagnose.
"Anything we can do to engage our patients in their healthcare decisions is important to our organization and providing the Isabel Symptom Checker and Triage Tool further assists them in determining which of our facilities can best care for them." said Bareis.
This Isabel Symptom Checker and Triage Tool will be on display at the upcoming 2016 HIMSS conference in Las Vegas, NV in the Isabel booth in the Clinical & Business Pavilion – Booth 14081.
The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 66,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. For more information, visit www.aap.org and follow us on Twitter @AmerAcadPeds.
About Isabel Healthcare
Isabel Healthcare Inc. was founded in 2000 by Jason Maude and is named after Maude's daughter who almost died after a potentially fatal illness was not recognized. For over 14 years, Isabel Healthcare has been validated and peer reviewed and is now recognized as the leader in diagnostic decision support. Isabel is the only diagnosis checklist system fully integrated with EMRs. In addition to Isabel Professional, Isabel's family of diagnosis performance solutions also include the Isabel Symptom Checker for consumers and patient engagement, Isabel Clinical Educator, a case based learning platform for clinical learners and Isabel Active Intelligence, a fully EMR embedded diagnosis intelligence solution. Connect with us at www.isabelhealthcare.com, or 734-332-0612
Contact Information:
Don Bauman, CEO Isabel Healthcare
Isabel Healthcare
+1 (734) 276-1322
Online Web 2.0 Version
You can read the online version of this press release here.


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It's incredible what you hear and see when you are awake. Yet, it's only when I'm working odd shifts and sleeping odd times that my creativity flows enough to pay attention. In any case the Buddhist proverb is spot on right now:
"When the student is ready, the teacher appears."
I self study, and right now I'm into some interesting stuff, Strategy, Stoicism, Ego, and Anti-Fragility. Without really knowing it, I've stumbled upon some authors that I'd love to make personal mentors. Particularly, Ryan Holiday, Tim Ferris, and Nassim Taleb. I don't know how I initially came across Ryan Holiday, but his books all fly by and the topics are awesome. I quote him constantly. Trust me I'm lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator opened my eyes to the way the news/marketing works in the modern age, and then I was hooked. I blazed through Growth Hacker Marketing, The Obstacle is the Way, and finished Ego is the Enemy today. To be fair, I did get some on kindle, but not unlike The Matrix, I've been using audible to get the ideas into my brain faster. I'm no longer wasting commutes to work, they are personal development time. Ok, enough with the free advertising for awesome writers. Instead, here's an idea that stuck and was played out today.
Ryan brought up the idea of cleaning up your life, in terms of some self-help group for workaholics. The very Zen idea is that one does not simply sweep once and expect the floor to remain clean, you must do it today, and tomorrow, and the next day. It is an ongoing thing. This harkened back to my kung fu training as a teen, and immediately resonated with me as something that "I wish…"
You see, it's my chore to keep the floors clean in the house, and I love to stretch out time between cleanings, only to realize it's a large, large task once the floors are very dirty. Nobody wants to make a habit of an arduous task, but the proof/the improvement/the growth, is in doing that thing anyway. It may suck, but do it anyway. This is such a great lesson for me, to teach my increasingly spoiled lil kiddos, and heck, anyone wanting to complain. That's life. You don't get to sweep once, you must keep on sweeping…


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Mark G. Indelicato, M.D.
Integrated Anesthesia Associates, LLC.
99 East River Drive, 5th Floor
East Hartford, CT 06108
– Bachelors of Science, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
– Doctor of Medicine, State University of New York-Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
– Internship, State University of New York-Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
– Anesthesia Residency, New York Presbyterian Hospital at the New York Weill Cornell Center, New York, NY
– Pediatric Fellowship, Yale Children's Hospital, New Haven, CT
– Masters of Science in Healthcare Administration, New England College, Hanniker, NH 04/2015
– Pediatric Fellowship, Yale Children's Hospital, New Haven, CT
Professional Appointments
– Active Assistant, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
– Active Staff, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, CT
– Active Staff, UCONN Health Center, Farmington, CT
– IAA Board of Director and Treasurer of the Hartford Division
Academic Appointments
– Assistant Clinical Professor, UCONN School of Medicine, Farmington, CT
- State of Connecticut Physician
- Connecticut Controlled Substance
- Federal Controlled Substance
- State of New York Physician – Inactive
- Board Certified in Anesthesiology 7/ 2007
- American Board of Anesthesiology
– Pediatric Anesthesia Initial Certification: In Exam Process
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- Board Certified Pediatric Anesthesiology 10/2013
Professional Activities
- American Society of Anesthesiologists
- Connecticut State Society of Anesthesiologists
- American Medical Association
- Hartford County Medical Society
- CT State Medical Society


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As a husband, father and dad, I am not irrelevant to my family's well-being. In fact, I am vital, crucial, important, necessary and irreplaceable.
Of course, my wife is all those things to our family, too.
As husband and father, I influence the mood of my family.
… if I leave my family, there's no backup husband and father waiting on the sidelines … I don't envy single parents. I don't know how they do it, although I know several who do it successfully.
Single-parent and stepparent families often work. I'm not judging anyone here. But those types of families should not be our first choice … Traditional families increasingly are under pressure from today's anything-goes American society. My sons need me as a father, and my wife as a mother. Both of us are essential to our children's well-being.
What's the best life has to offer? That's what my wife and I seek for our family. If that makes us traditional, so be it. "Progressive" is not always better. If the old ways are best, why change?
Two Mount Morris Township (Mich.) first-graders quarreled on the playground Monday, apparently causing one of them to fatally shoot the other a day later in their classroom.
Police wonder how the 6-year-old shooter got the gun, which was stolen, and how he could carry it into school … The boy didn't have his own bed, the county prosecutor said, adding, "He is a victim of a drug culture and a house that's really in chaos."
He lived with an uncle for two weeks after his mother was evicted from her home. His father is doing time at the county jail …
The Mount Morris Township first-grader needs a family that loves him.
He has a mother and father. He needs a mommy and daddy.
There's a huge difference.
Back in the day, I wrote an occasional column on family life or issues of the day for The Saginaw (Mich.) News. I still have newsprint copies of those columns. I quoted five of them here – dated Oct, 28, 2003; March 11, 1997; Oct. 14, 1997; Feb. 27, 2007; and March 1, 2000, respectively.
Alternative lifestyles have become mainstream today.
According to the Kids Count Data Center run by the Annie E. Casey Foundation in Baltimore, 35 percent of all children in the United States lived in single-parent households every year from 2011 through 2015. The 35 percent figure was the same for all five years.
The evidence for fatherhood
I wrote in one of those columns that I was not judging anyone, but I did – and still do – feel passionately about fatherhood. No alternative lifestyle has ever improved upon the mother-father-child family structure. The evidence is plentiful.
For example:
Power of Dad Inc., based in Saginaw, Mich.
The Good
✓ Youth whose fathers are actively engaged in their lives do significantly better academically than those pre-teens with uninvolved fathers.
✓ Highly involved fathers increase their children's economic and educational attainment.
✓Mothers in two-parent households report fewer behavior problems among children with involved fathers compared to children with detached fathers.
✓Fathers who are involved help reduce emotional stress for teenagers making the transition to adulthood.
The Bad
✓ There are over 24 million fatherless youth in America.
✓ 93% of prison inmates have grown up fatherless.
✓ 90% of youth that are homeless, runaways and arsonists have grown up fatherless.
✓ 85% of children who exhibit behavioral disorders such as ADD have grown up fatherless.
✓ 80% of rapists have grown up fatherless.
✓ 75% of youth in drug rehabs have grown up fatherless.
✓ 71% of pregnant teenagers and high school dropouts have grown up fatherless.
✓ 63% of youth who have committed or attempted suicide have grown up fatherless.
✓ 72% of the U.S. population says fatherlessness is the most significant family or social problem facing America.
The National Center for Fathering based in Springdale, Ark.
Children from fatherless homes are more likely to be poor, become involved in drug and alcohol abuse, drop out of school, and suffer from health and emotional problems. Boys are more likely to become involved in crime, and girls are more likely to become pregnant as teens.
The Families Civil Liberties Union based in New York City
- 85% of all children that exhibit behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes (Source: Centers for Disease Control)
- 90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes (Source: U.S. D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census)
- 71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes (Source: National Principals Association Report on the State of High Schools.)
- 75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes (Source: Rainbows for all God's Children.)
- 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (Source: U.S. D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census)
- 80% of rapists motivated with displaced anger come from fatherless homes (Source: Criminal Justice & Behavior, Vol 14, p. 403-26)
- 70% of juveniles in state-operated institutions come from fatherless homes (Source: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Special Report)
- 85% of all youths sitting in prisons grew up in a fatherless home (Source: Fulton Co. Georgia jail populations, Texas Dept. of Corrections)
- 5 times more likely to commit suicide
- 32 times more likely to run away
- 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders
- 14 times more likely to commit rape
- 9 times more likely to drop out of high school
- 10 times more likely to abuse chemical substances
- 9 times more likely to end up in a state-operated institution
- 20 times more likely to end up in prison
Juveniles have become the driving force behind the nation's alarming increases in violent crime, with juvenile arrests for murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault growing sharply in the past decade as pistols and drugs became more available, and are expected to continue at the same alarming rate during the next decade. "Justice Dept. Issues Scary Report on Juvenile Crime," San Francisco Chronicle (9/8/95)."
Daughters of single parents are 53% more likely to marry as teenagers, 164% more likely to have a premarital birth, and 92% more likely to dissolve their own marriages.
71% of teenage pregnancies are to children of single parents. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services states that there were more than 1,000,000 documented child abuse cases in 1990. In 1983, it found that 60% of perpetrators were women with sole custody. Shared parenting can significantly reduce the stress associated with sole custody.
Evidence often does not change behavior
As I heard a speaker say recently in a different context, just because the evidence – facts – prove a point doesn't mean we will live by it. It's common knowledge, for example, that smoking is bad for us, yet 36.5 million Americans – about 15 percent of U.S. adults – still do it willingly and knowingly.
It's a matter of the heart. Do we want to change? Do we want to do the right thing?
Fathers matter
I know single women and same-sex couples who have adopted children, and to be honest, that bothers me. They are saying that fathers are irrelevant to their children's upbringing (or mothers, if it's a two-man "family"). That's why I wrote a column saying that, as a father, I am relevant and vital to my family.
Many alternative-lifestyle families are chosen today. Legally, we can do that. But our children are – and will – pay a heavy price for that.
And transgenders? That just means parents have rejected the children God gave them, and are trying to turn them into something he or she is not. Pure and simple. You can't tell me a 6-year-old boy wants to be a girl. That's not the way children are wired. We are rejecting their humanity when we force them to change.
Each of us is special, just the way we are. We shouldn't try to be someone we are not.
Children learn this unconditional love at home, or they don't learn it at all. Mom and Dad need to make decisions for their children until they are old enough to make decisions on their own. A young child is not capable of discussing his or her sexuality. Children do grow up faster today than my generation did, but not that fast.
Society's backbone, forever
As these studies I quoted show, most of the social ills this country is dealing with today are the direct result of the breakdown of the traditional family.
The remedy? Mom and Dad, do your jobs. Both of you. Together, as a team.
Fathers, please don't pro-create and then leave, taking no responsibility for your children. They need you. They need to see your love for them, your discipline, your encouragement, your guidance.
We see what's happening today because we have not led our families. We are a self-centered, hate-filled society.
There's only one remedy.
It's been proven faithful for millennia. No one has ever improved upon it. And no one ever will.


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Banks Say Demand Grows for Loans
By Alan Zibel and Sarah Portlock
U.S. banks reported stronger demand for business, home and auto loans over the winter, a sign of health for the economy despite its slowdown at the end of last year.
The Federal Reserve, in its quarterly survey of senior bank loan officers on Monday said demand for consumer lending — particularly for home loans — was up strongly toward the end of December and early last month.
The report provides a positive sign for the U.S. economy, which contracted 0.1% in the fourth quarter of last year. Despite concerns about the so-called fiscal cliff, potential cuts to the federal budget and overall uncertainty about spending policies in Washington, American consumers have become more willing to borrow and spend in recent months. The housing market, meanwhile, has shown signs of life of late and retail sales have improved.


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My New Year's Resolution
As a relative newbie to this whole "spiritual awakening" thing, I have spent much of the past several years motivated by the carrot of victory. Of course, my opponent is no longer disease, germs, and pharmaceutical non-compliance. No…it has become ignorance, misinformation, and corporate industry (to keep the list short). I am deeply invested in being


text: URMC / Radiation Oncology / Patient Care / Treatment Treatment The University of Rochester Medical Center offers the widest range of radiation oncology treatments available in upstate New York. Here is a brief introduction to some of the most common treatments that are available here. CT Simulator and Treatment Planning System with Image Fusion Capability Individualized patient treatment plans begin with a simulation session, where a patient is placed into an appropriate position for treatment, and multiple CT images are acquired. The process is followed by a planning session when the customized radiation dose and physical design are made through high-end computer workstations by dosimetrists. During this process, other images (MRI, PET/CT, etc.) can be fused with our planning CT scans to precisely target the tumors and to avoid critical normal structures. When the final plan is approved by the radiation oncologists, it is transferred to the designated treatment machines for the delivery of radiation treatments. Multidisciplinary Treatment In many cases, the advanced radiation oncology treatments are provided in combination with surgery or chemotherapy. This is for brain tumors, lung cancer, gastrointestinal cancers, lymphomas, pediatric cancers, hepatobiliary cancers, breast cancer, head and neck tumors, prostate cancer, and other genitourinary cancers. Stereotactic Radiosurgery A precise, single fraction of high-dose radiation is used to treat brain and spinal lesions. URMC has the greatest experience in the region in stereotactic radiosurgery and is considered a national leader in this technology. This is for brain and spinal lesions. Helical TomoTherapy A CT scanner is used to create a 3-D image of the tumor. Radiation is then sculpted and precisely directed, helping avoid exposing healthy tissue to radiation. This is ideal for radiation dose-painting, head and neck tumors, radiation retreatment, and treatment of oligometastasis of cancers. Stereotactic Body Radiation High doses of radiation are delivered in a very precise fashion to a tumor in the body. Treatments are completed over the course of about a week. URMC leads the upstate region in stereotactic body radiation. This is for tumors or oligometastasis within the body such as lung, liver, and other parts excluding brain and spine. Brachytherapy Brachytherapy is a type of internal therapy. Radioactive "seeds" are implanted either in or near the tumor to kill cancer cells. This is for prostate cancer, gynecological cancers, breast cancer, and sometimes for sarcomas. Theraspheres A form of internal radiation, or brachytherapy, Theraspheres are used to treat liver cancer. The Therasphere beads are implanted in the liver during a minimally invasive procedure. The radiation from the beads then works to kill the cancer cells. This is for liver cancer, bile duct cancer, and other cancer metastasis to the liver. Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy Through the use of computers and sophisticated imaging and positioning systems, conformal radiation therapy lets us "conform" the radiation beam to the size and shape of a tumor for exceptional precision. Radiation beams are then precisely shaped and directed at the tumor from various angles. This process directs more radiation at the tumor while minimizing exposure of normal cells. Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) An advanced form of three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy, IMRT allows us to vary the intensity of individual radiation beams. IMRT delivers more intense radiation to cancer cells while providing greater protection to normal cells. Total Body Radiation Total body irradiation helps prepare a person's body for a bone marrow transplant. The whole body receives radiation in order to suppress the immune system. As a result, the transplant is less likely to be rejected by the body. Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) Some organs, such as the prostate, can shift during the course of treatment. With IGRT, we are able to use sound waves, cone-beam CT and KV-xray to create an image of the organ right at the time of treatment for greater accuracy in the delivery of radiation therapy. Trilogy Our Trilogy System uses a cone-beam CT to create a detailed image of the tumor. We can then utilize the ideal therapy—including 3D CRT, IMRT, and IGRT—and the ideal dose rate for treatments that are shorter, more comfortable and highly effective. Trilogy can be used for stereotactic body irradiation as well as for 4D radiation treatment with respiratory gating for the treatment of chest tumors. Novalis Radiosurgery Novalis is our treatment platform for stereotactic brain radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiosurgery. It lets us precisely focus radiation on the tumor, so surrounding tissue receives little or no radiation. Treatments are typically completed in one to five sessions. Areas of Particular Expertise Total body irradiation High dose rate brachytherapy Low dose rate brachytherapy Novalis Shaped Beam Stereotactic radiosurgery Prostate seed implants Image-Guided External beam radiation treatment Conformal radiation therapy Gynecologic Implants Intensity modulated radiation therapy Image-guided radiation treatment on Trilogy and Novalis TomoTherapy radiation Prophylactic hip irradiation Stereotactic body radiation therapy Liver lesion radiation Radiation treatment for oligometastasis Accelerated partial breast radiotherapy using MammoSite or external beam All images used courtesy of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.


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This is the 100th post on That Blog. While the blog was started just over a year ago, That Yard has been a work in progress for three summers. Since permaculture practitioners say it takes three years for a design to come together and start functioning as a self-sustaining system, this seems like a good time to review what's going on in That Yard.
The first summer was spent observing, learning about the site conditions, and planning for subsequent years.
In the second summer, several different plantings were established. These formed the nuclei for miniature ecosystems, including a prairie, a forest, and a rain garden.
In the third year, these ecosystems were expanded on, and remaining unconverted areas were turned into a Hugelkultur bed and a pond. Now the entire yard is planted with native species, except for a few oddly-shaped corners, which will be filled in next year.
All of this has been accomplished with no chemicals and no powered equipment. What have been the effects?
First, life abounds. At any given time, from early spring through late fall, multiple species of plants are flowering. These plants attract a wide assortment of pollinators, among them bumblebees and monarch butterflies. The yard has hosted at least 49 species of birds, and thanks to the pond, a pair of frogs has recently moved in.
There are lots of benefits for people, too. All those plants provide plenty of clean air for the neighborhood. They don't need to be mown, eliminating noise and air pollution. They capture rain before it reaches the street, while taking nothing from municipal water supplies.
What remains to be done? In summers four and five, the new plants will continue to get established. As they do, the number of species flowering will increase, and the odd corners will fill in. Non-native species, such as buckthorn and garlic mustard, will be pulled out to help with this process.
Before long, the yard will be a healthy, mature system, providing a variety of benefits and requiring minimal work.
Like any kind of transition, establishing a natural yard can be difficult and messy. But success is virtually guaranteed, and the results are more than worth it!


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Jesus, Creator of the world,
Of all mankind Redeemer blest!
True God of God, in Whom we see
The Father's image clear expressed.
Thee, Saviour, love alone constrained
To make our mortal flesh thine own;
And as a second Adam come
For the first Adam to atone.
That self-same love, which made the sky,
Which made the sea, and stars, and earth,
Took pity on our misery,
And broke the bondage of our birth.
O Jesus! in thy Heart divine
May that same love for ever glow;
For ever mercy to mankind
From that exhaustless Fountain flow.
For this thy Sacred Heart was pierced,
And both with Blood and Water ran;
To cleanse us from the stains of guilt,
And be the hope and strength of man.
To God the Father, and the Son,
All praise and power and glory be,
With Thee, O Holy Comforter,
Henceforth through all eternity.
E. F. MacGonigle, The Sodalist's Hymnal (Philadelphia: E. F. MacGonigle, 1887).


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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) raised an alert about a company called the Australian Business Funding Centre Pty Ltd, or ABFC, which operates the website australiangovernmentgrants.org.
According to the ACCC, the site claims to offer access to an online database of Australian government grants and special loans to small businesses.
However, the site came to the regulator's attention after a number of SMEs paid fees ranging from $497 to $701 in order to access the database, but then found they weren't eligible for the listed grants or that there were no grants suitable for their business.
The ACCC also said case studies listed on the website were not authorised by those businesses, nor had they used the service to secure grants.
"The ACCC is issuing a warning in relation to ABFC's conduct including its australiangovernmentgrants.org website. We are very concerned that small businesses are paying ABFC for a service that does not provide the information and assistance they are have paid for," said ACCC acting chair Dr Michael Schaper.
"Similar websites targeting small businesses in other countries have also come to the attention of regulatory authorities in New Zealand and Canada."
According to the ACCC, despite the australiangovernmentgrants.org website including an Australian address, it is operated by ABFC's sole director, who is based overseas.
Dr Shaper added: "Small businesses should take care when assessing offers to assist them in obtaining government grants. The bottom line is that information relating to government grants is generally available free of charge from a variety of state and federal resources online".
He said that legitimate information about government grants can be obtained for free at www.business.gov.au and other websites ending with '.gov.au'.


text: Aug 15, 2019Nineteen Norris McLaughlin Attorneys Named to 2020 Best Lawyers® ListNineteen attorneys from law firm Norris McLaughlin, P.A., were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. The firm's 2020 Best Lawyers include: Morris S. Bauer– Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law Martha N. Donovan– Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental William A. Dreier– Arbitration, Mediation Victor S. Elgort– Trusts and Estates Daniel R. Guadalupe– Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction Edward A. Hogan– Energy Law, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Natural Resources Law Barbara L. Hollenbach– Workers' Compensation Law – Employers Peter D. Hutcheon– Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation Joel N. Jacobson– Banking and Finance Law Steven A. Karg– Product Liability Litigation – Defendants James H. Laskey– Communications Law, Energy Law Jack L. Lintner– Arbitration, Mediation Kenneth D. Meskin– Trusts and Estates Richard A. Norris– Family Law, Family Law Mediation Richard J. Schachter– Commercial Litigation Richard B. Somach– Real Estate Law Lauren L. Sorrentino– Family Law Edward G. Sponzilli– Commercial Litigation Bruce J. Wisotsky– Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy Please click each attorney's name for a detailed biography. Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers based on professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing. "Best Lawyers was founded in 1981 with the purpose of highlighting the extraordinary accomplishments of those in the legal profession. After three decades, we are proud to continue to serve as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals worldwide," says CEO Phillip Greer. Best Lawyers has published their list for over three decades, earning the respect of the profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals. Its first international list was published in 2006 and since then has grown to provide lists in over 75 countries. Posted in: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Banking & Financial Services, Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights, Barbara L. Hollenbach, Bruce J. Wisotsky, Business Law, Construction Law, Daniel R. Guadalupe, Edward A. Hogan, Edward G. Sponzilli, Environmental, Estate Planning & Administration, Jack L. Lintner, James H. Laskey, Joel N. Jacobson, Kenneth D. Meskin, Lauren L. Sorrentino, Litigation, Martha N. Donovan, Matrimonial & Family Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Morris S. Bauer, News, Peter D. Hutcheon, Products Liability Defense, Real Estate & Finance, Richard B. Somach, Richard J. Schachter, Securities, Solar Energy, Steven A. Karg, Telecommunications, Victor S. Elgort, William A. Dreier, Workers' Compensation—Pennsylvania Office | Tags: attorneys, Best Lawyers, Norris McLaughlin


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- 2011: Millennials and Beyond: Student and Faculty Voices
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- 2009: Librarian/Scholar: From Research Questions to Results
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WMU students will showcase and demonstrate their projects from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences on WMU's Parkview Campus. Sponsored by the college, the event is free and open to the public.
Nearly 190 seniors will present the results of 69 projects they have completed to solve problems facing business and industry. Many of the projects are sponsored by southwest Michigan companies, including Dana Corp., Graphic Packaging, Kellogg Co., Pfizer Inc. and Stryker Medical, as well as by Microsoft Corp. and state and local governments.
Participants hail from a variety of disciplines, including civil and construction engineering, computer science, electrical and computer engineering, industrial and manufacturing engineering, mechanical and aeronautical engineering, and paper and chemical engineering. The conference is held twice each year, in April and December, to showcase the work of graduating seniors in the engineering disciplines who are required to complete a real-world capstone project.
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The New Wonders bring the excitement of the jazz age to life with their unique approach to music. Named for the model of cornet played by the enigmatic genius Bix Beiderbecke, the New Wonders craft each song as if it were a 78 rpm record, and the result has been praised by Downbeat Magazine and the New York Times. The New Wonders perform regularly around New York city, chasing the echos of bootleg liquor and dancing feet.
At twenty-four years old, "eloquent trumpet prodigy" Mike Davis (Wall Street Journal) has a voice beyond his years on his instrument. His playing is imbued with the sounds of prohibition-era speakeasies, Hoovervilles of the depression, and glittering jazz palaces of the swing era, creating a timeless cocktail of American music. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Mike began his trumpet instruction at age nine with Jerry Oram in Seattle, and went on to study with Laurie Frink until her death in July of 2013. Both encouraged his interest in early jazz styles, which led to his beginning to work professionally in New York City during his college years. He now appears regularly around New York City as the leader of the New Wonders, as well as with Dandy Wellington and his band, Emily Asher's Garden Party, Gelber and Manning, Glenn Crytzer, Terry Waldo, Baby Soda, Dan Levinson, and many other traditional jazz and swing bands. A regular at the celebrated jam session at Mona's Bar, Mike is one of the vanguard of young musicians bringing traditional jazz to the forefront of the NYC music scene.


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It's the first Cinema Geekly Podcast sub-episode or mini-sode if you will. Feeling a bit under the weather Anthony Lewis bravely goes about eight straight minutes to give you the absolute bare minimum you need to know. We get the box office results, Anthony's thoughts an a couple of trailers that popped up online, the latest Blu-Ray releases (just in time for the holidays), and a look at what is opening in theaters plus Anthony's thoughts on what will make it to the top of the charts.
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Dr. Jerry Jampolsky and Dr. Diane Cirincione
Dr. Jerry Jampolsky, an internationally acknowledged proponent of forgiveness and love, and his wife, Dr. Diane Cirincione were selected to receive the Champion of Forgiveness award from the Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance on International Forgiveness Day 2003. The husband and wife team has published numerous books on love and forgiveness and lecture extensively throughout the world.
In 1975, he founded the in Tiburon, California. For 28 years the Center has served Bay Area families facing illness and death, helping them to find peace of mind under the most difficult circumstances. Forgiveness has been at the heart of the Center's work. The Center has been featured on "60 Minutes" and in a documentary film made by Phil Donahue, which won a Peabody Award.
The Center For Attitudinal Healing, the organization founded by Dr. Jampolsky, was also honored as a Champion of Forgiveness. The work done by this organization has been exemplary and the results of its programs are often dramatic. The Center continues to spread its healing throughout the world as over 130 centers around the world have formed to perpetuate its methods and teachings.
HEROES of Forgiveness, Reconciliation and Peace
The designation of "Hero of Forgiveness, Reconciliation and Peace" is bestowed upon those who have courageously and dramatically stepped forward to demonstrate and exemplify the concept of forgiveness, reconciliation and peace.
These are not necessarily famous people. They are often ordinary people who have chosen to express profound and genuine forgiveness in their personal lives. These people have experienced a transformation as a result of their act or acts of forgiveness and demonstrate how this change continues to manifest over time. Their stories can inspire and motivate ordinary people to act in a similar manner.
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The "Champions of Forgiveness, Reconciliation and Peace" designation is bestowed upon those whose professional work inspires and leads the way by defining, applying and spreading the concept of forgiveness reconciliation and peace.


text: Kosuke Tsuneoka speaks at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo in 2015 [Eugene Hoshiko/AP] Authorities in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Monday handed over a Japanese national detained last month on suspicion of ties to ISIL. Media reports say Kosuke Tsuneoka, 47, is a freelance journalist who was covering the battle to take the city of Mosul from the armed group. "A Japanese national, Mr Kosuke Tsuneoka - also known by the nom de guerre Shamil K Tsuneoka - was detained ... for links to the Islamic State," the Kurdistan Regional Security Council said in a statement. "An investigation by our Counter-Terrorism Department found he was in contact with ISIL members through his smartphone." Tsuneoka was taken into custody on October 27 by Kurdish forces near Mount Zardak, a strategic hill east of Mosul, the council said. READ MORE: Japanese journalist missing in Syria appears in video After his release, Tsuneoka took to Twitter to explain what happened. He said he had been arrested because he was carrying a key chain with an ISIL logo that he obtained on an earlier reporting trip. "But this became a problem at a security check for a presidential press conference. I was suspected as an IS member and arrested and interrogated. I had explained this to the authorities, and I do hope they believe my innocence," Tsuneoka said. He denied a media report that said he served as a translator for ISIL fighters and received a medal. "That's terrible. I don't understand Arabic at all," he tweeted. Mosul is ISIL's last major stronghold in Iraq. A coalition of Iraqi forces, including the Kurdish Peshmerga, launched a huge multi-pronged offensive to retake the city on October 17. The KRSC said Tsuneoka left the country on Monday via the main airport in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdish region. Battle for Mosul: Iraqi forces face stiff resistance from ISIL SOURCE: Al Jazeera And Agencies Battle for Mosul ISIS Kurds Japan


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In my last post, the sixth in a series on the process for choosing and implementing the right technology for your advisory firm, we talked about execution and ensuring that the correct resources in both time and money were allocated to ensure success.
Now that we have a successful initial software implementation, it is time to focus on ensuring that the business results that we anticipated are being realized.
One critical step is having a clear process and defined metrics to measure the progress towards the business goal. For example, if you implemented a systematic rebalancing tool that is designed to free up time for your advisors to meet with more clients, we would first decide what metric we want to measure, for example, number of client meetings per week. Once we've established what we want to measure, we can determine what the results were pre-software implementation, set a goal for what we would like them to be (e.g., increase by 20%), and then we can measure progress on a weekly basis toward our goal.
In addition to monitoring the business metrics, we may also want to include an incentive such as a bonus or special recognition for individuals achieving the desired business goal. Sticking with our example, if on a 12-week average of meetings per week, we have increased the number of clients we have been able to spend time with by 20%, then we might have a special company event, e.g., a fun day during the work week.
One of the biggest issues in the monitoring stage is ensuring that your team is actually adopting the technology. Remember that 100% of the business benefit is tied to employees of the practice actually using the new software solution. In addition to monitoring the result, you need to also monitor the usage of the software tool. For example, if you have a weekly staff meeting, spend a few minutes reviewing and discussing the software adoption. Ensure that every employee understands that adoption is NOT optional. If a staff person is not leveraging the software's capability, you need to ask them to explain their rationale.
It is rare that a new software implementation doesn't require tweaking and iteration. You should assume from the beginning that once the new tool is launched, your work is not done. You and the firm need to remain open to ideas and that will require employees to discuss how the implementation can be improved. Instead of enabling the employee to say, "Well, this new system doesn't work for me," ask them to be very specific with why and what would have to change in order for it to meet their needs. Then determine if what they desire is feasible and if so, implement the change
Something important that we recommend to firms undergoing a software implementation is that they set up a process committee. As an example, it can be structured similar to an investment committee. Even after an investment committee creates a perfect allocation for today's market, that doesn't mean that six to twelve months from now the same allocation will be equally effective. Similarly, the business processes that your firm uses to meet the needs of your clients will evolve as technology changes and as clients' needs evolve. Therefore, you need to have a forum to evaluate if process changes are necessary and you need to make those changes to ensure that the business outcomes that you initially targeted are achieved.
One important note: generally speaking, many people tend to optimize the particular task they work on while inadvertently sub-optimizing an overall firm process. Said another way, it's human nature for people to optimize a process or task to make it easier for themselves, but while doing so, it may create inefficiencies and frustrations for others. The process committee can ensure that any changes made to a particular task that might benefit an individual do not create inefficiencies for the rest of the firm.
In our next posting, the final one in this series, we will recap what we have learned and how you can pragmatically apply the five-step ActiFi model to all of your software selection and implementation needs.


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There are all sort of materials and materials that are made use of to develop comfy sheets and pillow cases, however just the finest are made use of to develop luxury bed linens. From Egyptian cotton to pure silk, these are the materials that offer us the most glamorous nights rest. Product is not the only thing that makes luxury bed linens so amazing though; there are other aspects involved also.
You must save your duvet in a cotton bag that lets flow of air. Vacuum-packed bags made of plastic can squeeze the feather or down material inside and ruin the even structure. A good-quality duvet is washable in equipment, however it would be much better to offer it to professional laundry. As soon as a year laundering is enough. This enhances the life of a duvet in contrast to washing it in your home regularly.
The designer bedding sets are the most recent trends in bedroom interiors which develop fresh and attractive effects and improve general appearance of interior. Theincludes various bedding accessories such asTop sheetsTop sheets are the sheet that spread over the top of the bed to separate you from the duvet or comforter. It is commonly known as the flat sheets. A few of the smooth side comforters or duvets dont come with top sheet.
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Pillows are other bedroom necessities made from cloth and are packed with soft parts like cotton or foam. Their major function is to support the head while one is resting. Pillows may also vary in classifications for instance the throw pillows are not used in the bedroom but they are ornamental pillows mainly used on couches. They are smaller than the bedroom pillows and come in various colors, designs and shapes.
There certainly are a variety of quilts around the marketplace, so you could have numerous options. Nevertheless, the real secret is typically to pick the appropriate one which can enable you've an outstanding sleep. Concerning me, I would opt to pick the down quilt. The down quilt is referred to as probably the most light-weight quilt, and its primary fillings are goose down and duck down. Typically speaking, the down quilt which includes above 50 % of down could be the high-quality down quilt. Along with the benefits of down quilt are excellent warm-keeping feature, moisture absorption together with breathability, so it is rather dry. Due to its other traits of gentleness, light-weight and delicateness, the down quilt will not develop any oppressive understanding, so it genuinely is specifically ideal for those who have high blood pressure, heart problems, or bad the circulation of blood, the old, the pregnant in addition to children etc.
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Searching for bed sheets linen like duvets cover and bedding and linens can be a lot of fun for a lot of people. There are a wide range of options available to consumers today that will allow for lots of different options. In addition, duvets cover and bedding and linens can be found in a range of sizes to fit nonstandard or large beds too.
Popular satin features two unique sides, the dull and the glossy surface. Sewage systems should be certain to bring together garments on the proper side so regarding show the distinct luster and gloss. Although satin utilized to be developed completely of silk, it is nowadays made with acetate, polyester, and nylon among others. These fabrics offer an affordable ways to obtain the lustrous structure satin offers.
Around the world some time back there was a concern about the feather fillings. Though it was later on proved as a dud, but some individuals got this idea stuck in their mind that probably feather fillings are bad for them. To conquer such worries Synthetic duvets came as an alternative. Microfibre Duvets or Hollowfibre duvets are as warm as the feather duvets. For those who dislike feather fillings this came out as an excellent option. These duvets are hotel quality duvets and extremely easy to keep. These can be cleaned in the house cleaning equipment without much hassle. However if we talk about the durability of the duvets than high quality natural feather filled duvets lasts several years more than the microfiber or hollow fiber duvets. Below one must comprehend that the quality of filling varies in Microfibre and hollowfibre duvets. Microfibre filling is much superior to the polyester made use of in the hollow fiber duvets.
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You can also consider acquiring a different set of Football Bedspread for your own space relying on the season. Cotton is extremely environment friendly therefore you can select various styles and patterns to create the environment you want for your bedroom relying on the season. You could select sunburst yellows in summer and dark blues in winter for example.
Silk duvets are not simply your ideal choices for your beddings at the comforts of your own homes. A silk duvet and silk pillowcases are likewise ideal products to choose in hotels as well as for bed and morning meal inns. There are a variety of silk beddings that a hotel or bed and morning meal owners can pick from that will keep consumers and travelers to come back to their place consistently since of the extra convenience and convenience that silk duvets and silk pillowcases can give to everyone who attempts to sleep with its silk experience and healing impact.
A great comforter will not only make your bed more welcoming, it will likewise match your bedroom's decor. With the wide variety of materials, weights and styles available today, it can be overwhelming to select the right one. Here are a couple of things you need to think about prior to picking the type of comforter that is right for you.
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. Coverlet is a light-weight blanket sort of cloth which can be put over the bed. It serves for bedroom decorating even more than the warmth. Coverlets can be found in a woven and quilted type. They can be found in linen, silk, wool, and cotton. Coverlets can be made in numerous designs. They are specially made to complement the decoration of the space. You can discover some with geometrical shapes or with messages or you can get them made customized. They are also used to hide the thicker layers of the Football Bedspread. Coverlets do not offer much insulation hence, it is better only for cool areas and for taking a trip.
Silk bedding fulfills the need of the body and assists one to obtain a deep and sound sleep. There are some benefits pointed out below that clarifies that bedding sets made of silk are individuals's very first and popular choice to name a few materials readily available in the market.
Down is utilized for insulation and fluffiness in down comforters and pillows and feathers are utilized for bulk and sturdiness for featherbeds and some pillows. Occasionally they are mixed to create a more long lasting product. Mixed items are usually described by the portion of the mix that is down. If there is more down in the mix, the down comforter or pillow is softer and more pricey.
Alternative down comforters are make from an artificial material that is quick ending up being as good if not much better than the goose or duck feather down to keeping you warm during the night with out the allergies. These synthetic products are as breathable as the goose or duck down. In many cases you will discover that the option down comforter is loadeded with polyester and while this may not seem appealing at first polyester is a very versatile material and can be spun to a very reassuring softness.
Silk duvets offer resistance to dust mites and keep irritants at bay. Mulberry silk lets the material breathe, so it helps maintain comfortable body temperature. Naturally, the duvet made of silk looks attractive and increases the aesthetic value of your bed.
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What is thread matter? The meaning of thread matter is the number of vertical and horizontal threads that is utilized to weave one square inch of fabric. It depends of a sheet that can range from 80 to 1000 while 200 is the common matter for a lot of blankets. The higher the number is, the softer and even more durable of the product is. Certainly much better quality bed linens are more durable, comfortable and nicer obviously.
While it goes without saying that this is a job that's far much easier said than done, keep that in mind your pint-sized slightly co-decorator can be a great big help so long as you can both take a seat and talk about each and every facet of the improvement of the room calmly and clearly. Women bedding is an excellent primary step when you realize you want to give your lovely slightly lady a comfortable room that will let her creativity take off as it lulls her to rest after a long tough day of checking out.
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Lots of people do not actually have an allergy to the down however rather have allergies to bits connected to dust. Dust and allergen are discovered in the down. There is a brand-new option for those allergy patients where the fill of the comforter is comprised of goose down and milkweed. This mix traps the dust keeping the individual from breathing in the dust. This is a fantastic choice for those with dust allergies and still want the advantages of down.
Of course when you purchase a brand-new comforter for your bedroom and even your kids' rooms, you wish to make certain that you select the right one, and there are numerous things to think about when you're making your choice. So, below are a couple of wonderful ideas that will assist you make a great choice of comforters for any bedroom you're decorating.
You dont always have to have a high fill power though. It relies on just how much heat you desire. If you have cold winters, then it can be a beneficial investment. A lower fill power comforter is good in the summer season or if you reside in an area with a warm environment. However I've discovered that the 550 down comforter I have is comfortable in both the summer season and the winter season. And I reside in a cooler environment.
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There are people worldwide, which doesnt know the distinction of bedding sets and inexpensive linens and purchase them as per their preferred color and design. So, to achieve the idea and to make the consumer rejoice, there are some web stores for best quality bedding sets. There are numerous designer and normal online stores, which has developed pioneering and stylish designs.
For numerous people entering our bed at the end of the day is something that we cherish. There isn't really much that feels nicer than having the ability to suck into our own bed and understand that we are going to get a great nights' sleep. In fact for an extra treat numerous people like the sensation of entering a bed that is covered with newly washed linen and we commonly can not wait to obtain into bed when we know that we have actually gone to the effort to put fresh bedding on our beds.
Being more thick, a duvet can be used as a blanket in addition to a bedding, thus, making it unnecessary to utilize other bedding layers under it. Nevertheless, a comforter is just a sort of blanket that provides limited insulation and can not change the requirement for extra layers of bedding.
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Both of these styles add fullness so the bedspread will look glamorous. A pleated style is far more stylish and dressier than a flat bed spread. For a collected skirt, enable 3 times the length of the bed plus 1 1/2 times the width. In addition, add a three inch hem for the lower edges. Add seam allowances anywhere they're required.
The levels of warmth in the alternative Football Bedspread differs, so understanding where the main area for your bedding will be necessary. If you are in an area where it does not get cold, you may desire a lighter weight fill than in an area where it gets really cold. Selecting the right warmth level will be necessary for you to be comfortable in the temperature where your bed will be.


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Sit with their child or children so that they can go to Confession.
Are you going to the store, and live close by your special needs parent-friend? Call them up and offer to pick up something from the store for them since you are already going that way.
Have a Mass offered for them. Please do this! There are communities that have enrollment for perpetual Masses.
Invite them over for dinner. They will really appreciate not having to cook! (Ask them to bring french bread or something easy.) Or bring them a frozen meal. There doesn't have to be a special reason.
Ask to come visit them for a few minutes at their home. Often times special needs parents don't get to leave the house very often to be social. They are often isolated for long periods of time. It is a great service to visit them even for a few minutes. (Maybe you could let them get that shower in uninterrupted!)
Ask how their kids are doing. Inquire about their child's needs. Sometimes that can be overwhelming for us to share about and we tend to give shortened/condensed versions of things to not overwhelm people. We can feel like we're burdening others with our children's needs sometimes. But if there is one thing in particular that you already know about their child's disability or needs, ask about how that is going.
Bring them flowers, a new board game, some muffins, a movie and some popcorn… just because!
Talk to their child/children. They are people. They have feelings and like to be acknowledged, too.
And lastly, pray for them! Pray for parents, pray for the children.
Celeste calls California's wine country home. She is a mother of four, artist, blogger, and special needs advocate.


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Most Airlines allow you to carry 10kgs of Luggage on board with you. However, Ryanair have changed their baggage policy and now charge for luggage to be taken into the cabin. More details can be found here: https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/plan-trip/flying-with-us/baggage-policy
Any additional luggage may be charged for depending on the individual airline. Please contact us for details.


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AMIRA HASS audio now online!
Hi everyone! Did you miss the Amira Hass lecture last week? Never fear, we recorded it and you listen to it / download it here http://www.mediafire.com/listen/f6jytvntbwyaph8/amira_hass.mp3 Let us know what you think! Rosie
PODCAST Jennifer Ashby on Jean Devanny #feminism seres
Did you miss Jennifer's presentation on Jean Devanny? Click here to listen to the podcast and the lively discussion on raunch culture, as well as the, intersection between class and gender politics that followed. Here are some snaps from the event ~rosie~
Audio from the first FEMINISM Series event now available!
On 29th October, the DFU hosted Anna-Christie and Di from Rape Crisis Dunedin to talk about what 'rape culture' means in contemporary Aotearoa. We have just uploaded the audio from their presentation – available for download or streaming here.


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Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine Are Prepping 'Beats' Streaming Service
Since dominating the headphone game, Beats founders Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine are ready to take the listening experience to the next level. Taking keys from services like Spotify and Pandora, the duo officially announced their plans for a Beats streaming service — complete with an multiplatform app and a feature called "Right Now" that generates custom mixes based on current activity and even mood. Get ready when this hits the U.S on January 21st.


text: A judge has ordered the arrest of former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner for allegedly covering up Iranian involvement in a 1994 bombing that killed 85 people at a Jewish community centre. Judge Carlos Bonadio ordered on Thursday that Kirchner, who led the country from 2007-2015, be placed in pre-trial detention and stripped of her judicial immunity. The judge's order also calls for the arrest of Hector Timerman, former foreign minister, and a number of other officials from Kirchner's two administrations. Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo, reporting from Buenos Aires, said Kirchner has been accused of "treason" and interfering with the investigation into the bombing based on a memorandum of understanding between the governments of Argentina and Iran. "This accusation is based on an agreement … that would allegedly allow Argentine judges to interrogate Iranian officials that Argentina claims were involved in that investigation," she said. The Mutual Israeli-Argentine Association (AMIA), a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, was allegedly blown up by a member of Hezbollah in 1994. Argentine prosecutors have alleged the attack was ordered by the government of Iran. The arrest order is also linked to accusations made by the murdered special prosecutor, Alberto Nisman. {articleGUID} Nisman, who was investigating the AMIA bombing, alleged that Kirchner had covered up the role of Iranian officials in the attack. Nisman was found dead in his home on January 18, 2015. He had been set to explain his accusations in a congressional hearing the following day. The death, initially declared as suicide, provoked an outcry against government corruption in Argentina. Nisman was killed under mysterious circumstances in 2015 [Reuters] Kirchner claimed the murder was the work of intelligence agents intent on destabilising her government. In response, she shut down the Secretariat of Intelligence, replacing it with the Federal Intelligence Agency in March 2015. Kirchner, who is facing several corruption charges from her time as president, is set to take a seat in the Senate next week. Her election in October marked a return to politics. The Senate will now have to vote on lifting Kirchner's immunity. However, this is not likely to happen before the end of 2017, according to Bo, because of the holiday recess and divisions over the validity of the judge's decision. "Many are questioning this arrest warrant because they're saying that Kirchner was not even tried," she said. "Many of her administration are currently on preventive detention, and that's why there's many among the members of the previous government that are saying that the judge and the judiciary are persecuting [them] and that they are victims of the administration of [current President] Mauricio Macri." SOURCE: Al Jazeera News Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Argentina Latin America Iran Hezbollah


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We are very sad to say that co-founder and Director, Cathy St Germans, has decided that it is time to move on from the festival. Since 2003, Cathy has brought intelligence, creative direction, style and a healthy touch of the unexpected to the event. She leaves having been a major figure in creating and building an event that we all love. Cathy has helped to create all sorts of memories that are part of Port Eliot history and now we are all committed, perhaps more than ever, to ensuring that this year's festival is something very special and that Port Eliot goes from strength to strength for many years to come.
The heart of the festival remains as it has always been. Port Eliot will continue to meander through words, music and food, to wellbeing, art, fashion, comedy and many places in between and far beyond. Stages, tents, saloons and wooded glades will continue to be curated by the likes of Caught by the River, The Idler Academy and Lark's Haven. The poetry stage, curated by Luke Wright and Rosy Carrick, will cement Port Eliot's place among the most significant homes for poetry of all UK festivals; the Ace of Clubs, the Park, Bowling Green, Walled Garden will be just where you left them (but drier). We will reveal full details and make the next set of 2018 line-up announcements next week.


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As Mexico celebrates Mother's Day, newly released report pegs the country as having the second highest number of murders in 2016 among countries considered in "armed conflict."
Hundreds of mothers came out in Mexico City to protests violence impacting so many lives.
CGTN'S Denny Alfonso reports.
Mexican mothers rally in streets against homicides, mass disappearancesA new report claims Mexico had the second highest number of murders in 2016 among countries considered in "armed conflict". The only country to top Mexico was Syria.
Maria Cruz's son was a police officer in Sinaloa, a state known for its international drug trafficking cartel.
"He was the one giving me everything, I don't have nothing to celebrate, I'm missing a part of my life," she said.
Diana Garcia shares the same pain.
Her son was kidnapped eight years ago in Sonora, home of the Jalisco cartel.
The country's situation is reflected in a just-released report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
It shows nearly 23,000 intentional homicides in 2016, putting Mexico's murder rate second only to Syria's 60,000.
Mothers in Mexico say they don't care about numbers.
The best gift for them on this Mother's Day is justice, and they are asking the government for answers.
The study said many countries in armed conflict lack reliable population data, a critical factor for security analysts.
"About a third of homicides in Mexico are not committed with firearms, which seems to suggest another type of violence, maybe domestic violence, maybe intercommunity violence but not necessarily organized crime-related violence," security analyst Alejandro Hope said.
The government reacted to the survey saying the numbers are inaccurate and don't reflect the current situation in Mexico.
But for activists here, there's no doubt the violence is taking a toll.


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We're thrilled to announce that in line with the upcoming release of the new Star Wars movie: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, we have some limited edition Nixon/Star Wars collaborative watches and merchandise that will launch on Mantality in the next couple of weeks. [edit 16/12/2015 – these have now been launched. View Nixon Star Wars Watches]. Only a handful of stores in South Africa have been given the green light to sell this exclusive, and limited edition collections that commemorate this iconic collaboration.
If you're a fan of both premium quality Nixon watches, and the Star Wars franchise then these watches are what you've been waiting for. Each collection is unique styled to include elements from each of the major Star Wars characters, and in true Nixon tradition these are crafted around their quality timepieces – all with a 2 year ltd warranty.
Stay tuned for their official release on Mantality. For more info, check out the Star Wars Watch collection on the Nixon website.
Imperial Stormtroopers are highly trained soldiers of the Galactic Empire. These Elite shock troops are deployed in overwhelming numbers to carry out the Emperor's will and maintain oppressive order throughout the galaxy. Stormtroopers are feared by Rebel freedom fighters because of their militaristic obedience and their unwavering commitment to the Emperor. Armed with standard Imperial blasters, stormtroopers wear anonymous white armor over black body gloves.
The Empire's black-suited pilots fly the full range of TIEs, including fighters, bombers, interceptors, and experimental models. Only a small minority of cadets in the academy's pilot training program actually graduate with commissions. They comprise an elite class within the Imperial Navy and have a notorious superiority complex. Nonetheless, they make great sacrifices. TIE fighter pilots are trained to complete their missions at all costs, disregarding their own survival.
Darth Vader is a Dark Lord of the Sith responsible for wiping out the Jedi and executing the Emperor's evil bidding. Feared by Rebels and Imperials alike, Darth Vader is a terrifying union of man and machine hidden beneath black robes and forbidding armor. Determined to hunt down and extinguish the Rebel Alliance, Vader commands the massive Imperial fleet and rules his forces through unquestionable terror.
The mysterious Boba Fett is the most notorious bounty hunter in the galaxy. Well paid and highly sought after, this infamous mercenary scours the galaxy for profit and personal reward while leaving an indelible mark on all whom he encounters. Frequently employed by the crime lord Jabba the Hutt, Boba Fett is also commissioned by the Sith Lord Darth Vader. Fett is one of six bounty hunters hired to track down the smugglerturned Rebel Han Solo.


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(2017-05-23) — A troubled young person issued a cry for help last night from the lobby of a Manchester (U.K.) arena at the end of an Ariana Grande concert, leaving 22 dead and dozens wounded — most tragically, the emotionally-distraught youth himself.
Officials from Britain's National Health Service offered regret that — despite having one of the world's best-known socialized health systems — the government was unable to help the youth before his untimely death.
"We don't know yet," said one NHS official, "whether the victim suffered from the normal trauma brought on by income inequality, the social isolation associated with gender dysphoria, or if he was subject to bullying at school. We do know that the system failed him, because conservatives in Parliament have refused to adequately fund the National Health Service."


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There are so many lies and myths around prostitution – many are used to attack exited women who dare say it was not empowering and made them so happy.
I am tired of all this, it is not ignorance, it not a few speaking these myths – it is mostly an organised attack by the sex trade profiteers and their supporters to destroy any voices that question the conditions of the sex trade, destroy any speech of abolition.
I have had enough of their constant ridicule; constant de-bunking everything that abolitionists say; their constant dismissal that many abolitionists are women who were embedded inside prostitution, often in legal indoors prostitution; and their constant search for the unicorn of the prostitute who has never been raped, never had to be with punters who disrespected her, never had money stolen from her by sex trade profiteers, never was abused as a child, never been battered by pimps and or punters etc etc.
These voices are loud, these voices are lapped up by the media, these voices can speak endless nonsense for they have funding from the sex trade – these voices cannot hide the truth, only make it bloody hard to find.
A popular myth, and in my opinion a highly dangerous myth – is prostitution is ok is the prostituted woman fully consent.
This frames prostitution as an equal business relationship. There is a buyer and the brought who somehow made equal.
But when you brought, you become a commodity – you are made sub-human.
To be brought is have no rights to say no to any sexual act – however violent, however disgusted it makes you.
To be brought is to be made into holes and hands that the punter will consume and masturbate into.
Where is the equality in that?
As for the buyer – he has the power to do whatever porn violence his mind can imagine. It his choice how violent he wants to, or he may even make the choice to be gentle.
The buyer has the power whether to use a condom or not, most don't.
The buyer has the power of life and death over the prostituted.
How that be viewed as equal?
A popular myth is prostitute who are not happy inside the sex trade are just not mentally strong enough to cope with the life.
Wow, that is so insulting and deeply hurtful – I just scream at anyone who even think that until their head falls off.
Women inside the daily violence and hate that is named as prostitution are maybe the stronger women I know of.
After all, most prostitutes are violently raped and sexually tortured by hundreds if not thousands of punters and sex trade profiteers.
After all, most prostitutes live with the real threat of being murdered as their shadow.
After all, many prostitutes are forced into hard-core porn.
After all, you must have extreme mental strength to survive a world that makes you worthless and names you as throwaway trash.
How dare anyone not see the massive strength of the prostituted class, and say they are weak or mentally ill.
Let them spend six weeks in the hell of the average prostitute, and see how sane they stay.
There is the myth – if it was so awful, why didn't the prostitute just walk away at the first rape or the first time she was hit. For life is that simple.
This ignore that the vast majority of prostitutes believe that they are worthless, often believing they deserved whatever violence is done to them.
This ignores the real threat and actual violence from punters and sex trade profiteers done to any prostitute who raises her head above the parapet.
This ignores that most prostituted women have been put through so sexual, mental and physical violence before entering the sex trade – that they think it their role, and at least they are getting goods or money.
This ignores that prostitution is a living death, so imaging running away is unimportant when you think you will dead any moment.
This myth goes alongside the myth that all violence is the fault of the individual prostituted woman – because she never fought back or fully defended herself.
That often is just a porn fantasy of all-powerful vengeful "whore" beating up pimps and punters. Being a fantasy, it has nothing to do with sordid terror of real prostitution.
Most prostitutes are in no position to defend themselves – for most violence done is so fast and so terrifying, that just staying alive is often a miracle.
But it is damned hard to defend yourself, when you have been brainwashed to believe you are worth nothing.
It is hard to defend yourself – when you are told over and over and over that your only role in life is to be a fuck-toy for whatever man who buys you.
It hard to defend yourself when you have become the living dead.
Final myth – and the most ridiculous – there must be prostitution because men would die or be force to rape "real" women, if there is not a constant supply of the prostituted class.
Well, personally I think men are better and stronger than that.
No man will die from not having access to the prostituted – oh, his dick will not fall off if he cannot buy sex.
No man can use the feeble excuse that he must rape any woman if he cannot pay money to put that sexual hate onto the prostituted.
Are you really saying that it is ok to rape and use sexual torture on the prostituted class – for they are so sub-human, they feel no pain, have no terror and obviously their internal and external injuries are fake. Is that what you are saying?
For that how it sounds to exited women.


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The subject of this lesson is berin, a modern West Frisian word that means "course" or "way," and sometimes also "slope." The first syllable takes a schwa and the final syllable is stressed, with an "ih" vowel so it sounds like "in." Buh-RIHN.
To remember this fine Frisian word, think of the English word "bearing" which is etymologically a cognate.
Both of today's examples come from the Hallofryslân Woordenboek.
It moat syn berin hawwe.
It cannot be forced or rushed; it must follow its course.
It means "it" here and is said with a schwa. UHT.
Moat is the third person singular of the verb moatte meaning "must." Say it with a long "ah" as in "father." The infinitive ends with a schwa. MAHT, MAHT-tuh.
Syn means "his" or "its" and is pronounced with a long "ee" vowel. This word sounds like the English word "seen." SEEN.
Hawwe means "have" or "to have" and is said with a long "ah" as in father and with a schwa on the end. The -ww- is pronounced like the an English -v-. HAHv-vuh.
It berin fan de seedyk.
The slope of the sea-dike.
Fan means "from" or "of" and is pronounced like the English word "fawn."
De means "the" and is said with a schwa.
See is West Frisian for "sea." It is pronounced with a long "ey" as in the English word "day." SEY.
Dyk means "dike" and is said with a long "ee," like in the word "peek." DEEk.


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Hello Everybody,
It's been a while and I missed writing. Life was happening while I was planning to write. Any who, I was checking out Food Safe to Eat (non organic vs. organic) and responded to a comment. I wrote so much that I said, "I need to add this to my own blog." If you have any further insights/corrections, please let me know here.
Dear Jeanette,
I don't know the source of your high levels of lead, but also consider the following. It is possible that your water may be contaminated because residue from pipes, surrounding soil contamination or air pollution.
In a similar vain, the Amish produce may be contaminated (not by them) but by industrial or neighbor's runoff/air pollution.
In addition, I believe makeup sometimes contain either lead or mercury to help preserve it. I believe mercury may be found in some lotions and mascara. I believe some red lipsticks may have the lead.
Even if lead is regulated in your country, the regulation may be based on how much is allowed in a certain size sample. For example, hydrogenated oils are sometimes added to peanut butter, but the label will say 0 when it comes to trans fats. In the US, this is acceptable to print because a serving size (usually 2 TBL) has a negligible amount (to them.)
I don't care if it is only .5-1.5 gms of trans fat, I find that labeling misleading. In addition, most people will eat more than 2 TBL in their life. Hence, they may be consuming all this PB not knowing there's trans fats.
From my understanding, lead contamination is accumulative like trans fat servings can add up. Hence, you may find amounts in your surroundings, food, etc that don't seem like a big deal by themselves, but collectively are giving you a huge result.


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With Donald Trump in the White House, you might think American Muslims would be wise to lay low and heed the words of Shakespeare's character Falstaff, who, when opting to play dead in battle, proposed that "discretion is the better part of valor."
After all, a rise in hate crimes and biased incidents against Muslims correlates with the rise and reign of Trump.
One prominent Muslim organization especially is not laying low. The Council on American-Islamic Relations was established in 1994 to advocate for the civil rights of American Muslims. Today, CAIR regularly calls out Trump for his subversions of American values and common decency, whether it be kidnapping Central American children on our southern border, breaking up families of undocumented workers who have long resided in this country, or positing a moral equivalence between white supremacists and counter-protesters in Charlottesville.
In short, the folks at CAIR take their American citizenship seriously.
CAIR is just as quick to condemn Muslims who commit atrocities, whether they be members of ISIS or Al Queda, "lone wolves" in this country, or Muslim regimes. CAIR has condemned the Assad regime of Syria for the "death, injury, rape, torture, and disappearance of millions of innocent Syrians whose only 'crime' was seeking freedom and self-determination."
On Oct. 10, CAIR joined a press conference and vigil in Washington, D.C., to demand answers from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia regarding the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent critic of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. Khashoggi had likened the Crown Prince to Putin, and it looks like the comparison was apt.
The torture and murder of Khashoggi would not be the worst of what the crown prince has done; the Kingdom's reckless air war in Yemen and its toll on civilians is far worse in numbers of those killed and maimed. But the murder of a critic whose sole weapon was the pen — and on foreign soil at that — would singularly call for the international outcry underway, and would justify real consequences for Saudi Arabia. Among other things, American military assistance should be rethought.
Government leaders face tight constraints, which regularly override their preferences. Such is the world of politics, but this does not mean that leaders may transgress all bounds. The great majority of American Muslims believe that intolerance and brutality by Muslim governments subvert Islam, which teaches that God's chief attribute is mercy. God loves those who in turn are merciful, and who restrain themselves.
The recently established Colorado chapter of CAIR, in conjunction with the local Muslim community, is sponsoring a vigil to honor Jamal Khashoggi and to demand from the Kingdom a full accounting of his death. The event is planned for 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 28, on the Pearl Street Mall in front of the County Courthouse. CAIR is inviting all people of goodwill to join this witness for truth and justice. If you can attend, please bring an appropriate sign if the spirit moves you.
If you cannot attend, please notify your U.S. senators and House representative that you support real consequences for Saudi Arabia for this crime.
The prophets of the past felt commanded by God to speak truth to earthly power. Particularly in his early years the Prophet Muhammad did this. Muslims believe that God has sent essentially the same revelation to all peoples everywhere. What Black Elk of the Lakota said of his own spiritual vision in his youth can be said of the wisdom the prophets spoke: "If it was true and mighty once, it is true and mighty yet." Today, we must carry on the tradition of the prophets.
Todd Buchanan lives in Eldora.


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April 30, 2012
Artist Watch: Malin Koort
Malin Koort is an illustrator/designer living in Stockholm, Sweden. Her art ranges from mini paper figures, collage, and ink drawings. I'm totally in love with her paper people, each one has so much emotion and tells their own story. And there seems to be a bit of humor in there as well. Also her collage work is is beautiful. Definitely explore more of Koort's work on her website!
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Archive for August, 2008
Firefighters Calendar
August 30, 2008
The South Florida Firefighters Calendar's firefighters made an appearance today at Aventura Mall – make sure you order a calendar or make a donation – www.firefighterscalendar.com
**check out the website for other appearances!**
South Florida Firefighters Calendar
August 30, 2008
When I told these guys I was blogging them….they quickly got together for this shot – don't we just LOVE firefighters!! Please make sure to buy a calendar or make a donation at www.firefighterscalendar.com


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I'm a big fan of the Gorjuss Girls images which are all so adorable! It had been a while since I've colored up one of my stamp sets so I was excited to create my inspiration card this week using a very sweet image called "I Gave You My Heart". I colored this cutie up with my Copic Markers and then added Wink of Stella to parts of her dress to add some sparkle. I kept it pretty simple just adding the beautiful papers from one of my favorite TC collections called "Everyday Moments". I also added a doily from my stash and some blue sequins. The fun die cut sentiment called Love & Adore You is from My Favorite Things. I'm really loving the look of die cut sentiments on my cards!
Here is the full supply list for my card:
I Gave You My Heart - Gorjuss Girls
DIE-NAMICS Love & Adore You Die Set - My Favorite Things
Black Tuxedo - Memento Ink
Salty Ocean - Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Mono Multi Liquid Glue - Tombow
Clear Glitter Brush Marker - Wink of Stella
Everyday Moments - Teresa Collins
Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by!


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This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ).
One of my favorite local bands, the post-everything Televandals are shooting a music video tomorrow (Sunday June 14th) at The Middlesex and they want you to be in it. They are also working to raise a few bucks to cover some of the production costs.
Here are the details:
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