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This week, I am coining a new term: vigevity. Self-evidently, perhaps, this is the combination of vitality and longevity. We'll see whether or not the term catches on. Either way, it is the one health measure to rule them all. It is what truly matters; the prize. We are letting that prize slip away.
We have long known that rates of chronic disease were rising in the U.S. and around much of the world. Far worse than just a rise in the prevalence of chronic diseases — heart disease, dementia, diabetes — is the downward drift in average age of onset. That is perhaps starkest for diabetes.
When I went to medical school, the two varieties of diabetes mellitus were "juvenile onset," and "adult onset." Only since then — during the last quarter century, more or less — has that terminology become first quaint, then obsolete and abandoned. The routine terms are now "type 1" for the variety that is an auto-immune condition requiring insulin, and "type 2" for the variety generally presaged by obesity and insulin resistance. The latter variety was formerly "adult onset" but occurs routinely in children now, propagated by an epidemic of childhood obesity we simply haven't bothered to fix, however we may wail and wring our hands.
The above bespeaks a loss of life from years — a siphoning away of our collective, precious vitality. Now comes word from a new CDC report that we are losing years from life as well in the U.S., experiencing for the first time since World War I a steady decline in life expectancy. Vigevity is the health measure that matters most, and vigevity in the U.S. is in decline.
The fall in life expectancy is driven largely, and tragically, by the opioid crisis compounded by increases in suicide. But these are really the symptoms of a disease with deeper roots. A vast literature on the social determinants of health highlights the dire ramifications of relative disadvantage and disaffection. The vast and ever-growing divide between the affluent and indigent — the have-it-alls and the have-next-to-nothings — is toxic to health.
Lack of early, reliable access to medical care is toxic to health, too, as it allows problems readily treated in their early stages to advance and become potentially calamitous. The past year, again reflecting the policies, politics, and priorities of our culture in this moment, saw a rise of 300,000 in the population of medically uninsured children in our country.
Nor should we overlook the most momentous, if thus far still inchoate threat to vigevity, not just in the U.S. but globally: climate change. Around the world, that toll is almost certainly high already. Here in the U.S., where it is reflected in the scattered casualties of fires and floods, hurricanes and tornadoes — it is unlikely yet to exert much influence on our nation's vital statistics. That will certainly change. But even now, when we acknowledge that there is no true vitality, and thus no true vigevity, absent hope and confidence in the future, we have cause to pause and reflect on the damage to human health mediated by aggregating damage to our planet. Constant worry is toxic to health. Despondency is toxic to health.
Why invoke vigevity, and then chronicle the doom and gloom of our current epidemiology? Because we tend only to manage what we measure. We should, therefore, measure what matters.
Even in the CDC report establishing the declines in life expectancy, the "causes" of death were arguably mischaracterized or overlooked. The report lists conditions, heart disease, cancer, dementia, diabetes, etc., as the causes of our mortality, and declining longevity. But fully 25 years ago, these factors were declared "effects" rather than causes. The true, root causes of premature death are the modifiable exposures and practices that propagate these conditions, with poor diet, lack of physical activity, and tobacco use in their vanguard. Even despite the terrible toll of opioids, depression, despair, and suicide, diet is the single leading cause of premature death in America today.
I hold out the hope that we might decide to measure what matters, and manage what we measure. Until we do, we, and our children, will continue the unnecessary surrender of years from our lives, and life from our years. We will keep relinquishing the prize.


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I'm slightly embarrassed recounting the strange tale of what happened to me all those years ago in my native Canada. As a news journalist, I'm paid to be a professional sceptic, to cast a cold eye on mumbo jumbo and search out the facts.
What is an indisputable fact is that I spent 13 years living in a rented old house, which had reputedly operated as a brothel 100 years back, in the famous flatlands of Winnipeg, where I experienced the inexplicable. I could have left any time, but never did, in spite of the many incidents that convinced me there was something else lurking in the house.
My boyfriend, naturally, assumed I was crazy, but even he was spooked one Sunday night when a thick ghostly mist enveloped the living room while we were watching TV.
We had both extinguished cigarettes - the normal kind! - but several minutes later a thick fog of smoke remained hovering in the space directly in front of us.
As soon as I remarked on it, the 'smoke' shot towards the fireplace and began forming a vertical column - roughly the height and width of an average-sized man - that started at the floor and quickly wafted upwards as if it was about to form into the outline of a person.
The shape shot across the room diagonally like a bullet before suddenly disappearing in a puff.
My hitherto sceptical boyfriend turned white and began shaking. I wasn't much better. When our nerves finally eased we desperately clawed at finding a logical explanation for the apparent apparition. But we couldn't. The flue to the fireplace was shut and any kind of draught couldn't explain the sheer speed and velocity at which the 'smoke' took shape before it shot across the room.
I put it down to 'Hank', the pet name I had for a ghost I believed wandered the house and who began making his presence felt almost immediately after I moved in. On one occasion, I discovered wall brackets on a window blind that I tried to put up one night had inextricably disappeared - lined up in a neat line on the threshold of my bedroom the following morning.
A catalogue of bizarre events followed. I constantly found locked windows and doors - including one with a chain still on it - open and unlocked with no signs of a break-in or anything missing. I got used to everyday objects such as the bathtub plug suddenly going missing, only to reappear seconds, minutes or even days later in the strangest of places.
The ghostly incidents intensified any time I carried out any repair or even simple DIY work on the old house. One time, the hooks I was screwing into a wall in the bedroom closet suddenly vanished when I left the room for a split second to get a hammer, only to resurface later in an odd little pile when I looked beneath the tablecloth covering the counter where I had left them.
It appeared the more I tried to ignore the paranormal activity, or find a logical explanation for it, the worse it got. One night, I returned home after being out for only an hour to discover a large handprint in what looked like mud, or dried blood, on the kitchen wall, even though no one had been there.
I was still living in the house when I met the previous tenants one night at a neighbour's barbecue. After brief introductions they asked me straight out: "Has anything strange happened in there?" So I told them, and they were able to echo every one of my "experiences" in the house. They had also experienced the strange handprint on the kitchen wall.
I even consulted a paranormal investigator, who gave a free inspection and told me the creepy old 19th-century incinerator in the basement could very well be a "conduit to the other side".
But, oddly, I never felt really scared until years later when I moved here to Ireland. I was watching a horror movie in which a demonic presence had apparently scratched out the face of someone in a photograph. The same disturbing thing happened to me in Winnipeg when I came home after being away for several days and found my face had been scratched out in a photo left lying on the kitchen table.
I put it down to the cat being annoyed at being left alone for the weekend, never thinking that 'Hank' might have been trying to tell me something.
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Batmobile Hits The Race Track! NASCAR Star Dale Earnhardt Jr. Teams Up With Dark Knight Rises
By Debbie Emery – Radar Reporter
It's a match made in NASCAR heaven, as the drama of Dark Knight Rises and the racing sport's most high profile and hunky driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. join forces, and RadarOnline.com spoke to the sports star in an exclusive video interview.
"Diet Mountain Dew, one of the sponsors on my race team, has brought Batman and his new movie, the Dark Knight Rises onto a race car so we're going to have the colors at the race this weekend in Michigan," explained Earnhardt, as he sat in his racing gear by the track.
Earnhardt is competing in the Quicken Loans 400 today at the Michigan International Speedway.
"My car is right here with the new paint scheme for the race this weekend with the Tumblr over my left shoulder. I think it will get the fans excited."
"Junior" as he's known in the racing world because of his late, great father Dale Earnhardt Sr., explained to Radar how the unique collaboration came about.
"I got together with some friends and we designed four different cars and put them online for my race fans to vote. I try too get always get involved in the way my cars look because I'm driving them so I definitely want to put my two cents in as much as I can."
The winning car was a sleek and stylish Number 88 Chevrolet that he'll race on the famed Michigan racetrack. "This is the one black car we wanted to run with the Dark Knight logo on the hood. Some of the characters are on the car and they're ghosted in to the design," he explained.
The pairing was a perfect fit for Earnhardt, who has been a fan of the comic book character since his childhood in Charlotte, North Carolina. "I've been a Batman fan since the original series and watching that as a kid growing up and watching them make movies, it has been a lot of fun. The car is as as iconic as the character itself, its kind of a car guy's movie in some ways," said the 37-year-old.
As for the big race day, fans should expect them to be speeding faster than ever before."They have brand new asphalt on the surface so the cars are really, really fast. We're averaging 200 mph in one lap, its about the fastest that I've ever seen it."
Apart from Dale, one of the most popular faces on the track is female racer, Danica Patrick, who has made the transition from IndyCar to NASCAR.
"Danica has been a big help with boosting our popularity especially with our female fan base, which has always been uniquely strong in the sport, but she's definitely improved that and she definitely sets a great example for a younger audience," explained Earnhardt.
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"Hey, Dad," my six-year-old son said as I passed by his doorway this weekend. "You know that war we had with the British?"
"We have had two, not counting miscellaneous guerrilla skirmishing amongst them," I said.
"The one with the fort?" He gestured at something atop his cabinet, formerly known as his changing table. "With the rockets."
I stepped into the room and looked at what he had created.
I knew what he was talking about simply by War with the British and fort. I'd explained the origin of the Star-Spangled Banner to him once after singing the first verse of it to him, and he remembered it.
And when told to take a little time and be quiet because he and his brother were climbing the walls and severing his father's last nerve, he took a little time to plant a small flag he got from the school Veteran's Day assembly, a small contingent of World War 2 era little green army men, and a cannon from a set of Civil War soldiers to stage his own defense of it. Of course, being six, he missed the fact that it was a naval bombardment. But I don't think I really got into that during my explanation of the song which was a more thematic than historic lecture.
Yeah, I know. If you're the parents of homeschooled superspawn, this is small beans ("Why, my four-year-old and two-year old built a scale replica of the attack on Fort Sumter, and I don't know where they got the saltpeter to make their own gunpowder!"), you're all "Meh" about this accomplishment. But I was, and am, impressed with the boy.


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Running with the Vision of God
Darick Wong
1. My Eyes have seen the Glory of God
Matt 22:23-33
Deut 25:5
The Sadducees sounded like they had a legitimate argument or question for Jesus!
Maybe their concern is real. Perhaps it is a real life issue!
Matt 22:29-31
Jesus knew the heart of the Sadducees. All the Sadducees wanted to see was the matter of their personal interest and they never even believed in what Jesus have said.
Sadducees (Greek, Saddoukaioi)
-Their name comes from a root meaning "to be righteous."
-They were the political party of Jewish aristocrats.
-They were the party favored by Rome.
-They accepted the Law of Moses (Gen.—Deut.), but rejected the later teachings of the prophets.
-They rejected the traditions of the Pharisees, interpreting the law literally.
-They denied the resurrection (including future reward and punishment), angels and demons.
-They were the chief priests.
The Sadducees saw what they wanted to see. They are not prepared to see what Jesus wanted them to see.
The illusion of the eye
Do we see what we want to see VS What God wants us to see?
2. My Ears have heard the calling of the Lord
Matt 13:1-7
Some Facts
-Jesus shared a story related to farming because most people are farmers
-Jesus's arrival garnered so many attendance.
-Interestingly, the scripture mention those who 'have ears let them listen'
The Israelites cannot hear Jesus?
-Do you think every one that came that day are interested in listening to Jesus's teaching.
-Wondering those who are expert in farming would react when Jesus came that day teaching them about farming…
-Perhaps some thinks their farming are better than Jesus.
Some Possibility
-Not everyone that came that day are interested to listen Jesus's teaching.
-Some may feel it is a waste of their time.
However Jesus said those who have ear let them listen, hence there is many who attended that day didn't even bother to capture what Jesus is teaching. Many pick and choose what they like to listen vs what Christ wants them to capture.
Matt 13:13-15
People's heart has become calloused What is calloused? How can our heart be calloused? Is our heart calloused today?
When our EYES are not seeing God and our EARS are not hearing his words, how then can we know if this is from God?
How can we capture God's vision and run with His vision?
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The Sky Blues midfielder, on loan with the SPL side, scored a screamer at Celtic Park...
Coventry City midfielder Danny Swanson scored an incredible goal which saw St. Johnstone beat Celtic 1-0 at Celtic Park.
Swanson, who joined the SPL club on Transfer Deadline Day, scored a truely memorable goal in his first start for the club.
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A new course called Land & Language of the Hebrew Bible is being offered by the Center for Bible Study and St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Antelope. The course begins on June 30, 2016, and a 50% discount is being offered until May 31st.
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Imagine watching a play or movie that had no scenery, costumes, wide-panoramas or even accents! Sadly, that's how most Christians read their Bibles. Lack of knowledge as regards the historical-geographical and cultural-linguistic settings of the Bible keeps many Christians from experiencing a deeper appreciation of God's message. Come discover how the landscape and language of the Bible shapes our faith!
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I've come to accept that lots of fertiles 'don't get it.' How could they, right? I mean, sure, there are some folks that are naturally sympathetic and even a few that are very empathetic. Most often it's the whole you gotta walk a mile in my shoes.
So I don't even expect fertiles to 'get it.' I do, however, have very different expectations of infertiles.
When infertiles don't get it, it hurts a lot more. It just cuts deeper, I guess. It also really pisses me off. Especially when it's infertiles that I've been nice to and showed the ropes, as it were.
Now my first experience with such an infertiles was my stupid sister-in-law. I didn't realize at the time that the stupid sister-in-law was actually a time honored tradition, an accessory that nearly every chic infertile I know adds to her collection sooner or later. I guess mine was just sooner. It amazed me when a women who was 41, had 6 iuis with donor sperm, got pregnant but miscarried on her first ivf, pregnant with twins on her second ivf, casually shrugged off all prenatal testing at 42 said "I'm glad I'm not infertile. That must be hard." ARRRRGGGGGHHHH. But this evil SIL has always been a loose canon so at second thought I wasn't overly surprised.
But now it's happened again. With someone I thought was truly one of us. Someone who started this whole thing a little after me and was more than a little passive-aggressive in the whole treatment thing. I should have seen it coming. Instead I was blind-sided by an email.
Now, I prefer friends telling me via email that they are pregnant. It gives me a chance to digest the news so I can be truly happy for them. There is nothing worse than the phone call that comes at 8 am on the morning you're hosting a double surprise baby shower for two friends (one of whom had fertility issues and used your RE to get pregnant and you were sooooo excited for her and another friend who is one of the great empathetic fertiles) that delivers a complete sucker punch. That was the evil SIL and BIL.
So the other day, I'm minding my own business checking email when I see one I dread opening. The title was something like "guess what I got for my 40th birthday?" Oh wait. There was the first !! of many to come.
I opened it. There were many more !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! inside. The only saving grace is there wasn't a hint of fucking baby dust. If there had been I'd probably be writing this post from jail hoping to truly get a jury of my (infertile) peers.
There was also a "I hope you get one of these for your 40th too." I know she really wants that for us but it's not going to happen. There is just no way in hell that I'll get that for my birthday. And she's so clueless that even though I've shared so much with her over the past couple of years she still doesn't get it.
Oh, wait. There's more. She posted on another site that 'And we did it on our own, which really makes me happy! We were on our way to IVF in a couple of months'. So this counts more? IVF is only for desperate people? What about those of us (many on that site in fact) where even IVF hasn't worked? Several are now pursuing donor something? We must not count at all.
Once upon a time on this site there was a very wise woman who would swoop down and bash the insensitive infertiles. Ahhh good times indeed. Believe me after a great post no one dared to say anything like "Congrats!!! You so deserve it!!!!" after a stinging retort by the caped avenger. I loved that. I guess it's time for me to pick up the cape. I'm sure I'm not the only one hurt by her comments. I just don't have the energy right now. I'm licking my wounds and mourning the loss of a friendship.


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Steins;Gate film's premiere date announced
April is a big month for the Steins;Gate franchise.
The official website of the Steins;Gate movie has announced that Steins;Gate Fuka Ryoiki no déjà-vu is scheduled to premiere on April 20 in Japan.
The movie will introduce a brand new story which happens after the true end. So it's recommended that viewers finish the entire TV anime series before watching the movie.
Steins;Gate Fuka Ryoiki no déjà-vu's opening date is close to the release date of the franchise's upcoming visual novel entitled Phenogram of Linear Restraint. The fully-voiced adventure game developed by 5pb will be released for the Xbox and 360 and PlayStation 3 on April 25.
Steins;Gate: Phenogram of Linear Restraint will be available in two editions:
- The regular edition costs 7,140 JPY (about 78 USD)
- The limited edition comes with a replica of Okabe's mobile phone. It is priced at 11,550 JPY (around 125 USD).
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Honeywell Introduces the MP Series Industrial Label Printers
Honeywell's MP Series Industrial Label Printers are a set of rugged and easy-to-use industrial printers. The MP Series can do as much as the large industrial printers but only need a fraction of the space. With an all-metal casing that makes them ideal for harsh industrial environments, these Honeywell printers are quiet and small enough to operate in low noise environments, including offices or hospitals. The MP Series comes in two models, the MP Nova and the MP Compact.
The MP Nova printers occupy less than half the space of traditional industrial label printers allowing users to retain valuable work space. The MP Nova printers can be used in almost any orientation, including the ability to be mounted upside down. With Large, easy-to-manage levers, single-handed media removal, and open covers make the MP Nova the next generation in ergonomic printer engineering that saves money, time, and space.
The MP Compact has a small footprint and takes up little room in smaller crowded areas with ability to be mounted on walls, manufacturing lines, and mobile trolleys. An option for the MP Compact comes with 802.11 a/b/g/n wireless LAN making it easy to connect to networks and to use mobile printing operations such as a forklift.
MP Nova Features and Benefits:
- Increased operational uptime with easy media loading.
- Large media capacity allows for maximum productivity.
- Available in 102 mm (4 in) and 152 mm (6 in) sizes as well as Direct Thermal (DT) and Thermal Transfer (TT) models.
- The printers support IPL, DPL, Labelpoint and PL-Z languages, allowing them to easily replace competitive printers.
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- Label retrieval time is reduced when the MP Compact printers are mounted on a forklift.
- Large media capacity allows for maximum productivity.
- The printers are easily mounted on mobile assets such as manufacturing lines, mobile trolleys or forklifts.
- The printers support DPL, Labelpoint and PL-Z languages, allowing them to easily replace competitive printers.
- The printers offer a wireless connection option in addition to standard Ethernet.
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AIAG's Corporate Responsibility Summit is the leading event for manufacturing professionals to increase their knowledge of emerging sustainability issues and best practices on topics ranging from worker rights and environmental management to innovation. Scheduled for May 02 - 03, 2017, at Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, Michigan, the two-day event convenes practitioners from the automotive, heavy equipment, and technology industries representing OEMs, suppliers, and professional firms to examine organizational risk and the strategic integration needed to build sustainable foundations for the future.
Forward-thinking leaders in the field of CR find value in the insights gained from other leading companies on how they are addressing similar issues. Showcasing successful strategies and the lessons learned along the way can offer practical solutions to the emerging challenges we face.
Network with industry CR leaders at the 2017 AIAG CR Summit as we share insights and discuss global approaches for the building blocks of sustainability. If you manage issues related to environmental systems, compliance, operations, sales, finance, procurement, or the supply chain, this event is for you!
This year's Summit features three tracks. Track 3 is highlighted here.
Track 3: Globalizing Sustainability
- Realizing Sustainability Benefits through Compliance. Explore how to view compliance as a legally required sustainability activity and learn about an approach to view sustainability as a way to improve product design, optimize manufacturing operations, and increase product sales. Chuck LePard, Compliance and Sustainability Senior Consultant, DXC Technology
- CSR Ratings/Collaboration Accelerate Supplier Sustainability. The power of common platforms to evaluate and manage supplier practices on environmental, social, and ethical practices has become clear. Industries have embraced this trend to accelerate further in their collective supply chains. Learn how chemicals industry group Together for Sustainability (TfS) collaborates on supplier assessment, audit standards, and sharing platform to maximize mutual benefits for buyers and suppliers. Hear perspectives from auto parts leader Faurecia on how to enable adoption and engagement of CSR ratings in procurement and standardize benchmarks to drive and incentivize suppliers. Douglas Brown, Manager Sustainability Strategy & Business Development – North America, BASF Corporation; Marc Pinart, Supplier Quality & Development Director, Faurecia; Daniel Perry, Senior Account Executive, Ecovadis.
- Sustainability Reporting – the Importance of Materiality. Attendees will learn about sustainability reporting trends, and will be presented with a method to identify their organization's material sustainability metrics using risk assessment and considering stakeholder concerns. Sandra Tavares, Principal, Tavares Group Consulting Inc.
For more information on Track 1 (Human Rights in the Global Supply Chain) and Track 2 (Environmental Management: Next Steps), see the February and March issues of this newsletter or visit the Summit webpage.
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Time: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
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Trust academies lead the way at GCSE
Published on 25/08/16
Students at Trust academies have chalked up record results, with some of the region's top grades.
Hethersett Academy has rounded off a phenomenal year with another increase in GCSE results to a record high of 86% A*-C English and maths.
In January the academy was rated Outstanding by Ofsted after achieving the best mainstream GCSE results in Norfolk, and its students looks set to be some of the very best in the county again in 2016.
Principal Gareth Stevens said: "We are absolutely thrilled with the results this year and congratulate all our students on their hard work and outstanding levels of attainment and achievement.
"Our Year 11 pupils have been a fantastic year group with many talented students who deserve the excellent results they have achieved. They have exceeded all the targets set for them and have been superb ambassadors for the school in many ways.
"They have all made a tremendous effort to succeed in partnership with a committed staff team and highly supportive parents."
East Point Academy continues to play its part in the Lowestoft Rising campaign to regenerate the UK's most easterly town, with a substantial increase in GCSE results for its students from 62% A*-C English and maths from last year's 43%.
The rise demonstrates the commitment of staff and students, who have been well supported by the local community.
Principal Kevin Blakey said: "We are all delighted at these exceptional results that reward the hard work of our students, supported by their families and our dedicated staff.
"They prove that there is no reason why young people in Lowestoft cannot achieve as well as anywhere in the region."
Staff and students at Cromer Academy in north Norfolk have seen a doubling in the number of students achieving the English Baccalaureate, which recognises success in a broad range of subjects, and maintained strong overall results in the main headline GCSE measure recording 65% A*-C English and maths - the academy's highest ever.
Students and staff at the Hewett Academy have faced a challenging year, with the equivalent of just two terms to make a difference for students already embarked on their two-year GCSE course.
In this its first year as part of the Inspiration Trust, students overall recorded 37% A*-C English and maths.
With a new leadership team now in place and substantial investment in facilities this summer, the academy is in a good position to make improvements in the future.
With a large and diverse student population, Thetford Academy continues to help students make progress above the national average.
Overall it recorded 41% A*-C English and maths.
Its comprehensive subject range includes eight subjects with a A*-C pass rate above 80%, in addition to its solid performance overall.


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HVAC Students Earn Scholarships
Most students don't realize that there is a lot of scholarship money out there to help them with tuition expenses," says Reneisha Wilkes, Student Resource Coordinator for San Joaquin Valley College (SJVC) in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. She has made it a big part of her job to get the word out.
On Wednesday, November 7th four of SJVC's Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) students were told they won scholarships ranging from $1,500 to $2,000 each from the Rees Scholarship Foundation. Mario Cedano, Jeremy Miller, John Morris and Jamie Barela were among fourteen HVAC students whom Reneisha encouraged to submit an application, and who met personal and professional requirements, such as community volunteerism, commitment to the HVAC industry and willingness to help others consider this career choice.
"I was really happy to see that I was a recipient and this money will help me out a great deal," says HVAC student, Mario Cedano. Scholarship awards will continue to be made throughout the next several months and Reneisha Wilkes will be happy to pass along the good news to SJVC recipients.
There are still 58 HVAC scholarships totaling about $300,000. available to students who qualify. "I help as many students as possible learn of the scholarship opportunities available to them," says Wilkes.
In the last 18-months she has helped over 140 SJVC students receive $293,000. in awards that range from $200 to fully paid tuition. Each award is applied directly to the student recipient's student loan, "which relieves a little of their financial burden," says Wilkes.
Students interested in applying for various scholarships appropriate to their career program should contact their Student Resource Coordinator on campus for information and assistance.
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Wego.com, the leading travel search site in the Middle East and Asia Pacific, reflects on the tourism value of one of the most global unifying passions in the world: sport.
The Gulf has invested heavily in what is an impressive annual calendar of international events, beginning in November and continuing through to April, when the temperature is more conducive to sporting activities.
"There's a buzz in the region right now in preparation for some of the richest and most sought-after sporting crowns in the world," said Mamoun Hmedan, Managing Director, Wego Middle East, North Africa and India.
"The Gulf's passion for global sports has been reflected in the development of numerous cutting-edge stadiums and circuits that now attract the world's sporting elite. The commitment is evident in the growing number of proactive pitches to hold even more international events in the region," Hmedan continue.
The UAE will host the AFC Asia Cup in 2019; the tournament to be held across eight separate venues in four cities. Expansion plans are underway with the Zayed Sports City Stadium increasing its capacity to 63,000.
Also in 2019, Doha successfully beat Barcelona and the US to win the World Athletics Championships to be held at the Khalifa International Stadium, home of the Qatar national team.
"The highest profile event is the 2022 FIFA World Cup also to be held in Qatar," added Hmedan. "Held in the Middle East for the first time, plans are in place for at least eight (possibly 12) planned new venues, making it the highest profile sporting event in the region's history."
"Apart from these upcoming giant events, the Gulf's regular sporting agenda kicks off this month with the prestigious DP World Tour Championship - known as the 'Race to Dubai' as part of the European Golf Tour's final," added Hmedan. "In the 2013 cycle alone, it was estimated that this event brought in as much as US$44 million to Dubai."
The prestigious final is held at the acclaimed Jumeirah Golf Estates: a series of top-quality championship courses designed by golfing legend Greg Norman.
It's followed by the hugely popular Dubai Rugby Sevens in early December hosted at Dubai's Sevens Stadium, built to host the 2009 World Cup.
"The Sevens is part of the World Rugby Sevens Series and attracts an annual attendance exceeding 100,000. These prestigious events are an expression of the dedication to boost tourism as well as feed the Gulf's love of sport, and we are expecting a lift in searches to the UAE on uae.wego.com," Hmedan observed.
"Another big yearly drawcard is the Dubai Marathon which attracts around 30,000 participants from all over the world, including some of the world's elite international distance runners. Numbers are expected to increase as this event continues to gain popularity," said Hmedan.
The tourism industry is also proactively participating in promotion of these events with huge sponsorships.
"A number of representative airlines have invested as sponsors with Emirates hosting the Rugby Sevens and Gulf Air sponsoring the Bahrain Grand Prix; the first Formula One event ever to be held in the Middle East," continued Hmedan.
Bahrain will offer a single entry Formula One visa to suit visitors from 113 countries, waiving their usual visa application process.
"Sport sponsorships are big business and Gulf airlines continue to integrate their branding associations with events, teams and stadiums, which has been very effectively undertaken by Emirates and Etihad Airways. Just a few months back, Saudi Airlines announced their sponsorship of the Saudi national football team in their bid to secure a place in the 2018 Russia World Cup," Hmedan added.
"Continued investments in sporting tourism have resulted in impressive stadiums and sporting facilities, in particular the US$1.3 billion 250 hectare Aspire Zone in Doha, which could see Qatar win an Olympic bid in the near future," said Hmedan.
"Sport and tourism go hand in hand," Hmedan said in conclusion. "International events unify cultures through a singular passion, provides opportunities to explore otherwise unknown destinations, and helps grow and deliver business directly to the travel industry."
Interesting facts
Dubai Rugby Sevens
- The Sevens Stadium has eight rugby and six cricket pitches, seating a capacity of 44,000, parking for 15,000 cars, with 4,000 competitors
- New Zealand have won most titles (x 12), and Fiji second (x 3)
- Annual overall attendance exceeds 100,000 people
Bahrain Grand Prix
- First Formula One event held in the Middle East
- The US$150 million Bahrain International Circuit is built for six separate possible layouts to suit drag racing, GP2 and the Grand Prix
- Formula One visa waiver for 113 countries
World Tennis Championship
- Abu Dhabi's International Tennis Complex seats a capacity of 5,000 spectators on its Centre Court, and is part of the Zayed Sports City
- High profile participating tennis pros include Novak Djokovic (3 x winner), Andy Murray (2 x winner) and Rafael Nadal (3 x winner).
DP World Tour Championship (Race to Dubai)
- Prize fund in excess of US$8 million, one of the largest in the world
- The tournament record is held by current 2016 winner, Henrik Stenson, set back in 2013
Dubai World Cup
- Operated by the Emirates Racing Authority, led by Sheikh Mansour, the deputy prime minister of the UAE
- The Meydan Racecourse is home to the single largest structure on the planet (its grandstand), and can host up to 80,000 spectators.
- Covering over seven million square meters, it has both a turf and dirt track
- Boasting only pure thoroughbred horses
- Stadium has hosted big name performers including Lady Gaga, Janet Jackson and Elton John


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- Lie with your back on the mat or the floor. Extend both your legs towards the ceiling and make sure that you cross one knee over the other.
- Now repeat the same what you have done in the crunch exercise.
- Breathe in when you lift and cross the knees and breathe out when you move your upper body towards your knees.
- Repeat this vertical crunch exercise for 10 to 15 times for three consecutive sets.
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- This is same as the twist crunch exercise. The only difference is that you need to tilt your legs to the same side simultaneously with your shoulders
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Frequently Asked Questions
(Grid Wire Deterrent System)
1. How can we be sure that your system of poles and lines will work?
Numerous academic studies and the US Department of Agriculture recommend grids of monofilament lines or wire lines as the most effective method to prevent seagulls from landing and roosting in open areas like docks, restaurants, ponds and flat roofs. However, there is no agreement on height and spacing. We have extensive experience designing our seagull deterrent systems and testing them in hundreds of real world applications. We have never failed to get rid of seagull infestations. We know how to transform an environment where seagulls feel safe and comfortable into a location they fear and avoid.
2. Do seagulls learn over time to invade the space we've protected with your deterrent system?
In fact the opposite happens. Seagulls seem to teach each other to avoid the protected area. It sometimes takes a few days for seagulls to stop even trying to land if they've developed a strong habit or have used the area for feeding or nesting. Over time the system is increasingly effective as seagulls find more gull-friendly places to roost and defecate. Other seagull deterrent technologies such as noisemakers, fake predators or the intermittent use of real predators like falcons do not permanently end seagull invasions.
3. How long will it take to install your deterrent system?
It takes just a few minutes to install each aluminum bracket and pole, and stringing the nylon coated wire and/or nylon monofilament lines goes quickly as well. We provide just about everything you'll need for the installation, detailed instructions and as much phone help as you want. When we design your system we are usually able to provide a labor-hours estimate for installation because we've fabricated so many similar deterrent systems over the years. OR we have qualified installers nationwide who we partner with. At your request we arrange the installation and include the cost in our pricing.
4. Can you cooperate on installation with our contractor or maintenance crew?
Yes. More than half our Grid Wire Seagull Deterrent Systems are installed by our customers or their designated contractor. We'll spend as much time on the phone as needed or meet at the job site if circumstances warrant that.
5. Why can't I just buy the lines and poles locally and do this myself?
You can. But we have a number of advantages over doing this from scratch.
- Our welded aluminum brackets are very strong, durable, non-corrosive and available only from us. We designed and fabricated them to fit different types of installations, as you'll see when you view our SCS Grid Wire Deterrent page in the Solutions and Products section.
- Our aluminum poles fit snugly into the brackets, providing a sound structure for the wires and lines. Our nylon coated wire is almost indestructible. The nylon coated stainless steel wire is highly UV reflective, meaning gulls see it as bright blue while we humans hardly notice it at all.
- The line spacing and grid designs are field tested over many years in many different facilities and structures for the best results.
- Our product arrives ready to install. No need for cutting aluminum poles, fooling with the right fittings, finding and installing all the hardware needed.
- Because we are the designers and manufacturers, the cost to you of a deterrent system is comparable, if not less, than what you'd spend to buy and assemble all these components on your own. Not to mention the repeated trips to hardware stores for parts you didn't know you'd need or don't properly fit. Our value is in convenience, efficiency, durability and optimum effectiveness.
6. We have a very unusual area that has been invaded by seagulls. Can your system work with situations other than the ones you describe?
We sell our KITs for the common and smaller seagull infestations. For larger commercial and industrial seagull invasions, or unusual seagull problems, we design and custom fabricate every system we sell. We encourage you to call us and discuss your needs. Feel free to challenge us with new or unusual seagull infestations. When it comes to seagull problems, "we've been there done that."
7. Are there any size restrictions?
Because our system is modular we can protect miles of docks. We have the resources to do projects of just about any size or configuration. Warehouse roofs that are acres in size are not uncommon projects for us, and we've designed seagull deterrent systems for huge municipal water purification plants or solid waste transfer facilities. But your backyard swimming pool or private dock is not too small for us.
8. Do your deterrent systems injure seagulls or other birds?
No. Our Grid Wire Deterrent System is very uncomfortable for seagulls, making them feel unsafe because they prefer wide open spaces as their normal habitat. Other beneficial birds, such as swallows, martins and migrating land birds easily navigate around or through the lines (bats do fine too). Remember, with any of the deterrent products we make or source from suppliers, we are not out to harm seagulls, a protected species. Our deterrent products make your property hostile to seagulls, so only their feelings are hurt, not their bodies.
9. If I need to haul a dock or use a crane on a dock, roof or other place protected with your Grid Wire Deterrent System can I take the system apart easily?
Our system can be easily disassembled, stored and reassembled. In fact these tasks will take less time than the initial installation. Recently at a US Navy facility they disassembled our seagull deterrent system in order to install solar panels. The re-installation went very smoothly and all they needed from us was more highly reflective nylon coated stainless steel wire.
10. Does your system interfere with people or impede access to any part of the protected area?
No. Our lines are strung on poles that are designed not to interfere with routine maintenance work, public access or other pedestrian uses. Custom sizes are readily available to accommodate solar panels, HVAC, cell towers and other roof structures.
11. For solar panel installations does your Grid Wire Deterrent System conduct electricity or attract lightning?
No. We fabricate poles for solar panel installations using a very hard fiberglass that is non-conductive and UV resistant.
12. Shipments to Canada
You pay the same price for our products as our domestic customers. When there is an import tariff imposed by Canadian customs it's on a few products that are made in China. As a convenience to you, we pay any duties and we charge them back to you as part of your payment when we process your order. This speeds up customs clearance. You don't have to pay the GST to the UPS driver when he delivers your seagull deterrent—we've prepaid it. UPS charges us about $40 more for customs clearance, these services and shipping within Canada, and this is reflected in your invoice as a separate charge.
Questions? Comments? Give us a call 9-5 east coast time. (347) 389-5533


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Climate change and desertification worsen the water and sanitation situation in many countries. People like this woman in Ethiopia try to dig holes to collect water when it does rain. (p-ETH0063) (Daniel Cima/American Red Cross)
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28 June -- Climate-change impacts are creating new complex emergencies around the world, above all in Africa, according to speakers at a conference in The Hague organized by the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre.
The rapid succession of drought-flood-drought was causing almost permanent disaster conditions in some parts of Africa, according to Abdishakur Othowai, drought project manager at the Kenya Red Cross. Large numbers of people were being displaced and ending up in camps, where the HIV rate then soared.
"Once people would have thought all this was an act of God," Othowai added, "but it's been going on for ten years now and they're saying the weather has changed, the climate has changed."
"There is no single, normal season; no cropping season for farmers.
"Our policy now is to tell people that we have to adapt because this phenomenon will be with us for a very long time."
Opening the conference, on "the humanitarian consequences of climate change", International Federation deputy secretary general Ibrahim Osman said global warming had also "intensified conflict and tension in places like Darfur" and was now "a International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement issue".
The Red Cross Red Crescent, according to Osman, had always focused on humanitarian consequences rather than the scientific debate about the role of carbon emissions.
Climate change would be prominent on the agenda of the Movement's international conference this November, he said, where spreading knowledge about vulnerabilities and pledging more resources would be "the two main pillars."
The Movement should work mainly on the humanitarian consequences of extreme weather, as this was already covered by its long-standing mandate, according to Madeleen Helmer, head of the Climate Centre, which is hosted by the Netherlands Red Cross and was set up in 2002 as a reference point for Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Many environmental organizations were already campaigning on carbon emissions, said Helmer, but hardly anyone was looking seriously at what climate-change impacts were doing to vulnerable people in poor countries.
A few speakers – Allan Bachan of the Trinidad and Tobago Red Cross, for example – said their National Societies were also getting involved in explicitly environmental work.
"Adapt everything"
The conference, which ended yesterday, brought together Red Cross and Red Crescent disaster managers from the regions of the world most affected by climate-change impacts, including the small-island nations of the Pacific and Caribbean, and Africa, Asia and the Americas, as well as European Societies, the International Federation and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Walter Cotte, the veteran disaster manager of the Colombian Red Cross, said that because of climate change his country's two rainy seasons now sometimes joined up to make one.
Miriam Chin of the Palau Red Cross told delegates that because of rising sea levels "fifty years from now my country will be gone unless strategies are put in place".
The representative from Tuvalu Red Cross, Tataua Pese, said people there were being set against each other as land disappeared: "Our highest point is only four metres above sea level. We are 100 per cent vulnerable to this problem."
"Disasters are translating themselves into chronic situations," said Ian Burton, a scientific adviser to the Climate Centre and a leading contributor to "Working Group II" – on impacts and adaptation – of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. There was an urgent need for "a long-term strategy".
"We have to adapt everything," he said.
Weather-related disasters
The International Federation was one of the first non-environmental organizations to acknowledge the threat climate-change impacts pose to vulnerable people.
Its concerns were first raised in the 1999 World Disasters Report, which has consistently highlighted the sharp increase in weather-related disasters over the past decade.
Earlier this year the International Federation's annual appeal for the first time identified climate change as a key priority.
Thirty Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are now running programmes designed by the Climate Centre to integrate climate risks into the existing Red Cross Red Crescent disaster risk reduction efforts.
Nahr el-Bared - field report from the Lebanese Red Cross (20 May to 26 June)
Despite announcements that military operations in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared had ended, fighting between the Lebanese army and Fatah al-Islam continues. The ongoing violence is hampering relief and evacuation operations carried out by the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) inside the camp, working with the Lebanese Red Cross (LRC), in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
An intermittent lull allowed more than 5,000 families (around 22,000 persons) to flee Nahr el-Bared, but, according to unconfirmed reports, several hundred families may still be inside Nahr el-Bared camp. They face very difficult living conditions, with no power or water, no means of livelihood, and shortages of medical items and food.
Because of the fighting it is becoming harder and harder to bring supplies into the camp and evacuate the wounded and civilians. The most recent delivery of aid to Nahr el-Bared camp, 760 kilos of food, took place on 20 June.
From 20 May to 26 June, in cooperation with the PRCS, and in coordination with the ICRC and the Lebanese army, Lebanese Red Cross emergency medical teams transported 450 wounded people, 59 corpses, 320 sick people and 1016 civilians fleeing the camp.
Aid is also being provided to displaced families in the Palestinian camp of Beddawi. Over that period, some 70 tonnes of food were provided. LRC volunteers are also documenting the number of displaced persons in Beddawi camp and evaluating their needs.
Since 13 June, LRC youth volunteers have been managing two displacement centres at Beddawi camp set up in two public schools, containing 87 families (nearly 500 people). Working in cooperation with PRCS volunteers they are distributing food parcels and humanitarian aid, and have set up welfare, cultural and health information activities for children, youth and women, as well as psychological support programmes.
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Brexit against Scots' wishes would be 'democratically indefensible' – Nicola Sturgeon
The SNP leader said that there would be "significant anger" and a rekindling of the "desire to look again at independence" if the UK were to vote to leave the EU when the majority of Scots support membership in the 28-member bloc.
Fifty-nine percent of Scots back the EU, compared to 49 percent UK wide, according to a recent ITV poll conducted by ComRes.
In an interview with ITV News on Tuesday, Sturgeon said: "If there is a vote to come out in England, then we find ourselves being taken out against our will, that would be I think a democratically indefensible outcome.
"If we find ourselves in that situation, and I hope we don't, then inevitably people in Scotland will say shouldn't we look again at whether or not Scotland should be independent, given that may become the only way to secure our membership of the European Union."
The SNP leader noted however that she would not be campaigning alongside David Cameron for an 'In' vote, saying she does not want to "pretend" to agree with the prime minister.
"I don't know that his vision of the European Union entirely accords with my own so I think I can do a better job of trying to secure an in vote by arguing the case I think is the right one rather than getting into a situation where I pretend to agree with David Cameron when I clearly don't," Sturgeon said.
FM @NicolaSturgeon speaks to @chrisshipitv about Scotland's place in the EU. Full interview on @itvnews later. pic.twitter.com/tCak7rgq5E— First Minister (@ScotGovFM) February 16, 2016
Cameron is currently in Brussels attempting to renegotiate the terms of Britain's EU membership ahead of a crunch summit later this week. The PM is hoping to secure a deal, which would enable a referendum to be held as early as June.


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Hollard Garden
8 comments:
- Sylvia K said...
What exquisite flowers and marvelous shots! So lovely to see such beautiful flowers and colors! Thanks for sharing the beauty!! Hope you have a great week!
- Feb 23, 2010, 6:21:00 PM
- Martha Z said...
It looks like a lovely place to vist. We have been to New Zealand but not to this area.
- Feb 23, 2010, 6:22:00 PM
What a lovely garden. What a shame it's so underrated...
- Feb 23, 2010, 8:57:00 PM
- Barbara said...
What a beautiful place to visit, it is a shame not many visit and miss out on these lovely flowers.
- Feb 24, 2010, 10:26:00 AM
- imac said...
Wow Betty - such a wonderful blog of flowers you have.
Thanks for your visit and kind comments.
- Feb 24, 2010, 8:26:00 PM
- FranE said...
Okay, I come to see the plants so beautifully there. The Scavolea, the Cranes Bill, and the Justicia. It is awesome to see.
Thank you for sharing your pictures and proving they grow well. :)
- Feb 27, 2010, 5:57:00 PM
- Sara Chapman said...
These are so great. And thank you to Hummer, commenter above me, for naming them! I think I love the Crane's Bill the best.
- Feb 28, 2010, 6:26:00 AM
- The Ganasons said...
I wish I had a garden like this!
- Mar 1, 2010, 8:13:00 AM


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Now we reflect.
One of the most important things I ever learned in graduate school was that a sistah always needs to reflect, if not only for herself, but for our collective consciousness and for our worlds around us. Call it the Humanity Sustainability Project, if you will.
A few days ago I sent a personal email to the Senior Editor of Jezebel.com about a recent post, Tracie Egan, a Jezebel blogger wrote entitled "Why Is Mary J. Blige Working With Chris Brown?" This was the first time I ever felt the need to email a website Editor expressing my concern about one of their posts. Needless to say, the Senior Editor never wrote back but the author and her Managing Editor did (although, I'm inclined to believe that the Senior Editor was certainly privy to all of the "intense" correspondences).
If you're on Facebook, then you can read all about the drama HERE, along with some incredibly insightful responses from friends and readers.
Without rehashing the entire scenario, what basically happened was I called out Tracie's last few sentences of her post because I felt she, along with others at Jezebel, put themselves in a dangerous position by perpetuating (and therefore enabling) incendiary rhetoric created by crappy websites that rely heavily upon speculative rumors simply for "clicks." Basically, Jezebel gave credence to a website who's in the business of starting shit so there will be shit. Good for some, but in my opinion, not a good look for Jezebel.
Needless to say, Tracie said she was "offended and hurt" by my complaints (even though I never directly accused her of being culturally naive about African-Americans like she said in the email) but I did apologize for writing to her Senior Editor instead of her, first. The Managing Editor, with her fine word-smithing, basically thanked me for the email but ended up giving me the virtual and subtle talk-to-the-hand motion and moved on.
Remember people are at different places.
If anything, I hoped to open a dialogue, despite feeling admittedly defensive at first. Hoped that at least the gals over at Jezebel would've updated (not erased or deleted) the original post by including links to other perspectives, or inserted qualifying language so that those of us who felt slighted by the borderline dangerous assumption could in the very least appreciate Tracie's intent.
Remember people are at different places.
Now that all of the internal screaming has simmered (because, like it or not, I chose this battle), I've had time to do some reflecting.
And in reflecting about this ordeal, I learned a few things – even if no one else did.
I learned that I'm a helluva nit picky reader.
I learned that as careful a reader I am I have to be even more careful as a writer.
I learned that it's so important to cite, not just accurately, but responsibly.
I learned that while others assume, so do I.
I learned that apologies are necessary because as we know from the David Letterman/Sarah Palin fiasco, Letterman's apology said more about our country's consciousness than it worked to ignite Sarah Palin's seemingly calculated defensiveness. It helped the Cause for a more 'just' society than Palin's misguided faux feminism shtick ever would. It indicated what progress perhaps looks like. As in maybe our culture is graduating from lame 12-year-old "ya motha's a slut, ya dawta's a whore" jokes – and has actually developed a more sophisticated sense of humor and appreciation for irony. See, I was hoping that the Jezzies, like Dave, would understand that acknowledging your errors is characteristic of progress. No, it's not a cop out, no it doesn't make you look foolish, and no it doesn't mean you lose your feminist-leaning-cool-liberal-website card because you got called out on your own assumptions, rhetoric, allies, and privileges. It just means you're wrong, but being wrong can be orgasmic if you let it.
I learned that being empowered is a pretty awesome feeling, even if it means showing my balls (or my ovaries?) when calling out another female blogger with whom I like for the most part.
I learned that I'm pretty lucky to have all this time on my hands to complain, write, and then think about what I just complained and wrote about. Imagine if we, the Manys, had more time to develop our minds, rhetoric, and visions. I think that in our little worlds, we'd single-handedly save ourselves from ourselves.
I learned that dialogue works much better than defensiveness. After posting what happened on my Facebook page, I found the comments from women of all colors and backgrounds were profoundly helpful in that it made me understand what developing perspective is all about. This is what I was hoping for when I requested that the Jezebel writers update the post about Chris Brown and the "other woman." The pot of ideas flow when people with all type of perspectives and experiences find that their words are acknowledged in a public space.
In that same vein, I learned this, with the help of Arvind, Aura, Melissa, Patricia, Brenda, Carla, Courtney, Necole, and Leopold:
Being a thoughtful and visionary writer is not simply about being a mindful spell checker, or fact checker, or even word smith. It's about being able to express yourself with a developed brevity that relies upon always rethinking our assumptions, rhetoric, allies, and privileges. Because in the end, we must always remember that people are at different places.
Hopefully the Jezebel gals agree.
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I have long speculated that a person's favourite shape of pasta is closely aligned to, and revealing of, personality traits which I propose to explore in this enlightening blog post. So here is it, a penne for my thoughts!
Starting with the most popular of all the pasta shapes, if Fusilli is your favourite pasta, chances are that you are equally as popular! Your taste for spirals and twists indicate a playfulness in your personality which simply does not exist amidst other shapes. Through allowing equal distribution of sauce, Fusilli is also one of the more balanced of the pastas and thus indicating your desire for equilibrium and moderation in day to day life. However, if your balance is compromised and you end up a little overcooked, the Fusilli-lover will inevitably spiral out of control and potentially end up as soggy as a wet sock.
Incidentally the bow-shape is my own reigning champion, although that wont stop me highlighting the frivolity of the bow-lover's personality. Lets face it, we enjoy frills and getting dressed up in the pearls we spent two pounds on in Primark. Yet, despite a potential streak of vanity in our characters, the chewiness of the pasta's inside indicates there's far more than just meets the eye. In fact, it could even be p'a'stulated that our well-groomed outer layer is merely a distraction from an inside that simply needs a little more cooking and a little more love before we can fully flourish. Aw.
It perhaps comes as no surprise that the hollow nature of the Penne shape embodies the intrinsic hollowness of its lover. As a result of this, you often let people in a little too easily which can lead you to spending time with the wrong crowds. The jealousy you hold for your slightly cooler and more fun-loving uncle -the Macaroni- suggests that you're also almost certainly predishposed to jealousy. The simplicity of Penne reveals that whilst you enjoy the quiet side of life, you are well-liked and particularly cherished by your close family whose love you appreciate most in the world.
Lasagna is undoubtedly the most friendly of the pasta personalities; even your name sparks the comfort and friendliness which your many layers sing to the tune of warmth and tastiness. You are traditional and proud of your moral compass which is as sturdy as an uncooked lasagna sheet. Despite your squared shape, you are deceptively fun and adventurous. However, your reliance on mince and onions to create your dish means that you're almost certainly a little co-dependant, but that's nothing a little cheese can't hide.
Your love of the Shell shape unveils a need for protection and almost certainly aligns to your protective nature. Similarly, your caring nature often coincides with loyalty; you would sooner run out of Parmesan cheese than let a friend down. Although that isn't to say you're predictable- sometimes you're open and sometimes you're closed- and the Shell relies on its uncertainty to remain the life and soul of the party. In this way you are also the blurred line between extroverted and introverted and you refuse to shell yourself short.
The malleable and flowing shape of spaghetti means that you enjoy a carefree and relaxed existence. Your flexible nature, whilst making you good at compromising and thus relationships in general, means that you are easily taken advantage of. It is most likely due to your carefree attitude which makes you the messiest of all the shapes and as a result you are terrible on first dates.
Alphabetti Spaghetti
You're either attempting to eat this through your nose because you're two years old or you need to learn to let go.
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As we have seen in the past, the election results are not always as cut and dry as they seem. This Court of Common Pleas case "Conrod Snyder vs. John Hopkins," following the election of Sheriff in 1823 is the perfect example!
The declared winner for Warren County Sheriff was John Hopkins, which would be the 4th year in a row in which he served as Sheriff. Prior to Mr. Hopkins, Conrod Snyder had held the position from 1817-1820. These two men, along with Allen Wright, were on the ballot of 1823.
Following the election, Mr. Snyder claimed that he was the rightful winner and accused the Clerk of Common Pleas Court along with two Associate Judges of counting the votes without waiting for the required amount of days to pass. The Clerk along with the Judges counted the votes four days after the election as opposed to the required six days. As a result they had failed to receive the poll books for Franklin Township.
As we can see from the images below, Mr. Snyder was the clear winner over Mr. Hopkins. Following the controversy, Mr. Hopkins submitted his resignation as Sheriff of Warren County. Conrod Snyder would serve just this one additional year, John Hopkins was elected to the post of Sheriff the following election season.