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Smartly timed snacks can give the body the fuel it needs to build muscle, burn fat, and recover as best it can. If you prefer to eat before exercising, or if your workout will last longer than an hour, Seebohar suggests grabbing a snack about 45 to 60 minutes in advance and keeping it small (think a palmful of carbs, a half palmful of protein, and a quarter palmful of fat). Find what works for you by trying one of these 25 options.
Best Pre-Workout Snacks
Rice Cakes With Almond Butter
If you're gluten-free or just not big on toast, this is a great way to get your nut-butter snack in while adding healthy carbs to power you through. Plus, rice cakes don't go stale as quickly as bread, so you can always keep a pack on hand.
Almond Butter Banana and Coconut Energy Bowl
By mashing up an egg and a banana, and topping them with apples, almond butter, and coconut, you'll get a grain-free oatmeal of sorts. This is a great one to make the night before and eat in a travel cup on your way to your favorite morning cardio class.
Perfect Yogurt Parfait
A parfait sounds fancy, but it'll only take you three minutes to throw together this combo of 2 percent or full-fat yogurt, granola, and berries. Pro tip: You can make this in a disposable cup and eat it with a plastic spoon on the way to your morning workout.
Almond Coconut Mocha Smoothie
We love smoothies, but first—coffee. This recipe combines both. It's perfect for an early-morning workout since the hit of caffeine will perk you up before you hit the gym.
High-Protein Oatmeal
Oats are a classic morning staple, but if you don't want to clean up a pot before rushing to the gym in the morning, try this one as an afternoon snack. The recipe serves two, but we suggest dividing it into three portions and refrigerating the remaining two for smaller snack-size servings.
Blueberry Banana Protein Smoothie
It doesn't get much easier than blueberries, bananas, yogurt, almond milk, and ice. Just be sure to swap out the suggested nonfat yogurt for a partial- or full-fat version— it'll give you more fuel to crush your workout.
Banana Bread Greek Yogurt Parfait
This banana bread-inspired parfait is not nearly as complicated as baking up a sweet treat. You can pre-make a few and then pop them in the fridge for a grab-and-go snack on busy days.
Apple Peanut Butter Energy Bites
The classic apple-and-peanut-butter combo gets an upgrade from raisins and chia seeds. If you're in a rush, skip the extras and just grab an apple with PB. Try stashing some to-go packs of peanut butter or almond butter in your gym bag so you can chow down on your way to indoor cycling class.
Mocha Protein Shake
Protein shakes can taste chalky boring, but when there's coffee and chocolate involved, we're big fans. This blogger suggests adding an extra tablespoon of sugar, but we'd suggest skipping it for an even healthier (and easier!) recipe.
Fresh Strawberry Parfait With Cottage Cheese
Cottage cheese gives this parfait a light and creamy texture and adds a little extra fat, which will keep you feeling satisfied longer. It's the perfect use-what-you-already-have-in-your-fridge kind of snacks.
5-Minute Protein Peanut Butter Energy Balls
Make these DIY no-bake peanut butter balls ahead of time, and you'll have some healthy treats ready to fuel a week's worth of sweat sessions. Seem like too much effort? Grab a box of your favorite bars (we love CLIF Bar's new nut butter-filled ones), cut in thirds, and then roll into balls for smaller bites.
Hard-Boiled Egg Avo Toast
Avo toast never fails. When you have a heartier appetite, try this pre-workout version and add a hard-boiled (or fried) egg on top for added protein. There are a lot of ways to get fancy here, but we're big fans of this classic combo before a morning run. It's the perfect use-what-you-already-have-in-your-fridge kind of snacks.
Homemade Apricot and Almond Energy Bars
If you have time on your hands, mix up these DIY energy bars and stash the extras for later. All you'll need for this no-bake recipe are a food processor and a few ingredients. Short on time? Stock up on some store-bought bars with high-quality ingredients and a 1:1 or 2:1 carbohydrate-to-protein ratio (in other words, look for 10 grams of carbs and 10 or 20 grams of protein), Seebohar says.
Peanut Butter and Banana Chia Seed Toast
PB and banana is the perfect on-the-go snack. For a longer workout, spread both on one slice of whole-wheat toast and add a sprinkle of chia seeds to make this recipe even prettier better.
Leftover Meal Prep Chicken, Sweet Potato, and Green Beans
Getting in some fuel for your workout can be as easy as heating up a small portion of leftovers from the night before. Try making an easy meal-prep combo like this chipotle chicken, sweet potato, and green bean dish then setting aside a snack-size amount for an afternoon snack.
Turkey Avocado Wrap
A wrap may sound like a meal, but this mini version is the perfect size for a pre-workout bite. The gluten-free "wrap" is actually just turkey wrapped around some avocado with shredded carrot for added crunch. It's the perfect use-what-you-already-have-in-your-fridge kind of snacks.
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Chris Llewellyn knows what it's like to be poor on Bainbridge Island.
"I was a single mother at one point," she recalls, "and I was so poor that I had to sell my bed to buy a chainsaw to cut firewood to keep the house warm."
Llewellyn has shared a lot of experiences with a lot of people on the island where she has lived most of her life.
She tells about the neighbor on Fletcher Bay who kept chains on his pickup truck tires all year "because my driveway is muddy."
She remembers timing swims off the island's west side to avoid Navy torpedo tests, and she recalls visiting friends by boat long before she was old enough to drive a car.
"You can't turn back the clock," the 54-year-old candidate said, "but I've grown up with this island, and I think that understanding would make me a good mayor."
Llewellyn's grandparents were "summer people" on Bainbridge, with a cabin at the end of Tolo Road.
But even as part-time residents, they were involved in the community. Her grandfather was a lawyer in Seattle, and during World War II, he did the legal work necessary to preserve the property of some of the island's Japanese-Americans during the internment.
As Chris Burkeimer, she grew up on the island's west side, and had what she calls an idyllic childhood.
"I remember when I could ride a horse from Tolo Road to Point White through the woods," she said.
She paid for her first horse by picking strawberries in the Koura fields, what is now Meadowmeer.
"You could stand up there and see mountains on all sides," she said. "You can't do that anymore, because the trees have grown so much."
Her father was a builder, who owned several buildings in downtown Winslow along what is now Madrone Lane between the Blackbird Bakery and City Hall.
One of her father's more enduring contributions to the island, she said, was building the dunking platform hauled out every Fourth of July.
"I suspect it may have been rebuilt a little since then," she says, "but it still looks like the one he built and we tested in our yard."
After graduating from Bainbridge High School in 1965, where she was a class and student-body officer, Llewellyn went to the University of Washington, where she majored in clothing and textiles.
She then undertook what she calls a "see America first" tour, visiting all 50 states, and spent some time teaching skiing in Colorado.
"But when I drove back over the Cascades, I knew that there was no place else I wanted to be but here," she said.
She took a job as an outerwear designer with a Seattle firm, than abandoned the commute to work as a freelance designer and carpenter. Ultimately, she established an outdoor-wear firm on the island, Custom Sport.
After marrying Jim Llewellyn, she became an active volunteer in the school system, particularly on recreation matters. The Llewellyns ran a ski school at Crystal Mountain for a number of years. They held an annual ski swap, and used the proceeds to subsidize skiing trips for single-parent families.
"It's such a wonderful family activity," she said, "and having been a single mom myself, I always felt that if there was any group I particularly wanted to help, it would be single mothers."
Four years ago, Llewellyn applied her interest in recreational issues and ran successfully for a seat on the park board.
Almost immediately, she was ensnared in a controversy.
The board had offered to give the Humane Society a piece of land at Manzanita Park for an animal shelter. The park was adjacent to the Bainbridge Island Saddle Club, which built and used the park's trails. And Llewellyn was, or had recently been, on the Saddle Club's board of directors.
The controversy over the shelter escalated to the point that the park district's then-director Chuck Field suggested rescinding the offer to the Humane Society. By a 3-2 vote, Llewellyn voting in the majority, the offer was rescinded.
Llewellyn defends her vote, and denies that she had any conflict of interest.
"I did not believe that the park district should be giving away land, even to non-profit groups," she said this week. "It was not a conflict of interest under the law."
Former park board member Joanne Croghan, who was on the opposite side of the animal-shelter vote, said that unfortunately, that situation is one that many people will remember.
"Everyone identifies her with that conflict of interest and her apparent inability to understand it," Croghan said.
But since then, she has become a strong member of the park board, according to her peers.
"As a long-time islander, she was very concerned about development and growth," said former board member Bob Silver, who called Llewellyn a strong advocate of open-space measures.
"She is a very active member and takes issues seriously," said Daryl Schei, who has served on the board with Llewellyn for four years. "She is concerned about open space and balancing active and passive recreation needs, and does a good job of looking at all sides of an issue," he said.
District Director Dave Lewis said Llewellyn's greatest strength may be the ability to make a decision.
"She takes all input from all sources and develops a plan, but she's of a mind at some point to say that not every person is going to be satisfied," he said.
Llewellyn, who is not running for re-election to the park board, said that her bid for the mayor's office is the ultimate extension of her volunteer activities.
"I found myself working full-time and volunteering full-time," she said. "I had to make a choice, and the volunteerism is what I am not willing to give up."

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Raspberry Truffle Almond Cake
You know that a cake is too darn good when you're actually spending your one and only study break to write a post about it to share it with the world instead of watching the new Game of Thrones episode.
Looks like I love you guys and your tastebuds a little too much. And I'm pretty sure that if you my friends were to try this now, you'd send all your love back to meeee.
Because what can possibly go wrong with a soft, dense yet tender almond scented cake topped with the most luscious, creamiest chocolate truffle coconut cream frosting and fresh raspberries?
What can go wrong, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
You've heard the "it's the things that we love most that destroy us" saying right? Case in point: my finger. My poor finger. See? I have this rather inadequate tendency to cut myself while unmolding/cutting cakes, which, as you can imagine, it's not useful at all when you're the biggest crybaby and can't tolerate the smallest glimpse of blood.
Me: *tries to unmold cake* *cuts fingertip with a sharp edge of cake* *faints* *has to spend the following seven minutes curled into a ball in the kitchen floor while sobbing because there's blood everywhere*
And by "blood everywhere" I totally mean "two drops of blood in my fingertip" but I thought it'd be nice to make it look like a Game of Thrones scene for once. I'm such a drama queen I guess. For record I don't think I'd last a day in there because all that blood would make me go bananas. Also, too many butts to stare at. I wouldn't know where to look </3
Anyway! If you leave the part where you almost mutilate yourself with a piece of cake aside, this is still a top notch idea. I mean, who doesn't like almond cake? And who doesn't dig creamy, velvety truffle frostings??? And more importantly: who doesn't love to lick the whipping cream bowl clean after you're done with it????????
Do such people exist anyway?
Then we have raspberries aka one of my favourite fruits ever which, as you might have guessed, go terrific with the almond truffle combo. Aaaaaaaand they look extra beautiful when dusted with powdered sugar. I was actually going to write "fairy dust" to make it sound like, you know, magical, more whimsical… but I was just made known what "fairy dust" actually means and know that I think about it, I totally don't want you guys to be sprinkling random hardcore drugs in your cake.
So stick with that sugar. And be careful because this frosting itself is already enough addictive. Vegan or not, I don't think you'll ever go back to traditional whipped cream after you've let this coconut cream wonder graze your lips. So creamy, so soft, so sweet, so truffly and SOOOO DECADENT.
This cream is what I live for. This cream is what dreams are made of. This cream is all I want in life.
Apart from free time to take naps, lots of money to travel and get the expensive veggie burger option and watch the new Game of Thrones chapter. That being said I shall leave you know because Jon Snow isn't going to get savagely stared at himself.
- 250 grams all purpose flour
- 80 grams almond flour
- 5 grams ground flax seeds
- 180 grams coconut sugar
- 320 grams almond milk
- 75 grams olive oil
- 10 grams baking powder
- 10 grams white wine vinegar
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 cans of full fat coconut milk
- 5 tbsp. sugar
- 2 tbsp. cacao
- Fresh raspberries, powdered sugar, etc
- Open the coconut milk cans and leave them to chill in the fridge overnight.
- To make the cake whisk together flours, sugar, baking powder and flax.
- Add milk, oil, vinega and vanilla and stir to combine.
- Pour batter in a well-greased small-medium baking pan and bake at 180ºC (375F) for 35-40 minutes or until golden.
- Leave cake to chill before frosting it.
- To make the frosting, separate the solid, creamy part from the lid of the coconut milk can and whip it with the sugar and cacao.
- Spread on top of the cake.
- Top with raspberries and dust with powdered sugar.
- Enjoy!
- Any kind of plant-based milk will work here!


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This flavorful Vegan Rasta Pasta Salad is made with simple ingredients, creamy vegan and gluten-free penne pasta full of bold Jamaican herbs and spices and colorful bell peppers.
For this recipe, I'm preparing a vegan, gluten-free version of Rasta pasta, it is another dish with its roots with the Rastari people of Jamaica, like my Ital Stew recipe.
The last time I had this recipe was on a visit to Jamaica in 2007 and we stayed at FDR Pebbles in Trelawny.
The kind chef prepared all our dishes vegan and one of the delicious dishes that he prepared for us was Rasta Pasta.
Unfortunately, the hotel has since closed but this recipe remains vivid in my memory.
As I looked online I was shocked to see Rasta Pasta recipes prepared with shrimp and chicken.
As a Jamaican, I don't believe Rastafari is happy with their name being associated with shrimp or chicken because a true Rasta doesn't eat shrimp nor chicken.
Facts About The Rastafari diet
The Rastafari religion and lifestyle originated in Jamaica in the 1930s, they have since spread throughout the Caribbean and worldwide.
They believe in getting their food directly from the land without it containing chemical fertilizers, pesticides, preservatives, or any additives.
Their way of eating is called Ital, meaning vitality or eating foods that give strength to one's body.
They do not eat red meat because they believe it rots inside the body.
However, some do eat fish with scales because they believe it is supported by the bible.
Some refuse to eat fish, and others will remove dairy and become vegans.
Most Rastafari people are strict vegetarians, vegans, and the very strict ones do not eat salt.
They cook their foods in clay pots because they believe metal pots damage the kidney and liver.
Coconut milk is used in place of dairy and butter.
They use fresh herbs and spices, such as thyme, lemongrass, allspice, nutmeg plus Scotch bonnet pepper to flavor their dishes instead of salt and processed flavor additives.
My recipe strictly speaking is not Ital but it comes pretty close, however, I will include some optional ingredients though, like vegan cheese, Bragg's Liquid Aminos, etc.
How To Make Rasta Pasta Salad?
To prepare the meatless Rasta Pasta recipe, I boil my pasta according to the package directions. I used Trader Joes Brown Rice Penne Pasta.
I added nutmeg and cinnamon, which I don't normally cook with but I included only a pinch each for that authentic jerk sauce flavor.
Green bell peppers strips were added, which I rarely eat since I got an entire bag as a gift, I went ahead and include them.
If you cannot find Scotch bonnet pepper, use cayenne pepper instead. I served this dish alone but you can add baked or lightly fried soy curls, baked tofu, vegan sausage or any fake meat you like.
You can serve this dish warm or cold.
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- 8 ounces pasta
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon ginger, grated
- 3 green onion, chopped
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme, or 4 sprigs fresh
- 1 medium tomato, chopped
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- Pinch of nutmeg
- Pinch of cinnamon
- 1 medium red bell pepper, cut into strips
- 1 medium yellow bell pepper
- 1 medium green bell pepper
- 1 can coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon Bragg's liquid aminos
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 small Scotch Bonnet pepper for flavor, or 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 cup non-dairy cheese shreds
- fresh parsley leaves, for garnish
- Bring a large pot of salted water to boil, cook pasta according to the package directions, drain and aside.
- Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high. Add onion and cook until soft, about 3 minutes. Add garlic, ginger, green onions and cook for a minute. Stir in tomatoes, curry powder, allspice, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
- Add bell peppers, coconut milk, Bragg's liquid aminos, salt, Scotch bonnet pepper or cayenne pepper.
- Bring sauce to boil, reduce to simmer for about 5-7 minutes until sauce is thickened. Add vegan cheese and stir until melted, then stir in pasta and serve.


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You've no doubt heard variations, and some will be present, but if not, here you go.
A writer without imagination is like a musician without rhythm; it's doubtful anyone will enjoy either.
MC needs to show someone a vital phone pic? Break the phone. Needs to get somewhere? Break his car. Don't make goals easy.
Don't tell your readers he smelled the coffee. Instead: With rich coffee aroma, steam rose in lazy swirls from the dark brew.
An important part of writing is in the details. Yes, your character may taste, touch, hear, see, and smell, but does the reader?
You know you're writer if you love editing. Well, you might not be a sane writer. Polish that passion–make it pop.
Dialogue: Never boring. Constantly use tension, whether anger, humor, fear, or sexual. Unexpected is great too.
I love it when an unintended character pops into a scene, taking the plot in a different–better–direction than I'd intended.
Friends ask how I write. My answer? By knowing my character's perspectives; their hearts, souls, & struggles.
Recently made three women cry. It's okay…actually, it's great. They were reading one of my short stories.
Let characters interrupt. Hey, did you see– Yeah, it's– Don't interrupt me when– When what? Arrgghhh! (You get the idea)


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A mysterious island.
An abandoned orphanage.
A strange collection of very curious photographs.
It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive. A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.
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The book starts off very well with Jacob's clumsy habits & his grandfather's strange tales. Jacob is a shy guy who for many years has believed the strange stories which his grandpa told him. But as he grows older he understands that none of the stories can possibly be true, for they all do not make much sense. The main story starts with the murder of his grandpa. While dying he whispers a message to Jacob. When Jacob goes investigating he learns the truth behind his grandpa's tales.
Reading the reviews this book got I had very high expectations from this one. However I did not like it much. The basic idea of 'peculiars', people who are similar to humans but have some unique abilities, living in a never ending time loop is nice. Some peculiars are invisible, some can float, some can ignite fire with their bare hands, some can grow plants, some can even give temporary life, etc. But the idea of hollows who are neither living nor dead is pretty silly. It reminded me of the death eaters…but these were without half their thrill for these hollows needed apprentices to track their prey. The photographs included in the book made me uneasy, especially when I was reading at night but the book did not frighten me in anyway. And I had been under the impression that horror was the theme of this book.
The thing which I disliked the most is how the end is left hanging. I like a complete end to any story. And when this one finished I did check if some pages were missing. 😦
Overall an average book. Borrow it from a library & read it once. A 1/5 from my side.


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Despite an unrelenting focus on the recent rout in oil, there have been a number of other significant swoonings across commodityland™ which have also been rather noteworthy. This played out naturally in my head as 'noily' (aka, 'not about oil'…although, as we know, everything is interlinked).
As it turns out, noil is actually a word – meaning a short fiber left over from spinning silk. Trying to find an istockphoto image of said noil, this picture of a gnarly alpaca showed up instead. I then looked up 'no oil', and an alpaca image showed up again. Fate it would seem. So here is a post which is not about spinning silk, gnarly alpacas, or oil. » read more


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This is a great resource for the Easter season. Each of these messages could be used as a part of the series or as a standalone study.
Message Topics:
(1) Palm Sunday Christians
(2) Following at a Distance
(3) Playing Games at the Foot of the Cross
(4) I Doubt It
This Resource Includes:
• Four message manuscripts
• Four small group discussion guides
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The Diplomat is running a series of interviews with Washington DC-based ambassadors on defense, diplomacy, and trade in the Asia-Pacific region. Last month, Washington Correspondent Eddie Walsh filed the first part of his interview with Ambassador Kim Beazley of Australia. Following is the second part of the discussion, on defense, diplomacy, and trade issues in the Asia-Pacific region from the Australian perspective.
ANZUS recently celebrated its 60th anniversary. To remain relevant, the terms of the treaty must be regularly updated to account for the changing security environment. For example, the Australian and U.S. governments announced earlier this year that a cyber attack on either nation would trigger the treaty. However, some say there are larger questions to be answered than just what new threats fall under the treaty. There are issues of strategic responsibilities and shared costs which can't be overlooked. So, from your perspective, what is the current state of ANZUS? What more needs to be done to modernize the treaty, and how is Australia responding to America's call for its allies to contribute more to global security within the context of ANZUS?
Most people – Australians included – have a fixed view of the American-Australian alliance. ANZUS is just part of the relationship – a sort of boilerplate document that underpins it all. So, there's a sort of assumption that it was there in 1951 and it's the same now. It isn't. It changes constantly. It changes quantitatively in the characteristic of the relationship between the two countries and the things they do together. It also changes geo-politically as the area that Australia inhabits alters in terms of importance to the United States.
One of the reasons it took so long to get ANZUS in place from 1945-51 across successive Australian governments was because the South Pacific was no longer relevant to the United States once World War II was over. The focal points of the Cold War were already relevant by the end of the 1940s. The global political system of the Cold War had as its focal points Europe, North Asia, and to a degree the Middle East because of oil. Particularly after the Vietnam War, the Nixon Doctrine assumed not much importance to Southeast Asia and none at all to the South Pacific. So, the zones of fascination to Australia were barely important to the United States.
Our significance to the United States was the product of two things. In 1941, our significance was that we had to sign the Japanese peace Treaty, and ANZUS was an exchange of that signature. It was the 1960s that dramatically changed that relationship though. As John F. Kennedy decided that the focal points weren't the only things at stake in the Cold War, Southeast Asia was temporally put on the table as the United States sought allies in Vietnam, which upgraded the relationship with Australia until Australian training of troops in South Vietnam was successfully sought in 1962.
Even more important, (U.S. Defense Secretary) Robert McNamara completely reinvented the U.S. strategic deterrent, which gave the U.S. new requirements for communications, early warning systems, and intelligence gathering systems. Australia was the quiet continent that was the perfect ground station for installation of systems of those kinds. Those systems and agreements associated with them are at least as important in characterizing the relationship between the United States and Australia as ANZUS. They've changed technologically as technological changes have occurred in the U.S. military. They remain important, and they are if you like the ballast of the relationship between Australia and the U.S.
There are now many other things being done. Technological change has now put cyber on the table, and the agreements that we have in place are pretty advanced. The world in which we now live places at least as much premium on intelligence gathering as the Cold War did – probably a bit more on the HUMINT side than the Cold War did. So the intelligence relationship is increasingly significant.
The real increase though of Australian significance to the U.S. is geographic. The conclusion of the Cold War assumes a new central dynamic in the word system. That central dynamic is the rise of new economic powers – most of which are situated along the Asia-Pacific.
All of a sudden, Australia has gone from the backwater strategically – with the exception of those joint facilities – and is now the Southern tip of the focal point of the global political system. So, where does the alliance go? Pretty much strength on strength on the basis of that argument.
The Iranian nuclear program has garnered headlines for the last year. The U.S. Secretary of Defense's comments a few months ago that an Israeli attack on the program is probable in the coming months have only fueled concerns that we are on the verge of another major conflict. What are your views on the clear and present threat that Iran poses to the world? Do you think that a major escalation in the conflict is likely in the next six months and what is at stake if Israel or others commit to a major attack on Iran?
We think it's tremendously important that the Iranian government understands completely that the rest of the globe is concerned that Iran has failed to answer serious international concerns with its nuclear program.
The effects of Iranian nuclear weapon development could cause instability in the Middle East and beyond. Then we would have a totally different world where nuclearization is general and there is greater possibility of devastation in any particular conflict. Those are big stakes, and therefore we've done everything we can as a government to advocate against it, including at the United Nations and in our dialogue with other countries who are interested in the issue.
We do everything we can do ensure that those sanctions are hard enough that it will change the opinion of the Iranian government and will change the direction of where it is going because the long-term consequences if they do go down the nuclear road are horrific. If they persist and it becomes a conflict, then we all bear the economic struggles.
Many observers believe that U.S.-Pakistan relations are at an all-time low. New efforts in Congress to cut Pakistan aid potentially raise new issues that undermine Pakistani confidence in the U.S. relationship and will do little to help the Obama administration repair relations. From Australia's perspective, do you think that the West's engagement with Pakistan is on the verge of a radical shift?
We take a very firm view that Pakistan must be encouraged. While it's not an easy thing to do, it has to be done. When everybody is frustrated with Pakistan, and many countries are frustrated with them, at the end of the day, you sit down and think it through and the conclusion you come up with is that you should stay engaged.
We have a strong relationship with Pakistan ourselves. We continue our relationship with the Pakistani military because it's a very important contribution, so we stay in conversation with the Pakistanis. We simply hope that Pakistan succeeds as a country and that Pakistan plays a constructive role in things like Afghanistan.
The U.S. Defense Department recently announced the launch of a new Air-Sea Battle program. But, as the press pointed out following the press conference at the Pentagon, the U.S. military has done little to articulate what unique contributions the Air-Sea Battle provides to the U.S. military and how it differs from the Joint Chiefs of Staff's existing responsibilities. As an important ally of the United States whose national security rests largely on your air-sea gaps, what is your perception of the concept and do you believe that the new office offers any distinct contributions to your national security interests? Does it send a message to you when they have O6s stand up and say they will focus on air-sea battle after the Darwin speech?
We have said since 1992, the defense of Australia is maritime defense. The maritime defense in the first instance is the capacity to sufficiently use surface and sub-surface forces to defend Australia from anyone and anything with technical ability that exists within the region if circumstances arise that those who possess those technological capabilities have changed their intent (and) intend to do us harm.
Maritime strategy and maritime defense is therefore something Australia is entirely familiar with. And so, when the Americans say they have given considerable effort in developing doctrine around the concept of the air-sea battle, i.e. maritime strategy, we are definitely in (on) it.
(The fact that senior U.S. military staff are raising the issue) doesn't send a new message because Americans have been talking about, especially in its internal discussions, where it wants to focus its defense spending. There have been a lot of discussions that focus on maritime security and capacity to ground operations…The U.S. has been discussing that for a long time.
Eddie Walsh is a freelance journalist who covers Africa and the Asia-Pacific. He also serves as a non-resident fellow at Pacific Forum CSIS and a full member of the International Network of Emerging Nuclear Specialists. Follow him on Twitter: @aseanreporting


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Check it. I was just telling you how much I love lip stains with my Missha Tinted Lip Marker Review right?
So let me introduce you to another fine lip stain…might as well do two stains in one day! What the heck I feel like living dangerously today!
Tricia Sawyer Clearly Pretty Lipgloss has my heart at the moment as far as lip stains go! Loves it!
What is it? It's a body heat-activated lip gloss that turns the perfect, customized shade of pink! Basically it enhances your own natural lip color flushing lips to a really intense pink that's quite beautiful! I tried it and my sister tried it and we both got different results. Mine turned a rather dramatic fuchsia pink that I was absolutely loving and my sister it turned a rather dark red that was quite charming! I wouldn't mind either shade in all honesty as they both were rocking as far as I'm concerned!
I'd call this a liquid stain considering that the formula isn't quite intensely glossy. You can use a bit more gloss on top after application to get a fuller lip look. The formula does get super props for creating a rather sizzling shade of pink on my lips! It goes on clear but takes a mere second to turn into a brighter shade of pink or in my sister's case red!
I thought it was rather interesting that it turned a delicate pink on my arm but on my lips it was a louder shade of pink! I guess the body temperature of my arm was a bit cooler than that of my lips.
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Experience tribute band Queen: It's a Kinda Magic when they return to Windsor to recreate Queen's 1986 World Tour concert at The Chrysler Theatre on Friday, May 15, 2020.
Presented by Showtime Australia the show recreates Queen's 1986 World Tour concert and features two hours of the band's greatest hits performed live, including We Will Rock You, Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are the Champions, Bicycle, Somebody to Love and Fat-Bottomed Girls.
Making Queen: It's A Kinda Magic extraordinarily authentic is the involvement of Peter Freestone, Freddie Mercury's best friend, biographer, personal assistant and constant companion for the final 12 years of his life. As Production Consultant, Freestone has schooled the cast and producers on the characters and nuances of the original band in order to perfect the performance.
Giles Taylor who steps on stage as Freddie Mercury is the only 'Freddie' impersonator in the world who sings and plays both piano and guitar live on stage. Taylor is also widely-praised for the trademark Mercury wit and cheekiness that he brings to life in the show.
Supporting Taylor in this mammoth stage production – each with jaw-dropping solos that show off their unassumingly good musicianship are Australians Richie Baker as Brian May on guitar and Kyle Thompson as Roger Taylor on drums, with South African Steven Dennett as John Deacon on bass.
Tickets are $59 for adults, $30 for youth, and $54 for groups of 6.
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After receiving a winter update and a very recent global launch on Windows, it seemed like we would be seeing Secrets and Treasure: The Lost Cities on the platform for some time to come. Unfortunately, this does not seem to be the case.
We were informed of the game's shut down earlier today and while we await an official statement regarding the specifics behind the shutdown, the team posted a nice Q&A alongside the announcement on its Facebook page that provides some details on what will work and what won't.
The game itself will still work, so the Xbox Live Achievements will no doubt be there too. However, you won't be able to purchase any of the in-app purchases or play any of the game's fun Daily Challenges once the servers grow cold.
According to the team:
The game servers will be shutting down in mid-January. After this date the game will no longer be available to download, however if you've already downloaded it you'll be able to keep playing it after this date.
Q. Will there be new levels?
A. There won't be any more levels released, but you can play the current 200 levels over again to collect more keys and gold.
Q. Will I still be able to log in with Xbox Live? Can I still earn Achievements?
A. Yes, Xbox Live login will still work, and you can definitely still earn Achievements. Go get 'em!
Q. Will I be able to log in with Facebook, or see my friends on the leaderboard?
A. Facebook login will be disabled, and you will no longer be able to view the leaderboard.
Q. What about my gems – can I still spend them?
A. Your gems are still valid, and you will still be able to spend them on boosts.
Q. Can I still buy or earn gems?
A. You won't be able to buy gems for real money, but you'll still be able to earn them in Daily Challenge mode.
Q. What if I accidentally delete the game, can I download it again?
A. The game will no longer be available for download, so if you delete it, it's gone forever.
Q. What really happened to Professor Flintlock?
A. He never made it to the Lost Cities – on the way there he was eaten by a grue. It's very sad, but Marissa does eventually find the Lost Cities, falls in love with Sam and they live happily ever after. Jaques retires from adventuring and opens a small French bistro in London, where Professor Blackstone – now the Director of the British Museum, due to his discoveries in the Lost Cities – dines regularly. The Adventurer's Guild is shut down after the government discovers irregularities in their finances. After some time in prison, Victor Callous emerges a changed man and devotes the rest of his life to charitable works. In short: they all live happily ever after.
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A. Please get in touch with us in game, on Twitter, or on Facebook – we love hearing from you and we're happy to answer any questions you have.
Thanks again for playing, we really appreciate your support and we hope you enjoyed your journey to the Lost Cities!
Download the game while you can via the QR code above or via the Windows Store here. We'll update this article once we've received an official statement on the shutdown.


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The Defectors Weld is at 170 Uxbridge Rd, Shepherd's Bush, London W12 8AA. Expect party times from me and Him (Him in this instance being Clash's DJ superstar Paul Sethi, who is 100% guaranteed to show me up) from about 9pm. Through 'til 3am, if you promise to dance.
Today I have put the following songs in the DJ Bag of Impossible Depth. So if you ask for them, you may receive…
Nicola Roberts: Beat of My Drum
Lana Del Rey: Video Games (Joy Orbison remix)
Adele: Rolling in the Deep (Jamie xx remix)
Azealia Banks: 212
Junior Boys: Banana Ripple
Cults: Go Outside
Joe Goddard: Gabriel
Niki & The Dove: The Drummer
And a few 'special' on-theme tracks. You know, ones that reference planes, or the air, or flying in some way. Like Doves' Jetstream. Or The Notwist's Pilot. Or Balam Acab's See Birds. Or REM's Departure. Or Cut Copy's Corner of the Sky. Stuff like that.
No, I'd not updated The Sack for a while. Not since DJing at The Hope in B-Town last month, and that was almost strictly hip hop. Which, it must be said, you can expect some of on NYE.
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Yep, I'm *that* mom. Which one might that be? Oh it's different on any given day. Sometimes I'm the granola crunchy hippy mom... sometimes I'm the mom that wonders if mimosas with breakfast are an okay way to start the day... and all too often I'm the mom who doesn't remember the last time she got to shower.
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Thank you so much for writing this. I am that mom at the pick up. The one waiting to get the thumbs up from the teacher or the "he didn't have a very good day today." I've been that mom since my oldest was in preschool, when we were trying to figure out how best to help him. Did he have sensory processing disorder, ADHD, was he somewhere on the Autism Spectrum, or was it something else? As my oldest is now a fifth grader, we don't get the daily report with him. We get the occasional emails and have meetings when necessary. For the record, he wasn't officially diagnosed with anything, he has characteristics of the things I mentioned and also has OCD for which he is on medication. Now I get the daily reports with my youngest son who hasn't been diagnosed with anything yet, but is very emotional, rambunctious, is easily distracted, etc. I still haven't gotten used to the dread that accompanies the daily pick up or the dread that really is in every social outing with either of my boys. That's why reading your post struck a cord with me. Thank you for giving me and countless other moms a voice. We are all *that* mom.ReplyDelete
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Hundreds of thousands of people flooded into Shanghai's World Expo Saturday at the start of a six-month showcase of culture and technology seen as the latest sign of China's growing economic might.
Vietnam Pavillion at the Zone A of the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China.
Organisers have said all 500,000 tickets are sold out for opening day at the massive Expo park along the Huangpu river, where visitors will wander through the exhibits of 189 nations, as well as dozens of companies and organisations.
"Everything is very colourful," Cui Yan, a 23-year-old Chinese university student, said outside the Mexican pavilion. "The architecture is amazing."
"There are so many highlights — I'm worried I can't see all of them on this trip," said Cui, who travelled from Ningbo, in neighbouring Zhejiang province, to be one of the first to catch a glimpse of the eye-catching Expo pavilions.
A sea of people waited to visit China's red inverted pyramid — the centrepiece of Expo park — but queues were long at all pavilions. Signs outside the US and French venues said people faced a wait of four hours.
Eager visitors used umbrellas to shield themselves from the blistering Shanghai sun as they waited patiently, the long queues doing nothing to dampen their enthusiasm.
"I want to see the Canada pavilion first. So many of my relatives have emigrated to Canada and I want to get an idea of what kind of life they're living," retiree Huang Huifang, 58, said as she ran towards the building.
Shanghai kicked off the Expo on Friday night with a star-studded music and fireworks extravaganza, signalling it would be bigger and brighter than the more low-key World's Fairs in recent years.
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, Hong Kong action film star Jackie Chan and Chinese pianist Lang Lang performed for thousands of guests including Chinese President Hu Jintao and about 20 other world leaders.
A record number of countries are participating in the event, which is expected to attract at least 70 million visitors — the vast majority of them Chinese, many of whom have never travelled outside the country.
Li Huahe, a 47-year-old telecoms company employee from Urumqi in far-western Xinjiang — at the opposite end of the country from Shanghai — said he bought his ticket months ago but could only stay a few hours before heading home.
"I woke up at 5 am and I have a 2 pm flight. I'm worried about the crowds. I want to see at least one pavilion today," Li said outside the Swiss pavilion, which boasts a chairlift that soars over a three-storey-high meadow.
Nations with an eye on China's consumer market of 1.3 billion people are pulling out all the stops to attract the attention of Expo visitors.
"I really hope people will discover the attitude of the Netherlands. We want to have friendly relations with China," Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende told AFP as he surveyed the grounds from the top of the "Happy Street" pavilion, which aims to capture the feel and creativity of Amsterdam.
Denmark has made a splash by bringing its "Little Mermaid" statue out of Copenhagen for the first time, France has Impressionist paintings and India is bringing in a cast of Bollywood stars.
The hamburger and ice cream cone debuted at past Expos and food is once again playing a major role in attracting Chinese visitors to pavilions.
Belgium was promoting fries with mayonnaise, Australia was serving meat pies and France featured champagne tasting.
"This is the first time I've eaten foreign specialty food, I will try more," visitor Yang Wei said, sampling Uruguayan barbecued beef.
In Shanghai, the spotlight will be on the cutting-edge design of the national pavilions, all embracing the theme of "Better City, Better Life".
Highlights include Britain's stunning dandelion-like "Seed Cathedral", Spain's "Big Basket" made of 8,500 wicker panels, and Switzerland's pastoral pavilion.
Du Yuping, a 52-year-old steel company employee from Shanghai, came prepared for the long queues — with a blue folding stool.
He said he came to Expo park last week on a trial opening day and ended up waiting up to three hours to see one pavilion, but was pleased to see that operations were running more smoothly on Saturday.
"I want to visit Expo at least six times," Du said, sitting on his chair in the queue outside the Norwegian pavilion.
"I'm focusing on European pavilions today."
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"I'm very excited to open our new location on Austin Bluffs," said Mason Smith, owner of Dutch Bros North Colorado Springs. "We can't wait to connect with the neighboring community."
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Projects become installations and in the creating process a thousand of a second can make the difference.
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Ahh, I know we all do "this" for so many heartwarming reasons. Some are here to change the world, inspire greatness, or provide useful education.
Others want to make you laugh (or cry) or fight for a cause.
No matter your reason, after hours, days, weeks, and years of plonking yourself down at the keyboard and spewing your brilliance on the screen, you start to think about what you are getting back.
Of course, there are the heartwarming reader comments, and be able to see ALL THE SHARES (those boost our egos big time) and the ability to create a tribe of loyal readers can often fill our soul. . but what is filling our pockets?
Last time I checked, I couldn't pay my electrical bill with samples of yogurt. . .
When push comes to shove, we all need to find a way to create income, and I am betting that if we lifted the hood on your blog machine we might find a few spots to tweak and adjust so the coins can start to trickle in.
Yes, you sell something. Even if you don't think you do, you do. Or at least you have the ability to. It's time to define what you sell, and then make that public for all to see.
Visit your work with me page right now… just pop over, real quick like.
oh, you don't have a work with me page. . . herein lies the first problem.
A work with me page is a "FOR SALE" sign on the junk sitting at the end of your driveway. It is the sticker on the package of cookies, or the fancy tag hanging off the fancy lamp in the fancy store. EVERYTHING needs a price tag, even YOU.
Now, how many details you share on this page is entirely up to you and how you want to run your business, but here are a few tips:
- define the key products you offer (sponsored posts, reviews, twitter parties, etc)
- If you don't want to publish prices, state a minimum value to have a starting point
- include previous work when you are trying to get new opportunities – link to brands you have worked with or your portfolio of projects
- State your mission. What kind of work are you looking for, and what is important to you in delivering it?
And please, please, please remove the "contact us" box from this page. No one likes those things, and sales should be a personal experience, not a form to fill out. Add in your contact information and encourage companies to reach out.
(Need a few tips on what to do to GET the sale? Read this)
There are about a bajillion places to get distracted when you work online. Facebook pings, funny cat videos and, Pinterest (like, all of it) and it is going to take some strong will power to keep yourself focussed on the RIGHT stuff.
- Do your sales work in the morning. By sending out pitches and pre-qaulifying emails first thing, you have the chance to answer questions and negotiate before the end of day. Having it fresh in an inbox in the morning also gives it a better chance of being dealt with right away!
- Focus on the work that is bringing you revenue NOW. As bloggers, we have a million things that we do every day to "gain exposure" and "build our brand" These are great, and useful, but make room for them AFTER you have completed the paid work. Not only is this more professional, but it means YOU WILL GET PAID sooner.
- Focus on assets you OWN. Build the assets that have the greatest ROI back to you. If you have ads on your site, make sure you are writing and building the views. If you work affiliates, prepare content to support those affiliate links, and re-use them again and again. By building the assets that are giving you income already, vs the ones that aren't, you will see a quicker increase in your monthly revenue… obviously 🙂
(still looking for ways to be productive and not distracted? Read these tips!)
3. Reclaim Previous Customers
Selling to a previous client is ALWAYS easier than acquiring a new one. Spend a few moments of each day going back through previous sales and see if there is a new opportunity you can present to these clients.
- Provide quarterly updates to your advertising contacts letting them know of any changes, or great moments on your site. Remind them you are there and working hard.
- Check last year's invoices- who were you working with 12 months ago, and what were you doing? Perhaps it is time to reconnect
- Follow up on leads that died. If you have emails that were never returned (or, egads, that YOU never responded to) it is NEVER too late to follow up!
4. Re-discover Your Assets
As much as focussing on the assets that are making us money is a priority, I am betting there are a few "lost" assets that you COULD be making revenue off of, but just forgot about.
Grab the paint can, and start dusting off some of these items to see if they can get to work for you:
- Newsletters and e-lists. Whether you are selling advertising or just using these to boost your content, this is a great way to keep your content in peoples minds AND create revenue. If you aren't using these… do it NOW.
- Social handles – your twitter, facebook, instagram, pinterest AND youtube account can ALL make you revenue. While it is good to focus on your best, your other accounts should also be strong. Get in there, freshen them up and start seeing them as PRODUCTS, not just broadcasting and networking tools.
- Youtube AGAIN. If you aren't here… you are missing the boat. Figure out what YOU search on youtube, and see if you can provide videos in that genre. OR, even better- see what your KIDS are searching! Be sure to ad advertising to your channel and optimize your videos for greater reach!
- Cross pollinate: If you have multiple URLs, now is the time to cross promote, if applicable. Get your readers from <there> over to <here> and you will increase your numbers.
5. Focus on Your BEST
On your blog you probably have half a dozen posts that do well every single month. These guys have been picked up by SEO, or pinterest or something else that is continuing to drive heavy traffic. And these posts are your SUPERSTARS.
So, let's make them DANCE.
- Add affiliate links (as applicable) into your best performing posts. Linking from amazon, share-a-sale or other programs can help BOOST your income when you need it.
- With your best posts, it can be beneficial to add in additional ad placements INTO the post content. Don't panic, your readers will hardly notice! Much like commercials, we are becoming accustomed to skimming over these. With a few extra adds in your post, AND heavy daily views, CHA-CHING, money is in the bank baby!
- Write MORE of these posts. If these are the things that are working, see if you can do it again!
In the end, if you are wanting to run your blog like a business, you need to treat it like one. Don't spend your time getting distracted on Facebook, focus on WHAT WORKS. Create great work, get readers on it, and find a monetization plan that works for YOU!


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Dr. Paul Johnson is a board-certified ophthalmologist with subspecialty training in cosmetic and reconstructive oculoplastic surgery. Dr. Johnson performs facial rejuvenation procedures including upper and lower eyelid blepharoplasty (eyelid lift/contouring), brow lifts, Botox injections, soft tissue fillers (Radiesse/Juvederm/Restylane), and chemical peels with meticulous attention to detail.
Dr. Johnson is also skilled in reconstructive oculoplastics including ptosis repair, excision and reconstruction of eyelid skin cancer, orbital decompression surgery, repair of orbital fractures, eye socket reconstruction, management of facial nerve paralysis (Bell's palsy), blocked tear duct repair (dacryocystorhinostomy), ectropion and entropion repair, management of thyroid eye disease, enucleation and evisceration surgery, and the repair of orbital, eyelid, and tear duct trauma.
Dr. Johnson attended Johns Hopkins University and Jefferson Medical College. He completed his ophthalmology residency at the prestigious New York Eye & Ear Infirmary and his oculoplastics fellowship at the top-rated Wills Eye Institute. He has authored multiple publications and has been actively involved in teaching future ophthalmologists at both New York Eye & Ear and Wills Eye Institute.
Wills Eye Institute
ASOPRS Fellowship
The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary
Ophthalmology Residency
Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Transitional Internship, Chief Resident
Jefferson Medical College
Doctor of Medicine, cum laude
Johns Hopkins University
BA Biology, with honors
Honors and Achievements
- Certified Diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology.
- Junior AOA
- Hobart Amory Hare Honor Society at Jefferson Medical College
- Awarded Dr. James D. And Jennie M. Beach Memorial Scholarship based on academic merit, institutional commitment, and community service at Jefferson Medical College
- Phi Beta Kappa
Work Experience
- Owner & President – Paul B. Johnson, M.D., PC
- Director, Rittenhouse Center for Aesthetic Medicine
- Director of Oculoplastics – Cooper University Hospital
- Director of Oculoplastics – Aria Bucks, Torresdale, and Frankford Hospitals
- Oculoplastic Surgeon – Soll Eye Associates
- Attending Oculoplastic Surgeon – Wills Eye Institute Emergency Department
- ASOPRS Thesis: Johnson PB, Luo B, Carrasco JR. Hydroxyapatite granules in the treatment of enophthalmos in orbital fracture patients. (Manuscript in progress for submission)
- Maguire J, Murchison AP, Jaeger E (eds): The Wills Eye Institute 5-Minute Ophthalmology Consult. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012: Johnson PB, Carrasco JR. "Medial Orbital Wall Fractures." Johnson PB, Carrasco JR. "Orbital Floor Fractures."
- Johnson PB, Lelli GJ, Khorsandi A, DellaRocca DA. Spontaneous dural cavernous fistula in infancy. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Mar-Apr;26(2):118-9.
- Kim HJ, Johnson PB, Kropinak M, Brazzo B, Sims L, Lauer S, Moskowitz B, McCormick SA, Milman T. Subepidermal calcified nodules of the eyelid. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 Nov-Dec;25(6):489-90.
- Kharod BV, Johnson PB, Nesti HA, Rhee DJ. Effect of written instructions on accuracy of self-reporting medication regimen in glaucoma patients. J Glaucoma 2006;15:244-247.
- Johnson PB, Katz LJ, Rhee DJ. Selective laser trabeculoplasty: predictive value of early intraocular pressure measurements for success at 3 months. Br J Ophthalmol. 2006 Jun;90(6):741-3. Epub 2006 Feb 7.
- Selected to attend the American Academy of Ophthalmology Mid-Year Forum in Washington, DC as a representative of the New York State Ophthalmology Society. Met with members of congress and their aides to lobby for issues affecting ophthalmology today, including Medicare physician pay cut reform, the Vision Care for Kids Act of 2007, Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare Payment Modernization Act, and National Eye Institute funding.
- Vice-President of Jefferson Chapter of AOA (2004-2005)
- Secretary of the Executive Board of Jefferson Student Council (2002)
- Class Representative to Jefferson Student Council (2001)
- Treasurer of the Duane Ophthalmology Society at Wills Eye Hospital (2004-2005)
- Co-President for the Society for Tomorrow's Physician (2002-2003)
- Secretary of the Jefferson Pediatrics Society (2002-2003)
- Liaison to the LCME upon their visit to Jefferson (2002)
- Represented Jefferson to pre-medical advisors from undergraduate institutions (2002)
Community Service
- Active member of the Duane Ophthalmology Society at Wills Eye Hospital (2003-2005)
- Active member of JeffHOPE (2001-2005)
- Peer counselor for A Place To Talk (1998-2001)
- Volunteer in Operating Room and Emergency Department of St. Barnabas Medical Center (1996-2001).
- Bridging The Gaps (Summer 2002)
- Stationed at Youth Emergency Services, a homeless shelter for adolescents ages 12-17.
- Designed and led group activities that focused on providing the residents of the shelter with life skills.
- Served as an advocate for each resident's health care needs.
- Prepared and presented an academic poster at the annual Bridging The Gaps symposium.


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Hey consultants, we're talking to you. You're always on the road, away from home, at the client's beck and call, ordering room service and working late nights. How do you stay happy, sane, and in touch with everyone back home?
Don't worry, we've got your back. Here are a few tips to help you enjoy the "road-warrior" lifestyle.
don't lose touch with your routine
It's easy to jump into a new place and lose track of working out, meditating, reading, listening to podcasts or doing whatever it is that makes you feel at home. While small, these things help give you a sense of comfort and help keep your routine in check. Find the small moments in your day where you can squeeze these in (on the way to a client site, or when you are getting ready in the morning?). Don't forget to "do you".
stay in touch
Nowadays, it's easy to use facetime, texting and social media to stay in touch with everyone back home. Make sure you stay connected to those you care about and sometimes you'll see that distance, does indeed, make the heart grow fonder!
eat healthily
When you're on the road, it's easy to grab that quick slice of pizza or eat whatever is next to you. Or maybe you are completely taking advantage of that expense budget and splurging (3 course meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner, anyone?) Find the balance of treating yourself but also eating right. Your diet helps fuel the brainpower that you need as you navigate through a new city, new people or new challenges.
love your own company
Traveling and being away from home teaches you how to truly enjoy your own company. Don't have anyone to try out that new restaurant in town with? Tired of hanging out with your case team? Want to check out that new cocktail bar and not talk about work? Do it! There's nothing more empowering than feeling truly at ease, posted up at a bar (table or chair) and just getting out of your comfort zone. You'll realize that sometimes, your company is the best one of all!
listen to your limits
Hear us out on this one. There are moments when our bodies and minds just can't take it anymore. We don't have the strength to socialize anymore or stare at that spreadsheet for one more minute. That moment where the client calls for the 900th time asking you to make another change to the deck. That's ok, take a step back, take a break and listen to your gut. Once you find that balance, we promise you'll be happier.


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As I sat down with Mark Reinfeld and Jennifer Murray's latest cookbook The 30-Minute Vegan I quickly realized that I did not have enough vegetables in my kitchen arsenal! Although I fancy myself to be a very healthy vegan who eats my recommended 5-7 fruits and vegetables a day I realized after reading through The 30 Minutes Vegan that I am missing out! Every recipe is jam packed with a cornucopia of veggies. Mark and Jennifer take you on a whirlwind tour of your grocers produce section utilizing vegetables from all corners of the globe. If you ever stood in the produce section handling a large bunch of bok choy and wondered what to do with it, this book will give you at least 50 recipes to answer that question in your head and many more.
I found this book to be an amazing book for the novice cook and for anyone who is in a culinary rut. There are recipes from all over the world from dishes as simple as popsicles and smoothies to Thai Green Curry and Tofu Saag. What I love about this book is that the dishes are really versatile and easy to make your own. The basic structure of the dishes are so strong that if you take out a little broccoli here, add a little more carrots and bok choy there or if you don't happen to have an ingredient on you the recipe will still come out great.
My one criticism of this book is that the whole cooking process is not as easy and quick as it sounds. The authors of this book don't tend to use common foods found in the average pantry or refrigerator. I personally like to look in my pantry see what I have then find a recipe that will accommodate. So when I've come home from a long day I don't have to head back out and go grocery shopping before I cook. Things like fresh Thai Basil Leaves, Kaffir Lime Leaves, Fresh Lemongrass, beets, and purple potatoes typically aren't staples in my pantry. So you definitely need to sit down and plan your meals ahead of time. But the great thing is, once you've got these items in your pantry you are good to go! I froze my Kaffir leaves so I can use them at will, and same goes for the lemongrass and basil leaves. At the end of the day, I have a newly expanded more international pantry to draw from and an arsenal of new recipes to add to my monthly rotation. Now, without further a-do, my top 5's from The 30 Minute Vegan. Now get cooking!
Thai Coconut Soup
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Dean Sheremet? Is that his name? Honestly don't care enough to look it up. Crazy sh-t coincidence though – he was a back up dancer in one of her videos…sound familiar?
Britney gets the golddigging dirty ass chump and Leanne gets the Maybe Gaybe - I'm thinkin' Leanne came out on top – you?
Check them out last night at an event to honour Reba McIntyre. You'll note the husband is rockin' what can only be described as Country Homo – meticulously manicured facial hair, skin like buttah, a lovely shade of nectar dotting the cheeks, a tight clenched smile belying the impulse to flap spontaneously and dance for no reason.
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Pop star Gwen Stefani was spotted arriving at the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc on Sunday, which is located in Antibes, France. Before attending the premiere of Tree of Life at the Cannes Film Festival, Gwen made her way around the hotel wearing a white printed maxi dress, chunky white platform heels, and white-framed sunglasses. We think Gwen always looks amazing, no matter what she wears. What do you think of Gwen's look?
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American Yellowwood
Cladrastis kentukea | Family: Fabaceae
Submission: Nathan Stephansky '17
Leaves – deciduous, alternate, pinnately compound, with alternate leaflets; leaflets are obvate, entire, and yellow-green.
Twigs – stout with naked buds that are completely enclosed within the petiole.
Fruit – a 3-4″ legume, often constricted in the middle.
Bark – smooth, thin, and gray; very similar to American beech.
Natural History:
Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea) is a rare, medium sized tree (15-20m) native to the southern Appalachians, Arkansas, and Missouri. Its scientific name is derived from the Greek words klados, meaning "branch" and thraustos, meaning "fragile," which refers to the brittle wood and branches. Kentukea indicates the tree being "of Kentucky." It gets its common name from the yellow tint in the heartwood.
The only species of Cladrastis in the United States, yellowwood grows throughout the southeastern United States and as far west as northwestern Arkansas and northeastern Oklahoma. It can grow across the continental United States, though it is endemic to the southeast and is most abundant in the Appalachian and Ozark mountain ranges. Yellowwood has been cultivated in the northeast and part of southern Canada, but rarely escapes cultivation. The distribution of yellowwood and its closest relatives in Asia suggests that yellowwood is an ancient tree that was widely distributed before the Ice Age and was able to survive in the Appalachian and Ozark mountain ranges. The tree is mainly found in rich, fairly moist, upland forests, but is often found in the understory of forests and on stream banks. Moderately tolerant of shade, yellowwood grows best with full sun in moist, well-drained, alkaline soil and will tolerate a large range of pH. Yellowwood is long-lived with slow to moderate in growth rate, achieving a height of 8m in 20 years.
Native Americans used yellowwood for building and carving. Root bark was used as a dye and the wood for gunstocks by early settlers in the southern Appalachians. Nowadays, the use of yellowwood has shifted focus toward aesthetics due to its showy flowers that hang in clusters. The white flowers appear in summer, have a pleasant fragrance (some say a sweet vanilla-like smell), and are an important source of nectar for honeybees. Although only giving spectacular floral displays every 2-5 years, yellowwood is often planted as an ornamental tree.
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Elias, T.S. 1980. The Complete Trees of North America Field Guide and Natural History. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., N.Y. 948pp.
Gilman Edward F., Watson Dennis G. 1993. Cladrastis kentukea American Yellowwood. Forest Service Department of Agriculture and Southern Group Of State Foresters. Fact Sheet ST-170. http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/database/documents/pdf/tree_fact_sheets/clakena.pdf
Harlow, W.M., Harrar, E.S., Hardin, J.W. and White, F.M. 1991. Textbook of Dendrology. McGraw-Hill Inc., N.Y. 501pp.
Hill Steven R. 7 May 2007. Conservation Assessment for Yellowwood. (Cladrastis kenutkea (Dum.-Cours.) Rudd) https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/18118/INHS2007_28.pdf?s equence=2
Petrides, G.A. 1972, A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs. 2nd edition. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. 428pp.
Preston, R.J., Jr. 1989. North American Trees. 4th edition. Iowa State Univ. Press. Ames. 407pp.
Shane, J. 2004. Dendrology Handbook, University of Vermont, Unpublished


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GIS– 29 December, 2017: The preparatory process leading to the Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG) 2019 were at the fore of discussions during a meeting held yesterday in Port Louis between the Prime Minister, Minister of Home Affairs, External Communi
GIS - 27 December, 2017: The introduction of the State Recognition Retirement Scheme for which a budget of Rs 5 million was earmarked, is a major milestone for the sports sector.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Stephan Toussaint, said at a
GIS – 21 December 2017: Stakeholders working in the youth sector have a huge responsibility vis-à-vis the young citizens of the Republic of Mauritius. It is therefore imperative to work together as well as ensure the collaboration of the Civil S
GIS – 18 December 2017: A new visual identity for the Ministry of Youth and Sports was unveiled on 15 December 2017 during an official ceremony at the Citadelle Mall, in Port Louis, in presence of the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Stephan Toussai
GIS - 16 November, 2017: The President of the Republic, Dr Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, presented Gold Award badges to young Mauritians yesterday at the State House, Réduit, in the context of the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award – Mauritius. The cere
GIS - 09 November, 2017: Mauritius and China signed an Exchange Note for the Multi-Sports Complex Project at Cote D'Or yesterday at the Labourdonnais Waterfront Hotel, Port Louis in the presence of the Prime Minister, Minister of Home Affairs, Exte
GIS – 27 October, 2017: A series of activities are being organised for youth in the context of 'Special vacances' and this year, the first National Gaming Competition will be launched, announced the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Stephan Toussaint
GIS– 20 October 2017: The first gathering of some 485 preselected athletes for the Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG) 2019 will set the solid foundations to build and boost team spirit which is primordial for the Games, said the Minister of Youth and
GIS - 04 October, 2017: Mauritian retired athletes who have outshined and honoured Mauritius by winning numerous international competitions received the State Recognition Allowance ranging from Rs 3 000 to Rs 10 000, at a gala night ceremony held ye
GIS -28 September 2017: 'Sports has a unifying factor where solidarity and collaborative spirit come into play. Sports must become part of our DNA, and, it is crucial to have the appropriate frame of mind when we talk about developing a sports cul
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This lightly spiced Cajun rice dish, originated in Louisiana in the USA
This is a fabulous dish for picnics, brunch or dinner.
This is a fabulous dish for picnics, brunch or dinner.
This is a lovely easy lunch, especially when served with good sourdough bread and perhaps even a pla...
A warm and simple salad that is perfect with grilled chicken or fish
Super easy and fantastic for picnics, alongside grilled meats or on a homemade burge
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The perfect, healthy winter lunch
This healthy salad is full of protein, flavour and crunch.
This is a serious power salad and best of all, it tastes fantastic.
Week night dinner solution that the whole family will love.
This is the ultimate weeknight dinner.
Beetroots are so healthy and tasty and we think they go perfectly with our Balsamic dressing.
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Deep neural networks provide powerful tools for pattern recognition, while classical graph algorithms are widely used to solve combinatorial problems. In computer vision, many tasks combine elements of both pattern recognition and graph reasoning. In this paper, we study how to connect deep networks with graph decomposition into an end-to-end trainable framework. More specifically, the minimum cost multicut problem is first converted to an unconstrained binary cubic formulation where cycle consistency constraints are incorporated into the objective function. The new optimization problem can be viewed as a Conditional Random Field (CRF) in which the random variables are associated with the binary edge labels. Cycle constraints are introduced into the CRF as high-order potentials. A standard Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) provides the front-end features for the fully differentiable CRF. The parameters of both parts are optimized in an end-to-end manner. The efficacy of the proposed learning algorithm is demonstrated via experiments on clustering MNIST images and on the challenging task of real-world multi-people pose estimation.
|Jie Song and Bjoern Andres and Michael Black and Otmar Hilliges and Siyu Tang
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|International Conference on Computer Vision
|Perzeptive Systeme
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|Conference Paper (inproceedings)
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|Seoul, South Korea
@inproceedings{Jie:graph:decomposition, title = {End-to-end Learning for Graph Decomposition}, author = {Song, Jie and Andres, Bjoern and Black, Michael and Hilliges, Otmar and Tang, Siyu}, booktitle = {International Conference on Computer Vision}, month = oct, year = {2019}, month_numeric = {10} }


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Officials give updates at intergovernmental meeting
(Local News ~ 10/26/15)
County officials met in Harrisburg recently to give city updates during the quarterly Intergovernmental Council Meeting. In city updates, Harrisburg Mayor Randy Mills said in the last three months, a medical clinic, a new flower shop, and McDonald's have opened up. He said new apartments are going up, and several land developers are making plans for the city. Also, the veterans park in downtown will be dedicated on Veterans Day...
Trumann man arrested for rape of minor
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Joshua Waggoner, 33, of Trumann was arrested on Oct. 18 on suspicion of rape of a 12-year-old girl from Missouri two years ago. According to the report from Trumann Police Department, Lieutenant Lenny Becker was contacted in 2013 by the Stone County Sheriff's Office in Galena, Mo., regarding the sexual assault of a girl who was in Trumann during summer vacation visiting her dad. ...
Tyronza seniors learning computer skills
(Local News ~ 10/26/15)
Thanks to a grant and the help of East Poinsett County students, senior citizens in Tyronza are learning how to keep up with technology. The city of Tyronza received a $20,000 grant from the Ernest and Anna Ritter Family Endowment Fund to improve digital literacy in the community. The money was used to provide computer equipment for the Tyronza Senior Center, and the city partnered with EPC High School to bring in students to teach senior citizens how to use the computers...
Rozzilyn Faye DeBoard
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Will and Tiffany DeBoard, of Trumann, are the proud parents of their first child. Rozzilyn Faye DeBoard is the name chosen for their daughter born October 16, 2015 at NEA Baptist in Jonesboro. She weighed six pounds eight ounces. The proud grandparents are Tamara and Jim Grady, Jeff and Kathy Jones and Rick and Debbie DeBoard. Great-grandparents are C. A. and Lola Jones and the Late Thomas and Faye Knight...
Susan Bishop
(Obituary ~ 10/26/15)
MARKED TREE - Ms. Susan Rochelle Bishop of Marked Tree passed away Oct. 15, 2015 at Regional One Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn. at the age of 45. Ms. Bishop was born in Lepanto and lived her life in Marked Tree. Susan was Christian by faith, loved animals, and an avid fan of the New York Jets and professional wrestling. She was preceded in death by her mother, Sonia Duvall Bishop...
Ann Peo
(Obituary ~ 10/26/15)
TRUMANN - Anne Jewel Peo, 87, of Trumann passed away Friday, Oct. 23, 2015 at the Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House. Anne was born on November 18, 1927 in the Harrisburg area to the late Harry and Alma Hunt Pippinger. Anne worked in Michigan City, Ind., and after her retirement she moved back to the Trumann area to be near her family. ...
Faith McCoy
(Obituary ~ 10/26/15)
TRUMANN - Miss Faith June McCoy, 61, of Trumann died Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Faith June McCoy was just 4 days shy of 62 years old when she was called home to be with her Heavenly Father on October 21, 2015. Faith was a beautiful soul who was proud to be a Christian and she loved the Lord above all else. Cherished and loved by all who knew her, Faith was an incredible prayer warrior and a devoted friend to everyone she knew...
Juil Stevens
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HARRISBURG - Mrs. Juil Mae Britton Stevens of Harrisburg died Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro at the age of 93. Mrs. Stevens was born Monday, May 15, 1922 in Trumann and had lived the last 45 years in Harrisburg and was formerly of Marked Tree. ...
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Cruisecritic.com has published a review of a recent Travel Dynamics International cruise taken by user pisque, who joined us for a journey from Rome to Istanbul aboard the Corinthian II.
Here are some excerpts:
Travel Dynamics International has it all together. This is small-ship cruising designed for a full intellectual barrage. No casino and night club fru-fru….just a great immersion into the world of ancient artifacts and thought.
We heard about this trip via an opera association. It had all the places we wanted to see, a full lecture format, and we wanted to try a smaller vessel….we were amply rewarded…
Fellow passengers were fascinating. Some were experts in Greco-Roman history, others ran the gamut from financial tycoons to physicists…
Local excursions were terrific, with local guides at each port, commodious buses, with two lunches at local places included, with one in Sicily being exceptional, and another in Santorini being adequate.
The staff put together a dinner by candlelight in Ephesus, with local cuisine equal to the ships great dinning room, together with a string ensemble providing music…This was a night to remember.
Disembarkation and transfers were handled with aplomb. We opted for a two night extension in Istanbul. The Hotel was luxurious, and again the tour buses and guide were outstanding.
I would not hesitate to book a cruise with this company in the future.
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This week I emailed my U.S. House representative and senators to express my disgust with their rushing through a bill to restore funds for air traffic controllers – and thus ease delays for themselves and other air travelers – without addressing any of the other hardships being caused by the sequester. However, I did not complain to the White House after President Obama signed the bill, as it was passed by a unanimous voice vote in the Senate and a veto-proof majority in the House.
If you haven't yet, please call or email your representatives and senators and urge them not to pass piece-by-piece 'fixes' for the sequester, leaving those with the least voice in government – children and the working poor – to shoulder the entire burden of an ill-conceived austerity.