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One of my goals for 2018 is to spend more time in prayer and in spending time with Jesus. Last week I talked about what My Jesus Time looked like and this week I want to talk about something near and dear to my heart. Last week I decided to fast. Now I'm not talking about fasting from food.
God has laid on my heart that I need to be more intentional about prayer and spending time with Him this year.
So for 40 days I will be fasting and praying. I gave up snapchat, Pinterest, and all music that isn't Christian. As much as I love my country music and some pop I love Jesus more. I'm one week into it and I've already been seeing God work and speak to me. There are some big decisions that I need to make and some projects that I am looking for guidance and direction on. I've been using the time that I would usually spend on social media or listening to music now in prayer.
"Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to you." Psalms 143:8 (NLT)
Another major change I made is a challenge I saw on Instagram by The Well Watered Woman blog called Word before World. The concept behind it is to spend time in the Bible before you check social media. It's been interesting getting use to this.
In a world that thrives on social media because it is the first thing we tend to gravitate towards in the morning. We wake up, grab our phones and start looking through all those notifications when we should be spending time with Jesus. I am just as guilty as the next person when it comes to this. Checking my phone to see how many likes and comments I have on Instagram and Facebook that I need to respond to or worrying about how many followers I got overnight. These things are great but they distract me from spending time with Jesus.
My relationship with Jesus is something that I take very seriously. It's something that means everything to me and I am willing to give up things to make sure it happens.
Since I made this change, my mornings have been different. First thing I do when I grab my phone is read my devotionals on You Version app before I check my social media accounts. I will say that there were times when I accidentally opened Facebook or Instagram before I realized what I was doing. Making the You Version App the first thing I open and read in the morning has helped me get my day off to the right start.
One thing though that I have learned from this over the last week is that I am craving Him more. I crave my Jesus time! It's something I don't want to miss. It's something that I need and want.
I encourage you to try it. I promise you that it will change your life. Putting Jesus first in the morning will help you go about your day feeling refreshed and filled with joy.
Blessings, Grace Mae ❤


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August 11, 2016
Garden Party at Frances Perkins Center Marks
81 st Anniversary of Social Security Act
The Frances Perkins Center in Newcastle will mark the
81st anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act
with its eighth annual garden party and awards ceremony
at the Perkins Homestead National Historic Landmark on
Sunday, August 14, from 2 to 5 p.m. Wine, refreshments
and an hors d'oeuvres buffet will be served, with all pro-
ceeds supporting the educational mission of the Frances
Perkins Center. Transportation to the Perkins Homestead
will depart via old-fashioned trolley from the OceansWide
parking lot at 44 Main Street in Newcastle.
Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in a U.S. Cab-
inet as the Secretary of Labor under Franklin Delano Roo-
sevelt, is credited as one of the principal architects of the
New Deal. During the garden party, members of the board
of the Frances Perkins Center will present awards to three
people whose work exemplifies the areas of social justice
and economic security, two causes to which Frances Perkins
dedicated her career. The theme of this year's program focus-
es on sustainable jobs that are good for workers, their
employers and their communities.
Ron Phillips, founder of Coastal Enterprises, Inc. in
Brunswick, will receive the Steadfast Award. Phillips, who
is retiring this year, founded CEI in 1977 with the goal of
investing in small businesses, creating employment and
Left to right, Ron Phillips, Sarita Gupta, and William
Leuchtenburg will be recognized for their work in
advancing social justice and economic security.
developing Maine's natural resource industries. Since then,
CEI has provided nearly $1.2 billion in financing to 2,500
small businesses, created or preserved nearly 1,900 afford-
able housing units, 33, 100 jobs and 5,800 child-care open-
ings for working families.
Sarita Gupta, executive director of Jobs With Justice in
Washington, D.C,. will receive the Open Door Award. Jobs
With Justice brings together labor, community, student, and
faith voices at the national and local levels to create inno-
vative solutions to the problems working families face today.
William E. Leuchtenburg, the prolific historian of the New
Deal and the American presidency, will receive the Intelli-
gence and Courage Award in recognition of his long and
distinguished career since the 1958 publication of "The Per-
ils of Prosperity, 1914-32." He is the William Rand Kenan
Jr. Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill and the author in 2015 of "The Amer-
ican President: From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton."
Tickets, starting at $75 per person, may be purchased
online at www.brownpapertickets.com, by phone at 563-
3374, or in-person at 170A Main Street in Damariscotta.
For more information, visit www.francesperkinscenter.org
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In 2014 the Frances Perkins Homestead was designated
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Home video: 'Avengers: Endgame' now on digital
Whether you stream, buy or rent, here's a look at what's new or notable in home video. Movies are available on streaming sites such as iTunes, Amazon and Vudu unless otherwise noted.
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"Avengers: Endgame": For dedicated Marvel movie fans, "Avengers: Endgame" wasn't just epic in its own right, it was the grand finale of a groundbreaking cinematic storyline that began with "Iron Man" in 2008 and has transformed the movie business. Fittingly, Iron Man is the MVP — or is it still too soon to talk about? — of the movie, which just became the all-time U.S. box office champion.
Rent it now
"The Intruder": A fabulous but remote old home in Napa Valley slowly becomes a house of horror for an affluent couple (Michael Ealy and Meagan Good) in this thriller. The guy they bought it from (Dennis Quaid) is having a hard time letting it go; at first it seems he might kill the new owners with kindness; then he goes the more conventional route. "The Intruder" doesn't have many tricks up its sleeve, but Quaid is a nifty villain, a jacked-up mass of rage hiding behind a goofy grin he has to practice in the mirror.
Also: "Long Shot," "UglyDolls"
In theaters
"Astronaut": Richard Dreyfuss stars in this family-friendly film about a widower who, through a quirk of fate, gets the chance to realize his dream of going to space. To win a seat on a new commercial space flight, he may have to lie a little about his age and health, which he does with the enthusiastic support of his grandson. Dreyfuss' performance reminds Hollywood Reporter critic Stephen Dalton of his "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" character Roy Neary, "still obsessively watching the skies, still dreaming of the stars."


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The fitness industry is a bit like the ocean, with a constant flow of gimmicks and trends that come and go with the tides. Yet Pilates has withstood the test of time and is one of the more effective ways to keep yourself fit, especially for those looking to prevent back pain.
Pilates is a great way to stay in shape, specifically for the key fitness areas of strength, stability and suppleness (flexibility). The one thing it doesn't give your body is a cardiovascular workout. So, while Pilates won't give you total fitness per se, it does tick a lot of boxes.
Pilates dates back to the early parts of the 20th century, when Joseph Pilates (the son of a gymnast and naturopath) developed his own method of exercise techniques. The principles he devised to help stretch, strengthen and balance the body are said to have helped in the treatment of injured soldiers during World War I.
The focus of Pilates is on using the mind to control the body's core muscles, essential in providing support for your spine. The Pilates' method consists of moving slowly through a series of sustained exercises using abdominal control and proper breathing techniques.
There are two varieties, one with mainly floor-based exercises and the other involving equipment. Both require professional tuition, which can be found at gyms and specialised studios.
Pilates is fantastic for those 80 per cent of Australians that get back pain (click here to find out how exercise can help your back pain) at some stage in their life because it strengthens the body's core, which in turn gives support to the back. If you are pregnant, over 45, have an injury, or heart disease (including high blood pressure), consult your GP before undertaking Pilates classes and notify the instructor about any health issues you may have before the lesson starts.
Even if you're not going to join a Pilates class, but still want to focus on your core strength, don't worry. You don't necessarily need to join a class to enjoy the benefits Pilates can offer for joint health. If you'd like to try core stability exercises or are looking for new ones, begin with some simple Core Stability Exercises that you can do at home or at work.


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Five years ago: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte (neh-groh-PAHN'-tee) delivered a blunt message to Pakistan's military ruler, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf (pur-VEHZ' moo-SHAH'-ruhv), telling him emergency rule had to be lifted and his opponents freed ahead of elections. A Nobel-winning U.N. scientific panel said in a landmark report released in Valencia, Spain, that the Earth was hurtling toward a warmer climate at a quickening pace.
One year ago: Occupy Wall Street protesters clogged streets and tied up traffic around the U.S. to mark two months since the movement's birth and signal they weren't ready to quit, despite the breakup of many of their encampments by police. Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL Cy Young Award. Baseball owners unanimously approved the sale of the Houston Astros from Drayton McLane to Jim Crane, which will lead to the team moving from the NL Central to the AL West for the 2013 season. Demi Moore said she was ending her marriage to fellow actor Ashton Kutcher.
Today's birthdays: Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., is 78. Rock musician Gerry McGee (The Ventures) is 75. Singer Gordon Lightfoot is 74. Singer-songwriter Bob Gaudio is 71. Movie director Martin Scorsese (skor-SEH'-see) is 70. Actress Lauren Hutton is 69. Actor-director Danny DeVito is 68. "Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels is 68. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Tom Seaver is 68. Movie director Roland Joffe is 67. Former Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean is 64. House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) is 63. Actor Stephen Root is 61. Rock musician Jim Babjak (The Smithereens) is 55. Actress Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is 54. Actor William Moses is 53. Entertainer RuPaul is 52. Actor Dylan Walsh is 49. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice is 48. Actress Sophie Marceau is 46. Actress-model Daisy Fuentes is 46. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ronnie DeVoe (New Edition; Bell Biv DeVoe) is 45. Rock musician Ben Wilson (Blues Traveler) is 45. Actor Leonard Roberts is 40. Actress Leslie Bibb is 39. Actor Brandon Call is 36. Country singer Aaron Lines is 35. Actress Rachel McAdams is 34. Rock musician Isaac Hanson (Hanson) is 32. Actor Justin Cooper is 24. Musician Reid Perry (The Band Perry) is 24. Actress Raquel Castro is 18.
Thought for today: "Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety." -- Ben Hecht, American author and screenwriter (1893-1964)
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Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, milk, and next 3 ingredients in a saucepan, stirring until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat, and simmer, stirring constantly, 5 minutes.
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Do you feel stuck? Stagnant? Trapped? Paralyzed? Frustrated? Unable to breakthrough? "Do You Really Want To Grow Up?" is the first message of the Breakthrough series. The big idea of the message is that the only way to a breakthrough is to grow you an so Pastor Kent shares 6 laws of spiritual growth that can lead you to a breakthrough.
Do You Really Want To Grow Up?
September 23, 2018 • Kent Sparks
A Beginners Guide To Prayer
September 30, 2018 • Kent Sparks
Prayer can often feel awkward, unsatisfying, confusing, and even a mystery. A lot of people feel like they don't understand how it works. In this week's message, the big idea is that prayer is not performance, a pressure tactic, or a presentation of unknown information. It is a privilege. Pastor Kent shares a basic acronym for a beginners guide to prayer.
Who Are You Talking To?
October 7, 2018 • Kent Sparks
What comes to mind when you think about God? What mental image do you have? Is it a grumpy God, dictator God, flaky Father God, etc.? What you think about someone determines how you relate to them and how you talk to them. Nothing influences your life more than what you know and believe about God! The bottom line of this message is that the foundation of prayer is the goodness of God. God is good and when we realize that, prayer becomes a privilege. Pastor Kent shares seven truths about God's goodness that makes prayer a privilege and a delight.
Praying in Five Dimensions
October 14, 2018 • Kent Sparks
Have you ever felt like your prayers were not being heard? That God wasn't listening? That your prayers just weren't getting through? What can you do to get a prayer breakthrough? In this message, Pastor Kent addresses what to do when you don't feel like you're getting through by looking at prayer in five dimensions - things you can do to get a breakthrough. The big idea of this message is when you need prayer breakthrough, review what God is doing for you!


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Meredith Manor International Equestrian Center is located in Waverly West Virginia. This is a two year private for-profit college that specializes in equine studies for both men and women. Meredith Manor International Equestrian Center places a great amount of emphasis on educational courses in teaching, training, horse health, massage therapy, breeding, business, and riding. Students who complete this program will be able to influence a horse to higher levels of mental and physical accomplishments.
Meredith Manor is an accredited trade school that has programs ranging from three to eighteen months. These programs are designed for students who are serious about becoming equine professionals. All of the programs and courses are designed specifically to prepare the students for a successful equine career. Students are involved with daily hands on activities along with class work. There are usually only 60 to 80 students enrolled at a time. This allows each student to get the individual attention that they need to be successful.
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Meredith Manor is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET), licensed by the State College System of West Virginia, approved for veterans benefits, and is approved by the US department of Immigration to enroll nonimmigrant alien students. These accreditations provided credibility to Meredith Manor graduates and they allow students who are enrolled in 36 week programs to apply for federal financial aid including Pell grants, direct subsidized and unsubsidized loans, Stafford loans, and Plus loans for those who qualify.
Graduates of the Meredith Manor programs will be able to be employed in any equine related field that they choose. Some of the fields that are available for graduates include dressage, jumping, western and versatility specialties.
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Horses look for presence in the moment and clarity about where you are going and how. They create an especially valuable mirror to humans-masterful as we are about thinking one way and feeling or behaving another. You can't lead a horse if you're not fully present or unclear about where you are going. You may be able to fool yourself, but you can't fool a horse.
Horse-guided coaching is experiential learning in which people see their energy and behavior reflected by horses, gain clarity about their leadership presence, style and effectiveness with others. Through horse-human exercises on the ground, participants discover new information about themselves and practice new and subtle shifts in the way they lead. No riding is involved.
So what can we learn from horses about using our leadership presence?
1. The lead horse is not the most dominant, but the horse that can assure the well-being of the herd. Horses demonstrate servant leadership. Lead stallions and mares assert their leadership clearly and watch for signs that the others understand they are the leader. Once respect for the lead horse as primary resource for safety and guidance is established, other resources, such as access to food and water, are not controlled by the leader but are turned back to the herd to use as needed. Leaders benefit from understanding the difference between dominance and servant leadership as they steer their companies and manage their employees.
5. Horses run a tight herd. If a colt misbehaves, he is in real trouble because the lead mare will send him outside of the herd where he's in danger. He knows it and knows he's got to show willingness to work with the group. Only then will he be let back in. Leaders learn how to set boundaries and give clear direction with a horse-and with the staff back at the office.


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- "Mantequilla", Butters' Mexican name, is Spanish for butter.
- This episode did not air in Latin America, but it was dubbed into Spanish.
- This episode mainly focuses on the topic of illegal immigration, involving Mexicans trying to get over the United States Border.
- However, the main plot of this episode involves Mexicans trying to get back into Mexico because they realize living in the US isn't so fulfilling for them.
- The overweight Border Patrol agent is reminiscent of Joe Arpaio, an Arizona sheriff vehemently against illegal immigration.
- When Cartman is having a nightmare at the sleepover, various items scattered around the room include:
- A Guitar Hero controller and an Xbox 360
- Game cases for Guitar Hero and Vomit Cop 7
- Board games Monopoly, Living (a parody of Life) and Farmer's Market
- An Imperial Walker from the Star Wars franchise
- Potato chips and soda cans
- A box labeled "Mommy's Toys"
- An Antonio Banderas Blow-Up Doll from "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery" another reference to Liane Cartman being a sexaholic.
- A small figurine of Shadow Hachi, Stan's ninja alter-ego from the episode "Good Times with Weapons".
- There are also two figurine sets consisting of Craig's alter-ego, Ginza, fighting Clyde's alter ego from the same episode (One near the Guitar Hero controller and the other near a basketball).
- A poster of Optimus Prime from Transformers by the television.
- Two Clyde Frogs are seen in the background of the party.
- A stuffed animal Peter Panda is also seen in the party background.
- Timmy Burch sleeps in his wheelchair at the party.
- After the game in the beginning, when the boys are eating pizza, Jimmy is drinking water in a cup instead of soda from a can. This is probably for fitness reasons as he is shown to be very conscious of fitness in " Up the Down Steroid".
- When the boys leave Cartman's house to look for Butters, all of Cartman's team are dressed for playing the game, while only Token is dressed for The Mexican Team.
- This is the fourth time the country of Mexico was shown, the first time was in "Probably" and the last was "Free Willzyx".
- Craig explains that "Butters is one of those people who you can never remember if he was there or not ", this can also be regarded as a reference to the season 5 finale "Butters' Very Own Episode" where Stan questions "Butters was missing? ".
References to Popular Culture
- The title of this episode is a reference to the novel and movie "The Last of the Mohicans".
- In the scene where Butters wakes up from his bed naked and opens the windows, only to see a crowd of cheering people, it is referencing The Life of Brian in which the same situation happens. Trey Parker and Matt Stone are known to be big Monty Python fans.
- Randy Marsh's scream of "NO!" when he sees the leaves outside the house is originally from Darth Vader at the end of the third Star Wars film and a reference to the Blu-ray enhancements to the sixth film to include the line. This is the second time Randy's voice has been dubbed for a "No!" line, the first being in "Something You Can Do with Your Finger" - on that occasion the sound was taken from Star Trek: First Contact.
- The Mexican workers leaving the USA for Mexico and other parts of Latin America is a reference to the 2004 movie A Day Without A Mexican, a satirical comedy directed by Sergio Arau.
- When Butters wakes up in Mexico, a picture of famous controversial artist Frida Kahlo can be seen on the wall behind him.
- There are multiple references to the current economic recession in the United States.
- This episode introduces a new spoof of a real-life restaurant, El Pollo Loco, which is Spanish for "Crazy Chicken". The name "El Pollo Loco" was used in the previous episode, "W.T.F.", as Kenny's wrestling name.
- This is the first time DogPoo Petuski appears as a member of the boys' extended gang. He was one of the candidates for the new fourth friend in "Professor Chaos", but was ultimately outcasted alongside many other characters in favor of Tweek Tweak.
- Cartman says "Respect my authoritah" in Spanish, which marks the first time the phrase has been used since "Marjorine". This also marks the third time this season Cartman has re-used one of his catchphrases, which have all been absent for several seasons.
- A toy truck can be seen behind Craig when Cartman wakes up the others. The truck is The Tonko Radio - Controlled Play Bulldozer Cartman received for saving South Park from The Hippies in "Die Hippie, Die".
- Cartman is shown to use a gun for the first time that actually works. Other times he has used guns he either lost control or the gun jammed, such as in "Wing", where he lost control of an automatic gun and "Cartoon Wars Part II", where his handgun jammed. He also has a gun in "Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow", but he never fires it.
- Stan Marsh seems to be fully back to normal. He is cured of his cynicism and has stopped drinking.
- When some of the Mexicans are crossing the border, a teenage girl can be seen that resembles the pregnant teenager in the episode "Eek, A Penis!".
- After Cartman yells at Craig at the beginning, two Cartman models can be seen in the scene.
- This was corrected by the time the episode was available on iTunes.
- Despite the female Mexican nurse only calling two names, four Mexicans run out of the hospital.
- The Butters piñata riding the donkey blinks right before Cartman tackles it.
- When Butters stands on the table, it's clear. Then, the camera briefly switches to the Mexican President giving his speech and when it returns to Butters, the table is covered with food.
- In the scene where Cartman chases Butters at the Mexican-US border, the border patrol opens a gate in the fence, yet it is not seen or used later.
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Focus on the Figure
All of my work relates to the figure. Be it a bottle still life, a 'Chair' painting or a building study although different subjects, in my mind, I relate them back to the figure. Recently I've been attempting to make actual figure works with dicernible people in them. It's been hard but good. I've done lots of drawing and playing with compositions and I've finished two of a series of large paintings. Here are some of the drawings I've made. All are A5 size.


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This blog is dedicated to helping people find their creative zone and master artistic techniques for joyous expression. As an artist and painting instructor, I pay attention to what works for people as they pursue their creative goals, and that is what I present here.
I write about how artists manage to make a living, organize their work day and studios, network with each other and impact their communities. I seek out artists who are productive and successful, interview them, and discuss what can be learned from their approach. I also speak from and about my own experiences making art every day.
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My artistic specialty is the ketubah and painting, which can be found on my website: http://www.judithjosephstudio.com
Judith Joseph is an artist and art educator, teaching painting classes at the Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois and the Chicago Botanic Garden, among others. In her early professional life, she worked as a free-lance art critic and journalist and was published in the New Art Examiner and Format Magazine. This blog marks a return to writing about art.
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Sometimes a movie is so awful that the word awful is not up to the task of conveying its awfulness. The awful "InAPPropriate Comedy" is such a movie. It is memorably awful. It is stunningly awful. It is so awful that we are fortunate that "awful" has an adverbial use that means "very" or "extremely." This movie is awfully awful.
The film, directed by Vince Offer and starring some people whose careers, we can hope, ended the moment it opened, is a sketch-comedy collage whose unifying theme is offensiveness. It ricochets among a half-dozen or so bits: a gay Dirty Harry-like character (Adrien Brody); a bigot (Ari Shaffir) who harasses Jews, blacks and Asians; two film critics (Rob Schneider and Michelle Rodriguez) who specialize in pornographic movies with names like "Sushi Mama." Someone poking a tablet computer selects which wretched bit comes next, the source of the "app" affectation in the title.
Some humorists can pull off this type of parody, but the makers of this witless embarrassment aren't among them. The purpose of comedy like this is to call out offensive behavior by putting it under a glaring spotlight, but who needs that today, when homophobes picket at soldiers' funerals, and the Internet provides a forum for any variety of hate speech that real-life racists and bigots can dream up?
So "InAPPropriate Comedy" fails just on the basis of its core idea. But the execution is inept as well, with Mr. Offer showing no mastery of comic tone or timing. Bits that start out unfunny (which is to say, all of them) are allowed to just keep going, like a stand-up who is bombing but won't get off the stage.
Awful concept, awful writing, awful delivery. "InAPPropriate Comedy" is, in a word, terrible.
"InAPPropriate Comedy" is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian), though, really, no one of any age should see it.


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Recreational Gymnastics Classes
Metro's Recreational Gymnastics Program is offered for children ages 6 – 18 years old. Through Metro's safe, fun and progressive gymnastics classes, gymnasts develop and continually improve their strength, flexibility, balance, coordination, and self-esteem. Gymnastics is a sport of dedication, athleticism and determination. Gymnasts train hard in order to maintain their strength, balance and flexibility.
Gymnastics instruction is provided by our trained teaching staff and focuses on teaching the basic body positions and foundation skills of the beginning levels, to the more challenging and difficult skills of the more advanced levels. Metro provides an exciting non-competitive gymnastics experience for your child.
Gymnasts are taught with the use of skill progressions appropriate to each child's ability level. Our recreational gymnasts typically take one to three classes per week.
For more information regarding Girls Recreational Gymnastics Contact Lynn McCaffrey.
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Recreational Classes
The girls receive instruction in all of the Women's Olympic events: Balance Beam, Uneven Bars, Vault, and Floor Exercise. Tumble-Trac and Trampolines are also used as well as our 6 foot deep Foam Pit.
The Boy's receive instruction on all of the Men's Olympic Events: Rings, High Bar, Floor Exercise, Vault, Parallel Bars and Pommel Horse. Tumble-trac and trampoline are also used as well as our two foam pits.
Ages 9+
This program is designed for all ability levels and for those that want to increase their strength, flexibility and skill levels on all the apparatus listed above.
The Xcel program is designed to offer a broad range of skill levels with an affordable competitive experience outside the restriction and commitment of our JO girl's competitive team program. Metro's Xcel program gives our Recreational girl students a chance to participate in organized gymnastics competitions from January to April of each year.
Each gymnast, with the help of their coaches, designs routines for the bars, beam, floor and vault. Gymnasts between the ages of 6 – 16 and are in a minimum of level 3-rec (or higher) can try out for this Team. The season starts September 1st and is a 9 month commitment if you make the Team.
Xcel classes are 2 to 2 1/2 -hours in length. Students have the option of coming 2 – 4 days a week.
TNT – Co-ed
Bounce and Tumble your way to better overall coordination, endurance, and body awareness through Floor Exercise and Trampolines. Metro currently has a 7' x 14' rectangle trampoline bed and a 30 foot long Tumble-Trac. We also have a variety of Mini-tramps and use our in-ground Pit for tumbling practice regularly. Strength and flexibility activities are included to improve basics and develop more advanced tumbling. This class can be taken on its own or in addition to another Recreational class. Gymnasts are taught at their own ability level and advance at their own rates.
Girls Invite/Teacher Placement
Upon the recommendation of the Recreational Director, a gymnast may be offered the opportunity to participate in an invitation class. Assessment is based upon the gymnast's strength, flexibility, skill level and desire. Invitation classes usually require the gymnast to attend twice a week.
Twisters GIRLS classes are for gymnasts who want to pursue competitive gymnastics in one of Metro's Team program, JO Compulsory or Xcel. Requirements for these classes are two (2) days per week and year-round enrollment.
First of all, thank you for letting our Metro Staff be a part of your child's life. Our First Aid and CPR certified staff will keep your child safe, happy and healthy.
We offer classes for the very beginner (never had gymnastics) through our advanced levels. Once your child is proficient in a level, gymnasts are able to move to the next level; your teacher will notify you when he or she is ready to "move-up". We also do testing/progress reports every spring; so you can see what your gymnast can do and what she still needs to work on.
Metro does have girls USA-Gym Xcel Teams; we currently compete Silver and Gold Teams. This kind of team is perfect for those students that want to do gymnastics competitions, and also stay active in other sports throughout the year. Pick up a flyer in our gym today or read about XCEL under the CLASSES tab above.
Not sure what level your child would fit into? Please call or email me so we can schedule an evaluation for proper placement. The evaluation only takes 5-10 minutes. For girls evaluation, contact firstname.lastname@example.com or 503-620-8939. For boys, evaluation, contact email@example.com
- We have a dressing room and a cubby area to put your belongings into; shoes, socks, coat, backpack etc.
- Have your gymnast ready in their leotard (shorts and T-shirt for boys) and hair pulled up and away from the face and all jewelry removed.
- All students sit at the edge of our floor and cubby area for the teachers to begin the classes.
- All Recreational GIRLS warm-up together on the Main Floor. Recreational BOYS warm up with their individual teachers. (The Mini-movers, age's 2-5 warm-up on the Rec. Floor nearest cubbies). It typically lasts for 10-15 minutes.
- Warm-ups begin with cardio movements such as jogging, jumping, and galloping. When finished with the cardio all students spread out and stretch out their major muscle groups with their Teacher.
- The gymnasts will receive 15 minutes on 3 different events. The students will be introduced to the various apparatus. The GIRLS use uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise, vault, single tramp, tumble tramp and our pits. The BOYS use floor, vault, high bar, parallel bars, pommel horse, rings, single tramp, and tumble tramp. Basics gymnastics skills are taught first including 2 major components of it, strength and flexibility. Learning body control and body awareness is essential in being able to move through our levels and into our more advanced classes or teams.
- When class is over the Teacher will lead the group over to the cubby area for release. We do not allow parents onto the gym floor; we have a large viewing area upstairs for you to watch from with TV's that show different apparatus.
- As with all sports the more often one practices and attends the quicker for advancement. You are always welcome to enroll into more than 1-time a week.
Not sure what level your child would fit into? Please call or email me so we can schedule an evaluation for proper placement. The evaluation only takes 5-10 minutes. firstname.lastname@example.com or 503-620-8939.
Does Metro offer a free trial class?
In order to protect the current students' class experience, we do not allow any free trial class. Instead we have you register and pay for just 1 class, and if the first class isn't what you expected, we will drop you from the class.
You are also more than welcome to come in and observe classes from our upstairs viewing area anytime. This gives you an opportunity to see the facility and watch a class in action to determine if it looks like a good fit for your child.
What if I miss a class?
Notify the office when you are unable to attend your regular class. Two this should say- ONE make-ups are allowed per session. Call the office to schedule your make-up. No refunds are given for missed classes.
What to wear?
Girls can wear a leotard, and/or shorts and a t-shirt tucked in. Footless tights are permitted. Boys can wear shorts/sweats with a t-shirt tucked in. Hair must be secured away from the face with binders and clips. Students are not allowed to wear jewelry, jeans, and dresses or chew gum. Leave all jewelry home along with other valuables.
Do I have to stay?
Parents should always wait until the teacher begins class. As long as we have a phone number to get a hold of you, you are welcome to run errands and return before you child's class is over. All parents and family members observe our classes from our upstairs viewing area.
What should we do when we arrive?
- Have your child put their things into a cubby, shoes and socks off, and sit on the edge of the floor mat next to the cubbies and wait for the teacher to begin class.
- Children are not allowed onto the equipment or gym floor until the teacher begins class. No tumbling or horseplay while waiting.
- Students for all ages must wait inside the building until their ride arrives. Students should be picked up promptly following class.
What if my child is sick or injured?
Please keep sick children and siblings home. Students should report any accident or injury during class to the instructor. If an injury occurs outside of class, please call the office schedule a makeup.
Do you work with Special Needs Families?
We would love to set-up group instruction for your special needs child. This could include field trips or weekly classes. Please email us with your questions.
What about Field Trips?
Plan your field trip to Metro Gymnastics Center: Birthday Parties, going away parties, Girl and Boy Scout Groups, play day trips, preschool outings. Groups of 7 or more please.
Am I allowed out on the gym floor?
Due to safety and liability reasons, only enrolled students are permitted out on the gym floor except for our Toddler classes (see Mini-mover section). All parents and spectators can view the gym from our upstairs viewing area that also has TV monitors.
Not sure what level your child would fit into? Please call or email me so we can schedule an evaluation for proper placement. The evaluation only takes 5-10 minutes. firstname.lastname@example.com or 503-620-8939.


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Illinois is filled with unique activities that everyone will love! What makes Illinois so unique? Here are some interesting things you may not have known about the Prairie State. The first Aquarium opened in Chicago. The world's first skyscraper was built in Chicago. The Illinois state dance is square dancing. The Chicago Public Library is the world's largest with a collection of more than 2 million books. The Chicago River is the only river in the world that flows backwards. The Willis Tower is the tallest building in North America. Illinois has more personalized license plates than any other state. Chicago is known as the Candy Capital of the World. Come and see all that the Land of Lincoln has to offer! It's a great travel therapy destination. Check out Allied Travel Careers to find opportunities in Illinois today!
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Back during our New York trip (in October! hehehe), I was a little nutty from not being able to sew, so I made a bunch of sewing-related purchases that I normally wouldn't have — they were awesome, but cost more than I'd normally spend all at once. One was a Swoon subscription, and that was neat because, while shopping at Joanns, I offered to make my sister-in-law a bag out of the fabric she was getting, so she looked through all the Swoon patterns and chose the Rosie crossbody bag.
(I have no idea why I thought it would be cute to include the Essex linen selvedge on one end of the strap.)
Still in the spirit of justifying impulse buys, I used Michelle Patterns' curvy patch pocket templates for one of the inside pockets. It came out really cute!
I put in two zippered pockets (there can never be too many in a purse!), and of course only the exterior one came out wonky, while the interior one was nice and straight. >_<
My sister-in-law doesn't sew too much, but she really had fun at Joanns and was buying fabric because I also offered to make her some scrubs and fabric baskets. She found a book in the store with some that she liked, and I remember that they seemed pretty easy to recreate without instructions, so I told her not to buy the book. But now I forget what they looked like! doh! I'd better get cracking on making more stuff out of her fabric — I see it every day, and its guilt cloud is getting stronger…
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The whales are so cute! This is a great bag shape and your stitching looks perfect, of course. 🙂 I really like the hardware you used too.
Cute wee bag! I also use the selvedge ends on straps, though I trim a little of the fringe if present


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I know I already posted my Mother's Day card for this year, but this card is for my MIL! I was pretty excited to work with this week's color story over at The Play Date Cafe!
After I cut out all of my letters by hand, I felt like this card was going to be a little plain, so I figured I'd replace the O with a little button. This still left the card seeming a little bit naked, so I was able to create a great looking flower out of white duct tape! Since I don't have any scalloped scissors and I love the crap out of scalloped edges, I decided to stitch my own by hand, too! The greatest challenge of making this card was probably sewing on the button in a way to get the duct tape petals pinned down just right. I really love the simplicity of this card.


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The companies act in its various forms has always required that a company maintains a set of company registers that should be made available for inspection on request. Most companies keep these at the registered office address. Following the introduction of the Companies Act 2006 and the Companies Regulations 2008 a company may now keep their registers at a Single Alternative Inspection Location (SAIL).
If a company chooses to keep the registers at a SAIL then Companies House should be informed using form AD02. If the location of the registers subsequently changes then again Companies House should be informed by completing form AD03.
The use of a Single Alternative Inspection Location may be beneficial for the many businesses that operate from their home. Subject to, conditions members of the public have a right to inspect the company registers. Using an alternative location to store your registers would mean that any inspection of the registers would not take place at your family home. For other businesses that may receive regular inspection requests, the use of an alternative location may prevent unnecessary disruption.
What are company registers?
Section 1136 (2) of the Companies Act identifies up to 13 registers that may need to be kept at either the registered office address or the SAIL-
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Not all companies will keep a full register of 13 sections.
Can different sections of the registers be kept at different addresses?
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What was said...
"So when are you due?"
"I'm not pregnant"
"Oh, so did you just have a baby?"
Awkward silence.
What was heard..
"So you seem somewhat fat, do you have a good reason for that?"
"But, you are so fat there must be some good reason for it."
"I'm afraid there isn't."
Awkward silence.
Actually, I know I am not fat, but since my last surgery, most of the weight I gained back went straight to my stomach, so I have a little pooch. However, I do not need perfect strangers pointing this out to me. Ever.
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Where would I find the pager number?
I am not a people person so why do I work in Customer Service? Every Thursday – Monday at five am I awake and head to a major Telecommunications Center to answer the calls of complete idiots.
My beef with Consumers is simple, if you buy a product at least take the time to learn how to use the equipment. If you have a pager LEARN YOUR PAGER NUMBER. If you move to a new area and need a phone or lights or cable, KNOW THE ADDRESS OF WHERE YOU NEED THEM. Telling me to just use your Post Office Box means absolutely scratch. Yes I can actually send service to that PO Box, but my friend it would do you no good.
Small talk can be a wonderful thing if in fact it is just that – small. But if your tire caught on flat; you ripped a hole in your new suit; you were late for work; the day after you had just been warned not be late again; your life partner/spouse/loved one chewed you out for no apparent reason and/or your favorite show was interrupted by another PSA from Good Ol' Dubya. PLEASE don't choose that hour to call Customer Service and ask me why you have not received a page in two months. (Why have you waited 2 months to call about it?) Besides, no matter what I say you will somehowwork into the conversation your general melancholy and quite frankly I don't want to hear it. I just can't tell you that because 'this call may be recorded for Quality Assurance purposes'.
These companies send you invoices knowing that the only part you will ever actually look at is: Total Due. Do me a favor, when 'Total Due' says some outrageous number take the time to search through the rest of the invoice to see why you were actually charged. Which implicates you would have to know what rate plan you are on and what charges are associated with that rate plan. I say this because when you call me and I explain how the charges on your bill are accurate I want you to be able to say more than 'Oh I didn't even bother to look at that'. And in the not-so-rare-as-you-would-hope case that you have been over charged, be one of the privileged few who actually read the terms and conditions (which include in small print how companies can ultimately screw you at will). Because when I tell you it will take up to 60 days to give back the money it only took us 60 seconds to take, I don't want you to become irate and hear me chuckle at your request to speak with a supervisor (who will only come back to me and have me explain to them what should be done…and you gotta love that).
All I am asking is for you, the consumer/customer/provider of my paycheck, to take responsibility for the products and services you purchase. Become knowledgeable of what is due you and considerate of what is not. No, you can not have 3 months of free services because you missed 1 page. No, I will not credit you back $326.21 because you have to pay your rent and you used your debit card with the Visa logo. No, I will not call you when I get off and it does not matter if I am married or have a boyfriend, are you that desperate or do I sound that gullible. And no, your cursing ranting and raving will not make this road any smoother, as a matter of fact, I'm going to place you on hold (Customer Service Time-Out) so that you can think about your behavior!
I am expected to carry a friendly attitude despite your attempt to p*ss me off, which I might be obliged to allow if this call were not 'being recorded for Quality Assurance purposes'. This is my job and not my career, I will do everything I can to make you happy. Help me to help you…
P.S. In the case you are from California or New York, please be advised it is not a compliment to tell me I speak well to be a Southerner or that you love my accent (well I'm not too fond of yours). Do not ask me if I am White or Black. And the next person who drops into my line and says 'Do you all wear shoes down there' YOUR CALL (and possibly your service) WILL BE DISCONNECTED, screw Quality Assurance!!


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Desperate for awin after two losses, Chennaiyin FC desperately needed some inspiration, and Stiven Mendoza gave them exactly that. He scored the first hat-trick of the ISL 2015, as Chennaiyin FC routed FC Goa, 4-0, in a third round match of the Indian Super League football. Chennaiyin FC, who had lost their earlier two matches, showed determination to win, as they displayed an impressive attacking style of football, to outplay FC Goa, with Mendoza finding the back of the net in the 10th, 63rd, and 75th minutes.
Captain and marquee player Elano Blumer got the other goal for the visiting side in the 43rd minute, as the Chennaiyin silenced the supporters of the Zico-coached home team, at the Nehru Stadium, to record their first win in the tournament. Mendoza put the rival defense under pressure with his speedy runs, and put his team ahead in the 10th minute.
The home team then succumbed to the pressure and conceded another goal before the interval, through Elano. Colombian Mendoza, who was a constant threat to the FC Goa defence, then scored two more goals in the 63rd and 75th minute to kill the contest. The home team, who were a disjointed lot with their midfield not working, and defence crumbling under pressure, came up with a couple of good moves and nearly pulled one back in the second half, but substitute C S Sabeeth's shot hit the bar.
FC Goa defender Lucio also got injured after coach Zico had made all the three substitutions and they played with 10 men in the last 10 minutes. Zico fielded the same team that played in the last two matches — one win and one draw.
Chennaiyin coach Marco Materazzi made four changes in the team, that played last, bringing in Jayesh Rane, Raphael Augusto, Mehrajuddin Wadoo and Mailson Alves, in place of, Manuele Blasi, Abhishek Das, Balwant Singh and Alessandro Potenza. The visiting side were determined to win after their first two losses and played attacking football from the start, putting the rival defence under tremendous pressure.
FC Goa defender Lucio allowed space in the middle as he tried to move upfront and the rival exploited it with a series of raids, with Jayesh Rane and Mendoza coming close to scoring initially.
However, after two close shaves, the home team citadel fell in the 10th minute. A swift move from the middle saw Elano beat the home team defence with a through a pass to Mendoza who slipped the ball through the legs of keeper Elinton Andrade. Defender Gegory Arnolin tried to retrieve the ball on the goal-line but Mendoza was quick to slam the ball into the net. The goal gave the visitors much of the impetus, as they went on attacking with swift moves, and after Jayesh Rane's long range shot was saved by the home team keeper, Chennaiyin scored the second goal, three minutes before the interval.
A swift move from the right, saw Thoi Singh relay the ball to Rane, who in turn squared the ball to Elano, who got the better of defender Debabrata Roy, and struck a left-footer that found the net. The home team looked a disjointed lot, especially in the midfield, and they came up with a couple of good moves in the latter part of the first half, but were found wanting as Romeo Fernandes failed to get the better of rival defenders and was dispossessed.
After the change of ends, the visitors continued to dominate and scored two more goals, putting the game beyond the home team's reach. Elano, who kept the attack moving, made a solo run in the middle and gave a through pass to Mendoza who essayed a left footer that found the net in the 63rd minute. Mendoza then scored his hat-trick when he chested a cross from the right by substitute Bruno Pelissari, before sending a left-footed drive that found the roof of the net.


text: George W. Russell, Jr., is a professor in the Harmony and Piano departments at Berklee College of Music, where has received the Distinguished Faculty Award (2012), the Berklee Curriculum Award (2010), and the Ted Pease Award for Excellence in Teaching (2009). He previously served as the chairman of the Jazz department at the New England Conservatory of Music's Extension Division. For 26 years, he educated gifted high school musicians during the summer at the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts, where he was the chair of Jazz Studies. George has shared the stage with a number of legendary jazz artists, including George Duke, Bob Moses, Billy Pierce, Stan Strickland, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, Semenya McCord, and Andy McGhee. He performs regularly with his trio, the George W. Russell, Jr., trio with drummer Sean Skeete and bassist Wesley Wirth. A native of Pittsburgh, PA, George received a bachelor's degree in music education from Duquesne University in 1988, and a master's degree in jazz studies from New England Conservatory of Music in 1990.


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Tip #19 – Design loosely Coupled Service Contracts
Loosely coupled service capabilities help achieve agility in business processes and technology solutions. Why? Because, they make fewer assumptions about the implementation technologies and consumption characteristics. Designing contracts or interfaces is a critical activity when building service capabilities. The interface needs to avoid specifying technology specific, implementation environment specific constructs. This includes operation system variables, vendor-specific variables, database layout/structure etc. The idea is to not tie yourself too closely with a particular implementation. Ask yourself – what is the impact to the service capability if the underlying database is moved to a different vendor? what if we skip the database completely and load data from a file cache? You shouldn't have to move mountains to accommodate such changes if the interface is not tied to a single implementation. This concept must sound familiar 🙂 Indeed it is the same idea that has been espoused with object oriented design. Separate interface from implementation. A service capability may utilize a legacy provider, packaged application, an externally hosted solution (a cloud maybe). It is essential that the service capability is carefully designed when integrating with these dependencies. If there are attributes internal to a legacy system ensure that they are not specified on the service contract.
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Everything you want is coming.
Relax and let the Universe pick the timing and the way.
You just trust that it is coming and watch how fast it comes.
Abraham Hicks
DAY: cool, damp, changeable, expansive (?)
WORD: allow
COLOUR: golden yellow
FEELING: empowered
BODY: ever changing
THE COLLECTIVE: Frustration and recently impatience….as we straddle two worlds…
INSIGHTS: Allow the pause….we are betwixt and between….Dance, sing, walk, run, play…then rest, allow it, nap, dream, sit idle…its ok. Begin to focus on building a bridge to your power, by focusing your intent on living in joy, love, play, abundance. Become aware of thoughts, and remove any negative or limiting barriers to your truth and personal power.


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Offaly football manager John Maughan says he would be "absolutely shocked" if Mayo don't win Saturday evening's Connacht SFC quarter-final against Roscommon comfortably.
James Horan's men are set to welcome the Rossies to Castlebar this weekend as 2/9 favourites and former Mayo boss Maughan doesn't see the visitors tearing up the script.
"I know the Mayo lads will be absolutely tuned and there will be no complacency around this game. I have no doubt that this Mayo team are far better than this Roscommon team," he is quoted saying by the Mayo News.
"I think the Roscommon result in Carrick-on-Shannon against Leitrim was a good result for Mayo, because Roscommon might come in with a certain belief that they can go and compete with Mayo. I don't think they will.
"I think Mayo are a far, far better proposition now than they were seven or eight months ago. They have had an injection and infusion of so much new talent that they'll be too strong, physically too strong for them, and that Mayo will win the game comfortably.
"I would be absolutely shocked if Mayo didn't come out comfortable winners."Tweet


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Welcome to Cobl (Common Oblivion)! If you downloaded Cobl for itself, then you'll find that it significantly enriches the world of Oblivion: new races, new books, new ingredients, new foods, etc. There are no quests, but you'll find the world a better and more interesting place in many small and large ways.
If on the other hand, you downloaded Cobl because some other mod required you do to so, then... You'll still find the world a more interesting place! But you'll also get the benefit of having multiple mods work better together, and be richer, more powerful mods in themselves.
What's New in Version v174
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- The previous 7z file had the wrong root directory and so the BAIN installer wouldn't function correctly. My bad. I'm out of practice at this stuff.
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- * Various fixes to Cobl Main [Migck]
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Checkout Dash Software's career page or our Jobs Board for other opportunities
Sales Executive
Dash is transforming the process of payment transactions between restaurants, bars and their patrons. Dash utilizes a proprietary API to connect patron mobile devices with legacy restaurant and bar point of sale systems. The application allows diners to view, split and pay their check without handing over physical payment sources or waiting for their server to present a bill. Merchants benefit from increased efficiency, social media exposure, patron loyalty, and a CRM for customer profiles, allowing managers to make actionable decisions that impact their bottom line. Merchants are outfitted with Dash's proprietary BLE (bluetooth low energy) enabled DASHboard, which allows staff to view patron profiles in real time to help better tailor their service to individual customers. In addition, the DASHboard allows merchants to drive consumer participation through hyper local loyalty deals and push messages using the BLE technology. Dash, based in New York City, was founded in 2011 by college roommates Jeff McGregor and Gennady Spirin. The two were out to breakfast one morning and were frustrated that they could not get the attention of the wait staff to pay their check. Shortly after, they joined Prolific Interactive's accelerator program to co-develop the first version of the product. The team ran a private beta in NYC with a handful of merchants to further develop the technology and product while raising their seed capital. Backed by some of the most prominent restauranteurs in the city, Dash is expanding the product rapidly and aim to be the preferred method of payment for both patrons and merchants.
Job Description
Seeking to be a part of something disruptive, exciting and revolutionary? Looking to make a direct impact with the work you put in instead of slaving away for a big corporation and unnoticed?
Dash is now looking for superstars to join our sales team. We are a NYC bred mobile payment company for the hospitality industry and seeking a passionate, charismatic superstar to join our sales force in acquiring and on boarding establishments as the company expands its reach throughout New York City.
- Setup time to meet with New York's top restaurateurs.
- Manage the entire sales cycle, from prospecting and qualifying to meeting and closing deals.
- Creatively Crack the Code: find creative ways to help restaurateurs sell Dash to their consumers.
- Manage relationships with operators, owners and decision makers of participating establishments.
Establish and maintain relationships with POS distributors to help facilitate distribution, installation and servicing.
- Provide the proper tools and training for each participating establishment to successfully adopt and use the product.
- Continue to build on our ever-growing database of NYC restaurants/bars/clubs.
- You are someone who wants to get into sales - with little or no sales experience required.
- You've always thought that sales is something you would be good at and wanted to try. In this position you will be selling all day, every day, and loving every minute of it.
- You enjoy being coached, flexible and are self-motivated.
- You are a strong communicator with excellent presentation skills.
- You were born a team player and achiever (competitive sports, Greek life, or school government etc.).
- You embody ambition, persistence and charismatic.
- Can handle rejection and push through it: 'No' does not phase you!


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At the behest of various Facebook friends I have recently begun watching the Netflix Series sense8 (apologies if I'm late to the party). I'm somewhat riveted and yet I think I kind of hate it. Shall we discuss?
In general I have very high standards for any sort of sci-fi/paranormal storyline. Given that I am not normally a devotee of the genre the supernatural stuff really has to work in order for me to get into it. Give me Quantum Leap, give me Season 1 of Heroes...don't give me the last couple seasons of Lost. Y'know?
Anyway, despite the odd telepathic premise I was willing to give it a chance. And much like HBO's The Departed it has held my interest through the first several episodes if for no other reason than I'm waiting to figure what the hell is actually going on (suckered). But there are a few things about the show that I find incredibly stupid bordering on offensive, namely the fact that every single character seems hopelessly tied to tired stereotypes.
To wit:
- of course the White guy cop is from Chicago...and of course his Dad was also a cop and of course he has a drinking problem
- of course the Indian woman is struggling to escape an arranged marriage
- of course the East Asian character is a secret martial arts master
- of course the gays live in the Castro
- of course the Mexicans are being terrorized by a member of a cartel
- of course the young, pretty, White female is a manic pixie dream girl
- of course the African character essentially lives in a mud hut and is always running down some raggedy dirt road, despite the fact that downtown Nairobi actually looks like this:
It's hard to watch what's going on on-screen when my eyes are always rolling to the back of my head. Like seriously, Wachowskis? You could imagine a world where 8 strangers from around the globe can teleport into each other's lives in real time, but you couldn't imagine an Asian woman doing anything other than being devalued by the men around her? You can't imagine gay people who exist anywhere on the spectrum between in the closet and riding a motorcycle in the San Francisco Pride parade in full rainbow regalia?
That's just lazy.
Also why the fuck can't the Korean, Indian and Mexican actors speak their native languages? It worked perfectly well in Lost. All the English speakers sucked it up and read the subtitles and at the end of the day it gave the story a much more authentic feel. By contrast, what the everloving fuck is up with the Korean son's bad Justin Bieber accent on this show? Dear God, he's downright unwatchable! Frankly, as a Korean all the scenes in that story line are hella awkward. And why is the main character's name "Sun"? Sun what? Sun-hee? Sun-hwa? Sun-mi? Koreans don't have one syllable first names. Like none of them. How did they not bother to check that?
I may make it through the rest of the season, I may not. Unless something changes I will definitely not be tuning in for Season 2. Given the portrayals and the character development in OITNB I know Netflix can do better.


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NMG is a market leader and subject matter expert in supplying information management solutions and consultancy services for monitoring and management of energy and media for enterprises.
Our service offering enables companies to measure and control utilization of various types of media, including electrical energy, gas, water, pressured air, steam, etc. Our analytical and reporting solutions help our Customers to effectively forecast and manage the costs of energy and media in their enterprises. For industrial Customers, NMG systems are often deployed as Plant Information and Management solutions, and are deployed to monitor and manage entire production processes and their lifecycle.
NMG helps its Customers to better predict and better spend their energy budgets, at the same time transforming them into more environmental friendly companies.
Our company, founded in 2002, employs the team of subject matter experts and consultants in energy, media, process automation and management, as well as information technology. Our people's customer focus, combined with deep multidisciplinary expertise have already generated the range of tangible business benefits to hundreds of NMG Customers in Poland and Europe.
NMG mission is to promote information solutions that enable our customers to be better at managing the energy consumption, managing their budgets, and their company processes. By doing so we help them to be more environmental aware and friendly.
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bio.logis is very serious about the protection of your data. This protection is of great importance to us. Therefore, the compliance of the data protection code is a matter of course. Subsequently you will find further information about the use of such data as well as our data protection principles.
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Hong Kong Med J 2008;14:371-8 | Number 5, October 2008
An audit of risk factors for wound infection in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting or valve replacement
Wendy F Bower, Catherine SK Cheung, Raymond WM Lai, Malcolm J Underwood, C Andrew van Hasselt
Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
OBJECTIVES. To investigate the epidemiology of surgical site infection in cardiac surgery patients operated on in 2006.
DESIGN. Retrospective study of a case-control sample.
SETTING. Cardiac surgery unit of a university teaching hospital in Hong Kong.
PATIENTS. Cardiac surgery patients with surgical site infection were matched by procedure type, sex, and year of surgery with non-infected patients.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES. Identification of risk factors for surgical site infection.
RESULTS. The infected and non-infected cardiac surgery patients did not differ in age, sex, or smoking history; however, patients with surgical site infection were significantly heavier (mean body mass index, 26.6 vs 23.9 kg/m2), P
CONCLUSIONS. There appears to be a relationship between surgical site infection in cardiac surgery patients and pre-existing (diagnosed and covert) diabetes mellitus and blood transfusion. Future studies should consider these factors in relation to surgical site infections, both in the wider surgical population and from a risk-minimisation perspective.
Key words: Blood transfusion; Cardiac surgical procedures; Diabetes mellitus; Risk factors; Surgical wound infection
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Robinson, D.P., Hall, O.J., Nilles, T.L., Bream, J.H., and Klein, S.L. (2014). 17β-estradiol Protects Females against Influenza by Recruiting Neutrophils and Increasing Virus-Specific CD8 T Cell Responses in the Lungs. Journal of Virology. Vol. 88:9 p. 4711-4720. http://jvi.asm.org/content/88/9/4711.long
Influenza viruses cause contagious respiratory illness with a sudden onset of high fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, and fatigue. There are 3 types of influenza viruses (A, B, and C) with influenza A and B viruses causing seasonal epidemics of disease. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that flu-associated deaths range from 3000-49,000 each year depending on length and severity of the season (see the CDC website for more general information about the flu virus, http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/us_flu-related_deaths.htm). Moreover, pulmonary inflammatory diseases such as influenza are known to differentially affect males and females with women suffering a worse outcome. Prior evidence indicates that estrogen impacts the function of various immune cells and therefore may contribute to the differential outcomes between men and women following respiratory infections. The authors of this paper aimed to examine the role of estradiol (E2, one of the 2 major biologically active estrogens in non-pregnant humans) in both the host response to the influenza A virus (IAV) and the ability of IAV to replicate in the host. It was hypothesized that estradiol alters the recruitment and activity of immune cells therefore affecting the outcome of IAV infection. In order to test this hypothesis, female C57BL/6 mice were ovariectomized and implanted with either E2 or placebo capsules followed by infection with IAV. E2 treatment resulted in less morbidity as compared to placebo-treated females. E2 did not affect virus replication, but increased the levels of chemokines in lung homogenates, increased recruitment of neutrophils to the lungs, and increased the levels of interferon-γ and tumor necrosis factor-α released from virus-specific CD8 T cells. These effects were dependent on neutrophils because depletion of neutrophils in females treated with E2 increased morbidity, reduced chemokine production, and reduced CD8 T cell IFN-g production. In summary, sustained E2 levels affect the host response to IAV infection through a neutrophil-dependent mechanism leading to improved outcomes. This work sets the stage for further mechanistic studies related to how E2 regulates these effects and supports the consideration of E2 levels in the treatment of IAV infected patients.


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In Texas, you must submit your vehicle to a safety inspection and emissions testing within 30 days of moving to the state. Established residents will need to renew your inspection upon registration renewal. Safety inspections are mandatory for all vehicles, while emissions tests are required in certain counties only. Brand new vehicles are also exempt from smog checks.
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
CHICAGO — As Governor Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday signed a new law that will put in place tougher penalties for selling guns to minors, he also announced he's got a new idea to help combat the violence that Chicago is experience: he's talking to the Illinois State Police and the National Guard to see if they could help.
"Violent crime in the city of Chicago is out of control," Blagojevich said at the bill signing ceremony. "I'm offering resources of the state to the city to work in a constructive way with Mayor Daley to do everything we can possibly do to help stop this violence," said the governor.
The summer of 2008 will be remembered as especially violent. Blagojevich said there's been a child shot nearly every day since June 26. Bringing in state troopers — even National Guard helicopters to high-crime areas — is still very much in the planning stages.
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"It might be able to free up some resources that the Chicago police uses for capital needs, to be able, to maybe to, hire more police officers, or possibly ask some to come out of retirement, to put them into these violent zones, hot zones, where, clearly, I think, part of the challenge is that gangbangers outnumber police officers five to one," Blagojevich said.
The governor said Chicago Mayor Richard Daley hasn't asked for help, but Blagojevich said he'll call the mayor once he has some concrete suggestions about what help he can provide. He didn't have many specifics, but he said it's more likely that state police will be brought in than the National Guard.
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In honor of the Republican's vote to repeal the health reform law this week, I pose the following question:
Should Republicans who want to repeal the health reform law give up their own government-sponsored insurance plans?
I realize that the insurance provided to Congress members is rather similar to employer-provided insurance elsewhere, but as a federal employee, I can tell you that the coverage is excellent, the premiums are pretty low, and that your average American, especially if they don't have any health insurance coverage, would love to be able to buy into Congress members' plans. So, is what's good for the goose good for the gander, or no?


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I am so excited to share this DIY string art seating chart with you today! This diy wedding seating chart is the perfect focal piece for your reception and is sure to delight guests. Below is just a sneak peek of this DIY but you can view the full steps on Oriental Trading's site Fun365 today! And click here to see even more of our crafts!
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"One way to break up any kind of tension is good deep breathing" Byron Nelson
When your breathing is restricted it creates an unseen chain reaction in the body that can greatly compromise your overall health, well-being and ability to think clearly.
You can literally create miracles simply by adjusting the flow of your breath. Imagine being able to reduce stress hormones, calm your emotions, boost your oxygen intake, gently massage your internal organs, let stress go, come back to your centre, relax your muscles, detox your body and simply improve the overall efficiency of your organs and body.
How to breathe better:
1: Lift your chest:
Rounded shoulders and sunken chest squish your lungs and restrict your oxygen intake. Give your body, lungs and organs some more breathing space. Improve your posture and open your chest up.
2: Breathe past your collar bones:
Short shallow breathing is the sign of a stressed, tense body with thoughts to match. Simply soften, relax and deepen your inhale each time you catch yourself in panic mode with short, shallow breathing.
3: Don't squeeze your stomach in when you inhale:
A relaxed soft belly allows your lungs and diaphragm to fully expand. Squeezing the tummy in (on the inhale ) restricts your oxygen intake.
4: Breathe into your belly:
Feeling your belly rise and fall with each breath cycle is something I am taught regularly in yoga. Place your hands on your belly and feel them rise on the inhale and fall on the exhale. It's a fabulous way to know for sure that your breath is reaching all the way down to your belly.
5: Fill the front, sides and back of your belly:
If you are keen to get extra clever – feel the front, sides and back of your belly area expand with each inhale. You might notice, like me, that the back area of your belly is often tighter and not as open as the front or sides.
Simply bring your awareness and breath to any tight areas of your belly and use the breath to invite more softness and spaciousness. Ah! use your exhale to let go, release and create that extra space inside your belly area.
6: Un-hunch your shoulders:
Hunched shoulders block the flow of blood and energy to your brain. Relax your shoulders, open your chest, lengthen your neck and create more breathing space between your shoulder blades. Notice how much easier it is to breath now.
It also wouldn't hurt to part your lips slightly and make sure no tension is being held in your jaw.
7: Exhale fully:
As you exhale fully and deeply, feel your belly button move towards your spine. Use your exhale to remove all that stale, stuck yucky air and energy lingering in the bottom of your lungs.
8: Exhale longer:
Spend longer on the exhale if you are wanting to slow your thoughts down, relax your body or let go of something. Use your exhale to create a healthy breathing space between you and the busyness of the outside world.
If I'm a bit frazzled spending twice as long on the exhale is a quick way to re-balance my breathing and energies.
9: Stop holding your breath.
When you start paying more attention to your breath you may find that you hold your breath more often than you realize. Simply being aware is the perfect first step towards improving the quality of your breath.
10: Your nose is for breathing, your mouth for eating:
In all the practices I have explored over the years – yoga, tai chi, qi gong they have all encouraged to breath in and out through the nose.


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Tomatoes and peppers stuffed with rice. One of the famous traditional greek dishes, ideal for the summer time and not only...
8 medium sized tomatoes
8 medium sized peppers (red, yellow, green)
a little sugar
2 large onions, chopped
1-2 cloves garlic, minced finely
2-3 potatoes cut in small pieces
1 ½ cup of olive oil
16 fistfuls of rice
1 zucchini, grated
1 bunch of chopped parsley
1 bunch of chopped mint
dry oregano
2 tablespoons of small black raisins (currants)
2 tablespoons of pine cone seeds
salt, pepper
1 glass of water
dry breadcrumbs
2-3 potatoes cut in small pieces
Wash tomatoes and cut a thin slice of the stem end (these must be saved and used later as lids). Scoop out pulp with teaspoon and sprinkle with a little sugar inside. Mix rice, chopped onions, grated zucchini, garlic, parsley, mint, oregan, ½ cup of olive oil, currants, pine cone seeds, salt, pepper and half of the tomato pulp,chopped. Fill tomatoes and peppers with mixture, replace the lids and arrange in baking pan. Force the remaining tomato pulp through a sieve and pour into the pan. Pour 1 cup of olive oil over tomatoes and peppers and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. We can spread some potatoes in small pieces all around and sprinkle with salt, pepper and oregano. Bake in the oven (220oC) for 1 ½ hours.
Serve either hot or cold.
You may stuff also eggplants and zucchinies, if desired.


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James P. Salsman, quoting Norman Solomon, wrote: > Over the next few years, while Internet usage continued to grow > by leaps and bounds, the news media increasingly downplayed > "information superhighway" imagery Well Amen to that. I may not be a widely-published media wossname, but I would like to present my scholarly analysis of this. Namely that people finally got bored of a tired and shallow metaphor, and realised that saying it, like prepending everything with "cyber-" was a great way to avoid being taken seriously. This year's language fad is "e-"everything. I hope it goes the same way. Thanks then. -- Andrew Clover Technical Support 1VALUE.com AGReceived on Thursday, 30 March 2000 03:25:24 UTC
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