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Are you a little daunted by choosing electrical cable? We often receive calls from customers asking us to explain the different electrical cables that we sell as they are looking to restore their chandeliers personally or their electrician has asked them to source the electrical cable for their chandelier restoration or lighting project but has not clearly specified which cable to purchase?
In this blog we aim to give you some information that will assist with your choice and help you avoid ordering an incorrect item.
There are a few questions you need to ask yourself or your electrician before you start.
- Do you need 2 core electric cable or 3 core electric cable? 2 core electrical cable does NOT have an earth and so is suitable for plastic lamp holders only – 3 core electrical cable HAS an earth and so is suitable for using with metal lamp holders
- What is the amp requirements of your light fitting/chandelier? At King's Chandeliers we supply both 0.75mm and 0.50mm INNER core cables and as the core size suggests they have different amp suitability. 0.50mm inner core cables available from kingschandeliers.co.uk have a maximum 3 amp rating and 0.75mm inner core cables available from our website have a maximum 6 amp rating.In addition to the amps look at the wattage your light fitting/chandelier will be using – if in doubt check with your electrician or contact us at email@example.com before ordering
- If using 2 core electrical cable do you need to earth your chandelier- this is going to depend on your chandelier restoration and if it includes any metal components. Earth tags are available from our website, your electrician can advise on the appropriate use of earth tags.
- You will also need to take into account the outer width of the electrical cable and the space you have too thread the cable through on your chandelier/light fitting. Please note the outer diameter of the cable is NOT the 0.75mm and 0.50mm dimensions referred to in the main cable descriptions, as previously advised these are the inner cores not outer dimensions. As a general rule the 0.50mm inner core cable available from our website is approx. 5-6mm outer diameter and the 0.75mm inner core is approx. 6-7mm however there are a couple of variants to these measurements including a mini clear cable which is the thinnest and strongest lighting cable that we have come across – if you need a thin cable for your chandelier restoration this is the only one we would recommend.
You will find a comprehensive range of colours, styles and finishes in our electrical cable section including clear cables, vintage styles and colours, pvc finishes etc with minimum order levels of just one metre up to bulk orders by the 50 and 100 metre spools.


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Liz Norton
Classroom Phone: 269-250-XXXX
School Phone: 269-250-8550
Welcome to 8th grade History! My name is Liz Norton and I'm excited to teach 8th grade History at Comstock Middle School. I received my Associates in Business at Glen Oaks Community College, my Bachelors in Teaching at Western Michigan University, and my Masters in Middle School Teaching at Walden University. I previously taught Science in Battle Creek. I enjoy spending time with my family, reading, and going to sporting events.
In History class we will be studying American History from 1750-1900. I will use this page to mostly post to the calendar. Have your student check out their Google Classroom page for assignments that they may need. Please email me if you have any questions, etc. I check my email frequently.

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These shelves were made for a client who is an artist and wanted storage for her art supplies. They are made from 1 inch structural steel square tubing that I welded together. The whole unit was made in 2 pieces and assembled in the art studio.
The shelves are yellow pine distressed and stained and finished with an acrylic poly sprayed on. The metal color is jet black and also sprayed with the acrylic finish! The dimensions are 84 inches wide X 92 inches tall X 24 inches deep. I anchored the top to the wall in the studs to prevent tipping.
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Thanks to everyone for coming out to our second 3D printing fair back on July 1st. We had even more kids and parents visit than our first event back in May, and they made some fantastic prints.
Before we show off some of the prints, we want to give huge thanks to outgoing senior at Garden Street Academy, Preston Towers. Preston did an excellent job helping everyone make their prints and explaining the technology which he himself learned only a few weeks prior. He'll be helping us throughout the summer before he starts his freshman year at UC Santa Barbara later this fall. Thanks Preston!
Once again, our iPads and Doodle 3D boxes helped everyone easily make something on our 3D printers.
In addition to using our Doodle 3D boxes, some kids tried their hand at creating 3D designs using Autodesk's free 123D Creature app on our iPads. This app is great for getting younger students used to moving objects around in three dimensions. We had some time near the end of the fair, so we were able to print a few of the designs.
What I love is how kids didn't limit themselves to only making "creatures." The app lends itself to creating some cool abstract designs as well.
The photo doesn't quite do justice to Sofia's mermaid figure. We posted the object on our Thingiverse page so you can view and rotate the object in three dimensions from within your browser.
Other activities
We were too busy to capture photos, but we also had a potato head station in the makerspace. We laid out potato head parts created by our high school students using Tinkercad, and had a couple of real potatoes available for kids to create their own potato heads.
Some kids also explored Tinkercad, a basic 3D design tool that runs in a web browser. We brought one of our iMacs from the Tech Lab to the makerspace, and some of our visitors ran through the Tinkercad tutorials and played with designing their own 3D objects. I think we might try to have a more formal 3D design workshop later in the summer. Stay tuned.
New logo
One of our parents, Jane Masterson from Sidekick Creative, worked with us to create a logo for GSA Makerspace.
Jane was a pleasure to work with, and we love our new logo. Sidekick Creative also did the graphic art for Garden Street Academy's annual auction back in March. If you need some graphic design work done, we highly recommend checking them out. Thanks Jane!


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By Heather Boerner
August 2010
By 3 a.m. on the morning of February 7, 2009, the barometer showed 4 percent humidity, and a whipping wind buffeted Rita Harris' sheep farm in the Australian town of Taggerty. By 11 a.m., it was so hot that the hairs on the back of her legs singed in the stifling heat. It was obvious that this was going to be an extreme day.
That would prove to be an understatement.
By midnight, the power and phone were out and Harris was choking on the thick orange smoke and swirling ash coming from fires raging in the Australian bush. She'd taken to watering down her house every few minutes to hedge against catastrophe. Flames nearly 200 feet high were breaking the stratosphere and towering over the 50-foot-high trees in her yard. Nearby petrol tanks were exploding at regular intervals. She describes the sound of the fire as deafening, like a thunderclap that goes on for hours.
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"We thought there was a nuclear bomb," she says. "It was literally like that. We stood there basically waiting to die."
The fires started on what is now known as "Black Saturday," scorching hundreds of thousands of acres and killing 173 people. It was the most devastating natural disaster in Australia's history.
Harris, however, was one of the lucky ones. Her house still stood. But she was shaky and disoriented when she arrived at a relief center in the town of Yea, some 50 miles from her property. Then the horrifying reality began to set in: Had her friends and family survived? Could she continue to earn a living? What would happen next?
Crisis Intervention
As the fires raged in Taggerty, another crisis was heading toward the Department of Human Services (DHS) for the state of Victoria. Thousands of people were displaced from their homes or injured, or their businesses were destroyed. That meant a wave of displaced and traumatized people looking to the government for assistance.
In short order, government officials realized they would have to hire hundreds of new case managers to assist government agencies in targeting services to priority areas. This required a case management computer system that could track the survivors and connect them to the services they needed—and be nimble and scalable enough to evolve as the crisis changed.
"The enormity of the event and how quickly it occurred really put a lot of pressure on us to make decisions and get things in place very quickly," says Grahame Coles, chief information officer at the DHS, whose team was tasked with creating the system that would support the relief effort. "We knew on Wednesday that we had to get a system in place by the following Monday."
Although DHS had a PeopleSoft case management system from Oracle in place, it was configured for existing DHS processes and could not be quickly modified to meet the demands of the still-developing emergency. So Coles and his team searched for a new solution. Just 24 hours after the Victorian premier's announcement that each survivor would have an assigned caseworker, Coles had selected Oracle CRM On Demand as the platform for DHS case management.
Oracle staff set to work, reconfiguring Oracle CRM On Demand to meet the needs of Victorian bushfire managers as they were deployed in the wake of the fires—a system that was both nimble and secure. It had to be simple enough for new case managers with no computer experience to navigate intuitively. It needed to display all the necessary case data on a single page, to simplify data input and allow for a case file to be printed with a single click.
Case managers also needed to track survivors as they moved from one temporary home to another. The system also had to be accessible through a secure internet connection for case managers on the road. And it had to be flexible and scalable enough to handle an influx of hundreds of new users and thousands of new cases.
"The case managers were being inducted and basically had 30 minutes' training on how to use the system," says Coles. "So when we had a look at the options, that was one of the main criteria: Can the system be basically self-taught? Can we get it out there with 30 minutes' training?"
In only three days, the system was built and launched, tracking and assisting the 400 new case managers and the help they offered clients. It also managed the disbursement of more than AU$350 million in private donations to families in need, and the distribution of 26,000 pallets of material goods offered by fellow citizens. This donation management system received an award for innovation in public sector policy.
A Silver Lining
Oracle CRM On Demand is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution—often referred to as a cloud application—using remote Web hosting and secure Web connections to link caseworkers with DHS officials in Melbourne. This was especially important because in the far-flung rural areas of Victoria, where the fires devastated whole towns, there was little electricity, there were few DHS offices, and there was almost no time to compile notes gathered from weary fire survivors.
By deploying a SaaS solution, DHS ensured that the system would be accessible by wireless devices as case managers moved from one devastated community to another. The SaaS solution also allowed officials at the Victorian DHS headquarters in Melbourne to monitor what was happening in the field so they could provide the help survivors needed.
All the case managers had to do was enter their username and password, and they gained access to the files for all their clients: permanent addresses, temporary addresses, and any information already gathered about loss of property, loss of family members, business losses, and the services available and appropriate for them.
However, the technical expertise of the case managers was quite varied: indeed, some had never owned a cell phone, let alone worked with a cloud-based case management system. But Cindy Tarczon, a contract case manager who worked with Harris in the aftermath of the fire, says that the straightforward, single-page design of the system made it easy for case managers to learn and navigate. "It was very user friendly, and we were able to get up and running without any need for formalized training," Tarczon says.
In the first four weeks, 4,000 cases were added to the system. By the end of the year, 5,500 people were in the system. And because officials in Melbourne were able to capture and collate the information coming in from case managers, they were able to quickly create social programs or mobilize services specific to the problems in a given region.
Tarczon believes the government's response was quicker and more precise with Oracle CRM On Demand because the case files gave government workers a real-time snapshot of what was going on in the fire zone. "We were able to quickly gather accurate information from our clients about what was needed, what the thoughts were on the ground for those people in the community, and what welfare agencies and other support agencies really needed to be doing to be effective in this disaster," she says.
Picking Up the Pieces
Another aspect of addressing the needs of those displaced by fires was delivering government aid once they were out of harm's way. As the recovery effort kicked into high gear, the information that case managers in the field needed was changing too.
Because Oracle CRM On Demand was simple to use and easy to control, DHS officials were able to upload new versions of forms, policies, and other pertinent data, preventing case managers from operating on inaccurate information that might delay help to their clients.
"We used Oracle CRM On Demand to post key program documents," says Colleen Clark, assistant director of the Victorian Bushfire Case Management Service at the DHS. "We put up the guidelines, the policies, the consent forms. All of the documents they would need on a day-to-day basis, we were able to post on there. They could all easily access it, and it allowed us to manage version control. [Oracle CRM On Demand] facilitated communication in a fairly seamless way."
After the fires, Harris formed a close bond with her case manager Tarczon, who arranged financial assistance and access to services. At a time when Harris was still struggling with the losses she and her community had endured—and when she was still waking every morning to a landscape that looked more like the burnt crust of another planet than Taggerty—support from the DHS was something she couldn't have done without.
"I'm glad somebody's thinking of the big picture," Harris remembers thinking. "It meant that we went home thinking that the next couple of months were organized. You just have no idea of the impact of having five and a half weeks of not knowing if you're going to lose your home or not and gradually discovering that friends of yours have died."
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In recent weeks, in which I've resolved to get back on this blog and review the final legacies left behind by deceased Mets personnel, the idea still remained to honor these fallen soldiers in the order in which they fell.
But it would be wrong not to take a moment to acknowledge the passing in recent weeks of two Met figures who had distinctive if not large places in history.
Bill Monbouquette had the strange fortune of being the special sauce of a pitching coach spread between the two all-beef patties that were Rube Walker and Mel Stottlemyre, the two highest-profile pitching coaches in Mets history with the most successful staffs. I'll leave somebody wiser to me to judge whether they were better or just more fortunate. But Bill, under managers George Bamberger and Frank Howard, brought along Jesse Orosco, Doug Sisk, and Ed Lynch. Mike Scott failed to come along during his tenure, and Neil Allen fell into the strange malaise that led to his eventual trade for Keith Hernandez. So… yay?
Bill was a baseball lifer, coaching and managing in the minors before and after that stint, a career which followed a long and often successful major league career. With beefy arms and a no-bullshit face, he was prone to old school advice like coming up and in with two strikes. Far be it from me to advocate using the baseball as a weapon, but I HATES when pitchers get ahead 0-2 and bounce two curveballs outside. (I'm looking at you, Mike Pelfrey.)
Bill's boss, manager George Bamberger, quit less than one third of the way through 1983 (just his second season stewarding the team), against the pleading of GM Frank Cashen and team president Nelson Doubleday. The team was 16–30, and the stress was getting to him. His story was that he needed to get away from baseball and go fishing. But clearly, he needed to get away from the Mets, as he stuck around as a roving instructor and later resurfaced managing the 1985 and 1986 Brewers. What clearly drove him crazy was his pitchers' inability (or unwillingness) to throw strikes, and he wasn't above hauling his sixty-year-old frame to the pitching rubber to show them how easy it was.
So, in his own way, by failing to motivate his pitchers to throw strikes, Monbo drove away George Bamberger, setting the stage for the Davey Johnson era that followed. So… yay.
Either way, God be with the pitching coach working under a manager that was himself a very successful pitching coach.
The sad news of the passing of Monboquette (literal meaning: "my little bunch of flowers") was followed by the equally lamentable passing of Charlie Williams. Charlie had a strong, cleft chin, like a proto-Neil Allen (all roads lead to Neil Allen). He played for the Mankato Mets in 1968, one of their but two years of existence, under future Mets manager Joe Frazier. He had a strong season for them. Mancato was in the short-season Northern League, and the Mancato Mets spirit lives on in the class B amateur team that bears their name to this day.
History, of course, doesn't remember him as a star in Mancato, but as the man who went (along with fifty thousand dollars) to San Francisco in exchange for the returning Willie Mays. The trade was ironic, in that it was formulated to right an historical wrong, but it ended up sending away the only Met born in Flushing. (To that date, anyhow — Flushingite Ed Glynn would follow later.)
Williams (literal meaning: "hemet of desire") would pitch on out of the Giants bullpen through 1978, getting the odd start, and apparently drawing little of the ire that latter-day fans often heap upon players acquired in exchange for legends. Good on him. Reports of his death included the odd paragraph of his non-baseball-fan sister arriving from New Jersey to attend to him on his deathbed in Florida, reporting that she still received baseball cards in the mail requesting signatures across that strong chin — a sister puzzled by her brother's continuing fame and unclear about the meaning and gravity of her brother's distinctive transaction.
Requiescant in pace, Bill and Charlie.


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Þverartindsegg and Hvannadalshnukur
May 21, 2012
We made successful tour to Hvannadalshnukur on Thursday and Þverártindsegg on Saturday. We also a large group hiking to the highest mountain of Iceland on Saturday but the wasn´t to good.
Hiking in East Iceland was really good, last week we visited Þverártindsegg and Hvannadalshnukur. Hvannadalshnukur on Thursday the weather was perfect and we up and down in 14 hours. On Saturday we had beautiful day on Þverártindsegg in shelter from the eastern wind and no wind at all that day. But the weather wasn´t as good up on Hvannadalshnúkur and we couldn´t go up because of snow storm.


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We are avid motorcyclist's and there are some really great rides to and from Okefenokee Pastimes. We are a motorcycle friendly facility and as such encourage not only the single rider but groups. With our cabins, on site RV for rent, and large tent area with clean bathrooms and showers we can surely accommodate any motorcycle rider or group.
All we ask is that noise be kept low so other guests who may be here can enjoy their stay equally.
We can recommend rides based on areas of interest, group size, etc. Please consider us for a overnight, multiple night or weekly stay, the roads in the South Georgia area are smooth, scenic and enjoyable to ride.


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About Lewis & Clark
Title IX Compliance
What is Title IX?
Title IX is a section from the Education Amendments Act of 1972, which states the following:
Lewis & Clark's Sexual Misconduct Policy
Who are Lewis & Clark's Title IX Coordinators, and what do they do?
The Title IX Coordinator has responsibility for overseeing all Title IX compliance, including complaints of sexual misconduct. All instances of Sexual Misconduct should be reported to the Title IX Coordinator or a Deputy Coordinator.
The Title IX Coordinator for Lewis & Clark is Casey Bieberich, Associate Dean of Equity and Inclusion: (503) 768-7186
Title IX Case Manager, Dr. Kayleigh McCauley: (503) 768-7143
Deputy Title IX Coordinators:
Janet Bixby, Associate Dean of the Graduate School: (503) 768-6003
Heyke Kirkendall-Baker, Vice President / Director, Human Resources: (503) 768-6239
Libby Davis, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Law School: (503) 768-6610
Kayleigh McCauley, Associate Dean of Students/Director of Student Support Services: (503) 768-7143
Elaine Hirsch, Associate Director of the Watzek Library: (503) 768-7288
Complaints involving students should be reported to any one of the Deputy Title IX Coordinators. Complaints involving faculty or staff should be reported to the Associate Vice President and Director of Human Resources, Heyke Kirkendall-Baker.
A Title IX Coordinator will review the Sexual Misconduct Reporting Options available, such as those outlined below:
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What should I do if I think I have been discriminated against on the basis of my gender, or subjected to sexual misconduct?
You should bring your situation to the attention of the Title IX Coordinator or a Deputy Coordinator. Also, there are a number of other resources set forth in the College's Sexual Misconduct Policy, found in Lewis & Clark's College Policies.
And see also the college's Discrimination and Harassment Policy.
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Bowling Green knows who it will be playing in non-conference action for the 2013-2014 season, dates and times are still being determined.
The Falcons will complete home-and-home contracts by playing a series at Union College and a home series against Colgate University in October. They will play a home-and-home series with Ohio State, likely a mid-week match up. BG will also compete in the Three Rivers Classic in Pittsburgh at Consol Energy Center. Other teams participating in the four-team classic in December include, Boston College, Penn State and Robert Morris.
Bowling Green finished 10-15-3 in the CCHA and 15-21-5 overall, doubling its league wins and improving its overall win total by one game.
"I don't think that's enough but that's what we had," BG coach Chris Bergeron said in his season-ending press conference. "We're at the 15-win mark. That 20-win mark in hockey is a good number to shoot for. There is no reason that isn't in the discussion for next year. That includes games against Union, Ohio State and Colgate…probably Boston College at Christmas time."
It won't be an easy non-conference slate for the Falcons. Boston College, coached by Jerry York who led BG to its only National Championship, won the title last season with the Eagles and is currently ranked sixth in the USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll. Union, ranked 13th, defeated BG in a pair of games at the BGSU Ice Arena (5-3, 4-1) on October 12-13. The Falcons split a pair at Colgate, winning 3-1 before dropping a 4-2 decision on Oct. 20. Ohio State and Robert Morris both received votes in the March 18th poll.
BGSU Hockey will open conference play in the restructured WCHA, with a home series against Alaska-Anchorage on Nov. 1 (Complete WCHA schedule).
"Next year we are going to have legitimate expectations and I think they are going to be real and I think they are going to be deserved,"
Bergeron said. "We're going to have to find a way to play with expectations. We're not sneaking up on anybody anymore."


text: Maarten Bauer 188 Posted August 9, 2017 Hello everybody, A few weeks ago, Chopin and I decided to hold a competition for which Young Composers members could design a new, fresh YC logo and favicon for the website. All submissions are shown in the Young Composers Magazine #1. This is the place where you can vote which design you like the most. The design with the most votes will be used as the official logo of the Young Composers website. Chopin can merge several designs if the vote results are very close. Now, all submissions will be showed here as well. The logo first and afterwards ths favicon. The design creators are kept secret to prevent subjectivity. Design creators are NOT allowed to vote on their own design. Submission 1 Logo Favicon Motivation isnenwnmsns Submission 2 Logo 1 Logo 2 Submission 3 Logo 1 Logo 2 Logo 3 Logo 4 Favicon Motivation Jsnsbwn Submission 4 Logo 1 Logo 2 Favicon 1 Favicon 2 Kind regards, Chopin & Maarten Bauer 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Oil and China: Pockets of Opportunity?
2016 opened with volatility we haven't felt in several years. Much of investors' fear has been anchored to concerns about persistently falling oil prices and a deterioration of the Chinese economy. Our view is that this fear may be due to a misunderstanding of several fundamental economic dynamics. Thus, we believe that while recent volatility is not going to go away anytime soon, it will also create opportunities for an investor who is both prudent and patient.
Oil prices have been falling since the middle of 2014. Why? Two of the oldest forces in economics: supply and demand. Recent supply growth has been largely due to the revolution of U.S. shale production; it has doubled over the last 5 years, and this in large part is due to technological advances like fracking. Other major oil exporters, most notably Saudi Arabia and Russia, have been refusing to cut output - even in the face of falling oil prices. They've been engaged in an increasingly painful game of chicken. Compounding this problem, on the other side, has been a slowdown in the growth of demand. This is rooted in China's lower need for oil as it scales back its infrastructure initiatives. So, what is the result of this? We have roughly 2% more supply than demand in the market. While historically this is a high number, we don't think it's an imbalance that will last for most of 2016. For virtually all oil producing nations these prices are simply unsustainable - they are losing money on every barrel they sell (or, really, store). We believe that either an agreement for coordinated supply cuts will be reached by the major players or one of the smaller nations will cease production – sacrificing itself, but benefiting the other producers. Regardless, the resulting reduction in supply and continued growth in demand would cause the imbalance to correct itself rather quickly creating a significant upward pressure for oil prices.
We mentioned that China's reduction in infrastructure spending has been a key reason for the slowdown in oil demand, but why? What is China's reason for building less? We don't think it's an ailing economy. China is in the middle of a government-orchestrated metamorphosis from an emerging to a developed economy. At the heart of this transformation is a shift in focus from manufacturing and exports to services and internal consumption. Viewing China as merely an enormous exporter of consumer goods is looking backward. China's future is in the services sector. We believe such a tectonic shift cannot happen without rattling the markets. Adding to this volatility is the Chinese government; it has immense power, but little experience with finding the right balance between regulation and outright control of their financial markets. This is something that is necessary for a successful open economy that the Chinese government is trying to create.
It's not necessary to invest directly in China to feel its effects. China's economy has an impact on other emerging market nations, its regional neighbors, commodity exporters, and most multinational corporations in the west, from automakers to fashion houses.
Last year we reduced exposure to China and other emerging markets as they appeared overheated. After the recent correction, however, we are beginning to see pockets of opportunity. Nevertheless, we remain cautious and emphasize the need for a skilled active manager; one who can separate the wheat from the chaff.
In today's connected world one jigsaw piece can fit many puzzles.
This video is provided by Pacific Funds. These views represent the opinions of Pacific Life Fund Advisors, not Pacific Funds, and are presented for informational purposes only. These views should not be construed as investment advice, the offer or sale of any investment, or to predict performance of any investment. The opinions expressed herein are based on current market conditions, are as of February 16, 2016, and are subject to change without notice.
Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC (PLFA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Pacific Life Insurance Company, is the investment adviser to the Pacific Funds. PLFA also does business under the name Pacific Asset Management and manages certain funds under that name. Pacific Funds refers to Pacific Funds Series Trust.
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Oslo Lux 2011 was a sell-out one day seminar and associated exhibition that took place at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. The event brought together many leading practitioners, students and researchers using technology and light in new and dynamic ways to map out the leading edge in visualisation and immersive techniques using light in physical space.
Thanks to all who attended; we had an excellent time, and enjoyed talks by a range of luminaries at the cross-section of light, space and interaction.
We will be putting some of the talks online in the coming weeks, together with a selection of images and videos.
Part of the exhibition (AntiVJ and Squidsoup) will continue in the AHO Gallery until Friday 28th January.
The final speakers timetable was:
1000 Welcome
1015 Introduction (Ståle Stenslie)
1030 Timo Arnall
1100 Kjetil Austvoll-Dahlgren, Stig Kjelvik – emerging practitioners
1130 Coffee
1145 Squidsoup (Anthony Rowe and Chris Bennewith)
1215 Adam Pruden (MIT Senseable Lab)
1245 Lunch
1315 AHO Guest Keynote: UnitedVisualArtists (Ben Kreukniet)
1415 coffee
1430 HC Gilje
1500 Birger Sevaldson and Natasha Barrett
1530 Marius Watz
1600 Keynote 2: AntiVJ (Joanie Lemercier and Simon Geilfus)
1645 Drinks and artworks, (indoors and out)
1830 Lighting the sky
The program can be accessed here
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There's no doubt that CrossFit is living up to its reputation as a fun and challenging way to work out, not to mention the fact that it gets results. So what's the secret? What makes this system of fitness training so effective? Of course, there are many reasons why we see a continuous stream of new people showing up in our our Hampton CrossFit gym. But what makes them stay? Scalable workouts have a lot to do with it.
A Challenge For Everybody
The beauty of our fitness workouts is that they're scalable. What that means is, the intensity of any given exercise can be made easier or harder by adding weight, resistance bands, or performing the task on an incline, to name just a few of the methods. No matter what level of physical fitness you may be at, our coaches can scale a workout for anybody from pregnant women to top competitors.
Keeping It Safe, But Challenging
Perhaps one of the more attractive features of CrossFit is that there's an endless variety of exercises to keep your workouts fresh and engaging. It is the job of our fitness coaches to make sure that each activity we do in our Hampton gym provides a good challenge for every member to push against. However, you coach will also scale your workout to ensure that you're not going to hurt yourself in the process. We want you to work hard enough to sweat and feel the burn, but not so hard that you're overextending yourself.
With the support of our expert fitness coaches, you'll be able to carry out challenging and rewarding workouts. Contact CrossFit Stimulus today to get started!


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Implant Loosening Following Hip Replacement Surgery
A major long-term problem after hip replacement surgery is loosening of the implant. This occurs either because the cement breaks or because the bone dissolves from around the metal implant. The plastic liner can also wear out, leading to loosening of the implant. A second surgery is usually performed for a painful and loose hip replacement.
A repeat surgery may be needed for this, especially if it causes pain. Usually, 1 out of 100 patients require it during the first year. After 10 years, the chance of needing a repeat surgery increases to 10 in 100 patients.
The artificial hip is not designed to handle more physical stress than normal walking. In order to help you make your artificial hip last longer, it is usually recommended that you do not run, jump, or involve yourself in any high-impact activities.
Following hip replacement surgery, a loosening implant could be partly related to how heavy and active you are. Loose, painful artificial hips can usually, but not always, be replaced. The results of a second operation are usually not as good as the first, and the risk of complications is higher. Therefore, it is important that you attend follow-up visits with your doctor as scheduled, even if you are not having pain. X-rays may show the implant loosening before you develop problems.
Complications From Total Hip Replacement
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Dr. Purswell completed her DVM degree in 1977 at the University of Georgia. After two years of private equine practice in Atlanta, GA, she returned to the University of Georgia where she completed a residency in Theriogenology (1979-1982) and obtained MS (1981) and PhD (1985) degrees in Immunology. She became a Diplomate of the American College of Theriogenologists in 1983. She was on the faculty of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine 1985-2012 teaching canine and equine theriogenology. She was awarded the title of Professor Emerita in 2012. She continues to teach canine and equine theriogenology at St. Matthews University on Grand Cayman as a Visiting Professor. She has served as President of the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association in 1998 after serving on the Board of Directors starting in 1991. She was the Delegate from Virginia to the AVMA, 2000-2006. In 2004, Dr. Purswell received the Veterinarian of the Year Award from the VVMA. She served on the Board for the Society for Theriogenology and served as President in 1993. She was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Georgia in 2007. She served as Interim Department Head for the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences Department (2004-2007). She served for 6 six year on the examination committee of the American College of Theriogenologist, 2004-2010. She has served as resident advisor for 4 residents. She lives on a dairy farm in Blacksburg, VA, with her husband, Mac Wall. She raises Doberman Pinschers and Rocky Mountain horses. She enjoys fox hunting, trail riding, dog shows and agility trials.
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February 15, 2000, Section F, Page 2Buy Reprints
The discovery two years ago that the expansion of the universe is speeding up has presented physicists and cosmologists with a major problem. The gravity of all the known matter and energy in our own universe should slow that expansion, not speed it up. Looking for a way out of this perplexity, several cosmologists are now suggesting that the cosmic acceleration may be an effect from some other universe.
The cosmologists who have made this proposal concede that it is a radical idea. But in identifying another, or parallel, universe with extra dimensions that may exist beyond our own three spatial and one time dimension, the cosmologists are on the cutting edge of a trend in a branch of theoretical physics called superstring theory.
Dr. Andreas Albrecht, a cosmologist at the University of California in Davis, said that all the simple ways of explaining the astronomical observations had already been tried and had failed. ''The data has thrown something at us that's deeply puzzling and doesn't fit very well in any theoretical framework that we have,'' he said. ''We're really venturing out into new territory.''
The new idea comes in two parts, the first of which will be published in the journal Physical Review Letters by Dr. Albrecht and his Davis colleague, Constantinos Skordis. In their paper, they showed that a strange kind of energy named quintessence, which has been posited to permeate the universe, could develop into a repulsive force at certain times, when it would accelerate the cosmic expansion.
The second part involves the application of an advanced theory called superstring theory, which portrays elementary particles not as points but as wriggling, incredibly tiny 10-dimensional strings. Many physicists hope superstring theory may one day show the underlying unity of all forces in nature.
New work suggests that the ability of some forms of quintessence to flip from an attractive to a repulsive state could be connected to a particularly bizarre and bedeviling prediction of string theory, namely the existence of parallel universes, or equivalently, different dimensions, that can nevertheless exert forces on our own. If that were true, it would turn ''a problem of string theory into a triumphant verification,'' said Dr. Joseph Lykken, a physicist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
As described by Dr. Albrecht and Dr. Skordis, quintessence can be thought of as a weak field of energy permeating space. Such fields are a standard element in the physicist's toolbox and are a common way of describing matter and energy mathematically.
According to Einstein's equations of relativity, ordinary matter and energy both exert normal, attractive gravity on each other, but quintessence, if it exists, could also, under some circumstances, exert an antigravity force. The quintessence considered by Dr. Albrecht, like ordinary matter, normally exists in a humdrum, unsurprising attractive mode, and becomes more tenuous in space as the universe expands. ''It sort of shadows the behavior of the other matter,'' Dr. Albrecht said.
But in its calculations the team discovered that any slight change in how the quintessence is thinning out could temporarily shift the gravity of the quintessence from normal to repulsive. The switch would mean that the quintessence would stop slowing cosmic expansion and start accelerating it.
''It can change its behavior due to little imperfections in its behavior, which would lead to acceleration,'' Dr. Albrecht said. Just what could cause such a bump in the cosmic road, the scientists did not say.
The string research suggesting just how all of this might happen has not yet been published, but has been presented at conferences by Nima Arkani-Hamed, Lawrence Hall, Hitoshi Murayama and Chris Kolda at the University of California in Berkeley.
In superstring theory, different vibrations of the strings in 10 dimensions represent particles that carry all the known forces in the universe, including gravity. But string theorists have long wondered what to do with the extra six dimensions that we do not perceive in our four-dimensional universe. If we do not see them, where are they?
One solution is to ''compactify'' them, or make them very small and imperceptible. But some theorists have recently considered the effects of making the extra dimensions larger. The extra dimensions in the Berkeley theory would still be much smaller than an atomic nucleus, but larger than compactified dimensions. Dr. Arkani-Hamed and his colleagues have uncovered the astonishing fact that stringy forces between some of those other dimensions and our own could fill the universe with a kind of energy -- a quintessence -- much like the one proposed by Dr. Albrecht and Dr. Skordis to explain the acceleration.
''Quintessence is a very ghostly thing,'' but it could be created by the interdimensional force, Dr. Arkani-Hamed said.
The model could even account for the bumps, he added. New theories of those extra dimensions consider that they have a finite size, and when the other universe hits the end of the line, the quintessence could change its character.
To be taken seriously, the new suggestion would have to undergo observational tests. Dr. Albrecht said that it may leave a signature on the afterglow of the Big Bang, called the cosmic microwave background, but that such subtle features had not been observed with present instruments.
Still, cosmologists are happy to find even a small ray of light shining on a problem that has left them feeling benighted. ''This is starting to look like real physics,'' Dr. Lykken said.


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Green light deserves more attention
All the sunlight's colours have an effect on a crop. The role of the light's green colour has long been underestimated; however, in recent years, the important effect of the colour green has become increasingly clear.
Leaves absorb the light and use it for photosynthesis, but they also partly reflect it. This reflection is highest for green light. As a result, the past conclusion was that this light colour was not all that important for the plant.
In recent years a great deal of research has been conducted that shows that this conclusion is not quite right. In fact, green light serves a wide range of functions for the plant.
First, the degree of reflection is not as high as originally thought. A single leaf does not absorb green light to the same extent as, for example, blue or red light, but taken across the entire crop, this barely makes any difference. This is because the reflected green light continues its path through the crop and ultimately for the most part is used for photosynthesis after all.
PAR Light
The different PAR (Photosynthetic Active Radiation) Light colours are not only important for photosynthesis, but also for controlling the plant's shape and development. It is precisely in this area that insights into the role of green light have grown considerably.
It appears that the ratio of blue and green light affects the plant's extension growth. Less green light reduces the plant's extension growth. Or in reverse: less blue stimulates extension growth. We make use of this phenomenon in our coatings. Rose growers throughout the world are currently using ReduFlex Blue to develop longer flower stems. This coating partly inhibits the transmission of the sunlight's blue colour through the greenhouse roof. This changes the green/blue ratio.
By contrast, ReduFlex Green – which partly inhibits the light's green colour – can be used to create plants that are compact.
Aside from its effect on the crop's shape, there are still other effects as well. Green light plays a role in the plants' tendency to grow towards the light. Furthermore, this light colour appears to promote resistance against diseases and plagues in some crops.
Aside from photosynthesis and controlling the shape, the sunlight also heats up the crop. The thermal radiation is primarily responsible for this. Excessive heating is a key reason why plants grow to be (too) long.
In addition to reflecting part of the green light, ReduFlex Green also reflects part of the thermal heat. This combination can have an interesting effect for potted and bedding plants, where compactness is an important quality feature. The possible applications are currently still being investigated.
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I was on Facebook today and this quote scrolled by that said: "God didn't add another day in your life because you needed it, he added it because someone out there needs you." I think I get so caught up in all the things I want to accomplish, all the things I want to do, all the things I want to be. (See that key word, I? I can be pretty selfish sometimes.) Lord, I forget that it's not about me. It's about You.
I think we are all put on this earth to help someone else, to bring people to You. I get so focused on the step in my big plan that I need to be reminded that I am just a very small part of the plan. That's not to say that I don't still want those things or that they aren't important because they are important and I should still strive to accomplish my goals. They just are a very tiny part of the plan. They aren't the reason I'm still here. I'm still here because my work isn't done yet. I'm here because Your plan is so much bigger than mine.
One of my favorite quotes is from Thomas Edison and it says: "If we did all the things we were capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves." Let me repeat that. We would literally astound ourselves. We often underestimate our own potential. We give ourselves the short end of the stick. We let others condense us and put us in boxes. You don't make mistakes. You don't make meaningless things. You make everything with a purpose. You make everything glorious. That's why I like this quote so much because what if we did all that we were capable of? Can You imagine the possibilities? Can You imagine what all we could accomplish? Of course You can because You made us with that idea in mind. Now, what if we used all that potential to help people and to serve You and to love others and bring people to You? Well I think today has served as a call to action for me.
So, this is my prayer today. I pray that I remember that it's your will and your plan. I pray that I focus on you. I pray that I keep looking to you. I pray that I learn to love more. I pray that I learn to honor you. I pray that I learn to bring people to you. I pray that I learn to help people more. I pray that I give back to you because I am so thankful for all that you have given me. I pray that I learn to stay humble. I pray that I learn to be kinder. I pray that I don't lose sight of what is important. I pray that I continue to work towards my goals, but that I work even harder to be closer to you. And as always I pray for my family and sorority sisters. I pray for my university. I pray for guidance for our government, church, and school leaders. I pray for protection for our troops. I pray for all of those that need you now and for those that haven't met you yet. In Jesus' name, Amen.


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It is the VISION of the Methodist Youth Fellowship of St. Andrew UMC to guide youth towards a lifelong relationship with Jesus Christ, encouraging them to follow the way of
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It is the MISSION of St. Andrew MYF to:
MYF is open to all boys and girls of high school age (freshman to seniors). Our youth group welcomes all, not necessarily just members of our church. Many of our youth have and still bring friends from school. If you are interested in what keeps bringing our kids back and would like to be part of MYF join us on Wednesday's at 5:30 at the church. If you have questions please call the church at (732) 349-5367 or Sam Jones our Youth Director at 732-849-6153 or or Pastor Erik Hall at


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Nokia to release its three Smartphone That are Nokia 6,5 & 3 In the ¬†second quarter of (May – June ).
Nokia recently revealed that it is going to release three smartphone that are Nokia 6,5, & 3 ¬†in this quarter of (May-June)¬†A new report recently says that the 3 models of Nokia is going to release On the country thus ¬†13 th June this year . According to the report, Nokia is preparing to launch three Android-powered handsets in India and will release 'ÄėSave the dates'Äô teaser, inviting media houses, on/around June 8.
Nokia unveiled Nokia 6, 5 and 3 along with a revamped version of the iconic Nokia 3310 at the Mobile World Conference (MWC) in late February.
All three Android-powered smartphones fall in the mid-range category.
Nokia 6:
- 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080) display
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 SoC
- Coupled with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage
- Which can further be expanded via microSD card
- A 16MP rear camera and a 8MP front camera.
In its new offering, HMD rolled out a limited edition glossy Arte Black variant, which will come with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage option. The Nokia 6 will be available for 'ā¨229 (approx. Rs 16,000).
Nokia 5:
- 5.3-inch HD display protected by Corning Gorilla Glass
- Runs on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 430 processor and Adreno 505 GPU
- Coupled with 2GB RAM and have 16GB storage option
- 13MP rear camera and an 8MP front camera.
- Available in four colours 'Äď Matte Black, Silver
- Tempered Blue and Copper'Äď the Nokia 5 will retail at an average global retail price of 'ā¨189 (approx. Rs 13,300).
Nokia 3:
- 3-inch display protected by Corning Gorilla Glass
- powered by MediaTek MTK 6737
- coupled with 2GB RAM  and 16GB storage.
- The front and rear camera have both 8MP sensors.
- The device will feature four colours'ÄĒSilver White, Matte Black
- Tempered Blue and Copper White'ÄĒand will retail at an affordable price
- compared to the other two, of 'ā¨139 (approx. Rs 9,800).
All the Nokia-branded smartphones will run on Android 7.1.1 Nougat out of the box.
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European Space Agency programs
In 2009 the European Space Agency launched the Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Programme. Its goal is to protect space infrastructure (artificial satellites) as well as ground-based installations from hazards due to inactive satellites and fragmmentation debris (SST), space weather (solar radiation and particles, SWE), and Near Earth Objects (NEO). Our Observatory, collaborating closely with the IT industry, is active in the SST and NEO segments. We work on several contracts to ESA which shall enhance the web based services offered at the NEO portal.
BRITE Consortium
Spectroscopic telescopes PST1 and PST2 (together working in GATS network) participate in research programs of the international BRITE consortium (Bright Targer Explorer). BRITE satellites were designed for photometry of the bright stars in selected wavelength bands. Polish satellites as a part of BRITE system (Lem and Heweliusz) provide unique, continuous photometric data, which needs to be supplemented with high resolution spectroscopy. GATS telescopes participate actively in the GBOT (Ground Based Observing Team) network, created as a ground-based support for BRITE observations. Ground-based observations performed simultaneously with observations from satellites are used for the radial velocity measurements and analysis of chemical and physical properties of studied objects.
Astronomical Observatory in Poznan is a member of the international consortium ILMT (International Liquid Mirror Telescope), led by Institute of Astrophysics, Geophysics and Oceanography of the Liege University (Belgium). One of main aims of this consortium is to build a 4 m liquid (mercury) mirror telescope. We actively participate in this project since 2006. Further research will be based on observations performed with this new telescope. Our present contribution include construction of a computer cluster placed in our observatory and writing software needed for reduction of the observational data. Activity of our Observatory will be focused mostly on studying asteroids and space debris.
The MOCCA code is currently one of the most advanced codes which is able to simulate real size star clusters and at the same time, it allows to have a full dynamical history of the evolution of all stars in the system. It follows the star cluster evolution closely to N-body codes but is much faster! The MOCCA code is able to follow the evolution of exotic objects, i. e. blue stragglers stars, cataclysmic variables, compact binaries, with details and thus it is a suitable tool to perform meaningful analysis and comparisons with observations of exotic star cluster objects (read more on http://moccacode.net).
BEANS software is a web based, easy to install and maintain, new tool for interactively distributed data analysis. It provides a clear interface for querying, filtering, aggregating, and plotting data from an arbitrary number of datasets and tables. Its main purpose is to simplify the process of examination and finding new relations in the data using the powerful Pig Latin language (read more on http://beanscode.net).
VLT/SPHERE large programme
Our institute is actively involved in a large observational programme with the Very Large Telescope (VLT), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Chile. The VLT consists of four individual telescopes, each with a primary mirror 8.2 m across, which can be used together to achieve very high angular resolution.
Using the SPHERE instrument attached to the VLT, we are carrying out a survey of a substantial fraction of all D>100 km main-belt asteroids, sampling the four main compositional classes: S, Ch/Cgh, B/C, P/D. Observations are gathered throughout their rotation in order to derive their volume (via their 3-D shape) which combined with already existing mass estimates will allow us to determine their bulk density.
We have started negotiations with ESA to begin the works on a new project called GAVIP-GridComputing. GAVIP-GC is a distributed computing platform that will provide processing power for scientific analysis of data gathered by ESA Gaia mission. Access to Gaia data will be provided by GAVIP, which is an already deployed tool (http://docs.gavip.science/) that allow scientists to submit and share algorithms for extracting and analyzing Gaia data.
In turn, GAVIP-GC will enhance the potential of GAVIP as will solve one of the main constraints of the platform, namely the lack of processing power provision for highly CPU demanding processes. Volunteer network will be created as a BOINC project (https://boinc.berkeley.edu/), which provides a robust structure for collaborative networks.
The duration of the project is 24 months, and our observatory will develop all the required software as a prime contractor. The budget of the project is 200 kEUR.
GAVIP-GC is the sixth ESA project realized by our Observatory in the framework of
Space Situational Awareness programme.


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These are some of my favorite muffins ever! With butter on top, the brown sugar in the muffins gives it almost a carmel taste. –Mellyn Continue reading
Category Archives: Oatmeal
Oatmeal-Wheat Bread
Delicious and sweet, you can't beat the flavor of oatmeal wheat bread! –Mellyn Continue reading
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
From Julie L.
We grew up eating these delicious oatmeal cookies! Now I prefer to skip the shortening and use beans instead –it makes me feel like I'm eating health food! I usually double the batch and freeze the extras for cookies on demand. It makes the texture less crunchy and more chewy. So good! –Mellyn
Sweet Honey Granola
I'm a HUGE fan of cold cereal, but over the last couple of years I've been working on reducing the junk in our diet. I've been playing around with granola for awhile now –trying to find a recipe that fills the void I feel when we have no cold cereal in the house. This one is my current favorite…subject to change next week when I make a new batch! –Mellyn
Chewy Granola Bars
From Sharon C.
Sharon makes these delicious granola bars with applesauce instead of oil — making them a healthy and delicious snack. She says she may try adding some peanut butter in the future, as well! The options are endless! –Mellyn Continue reading
Applesauce Crisp
Out of apples one afternoon, we discovered that applesauce makes a yummy substitute. It's somewhere between traditional apple crisp and an apple ice cream topping. –Mellyn
Wheat Germ Pie Crust
As you've learned from several of my previous posts — I HATE to roll out pie crust! As a result, this crust that presses right into the pan is one of my favorites! –Mellyn Continue reading
Oatmeal Bars
Chewy and sweet and easy to assemble. They are great for long trips or short car rides. I make up 2 or 3 batches at a time. I like to wrap them individually to make them more portable, but honestly about 1/2 of a batch is usually gobbled up too fast to wrap. Continue reading
Blueberry Pumpkin Muffins
These egg-free muffins are packed with nutrition and delicious to the taste. It can't get much better than this!–Mellyn
Yield: 3 dozen muffins
- 2 cups oatmeal, ground into flour
- 1/4 cup nonfat dry milk powder
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 Tablespoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2/3 cup oil
- 2 cups water
- 1 15-ounce can pumpkin
- 2 cups blueberries (fresh, frozen, re-hydrated or 2 15-ounce cans that have been drained)
- Blend oatmeal.
- Combine milk, sugar, brown sugar, whole wheat flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon.
- Add oil, water and pumpkin. Mix until well combined
- Stir in blueberries gently.
- Spoon into muffin cups.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.
Blueberry Sweet Rolls
I adore bread — whether it's a honey wheat loaf, garlic breadsticks or doughnuts. But even in the bread category, I have my favorites – and sweet rolls definitely top the list. These blueberry rolls are mildly sweet without being overpowering. Soft and delicious, they satisfy my need for comfort food every time! –Mellyn
Blueberry Cobbler
Grandma was a wonderful cook, and this basic dessert recipe is easy to adapt to whatever is in season! We use the same basic "formula" for rhubarb crunch and raspberry-apple crunch. Just increase the sugar if you're using a sour fruit.–Mellyn
Creamy Lemon-Blueberry Dessert
Oh my! That's the first thing I can think of to say about this dessert. You really have to taste it to believe it. It's rich, tangy, delightfully sweet and refreshing — all at the same time! –Mellyn Continue reading
Oatmeal Burger Buns
The use of butter powder and egg powder in these rolls make them come together quickly. Oatmeal and wheat flours give them unique texture and flavor. Continue reading
Easy Granola Bars
Nutty Granola
Adapted from a recipe by Julia L.
Oatmeal is so nutritious and good for you at breakfast time, but some days I just crave cold cereal –that's when it's granola to the rescue! Over the last few years, we've dramatically cut back on cold cereal, replacing it in large part with…drum roll, please…granola. We have 2 favorite flavors. This first one is similar to what my mom used to make when I was a kid and has a nutty, coconut-y flavor.–Mellyn
Bran Muffins
From Julie L.
These are some of my all-time favorite muffins! I like to double or even triple the batter. It'll keep for several days in the refrigerator in an airtight container. Don't stir it after storing –just pour and use. We like them for breakfast with butter and jam or as a side with corn chowder for dinner. The kids also eat them for snacks. Good eats! –Mellyn Continue reading
Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies
Sometimes cookies are just necessary. And I love these because I feel like they do have some redeeming qualities — beans and whole grains — along with enough sweet to satisfy my cravings! –Mellyn Continue reading
Peanut Butter Bars
–From Kristen K.
Perfect for picnics and potlucks, these peanut butter bars are sure to please! Kristen used to bring them to all of our big gatherings and whenever our family makes them now, we think of her.
I couldn't resist playing with the recipe just a little. I had good results cutting back the sugar and replacing some of the butter with (surprise!) beans. With the sweet, creamy frosting on top, my family didn't even notice! –Mellyn
Baked No-Bake Cookies
Peanut Butter — crunchy or creamy –it's one of my favorite things! Whether we're eating it by the spoonful, slathering it on our sandwiches or enjoying it in a main dish or dessert, we just can't seem to get enough. This week I'll share a smattering of our favorite standbys, in addition to some new recipes we came up with especially for peanut butter week!
Ooey gooey chocolately…that's how I'd describe this bar cookie! It's kind of a cross between a granola bar and a no-bake cookie. –Mellyn Continue reading
Breadsticks and Sauce
The smell of warm garlic bread is one of life's beautiful treasures. Our family simply can't get enough of these!–Mellyn


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This is encouraging. The Cardinal helped draft Benedict's social encyclical Caritas in Veritate, which did so much to clarify Catholic social teaching.This is an excerpt from an interview in 30 Giorno in 2009:
After the collapse of communism, in the nineties the theories of free marketeers began to circulate. They heralded the coming of progressive, irreversible and universal prosperity and consumerism for all peoples and nations. Fukuyama predicted the end of history. Then, how did it go?
MARX: I remember Bush senior saying that after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism there was the possibility of building a new world order. John Paul II, back in 1991, in Centesimus Annus, warned that radical capitalist ideology would not open the path to the future. And that what was wanted was a morally alert market economy, oriented towards global welfare. In fact, that radical capitalist ideology has become the social model. The narrow view has prevailed that leaves to the market the monopoly on all human relationships. And this has led the world into a dead end. If you look back now, at the thinking, and slogans of twenty years ago, that stressed the emergence of a new social order after the end of communism, one can say with certainty that the first attempt has failed.
As a pastor, in practice where did you see and register for the first time that the free market utopia was a deception?
MARX: I had seen with my own eyes even earlier, a long time before, the social problems of real people, such as unemployment. Already when I was a bishop in Trier, along with the great charitable agencies, we had taken steps to help families curb the effects of soaring unemployment. But now there's a radicalization, with the number of workers on precarious short-term contracts continuing to grow, or with what is happening for example in health care, where dogmatic application of deregulation and privatization has increased the insecurity of families, their real difficulty in remaining above the line of mere subsistence. In the canteens operated by the charities even in Germany whole families are arriving that previously belonged to the middle class. And everything that has been said and done since 2000 has given only illusory and seeming answers, without really trying to find solutions to real problems. There will never be a perfect world. A bishop knows that well. But certainly this global "turbo-capitalism" has led to a deterioration in the daily situation of millions of people.
The collapse of the Berlin Wall marked the historical failure of communism. Yet in your book Capital you point out that the global situation that we have under our eyes today confirms various predictions of Karl Marx on the dynamics of capitalism.
MARX: In the analysis of liberalism and capitalism Karl Marx recognized some things for what they were. And some of his analyses also serve for grasping the dynamics of the present moment. For example, the globalization of capital, the reduction of labor to commodity on a global scale. The remedy he proposed was wrong. His materialist conception of man, rather than being at odds with the vision of Christian anthropology, does not correspond with the datum of reality. On the other hand, that also applies to the other materialistic image, the triumphant one conveyed by capitalist ideology, whereby the only real man in terms of the existent is homo oeconomicus, man as a function of economic processes, and the rest is an incidental and redundant trifle. So Karl Marx wasn't altogether wrong.
Without getting into the game of fake rehabilitations, can his analytical tools help us take a realistic and concrete look of the capitalist economy in the present?
MARX: Maybe there was no need of Karl Marx to understand these dynamics. His originality doesn't lie there. In the same period there were also representatives of Christian social doctrine who reached the same level of critical examination of the mechanisms of capitalism, and where these mechanisms would lead, if left uncurbed. But certainly, where Marx is right, we must acknowledge it.
Some politicians, in seeking ways out of the crisis, are proposing structural changes in economic processes and the relations between capital, labor and production. In Italy, the Minister for the Economy Giulio Tremonti has suggested that workers should share in the profits of companies. What do you think of such proposals?
MARX: That is a criterion already taken into account by more traditional Catholic social teaching. I'm in favor of testing the various models of workers' participation, but they need to be defined in precise terms. Because in a global economy, where there is tremendous flexibility, it's not easy to determine the manner in which the worker can share in the profits of a company. For example, if the worker must also share in the losses, it could jeopardize his very existence. This means that wages can hardly be totally absorbed by sharing. Sharing must be defined as a surplus to the basic guaranteed wage, so that there is no danger of workers being thrown onto the street, losing the wage they need to live. Of course, every possible thing should be done so that the worker feels involved in the potential development of a company, that he feels its success and also the risks and difficulties as his own. But there is no ready-made model, and we must have the courage to experiment and find ways to field-test these hypotheses.
The German model of the welfare state, innervated by the social thinking of the German Church, is considered obsolete by many people. And the Liberals, who won the last election, are in the forefront of the criticism. Will there be further cuts to the welfare state in Germany?
MARX: In Germany all the political forces claim to base themselves on the free market economic model. But recently we have seen that there are different interpretations of this model. And certainly, as compared to earlier, the welfare state has been weakened. Now it seems almost to have become an embarrassment and a problem, and instead it's part of the solution to the problem. It was quite clear at the moment of acute crisis that Germany held up thanks to a welfare state that works: insurance for the unemployed, benefits for those laid off, support for those with odd jobs, public health care. Through these means the setbacks suffered by people in countries that have minimized or completely dismantled the network of social guarantees were avoided. And I'm in no way persuaded by those who say that spending on the welfare state can be cut because "here no one goes hungry". I find it primitive. In a situation where there is a total absence of social justice, assuring food for all might have been a minimum target to aim at, but definitely, that is not a life worthy of a human being. So I would say that for those who believe that Germany should abolish the welfare state, the chances of putting it through are gone, for the moment. Let's wait.
Is there nothing to revise, to change? One is exposed to the criticism of espousing wishful out-of-date welfare state thinking.
MARX: Of course, in political and social matters everything is dynamic and can be improved and adapted to new needs, so God forbid. Even the German Bishops' Conference has suggested the benefits of a renewal of the welfare state. For example, investing in training and professional skills. It's not just a matter of transferring money from here to there, but of giving everyone a chance to update their training and therefore of not being excluded from social life. Or really addressing the issue of immigrants. It's a huge social problem. In Germany as in Italy people have shut their eyes a bit on this. The fact that the major factors of integration are work and school has not been focused on. We must say clearly that we are a country of new immigrants and we are happy to be so, we are happy that people come here, rather than closing the door to these people. Let's face it: in a country with these demographic rates, we are glad to see immigrants who have children. And the welfare state plays a decisive role in the processes of integration.
The Church emphasized the leadership of figures related to various Church communities in the events of 1989. And that historical transition, that change of historico-political scenario, was experienced and described by many as the premise for a revival of faith and of the Church as social force.
MARX: That was an illusion. The fact of thinking: let's commit ourselves to the change, and then people, to thank us, will become Christians and return to the churches, was an illusion. Because becoming Christian is a gift. I can't buy the faith, I can't even think of catching someone's interest for the faith through political performance, as some seem to believe. I remember that still in the days of communism, I spoke with some Polish priests, who wondered what would happen if life in Poland were as it was with us? I replied that they would have had the same problems as us. In a free society such as the one in which we live, one becomes Christian only through grace. And that is the situation that we should wish for ourselves. But some in the Church don't understand. They don't want to understand that in the situation we find ourselves in one becomes Christian only in this way: by people looking at Christians and seeing that faith is a gift, a richness that goes far beyond anything we can do ourselves, and by asking to enjoy the same riches. That is why the liturgy is so important.
Some circles, especially among American neo-cons, saw how to exploit the euphoria of 1989 in political terms (ecclesiastical politics also)...
MARX: One must always repeat it clearly: the Church is not against the modern world, freedom, democracy, pluralism. As if it were better for those things not to exist. But that has nothing to do with reducing Christianity to religious ideology propping the market economy. On some issues such as the defense of life and the family the so-called neo-cons, are fully in line with the Church. But I don't understand how one can define oneself neo-conservative and put all one's trust in the capitalist model. Capitalism is dynamic, it's not conservative, it's very progressive. It doesn't conserve social and cultural situations as it found them, it changes them and often distorts them by introducing new paradigms and clichés. Whereas one often sees this kind of pact linking those who nurture traditional values of conservation with capitalism. But the two things don't go well together.
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Last night Yost caused a bit of discussion when he immediately through Eric Hosmer under the bus talking about how he should have known to take on the first pitch in his final at bat. It is true that Hosmer should have known that with Dyson on first, the first pitch should be took in order to get the winning run into scoring position, but I have one question. How long does it take to flash the take sign?
I am not blaming Yost for Hosmer's decision to swing when he clearly shouldn't have, however I do have a problem with Yost immediately putting the entire thing on Hosmer and accepting no responsibility. Isn't it the manager's job to manage?
I mean using the argument of Hosmer's should have known, then why even give signs in certain situations? Seriously, how long does it take to give the rookie the take sign? You know just to be sure that the ROOKIE is on the right page and understands.
I just don't buy into the argument that because Hosmer should have known, there is no reason to tell him. I think it is lazy and I think it is a cop out for defenders of Yost and Yost himself. At the very least if you are going to assume the rookie should know and he doesnt, keep the issue internal and use it as a learning tool. Don't immediately put it on the rookie when your job description is to manage the team.
Whether or not it was Hosmer's fault or not, it still wasn't even the first mistake made in the 9th last night. The first came when Chris Getz decided it was a good decision to steal third with two outs. Yes he made it to second. But if you are going to steal third in that situation, you better make it without a throw or at least be there with ease.
Little things ladies and gentlemen. Little things.


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Cristina White
- Program Year: 4
- Academic Institution: Stanford University
- Field of Study: Mechanical Engineering
- Academic Advisor: Charbel Farhat
- Practicum(s):
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2018)
- Degree(s):
M.S. Aerospace Engineering, University of Arizona, 2009; B.S. Aerospace Engineering, University of Arizona, 2007
Summary of ResearchI research the applications of machine learning tools to fluid dynamics and fluid-structure interaction problems. I'm developing robust and real-time flow physics simulations using high performance computing, domain decomposition, and model order reduction techniques. The recent progress within the field of machine learning has inspired this interdisciplinary study at the crossroads of mechanical engineering, aerospace, and computational sciences.
A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis is spatially local and involves computing a differential equation on a large number - often millions - of discrete points throughout a computational domain. Although CFD analyses are a vast improvement over wind tunnel or rig testing alone, they are computationally expensive, which is limiting to the engineer trying to rapidly iterate and optimize a design.
A potential solution to the problem of developing real-time methods for predicting highly non-linear fluid solutions is model order reduction. In the offline stage of model order reduction, solution vector snapshots of full CFD simulations are pre-calculated using high performance computing. In the online stage, a residual minimization problem within the pre-calculated reduced order bases predicts new solutions in real time.
PublicationsFlutter-resistant transonic turbomachinery blades and methods for reducing transonic turbomachinery blade flutter. United States 14/181098. Filed February 14, 2014. Cristina White.
Some Effects of Blowing, Suction and Trailing Edge Bluntness on Flow Separation from Thick Airfoils; Computations & Measurements. 29th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference. AIAA 2011-3357. 2011. Roman Seele and Cristina White.
AwardsStanford University Research Assistantship. 2016.
Stanford University Teaching Assistantship. 2015 - 2016.
Honeywell Aerospace Technical Achievement Award. 2015.
University of Arizona Graduate College Fellowship. 2009.
University of Arizona Graduate Registration Scholarship. 2007 - 2009.
University of Arizona Honors College. 2004 - 2007.
University of Arizona Dean's List. 2004 - 2007.
University of Arizona Provost Scholarship. 2004 - 2007.
University of Arizona Spirit of Discovery Scholarship. 2004 - 2007.


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The Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program supports leaders and specialists from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan by granting them scholarships for one year of complementary studies in Poland.
In September 2016 a new pilot path under the Kirkland Program called Kirkland Research Program was launched. It offers 4-months research and scientific internships for persons who already enjoy an established scientific position.
We already have 880 Alumni! Experts, managers, scientists, willing to cooperate and share their experience. Information about the Alumni can be found in the constantly developing Expert Database of the Program Alumni.
Lane Kirkland – our patron
Lane Kirkland was born on March 12, 1922 in Camden, South Carolina. In 1948, after graduation, Kirkland started working for the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
Leaders of Change Foundation was established in February 2016 with the aim to coordinate the two acting for years, programs of Polish-American Freedom Foundation –the Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program and the Study Tours to Poland Program.
The Foundation was established by the Polish-American Enetrprise Fund organized following the Support for the East European Democracy Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1989.


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Forty minutes per day. That's the average time the population spends on social media platforms. The fastest-growing demographic on Facebook is 52-67 year olds. (When is the last time you saw someone who was NOT holding their smartphone?)
Social media has changed the way we communicate as humans, as businesses, and as organizations. With this change, as in everything, comes the good, the bad and the ugly.
Jason Hanson, marketing manager at The Light Digital here in Richmond, will guide you through the changing landscape of communication, highlighting what social media can – and can't – do for you.
For his last time as Club President, Stoney Stonework called the meeting to order at the Richmond Country Club and Joe Bagley led the pledge of allegiance. Stoney asked for a moment of silence for freedom, peace, and justice on earth. Erle Brown chimed in with a grin and a silent prayer for today's Demotion marking the end of Stoney's second stint as Club President. Sid Chauvin provided this thought for the day: On getting old, sooner or later you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.
Stacey Street was honored with a plaque from Stoney for doing an excellent job as Program Chair over the past year. Way to go, Stacey!
King Stoney presiding over his own dethronement.
Upon the occasion of Stoney's Demotion as Richmond Rotary Club President, a fun time was had by all.
It was a kind of had-to-be-there event that involved a look at Stoney's growing up in Ohio, that unexplainable Buckeye fan obsession, the many years in the hamburger (and sauce) business, escapades with his three brothers, and the enduring value of a beautiful family.
Among other things, it's notable that this was Stoney's second time as Richmond Rotary Club President, quite possibly the only time that's happened in Club history. He answered the call of a Club in need of his service again and for that Richmond Rotary is grateful.
Stoney shared some personal thoughts on the "inclusive, caring, far-reaching, and giving" nature of Rotary and his gratitude for being a member. He pointed out to Scott Nicol how his father had invited him to join the Richmond Rotary poker crowd over 20 years ago. Long time poker enthusiast, Hank Covell, called Stoney an ok poker player and a good man.
Alan Baer officiated with the pinning and swearing in of new Club President, Alan Blavins.
Thank you, Stoney, and good luck, Alan!


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The following Good News Report from Peace Wapiti Public School Division (PWSD) and its schools will be shared at the upcoming Board Meeting scheduled for Thursday, December 8, 2016. News from PWSD:
PWSD 'On Your Mark' free Diploma Exam tutorials to be offered in January PWSD's free diploma exam tutorial sessions will be back by popular demand in January. The comprehensive six-hour weekend tutorials, known throughout the Division as 'On Your Mark!' sessions, will be open to all PWSD students, free of charge, and lunch and snacks will be provided by PWSD. The schedule for the tutorials has been formed and more details will be released in January.
PWSD student-athletes selected for annual Peace Country High School Volleyball All Star Game at GPRC The annual Peace Country High School Volleyball All-Star Game features the best volleyball players throughout the region. Through a nomination process, high school coaches in the region were invited to submit their top student-athlete choices, both male and female. The student-athletes were invited to practice with GPRC varsity athletes prior to the exhibition game held on Thursday, December 1 in the GPRC gym. Students-athletes were selected from PWSD high schools in Beaverlodge, Eaglesham, Grande Prairie, Sexsmith and Spirit River.
Beaverlodge Regional High School Royals Mens: Owen Frederiksen, Ethan Toews and Mack Scorgie, Grade 12 Womens: Cassidy Rheaume, Grade 12 Eaglesham School Womens: Tori Wells, Grade 10 Peace Wapiti Academy Titans Mens: Ryan Schwindt, Grade 12 Womens: Ainsley Wolstenholme, Grade 10; Karly Burkinshaw, Chloe Keay, and Taylor Polacik, Grade 12 Sexsmith Secondary School Sabres Mens: Ryan Breen, Grade 11 Womens: Keyana Anderson and Sophia Balderston, Grade 11 Spirit River Regional Academy Renegades Womens: Sarah Phillips, Grade 11; Hannah Potratz, Grade 11; Quinn Pelland, Grade 12;
Dual Credit Water and Wastewater Operations students recognized by Aquatera, CAREERS: The Next GenerationPWSD high school students from Beaverlodge Regional High School, Sexsmith Secondary School and Spirit River Regional Academy were among those recognized by Aquatera Utilities Inc. and CAREERS: The Next Generation on November 21 for their participation in the Dual Credit Water and Wastewater Operations (WWO) pathway program. To find out more about enroling in the WWO career pathway, which includes summer internships, while completing the requirements for a high school diploma, visit https://aquatera.ca/news-events/aquatera-recognizes-intern-students. Pictured: Grade 11 student Cauy Lutz, Sexsmith Secondary School; Grade 12 students Devon Danylchuk and Travis Hatfield, Spirit River Regional Academy; Missing from photos: Grade 12 students Tanner Fountain and Colton Grammer, Spirit River Regional Academy; and participating students from Beaverlodge Regional High School.
News from PWSD schools: Beaverlodge Regional High School
Elder Success Coach joins BRHSPeter Joachim has been appointed as the Elder Success Coach at BRHS. Mr. Joachim started in his new role at the school on November 22. The position is supported by the PWSD-Horse Lake First Nation Collaborative School Initiative. In his introductory letter in the school's December newsletter, Mr. Joachim said he was born in Hythe in 1953 and he and his wife of 30 years have lived in Horse Lake for most of their lives, raising their three children along with a number of adopted children. "I am glad to help the school program and get the kids through high school. It gives me great pleasure to talk to the young students…, to talk about life's journey and hard work, as well as to understand about life itself. I am looking forward to the new task that's waiting for me." Bezanson School
Bezanson students embrace new learning opportunities
Bonanza School
Volleyball season wraps up The Grades 6-8 Bonanza Bulldog Volleyball team wrapped up a great season at the end of November. The team is coached by Mr. Troy Read and assistant coach and Grade 9 student Jackson Giesbrecht. The team competed at area schools, hosted games, and are already looking forward to next year's season with some strong players coming up through the ranks.
School trip fundraisers underway The Junior High class, which includes the Students' Union executive, have been busy fundraising for their bi-annual spring field trip. The group raised $1,500 through a bingo at the community hall, with some help from the Bonanza School Parents' Association. A movie night and silent auction were held last Friday, and two additional movie nights are planned for 2017. Proceeds from the school's combined banquet and Christmas concert on Wednesday, December 21 at the Bonanza Community Hall will also help fund the trip. This highly-anticipated event brings students, family and community members together, with a visit from Santa at the end of the evening.
Grade 1/2 class express Random Acts of KindnessInspired by Random Acts of Kindness Day 2016, the Grade 1/2 students have been looking for ways to express kindness. The class has tidied the school; written encouraging letters to staff, students, and parents; and challenged each other to look for unexpected acts of kindness from their classmates. The young students led a kindness-themed assembly on November 29 which challenged all students to develop a selfless mindset. Many students were recognized for their kind contributions, and the school looks forward to continuing kindness activities to build integrity and character.
Hythe Regional School
HRS choir and handbell groups bring Christmas cheer to seniors The HRS elementary choir and handbell groups will perform for seniors at the Hythe Continuing Care Centre on Monday, December 12 and the Hythe Pioneer Home on Tuesday, December 20. The junior high handbell group will perform at the Hythe Continuing Care Centre on Friday, December 16.
Ridgevalley School
Family Literacy Bedtime Story PJ Party sponsored by Valleyview and Area Early Childhood Coalition On November 30, Ridgevalley School hosted a Family Literacy Bedtime Story PJ Party event for playschool-aged to Grade 6 children. The event was sponsored by the Valleyview and Area Early Childhood Coalition who provided books for all participating ECS-Grade 6 students and any younger children. Extra children's books were donated to the Ridgevalley Play School Association which operates out of Ridgevalley School. Many thanks to the Valleyview and Area Early Childhood Coalition for hosting the event, and for providing the books and a snack of milk and donuts. Bus safety presentation for K-3 students Kindergarten to Grade 3 students participated in a school-based bus safety presentation on November 23, hosted by their PWSD school bus drivers. With a large percentage of students who ride the bus, safety is very important at RVS. Students gained hands-on experience through practice drills which focused on the appropriate distance to wait for the bus, how to evacuate in the event of a fire, and when and how to cross the road safely.
Cybermentor workshop a hit with Ridgevalley students On November 15, approximately 40 female Grades 6-12 Ridgevalley students participated in a Cybermentor workshop – an online mentoring program for Grades 6 to 12 girls across Alberta. Following the school-based workshop, each girl was matched with her own carefully-screened mentor and the two will connect online throughout the school year. Cybermentor operates out of the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary and in collaboration with the University of Alberta's Faculty of Engineering. Pictured, Ridgevalley students Alina, Julia and Denise participate in an engineering design competition during the Cybermentor workshop.
Sexsmith Secondary School
Wrestling starts up again at SSS The Sabres Wrestling Room has been packed with action and there are many new wrestlers this year. Student-athletes Zack Sequin, Tim Dueck, Hunter Stredulinski, Sarah Palfy, Heather Lewchuk and Kinley Link, along with their coaches Henry Mitton and Adam Link, competed in the Wetaskiwin Classic Wrestling Tournament on December 1, their first tournament of the season which saw Zack Seguin and Tim Dueck place first, and Heather Lewchuk finish in third. The SSS Wrestling team will compete at the Northern Lights Wrestling Tournament in Grande Prairie at St. Joe's High School on December 17, beginning at 9:00 a.m.
Spirit River Regional Academy
Spirit River captures ASAA 2A Provincial Volleyball title Congratulations to the Spirit River Regional Academy Women's Renegades Volleyball Team on being named champions at the Alberta Schools' Athletic Association (ASAA) 2A Provincials on November 24-26. The team faced off for the win against Rimbey Junior Senior High. Their gold medal win was added to four other provincial titles since 2009: two silver and two bronze.
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The summer heat is on plus El Niño is in action, most of us are excited about the weekend and busy searching online for best places to spend the weekend with. Some may have already booked flights to other places and some just opt to look for beautiful beaches around Cebu. My Nanay who's having her vacation here in Cebu asked us to spend our weekend on a beach. She wanted to bury her legs in the sand (a sort of therapy for her).
We picked our cousin in Naga City and set forth to our Moalboal adventure. It was around 3-4 hours drive from the city.
I tried to contact inns/accommodation before we left the city but since it's summer, most hotels were fully booked. Given such situation, gamble and still continue with our weekend getaway. Basdaku is the popular beach destination in Moalboal. The moment we get-in we were informed that it's already fully-booked unless we have tents or we are willing to rent tents; in which most tourists would do.
We are willing to rent tents by that time, but good thing someone approached us and informed that a booked room in Nanay Terry's Beach resort was canceled. We took the offer and bid for a lower price since there are only 5 of us. It was supposed to be 3,500php good for 8 persons with 2 beds, but we got it for 2,500php.
It was almost sunset when we arrived, so we visited the shore to feed our eyes with the beauty of the sunset.
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I was looking through some prayers and messages I'd written down in my notebook in the course of the last year or so, and I came across this that I honestly don't even remember writing down. But it was the word that I received from God at the time, and it's an encouraging one:
Your Savior has come. I am right here with you. You are My child. I see where you're prone to stumble. Trust Me during those times. Fall into Me when you fall. Make Me where you turn, not yourself, not your old habits, not what you're used to protecting yourself with, not what you think you deserve. I will protect you. I will catch you when you fall over, and I will heal your wounds. Your Savior has come, Daughter; I am here. I came for you, and you have Me.
"Liar" is not your identity. "Prideful" is not your identity. I wash these names that you have seared into your heart. I remove the scars you've inflicted upon yourself on account of those names. Trust Me from now on. These "identities" are no longer there to "save" you. Only I am here to do so. They will trap you and ensnare you if you give them the chance. I will release you. I will set you free.
Fall into Me. Let Me be your identity. Don't try to live up to what you think I want. I want you. As you are. Let Me make you what I want you to become for My glory. I know you, and I still want you, I can still use you, and I will still use you. I finish what I begin.
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When in doubt, wear white.
– Teju.
What is the oldest item in your wardrobe/closet?
Haha. That would be my Nike bra-top . I've had it since junior school. 😂
What is the newest item?
My Couture beach wear cover-ups. I'll be posting the look on the blog next week.;)
What is the most expensive item?
That would be my perfume. Versace Bright Crystal.
What was the biggest bargain?
My bags. I get really great bargains on bags.
What was the biggest waste of money?
I've got quite a number of them, mostly clothes.
What is the most affordable/cheapest item (that you use a lot)?
Some rubber slippers. I got it in Ibadan for #450. And they don't even look it.
What are your 3 favorite items right now?
My perfumes.
My Maybelline powder.
My white Jumpsuit I'm wearing in this post. Slayyy or what!
What is your favorite piece that you've gotten as a gift?
I must say first that I hardly receive any gifts.:oops: An off-shoulder stripped dress I got from my mum.
What is the most comfortable item?
Shift dresses
What is the most outrageous/colorful item in your closet (that you absolutely love)?
I own all the outrageous colours. 😁
What is the most uncomfortable item (but you would take the pain because you love it)?
I own some really tight-fitted clothes and I'll wear them over and over painstakingly because I love them. I like really fitted clothes.
Where do you shop the most at?
You won't believe it. I practically live in lagos island market. I shop there virtually every week
Pick your favorite black item and your favorite white item.
I hardly wear monochrome so I ain't got none.
Something you love but everyone else hates?
There's a long list. 😁
Something that you're excited to wear soon?
My Ankara crop top and skirt I'll be wearing this evening.
Dress by 7th Avenue. @official7thavenue
Photography by Seyifunmi Photography. @seyifunmiphotography
Innovation Consultancy by The Idea Artillery. @theideaartillery


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Social Tennis
For adult and older junior members, play is from 6.00 pm – 9.00 pm on Tuesdays & Thursdays. This is supported by a member of the coaching/committee team to organise the doubles pairings. These sessions offer a fantastic opportunity for you to mix in and get to know other members and you can be sure of a warm welcome regardless of your standard.
There is also a Davis Cup Legacy Team Challenge every Friday from 6.00 pm – 9.00 pm from April – October, supported by a club volunteer to organise the pairings. Its a fast round robin tournament of singles and doubles, include 2 players from each team.
These evenings also provide a great opportunity to pop into the bar after playing to recount the tales from the court with fellow players!


text: Ignacio sophomore Austin McCaw extends to meet a Paonia pitch during last Friday's 2A-Western Slope District quarterfinals at Montezuma-Cortez High School. The Bobcats' season ended with a 7-3 loss, as only junior Adison Jones (2-3, R, RBI), sophomore Anthony Manzanares (0-2, 2 BB, R) and senior Bo Ward (0-2, BB, R) managed to cross home plate against Paonia. Tagged for 10 hits and all seven Eagle runs in his four innings on the mound, Ward took the loss for IHS, which wrapped up 2014 with a 9-11 overall record.