text: There have been lots of updates on campus and plans for further growth. With all that in mind, the University mascot, Stinger, has decided to go through some growth and change himself. Stinger was buzzing about Getting Started Weekend and wanted to make a great impression on new and returning students this fall. If you haven't see him in person, you have a chance to see Stinger's new look right here.

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Contucci News
Capone (Contucci-Banter)
It's always great to see a new partnership start off their show career so successfully! Danielle Chambers and the Oldenburg Farm's bred Contucci gelding Capone (Contucci x Beguiled/Banter) did just that. Danielle shared:
"I purchase Capone, "Opie", in February of this year and recently took him to our first recognized dressage competition at the Alamo Dressage Association's San Antonio Fall Dressage USEF/USDF show. Opie was out of work for a year before I purchased him and had not been to a show in 11 years! I am proud to report that Opie was a rockstar and wowed the judges at the show winning both of his Training 3 classes with scores of 70% and 73.8%. He also took home high point champion at the level both days and received "8's" on his gaits in the collective marks with comments such as "what a nice horse!"
Best wishes for continued success in the show ring!


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Quiet breaths
Dear Izzy, Max, and Kate,
Yesterday evening, around sunset, out on my bike I stopped and watched kids swinging on a rope swing into a deep creek.
This morning, from my truck, as the sun rose and fog clung to the warming valleys and hills I saw three horses lingering in open space like shadows around a solitary tree that held a tire swing.
Then I walked through silent, empty, 6am streets of a small town and ate breakfast alone at a Mercantile. Full of joy.
I pictured you at home still sleeping warmly in your beds, twisted sheets. Quiet breaths.
Sunrise and sunset. Open eyes and ears. Beauty and silence.
I love you,
– Daddy
Sat: rode 30 miles hard including a time trial up Theta
Sun: Ran 14.5 miles
Mon: Rest
Tues: Swam 2100 yard time trial / Biked 20 miles
Wed: Ran 4.5 miles
Thurs: Swam 1000 long course / Biked 50 miles
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These services are available after an initial consultation session. Consistency is often what makes a difference in the results, and so I offer 10% off for weekly or bi-weekly regular sessions.
Since I now live in Michigan, I have the most availability here. I have a new office in Stockbridge, MI that is my home base for offerings here. I also use the space at Asian Healing Traditions in Ann Arbor, MI. And of course, I still have my studio at the Cummings Center in Beverly, MA where I am just about every month, mostly teaching.
You can schedule for any location from this page, just make sure to choose the correct options.
Reiki and Energy
Reiki is an art of channeling Universal Life Energy through the practitioner and to the recipient. This extra boost of energy clears stress and tension from the body and allows your mind to rest as well. And when we are rested, we can take on the world! Or, you know, be in a good mood as you go about your day. On a serious note, Reiki brings your mind, body, and spirit into a healthy balance to help you achieve a healthy, happy state of being.
Reiki sessions can also be added to other types of sessions.
60 min – $85
Chakra Balancing
My take on chakra balancing is a bit different from others because I apply essential oils to chakra points on your ears. This creates a super-charged boost from the goodness of Young Living essential oils and you might have an interesting experience of feeling "something" in the rest of your body. I start the session with connecting to your energy field and placing gem stones on your body. I choose essential oils intuitively and finish the session with Reiki.
You can read more about the sessions here.
Chakra Balancing sessions are also available as an add-on to other sessions.
60 min – $85
Tibetan Hot Oil Treatment
I am delighted to offer you a unique treatment to balance the Air element in the body! Traditional Chinese Medicine views the body as being comprised of 5 elements, Air being one of them. If you are regularly stressed, eat too quickly, stay up late, or over tired, the Air element in your body might be negatively affected. In this unique treatment hot oil infused with herbs is applied to specific points on the body to bring balance and healing.
This treatment helps with:
- Constipation, gas, bloating, or distention
- Numbness or tingling
- Pain
- Malabsorption
- Insomnia
Please wear an old t-shirt for this one that you don't mind getting oil on.
60 minutes – $85
Thai Bodywork
Thai Bodywork
Also known as Thai Massage or Thai Yoga, Thai Bodywork is an ancient energy-based healing system that combines acupressure, reflexology, and assisted yoga postures. It is attributed to Jivaka, physician to Buddha! But don't let that scare you; this is a perfect practice to compliment today's lifestyles. Whether you spend your days hunched over a desk or like to push it at the gym (or both), Thai Bodywork will allow your body to function at its best.
Please wear comfortable, stretchy clothes for this one. Jeans are not a good choice, even if they are stretchy because material is too thick.
Offered as 60, 90, 120, or 180 minute service. The longer, 3 hour sessions are perfect to kick off a personal retreat, even if only for a day.
Prenatal Thai Bodywork is wonderful in the 2nd or 3rd trimester and is a great way to get the body ready for labor.
60 min – $85
90 min – $120
120 min (2 hours) – $150
180 min (3 hours) – $200
Thai Foot Reflexology
Our feet carry us around, but we rarely spend time to take care of them. Change that around with this service and not just your feet, but your whole body will thank you. Our feet contain points for all the organs in the body and by working on the feet we stimulate all of them. This session is a little different from traditional reflexology because while we start with the feet, the whole body is then touched to help energy flow. We end with a relaxing scalp massage.
60 minutes and is also available as an add-on to other services.
Yoga Services
Private Yoga
Do you need a little help starting your home practice? Is there a pose you are stuck on and need help with? Private yoga lesson just might be what you need! If you've only taken group classes, especially large classes, it is important to schedule one-on-one time with a teacher for individual attention. There is no substitute for proper alignment and hands-on adjustments to keep your body safe and have your yoga practice be beneficial.
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Punch buggy. You know, the game where you see a VW bug and you punch the nearest person? Aside from the "Keep yo hands off ma Momma, keep yo hands off ma Doritos" commercial, I think this one was my next favorite ad from the Super Bowl.
Which Super Bowl 2010 commercial made you laugh hardest?
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Shaking up the cab sav status quo
Mark Albrecht bet his house and pretty much everything in it that he could "upset the Napa Valley wine hierarchy" and bring to market a high-quality cabernet sauvignon made from premium vineyard fruit for less than $20.
After borrowing all he could from friends and family members - his mother and his wife included - Albrecht even sold his home to raise money so he could launch his Roots Run Deep Winery in 2005. He swears he was prepared to live out of his pickup if necessary to bring the project to fruition.
Albrecht is now five vintages into his big gamble, and he appears to have guessed right. The 2009 Educated Guess, currently at Spec's for $15.39 cash, could be his best yet, he suggests, and that's saying plenty considering how his 2006, 2007 and 2008 cabs each earned a double-gold distinction in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo's wine competition.
Double gold means every judge who tasted a wine awarded it a gold medal. Nothings speaks louder than consensus plus consistency.
"I can't say it's the only wine that's ever happened with," said Spec's fine wine buyer Bear Dalton, whose idea it was to launch the contest in 2003, "but that's pretty special. It got a solid vote of approval from three different judging panels. That's a strong endorsement."
The Educated Guess cab goes for four in a row Saturday and Sunday as judges taste through a record 2,400-plus wines to determine the latest saddle, chaps, belt-buckle and medal winners in a competition that has become one of the country's most credible. No method is perfect, Houston's included, because of the myriad variables, but they aren't all created equal, either. Albrecht entered for the first time with his second cab vintage because he was impressed with the high ratio of entries to medals awarded.
"In some competitions everybody's a gold-medal winner because they don't want to offend anyone," Albrecht said. "Also, sometimes the judges aren't very sophisticated. From what I know about Houston's, they're diverse and knowledgeable."
Industry pros - some flown in from around the country - and passionate consumers do the tasting, broken down into panels of five. Classes, determined by grape varietal, country of origin and/or price, can include up to 50 wines with further subdivision into flights of 10 or 12.
More Information
Who: Brina D'Amico Donaldson, co-owner of D'Amico's Italian Market Café, 5510 Morningside in Rice Village and 2802 White Oak in the Heights
What: Sartori Ferdi
Why: From Italy's Veneto, Ferdi is one of my favorite white wines right now because of its complexity. Yes, it is a white wine, refreshing and cool, but it is also has body, like a Valpolicella, also produced in the Veneto. It doesn't have the characteristics that we Houstonians are looking for in a "great summer white wine" like sauvignon blanc because it spends time in both stainless steel tanks and oak barrels during its aging process. This is a good choice for white wine lovers year round, pairing perfectly with pastas and meat dishes alike.
Buy it: $27 for the bottle at both restaurants
18 courses: Spec's is sponsoring and Stella Sola, 1001 Studewood, is hosting an 18-course dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The food will be prepared by chef Brian Caswell, and wines will be presented by Randy Snowden of Snowden Vineyards, Robin Lail of Lail Vineyards, Shirley Roy of Roy Estate and Abe Schoener of the Scholium Project and Clos Thales. Also, Spec's Nate Rose will present three Kapcsandy Family Winery wines, including the 2008 State Lane Grand Vin, a 100-point Parker wine. The evening finishes with Todd Cromwell's presentation of three Ports from Kopke, the Douro's oldest estate, founded some 400 years ago. $150 plus tax and gratuity. 713-880-1001.
Harvest Celebration dinner: featuring wines from Tenuta Valdicava in Tuscany 7 p.m. Wednesday at Arturo's, 1180-1 Uptown Park Blvd. $95 plus tax and gratuity. 713-621-1180.
The Mountain Cabernets of Napa Valley: 6:30-9 p.m. Tuesday at Philippe Restaurant + Lounge, 1800 Post Oak; $130 plus tax and gratuity; 713-439-1000.
Artisan Salumi and Wine Dinner: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at Valentino's in the Hotel Derek, 2525 W. Loop South; $65 plus tax and gratuity; 713-850-9200.
The annual arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau next week brings with it a dinner and a grand tasting:
Beaujolais Wine Dinner: featuring Rosenthal Selection wines 7 p.m. Nov. 17, at Bistro Provence, 13616 Memorial; 713-827-8008.
Soiree Beaujolais and Beyond: 6:30-9:30 p.m. Nov. 17, at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, 5150 Westheimer; $45-$75; facchouston.com.
Charity wine dinner: 6:30-9 p.m. Thursday in Le Grand Salon de la Comtesse at La Colombe d'Or, 3410 Montrose, benefiting TUTS' education programs; $500, or $3,500 for a table for eight; 713-942-1073.
Premier Wine Dinner: 6:30-10 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Messina Hof Winery and Resort, 4545 Old Reliance Rd., Bryan; $69.95, $99.95, and $39.95; 979-778-9463.
Fall barrel tasting and wine dinner: 6-8:30 p.m. Saturday at Pleasant Hill Winery, Brenham; $65 (gratuity optional); 979-421-3908.
Truchard vVintner's dinner: 7-11 p.m. Tuesday at Carol's in Cat Spring; $89; 979-865-1100.
Wine 201: Bear Dalton, Spec's fine wine buyer, is offering a four-week series of classes starting Tuesday at the Alliance Française, 427 Lovett Blvd.; $250 cash or $263.16 with a credit card. To register, contact Jessica Toner at 832 660-0250 or email@example.com.
Some wineries won't even tempt fate twice, nevermind four times, after winning double gold, but Albrecht feels like he's playing with house money now. Besides, he believes strongly in his wine, which has become a Houston favorite.
Roots Run Deep's high-quality/bargain-price secret has three components: Top-drawer grapes, an experienced winemaker - Barry Gnekow is the man for Educated Guess - and miniscule overhead.
"We have two full-time employees, Barry and me," Albrecht said, "plus a part-timer who gets paid by the hour - and with wine. Anybody could do it if they did it like I did, by paying yourself no salary for three years and risk everything you own."
The Educated Guess fruit comes from Rutherford and St. Helena vineyards with names as prestigious as Beckstoffer. The idea behind the Educated Guess name itself came from Gnekow, who calls winemaking a series of educated guesses.
"Barry told me, 'Mark, it's not about my schooling (UC-Davis, of course) or where the vineyards are,'" Albrecht said. "'It's about my 30 years of experience.'"
Albrecht is married to the double-gold concept that got him this far, swearing he never suffers from delusions of grandeur.
I've told my wife if I ever start talking about a releasing high-priced, high-falutin' cab or about buying a fancy vineyard," he said, "you have my permission to smack me across the face with an open hand."


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Through The Wall Air Conditioning – No External Unit required
If you are not allowed an outside condenser, an alternative to the conventional air conditioning system is through the wall air conditioning. This solution is perfect for homes such as flats and apartments and offices and suitable for installation if you have an external wall.
- Easy installation
- Quiet when being used
- They fit tightly in your wall through the use of a wall sleeve. This prevents unwanted drafts when the unit is switched off
- Less obtrusive and obvious than wall units


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Tea party Republican Matt Bevin, the Kentucky businessman running a primary challenge to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, has spent his professional career in finance, working for a series of firms and even starting his own business in 2003. In his campaign, Bevin talks up his career by saying he would bring his business know-how to Washington.
But Bevin doesn't talk up the fact that he's a finance guy, a field of work that hasn't been popular with Americans since the nation's biggest banks nearly toppled the economy five years ago. It wasn't too long ago that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was relentlessly attacked for his work in private equity, which Democrats portrayed as helping the rich get richer by cutting jobs for working class Americans. In an interview Friday, Bevin defended his work in finance as very different from Romney's.
"What I have done is very different than what he did," Bevin said, referring to Romney. "Where he took the greatest amount of flack is for some of his involvement in private equity, where people come in and then sometimes are accused of putting profits above everything else and squeezing these little companies they bought and trying to make money out of them."
But Bevin also defended the financial industry, saying anger toward Wall Street since the financial crisis is misplaced because the industry creates wealth and jobs. "People are angry at Wall Street, but often their investment plans, you know, are invested in the very companies that on the other hand they're angry at," Bevin said. "Have you ever been offered a job by a poor person? No one has. So, this class warfare against people who've managed to employ other people and create wealth and create jobs, I think is silly."
Bevin described his career in investment consulting and management as a "very different world." His early work, he said, was advising large endowments and pensions on how to best invest that money. He then transitioned from consulting to managing investments. Bevin founded Integrity Asset Management in 2003, which managed some of these large part of these large investment portfolios through buying and selling securities. "People came to us, they chose us over competitors, to be what they thought was the most appropriate manager of that slice of the pie," he said. "And indeed we made significant sums of money for our customers. And I'm delighted by that."
Though Bevin distanced his work from Romney's private equity work, he also criticized what he saw as unfair attacks on Romney, Wall Street and the wealthy as partisan politics. "I don't think that we hate all rich people, we just seem to hate conservative rich people," he said.
Having grown up poor, Bevin said that rather than begrudged people who had money, he wanted to be like them. "I always said ... I want to be the one who creates jobs. I want to be the guy who develops the wealth of the nation," he said.


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Translated by Yevgeny Bonver, December, 2000
About My Myself
No, I didnТt lost the beauty, but in whole,
IТm put to shame to see it by my eyes,
By eyes of men Ц else more, for my soul
Will not agree with their offensive prize.
And so I live, hiding my heart, divine,
Into the breast of a low, nasty rebel Е
DТ you see a spider on the green blade, fine,
And on its back Ц the cruciform black label?
A little child will run away from it,
And in a heist, you ever try to hit Ц
By squeamish hands Ц it off your neck of fairy.
It runs away of your unbound wrath,
Ashamed and known not what means the cross,
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Telekom Electronic Beats Has New Clubnights In Cologne And Essen
Zenker Brothers and Âme will bring heat to the German cities on September 15 and 16, respectively.
Mark your calendars: Telekom Electronic Beats is continuing its Clubnights series with two new shows in Cologne and Essen.
On September 15, the Munich natives and Ilian Tape cofounders Zenker Brothers will take the stage at Gewölbe in Cologne—a club whose sound you can listen to on our Electronic Beats Apple Music playlist here. Then, on September 16, Âme's Kristian Beyer will play a DJ set at Goethebunker in Essen. We hope that you're ready for a weekend of serious dancing.
RSVP to the Cologne show here and to the Essen show here. To tide you over, check out our other upcoming Clubnights and take a tour of Gewölbe with EB.tv below.
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Plot Summary:"An asbestos abatement crew wins the bid for an abandoned insane asylum. What should be a straightforward, if rather rushed, job, is complicated by the personal histories of the crew. In particular, Hank is dating Phil's old girlfriend, and Gordon's new baby seems to be unnerving him more than should be expected. Things get more complicated as would-be lawyer Mike plays the tapes from a former patient with multiple personalities, including the mysterious Simon who does not appear until Session 9, and as Hank disappears after finding some old coins."
Whilst waiting to see Brad Anderson's 'The Machinist' I decided to re-watch this thrilling chiller, and have to say that it still managed to creep me out.
The plot follows five men who are working in an abandoned mental hospital that was the scene of various scandals and rumours in the years before it's closure.
The men set to work and strange things start to happen, but we are never quite sure if they are down to the stress of everyday human life, or the effects of ghostly goings on.
From the opening scene, this film was visually interesting and intriguing storywise. The performances from the talented cast and the creepy sound design and imagery all added to the freaky atmosphere.
The film is slowly paced but manages to keep you enthralled for the entire 90 minutes.
I don't want to give too much away but there are many scenes here that really scared me, and the visual style and movements of the sparsely static camera all added to the ensuing terror experienced by the characters, and indeed this audience member.
A truly remarkable cast and a well scripted story make this an unforgettably creepy chiller that will stay with you for days.
Session 9 is another one of those sadly overlooked psychological chillers that just slipped through the radar and out of sight. But in spite of never even reaching UK cinemas it has still managed to gain a small following of genuinely enthusiastic fans of the movie.
Comparisons to the psychological and haunting tones of the Blair Witch Project (released a couple of years before) were prominent in the marketing and quite probably the execution of the film. Something, which you would of thought, makes it more of a profitable project. And as previously mentioned unfortunately for director Brad Anderson (whose current project is the long anticipated Christian Bale thriller, The Machinist) the whole thing just passed us all by.
Gordon Fleming and his asbestos abatement crew begin work on their latest job at an abandoned insane asylum, the Danvers state hospital. With a mere one week to completion and a hefty bonus if completed on time the team, full of very uneasy characters, try to work in and around the condemned premises. All goes pretty smoothly up until wannabe lawyer Mike discovers and plays the session tapes from a former patient with multiple personalities.
Hauntings and possessions go hand in hand like zombies and comedy. And with an explosion of more in-your-head orientated shockers in the late 90's Session 9 certainly stands out from some other poor efforts to date. Again, most of what plays out of screen and that feeling of 'what I thought I saw' is very prominent in most of the more intense scenes. There is ghostly goings on which at first seem unexplainable, in fact for many bits and pieces towards the end it all seems a bit all over the place and trying to figure out what's going on yourself is a bit of an effort in its own right. But all events and explanations are eventually made.
The performances are decent and character development is handled well by the performers. The standout being Scottish actor Peter Mullan, who plays team leader Gordon. Peter is a genuinely great actor anyway but here he shows great character development and some amazingly acted scenes.
The music, background sound, and even the subtle twist and voice shifting on the session tapes them self give a lot to the overall eerie atmosphere. The absolute horror find of the century has to be the abandoned Danvers building, purposely in mind during the script stages. It has an absolutely terrifying quality just from an aesthetic point of view.
Session 9 is a well crafted chiller. Excellent performances and above par editing. I still feel it lets itself down slightly towards the end but its not majorly disappointing. The sound and visual treats on occasion are wonderfully executed and can shock successfully. It's a continual intense situation that would put chills down the spine of anyone. You would never catch me working, sleeping, or let alone driving past this place on my own!


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Volunteering will make you stand out over other job seekers and give you better chances at getting interviews. It is among the proven job search techniques that new graduates and career changers without relevant experience can utilize.
When you are job hunting you are actually selling yourself. You need to find your vantage point that will differentiate you from other job seekers. In the sales profession a product or service's unique quality is often leveraged. It is very much the same with job hunting, you need to be a desirable candidate who deserves an interview.
Volunteering gives you that vantage point and the desirability factor. It shows hiring managers and employers that you have strong work ethics by doing unpaid work to help others. It is a manifestation that you seek self-fulfillment alongside attaining financial goals.
It also shows that you can go along well with others, which is essential in any work environment. Hiring managers value team players and look for people who will have no problems adapting and immersing in the company's culture. Another benefit is the utilization and development of your skill set. Students who volunteer for telethons to raise funds for charities, causes and researches develop their communication skills.
Volunteering also enhances time management skills. You need to strike a balance between your personal life, paid work (if you have one) and volunteer work. Some volunteer jobs are quite demanding with requirements of 30-hours per week. Others are more obliging and allow you to work from home. Whatever the set up may be, it requires you to assess your goals and priorities, and in the process develop organizational and time management skills.
It is a bonus if you have volunteered for a position that is similar to the role that you are targeting for work. It shows future employers that you have a passion for that particular role. In other words, volunteering gives you the experience in the position that you are applying for. This will also give you references from those in your field. And to state the obvious, volunteering gives you access to the "hidden job market." All these strengthen the premise that indeed, volunteering is among the proven job search techniques that people can employ.


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This section provides information for new and current students.
The University's Code of Practice for Research Students provides information about what is expected of you as a student and what you should expect from the University and your department.
Our Graduate Student Handbook provides information about being a Graduate Student with the Department of Oncology, including:
- The School of Clinical Medicine & Graduate School of Life Sciences
- Governance of Graduate Student Education
- Departmental Graduate Education Staff
- Help, Advice and Complaints
- Graduate Societies
- Research Governance & Integrity
- Plagiarism
- Attendance and leave
- Working Whilst Studying
- Supervisory Team
- Degree Course descriptions and key dates
- PhD Registration Assessment (also called First Year Assessment)
- Talks, Seminars and Conferences
- Researcher Development
- Submitting Your Dissertation
- Examination Process
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Swim Deep - Mothers (Deluxe Edition) (2015) free download download
Artist: Swim Deep
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Title Of Album: Mothers
Year Of Release: 2015
Label: Sony Music
Genre: Indie, Dream Pop
Quality: 320 / FLAC
Total Time: 69:34 min
Total Size: 159 / 480 MB
1 'One Great Song And I Could Change The World '
2 'To My Brother'
3 'Green Conduit'
4 'Heavenly Moment'
5 'Namaste'
6 'Is There Anybody Out There'
7 'Forever Spaceman'
8 'Grand Affection'
9 'Imagination'
10 'Laniakea'
11 'Fuelho Boogie'
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12 Caramelise
13 Si Si Me Voy
14 Everything Is Possible.
15 Hotel California
British four-piece Swim Deep play melodic, guitar-based rock that belies the influence of '80s dream pop and '90s shoegaze. Formed in Birmingham in 2011, the band features guitarist/vocalist Austin Williams, guitarist Tom Higgins, bassist Cavan McCarthy, and drummer Zachary Robinson. Swim Deep signed with Chess Club in 2012 and released their debut single, "King City." Several singles followed and helped garner press interest as well as a growing fan following. In 2013, Swim Deep released their debut full-length album, Where the Heaven Are We. ~ Matt Collar
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Chuck Sisk moved to Colorado at the age of one. His great grandparents homesteaded in Colorado in 1871. Mr. Sisk received his B.A. from the University of Colorado in 1967 and his J.D. from the University of Colorado in 1969. He joined the firm in 1973 after serving three years as Deputy District Attorney for Boulder County.
Mr. Sisk has served as Boulder County's Public Administrator since 1977. As such, he is regularly appointed by the Court to represent minors, the elderly and the mentally or physically challenged who need legal representation.
A former (20-year) college football referee in the Mountain West Athletic Conference, Mr. Sisk is active in numerous civic organizations and recently ended an eight year run as Mayor of Louisville, Colorado due to term limits.
Mr. Sisk is licensed to practice law in the Colorado State Courts and the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.


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In the Ukrainian Catholic tradition, a key component of celebrating Christmas is through singing kolyadky – Ukrainian Christmas carols.
On Saturday, Jan. 18, choirs and church groups took part in the age-old custom by visiting the Edmonton Ukrainian Eparchy's chancery office and singing carols for Bishop David Motiuk.
"In the Ukrainian tradition, oftentimes we express the joy of our Lord's birth through carols," explained Motiuk. "We have carols in all nationalities, but the Ukrainian carols have this beautiful theology in words and in melody to proclaim the glory of our Lord's birth."
While many Ukrainian Christmas Eve customs are of a solemn nature, the custom of caroling is joyful and merry.
Most carols deal with the birth of Jesus, although some speak also about Ukrainian history, mostly with the heroic episodes in the lives of princes. Some carols are glorification songs, glorifying the landowner, the farmer, his family.
The Ukrainian song Shchedryk became the basis for the world famous Christmas carol, Carol of the Bells. The popular carol tells of a swallow that goes to a landowner's house and asks him to come out and see how rich he is.
Another favourite Ukrainian carol is Boh Predvichny (God Eternal), which has a beautiful melody and lyrics.
Motiuk said this is a wonderful tradition, hundreds of years old. Years ago, especially before the days of motor vehicles when traveling from place to place was limited, families would welcome caroling groups into their homes.
Groups of young carolers and members of organizations would go house to house to announce Jesus' birth and perhaps collect donations. Today, many parishes and choirs still maintain this tradition.
Ukrainians celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7 rather than Dec. 25 because it uses the Julian calendar while the
Roman Church uses the Gregorian calendar. Since tradition is important in the lives of people of Ukrainian origin, they continue to celebrate Christmas on the old date that was once observed by all Christians.
According to the Julian calendar, the Ukrainian Christmas festive days start Jan. 6 (Christmas Eve) and end Jan. 19 (Epiphany). For 40 days, from Dec. 25 until the Feb. 2 feast of the Encounter (the Presentation), Ukrainian Catholics in Edmonton celebrate the birth of Jesus.
Motiuk said: "When I first started, we had several days set aside in January to receive caroling groups. Today we have several groups. Some may be a quartet, and others may be a larger group. Some are just a group from a parish who love to sing."
Among the groups singing carols for the bishop were St. Nicholas Parish, Ukrainian Catholic Women's League, Holy Eucharist Parish, Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, the Ukrainian Youth Association of Canada and Sherwood Park's St. Sophia Parish.
For many years in Edmonton, both the Ukrainian Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Music Society of Alberta have hosted Carol-Fest. This is an event that they share with the Orthodox. This year, the event was held at St. Josaphat's Cathedral, 10825-97 St.
"There will be hundreds who can share in the joy. I feel a little selfish when they carol for me. I feel very humbled," said Motiuk. "We can share this beautiful theology in words and in music, through the carols."


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Today I see a dialog is that Just being here with you is all the meaning I need. I agree with the dialog as a Bisexual.
Sometimes we live alone but it doesn't mean we are lonely. We have so many things to do. Shopping, walking in the park, cooking at home etc. We can do anything we want.
This is normal status to be a free people. No one can disturb us. I like basking on sofa very much. I can stay on sofa all day and play my phone. It makes me comfortable. Without friends, dinner party, noise. The feeling is like the time goes slowly. So I will not thinking as a Bisexual.
It's a pity I cannot live alone all the time. I must work, join party and play with my friends. Actually, no one can live alone in the word. As a normal person, we will come to social finally.
I'm desired love so much but it's hardly to find the right people as a Bisexual. I try to find girlfriends. But it seems that they can hardly to understand me. Not for the sexual orientation. But we cannot make our mind unification. There is an unseen river between us. All the loves end in fail.
I think it's good for us. At least we still have chance to find the right one. I have a mind that if there is another Bisexual is looking for me. Face the same situation. The most difficult is how we can find each other.
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All women hate sports.
OK, this is not entirely true. "All" women do not hate sports, just as "all" men do not love sports, just as "All That" was not all that "all that" (in fact, it was mediocre programming at best). But, as a writer, I must make sweeping generalizations to stir up fake controversy and drive enraged traffic to this site.1 So, I stand by my claim: ALL WOMEN HATE SPORTS…with a few clarifying points:
- When I say "all women", I'm referring mostly to the following female groups: those who get bedazzled manicures, those who know how to bake a pie, and those who own more than two cats. These groups are mutually exclusive.2
- When I say "sports", I'm referring to the three professional sports that the average American male watches most: Baseball, football, and basketball. Hockey doesn't count, because it is ruled by Canadians and all women have a soft spot for Canadians because of Bryan Adams.
- When I say "hate", I really mean it, guys. Women do not tolerate sports. They actively hate sports with an overwhelming rage equivalent to missing a sample sale. It's that serious.
So now that that's out of the way, let's get to it: Why do women hate sports? Is it a feminist repudiation against a misogynistic society that unfairly celebrates a jock culture? No. It's actually far simpler than that. There are four clear-cut reasons why women hate sports. If we understand these reasons, then perhaps we can save sports for women.
Jealousy. This is not where I say that women hate sports because they'd rather be spending time with their man. Don't flatter yourself, guys. Women don't want to spend more time with men. Instead, the thing women are most envious about is how much men actually care about sports. If Cavs fans in Cleveland were asked to choose between keeping their wives or bringing LeBron James back, how many guys would leave their wives? ALL OF THEM. Men can rattle off facts about the Cowboys' winning percentage on the road, but they can't remember the date of their anniversary. They can tell you the name of the Cubs' fifth starter, but they can't recall the name of their middle child. To women, it often seems like men are programmed to cry only at a funeral, a birth of a child, or the aftermath of Game 7 (oh, and Toy Story 3, unless they are robots). Men care about sports in ways that defy logic: They will develop a routine (the Red Sox will win if I sit on the left side of the couch, but not the right side). They will chant in unison. They will scream at the television. And they will grow a playoff beard. (And it's always a disgusting one.)
Obesity. How do you watch a sporting event? Sometimes sitting down. Sometimes standing up. Either way, you're getting fat. Yes, it's ironic that sport inspires men to gouge themselves on beer and nachos, thus turning them into flabby masses that do not resemble the heroes they so admire on the field (unless they are a fan of CC Sabathia). If we didn't have sports, would men actually stress-eat a bucket of chicken wings every Sunday? Hopefully not. Our sports-watching culture has led to a corpulent male population chock-full of beer-bellied dudes and Type 2 diabetes. Women, at least, have a good excuse for getting fat (We carry your children, dammit! Let us have our whoopee pies!). Men have no such excuse. The reason men are fat is because of sports. And women hate them for it.
Cheaters. It's hard for women to like professional athletes because 99% of pro athletes are adulterous cheaters. Well, that might be an exaggeration… 98% of pro athletes are cheaters, and women hate men who are unfaithful. Women classify cheaters in the same category of "shitty man" that includes murderers, rapists, and wife-beaters. On the other hand, male fans have the moral fortitude of a perforated sponge. Men will forgive their fellow shitty man as long as he delivers in the clutch, but women will never, ever, ever forget that the guy cheated on his pregnant wife. Sorry, Tiger. Unfortunately, our sports heroes of today (Kobe, Favre, A-Rod) are all veritable, no-good, douchebag cheaters. Throw in a Rape-lisberger and a heartbroken Eva Longoria, and women will turn their backs on pro athletes. All it takes is one bad apple taking pictures of his junk with a cameraphone, and no women will root for this lot of shitty men.
Crotch Grabbers. There is only one thing that women hate more than cheaters, and this is watching men grab their own crotches. In an average baseball game, crotchshots are shown almost as often as something interesting happening (finally… a single…). Come on. Does an extra mini-appendage really need that much maintenance? Players — we know that you are a man. You don't have to prove it to us. And since you have millions of dollars, perhaps you could invest in some medication for your below-the-belt ailments. Athletes should only be playing with one ball, thank you very much, and that ball should be made of leather.
So, to Roger Goodell, Bud Selig, David Stern, and all men out there, if you want to convince women to like sports, please take the following advice: (1) Players: Soap. Use it down there. (2) Owners: Discourage your players from marriage. Women will put up with philanderers (this is why women still love George Clooney), but they will not put up with cheaters. (3) Fans: Lay off the dip. You're getting fat. And even though it sounds terrible now, just consider two words: veggie platter. (4) Boyfriends, Husbands, and Fathers: Care about your women as if they were on your fantasy team. And if that doesn't work, well, then just trade us. Please.
1. This crappy, "gotcha" headline is an ode to other articles that make ridiculous sweeping generalizations of entire peoples: "Why You're Not Married" or "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior".
2. I estimate that these three groups make up close to 60% of all women. But "60% of women hate sports" is not a good headline.
NB: I love sports. But I do hate crotch grabs.


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These Are The Eerie Abandoned Movie Sets You Can Still Visit
Fun fact for you, movies aren't real – shocking I know – but a lot of the places where they film movies are real and actually exist in the real world.
Despite film makers relying more and more on CGI and green screen to create their fantasy worlds you really can't beat a practical set for realism.
Now the good folks over at Looper have put together a comprehensive list of the best abandoned movie sets around the world and they look creepy as hell.
Great Smokey Mountain Railroad – The Fugitive
One of the most iconic moments of the 1993 remake of The Fugitive was when a train collides with a prison bus allowing Dr. Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford) to go on the run.
It turns out the dramatic crash wasn't a CGI effect it was done for real, crashing a train on a disused portion of the Great Smokey Mountain Railroad in North Carolina.
It cost the film $1.9 million to stage the collision but clearly they had no money to clean up their mess as the The Fugitive crew just left the train and bus debris behind, where it's rusted over time.
Uncle Owen's House – Star Wars
A long time ago in a desert far, far away George Lucas made a little film called Star Wars (you may have heard of it) and 40 years on some of the movie's sets are still standing.
In the middle of the Tunisian desert the home of Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru's still stands near the towns of Tozeur and Tataouine as well as a few vaporators that allowed them to farm moisture.
Hawthorne Plaza Mall – Gone Girl
Remember the sinister mall in Gone Girl where the police think the movie's titular missing girl, Amy Dunne, may have illegally bought a gun?
Well that wasn't a set it was a real mall in Los Angeles and was known as Hawthorne Plaza Mall.
It opened in the 70s and after a boom in the 80s, shut down in the late 90s and has been used in a movies in need of a mall, including Minority Report and Evolution.
Cerro Gordo Mines – Iron Man
If you're thinking that there weren't any mines in Iron Man then congratulations you win a no-prize, but the Cerro Gordo Mines were in the film that started the Marvel movie colossus.
The mines were decorated to look like the lair of the Ten Rings terrorist group who held Tony Stark hostage at the beginning of the movie, forcing him to design his handy dandy armour.
Henry River Mill Village – The Hunger Games
The dilapidated ghost town of Henry River Mill Village was the perfect choice to shoot District 12, a similarly poor community, in The Hunger Games.
The movie being shot there had the added advantage of injecting new interest – and cash – into Henry River Mill Village where Hunger Games fans can go and take a tour.
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Initial reports suggested that the all-new Lexus LS (earlier post) will be introduced in 2013, but BC claims now that the new model will be introduced in 2014 instead. BC published also this rendering, which looks completely different compared to the previous ones.
The LS 600h will use a 5.0L V6 engine plus the latest-gen hybrid system, which will enable it to achieve a fuel efficiency of 15.0 km/L. Well, it's not bad at all considering that it's a really big car and it has 400 ps + 55.0 kgm of torque! An 8 gear automatic transmission will be fitted.
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Journey of Champions – Guest Post from Lisa Bilbrey
I recently read and reviewed Lisa's latest release "The Journey of Champions" over on my review blog, but decided to get a little insight into the writing of it, and the rest of the Journey series.
I asked Lisa if she'd always planned The Journey Series as an actual series or if the 1st book was going to be a stand alone book.
Here's what she had to say along with an excerpt:
Originally, I'd planned on The Journey Home being a simple Novella that was placed in Harvest
Treats, the third book of the candy collection. And while I wrapped it all up in a nice, pretty little bow, when all was said and done, I missed my characters. There was still so much of Travis' story to be told that when it came time to do NaNoWriMo, I decided that I'd give it a go.
The journey I went on was amazing. I ended up taking the story I'd planned for NaNoWriMo
and turned it into three novellas. The first is The Journey of Champions. In this book, Travis must leave Penelope and Max again in order to travel back to Miami and set his affairs and make his final move back home. It was incredibly emotional for me to write because I felt like I was ripping this family apart.
Logically, I know that they aren't real, but in my heart, they were grieving and longing to be with one
another again. Silly, right? But that's the type of writer I am; I put so much of myself into each book.
The other two stories are entitled The Journey to Forever and The Journey to a New Life. I'd tell
you about them, but, well, I like to tease.
"He's gonna be late if you don't hurry," came the softest, sweetest voice Travis had ever heard.
Laughing to himself, he looked over his shoulder, finding Penelope Stone standing in the doorway to
their bedroom. She had her arms folded in front of her and a sparkle in her dark, sensual, mocha-brown eyes. Her long, silky, blond hair framed her face, and the pure, natural beauty that emanate from her took Travis's breath away. She was exquisite.
"Are you okay?" Penelope asked when he didn't speak.
"I'm fine," Travis groused, trying to convince himself as much as her. Today, he wouldn't just be
leaving Texas for Florida; he'd be leaving his new family, too. He kept telling himself that it was just for a week, maybe two — just long enough to pack up his stuff and make the final move back to her and Max. But with each passing breath, he found the thought of missing even one moment with them excruciating. He'd just gotten a second chance at a life with them, and now he had to say goodbye.
"I don't believe you." Penelope smiled and crossed the room, slipping her arms around his waist.
"We don't want you to leave, either, but you can't put this off any longer. It's time to go back, Travis, so that you can really be here when you return."
"Yeah, I know, but I don't want to," he grumbled, well aware that he sounded like a two-year-old who had been told it was time to go to bed. "I'm gonna miss you, baby."
"And I'll miss you," she whispered. "You're coming home to us, Travis. And when you do, we can be a real family."
"We already are one," he murmured, bringing his hand up to her face. Lowering his lips down onto
hers, he kissed her. They took their time, neither of them wanting to rush the moment. It was all they
would have to get them through the challenge ahead.
About the author:
Lisa Bilbrey is a mom of three and has been married to her high school sweetheart since 1996. Finding a love in the written word, she started writing as a way to express herself. From the first word she wrote, she'd found her heart and soul. Always willing to learn, she's spends much of her time trying to improve as a storyteller.
In late 2011, Lisa opened Renaissance Romance Publishing with Michele Richard and Laura Braley.
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Boeing wins $35 billion Air Force refueling tanker contract
Boeing won the U.S. Air Force's $35 billion contract to build 179 aerial refueling tankers, Pentagon and Air Force officials announced Thursday.
"Boeing was a clear winner," Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn said in announcing the decision.
Competitor EADS North America did not rule out a potential protest of the decision.
The award starts with a $3.5 billion contract for tanker engineering and manufacturing development to deliver the first 18 of what are now called "KC-46A" tankers by 2017.
Responding in a statement to the decision, Boeing Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Jim McNerney said: "We're honored to be given the opportunity to build the Air Force's next tanker and provide a vital capability to the men and women of our armed forces. Our team is ready now to apply our 60 years of tanker experience to develop and build an airplane that will serve the nation for decades to come."
Boeing's 767-based NewGen Tanker competed against EADS North America's Airbus A330-based KC-45 tanker in the Air Force's third try at starting to replace Eisenhower-era Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers.
An initial 2003 lease deal for new Boeing tankers fell apart under a cloud of scandal. The Air Force then chose a Northrop Grumman-EADS tanker over a Boeing offering in 2008, but Defense Secretary Robert Gates threw out that result after congressional auditors found serious flaws in the process.
Asked last week about the possibility of appealing a loss, EADS North America Chairman Ralph Crosby Jr. said: "Unless there is some egregious process error, I wouldn't expect that we would protest."
In a statement on Thursday, he kept the window open, saying: "This is certainly a disappointing turn of events, and we look forward to discussing with the Air Force how it arrived at this conclusion. ... With a program of such complexity, our review of today's decision will take some time. There are more than 48,000 Americans who are eager to build the KC-45 here in the U.S., and we owe it to them to conduct a thorough analysis."
Asked about a potential protest, Air Force Secretary Michael Donley said: "We think we've established a clear, transparent and open process. We think we've executed on that and it will not yield grounds for protest."
Work will not wait for a potential protest, Pentagon acquisitions chief Ashton Carter said. "We'll get started right away"
That suits Tom Wroblewski, president of the International Association of Machinists District 751.
"We're ready and we're willing to start building tomorrow," he said Thursday.
Boeing said a tanker win would mean an estimated 11,000 jobs in Washington, including at the company's Everett 767 assembly line, and a total of 50,000 jobs nationwide. EADS North America said its tanker would support 48,000 U.S. jobs.
Northrop Grumman pulled out of the latest contest, saying the Air Force's criteria favored Boeing's smaller plane. But EADS North America said it could offer a better price, despite the size difference, because it no longer had Northrop's need for profit, Airbus is producing A330s at a higher rate than Boeing is building 767s, lowering costs, and existing A330-based tankers and refueling systems are closer to KC-45 than existing 767-based tankers and systems are to NewGen, meaning less development risk.
Analysts gave EADS the edge in recent weeks, after release of battlefield assessments of the two tankers reportedly showed a big advantage for the KC-45. The Air Force sent the assessments to both bidders accidentally, at first, and then shared the data again after learning that an EADS employee inadvertently looked at the Boeing information.
The contest was highly political, given the tens of thousands of jobs at stake in the competition, particularly because Boeing's 767 line only has 49 remaining unfilled commercial orders. Boeing and its advocates charged that the KC-45 was a European tanker, and EADS could offer a cut-rate price thanks to illegal European subsidies to Airbus.
EADS countered that it would assemble its tanker in Mobile, Ala., and that Boeing was also found to have benefitted from illegal subsidies.
The maneuvering continued up to the final moments the contest, with EADS North America Chairman Ralph Crosby Jr. calling Boeing "irresponsible" earlier this month for attempting to win at all costs and Boeing tanker spokesman Bill Barksdale calling Crosby's comment "reckless."
Govs. Chris Gregoire of Washington and Sam Brownback of Kansas wrote to President Barack Obama on Feb. 15, saying Boeing's tanker best meets the Air Force's needs, would save taxpayer money and support more U.S. jobs, while the EADS tanker "will be built in Europe with a small portion of the outfitting work done in the United States" and is competitive only thanks to subsidies, which should be considered in the contest.
In response, Govs. Robert Bentley of Alabama, Haley Barbour of Mississippi and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana wrote to President Obama on Wednesday that the illegal subsidies "are far from conclusively determined by the World Trade Organization," that Boeing also received illegal subsidies and that EADS would produce its tankers in Mobile, creating "a much-needed economic ripple effect across a Gulf Coast region still reeling from natural and man-made disasters."
The bid criteria awarded the contract to the lowest-priced tanker, after adjusting for the battlefield assessment, fuel use and required air base construction, assuming both planes met requirements and one was more than 1 percent cheaper. If the offers were within 1 percent, the Air Force would have considered additional criteria.
Donley said each plane met the mandatory requirements, and the bids were not within 1 percent of each other.
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Mr Raw has just released the official music video foe his latest single, "Like This".
The Raw Deal Entertainment lead act and label owner dropped the single only a couple of days ago as his last single for the year.
As of when he dropped the single, we thought he was done for the year, and then he drops this video on us.
This video which is a great piece of art from the catchy phrases and witty lines was produced by 26 Media Solution.
It was shot and directed by Aigbijare.
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I changed the dough recipe a bit and it gave me a softer texture that doesn't harden so quickly, even with refrigeration (in an airtight container). :D
Improved snowskin ingredient proportions:
80g tang mien flour
260g koh fun
245g icing sugar
65g vegetable shortening
350ml warm water
I'm getting a bit tired of my mooncake designs though. I need to hunt for more! Hehe
I'm also quite satisfied with my baked mooncakes, apart from the filling. The filling was a tad dry, but the skin turned out well. If you wrap them in glad wrap once they're cooled completely, the mooncakes will maintain it's moisture and appear glossy too. Refrigeration doesn't hurt them either! Next year, I'll fill them with something else.


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In 2015, Irish Sport designated Clarisford Park as the Community Sports Hub for Co. Clare
This designation recognises and supports the mission of Clarisford Ltd which stems from the 3 core values of;
– Sport & Recreation
– Quality of Life, and
– Collaboration & Partnership
Allocation of Dormant Account funding was secured through Clare Sports Partnership and Sport Ireland towards a Community Sports Hub in Clarisford Park. Capital expenditure i.e. Sports Floor, disabled access and dressing room showers were completed in addition to the delivery of sport and physical activity participation programmes to encourage people in the community to become more active. Through the Community Sports Hub Co-ordinator Nollaig O'Sullivan, programmes such as Killaloe Ballina Business Walking Challenge, Operation Transformation Walk, Leaving Certificate Physical Activity and Wellbeing Project in St. Anne's Community School, Muscle Strengthening for Elderly and Mental Skills Workshops within sporting groups and support networks are being undertaken. The Healthy Killaloe Ballina Report was launched in July 2017
Clare Sports Partnership and Clarisford Park are eager to work with local groups and organisations who would like to get involved in the development of the Sports Hub so if interested please contact either John Sweeney Clare Sports Partnership at 065-6865434 email: firstname.lastname@example.com or Clarisford Park direct at firstname.lastname@example.com
In addition to the resident clubs namely Ballina Killaloe RFC, Lough Derg FC, Killaloe Scout Group and Derg AC, have a look at some of the groups and clubs using Clarisford Park offering you and your family sport & recreational activities.


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Doctor Phil is talking to INSIDE EDITION about the tragic suicide of Robin Williams.
He told INSIDE EDITION, "I am just so sorry that there was not someone there to intervene in this way. I would have given anything in the world for him to have called me. It can be so debilitating. You can't see it on an X-Ray. You go in and see a broken bone and go, 'Oh, that is real.' Depression is just as real as a broken bone."
Robin Roberts said on Good Morning America, "We can talk about cancer, we can talk about all these different types of diseases and ailments but when it comes to depression, it seems like there's a stigma attached."
Williams was frank about his struggles with drug addiction and alcohol, but less forthcoming about his depression. Reports now say he was bi-polar.
Eerily, his movie character in the 2009 dark comedy World's Greatest Dad, appears on a TV show to talk about suicide, saying, "If you are that depressed, reach out to someone. Remember, suicide is a permanent solution to temporary problems."
Some wonder if Williams' depression was worsened by surgery he had in 2009 to replace a diseased heart valve. Depression is often an after-effect of open heart surgery.
Three years ago, Williams appeared on Ellen and put the best spin possible on his state of health.
Ellen said, "I have heard when you have heart surgery you can go into depression after that."
Williams responded, "No, I think for me it was exhilaration. I am alive!"
Fellow comic Chevy Chase mourned Williams on Tuesday, tweeting: "Robin and I were great friends, suffering from the same little known disease depression."
Dr. Phil told INSIDE EDITION the signs to watch for if you fear a loved one is battling depression but is reluctant to talk about it.
He said, "You will see in a decline in grooming. You will see a decline in activities. You will see a decline in interest. You will see them less active, less involved. These are signs that they are begining in distance and marginalize themselves."
The death of a great American and a tragedy seen by many as a wake-up call about the dangers of depression.


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Internet's new can of worms: Rogue pharmacies run by unqualified people
No Prescription? No Problem! You can buy drugs from us! – Rogue pharmacies are rampant all over the internet. Rogue pharmacies are illegitimate drugstores that sell or practice what is banned by the Food and Drug Association (FDA). Some of these pharmacies have sites affiliated to spammers, while some others offer to import controlled medications from abroad. Such illegal internet pharmacies have caused several mishaps in the lives of Americans. Many have been fooled into buying drugs which were never delivered or drugs that were ill-made in third world countries, causing life-threatening conditions, even deaths.
Ryan Haight Act: The Federal government passed the Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act in 2008. Named after an 18-year-old who died after an accidental overdose of drugs he bought online, the act is an important step in circumventing the activities of rogue pharmacies. According to the act, the U.S. government banned sale of prescription drugs over the internet without a valid prescription. If one has to obtain controlled substances online, there must be a valid prescription attesting a bona fide relationship between the doctor and patient. This rules out any possibility of drugs without prescriptions, except in the case of over the counter drugs.
Rising number of Rogue Pharmacies: A recent study by LegitScript (an online pharmacy verification service) and KnujOn (an internet compliance company) revealed that over 90 percent of the online pharmacy advertisements on the internet were run by illegal or rogue pharmacies. This is a startling discovery which found out that these illegal pharmacies get to the sponsored ads list of major search engines, outwitting ads of even legitimate pharmacies. The National Association of Board of Pharmacies (NABP) conducted its own analysis to find out the same sketchy ads dominating search engine screens. Added to these, these rogue sites employ several strategies like emails and mailers to lure customers.
An April 2008 study by the NABP scrutinized about 558 drug outlets in the country. Of the 558, it was discovered that, 258 were rogue pharmacies, 191 did not require a valid prescription, 118 sold drugs from abroad (drugs which were not approved by the FDA) and 91 were not located in the U.S. but offered to ship drugs to the country. On the whole, almost all of it were illegal. With the advancement of technology, more online pharmacies have come into existence now, many of which are rogue sites.
How to identify a Rogue Pharmacy? A rogue pharmacy may not have anything rogue-like about it. It may appear like every other authenticated pharmacy. But it may fool you into buying illegal and unlawful drugs from its site. Most of the rogue pharmacies sell controlled substances that are not to be sold without a valid bona fide prescription by a licensed doctor. Some sell cheap quality drugs that are either impotent or highly toxic. Some rogue sites offer to import drugs from Canada or Mexico or other countries where the costs are cheaper than in the U.S. A few rogue pharmacies appear like pharmacies only to get access to your personal and credit card information. Such sites are often controlled and monitored by spammers.
NABP list of approved pharmacies: The NABP's approved list of online pharmacies, found in its website (www.nabp.net) has not more than 20 sites, but there are more than 3000 pharmacies online. The rise in proportion of rogue pharmacies is alarming and the NABP and the FDA are already trying to keep a check on this growth. Major search engines have come forward to eliminate illegal pharmacy ads on their search engine results pages. While Google has agreed to use the NABP's list, Yahoo has chosen to work with PharmacyChecker, an online verification service. Bing has caused worry with 90 percent of its search advertising comprising of illegal pharmacy ads. However, the search engine too has agreed to fix the problem soon.
Next time you see a rogue pharmacy online, report to the NABP or FDA. Who knows, you may save a life.


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The Bluffs Ho Tram Strip, Vietnam's top-rated golf club, is aiming to help launch young Asian talent along the same path as Tiger Woods and Jordan Speith when it hosts the nation's first ever Junior Golf Tour of Asia (JGTA) tournament.
Taking place between December 17 and 20, the tournament will open the door for the best juniors in Vietnam and elsewhere in Asia to pursue college golf opportunities in the US, a route that served as a springboard to riches for the likes of AJGA alumni Woods, Speith and other PGA Tour stars such as Bubba Watson, Davis Love III, and Phil Mickelson.
Over the course of three days, golfers will pit their wits against the course and each other as they vie for ranking points on the JGTA Order of Merit. At the end of the JGTA season, which comes to a close in June of 2020 at the JGTA Championship Invitational at Sheshan International Golf Club in China, the top 60 players are awarded AJGA PBE (performance-based entry) status.
The ultimate aim for players will be to collect enough points over the duration of the JGTA season to qualify for the JGTA Junior All-Asia Team, which names the top 10-ranked boys and top 10-ranked girls on the order of merit, designating them as the region's elite college prospects and attracting recruitment attention from college golf coaches from across the US.
"Our mission is nothing less than to develop junior golfers into successful collegiate athletes and future champions of the game," said Mr. Phil Tozer, JGTA Managing Director. "Since our inception in 2017, over 30 JGTA juniors have earned golf scholarships and membership has grown to over 300 junior golf families from more than 15 countries and territories."
The announcement of the forthcoming JGTA ranking tournament at The Bluffs is another major fillip for a course that is used to hosting some of golf's most sparkling talent in a competitive context, having staged the Ho Tram Open in 2015, an Asian Tour event won by Spaniard Sergio Garcia.
While the youngsters competing in December will, naturally, be rawer than Garcia and co, the tournament promises to be equally significant in terms of building local interest in the game and supporting the development of junior golf in Asia.
"We are absolutely delighted to be bringing a JGTA event to The Bluffs," said Mr. Garry Dixon, General Manager. "The college golf system in the US is rightly seen as a hothouse for some of the biggest names in the game and the JGTA can provide a convenient fast-track to that route for promising golfers in Asia. It's a great innovation and it is exciting for both us and the Grand to be welcoming these guys to Ho Tram in December."
The Greg Norman-designed course, rated #35 in Golf Digest's bi-annual list of the "World's Greatest Golf Clubs", marked its fifth year at the pinnacle of the golf pyramid in Vietnam in 2019.


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Title: El Cazador de la Bruja
English: El Cazador de la Bruja
Synonyms: El Cazador, The Witch Hunter
Japanese: エル・カザド
Type: Tv
Total: 26
Status: Completed
Aired: Apr 3, 2007 to Sep 25, 2007
Premiered: Spring 2007
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Summary: Nadie is a bounty hunter with an attitude, and she's got a lock on her next target: Ellis, a young amnesiac girl who is a suspect in the murder of a famous scientist. Nadie manages to apprehend Ellis, but on a whim, decides to accompany her to Wiñay Marka, a place which supposedly holds the key to unlocking Ellis's memories and her mysterious past. However, Nadie cautions Ellis that this does not mean she will go free—once Ellis has found what she is looking for, Nadie will turn her over to the authorities. With Ellis's connection to a gemstone called the Inca Rose as their only guide, the two set off on their journey south through Mexico to search for the mysterious "Eternal City" of Wiñay Marka. [Written by MAL Rewrite]


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Doctor Strange is one of Marvel Studios' most standalone movies in quite a while, but of course there are clues as to how it fits into the wider MCU.
So we found ourselves wondering where it's placed in the timeline, and our best clue was the apparent mention of War Machine's Captain America: Civil War injury in Strange's car shortly before he loses control and crashes off a cliff.
So that must place the events at the end of the film at a year or two later, right? WRONG.
(Warning: Video contains minor spoilers for Doctor Strange)
Director Scott Derrickson spoke to Digital Spy and set us right on just when the events of Doctor Strange occur.
"That's not War Machine, actually," he said. "It sounds like it. And maybe in some other iteration we were even thinking it could be. The movie led up to present day.
"There's not that much of a time gap."
Derrickson said that the events of the film happen over the space of about a year but not, it turns out, a year set after Civil War. Which is a relief, because we were really struggling to get that idea sorted out in our heads.
He also talked about how far along Doctor Strange 2 is, as well as addressing the controversial casting of Tilda Swinton and Hollywood's "abysmal" record on Asian representation.
Doctor Strange is out in the UK now, and will be released in the US on November 4.
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You put time at a premium. So do your clients. Write emails worth reading and keep 'em short and sweet.
Nothing communicates how much you care about a client like the amount of time that goes into your correspondence with them. In the internet millennium, email is the contact method of preference for most people, but the ease of sending emails lets people send anything and everything. If you're having trouble getting people to read your emails, join me for a crash course in digital letter writing.
1. Always put something helpful in the subject.
This field is intended to give the recipient some idea what you're contacting them about. If they won't recognize your email address, the subject line is a great place to remind them who you are and (very briefly) why you're emailing them.
For example:
"Service Autopilot Lawn Quote"
2. Using the client's name makes the email 22.2% more likely to be opened.
By using the client's name, you make the email appear personal and important. It looks like it was just sent to them, rather than like it went to every "Valued Customer."
3. Keep subject lines brief and clear.
If a subject line is difficult to understand or ridiculously long, it's probably not getting the email opened. MailChimp, a mass emailing platform, conducted a study of subject lines' open rates. They found that clear subject lines that included the name of the company beat out hard sell lines (e.g. "BUY NOW – Save 5% – TODAY ONLY"). The simple subject lines with the company name included were opened 60-87% of the time; the hard sell and indirect headlines averaged 1-14%.
4. Acknowledge the person before you start your email.
This can be as simple as giving their name or a simple letter greeting. If you start talking to someone without an opener, you come across as abrupt.
"Hi Jim,"
"Mr. Brown:"
5. Be brief.
Your client has things to do, tell them what they need to know and move on. Make sure to break up any blocks of text. We break things up on the blog like this; it makes them easier to read. Nothing is worse than trying to decipher a 3 page email that's written as one, long paragraph. If you blink, you lose your place!
NO ONE LIKES BEING YELLED AT. NO ONE. See how much nicer I seem when I use normal capitalization? Don't yell at your clients!
7. Use an auto-signature.
You can set it up in Outlook, GMail, Yahoo!, whatever you use.
Here's what we use at SA:
Service Autopilot
This contains all my relevant contact information and is single-spaced. You don't need to add an extra line break between each; it's plenty legible already.
8. Put hyphens in your phone number.
Increase readability and your phone will ring more often.
Here, compare the two for yourself:
9. Keep your emails neat and tidy.
Your emails shouldn't look like a magazine rack at a supermarket. Professional correspondence is clean, but can have a company logo and an advertisement for other services below the signature.
Remember letterhead? That's the goal for your email, not a National Enquirer cover.
10. Remember your main objective.
You started this to say something to the client; say it. Anything outside of that goal should help the reader get to that information or, in the very least, not hinder their arrival at it.
11. Don't mimic emails you would delete.
Think about the things you immediately discard in your inbox without reading them. Think about the mail that you throw away without opening it. This is the way to think before sending emails to your clients.
If it looks like something you would delete without reading it, guess who else will? Your client.
12. Don't taste like spam.
Sales-i, a targeted marketing software company has a list of 118 words/phrases that shouldn't be used. This helps you not sound like a spammer, which gets email delivered, so that your client can open it. If you get caught in a spam filter, the emails won't even get to your clients' inboxes.
Examples: 100% Free, Act Now!, Urgent, Unlimited, Satisfaction
13. Make it easy to read.
Sending email is easy, reading it should be too. Write short sentences with easy to understand words.
14. Use Service Autopilot's Custom Documents.
You can create custom documents for marketing emails, late notices, schedule changes, new client on-boarding, etc. Carefully craft these documents and use personalization fields to include your clients' information and every email will look great.
15. Monitor open rates.
You can track emails sent through Service Autopilot to see how many were delivered, opened, bounced, and marked as spam. Pay careful attention to anything that bounced or was marked as spam; you'll want to figure out what happened. Check your headline against the spammy words in Tip 12. Obviously, you want your open rate as high as possible, so pay attention to what words or phrases get a response.
Follow these simple rules to make sure your emails look professional and serve your clients' needs, rather than frustrate them. Add this page to your favorites (CTRL+D), so that you can brush up next time you're drafting an important email.


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Have I mentioned to you how much I love Quinces?
They are simply magical
Nothing in this world (almost) compares to the inimitable aroma of ripe Quince.
Nothing rivals it's colour when cooked.
There should be a name given to describe the intensity of the colour of quince jelly.
How would you describe it? Flaming apricot? Blushing Orange? Sreaming Rose? Jellyfied fire? Burning Flamingo, hell's tongue searing tea, furious robocop eyeball? Vulcanco's puke? Mutant gators blood? Queen Roxanne's Poison? Ifyoueatthisyourintestinewillshrivelandcatchfire jelly?
Ok ok, I have children, remember? It rubbs off!
It's just that simply looking at a jar of vibrantly orange quince jelly does these things to me.
More Quince to come if you can spot them in the picture.
Originating in the Caucasus region, Quinces traveled via Greece (especially Crete, where it got it's name), to Central Europe which started cultivating the fruit in the ninth century.
Over here it thrives best in the warmer areas of the Rhine regions (sorry to Hamburgers and Bavarians…so sorry, one thing they have got, not!)
Thankfully it thrives in my garden. The fruit fills my fridge with it's aroma and the past weeks I have been happily making jars and jars of jelly.
Many cooks shy back from preparing quince, but it is really very versatile and this autumn you will probably find many posts on quince on meals'nwheels. (Hurray? Not? C'mon, don't be childish. Broaden your mind and your taste buds will follow!)
Quince Paste
Unlike the french who eat fruit jellies all year round, the germans eat Quince paste for Christmas, where it mingles with all the other exotic, oriental, flavours of our christmas specialties. Quince paste however is a good way of preserving the flavour for a long time and it's a staple that can be used later in Winter.
Preheat oven to 150 °C.
Rub the Quinces with a cloth to remove the down.
Put on a baking tray and cover with foil, bake for 1 to 1.1/2 hours, depending on their size, until they are cooked and soft.
Remove from the oven and let cool till you can touch and handle them. Cut the fruit in quarters, remove the tough core and any other tough pieces.
Push flesh and skins through a vegetable mill, or blitz everything in a food processor.
Weigh the pulp and put an equal amount of sugar into a saucepan, add the pulp and bring to the boil. Stir until the quince darkens significantly in colour and comes away from the sides of the pan. (Takes forever: up to 30 minutes).
I have to admit: I have been using a Thermomix, heating AND stirring the pulp. Painfree Quince paste. And loads of it too! If you want Instructions for this, let me know.
Pour onto a flat surface (onto parchment) and leave to set. I let it rest and dry for about a week. Than, using a ruler cut the pulp into equal squares, coat with sugar and keep away from my friend Esther (That´s actually unfair and ungrateful of me. She eats everything I put in front of her. With relish. That is just soo charming, and supportive.) till Christmas…
How stingy.
Whatever Paste you don´t use straightaway: roll up in parchment. It will store for month, and we will probably be using it with some pheasant, later on this winter…
Quince jelly.
For Jelly: cut your fruit in slices and boil in lots of water for an hour. Sieve the fruit (don´t press!), weigh the juice, add equal amount of sugar (we have a special jam making sugar here in Germany, containing pectin so jams and jellies will set using only half the amount of sugar), bring to the boil, skimming the top, till the jelly starts setting. Pour into jars, close turn around and let cool.
Listen to Nancy Sinatra. (I thought give it a try whilst I am bossing you around anyway)
Ladybird. Ohhh ladybird.
Quince Jelly anyone?


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Gemma Doyle series by Libba Bray
It's 1895 and, after the death of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped from the she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true. Gemma finds he reception a chilly one. She's not completely alone, though... she's being followed by a mysterious young man, sent to warn her to close her mind against the visions.
It's at Spence that Gemma's power to attract the supernatural unfolds as she becomes entangled with the school's most powerful girls and discovers her mother's connection to a shadowy, timeless group called The Order. Her destiny awaits... if only Gemma can believe in it.


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Yoga~Yoga… that's all it really is.
Had a enlightening weekend in workshops with Andrey Lappa and his assistant, Mara Healy. If you are truly a yoga practitioner and you have an opportunity to experience Andrey, by all means go for it! His teachings are around Tantric method of yoga… the full mind and body practice with the goal of reaching enlightenment.
His new book will be released shortly! Practicing yoga poses to bring balance and closer to enlightenment… Very hard to find good teachers that expose you to the spiritual goals of yoga!
Great teachings… I could listen to him for hours and hours!
One very interesting thing that came to me while he was speaking on chakras was the fact that so many people exist in the first three chakras: the root chakra~material drive, the sacral chakra~sensual drive, and the solar plexus~power drive. Many never ascend to the fourth heart chakra~love and compassion drive, fifth~spiritual drive, sixth~intellect… or seventh formless supreme light. This explains some of the difficulties I experience in my close relationships. I could clearly see where they are stuck in those first three chakras!
I love studying the chakras!
In love and light! Namaste!


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Friday, 1st July, Chambers Creek.
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Friday, 1st July, Chambers Creek. Started at 8 a.m. on a bearing of 120 degrees. At twenty-four miles camped on a water hole in Gregory Creek, where it comes out of the hills. There are three remarkable peaks north of the water, one in particular having a white face to the east, with a course of black stones on the summit, distant about one mile. The first five miles was over a well-grassed country, with stones on the surface, slightly undulating, with a number of good valleys, very broad, emptying themselves into Gregory Creek. At twenty-two miles crossed the main channel of the creek. It is divided into a number of courses, with some very deep holes in them. When they are filled, they must retain water for a great length of time. There are a great many native encampments all about the creek. The gums are dwarf.


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If you are the person who sold 1,300 tons of Swiss gold in the pre-"New Normal" era, you probably would like to keep that fact to yourself. But not Michael Paprotta, or the guy who did sell 1,300 tons of gold for the Swiss National Bank from 2000 to 2005. As a reminder, the price of gold in the period was between $250 and $450, making Gordon Brown's own dump of a meager 400 tons of UK gold between 1999 and 2002 seem like amateur hour by comparison. Assuming a current price of gold of $1800 and a blended disposition price of $350/oz, this means that Switzerland effectively gave up on just under $60 billion in upside. That's ok though, the SNB's balance sheet is now full to the gills with money-good EURs. Who needs gold in a fiat regime anyway? Certainly not Michael Paprotta who gives up on tens (soon hundreds) of billions in gold upside fiat equivalents in the morning, then goes skiing in the afternoon.
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And for those who are not familiar with the brilliant Swiss gold selling operation...
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|Queen Anne's Landowner Map, District 3
Many of my ancestors lived in Queen Anne's County, Maryland. While searching for some information on the area, I came across an Ancestral Location Gallery with images of some old landowner maps, such as the one pictured above.
The 1870 census for Queen Anne's shows that my great-great-grandfather, Francis Councill was in the 3rd district of Queen Anne's in Centreville.
A closeup of the Spaniard Neck area where my Sparks family lived didn't show their property, but I don't know the date of this map. It's also possible that their plot wasn't large enough to show up here. I navigated up to the top of the site and found that there is a wealth of information on many different locations. The home page for the site is here and the Ancestral Location pages start here. The site isn't the easiest to navigate, but it's worth a look if you have ancestors in this area.


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It seems every year I've been gaining more and more weight. A combination of stress, overeating, late night snacking, and eating a bunch of unhealthy foods brought me to where I was. I used to hold back and resist getting larger pants, but it soon became ridiculous trying to fit into clothes that I really shouldn't be wearing. So, I eventually got up to a 36` waist so I could fit comfortably.
Near my heaviest weight an uncle of mine passed away from a heart attack. At the funeral I was approached by my sister and my aunt. They both showed concern for my condition. Deep down I knew I was at high risk for multiple health related problems, but having a relative die because of health issues opened my eyes.
So, what did I do to loose weight? Well, it mostly began when I started a special MetaGenics Ultraclear Detox diet in another attempt to reduce or eliminate chronic headaches. The passing of my uncle and other health problems (pain in my legs) were additional encouragement for me to continue with this detox, to start exercising, and to continue eating well.
The detox was a one month strict combination of reducing sugars, dairy, meat, carbs, and pretty much everything but vegetables, fruit, nuts, and brown rice. In addition I took a series of shakes and pills to attach and flush out any toxins that were in my body. After the month of this detox program my headaches were not any better, but physically I felt a lot better and I was loosing quite a bit of weight in the process.
I could not have stuck to this program without my wife. Having her support was vital for me completing this detox successfully. Our grocery list changed quite a bit and she helped prepare meals that we can both eat that are healthy and delicious.
Now that the detox program is over I am still being very restrictive of what foods I eat. I do eat some meat, but I try to limit it to organic beef, chicken, or turkey and wild fish. I still try not to eat sugars, dairy, or carbs. So, what do I eat and drink then? Here are some items that I enjoy...
- Humus with vegetables
- Guacamole with vegetables
- Raw cashews and cranberries or raisins
- Rice Cake with turkey and avocado
- Rice Cake with almond Butter
- Brown rice sushi
- Black been salad and Shish Kabobs
- Blueberries, almond Butter, and stevia
- Lime water with stevia
- Water with blueberries at the bottom
- Dandy Blend with stevia in place of coffee
- LÄRABAR for a snack
- Apple and almond butter
- Etc...
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As a developer who speaks regularly, I am finding it difficult to find things I can eat while I'm away from home. It seems everything is fried, has carbohydrates, or added sugar. I typically bring with me several snack baggies of nuts, dried fruit, and lara bars. I keep my pockets full of stevia packets just in case I need it while away from home.
If you know you are overweight and have been looking for a reason to change your life, I encourage you to start now. Maybe you can start by cutting out sugar drinks, cut out that late night snack, or start exercing in your home or at the gym. Whatever you do, please do something to take care of your body. Your family is counting on you to be alive.