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As a student whether you’re living in shared accommodation or student halls, it can be pretty confusing when figuring out if you are exempt from paying council tax or not. If you are a full time student, you’re most likely going to be exempt from paying council tax. If you live in a mixed house, with some people who work full-time, your house will need to pay a proportion of the council tax bill relevant to those that aren’t exempt.
We did the research so you don’t have to, to help you figure out if you’re eligible for a council tax student discount, an exemption from council tax, or whether you need to budget and pay for council tax.
You pay Council Tax to your local council for the services they provide to you.
Your council tax payments go towards funding things like schools, bin collections and street repairs to libraries, parks and leisure facilities. A proportion of this will also go towards our local police, fire and rescue services.
You can either pay your council tax on a monthly or annual basis, usually paid through your local council’s website.
Council Tax is calculated on a property based on two factors. Half is associated with the property itself. The other half reflects the occupants or owners of the property.
Your bill will usually show the names of the people the council believes are legally responsible to pay the bill. If these details are incorrect, give the council a quick call and keep them up to date on who lives with you.
Discounts can also be applied if someone lives on their own, and there are also discounts for those who aren’t viewed as ‘adults’ for council tax purposes (e.g. if you’re a student).
If you are a full time student in the UK, then you’ll be exempt from paying any council tax.
You classify as a full time student if, you guessed it, you’re enrolled in full time education at University. You’re a full time student if your course lasts either one academic year or one whole calendar year. You’re also a full time student if your course involves at least 21 hours of study, tuition, or work experience during one term.
It’s most likely your local council will ask you for proof of student status to secure your council tax exemption. You can get a council tax exemption form supplied by your university. Send this across to your local council following the contact details they provide you in your first bill. Once they process this, they’ll confirm your council tax exempt status.
Sometimes even if you are exempt from paying council tax, you may still receive a council tax bill. First off, don’t ignore the bill. Your local council is often not aware of who lives at your property, and if you are actually exempt. If you don’t let them know your exemption status, you might even be liable to pay a portion of the bill! If you’re still unsure, your best bet is to ring or email your council to update them on your student and exemption status.
As a postgrad student, it can be a bit more difficult to prove that you are still technically a full time student. Especially if you aren’t on campus or if you aren’t required to attend lectures. If your local council does not grant you an exemption, you can always get advice from your student’s union, or your university accommodation office.
If you are a full-time student and have to take time off from your course for unforeseen circumstances, as long as your course attendance has only been suspended, then you will still be classified as a student. This is because your stated intentions are to return to your studies, so you will still be viewed as a full time student. Therefore you are still exempt from paying council tax.
You might have to pay council tax if you have finished one course and you are waiting to start another. This is if your course is taking place within another academic year. This can be confusing, so it is always worth double checking with your university accommodation office, and your local council.
This is where things can get a bit confusing. If you live with someone who is not a full-time student, your property will not be fully exempt from council tax. But don’t worry, your property might qualify for a discount.
If you live with one other person who is in full time employment, but you yourself are a student, your property will be eligible for a 25% discount.
If you live with 2 or more people who have a full time job and aren’t in education, then you would not qualify for any council tax discounts. In this case, if you yourself are the full time student, you won’t have to pay anything, the council will only ask for council tax payments from those who are employed.
Even if you are exempt from paying council tax, it is always worth bearing in mind what will happen if you don’t pay your council tax. These things can also happen if you ignore the letters and don’t bother keeping the council up to date of your living situations.
It’s pretty serious if you ignore your council tax payments. If you miss your payment by two weeks, you’re going to receive reminders from your council. If you pay the outstanding bill within one week, then it will all be cleared.
However, if you’ve already been late with your council tax payments three other times, you’ll likely receive a ‘final notice’ letter from your council. This will usually state that you have to pay all your council tax for the year, within seven days. If you do not pay within the time given, the council are within their rights to call for the services of a private debt collection company or court order to recover any debts. If you’re really not complying with their requirements, it’s possible to receive a prison sentence from lack of council tax payments.
It goes without saying, it’s important that you sort your council tax out, and don’t swerve any payments.
It’s always a stress figuring out what you need to pay for, and if you even need to pay anything at all when it comes to council tax. We hope this helped and you learned a bit more about how to navigate the all too grown up world of council tax.
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16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
For Advent and Christmastide we are continuing our tradition of preaching through the psalms. So let us review once again why this is a fitting tradition. Why should we devote considerable time and attention to the psalms? In our day, various ideologies have divorced Christians from the OT. Consequently, Psalm singing has fallen on hard times, especially among Protestants. So as we recover this practice, let us consider the foundation Paul lays in our text today.
First, Paul identifies the content of our worship. We are to let the word of Christ, Christ’s own word, dwell in us richly. Jesus speaks to us today; He is calling today. But where? Paul tells us: He speaks in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. In the Greek translation of the OT, these labels correspond to the various types of songs found in the book of psalms. Paul’s categories of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs are, in other words, different ways of directing us to one book, the book of Psalms. It contains psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs which we are to sing. Why? Because they are the Word of Christ – Christ’s own words to us. When we sing the Psalms to one another, we hear Christ speaking to us in and through the voices of our brethren.
Second, Paul identifies the function of our worship. We are to teach one another and admonish one another. First, we teach one another. When we sing the psalms to one another, we expand our knowledge of God and our awareness of His work in the world. We teach one another of His righteousness, His mercy, His wrath, His love, His patience, His judgments, etc. The psalms force us to reckon with ways in which our own thinking differs from God’s thinking. When we sing a psalm and find ourselves disagreeing with its words, the problem is not with the psalm but with us. Consequently, we not only teach one another as we sing, we also admonish one another. We correct erroneous thoughts, summon one another to trust the Lord more fully, rebuke one another’s complacency, immorality, greed, idolatry, and deceitfulness. As we sing the psalms, we teach and admonish one another.
Third, Paul identifies the motive of our worship. We are to sing with grace in our hearts. True worship emerges from a heart that has been transformed by the grace of God. By nature, we are all sinners; we have hearts of stone, hearts that love neither God nor neighbor rightly. When God delivers us from our sinfulness by His grace, He changes our hearts of stone into hearts of flesh; He makes us true worshipers. By His grace, He transforms our loves and enables us to sing truly. While any sinner can sing the psalms with his lips; only a true worshiper, by grace, can join heart and lips together in song.
Finally, Paul identifies the object of our worship. We are to sing with grace in our hearts to the Lord. The Lord is the object of our worship. He alone is worthy of praise, thanksgiving, and honor. He has created us and not we ourselves; He has redeemed us through the precious blood of His Son Jesus. He has sent His Spirit to empower us to walk in newness of life. So we are to thank and praise Him, to sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to Him, for He is worthy of praise.
So reminded that we are to sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs that we might teach and admonish one another as we worship the Lord, we must confess that much of the church has abandoned the psalms in favor of songs that do not teach and admonish. We often speak to one another our own words rather than the words of Christ. But even when we do speak the words of Christ to one another, even when we sing the psalms, we often fail to learn from our brethren, we often fail to correct ourselves.

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Torrington Board of Education evaluates proposed budget structure
TORRINGTON >> The Board of Education plans to take a hard look at the efficacy of an administrative restructuring Superintendent Cheryl Kloczko pushed hard for last year to see whether the school district is getting enough “bang for its buck.”
The school district has seven building-level administrators, including a director of secondary education, said Chris Rovero, chairman of the budget committee. He said it’s two more than the district had before the reshuffling.
In the interim, Kloczko will put together a report to quantify the effectiveness of the additional administrators before she ultimately presents a proposed budget in mid-March.
District officials, in the coming weeks, plan to generate a “red list” of proposed cuts.
For Wednesday night’s purposes, the meeting was effectively an opportunity for school administrators to justify requests included in a district wish list that accompanied the board packet.
Rovero said he wanted to involve school administrators earlier in the process to lessen negotiations in slashing the district’s $73 million proposed budget, which represents a 5.5 increase from the current year’s $69.2 million spending plan.
“I’m trying to do it a little bit differently this year,” Rovero said. “I wanted to bring the administrative team on board earlier. The goal was to cut down on that back and forth.”
Few concrete cuts were discussed at Wednesday’s meeting, although athletic director Mike McKenna made an impassioned defense to have more than $60,000 in proposed cuts to middle school athletics put back in the budget. A few board members, including board vice chairwoman Fiona Cappabianca, openly supported the idea.
The board discussed supplementing cuts to the middle school program by making intramurals more “robust.” Most school have intramurals and middle school athletics, and McKenna said 225 kids of nearly 1,200 students enrolled in the middle school participate in athletics.
McKenna said 17 of 22 of Torrington’s coaches are certified teachers, making it a more “educationally-based” athletic program. City league coaches are more concerned about wins and losses, he said.
Eric Baim, director of secondary education, said enrollment would dip with students leaving for private and parochial schools with athletics.
“It’s the link,” Baim said. “You’re talking dropout rate. Your talking failure. And then I have to come before you guys.”
“It’s going to be public outcry,” he said. “We do this to ourselves every year.”
Board chairman Ken Traub asked for latitude to establish a method, through advertising or fundraising, to make money for athletics. A revision to the city’s charter would likely be needed in order to put the money, specifically earmarked for athletics, into a untouchable city-designated fund, so athletics aren’t “fodder for budgetary debate,” Mayor Elinor Carbone said.
“We’re all fighting for the same dollar,” Traub said.
Other items discussed included requests for a teacher at Torringford to ease classroom sizes, an English as a second language teacher; a secretary and an in-school suspension coordinator at Torrington High School.
Baim said an in-school suspension coordinator, which is budgeted for $42,000, is vital and would alleviate the need for teachers to cover that duty. As it stands, teachers rotate periods to supervise students.
“I don’t think the teachers enjoy doing it,” Baim said, adding the school district has lost nearly 900 hours of instruction time dealing with students assigned in-school suspensions.
District officials also discussed the merits of adding a life skills teacher at Torrington High School to compensate for a slight increase in classroom sizes next year, from a 17-to-1 students-to-teacher ratio to 18-to-1.
“I’m having a tough time believing this can’t be absorb by reshuffling the duties of some people,” Cappabianca said. “I think we have to look at every last resort before we add additional staff.”
Rovero wasn’t comfortable adding two special education teachers, despite the expectation that the school district will have 200 special education students at the middle school level next year. The current setup is stepped, with four special education teachers for sixth grade, and three each for seventh and eighth.
Traub proposed adding one special education teacher, who would split time between seventh and eighth grade classes.
“We are making it by,” Rovero said. “We have been doing it.”
The board could see nearly $80,000 added to its instructional supplies line item, Rovero said, if it finances the cost of new band instruments.
If made as a one-time payment, the instruments would cost about $109,000 after more than $112,000 in rebates. If financed over multiple years, it could cost the board an additional $20,000 in interest alone, or nearly $130,000.
Reach Isaac Avilucea at 860-489-3121 ext. 324.


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Halle Berry Case: Gabriel Aubry To Take Anger Management Classes?
We're told DCFS recommended that Gabriel take anger management classes and our sources say he agreed to enroll.
As one law enforcement source told us who is connected to the case, "Gabriel has a little bit of a temper, but the good news is that he realizes it."
The recommendation stems from an incident earlier this month in which Gabriel allegedly pushed the nanny while she was holding Nahla. Our sources say Gabriel told social workers he never touched the nanny and she was making the story up to curry favor with Halle.
Our sources say DCFS is not making any recommendations on changing the custody arrangement. That will be left to the judge on Monday morning ... when Halle and Gabriel square off
As we first reported ... there's also a criminal investigation focusing on child endangerment and battery. Our law enforcement sources tell us they are confident Gabriel will NOT be prosecuted because it's a "he said she said" case. We're told the matter will be referred to the L.A. City Attorney next week but it's expected the Office will decline to prosecute. more on this story
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Microglia: the brain’s thrill-seekers
Researchers have identified that microglia differ in males and females, with regard to over 1,000 genes and 300 – 400 proteins…
Researchers have reported that microglia differ in male and female mice.
As the immune cells of the central nervous system, microglia ‘watch’ over the brain’s mental health all the time, a little like tiny bodyguards.
If the cells identify invading pathogens or injury they travel to the area of damage and attempt to ‘save’ what they can. The researchers have found that this action varies depending on the sex of the mouse.
“We were really surprised to find so many differences between the microglia of male and female mice,” said Dr Susanne Wolf, senior author of the study and researcher in the Cellular Neurosciences Lab at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in Berlin.
Dr Wolf, along with scientists from Universitätsmedizin Berlin and a group of researchers from Warsaw, conducted a study on the structure and function of microglia. They used brain slices and isolated cells from both male and female mice.
“It turns out that the brains of male mice have more microglia,” said Dr Wolf. She also explained how the cell bodies of male immune cells are larger than those found in females.
The team identified over 1,000 genes and 300 – 400 proteins that are regulated differently according to the sex of the mouse. Many of these proteins, such as those involved in the production of defence molecules, were found to be more active in male microglia.
“The microglia of male animals seem to be permanently at attention, ready to strike and keep order,” added Dr Wolf, explaining how the tests showed higher voltage levels in the membranes of male cells.
The researchers also treated microglia with ATP, which is usually released when the brain suffers an injury.
“We discovered that male cells respond much more robustly to ATP than their female counterparts – a response that includes higher ion currents and increased production of certain proteins, among other things,” Dr Wolf said.
“In the female cells, proteins and genes responsible for protecting cells, such as DNA repair genes, are more active,” Dr Wolf added. “In the male cells, on the other hand, we see increased activity of genes involved in initiating programmed cell death.”
Another recent study supports these findings, where male microglia have a ‘thrill-seeking’ nature, one which may not always benefit them.
“The Italian researchers were able to show that the cells of male mice had a harder time dealing with an experimentally induced stroke than the microglia of female mice,” reported Dr Wolf. “But when female microglial cells were implanted in the brains of male mice, the effects of vascular obstruction were less severe in these rodents.”
Previous reports have criticised researchers for only using male animals during in vivo tests, arguing that results could be distorted. This study shows sex-specific differences, which can also be seen in the frequency of other neurological disorders. Autism, for example, is approximately four times more prevalent in boys than girls.
“The differences are there, but are not yet sufficiently taken into account when treating patients,” said Dr Wolf.
The researchers hope that their study will help to change this.
The study was published in the journal Cell Reports.

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Homeowner and plumbing sales professional Scott Wright replaced a faulty above-floor macerating pump toilet from a competing brand with a heavy-duty Saniflo Sanibest Pro to fix his flooded basement without the hassles and expense of ripping up concrete.
WADENA, MINNESOTA — Scott Wright of Goodin Company, a wholesaler-distributor of plumbing, HVAC, and pump and well products, recently needed a solution for his basement bathroom after a macerating pump toilet from a competitor based out of upstate New York flooded not only the bath but also a bedroom.
According to Wright, his previous macerating system had several problems besides constantly backing up. “We had issues with the pump constantly not shutting off,” he says. “The grinding was deafening!”
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Because his basement lacked traditional, below-floor plumbing drainage, Wright knew he needed to find an above-floor grinder pump toilet that addressed these concerns while accommodating heavy usage.
Having worked in plumbing sales for 15 years, Wright was well-versed in his options for above-floor plumbing products. As a result, Wright selected a heavy-duty grinder pump from SFA Saniflo for his basement project.
“I have kids, and they constantly have friends over to hang out,” says Wright. “I wanted something that could handle constant use and grind anything they may flush down, like feminine products,” he explains.
Unwilling to live through the same ugly issues he experienced with his previous, above-floor toilet, Wright knew he’d have to switch suppliers to find a quality, robust system that he and his family could rely on.
Product Profile: Sanibest Pro
The Sanibest Pro is used to install a complete bathroom up to 25 feet below the sewer line or up to 150-feet away from the soil stack. This one-horsepower pump system contains three inlets to handle drainage for a full bathroom: toilet, sink, and tub-shower.
Aside from the 4-inch inlet for toilet connection, a 2-inch inlet on either side of the unit easily connects to the other sanitary fixtures to drain greywater. The top of the unit houses a 1.5-inch vent port and .75-inch discharge connection. A service panel, also on top of the pump, allows for easy access to all components inside.
The grinder pump connects to a toilet equipped with a horizontal rear discharge spigot, and the toilet tank connects to the water supply. The pump connects to the small-diameter discharge pipework, the sewer vent, and the electrical supply.
To ensure his basement bathroom could withstand the heavy traffic his children brought home, Wright chose a Sanibest Pro wastewater grinder pump toilet. “I explained my situation to a regional rep, and he recommended the Sanibest Pro.”
Because Wright’s basement bathroom already used an above-floor grinder pump from a competing brand, he did not have to undertake an extensive renovation. According to Wright, he only needed to order the proper fittings and repatch several holes from the previous pump and toilet.
From there, Wright decided where he wanted the pump to sit. Then, he attached the Saniflo rear-discharge toilet to the gasket, ensuring they were all set before mounting the bowl to the floor. Using 1-inch piping, Wright tied the discharge pipe at the top of the grinder pump to the main sanitary sewer line.
He then connected the Sanibest Pro to the water supply line, and it was ready to go.
According to Wright, the entire toilet replacement was totally straightforward. With the assistance of Doug’s Plumbing Services, Wright felt comfortable installing the unit himself.
“Once we purchased the correct fittings and adapters, installing the Sanibest Pro was seamless,” he says. “I received it on a Wednesday and started the installation that Saturday. I had it running within an hour,” he says.
The product’s user-friendliness strongly appeals to Wright, but he is even more excited that his new Sanibest Pro has resolved all the noise and flooding issues from the previous, faulty above-floor grinder. His new Sanibest Pro works very well, says Wright, explaining:
“It flushes better, it cleans the bowl better, and it’s not as bulky as the previous unit. The other day, even my son noticed it’s much quieter than the one we had before.”
ABOUT SANIFLO SFA SANIFLO NORTH AMERICA – whose France-based parent company, SFA Group, originated macerating plumbing technology — offers a complete line of waste and drainage pumping systems for residential, commercial and industrial applications. SFA Saniflo developed its innovative, “above-floor plumbing” technology 65 years ago and has led its commercialization worldwide. Today, the company markets macerating technology through 27 subsidiaries doing business in more than 70 countries and has sold more than eight million units worldwide since 1958. SFA Saniflo markets through independent sales agents throughout North America, and the product line is currently available at distributor and dealer locations throughout the continent.
For more information, contact SFA Saniflo USA at 1-800-571-8191, or visit the website at Saniflo.com. To contact SFA Saniflo Canada, dial 1-800-363-5874, or visit Saniflo.ca.
For editorial assistance, contact Madelyn Young ([email protected]) c/o GreenHouse Digital + PR: 708-428-6385.
To ensure his basement bathroom could withstand the heavy traffic his children brought home, Wright chose a Sanibest Pro wastewater grinder pump toilet. The Sanibest Pro is best for heavy-duty applications.
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Due to Wright’s basement bathroom using an above-floor macerating pump from a competing brand, he did not have to undertake an extensive renovation. As a result, Wright only needed to order the proper fittings and repatch several holes from the previous pump and toilet.


Ambrosia’s Burleigh Drummond
The whole thing about Ambrosia is that we play for the song. Even our prog stuff was based around the song; it wasn’t notes for notes’ sake.
In some ways, Ambrosia’s track record as a prog-rock band is like no other in the music business.
By incorporating melodic, catchy pop hooks into a technically demanding musical approach, the California group from the classic rock era racked up five Top 40 hits from July 1975 to August 1980, scoring two No. 3 hits with “How Much I Feel” and “Biggest Part of Me.”
In West Michigan, the band’s early success can be traced to directly to one disc jockey: WLAV-FM’s Aris Hampers, who discovered an unlabeled test pressing of Ambrosia’s first album and started playing tracks regularly on the air in 1975 because he was so captivated by what he heard.
While the band has released only five studio albums – with individual members immersing themselves in other projects over the years (for instance, bassist-singer Joe Puerta was a founding member of Bruce Hornsby & The Range) – the group continues to tour and record, with a long-awaited new album in the works. The core of the band features three original members – Puerta, drummer Burleigh Drummond and keyboard player Christopher North – along with guitarist Doug Jackson and singer/multi-instrumentalist Rick Cowling.
Although its mainstream popularity waned long ago, the group’s fan base remains remarkably devoted, with many embracing Ambrosia’s prog-rock prowess and others getting nostalgic for its pop hits. An outdoor Grand Rapids show in 2010 drew thousands of fans downtown and the band recently returned to Grand Rapids for Hampers’ 63rd birthday bash, drawing hundreds of longtime fans to The Intersection for a performance that combined their hits, deeper tracks and some new material. (View video snippets of that show below.)
I recently chatted with Drummond, a successful producer in his own right who’s part of the pop/prog/rock/blues band Tin Drum with his wife, Mary Harris. He also tours and performs regularly with blues-roots music artist Mighty Mo Rodgers, and produced Rodgers’ latest album, “Cadillac Jack.”
Q: So was it an honor to come back to Grand Rapids to play Aris Hampers’ “birthday bash” because he was such an early supporter of Ambrosia?
A: Absolutely. … Without people like him, well, really the best things in life that get attention or are savored by people, it’s still word of mouth. That’s what people believe the most. That kind of promotion or influence is still even today invaluable. It’s the truest kind, it’s coming from the heart. He’s a nice guy.
We’ll do some things we haven’t done live in a while. We’ll lean a little more toward the proggy side because we’ve worked up three or four tunes we haven’t done regularly and definitely not on the East Coast very much. We’re excited about that. We keep having to throw in some of the reworked old stuff and throw in a couple of new tunes for our sake.
Q: You’ve clearly got a lot of fans here in West Michigan. The outdoor show in 2010 drew such a huge crowd downtown.
A: It was a good one. I mean, every gig we do I treasure now. I think we appreciate it and enjoy it now more than we ever have because you see it in perspective, and it’s an honor to go out and play.
Q: When I interviewed you two years ago, you guys had just started work on a new studio album. What’s the status of that project?
A: We’re in the middle of tracking now. In fact, this (Grand Rapids show) is one of our last dates before we take more of a break to really concentrate on the recording side of it. It’s hard for us to be doing weekend dates and trying to record at the same time. Everybody has their own studio and we’re producing 10 different people at the same time. We have to carve out some time to dedicate to Ambrosia, which is one of the main things we want to do. We’re really excited about it. There’s probably about six songs written and hundreds of bits and pieces that need to be flushed out. We’re trying to leave some room for spontaneous combustion to happen. We want to do some writing in the studio when we work off of grooves – kind of like the old days when we just used to jam and take a piece here and a piece there.
Q: What’s the stylistic nature of the new recording?
A: It will have a sampling of everything, from proggy to basic, good old songwriting. The whole thing about Ambrosia is that we play for the song. Even our prog stuff was based around the song; it wasn’t notes for notes’ sake. We’re pretty much a song-, melody-based band even in our wildest, proggy things. We always had a song with a melody and story, so those are kind of conditional for us.
Q: How many dates does Ambrosia play every year?
A: We did 60 last year, probably less this year because we want to concentrate on recording. Next year, we’ll do more. We’re trying to refine our show a little more, too, moving into performing arts centers and trucking in our own lighting. We still feel like we haven’t taken the full Ambrosia show on the road, doing “Danse With Me George” (a nearly eight-minute tune from 1976’s “Somewhere I’ve Never Travelled”) and the elaborate pieces … and doing orchestral dates. We really want to move into that place where we feel like we put on our ultimate show.
Q: What other projects are you involved with these days?
A: I just finished producing Mighty Mo Rodgers, a blues/Americana artist. He’s the real deal. I’ve never played for such a profound artist. I tour Europe twice a year with him and finally got to produce one of his albums. The guy’s just profound. He’s taught me more about history and why so many music forms have come into existence and how they came about. He could do a blues festival and teach a master’s class at the university the same day.
I’m also in a band with my wife called Tin Drum. We’ve put out three CDs. And I’m working on a million bits and pieces. For me, the problem is that I have a drum set up. I’m supposed to be writing and I see the drum set, and once I see the drum set, it’s all over. I used to have it set up in my bedroom growing up and I’d be lying in bed thinking about the drums. It’s just a lifelong fixation. It’s an obsession, fixation, frustration, joy. I look at a drum set and I start sweating.
Q: Speaking of sweating, you’ve said before that Ambrosia’s music may be catchy and have a pop flavor, but it’s also challenging to perform.
A: Three of us in the group have been together 42 years and you still can’t phone it in. You can’t be daydreaming, or forget it. The music after all these years is still challenging enough that you have to be there. I guess that speaks a lot about the music. It’s still challenging. There are still some songs that I’m still trying to find a better way to play it or the best way to play it or to improve how to play it. It’s this never-ending thing. I’m never 100-percent satisfied.
Q: It seems like Ambrosia’s music has an enduring quality, even though the band has released so few albums over the years.
A: I think we’re just starting a whole new chapter of Ambrosia, to be honest. There’s some legal stuff we had to get through and we had to try to find the right agent. We’re just coming to the end of all that. It’s opening up to a really nice period for Ambrosia.


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The government is expected to announce ramped up Covid-19 measures in Cheshire today.
Sources say Health Secretary Matt Hancock is expected to make an announcement on the new measures this afternoon (June 14).
Last week, sources told CheshireLive that both authorities were set to become Enhanced Response Areas, with an announcement expected towards the end of the week, however, this this then pushed back until today (June 14).
Both authorities have seen a rising number of cases of the highly transmissible Delta (Indian) variant in recent weeks.
The move could see further measures put into place to combat the variant, which is largely driving the surge.
Cheshire wouldn't be the first borough facing further measures to combat the Delta variant, with Greater Manchester and Lancashire already facing additional measures.
In these areas, increased support has included:
- Specialist Surge Rapid Response Teams: these can be deployed to support local authorities with logistics, planning and workforce to support measures such as testing, door-to-door visits to engage with residents
- Military support to help local areas with testing, door-to-door community engagement, planning and logistics with decisions made based on local needs, including support from the nationally funded Military Aid to the Civil Authority (MACA)
- Supervised in-school testing
- Wastewater testing samples prioritised for sequencing
- Specialist communications support to increase awareness and focus engagement with disadvantaged groups
- Maximising vaccine uptake by expanding existing assets, developing new capacity and increasing local and targeted communications
- Supervised in-school testing and discretion to reintroduce face coverings in communal areas in schools if directors of public health decide it is appropriate
- Surge testing and enhanced contact tracing
- Enhanced monitoring (genomic sequencing, genotype assay testing)
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It is expected that Cheshire West and Chester, along with Cheshire East, could face similar guidance and measures.
Another announcement is expected from the Prime Minister, who is set to extend the easing of restrictions by four weeks.
Boris Johnson is set to hold a news conference at 6pm this evening to tell the public that the lifting of all restrictions, expected on June 21, will be pushed back by 28 days.
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The astrogeographical position of Tripoli. Transits of the outer planets in relation to the capital, government and center of the national morphic field of Libya.
Astrogeographical positions of capitals: African Union + Capitals. Ankara, Asian Capitals, Athens, Bagdad, Bangkok, Beijing, Berlin (en), (Berlin (dt), Bern, Cairo, Canberra, Caracas, Copenhagen and Nuuk, Damascus, EU & European Capitals, Hongkong, lslamabad, Jakarta, Jerusalem, Kiew, Kabul, Lhasa, Lima, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Moscow, New Delhi, Ottawa, Paris, Prague, Pyongyang, Riyadh, Rome, Seoul, Stockholm, South American Nations, Tehran, The Hague, Tripoli, Tokyo, UNASUR, United Nations, Vienna, Warsaw, Washington, Wellington,
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The astrogeographical position of Tripoli
Astrogeographical position of the City of Tripoli for morphogenetic field level 1 which describes the international, supra-regional resonance of the capital of Libya concerning its government, politics and the center of the national morphic field: the resonance coordinates of Tripolis are 9°Cancer and 21°Capricorn. The intense resonance with Bagdad (10°Capricorn – 22°Cancer) and Berlin (10°Cancer), is fascinating.
The Natal or Foundation charts for Libya
The Formal Independence with Uranus conjunct and Neptune square to Tripolis
The Libyan independence of 1951 was a consequence of the Italian-German defeat in 1943 – which had forced Italy to give up its colony.
The independence of Libya was achieved as consequence of the transit of Uranus the planet of globalization conjunct the 9°Cancer resonance coordinate of the Libyan capital Tripoli. Neptune the planetary indicator of territorial instability was at 21°Libra in an exact square to the 21°Capricorn resonance coordinate pointing at the improbability of an independent, stable government and political system in the years to come.
The Gaddafi Era between 3 September 1969 – 20 October 2011
The 1969 Libyan coup d’ Etat, also known as the al-Fateh Revolution or the 1 September Revolution, was carried out by the Free Officers Movement, a group of military officers led by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, which led to the overthrow of King Idris I.
The Coup d Etat of 1969 was carried out during a Mercury-Jupiter conjunction – a constellation of clever performance and preparation between 5° and 8° Libra approaching the exact square to the 9° Cancer resonance coordinate of Tripoli in a constellation that might explain the quick, easy and comparatively “peaceful” military Coup d Etat. The absence of direct transits of the outer planets could explain that the coup apparently faced no resistance from the supporters of King Idris I..The Coup came in the wake of the Uranus transit conjunct the 9° Cancer resonance coordinate of Tripoli explaining that the “revolutionary idealism”, innovative ideals and the aim of self-liberation of Libya and its oil resources from foreign control are to be examined as part of a global development and of the influence of foreign.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an umbrella term that is often used as a “catch-all” phrase attributed to many forms of therapy. For example, many traditional talk therapists will state that they utilize CBT as their primary treatment model. But what does CBT mean really?
At its core, CBT is a short-term and goal-oriented treatment involving techniques that focus on changing unhelpful behaviors and thoughts, with a heavy focus on practicing skills in between sessions as “homework.” One of the core foundational principles of CBT is that the way we think and feel impacts how we respond or behave, so it helps the people seeking treatment take a non-judgmental view of their thoughts. In other words, CBT’s approach is that if we can change the way we think about something, we can change the way it makes us feel. Through awareness of these patterns of thinking, we can make the necessary changes in our lives to function more effectively.
What’s important to note here is that CBT is not a singular therapy, but rather multiple therapies. CBT is a broad term that basically indicates that a therapist works with the understanding of (or that the intervention directly targets) the relationship among behaviors thoughts, and emotions. Due to that, a therapist who says they practice CBT may also be referencing their general approach to treatment, perhaps using related interventions such as challenging thoughts, providing encouragement, and processing events. In these cases, the therapist may not be using evidence-based treatments, but rather may be providing unstructured therapy that allows the client to guide the session–this can be detrimental in the treatment of some conditions, like OCD.
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Some of the more popularly used CBT treatments include the following:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): This is an action-oriented form of treatment in which the therapist guides the patient to accept instead of avoiding feelings and situations that are distressing and often uncontrollable. By accepting these things and committing to changing one’s behavior, one can continue to move towards valued life activities. ACT teaches that despite how a person feels in the moment, they can still choose to behave based on what they value in the long term. Mindfulness is also a key component in ACT: This helps with accepting problems as they arise without feeling the need to intervene or take control. It is also about giving yourself compassion, especially concerning one’s relationship with difficult experiences.
Motivational Interviewing (MI): This type of treatment is often utilized in the early stages of therapy. The goal of MI is to assist the individual in developing awareness of ambivalence surrounding areas of behaviors that have been hard to change. This is often used to help the person get to a place where they are more ready to participate in a structured form of therapy. Behaviors that are practiced for long periods can be incredibly difficult to change. Through acknowledging and addressing barriers to change, one can become more ready to face the challenges of change.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT): This treatment focuses on the development of core skills that include emotion regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and stress reduction. DBT also works to reduce self-destructive behaviors. When someone is experiencing intense emotional distress, it can be hard to remain in the moment. Mindfulness skills can help a person stay grounded during times of deep emotional turmoil. By pausing and paying attention to one’s surroundings and senses, an individual can slow down and be present in the moment. By remaining non-judgemental about the experience, and not engaging in automatic negative thinking and behavior patterns, individuals learn to use healthy coping skills.
Distress tolerance in DBT involves the acceptance of who one is, as well as acceptance of one’s experience. Distraction, self-soothing behaviors, and seeing things from a more positive outlook can help a person who is struggling to remain in control of situations as they arise. Another key component of DBT is interpersonal effectiveness. DBT teaches skills to help people be assertive and get their needs met in relationships. DBT also teaches skills of emotional regulation by helping a person to channel their emotions in a manner through learning to accurately identify their feelings and tolerate them. Through acceptance and change, people can begin to respond differently to their experiences.
Behavioral Activation: This can be a stand-alone treatment or is sometimes labeled as a skill of CBT. Behavioral activation is based on the belief that action precedes emotion; in other words, how you act will determine how you feel. This is a very effective treatment for depression. Through increasing positive reinforcement of behaviors, we can increase the probability of that behavior continuing. By learning to replace negative behaviors with more positive ones, a person can reduce feelings of depression.
The treatments for OCD and related conditions are specialized forms of CBT
Specialists trained in OCD treatment will not provide traditional “talk therapy,” as it can be unstructured, ritualistic, and does not include an emphasis on behavioral change, which is central to OCD recovery. Rather, they should be practicing very distinct types of CBT that were designed and work specifically for OCD and related disorders, such as hoarding disorder, tic disorders, and body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs).
At NOCD, we focus on these forms of evidence-based therapy:
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP): A specific type of CBT intervention used to treat OCD, and considered the gold standard treatment for OCD. ERP is a specialized treatment that has been clinically proven to work in treating OCD. Exposures involve exposing oneself to the thoughts, images, triggers, situations, objects, or urges that evoke anxiety and distress. These often surround the intrusive thoughts that someone is experiencing. Response prevention refers to not engaging in the compulsions that are typically done in response to the anxiety and distress that comes from obsessions. Sometimes these compulsions are mental, meaning they cannot be seen by someone else, but they are happening in the mind of individuals with OCD. Other compulsions may be physical or noticeable by others.
One of the most important parts of ERP treatment is helping the person not to engage in the typical rituals, and to instead not respond to unwanted thoughts, images, or urges. This process of being triggered and then resisting the urge to complete a compulsion works to help the person learn that they can tolerate distress. It provides long-term relief of symptoms versus the short-term anxiety relief of completing a compulsion. This process also allows the brain to learn that the thoughts are not actually threats or dangerous; they are just thoughts.
Habit Reversal Training (HRT): This is an effective form of treatment that is often used to treat Trichollotomania (hair pulling), excoriation disorder or Dermatillomania (skin picking), and other BFRBs. HRT is also an effective treatment for tic disorders, such as Tourette’s disorder. HRT works first by providing awareness training, allowing the individual to become more in tune with when, where, and how a particular behavior impacts them. By noticing the thoughts or situations that lead to the behavior, we can better predict when it will occur in the future. This is important for the prevention of the behaviors.
Once the person has developed a good sense of when these behaviors are more likely to occur, they are guided in developing a competing response. A competing response is an action that prevents the undesired behavior. Individuals are then tasked with practicing the competing response outside of sessions. Motivation to continue using the competing response is also worked on, encouraging the individual to remember why they stopped the original behavior in the first place. Then the individual begins to generalize the new behaviors into their daily life for long-term success. The involvement of a person’s support network is also another critical component of HRT.
Is ERP the same as CBT?
What can be confusing is that you might see the term CBT thrown around in reference to ERP and wonder if they’re interchangeable terms. After all, CBT treatments involve working with a therapist to address and change both thinking and behavioral patterns, making it a popular form of psychotherapy designed to help people learn how to cope with problems in order to reduce—or eliminate—symptoms. However, while these terms are related, ERP and CBT aren’t the same thing. That’s why it’s not enough to seek treatment for OCD from a therapist who says they treat OCD with CBT.
Remember that CBT is an umbrella term that houses several different therapy types. As we’ve reviewed, there are various specific forms of CBT that work best from patient to patient, and ERP is one type of cognitive behavioral therapy. It’s like CBT is ice cream and ERP is the flavor mint chocolate chip; it’s a type of behavioral therapy that often works best in treating OCD.
While other forms of CBT can be helpful in some ways when treating someone with OCD—as can medication options like serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs)—the type of CBT treatment offered can vary widely from provider to provider. For example, while you might find a therapist who practices CBT, they might not have experience with ERP, meaning that even if they’re a wonderful and experienced therapist, they might not be able to provide the best treatment option for you.
If you or someone you love is seeking a provider for OCD treatment, we highly recommend looking for someone who is familiar with CBT as a whole but is trained in ERP as a specialty.
Why does the type of treatment matter?
You may be asking yourself why the form of treatment you seek is so important. It is important because as professionals, we determine a diagnosis based on a set of symptoms. These symptoms can cause people high levels of distress and an inability to function. We use diagnoses to guide the specific treatment that will be provided. We want to ensure that people get the best care possible so they can be successful and improve their quality of life.
It is not that therapies like talk therapy are bad; in fact, they can be extremely helpful for some specific problems. But unfortunately, talk therapy is not the treatment that is most effective for OCD or BFRBs, and getting the wrong treatment can even be harmful for OCD and can ultimately make things worse.
Additionally, while a person with OCD should be treated with ERP, it can be helpful for facets of other therapies to be incorporated into a personalized treatment plan, depending on their specific needs, comorbidities, and goals. Often, therapists will take elements from more than one form of treatment and interweave them in a way that makes sense for the individual. Each person presents with different needs, so having an individualized treatment plan will work to address these varying concerns. However, it is very important to remember that OCD is best treated with ERP, the evidence-based OCD treatment of choice. Finding a provider who specializes in ERP will always be most important for the long-term management of the disorder.
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Lionel Perez says mayor "acted in a reckless and irresponsible manner" by announcing the park before attempting to settle with developers.
Mayor Valérie Plante came out swinging Tuesday after the opposition pummelled her in council about a threatened lawsuit over her plan to create a vast urban park in western Pierrefonds.
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In June 2015, former mayor Denis Coderre announced that the housing project could go ahead on 180 hectares of the developers’ land, as long as the developer donated an adjacent 180 hectares for the conservation area. But Plante announced last week that she would make good on an election promise to save the entire green space.
Perez said the legal notice contains “grave allegations” and that if it goes ahead, Montreal taxpayers will be on the hook for legal costs.
“She hasn’t negotiated with the owners, she hasn’t sat down with them, she has no idea as to how much it’s going to cost,” he said.
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Venom peptides have been heralded as a promising source of drug candidates to treat a range of conditions, including cancer. Chlorotoxin, a peptide found in scorpion venom, has been trialled as a cancer imaging agent, based on its selective binding to tumour cells.
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I owe a lot to this Cooking Light fresh coconut cake recipe. After all, it marks the start of my relationship with Kevin.
For my mom’s birthday on March 20 in 2010, I decided to try this recipe. I’d never made anything that involved a real, whole coconut, and was interested to give it a go. The cake turned out great. It was light, fluffy, and — true to its name — tasted like fresh coconut. (There was a good bit of effort involved, but the final result made the effort very worth it.)
I took the leftover cake into work the next day (I was interning at Paste Magazine at the time) and later that afternoon received an email from my future husband letting me know that he’d enjoyed the sweet treat.
A year and a half later, we served coconut cake as our groom’s cake for our wedding.
So see what I mean? This recipe is kind of a big deal for me. I felt like our first anniversary (today!) would be an ideal occasion to make it for the second time, so that was my project last night. (Plus, we threw out our saved wedding cake topper a couple of months ago because we ran out of room in the freezer/it had caught a bad case of freezer burn, so we needed something celebratory to eat today.)
One very helpful tip while making this cake is how to easily open a coconut:
1. Poke three holes in the eyes of the coconut (an ice pick or nail works well for this task). Pour the water into a measuring cup.
2. Put the coconut in a 350-degree oven for 25-30 minutes. Wrap the coconut in a towel and bang it on a hard surface (I recommend a brick walkway or patio, or you can hit it with a hammer).
3. Separate the flesh from the shell. It should pop out easily, but you might need to use a knife to help certain spots of flesh come loose.
4. Use a vegetable peeler to shave the coconut before toasting.
If you’re interested in recreating this deliciousness in your own kitchen, here’s the recipe:
Ingredients (for cake)
- 1 tablespoon cake flour
- 3 cups sifted cake flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 3/4 cups sugar, divided
- 2/3 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup warm coconut water (from one small, brown coconut)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 6 large egg whites
- Wax paper
Ingredients (for frosting)
- 4 large egg whites
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups shaved coconut, toasted
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Lightly coat two 9-inch round cake pans with cooking spray, and line bottom of pans with wax paper. Lightly coat wax paper with cooking spray and dust pans with 1 tablespoon flour.
- Combine about 3 cups flour, baking powder, and salt with a whisk. Place 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons sugar and butter in a large bowl and beat with a mixer at medium speed for 2 1/2 minutes or until well blended.
- Add flour mixture and coconut water alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, beat 6 egg whites on high speed until foamy using clean, dry beaters. Add remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form (do not over beat).
- Carefully fold egg whites into batter and pour batter into prepared pans. Bake at 350° for 18 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool in pans 10 minutes on wire racks; remove from pans. Discard wax paper. Cool completely on wire racks.
- To prepare frosting, combine 4 egg whites, cream of tartar, and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a large bowl and beat with a mixer at high speed until foamy.
- Add 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form. Combine remaining 1 1/4 cups sugar and 1/4 cup water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook, without stirring, until candy thermometer registers 250°.
- With mixer on low speed, pour hot sugar syrup in a thin stream over egg whites. Gradually increase speed to high, beating 8 minutes or until thick and cool. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla.
- Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate and spread with 1 cup frosting. Top with another cake layer. Repeat procedure with 1 cup frosting and remaining cake layer, ending with cake layer on top. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake.
- Gently press toasted coconut onto top and sides of cake. Store cake loosely covered in refrigerator.
Happy Anniversary, Kevin!

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I have some recipes that I want to share - actually the recipes were demanded by Mom and Dad - Baked Oatmeal and Homemade Samosas.
Recipe #1: Baked Oatmeal
2 cups oats
1/4 cup melted margarine
1/2 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup milk
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
Baked 350 degrees for 25 minutes. This is a really good recipe. I have searched for a long time for a good Baked Oatmeal and this is it. You can add nuts, raisins, currants etc.
Recipe #2: Homemade Samosas
I had a craving for Indian Samosas but I'm too cheap to buy them (I know I know, they are quite cheap but I am very cheap!)
The "dough" AKA Poori (Indian deep fried flat bread)
2 cups Whole Wheat Four
2 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Salt
1 Tbsp Melted butter/margarine
3/4-1 cup water
Mix together and add more water to make a stiff dough. Knead 12 times. Roll egg sized pieces 1/8 inch thick.
The "innards" AKA leftovers
I just cut up leftovers (broccoli, rice, BBQ farmers sausage) and added curry, tumeric, cumin, pepper, paprika, salt to taste. Probably a better method - use left over potatoe curry.
Spoon innards onto rolled dough, fold over to create a pocket, pinch ends to seal.
Heat oil in a wok to 375 degrees. Place one pocket into hot oil at a time. Cook each side until brown and drain on paper towels. Eat while Hot!!


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So you want to get on the juicing bandwagon, but are confused about which is the best juicing machines to buy to extract the maximum juice at best quality from your fruit and veg. Let us help you to explore the different juicer types. The three different juicing machines you can select from are centrifugal, masticating and slow juicer, and each kind comes with its pros and cons. Enjoy our best juicing machines showdown.
These are probably the most common kind of juicer and are also the most affordable, ranging in price from as little as £30 to a few hundred pounds depending on the brand. The way these juicers work is the fruit and vegetables are pushed into a mesh chamber that spins. This shreds the ingredients into a pulp which is then filtered through the mesh and funnelled out of the juicer.
With centrifugal juicers, you end up with a pulp that is ejected into a separate chamber. You will notice the pulp is still quite wet when it is ejected, meaning these juicers don’t extract the maximum amount of juice from the ingredients. Also, while centrifugal juicers work well with most fruits and vegetables, they are not so great for juicing leafy greens such as kale or wheatgrass.
Another factor to consider is that the quality of the juice can be affected by the high speed of the mesh chamber as it spins. As it is juicing, heat is generated that oxidises the nutrients and destroys some of the enzymes, making the juice not as nutritious.
A centrifugal juicer is for you if you are on a tight budget and want to give juicing a try, but are not yet ready to commit huge amounts of money on a new piece of kitchen equipment. Check out one of the most popular centrifugal juicers, the Breville BJE200XL Compact Juice Fountain which is affordable at under £70 and is easy to use when starting out on the juicing train.
With masticating juicers, the fruits and vegetables are slowly crushed and squeezed to extract the juice from the food rather than by spinning as with a centrifugal juicer. The cut up pieces of fruit and veg are pushed into a tube before being squeezed slowly to extract the juice which drains from the bottom, while the pulp is pushed out another end of the tube. The pulp is usually very dry, indicating that maximum liquid is extracted.
Because of the slower crushing and squeezing action, masticating juicers can process leafy greens and wheatgrass, and the juice that is produced will last much longer than juice made in a centrifugal juicer because there is less chances of oxidation causing damage to the juice. This means you can store the juice for several hours if you cannot consume everything immediately, without losing its nutrient value.
Juice that has been masticated tends to taste better and have more texture as well as more vitamins and enzymes. This is because of the way the ingredients are crushed breaks down the cell membranes to release nutrients along with the juice. You will also get a high yield of juice from the fruit and veg you are juicing.
Masticating juicers are pricier than centrifugal models, starting at around £150 for most models. They are also quite slow in extracting the juice which can be frustrating for people who are busy, and they are also quite a big piece of equipment to have to store on your benchtop.
Buy a masticating juicer if you want to go pro with your juicing and are ready to make the investment in a piece of equipment that will give you excellent quality juice full of vitamins and nutrients.
Some of the best brands of masticating juicer to look for are the Omega 8003, Champion 2000, and Tribest Green Star GS-1000.
Slow juicers are a form of masticating juicer in the way they extract the juice and pulp, but look similar in style and size to the centrifugal variety. Slow juicers are still quite expensive in terms of price, but it is said that they extract even more of the powerful nutrients and quantities of juice than regular masticating varieties. Like masticating juicers, slow juicers don’t produce much heat and the juice can be kept fresh and nutritious for several hours. The type of juicing machine can also juice all kinds of ingredients including leafy greens. They are also designed to be easy to clean.
Invest in a slow juicer if you want to make a lot of juice that is of highest quality and you are ready to invest the money in a good quality juicing machine. Look out for the two most popular brands which we love here at Fresh Start the Hurom Slow Juicer and Kuvings Whole Fruit Slow Juicer.
If you want to find out more about juicers and juicing for wellness, you can participate in our Bootcamp Wellness programme where we do juicing demonstrations using the Hurom slow juicer. You will understand exactly how the slow juicers works and get to experience the health benefits of juicing first hand!
If you want to learn more about the benefits of jucing read our ‘benefits of juicing’ blog.


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Mitt Romney addresses the National Guard Assn. of the U.S. convention in… (Charles Dharapak / Associated…)
RENO – Setting aside much of the rivalry of the presidential campaign, Mitt Romney flew halfway across the country Tuesday to speak to members of the National Guard and pay tribute to their sacrifices since Sept. 11, 2001.
In a speech that laid out his vision for American security while going easier than usual on President Obama, Romney recalled his own experiences on Sept. 11 and spoke of the need to maintain a strong military and "keep faith with our veterans" by reforming the Veterans Administration.
"With less than two months to go before election day, I would normally speak to a gathering like this about the differences between my and my opponent’s plans for our military and for our national security," Romney told the 134th general conference of the National Guard Assn. of the U.S. "There is a time and a place for that, but this day is not that."
PHOTOS: Obama, Romney commemorate 9/11
His comments were in keeping with the overall tone of the day, which has become the nation's most solemn commemorative event, taking the place once reserved for Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Day. Both presidential campaigns suspended negative advertising for a day, giving Americans respite from what has become an acrimonious and sometimes ugly presidential race. It is a day of special reverence for the National Guard, which paid a heavy price in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that followed the Sept. 11 attacks.
Still, Romney couldn't resist some digs at Obama, most pulled from his usual stump speech.
"We can all agree that our men and women in the field deserve a clear mission, that they deserve the resources and resolute leadership they need to complete that mission, and that they deserve a country that will provide for their needs when they come home," he said, leaving unsaid the implication that Obama has not done that.
"Of course," he continued, "the return of our troops cannot and must not be used as an excuse to hollow out our military through devastating defense budget cuts. It is true that our armed forces have been stretched to the brink – and that is all the more reason to repair and rebuild. We can always find places to end waste. But we cannot cancel program after program, we cannot jeopardize critical missions, and we cannot cut corners in the quality of the equipment and training we provide."
That was an apparent reference to the large defense cuts that will go into effect in January if Obama and Congress cannot resolve their differences over federal spending and revenue – the so-called sequestration plan that has become a major issue in the campaign.
Obama campaign spokeswoman Lis Smith immediately issued a rebuttal: “The president agrees that we should avoid the automatic defense cuts in the Budget Control Act. That’s why he has called on congressional Republicans to help prevent them with a balanced plan that asks millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share.”
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Romney began the day in Chicago, where he had attended a private fundraiser the night before. Arriving at Chicago O'Hare International Airport about 8 a.m., he just missed a somber 9/11 ceremony by Chicago firefighters assigned to protect him. About two dozen firefighters had gathered on the tarmac within about 100 yards of Romney's plane. At 7:46 a.m. Central time, timed to the moment the first plane struck the World Trade Center, they stood at attention, saluting, for a full minute. A large American flag was draped on firetrucks behind them, and the lights of the trucks were flashing.
The firefighters were still in place when Romney arrived in his motorcade. Before boarding, he strode briskly across the tarmac to shake hands with each of them.
He then took off for Reno, his only campaign appearance of the day. After his 18-minute speech to the National Guard, he flew to Florida for another fundraiser and campaign appearance.
At the National Guard gathering in the Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Romney was introduced as the "onetime commander of the Massachusetts National Guard" – a title he held as governor of that state.
After paying homage to the National Guard, Romney described his own experiences on Sept. 11, when he was in Washington to discuss security for the Salt Lake City Olympic Games. He recalled hearing about the attacks and watching on television from an office near the White House. He then left the city, driving through Alexandria, Va., near the Pentagon, which had also been struck.
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DISCOURSE AS SOCIAL PRACTICE: DISCOURSE ANALYIS, AUTHORITARIAN POPULISM AND THE NEWS MEDIA
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Marianna Patrona's talk will develop the theoretical premises of critical discourse analysis (CDA) and critical discourse studies (CDS) as a broad framework for investigating the relationship between discourse and social processes, with the aim of highlighting the methodological contribution of critical discourse studies to the study of mediated politics and political communication. More specifically, the talk will focus on the application of qualitative, critical analysis of discourse to the systematic inquiry into authoritarian populism in the news media, and present the advantages of this approach for unravelling 1) political performances and their mediated representations, 2) the complex, subtle, and often contradictory, normalization processes at work in the news media for authoritarian populist actors, discourses, and agendas, and 3) the attendant challenges and critical tasks for contemporary news journalism.
Marianna Patrona will present data and findings from the upcoming book Authoritarian Populism and the Challenges for Journalism: A Discourse Approach (Ekström and Patrona, in preparation/2024, Routledge). Drawing upon case study examples from various genres and sub-genres of news, such as print and online news, televised news, and opinion journalism, the talk illustrates current practices of news journalism against the backdrop of surging right-wing populism, and shows that discourse analysis can help illuminate the problematic intersection between authoritarian populism and mainstream news.
During her time in Brussels Marianna Patrona will also give a workshop for PhD students. The workshop will present hands-on, data-driven applications of Conversation Analysis to the study of political interviewing, with a view to illustrating how the interviewer’s question design, and the interactional dynamics between the interviewer and interviewee can shed light on the social organization of interviewing as a media practice and public space primarily oriented towards the elicitation and display (or not) of political accountability. Attendees will have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with and work on interview data with authoritarian populists, showing how authoritarian populism has currently undermined the authority of mainstream journalism and institutionalized relationships. Finally, attendees will have the chance to present and discuss interactional data from their ongoing PhD and other research projects.
About the speaker
Marianna Patrona is Associate Professor in the division of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Hellenic Army Academy, Greece. She has published extensively in various discourse analysis and communication journals, and has recently edited Crisis and the Media: Narratives of crisis across cultural settings and media genres (John Benjamins 2018, Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture series). She is currently co-author of Authoritarian Populism and the Challenges for Journalism: A Discourse Approach (Ekström and Patrona, in preparation/2024, Routledge). Her research interests include Critical Discourse Analysis and Conversation Analysis of media discourse and communication; political interviewing; discourse & political communication; changing communication practices in broadcast news; journalism & crisis; populism in the news media.


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text: I've just started a promotional "tour" for Frenzy. By lucky chance I grabbed up the author spotlight on Stroyfinds webpage. Was rather cool seeing the book highlighted on someone else's site. Storyfinds runs many promos and maintains a large library of author's books for anyone to scan through. They have a large audience and well worth a look if you are needing to promote your novels.

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