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Police activity temporarily closes Hwy 101 in Novato
NOVATO, Calif. -- An apparent suicide briefly shut down U.S. Highway 101 in both directions in Novato this morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Shortly before 7:20 a.m., Highway 101 was shut down after a body was found near Atherton Avenue, CHP officials said.
CHP Officer Ron Simmons said the case was an apparent suicide.
Southbound Highway 101 has since reopened in the area and northbound lanes reopened around 10 a.m..
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It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids after they're hurtled from Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most fearsome adversary of all: his father-in-law.
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Blue and Jewel are back for another adventure in the wilderness of the Amazon. This time, they brought their three kids along too. This kids movie review thinks this movie is fun for the whole family. Once again Blu must battle his old adversary, Nigel. Only this time, he meets and even more frightening figure, his father in law!
It’s Carnival! Blue and his beautiful blue macaw wife are right in the middle of the festivities. They think that they are the only blue macaws left on the planet. One night, they hear on the news that scientists have discovered what might be a whole flock of rare blue macaws. Blu and Jewel know that they must find them. These city slicker birds are not quite cut out for country life. They find their extended family, but it is not shear bliss. This macaw family has of the drama found in a human family. They take along their zany friends Nico, Rafael, and Pedro from the first movie for more fun-filled laughs.
This movie is absolutely cute and full of silly antics. Nigel is up to his old tricks trying to spoil the happy reunion. This movie is good wholesome family fun for the entire family. There is a bird launched into the air on a firecracker, but he is not hurt. This movie shows healthy family relationships there is action, adventure, and wild rides down the rapids. The movie portrays the importance of family values and the importance of time with the ones that you love.
All in all, this movie is one big song and dance from beginning to end. This movie will put a smile on your face and a tap in your feet. The Brazilian Carnival drums are nonstop. This movie is an excellent choice for the entire family from the youngest to the oldest. This would be a great Grandparent’s day out with the kids. You can take Mom and Dad along too if you like, but only if they behave.

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Prime Minister Robert Mugabe today marked the first anniversary of black rule for Zimbabew, born from Africa's bloodiest guerrilla war, by continuing the country along its moderate path of change and offering an unusual olive branch to South Africa.
In an independence day speech, Mugabe outlined plans to speed programs for black advancement in land resettlement, government employment, education, health and housing. He gave few details, however.
Mugabe appealed to the people of Zimbabew for "unity and hard work" to achieve progress in what was essentially a reiteration of policies that have won him acclaim in the West.
In an interview on government television and radio last night, Mugabe pledged his country to "peaceful co-existence" with South Africa despite "hostile acts" by its white-minority government.
"Although we are opposed to the politic of South Africa, we do not regard the people of South Africa as our enemies at all," he said.
The olive branch had a hedge -- Mugabe's customary criticism of South Africa's racial segregation and its refusal to grant independence to Namibia. But Mugabe's conciliatory remarks were unusual for the leader of one of the so-called front-line African nations confronting Pretoria over white rule.
Zimbabew is economically dependent on South Africa, which spent billions of dollars to support the previous white-minority rule during 15 years of independence as Rhodesia. At that time most of the world refused to recognize the Rhodesian government.
South Africa is Zimbabewe's biggest trading partner and most imports and exports use South Africa's ports and railways.
Last month South Africa gave the required one-year notice that it intends to cancel a preferential trade agreement that is a holdover from the period of white rule.
Mugabe said in the interview that the government was concerned about South Africa's "aggressive and hostile activities against us" and added, "We expect that she might proceed to take even sterner measures against us."
Mugabe said it was important to distinguish between political and trade relations and said Zimbabwe would "continue to maintain trade relations with South Africa to the extent that South Africa makes it possible for us to do so."
Cities were decorated with bunting for independence day, and celebrations, mostly low-key were held throughout the country featuring military bands, traditional dancers and sporting events

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Merry Christmas from the Mayor - that'll be £2, please, because someone forgot to put STAMPS on her cards
- Stamps were not put on some of the Mayor of Burnley's Christmas cards
- 'Oversight' meant some people paid for cards with snow-covered view
- Some hadn't been sent and these will be checked before postage
- One councillor said he would demand to know how error happened
The Mayor of Burnley left recipients of her Christmas cards having to pay £2 after someone did not put stamps on some of them
A mayor has left recipients of her Christmas card having to pay £2 after stamps were not put on some of them.
An 'oversight' meant a selection of the festive cards sent out on behalf of Cllr Liz Monk, who is the Mayor of Burnley, did not have the correct postage.
The cards, which show a snow-covered view of Towneley Hall, were signed by Cllr Monk, her consort and husband Richard Monk, and Brenda Lambert, who is her female consort.
It is believed some of the cards were posted before officials realised what had happened.
The exact number of cards sent out has not been revealed and it is thought the rest will be checked before they are posted.
Council leader Cllr Mark Townsend apologised on the mayor's behalf and also pledged to examine just how the mistake had been made.
He said: 'It is an oversight and I am sure that the Mayor would want to apologise for any costs which have been incurred.
'I will be looking into this to see why they didn't go out properly and get this corrected.'
Cllr Gordon Birtwistle, the Liberal Democrat group leader for the borough, said he would be demanding to know how the error happened.
He said: 'It is a serious embarrassment to the council and I will be asking the leadership questions about this.
'I know that many people who receive cards will not even have wanted them in the first place and then to have to pay £2 is an insult.'
An 'oversight' meant a selection of the festive cards (pictured) sent out on behalf of Cllr Liz Monk, who is the Mayor of Burnley, did not have a stamps
He added that the Mayor usually sent out between 400 and 500 cards at Christmas.
The mayor's office have refused to comment on the problems.
Cllr Monk, representing Trinity ward, said: 'I am not going to say anything about this.'
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Living with Katrina Ch. 07byLaRascasse©
Chapter 7 now and trying to sort out the thoughts in my head. Keep up the encouraging feedback and votes. It's why I write.
"The more things change, the more they stay the same."
Thanks to my editors DevilsRapture and SlySubmissive.
"No," said Jake, firmly crossing his arms.
"Oh come on!"
"I think I've learnt that it's a bad idea."
"What are you going to do?" whined Kat. "Stay at home and mope all day? You need to get back out there."
"The last time I took your advice and 'got out there'," he said, with vocal special effects. "... you almost died twice and I ended up being questioned in connection to an insider trading scandal."
"That was an extreme case," she said. "..and I promise to be good this time. Here."
She held up an empty plastic bottle and shook it for Jake.
"I've been taking my meds. I won't go crazy on you."
He eyed her suspiciously. She walked up to him and wrapped him in a tight hug. Her face was buried in his shoulder and she whispered softly in his ear.
"You deserve it. Don't deny yourself this."
Jake looked into those hypnotic puppy-dog eyes and felt his iron resolve faltering. He hated the effect those damn eyes had.
"No!" he said, jerking his head. "No more dating."
Katrina sensed a weakness and probed further.
"Please, Jake. For me," she said, using those eyes again. "I hate seeing you so lonely."
He was even weaker now. She planted a soft kiss on his cheek.
"Oh all right!" he conceded.
"Goodie!" Kat twittered excitedly. "Saturday. Seven 'o' clock at San Clemente."
"Wait,"replied Jake. "You had this already set up?"
"I made a profile in your name on a dating site and waited for it to throw up a match before having this talk," she said, casually walking away.
"How could you?" he started, gaping.
"You needed this, whether you want to admit it or not."
Katrina busied herself stirring two cups of steaming hot Java. It was the first night in ages they were both free. It needed celebration.
He took a cup from her and made his way to the balcony. Slinging his legs over the ledge, he was shortly joined by Katrina carrying a mug herself. The metropolis glittered all around them, the sounds of the city sifting through the air.
"What's her name?"
"Janice. Pretty face too," she said, snuggling up to him.
He pursed his lips, trying to push back his worries. He looked affectionately at his angel taking a sip from the smoking brew in her hand.
"Penny for your thoughts?"
He shook out of his reverie. Katrina's eyes peered up at him. She instinctively knew when he was worried, even when he suppressed it.
"It's nothing," he waved off.
She held his chin and turned his face back towards her.
"I know it isn't," she said softly. "Talk to me."
Jake exhaled with futility. He was going to have to voice his fear.
"Kat," he began, putting his coffee down beside him. "Are you going to be okay?"
She continued looking at him, furrowing her brow in anticipation. He went on after a pause.
"Those things you said... about how you feel about me. How are you going to feel knowing I am going out with someone else?"
Her gaze did not waver. Her irises glistened with moisture. A solitary drop crawled down her cheek, leaving a wet trail. Jake tenderly intercepted it with his finger and wiped the trail all the way back to her eye. That tear felt like a gash on his soul. Something as beautiful as Katrina should never cry.
His hand went through her hair and he pulled her face to him. His lips went to her cheek, under the offending eye, and planted an affectionate peck. There was not even an iota of lust in it.
"I'm so sorry," he began. "I shouldn't have said..."
Wordlessly, she put her own cup down and covered his mouth with her palm.
"Shh. Don't say anything," she said.
His fingers continued caressing her scalp. She gathered the mayhem of thoughts running through her and began slowly.
"You are a wonderful man, Jake. The most wonderful man I have ever met."
She paused to choke back a small sob.
"Somewhere out there, there is a woman waiting for you. She is going to fill you with love and make you happier than you can even dream of."
The sobs were becoming harder to hold back.
"I'm not that woman. No matter how desperately I want to be, I am not her. Everyday, it gets harder to look at myself in the mirror because I know I cannot be her."
She was on the verge of breaking down, but held herself together with remarkable fortitude. Jake felt a stinging burn inside him, wishing he had never asked the question.
"I am trying to get better," she resumed with a stoic expression fixed on her face. "I am trying to get my life together and move past the cornucopia of crazy inside here. It's harder than you think, but I am trying my best. Do you know why?"
He did not need to ask. The answer was already there.
"Because one day I want to be that person."
He reached out to wipe away her tears, but she waved it off and did it herself.
"But I can't ask you to wait for me. I have run your life long enough. It hurts me more than I can describe at what I put you through repeatedly. You need to break this chain from me and live for God's sake."
He could not bear to look away.
"When I can be in a stable relationship myself, I will thank you for believing in me. For not giving up where everyone else did. But I will thank you from a distance, looking on at you and your soul mate with tears of happiness in my eyes."
Her voice dropped even more.
"But right now, you need to go out there and find her. Find that someone who makes you feel the way I wish I did."
The last part was so soft, Jake had to crane his ear closer to listen.
"I can learn to bury my love. I have to. Right now, it means nothing compared to you being happy."
There was silence between them for a few seconds, each of which felt like an eternity. He felt calmer than he had in a while at her assurance.
"When is my date again?"
Katrina smiled wide. It was Jake's favourite sight. The tender conversation passed. Now for her to return to her usual self.
"Almost there," Kat mouthed, getting his tie into the right shape.
She stepped back to admire her masterpiece of clothing. Jake looked positively dashing in his shirt and suit. She smoothed out some wrinkles on his pants.
"You don't look so bad yourself," Jake replied.
"Why thank you, good sir," she said with a blush and a curtsey. "I have to look good for my date too. Hopefully Jim will notice this time."
"He still won't put out, huh?" Jake pinned a clip to his tie.
"Nope," she said, rolling her eyes. "No matter how many unsubtle signs I throw his way, he shows no interest. Kinda like you."
"Is that why your breasts looks like they're about to fall out?" he said with a smirk.
"Don't judge me," she retorted. "I'm just using my assets to get what I want. What I want is to bounce on his hard cock till I scream like the sex-crazed maniac I am."
"Good luck with that," he said. "I have to meet Ms Janice now."
"Try and find out if she is opposed to threesomes. If not, let me know," she said plainly, watching Jake turn crimson.
"I'll keep that in mind for our after dinner conversation."
"No," she said exasperatedly. "Ask her after sex."
"It's just the first date with a random person I have never met before," he shot back. "Don't you think you are getting a little ahead of yourself?"
"You and your medieval rules about the first date. Keep an open mind."
"I'll try. Best of luck with Jim."
San Clemente was bustling with activity on Saturday night. Yet, Jake was relatively sure there was no one in the throng more nervous than him. Dating, the mere concept of it was alien to him. He made his way to table 6 to see an equally nervous woman waiting for him.
"Hi. I take it you are Janice."
She looked up at him and nodded.
"I'm Jake," he said, sitting down and extending a hand.
"You look much better than your picture," she said, idly playing with the menu.
"Thank you," he replied, not having the faintest clue which picture Katrina put up of him.
Janice had a long, angular face with high cheekbones and a broad smile. Her eyes were blue and kept darting around the room. She was thin and had long limbs.
"So, what do you do for a living?" he initiated small talk.
"I'm a chocolateer," she said, with a giggle. "I love making things from chocolate."
"Interesting," he replied. "I like chocolate."
"Really? What kind?"
"Umm.. the normal brown kind."
She laughed. Her dress was dark brown and had folds across the hem. She beckoned a waiter over.
"I feel like some seafood today. What about you?"
Jake looked at the menu. The seafood was a bit beyond his price range, so he settled for a chicken dish and some meat spring rolls.
After five more minutes, Jake was sure he had never seen anyone talk as much. It was like her mouth never ran out of words. They came thick and fast - her family, her friends, her pet cat, her chocolate. Pretty soon he lost count of the number of topics in her repertoire and put on an attentive face.
"Well, it was nice meeting you. I'll look forward to your call."
He shook his head. The last hour had passed in a wordless blur from his perspective. He was barely aware of a world record for most number of words spoken continuously created on the other side of the table. She smiled appealingly in his direction and left.
"Worst. Date. Ever," he cursed under his breath.
Thankfully for him, humans had perfected certain blends of alcoholic compounds specifically for people in situations like his.
"Which way to the bar?"
He tipped the waiter and followed his directions. There were about a dozen people there, drowning their respective sorrows.
"Hit me with the strongest thing you got," he told the bartender.
One shot later, he needed something even stronger.
"What's your excuse?"
Jake almost jumped with surprise. In his slow, buzzed haze, he recognized a female shape sidling up to him at the bar.
"Online date. You?"
"I've gone past the point where I need one anymore," she said. "Buy a girl a drink?"
"Sure," he said, gesturing at the bartender.
He was still sober enough to register that she was attractive. Her streaked brown hair came down the sides of her face in curled tresses. She had a smug grin on her face and a general air of confidence.
"So tell me more about your date?"
It was early the next morning when Jake stumbled into his building. His shirt was untucked and his coat hung loosely off his shoulders. It was a miracle he even made his way back given his hangover.
The last night was a colourful blur. The dim lights in the bar were gradually replaced by the streetlights on the road while their cab careened towards the steamy rendezvous. He could still picture her dense brown hair and mirthful laugh.
He staggered into the elevator. It was so completely alien to him, this walk of shame. The doors opened on the first floor and the devoutly religious Mr Sandoval walked in.
"Just my luck," he mouthed, not daring to look at him.
Always Evangelical, Mr Sandoval clutched his leather bound Bible under his arm. His glasses moved up his narrow nose as he surveyed Jake. His haggard appearance and the time of the day screamed out "drunk one night stand".
"He is so cursing me to eternal damnation," Jake thought.
Thankfully, his own reprieve arrived in the form of his floor. Mr Sandoval shot him one last acid glance before the doors closed again.
"I have been judged," he thought ruefully.
He crept to his door and rapped his knuckles on the wood twice. Leaning against the wall to hold up his remnant stupor, he heard the tell-tale footfalls approach. The door swung open to reveal a visibly worried Katrina.
"Oh my God," she gasped, looking him up and down. She clutched his arm and yanked him inside.
"I tried calling you up countless times last night," she said, with a hint of anger. "Why didn't you pick up?"
"I was busy," he replied lamely.
"Busy doing what?" she asked, her arms crossed over her chest. "No wait. Don't answer that. I know what. I wish you would let me know once that you were okay before you did the spread eagle with Janice."
"Oh please," she snorted. "Don't even try to deny it. I will be damned if I can't sense the freshly-fucked air in your stride."
"Not with Janice."
Her face fell. "You didn't like her?"
"She talks a lot. I mean a LOT," he said wearily. "The date was pretty much a bust so I headed to the bar."
For some inexplicable reason, Katrina doubled up with laughter. She put a palm on the wall and desperately tried to catch her breath. Jake stood, perplexed.
"This is hilarious," she said, stifling some giggles. "My roommate went to a bar, got wasted and picked up a girl. Then he had a night of no-strings-attached fucking with a total stranger."
Jake felt himself burning with embarrassment.
"And here I thought you learnt nothing from me," she said, finally able to stand straight.
He made a hasty exit to the shower. It would give him the solace to rejuvenate himself for the next round of merciless teasing by Kat.
She was on her laptop adding some new portraits to her deviantART profile when he sheepishly made his reappearance. Seeing her engrossed in her work gave him the hope he could sneak into his room unnoticed. He had tiptoed three-fourths of the way when she spoke up.
"How was it?"
Jake stopped dead in his tracks, his faint hope in tatters. He hung his head and settled into the couch, mentally preparing for the litany of questions. Katrina left her screen and sat beside him. An understanding arm went over his shoulder.
"It's nothing to be ashamed of, Jake," she said kindly.
He remained unconvinced.
"Believe it or not, it's a good sign," she continued. "It means you are willing to put yourself out there. That's the only way you'll find someone. Maybe even the girl you spent the night with. Did you get her number?"
"I think so," he said, rifling through his wallet. He pulled out a name-card with a big lipstick kiss at the back. Kat stifled another giggle.
"Jennifer Gosling," he read the name out loud.
Katrina's neck snapped up. Her eyes went as wide as saucers.
"Say that again," she said, not daring to believe her ears.
"Jennifer Gosling," he repeated. "Why? Does the name mean anything to you?"
Wordlessly, she returned to her laptop. A few keystrokes later, she turned the screen towards the couch.
"Is this her?"
Jake felt his heart jump to his throat. Sharp green eyes, smooth brown hair with exotic streaks, luscious red lips split into a cheery smile. It was the exact woman from the bar.
"Yes," he said warily. "Why is there a picture of her on the internet?"
"Jake," she said softly. "You just slept with New York's most popular erotic blogger."
"New York's WHAT?" he said, shocked. "You're kidding, right?"
"Nope," came the reply with a barely disguised grin. "In fact..."
"In fact what?" he asked breathlessly, unsure if he wanted the answer. She was busy tapping away on the Macbook. A few moments later, a look of surprise spread across her face, gradually covered by a layer of wonder. She scrolled down the page eagerly, memorizing whatever was written.
She tilted her head sideways to get a better look at Jake and shot him a devious smile. His mind was still coming to grips with the maddening puzzle Katrina held out of his reach. She had pieced together the entire thing.
Unable to restrain himself any longer, Jake burst out. "What gives?"
"Come here," she beckoned, her eyes not leaving the screen.
He walked over and joined her gaze on her screen. For a second, he refused to believe what he was seeing, but then his mind snapped back to reality. There was no hiding from it.
Manhattan Sexploits: Jake
He was officially part of her 'sexploits' in Manhattan. That particular blog tab had well over a hundred posts spanning five years. Jake was the latest. Her various advice tabs had less.
Here I was, at the fag end of another date from hell. Thank God these places have bars. Sipping on a drink I would much rather forget the name of, I saw him a few seats ahead. A kindred spirit, drowning his own disappointment. His rugged masculinity called out to me.
"Rugged masculinity?" he wondered, reading on. He cringed at the description of the conversation he fleetingly remembered.
When I was chatting with him, I knew that I would have him inside me sooner rather than later. He was simply irresistible.
"And horribly shit-faced," he thought.
I slipped a Viagra into his umpteenth drink (always carry some around), not wanting him to be at "half mast".
"She dosed me? Is that even legal?" he spluttered. His eyes returned to the sexploit and widened even more at the rather detailed description of the drive back in a cab. Jake went beet-red when he read it.
We stopped at an intersection waiting for the light to change. I could not resist but pull out his cock in the back seat. He grinned his sexy grin at me and I held it in my hands. Wow, I have seen some cock in this city but his cock was a masterpiece. I mean a fucking work of art stuck to his crotch.
"Stop looking," he said with a glare. Katrina's eyes had lazily drifted to the part between his legs, willing a bulge to form. She shook out of her reverie.
The size was itself impressive, but the shiny mushroom head was the crowning achievement (pun intended). I could not resist slipping my hands over it and rubbing it a little. It jerked and spasmed at the touch. I ran my fingers over his shiny head, brushing over the most sensitive parts before gently prodding at his glans.
"In a cab?" he said with sheer disbelief. "Is she serious?"
"Apparently she is," said a dreamy voice next to her. Katrina's eyes were misted by the vision of herself in the cab jerking off Jake. The lurid encounter continued in words.
I cupped his balls in one hand and slowly worked my way up the shaft with the other. My fingers encircled him and peeled his foreskin back. I like them uncircumcised, gives a more natural feel to it. My thumb rubbed the top of his head, teasing his tiny slit perched above.
Katrina imagined her hand on his cock, her thumb tickling his pee slit. Her other hand rolled the balls between her fingers. The dual motion would surely drive Jake nuts. But someone else did it, not her. The thought stung.
A bit of precum leaked out of him. I took it on my fingertip and slathered the side of his tool with it, making him glisten. His cock begged to be in my mouth, but the traffic was proving unpredictable. Just when I thought I could hold off the temptation till my apartment, the urge overwhelmed me.
In a moment of weakness (and a relative sparsity of traffic on East 60th), I quickly bent down and kissed his knob. The thrill of it made me tingle. Jake was not sober enough to mind either. The driver saw the movement in his rear view mirror and turned curiously. I hurriedly put the goods under wraps and sat up innocently.
"Such a wimp," thought Katrina. "I would love to give Jake road-head. Looking up into his eyes with his shaft nestled between my lips in a traffic jam, nothing comes close."
A toxic envy seethed inside her. It was completely ridiculous and irrational, yet she could feel an ember of jealousy glow deep within her, coupled with her nascent arousal.
We reached my apartment, our drunken hands fumbling at each other's privates incessantly. I was more sober, so I took charge and led him to my bed. Pushing him down, I made short work of his clothes, creating a pile on the floor. Naked, he was every bit the decadent treasure I had imagined. Why do men like him even bother with clothes? His smooth torso would need some special attention from my tongue.

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|Comparison of cystatin C-based and creatinine-based glomerular filtration rate in the prediction of postoperative residual hypertension in aldosterone-producing adenoma patients after adrenalectomy
|Cystatin C; Glomerular filtration rate; Primary aldosteronism
|Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry
Renal function is associated with postoperative residual hypertension in aldosterone-producing adenoma(APA) patients. Cystatin C-based glomerular filtration rate (GFR) can more accurately estimate renal function than creatinine-based methods. However, which renal function estimation method can more accurately predict postoperative hypertension in APA patients is still unknown. We recruited 180 APA patients who underwent adrenalectomy. Preoperative creatinine and cystatin C-based GFRs were calculated. Residual hypertension was defined as persistent hypertension > 140/90 mmHg or requiring anti-hypertensive medications 1 year after surgery. Sixty-five(36.1%) of the 180 APA patients had residual hypertension. Multivariate logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed a combination of creatinine and cystatin method CKD-EPI (Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration) creatinine-cystatin GFR was significantly associated with residual postoperative hypertension and had the largest area under the ROC curve, which was statistically larger than that of Cockcroft-Gault creatinine-based GFR. In both net reclassification index and integrated discrimination index models, CKD-EPI creatinine-cystatin GFR significantly improved the discriminatory power of CG-GFR. Among these renal function estimations used in the presented study, creatinine-cystatin combined GFR was a precise method to predict residual postoperative hypertension in APA patients received adrenalectomy. These finding may help identify those patients with higher risk of residual hypertension after operation.
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but I’m not like that anymore. However, although swatching and gauge checking are now my best friends, I’m not sure if I should use them for every project. What I want to know is do you all swatch for small items? Like hats, socks, mittens?
You can answer me in the comments or through the poll below. Thanks bunches.
If you’re like me and you appreciate the need to swatch certain projects, the following tip might work for you.
Want to keep track of your swatch dimensions without pesky post-it notes that don’t always stay “posted” and in place? Use marking tags instead. I got these ones from Amazon but I’m sure you can find them at any office supply store. This size is just the right size to record all the details I need to record.

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International. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Swiss company IQAir, updated their platform iqair.com/unep, a global Big Data work that delivers real-time data on pollution and air quality as a calculator.
This calculator, with free access and mobile app, has been updated in the context of the recent UN resolution on the right to a healthy environment, to more accurately carry global exposure to air pollution, data it provides in real time providing transparency and knowledge about populations exposed to poor quality air.
The Big Data platform, which was first launched in February 2020, now identifies which age groups are exposed to polluted or harmful air, at any time in a given country.
Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP, commented: "The UN General Assembly resolution reaffirms the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. This means that our environmental information and monitoring systems must move with increasing accuracy. This update of the world's largest air quality data platform will bring us closer to identifying which segments of society are particularly vulnerable and can therefore help refine strategies and policies to protect people from the growing threat of air pollution."
Similarly, the director was adamant that it is imperative to act on it. "Technology and international cooperation can help accelerate efforts to reduce air pollution, especially for those most exposed to poor air quality."
This air monitoring is relevant because, according to WHO data, it is estimated that 99% of the world's population breathes air that exceeds the PM2.5 guideline, which makes this platform an important tool to combat this inadequate exposure.
This digital calculator uses real-time collaborative data from public government sources, citizens, and researchers. Subsequently, thanks to the artificial intelligence on which it is based, it processes the data to provide easy-to-understand estimates of localized air quality for the last 24 hours, including forecasting air quality, wind, temperature, humidity and barometric pressure readings.


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Cork family fighting for cannabis-based medicine for daughter with rare form of epilepsy
TDs will debate medicinal cannabis use in the near future.
AVA BARRY HAS Dravet syndrome, an extremely rare, drug-resistant form of epilepsy.
The six-year-old suffers from several seizures every day, many of them violent. Several types of pharmaceutical medication have failed to improve her condition and she frequently has to spend time in hospital.
Her parents Vera Twomey and Paul Barry believe there is one thing that can help her: cannabidiol (CBD) oil, a form of medicinal marijuana.
Earlier this year, doctors told them they have run out of pharmaceutical options, but could try some of the failed medicines again in different formats.
In response, they set up an online petition calling for CBD oil to be legalised in Ireland. It is available in some countries and certain states in the US.
The petition, which had over 11,600 signatures at the time of publication, will be sent to Health Minister Simon Harris. A previous version was intended for his predecessor Leo Varadkar.
Dravet syndrome is extremely rare, affecting about one in 20,000 births, and causes regular and prolonged seizures.
When Ava was diagnosed her parents were told she would not walk or talk, but she has defied the odds in this regard and now attends school. However, her condition means she regularly misses days.
“At the moment, if we got Ava to go to school two days a week you’d be concerned she’d not be able to do a third day, we’re thrilled if she does three. Last year she got to school five days a week just twice.
“I can’t tell you, how badly she wants to go to school, how annoyed she is at me when she can’t go,” Vera tells TheJournal.ie.
It’s not uncommon for Ava to have up to 12 tonic-clonic seizures a day, where she falls to the floor and shakes violently.
Vera says she also often gets 100 or more ‘absences’ a day and myoclonic jerks, like the jerks people sometimes get before falling asleep.
“They’ve never gone away.
We’re still struggling, she’s still having seizures. She’s still going through an awful lot. I’m still very, very worried about her – that she might not come out of one of the seizures.
Vera is in contact with a number of parents in other countries whose children have a much better quality of life since they got access to CBD oil.
She says she is aware of one girl from the US whose seizures have reduced from about 300 a month to just three.
Bill to legalise medicinal cannabis
Medicinal cannabis regularly makes headlines. A recent summit at Trinity College Dublin examined the topic, while a bill on legalising cannabis for medical use is set to be debated in the Dáil in the coming weeks.
In July, Bríd Smith tabled the bill on behalf of her People Before Profit/Anti-Austerity Alliance colleague Gino Kenny.
The bill calls for cannabis use to be permitted for sufferers of illnesses such as Multiple Sclerosis, cancer and Dravet syndrome.
It calls for the establishment of a Cannabis Regulation Authority and for distributors to be licenced.
A bill by then TD, now MEP, Luke Ming Flanagan to legalise recreational cannabis use was defeated by 111 votes to eight in 2013.
Speaking about the bill in July, Kenny said:
Someone in pain would do anything to take away that pain. We should not criminalise those that use it for that purpose. I think there is a huge groundswell of support with the public to allow cannabis to be used for medicinal purpose, for people with serious illnesses.
Earlier this month, a cross-party parliamentary group examining drug policy reform in the UK called for medicinal cannabis to be made legal in Britain to help people with a number of conditions including chronic pain and anxiety.
During its inquiry, the group took evidence from 623 patients, representatives of the medical professions and people with knowledge of how medical cannabis is regulated across the world.
Caroline Lucas MP, co-chair of the group said: “Many hundreds of thousands of people in the UK are already taking cannabis for primarily medical reasons.
It is totally unacceptable that they should face the added stress of having to break the law to access their medicine. This a matter of compassion and human rights. The government should have the political courage to view the issue of medical cannabis separately from any wider drugs reform and act urgently.
At the time, the Home Office told BBC News there were no plans to legalise the “harmful drug”.
Vera says the CBD oil is “very safe”, with none of the associated high of marijuana.
Vera says she met with Health Minister Simon Harris in June to discuss Ava’s situation and has been in contact with his office a number of times since then.
“I actually thought he was wonderful, I really did. He was so interested in Ava.
“I know not much has happened since then, but I don’t think he was just paying lip service. I haven’t given up hope.”
When Independents 4 Change TD Clare Daly raised the issue of using medicinal cannabis to treat the symptoms of Dravet syndrome in the Dáil in May, Harris said he has “no role in the process of authorising medicinal products”.
“Under European and Irish legislation, before a medicine can be placed on the Irish market, the manufacturer must seek an authorisation from the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) or, in the case of certain medicinal products, the European Medicines Agency. A determination on an application for authorisation of a medicine is based on a rigorous scientific assessment of the application against the criteria of safety, quality, efficacy, legal and regulatory requirements.
CBD is derived from cannabis which is a controlled drug. If a CBD oil product does not contain an ingredient which is a controlled substance, it may be feasible to have that product imported and used in Ireland, in accordance with specific conditions, should a patient’s doctor be of the opinion that this is an appropriate treatment.
“My department is aware that cannabis for medicinal use has been legalised in some countries and that there have been several studies internationally on the therapeutic effects of cannabinoids for a number of medical issues. In July 2014, the Misuse of Drugs Regulations were amended to allow for certain cannabis based medicinal products to be used in Ireland.
“Subsequently the HPRA granted a marketing authorisation for a cannabis-based medicinal product which is indicated for the relief of certain symptoms for people with multiple sclerosis.”
Harris added that his department “will continue to keep developments in relation to cannabis-based medical products under review”.
Vera’s petition can be viewed here.


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In my campaign for the "best new wife ever" award, I agreed to spend a week of our hopscotch honeymoon attending the Experimental Aircraft Association Airventure convention and fly-in in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It's serious business where hundreds of thousands of people and some 20,000-odd airplanes convene on the usually-quiet town of Oshkosh. Indeed, during the fly-in, the Oshkosh tower is the busiest in the world, beating O'Hare's traffic by 50 percent! I've joked (in all seriousness) how much Oshkosh affected our wedding process... for example, we moved the date to accommodate the flying madness! (What fun would a wedding be when a whole passel of our friends couldn't attend?) While I kvetched about the dorm living (as close to camping as I will ever come!) and enjoyed the attention that our "just married" plane sign garnered, I had a blast in Oshkosh and took a zillion pics. Here are a few from our first day in Oshkosh.
|After leaving Hannibal, we headed to Chillicothe, MO to visit friends. There I procured my new white hat.
|Gate guard at Chillicothe, a thunder chief something something.
|At Chillicothe we met up with some friends from Sacramento (Michelle and Sue who are flanking the prop, and their respective hubbies) and visited with the Cullings who graciously opened their home to us. Also pictured here at the far right: Barb Culling and her sister-in-law Colleen (I think).
|Tom and Barbara Culling offered us gracious hospitality which included Missouri BBQ and lightning bugs! Barb also insisted on playing "Somewhere in Time" for me which was marvelous.
|Can someone tell me why farmers make such beautiful designs? Throughout the country we found crop circles and patterns, but no one seems to know the purpose.
|Dairy land in Wisconsin.
|Lots of ponds and waterways with algae and duck weed, the tiniest blooming flower in the world (apparently).
|The face of a pilot about to land in Oshkosh!
|Following planes into the pattern at Oshkosh. Landing is a big huge deal there... Instead of talking to the tower like normal--identifying your aircraft and intentions, etc.--You wait for the tower to talk to you. "White high-wing Cessna, rock your wings... Follow the RV in front of you... Maintain altitude... Land on the green dot..." Pilots are not supposed to speak unless requested, it was bizarre!
|In the pattern at Oshkosh.
|On downwind for 27, looking at Lake Winnebago.
|We were cleared to land on the numbers.
|As we landed on the numbers, a plane was landing halfway down the runway on a dot in front of us while our friend Nick was cleared to land on the numbers right behind us. Crazy times!
|Honeymooners made it to Oshkosh! We were one of the last planes to get in because major flooding in the days prior made the parking areas too soft to park planes. Thank goodness we took an old ride as they only let in vintage, show planes and homebuilts!
|As one of the last to arrive during the open window on Sunday, we were parked past the flight line on the taxiway closest to runway 18/36. It was SO COOL! While unloading the plane, we saw T-6s land and later, mustangs! Also, please note the luggage. They told us we wouldn't be able to get back to the plane during the week so I took everything. As a result, they kept trying to direct us to the camping area! (I will be mocked about this until I die, just FYI)
|Happy, happy man.
|Watching T-6s come in for landing.
|Using my short lens because I'm so close!
|After landing, we found our deluxe accommodations at the University of Wisconsin dormitory. Twin beds, no a/c, communal showers. Ugh.
Next up: More Oshkosh! Photos from Traverse City, MI and Mackinac Island to follow.
|Recycling in prison is a nice touch, huh? (Kidding!)
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Nintendo has released a live-action short horror film to promote the release of Spirit Camera: A Cursed Memoir, an augmented reality Fatal Frame spin-off for Nintendo 3DS. It released the game in Japan earlier this year and will release it here in the United States on April 13.
In Spirit Camera: A Cursed Memoir, players use the Nintendo 3DS cameras and an augmented reality booklet called the "Purple Diary" included with the game to detect ghosts hiding in their real world surroundings.
The game features a story mode that's loosely tied to the Fatal Frame series of Japanese horror games, in which players battle ghosts and uncover clues with their "Purple Diary." It also includes a separate mode that allows players to take photographs of the real world to reveal evil spirits. Pointing the 3DS camera at themselves or a friend will also determine if the person is "haunted."

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Update: February 6th 2019 to Version 1.1.2
This update contains the following bug fix: The cowl Flap lever was operating backwards. Fixed this issue. Changed for this the ./Navion205_cockpit.obj and ./objects/Navion_gau01_vintage.obj files.
On behalf of Walker Guthrie from vFlyteAir and with his approval, we’re pleased to inform you that X-Plained is hosting from today his freeware Ryan Navion 205 vintage.
According to Walker: “This is a 1950 Ryan Navion 205 freeware model for X-Plane 11.2 or newer. Walker continues “I’ve always wanted to create a vintage-style version of the Navion, so here she is! We took our original Navion offering off the market some months ago, and we decided to convert it to this 1950 version. Check out the time-worn interiors and period-correct gauges. The instrument panel is layed out almost exactly as shown in the 1950 Navion 205 POH (which is included as a PDF with the download). If you’re a fan of retro and vintage airplanes, you’ll love the 1950 Navion 205 Vintage. Be sure to read the User Guide and the POH – there are some interesting aspects to the Navion that are not found in modern GA airplanes, such as the hydraulic power lever that enables the engine-driven hydraulic pump to power the flaps, gear and brakes. Also, the propeller is a manually-operated variable-pitch (not constant speed!). You can follow the Normal Procedures in the POH to fly this model. This is a 68-year old airplane and it shows, but she flies great!“
“The Navion 205 Vintage is optimized for VR, and features PBR textures, FMOD sounds, custom HDR lights. Tested with X-Plane 11.10, 11.25 and 11.30Beta3. It also integrates Folko’s amazing AviTab plugin as a windscreen-mounted eTablet. The model is fully animated with 3D cockpit and hi-res textures.”


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Appeals Court Revives Challenge To Maryland Gun LawsA federal appeals court on Monday revived a lawsuit challenging Maryland's rules for obtaining a handgun as unconstitutionally restrictive.
Pro-Gun Rally By Thousands In Virginia Ends PeacefullyThousands of gun-rights activists rallied peacefully at the Virginia Capitol on Monday under a heavy police presence, protesting plans by the state's Democratic leadership to pass gun-control legislation.
Virginia AG Urges Justices To Prevent Tragic Rally ViolenceVirginia Attorney General Mark Herring urged the state Supreme Court on Friday to reject an effort by pro-gun groups to overturn a gun ban at a rally that's expected to draw tens of thousands of activists to Richmond next week amid fears of violence.
Gun Groups Want Firearms Ban At Virginia Rally OverturnedGun-rights groups asked a judge Thursday to block Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam from banning guns on Capitol grounds during a massive pro-gun rally scheduled for next week.
Gun Rights Advocates Challenge Maryland Bump Stock BanA gun rights group has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Maryland's recently enacted ban on devices that increase the rate of fire of semi-automatic firearms.
Trump Salutes 2nd Amendment, Urges NRA Members To Vote GOPDonald Trump vowed that the Second Amendment will "never ever be under siege as long as I am your president."
Gun Rights Advocates Rally In Annapolis, State Capitols Across USHundreds of gun rights supporters packed Annapolis on Saturday to protest a “red flag" law in Maryland.
Gun Rights Supporters: Bring Your Unloaded Rifle To RalliesOrganizers are encouraging gun rights supporters to bring unloaded rifles to rallies at state capitols across the U.S. this weekend.
Md. Lawmakers Pushing For Gun Law ChangeSome Maryland legislators want to add self-defense as a reason for people to carry a gun.
Sheriff, Gun-Control Group Spar Over CommentsA gun-control group is petitioning for revocation of a county sheriff's certification to teach other law-enforcement officers after his comments about gun rights.
Md. Gun Control Laws Under Fire In AnnapolisMaryland's gun control laws come under attack in Annapolis. A House committee was flooded with bills from both sides of the issue Tuesday.
Gun Rights Advocates Target Md. Firearms Safety Act Citing Columbia Mall TragedyMaryland's gun control laws draw hundreds of protesters to Annapolis. They are appealing to lawmakers to amend or repeal the governor's Firearms Safety Act.
Group Takes Aim At Local Gun Control Laws A gun owners' rights group has threatened to sue 35 Maryland counties or municipalities unless they repeal regulations that the group says violate state gun laws.
Gun Rights Group Contests Restrictions In Md. TownA gun rights group is contesting firearms restrictions in a Frederick County town.
Passionate Debate Puts Assault Weapons In The Line Of FireGovernor Martin O'Malley's proposal to ban assault weapons is surely one of the most controversial items on the agenda in Annapolis.


A Conversation on Race. With Asians. With Latinos. With Black Women. With Police. With White People.
Beyond the Model Minority Myth : "Discussing certain Asian groups’ material advantages today as a type of transhistorical “privilege” or “complicity” with power — rather than the result of a specific set of immigration and domestic policies that have aligned with shifting national attitudes — mystifies the mechanisms of capitalism rather than elucidating them."
"[In] the face of a culture that would deny them, it becomes necessary for an artist of color in the west to defiantly announce to the world: I am a fact." In April 2014, at the first ever Yale Asian Alumni Reunion, Vijay Iyer delivered a powerful speech "on two intertwined issues: the role of Asian Americans as upwardly mobile minorities and the role of the artist as a potential transgressor within elite institutions."
A viral video series uses role reversal to humorously highlight casual insensitivities & stereotyping: If Asians Said The Stuff White People Say - If Black People Said The Stuff White People Say - If Latinos Said The Stuff White People Say (YouTube; each video ~2 min.) [more inside]
The Bank of Canada has changed the design of its new $100 bill after receiving numerous comments from focus groups that the woman pictured looked like she was of Asian descent. [more inside]
We Japanese Americans must not forget our wartime internment - George Takei on the the treatment of Japanese-Americans during WWII and Allegiance, his new musical. Previously.
M. Night Shyamalan has decided to cast white actors in the main roles of the upcoming motion picture based on the TV show Avatar: The Last Airbender. The problem: Avatar featured an Asian world with Asian characters, including Aang, the titular character, and his friends Sokka and Katara. [more inside]
Yellow Fever On why white girls won't date Asian guys.
Hello, Peril. The so-called model minority inspire an amazing amount of mistrust, according to a survey of US residents. Featuring the revelation that one third of those polled "said Chinese Americans are more loyal to China than to the United States. "


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The story of Dilmah began in 1988, when Merrill J. Fernando a small tea grower with big dreams launched the company, with the aim of bringing Sri Lankan tea - the finest in the world – garden fresh and ethically produced, direct to tea lovers around the world.
Sencha is a steamed green tea, the most popular tea in Japan where its delicate flavour and mild finish are especially appreciated
It offers a gentle cup and a smooth, herbal finish with a touch of sweetness
This is a pleasing and refreshing green tea and can be enjoyed throughout the day
It is an ideal accompaniment to lunch or dinner, aiding digestion and refreshing the palate
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
- Two prominent Senate Democrats say some of them are open to giving Republicans a vote on Title 42.
- The Trump-era policy, which limits asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, is set to end on May 23.
- Senate Dems are floating a possible deal with the GOP in exchange for pushing a COVID aid package.
Senate Democrats have floated a possible deal to give Republicans a vote on Title 42 — a public health directive implemented by the Trump administration to allow the barring and expulsion of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Top Senate Democrats Dick Durbin from Illinois and Senator Patty Murray from Washington have said there was a growing openness to a deal with GOP senators on Title 42. The Biden administration is set to lift the asylum limits on May 23.
A possibility of a bipartisan deal would allow for Republicans to reverse the immigration policy’s scheduled termination and would also allow for the stalled $10 billion COVID aid package to push forward.
“Most of the Democrats are prepared — they know how they are going to vote,” said Sen. Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat.
Republicans have raised concern that ending Title 42 will create a surge in border crossings. In early April, a group of Republican senators said they would stall the COVID aid package until there’s a vote to reinstate the border policy.
Durbin and Murray told Politico that a deal may be critical so that Republicans do not attempt to oppose other bills and legislative measures important to Democrats.
“I’m old-school. Amendments on the floor, it’s part of the assignment. And now we have people scared to death of all amendments on both sides. And I think that really is taking away from this place,” Durbin told Politico.
Republicans are not the only ones against the administration’s plan to end Title 42 as some Senate Democrats, particularly those from border states, are also opposed to the idea.
Democratic Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona told Newsweek last month that he had voiced his concerns to the White House about lifting Title 42.
“Well, there’s no plan right now, and that’s a big concern of mine. I’ve told the White House, ‘You don’t have a plan,’ and same thing with regards to the secretary of Homeland Security,” Kelly said.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked Tuesday if President Biden would agree with a vote that could possibly block the termination of Title 42 in exchange for votes on COVID funds.
Title 42 restrictions “should not be holding up funding that’s necessary to save the lives of Americans. But again, those are ongoing discussions in Congress at this point,” Psaki answered.


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KENNEBUNK, Maine — State police say a busy Maine Turnpike travel plaza has re-opened following a bomb threat that turned out to be a hoax.
The Maine Turnpike Authority says police cleared out the Kennebunk travel plaza and blocked off the southbound turnpike off-ramp leading to it after getting wind of the threat at 7:15 a.m. Wednesday.
Police performed a sweep of the building using a police dog trained in explosives detection, but they didn't find anything suspicious. The plaza re-opened at about 9:15 a.m.
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All participants (players, coaches, support staff and officials) in World Lacrosse events must ensure that they are fully aware of the Anti-Doping information and must have completed the Anti-Doping eLearning by each World Event deadline. WADA has produced a lot of information to ensure that everyone can stay clear of drugs and compete on a fair and level playing field.
Click here to find out who the Lacrosse Scotland Anti-Doping Officer(s) are.
More Anti-Doping Information
More Anti-Doping information can be found on the WADA website. Everyone should take time to have a look at the information available to all to help to keep our sport and our athletes safe and drug-free. Some WADA video clips can be found below, but there is a lot more informaiton on their website.
Anti-Doping e-Learning platform (ADeL)
The anti-doping e-learning platform (ADeL) offers access to all topics related to clean sport and anti-doping. It offers courses for athletes, coaches, doctors, administrators and anyone interested in learning more about anti-doping and protecting the values of clean sport
WADA AntiDoping Webinar
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Do you have any idea about the diabetic food list which is very significant to the meal preparation? The following article offers you an insight into the list of various kinds of food good for the health of the diabetic.
The goods under the diabetic food list are as follows:
1. Starch List. All breads, including food items that have whole grain as their primary ingredient, fall under this category. There are different foods rich in starch available in the market today. Cereal, grains, and pasta are good examples. Generally, a serving of a single food item like bran cereals has an estimated content of 80 calories, 15g of carbohydrates, 3g of proteins, and minimal fats. For this example, one-third cup of bran cereal is one serving.
Dried beans and starchy vegetables are under this category too. Crackers, biscuits, toasts, pretzels and tacos are also included. One serving of these food items differ greatly from each other. But the rule of thumb would be the higher the starch content the food has, the lower will be the amount required by the body.
2. Meat List. Meat is the primary source of protein. And this is one of the reasons why a diabetic food list includes meats as a category. Meats are classified further into four groups. These would be the very lean, lean, medium-fat, and high-fat groups. A serving of meat under these groups should be a steady 7 grams. However, the fat content and the calories for each of them are expected to be different. Very lean meats provide 0 to 1g of fats and 35 calories. Leans have 3g fat and 55 calories. Medium-fat are slightly higher at 5g and 75 calories. High-fat are the ones with the highest levels of fat and calories at 8g and 100 calories respectively.
3. Vegetable List. Vegetables are healthy foods. And diabetics are going to need them. But of course, they should be taken in moderation as well. Anything taken in excess is bad. And this is very applicable to diabetic patients. One serving size of any kind of vegetable would be one cup for raw and half a cup if they are cooked. For vegetable juices, a single serving is going to be half a cup as well.
Keep in mind that there are vegetables that are considered starchy. These vegetables don’t fall under this particular diabetic food list. Instead, they belong to the starch group. Starchy vegetables are corn, peas, and potatoes. On the other hand, vegetables such as carrots, cauliflower, eggplant, asparagus, broccoli, and beets are examples of the food group under this category.
4. Fruit List. Diabetics are going to need fruits to keep their body healthy. Some fruits are high in dietary fiber, which is actually beneficial to diabetic patients. A single serving of fruits would be half a cup if it is fresh and a quarter of a cup if it is dried. One serving of fruit juices is half a cup as well. All fruits should be acceptable. Apples, banana, apricot, blackberry, cherries, grapes, peaches, and watermelon are good examples. There are certain fruits that patients can even eat for more than one serving. An example would be mandarin oranges, raspberries, and dates.
5. Milk List. Milk is one good source of nutrients. Diabetics can consume this beverage provided that they do it in controlled amounts only. Milk could be skim, low-fat, or whole. Skim milk is the one with the lowest calorie content, which is at 90. Low-fat milk, on the other hand, has 120 calories. Whole milk has the highest calorie content at 150.
6. Fats List. Fats are needed by the body too, but only the ones of the right type. Unsaturated fat are the better sources of fat. Margarine, mayonnaise, and nuts are food items that are rich in unsaturated fats. Saturated fats can be taken too, but never in excessive amounts. If they can be excluded from the diabetic food list, then that’s going to be even better.
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KALW-FM -- Joe Tuman is a self-described outsider to Oakland city government. He’s been a member of politically-focused Oakland organizations — including one that kept tabs on local public safety funding from Measure Y – but he’s never held political office. Instead, he’s spent nearly three decades teaching government and law at San Francisco State. And he’s competed in 13 Ironman triathalons.


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Occasionally, you'll find official cartoon or TV character sites (such as PBS programs) will make available coloring pages for free to their fans. And there are many other sites that distribute coloring pages of those copyrighted characters. Sounds like dangerous legal ground ...but, surprisingly, I've never heard of any of these sites being prosecuted for copyright infringement. So they'll probably continue to make them available. Coloring pages are a great way to entertain children during travel or on a rainy day. Once a child has grasped the basics, they may color to their heart's content with very little supervision required by parents. In addition to occupying a child's time and imagination, handling crayons can prepare a child's brain and hands for skills required to learn handwriting. While an adult may feel the sky must always be blue and the grass green, a child will experiment with all of the colors. Be sure to show pride in your child's creation and reserve a spot on the refrigerator for their best works of art. The parents who take great interest to engage their kids in the coloring pages also support in an array of other important elements like assisting in their decision-making, patience, endurance, and creativity. Youngsters' coloring pages on the web, supply a bigger assortment of subject matter than the books in the stores can, and if your kids desire published coloring books you can fire up that printer of yours and make a customized, one of a kind coloring book for your kid. It'll only take a little while to print out many coloring sheets, and these lead to hours of entertainment and brain stimulation for your child. He will soon be old enough that in a year or so we will be able to break out the paints and see what he is like using them on the Coloring Pages. I know he will love this although I am already nervous at the idea of the chaos it could make! I am sure his eyes will go wide the first time I mix two colors together to make a brand new one, such as red and yellow combining to make orange. It is so rewarding to see his progress over time as he learns without knowing he is doing so. I can really see how his ability to concentrate has improved.


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TikTok has been hit with a €345 million EU fine over the way it processes the personal data of children and teenage users, the first handed out by the bloc to the Chinese-owned social media platform. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, the regulator responsible for holding TikTok Technology to EU data protection law, announced the fine on Friday after an investigation that began in September 2021. The DPC’s probe found TikTok had infringed EU data protection rules by setting the profiles of children aged 13-17 to default to a public setting, meaning anyone on or off TikTok could view their content and contact them. TikTok, which set up an office in Ireland in 2020 and this month opened a long-planned site in Dublin to store EU citizens’ data, was investigated by the DPC over its compliance during the period July 31, 2020, to December 31, 2020.
Google has agreed to pay $93 million to the state of California to settle claims it tracked the location of users without their knowledge. Under the terms of the proposed agreement, Google must also provide more information about the location data it collects on users. The settlement follows a “multi-year” investigation by California’s Department of Justice, which found that Google deceived users into thinking they weren’t getting tracked when they actually were. According to the complaint, Google continued to collect and store location data on users even when they disabled the “Location History” setting within its apps and services, allowing the company to use this information for targeted advertising.
More Russian journalists have come forward this week expressing concern that they too may have been targeted with spyware, following the news that the prominent media figure Galina Timchenko was hacked with Pegasus. On Thursday, three Russian-speaking journalists reported that they have also recently received notifications from Apple warning them that their phones are potential targets for state-sponsored hackers. Apple notified two of the journalists — Maria Epifanova, the CEO of Novaya Gazeta Europe, and Evgeniy Pavlov, a correspondent for Novaya Gazeta Baltia — in August. The third, Evgeny Erlich, a journalist-in-exile at the Russian-language outlet Current Time, did not say when he was notified.
The United States government is bringing legal action against Penn State University under the False Claims Act, saying the university lied or misled about its adherence to government cybersecurity protocols when contracting with the federal government. The suit is being brought on behalf of Matthew Decker, chief information officer at a Penn State research laboratory who also served briefly as interim vice provost and CIO for the university in 2016. Decker’s claims and testimony about the university’s malfeasance form the basis of the lawsuit. Like all defense contractors, Penn State receives and generates as part of its work what is known as controlled unclassified information — data which falls below the threshold of official government secrets, but must nonetheless be managed by contractors in highly specified ways to prevent malicious parties from using them to piece together gaps in government security or programs.
The International Joint Commission, a body that manages water rights along the US-Canada border, has confirmed its IT security was targeted, after a ransomware gang claimed it stole 80GB of data from the organization. “The International Joint Commission has experienced a cybersecurity incident, and we are working with relevant organizations to investigate and resolve the situation,” a spokesperson for the org told The Register. The spokesperson declined to answer specific questions about what happened, or confirm the miscreants’ data theft claims.
Police are celebrating after busting a suspected illegal betting and match-fixing ring which used advanced technology to find out the results of matches before bookmakers. The investigation began as far back as 2020, when Spanish police identified a criminal Romanian and Bulgarian network suspected of placing suspicious bets on international table tennis events. They would corrupt the athletes involved, including several playing for football teams in Romania, and then place massive bets on the outcome of the games, Europol said.


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Don’t be fooled by the simple ingredients in this Mujadarra. This classic dish is absolutely delicious!
I’m always thrilled to discover easy recipes made with ingredients that we always have on hand in our kitchen – and once combined – it tastes absolutely delicious! Such is the case with today’s recipe called Mujadarra.
What is Mujadarra?
Mujadarra is a classic dish made from lentils and brown rice that have been smothered in caramelized, seasoned onions. It’s a staple in Middle-Eastern diets and there are now many new variations of this dish with different lentils, grains and seasonings – but today’s recipe closely follows the more traditional version.
According to Wikipedia, the word mujadarra is the Arabic word for “pockmarked” – with the thought that the name of the dish is inspired by the lentils among the rice resembling pockmarks.
But don’t be fooled by the simple ingredients in this recipe! The flavors are rich and comforting and mujadarra is a wonderful side dish to just about any meal. (It’s also hearty enough to serve as a meatless meal if you’d like!)
Adapted from My Jewish Learning.
- 2 1/2 cups water
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided
- 1/2 cup brown lentils, sorted and rinsed
- 1 cup short grain brown rice (we recommend Lundberg brand)
- 2 large Vidalia or white onions, cut in half, then sliced into thin rings (approximately 4 cups)
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- In a medium-sized saucepan with cover, combine water, salt, and 2 tablespoons olive oil. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Add the brown rice and lentils to the saucepan and bring back to a boil.
- Once the lentils and rice have reached a boil, reduce heat to low and cover. Simmer for approximately 40-45 minutes or until the brown rice and lentils are tender. Turn off heat and allow to sit covered for 5 minutes.
- While the rice and lentils are cooking, prepare the onions. In a large skillet, heat the remaining ¼ cup of olive oil over medium high heat, tipping the skillet so that the oil evenly coats the bottom of the pan.
- Add the sliced onions, and cook for about 20-30 minutes, stirring frequently until the onions are a deep golden color, and the edges of the onions are well caramelized. Once cooked, remove from the heat and sprinkle the paprika over the onions. Stir to combine.
- Give the rice and lentil mixture a stir, then pour into a serving bowl. Top with caramelized onions and serve. (This dish is delicious served hot off the stove or at room temperature.)
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Samling Institute opened this year’s Leeds Lieder festival in a lunchtime concert with mezzo-soprano Shakira Tsindos, baritone Dominic Sedgwick and pianist Ian Tindale performing English song, including the premiere for mezzo-soprano and baritone of Man, Woman, Child by Jonathan Dove. The concert and a pre-concert talk by Jonathan Dove are available to view for free online
The concert was reviewed by Claire Seymour for Opera Today – read online here
Photo: Shakira Tsindos, Dominic Sedgwick and Ian Tindale at Leeds Lieder, Robert Piwko Photography
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Nicky Spence continues to go from strength to strength – this month alone, he has released an acclaimed new album (details below); the Royal Opera House production of Janáček’s Jenůfa in which he sang the role of Laca won an Olivier Award, and he has been named Personality of the Year in the BBC Music Magazine awards.
“The tenor has been a true force for good over the last 12 months – from his high calibre operatic performances, to volunteering as a vaccinator during the pandemic and his Sky Arts show Anyone Can Sing, it has been an incredible year.”
Nicky Spence has released a new album of Vaughan Williams songs, including a recording of On Wenlock Edge which Gramophone Magazine has described as ‘one of the finest ever’ for ‘its thrilling assurance, strength of imagination and rapt instinct’ (Gramophone Magazine) whilst the Guardian writes that his ‘gift for combining pure tone with direct, daring expression makes this a covetable disc’
You can hear Nicky singing On Wenlock Edge when he joins us at our next concert at Marchmont House, on 20 May.
Pianist Jonathan Ware, is described by The New York Times as bringing ‘theatrical sensibility’ to his new recording with soprano Golda Schultz. ‘This Be Her Verse’ is a collection of songs by women – featuring Clara Schumann, Emilie Mayer, Rebecca Clarke and Nadia Boulanger, and a new commission from Kathleen Tagg.
Tenor Dafydd Jones, who attended our most recent Samling Artist Programme, wrote to tell us how the week has already benefitted him ‘I was awarded 2nd place in the RCM Joan Chissell Schumann Competition two weeks ago, and also won the RCM Brooks-van Der Pump English Song Competition that same week! It’s so nice to be able to perform and compete again and use repertoire I’d worked through on the course back in February.’
Baritone Joël Terrin reached the finals of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards, and is one of the eight musicians, and the only singer, selected for this year’s YCAT (Young Classical Artist Trust) finals.
Soprano Aoife Miskelly has joined James Black Management as she begins a freelance solo career following several seasons singing major roles as principal soprano at Oper Köln.
Samling Artists BBC Proms Guide
The BBC Proms were announced this week, and as always, there are plenty of Samling Artists in the line-up. The Times’s pick of the top 12 concerts includes Dido and Aeneas, The Dream of Gerontius and Louise Alder singing Strauss’s Four Last Songs.
All concerts will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
19 July Prom 7 Dido and Aeneas, David Bates and La Nuova Musica
24 July Prom 13 The Wreckers Glyndebourne Festival Opera
27 July Prom 16 : ‘Sea Sketches’ BBC National Orchestra of Wales, including Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony
Andrew Foster-Williams bass-baritone
9 August Prom 31 – Strauss Four Last Songs Ulster Orchestra with Daniele Rustioni
Louise Alder, soprano
19 August Prom 43 – Handel Solomon The English Consort and BBC Singers
Benjamin Hulett – Zadok
20 August Prom 44 – Ethel Smyth Mass in D Major Sakari Oramu BBC Symphony Orchestra
Nardus Williams, soprano
24 August Prom 49 Mahler Symphony No.2 ‘Resurrection’ – Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra
Louise Alder – soprano (With television broadcast on BBC Four)
Claire Barnett-Jones in recital with Simon Lepper
31 August Prom 59 The Dream of Gerontius, Edward Gardener, London Philharmonic Orchestra,
James Platt bass
7 September Prom 69 Beethoven Missa Solemnis Sir John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique


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