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Thursday, July 14, 2011
REVIEW: Honolulu by Alan Brennert
Adopting the name Jin, Regret runs away to Honolulu to make a new life for herself but it is a turbulent time in the island's history and a difficult one for those of Asian descent.
Honolulu starts off with Jin/Regret growing up in Korea. The book grabbed me right away because I lived in Korea for a year and many of the places that were discussed in the book I had visited. Jin's family followed Confucian ideals which gave women a very strict and limited role in society. It reminded me a little of the way women are treated in some middle eastern countries today. I could not blame Jin for wanting to escape the fate that awaited her there.
When Jin and her fellow picture brides arrive in Hawaii they realize that the life they will have there is not much better than what they would have faced in Korea. I can't imagine agreeing to be married to someone based off of a photograph but then to finally meet my prospective partner and find out he is older than I thought and dirt poor? I wouldn't have blamed all the girls for getting right back on the boat to Korea had they had the means to do so. The story really picks up when circumstances force her to flee her husband and she finds help in the unlikeliest of places.
Honolulu also explores the division between the races in Hawaii at the time. The law favored the whites living on the islands and there was discord among the minorities living there as well. As with his book Moloka'i, Brennert invents an interesting and varied cast of characters. I liked the life long bond that developed between Jin, Jade Moon, Wise Pearl, and Beauty (her fellow picture brides). I liked this story quite about but not as much as Moloka'i. I think this was because the author tried to cram a little too much Hawaiian history in. Although I find it fascinating, I find it unlikely that the main character would have had a front row seat to most of it given the circumstances she was in. Also there were a few more slower areas in Honolulu than there were in Moloka'i-mundane things pertaining to being a seamstress and business ventures that bogged things down occasionally. Despite these few small problems I really liked the book and judging by how much I liked both of his books I think I will be picking up whatever Alan Brennert comes out with next.


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NEW YORK (AP) — The Spider-Man franchise will detour next with a "Sinister Six" spinoff in 2016, pushing "The Amazing Spider-Man 3" to 2018, Sony's Columbia Pictures said Wednesday in announcing an updated schedule.
By ordering "Sinister Six" ahead of the next "Spider-Man" movie, the studio hopes to expand the franchise with the group of Marvel super-villains.
Released in May, "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" accumulated $706 million worldwide and only just surpassing $200 million domestically. That was considered a disappointing result, since it failed to top its 2012 predecessor, which made $758 million. It was also less than all of the box-office hauls for Sam Raimi's trilogy.
"Sinister Six," to be directed by Drew Goddard , is one of two spinoffs planned for the Spider-Man universe. No date has been set for the other offshoot in development, "Venom."
Sony had previously pegged "Spider-Man" sequels for 2016 and 2018, but "The Amazing Spider-Man 3" will now be pushed to 2018. In its place, Sony has slotted in "Uncharted," an action film based on the PlayStation video game.

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Название: MIG Aircraft Since 1937.
Автор: Bill Gunston, Yefim Gordon
Издательство: Putnam Aeronautical Books
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Mikoyan built his first aircraft in 1936. The company has since gone on to produce some of the most fearsome high-performance military aircraft of the post-World War II period, such as the MiG-15, MiG-21 and MiG 29. This book describes all these aircraft and more, in detail.

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I've been gone for a while now and I haven't been having many issues. But in the last month and half I've been having some very bad neck pain and pain in my neck, balance issues, memory issues, I'm having a lot pressure and pain at the base of my skull and some coming up the right side of my head. I don't remember specifically all the symptoms I went through when my Chiari really started coming to light in my 20's. From the symptoms I described do these sound Chiari related or ones anyone else specifically adults here suffer from? And has anyone here gone in for decompression surgery and then had symptoms come back a couple of years later? Any input I could get would be greatly appreciated, hope everyone is well. Megan
Hi there Megan
It is unfortunate that you are experiencing these symptoms. Hopefully, what I have experienced can help you work through your own experiences.
After my surgery, I developed balance issues and new head and neck pains. I also found that my cognitive abilities could be altered by head movements. If I moved too much into range (extension and rotation especially) or for too long (hanging a shower curtain - dangerous to boot given balance issues) I would dim my cognitive abilities for three days. Crazy, but true. Three days. This was my experience though I would highly suspect that it would vary between CHiari folk. What I was told is that the dural sheath of the spinal cord was pulling on my brain stem with neck or body movements - it is all connected - and affecting my cognition. Lovely, but how to fix it. I have done lots and lots of neurodynamical exercises starting at my hands and feet and SLOWLY working up to my head. I have been doing neck ones for just a couple weeks and have been reveling in the sensation of smooth movement and fewer and less sever cognitive dips.
Neck pain I worked on with the neurodynamic exercise I just mentioned and shoulder motor control exercises. I still have neck motor control exercises to do but I have to wait until the cervical dural is more resilient. Trigger releases of surrounding musculature has been helpful while I wait. Exercises for occiput-cervical mobility helped with the pain up the side of the head.
For my balance, I danced with joy when I found primitive exercises that banished my dizziness. I've posted previously about these.
Basically, what I have been told is that these symptoms are like the "soft" symptoms of Chiari. They are highly individual and won't kill you so doctors tend not to get too excited about them. An MRI often shows normal though you do not feel normal. Chiari can be like a brain concussion. It is just slow motion and symptoms can rise up when a person gets busier, sick, injured, more stress, different medication - whatever. A Chiari brain - pre and post surgery- can be more sensitive to stress (I do not necessarily mean the psychological type of stress but that can be a factor as well).
Anyways, good luck to you in figuring things out.
Thank you for your input, I have a doctors appointment coming up to see my urologist to see if I may have a problem with my kidneys or some sort of infection and then after that if I'm still experiencing issues then I will make an appointment to go and see my neurosurgeon yet again which I haven't seen him in a few years because I really haven't had any issues up until recently. So I will see how things go in the next couple of months. But I do appreciate your input and your information I will definitely keep it in mind. I will post here if anything comes up. Sorry for my delayed response, but I appreciate the help, take care, Megan

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Archive for February, 2011
Your balcony is the area where you come and relax after a hard day’s work with a good book. This is the place to enjoy a romantic full moon light with a late night coffee. Thus, it is needed to decorate your balcony to make it more lovable and interesting.
Well, before everything the primary step is to keep it clean and tidy. You can start off with exotic potted plants or hanging vines. Create a garden kitchen balcony with mini cherry tomatoes, mini aubergines or courgettes. Citrus trees and sweet pepper plants are both decorative and useful. These colorful plants not only deck up your balcony but also help to purify the air.
Wooden balcony is very interesting. Add some furniture like coffee tables. Otherwise you can place the relaxing bean bags. Wrought iron grills would give it a rustic look. If you have enough space, hang a swing. Use outdoor lighting like the all weather rope ones. They look very catchy when you place it under the railing.
The garden created on a roof top is referred to as the roof-top garden. Apart from decking up your roof, it also helps to control temperature, provide recreational opportunities and food.
There are two types of roof top gardens based on the structural condition of the roof, extensive and intensive. The first one is a lightweight garden and requires very little maintenance. It can be installed in both sloped and flat roofs. You can grow here a wide range of wild flowers, hardy grasses, sedums. It is better to get drought tolerant herbs which would not be affected due excessive sun and wind exposure.
The intensive one needs a flat roof. These gardens possess an exotic variety of beautiful flowers, shrubs and trees. The vegetation either covers the whole area or is placed over raised beds. Thus a powerful roof structure is essential. These plants are sensitive, so, must be kept in covers during winter. Good maintenance is necessary and you need to fix proper lighting, exits and guard rails.
Your basement is the underground storey of your home. Modern homes come with limited space. So renovating your basement into a livable space is a good idea.
Make it your kid’s playground. You can also convert it into a game room by placing a billiard or carom table. Den or library is other good renovation ideas. Otherwise create your own wet bar with a counter, wine shelves and bar stools. If you have enough space, make the area your home gym stuffed with gym equipments. Then you can also make the area your second bathroom with a Jacuzzi tub. If your basement is big enough, use it as a home theatre to relax with family and friends. Besides, turning the area your study or home office is both useful and intelligent.
Otherwise, the place can be just used for holding parties. After deciding on the theme, start off with the painting, required décor items and necessary stuffs. You also need to consult a contractor and plumber.
Do you possess expensive oriental carpets and rugs in your house? Well, these are valuable assets and should be maintained properly so they last for years. Here are some tips to clean your expensive carpet.
Regular vacuum cleaning is a must. If you have accessories over them, lift them up for effective cleaning. When you see spots on your carpet, rub it off as soon as possible. Do not be harsh, as it may ruin the surface. Do not delay if you see stains on them. Place a thick cloth on the mark with something heavy on it. The cloth will slowly absorb the stain. For the syrup and cola spillages, clean them immediately with plain water or water with vinegar added to it.
For the molds use lemon juice and salt or some non-chlorine bleach on the carpet. You can lay them out on your roof or balcony when it is sunny. Otherwise you can brush gently with a mixture of water (100 ml) and hydrogen peroxide (1 spoon).
The homes today come with a very restricted space. You are not left with any room to carry out your hobbies. In this case, the basement area or your attic would be perfect for a hobby room.
If you are into the habit of reading, creating a good library would be a nice choice. Thus, fill the area with large shelves, a table and chairs. Make it your studio if you practice photography or painting. As the basement area or attic is away from public view, little mess would not do much harm.
If you are into sewing, you can easily and freely keep your sewing machines and accessories in the hobby room. Otherwise you can divide the area and set one half for your children. They would get a nice playground in their home. Are movies your favorite pastime? Turn your hobby room into a home theatre. Use proper lighting if you are planning the hobby room in the basement. Nice wallpapers are a good option than painting.
An attic room is little different from other rooms with its sloped roof, dormers, odd places. Also, the room does not get much sunlight because of its odd and unusual pattern. Thus you have to be very careful while decorating the walls of an attic bedroom.
As the room is already dark, putting too much of dark shades, would make the room gloomy. You can use the light warm shades like beige, pink or yellow for painting the walls. It will make the room look more spacious and inviting. You can hang some small artworks, mirrors or photographs if not anything. Mini candle stands would give it a rustic look. But be careful, too much of wall décor would make the room crowded.
Otherwise, you can stick colorful wallpapers with vertical stripes. It will make the ceiling and walls look taller. Do not use any wall décor if you have wallpapers.
Are you planning to work from home? But the homely ambience makes us feel a little laid back. Thus a little bit of décor is needed to give it a smart professional look.
Firstly, decide on the area. Your basement is a good option as it is separated from the other rooms. Thus you can work freely in privacy with lesser distractions. Use bright wall paints like yellow to keep you awake and jazzed up all the time. Get some decent paintings for the walls. Other wise, use wallpapers, they are trendy and cheaper than paints.
Space saving furniture is a smart choice because you have to stuff a single room with many accessories. You would need a home office desk, file cabinets, meeting table, many book shelves and most importantly a computer table. Just see, that the furniture have lots of storage capacity. Maintain harmony in your office décor, since lack of balance in the ambience is very disturbing for work.
Are you planning to paint your home? Well, the current trend is towards eco friendly painting materials. They come in various shades and are also beneficial for health.
The traditional paints emit some volatile organic compounds (VOC) in the air which are harmful for the environment. These compounds lead to headaches, allergies, respiratory troubles and even cancer. Thus, an eco friendly paint is the one which emits few or no volatile organic compounds or VOCs in the air. It also must be free from acrylic softeners and oil. The eco friendly paints are more suitable for the interior walls than the exterior ones. It is because, in case of exterior walls, air can dilute the hazardous effects of the VOCs.
There are various brands which offer eco friendly paints. Some of them are BioShield Paint, Ecos Organic Paints, Earth Born Paints, Safecoat, YOLO Colorhouse, St. Astier Lime Paints. Be careful, and check the list of ingredients before buying the eco-friendly paints.
Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese art of utilizing the positive energy (chi) to bring harmony and prosperity in your home in connection with your personal energy. Here are some tips to make a happy home with Feng Shui.
Do not keep your rooms messy, it hinders the easy flow of chi. Moving water facilitates easy flow of positive energy. Thus place a bowl of fresh water near your entrance and drawing room. Fresh flowers are also important. Do not forget to throw away the dried ones. Shift your bed if it faces bathroom or the doorway and do not place mirrors at the footboards of your bed. Sleeping on mats on floors restricts the circulation of positive chi around you while you are sleeping.
Do not keep beds under the ceiling. It affects your marriage and health. Avoid bunk beds for children. They can develop learning and health issues. Place “laughing Buddha” statues in various parts of your home.
Your kitchen chimney keeps your kitchen beautiful by sucking out the smells, odors and smokes from it. But as a result of suction, some unwanted substances get stuck up into the flue leading to serous damage. Thus proper steps must be taken to clean up the kitchen chimney.
The outer surface of the chimney must be cleaned daily with a soft rag soaked in a cleanser. In electric chimneys, it is best to replace its charcoal filter after every six months. The cleaning brushes should be according to the size of the chimney. They have flexible fiberglass rods. Thus you can clean any bend or corner of your chimney.
The double spiral brushes (with more bristles) are perfect for removing soot. Use the single wire one if you have slight dusting. Get a flat wire brush which is ideal for heavy jobs. A poly brush is fitted for metal chimneys, as they do not cause scratches inside the pipe. While cleaning the fans, it is recommended to call the professionals.

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As dog’s age, they may develop special health care needs and may require more attention and care than younger dogs. At Veterinary Medical Center, we believe that caring for your aging dog includes increased vigilance by us through bi-annual senior canine wellness exams. Since dogs age more rapidly than humans, dramatic changes in their health can occur in as little as 3-6 months. Many health conditions can be prevented from progressing into more serious illnesses and negatively affecting your dog’s quality of life when detected early and managed properly.
Senior canine wellness exams are more extensive than canine wellness exams, and include:
We encourage our clients to take an active role in their senior dog’s health. If you notice any of these changes, please call us:
We want to help you provide your aging dog with the best and most comprehensive senior veterinary care available. Together we will help your dog experience the healthiest and happiest quality of life in his/her “golden years!” Please contact us to schedule a senior wellness exam for your senior dog.
Please bring the following items with you to ensure the best possible experience:
If this is your first visit to our hospital, any previous veterinary records pertaining to your senior dog needs to be submitted to our hospital 24 hours in advance of their first appointment.
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COKE IS IT: That many in fashion have a preference for Diet Coke is hardly a secret — among them Karl Lagerfeld, who seems to have a perennial thirst for the soft drink. Now the association to fashion deepens. As part of a recent can redesign, Diet Coke has unveiled a T-shirt by Gustavo Alonso, a Miami International University of Art & Design student who participated in the Diet Coke Young Designer Challenge (a partnership with the Council of Fashion Designers of America). His design — featuring an illustration of a woman in a high-collared red coat cinched at the waist — was selected by judges Cynthia Rowley, Zac Posen and L’Wren Scott. The T-shirt will be available at Target from Sept. 3.


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The Caribbean Genealogy Library will host Part II of “The Printing Press and Community Memory: Virgin Islands History, Culture, Socioeconomics and Politics Archived in the St. Thomas Graphics Collection.” Those who missed Part I of Ruby Simmonds Esannason, Ph.D. and Sen. Myron Jackson’s two-part presentation on the printing press and community memory, can find it on the Caribbean Genealogy Library’s YouTube channel. Watch Part I. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQVINxkEZvg&t=181s
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The redesigned 2015 Honda Fit received an Acceptable rating in the small overlap frontal crash test performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a significant improvement over the Poor rating that the 2013 model received when it was tested in January.
But it took two tries for the new Fit to get its Acceptable rating. An early-production 2015 Fit was originally tested in March, but received a Marginal rating in the challenging small overlap test. So Honda strengthened the bumper beam welds on the Fit, which earned an Acceptable rating in the second test.
The small overlap test replicates what happens when the front corner of a vehicle collides with another vehicle or an object such as a tree or utility pole. In the test, 25 percent of a vehicle’s front end on the driver’s side strikes a rigid barrier at 40 miles per hour.
In the new Fit’s first test, the nonprofit group said the car’s bumper beam, which is a steel bar behind the plastic bumper cover, broke free of the frame rail on the passenger’s side early in the crash test, which caused more of the crash energy to be absorbed by the driver’s side of the car. The result was “extensive intrusion into the occupant compartment and excessive upward movement of the steering column.” After Honda engineers improved the beam, it stayed attached to the frame rail, intrusion was reduced and the steering column was much more stable, the group said.
In addition to making changes to production models, Honda says it will replace bumper beams on about 12,000 of the 2015 Fits it has already sold. The replacement will be completed for free at any Honda dealership in the United States. In a call-in news conference, Chuck Thomas, Honda’s chief safety engineer, said he thought the repair could take as little as 30 minutes.
Because Honda did not start making changes on the assembly line until June 6, the group said the Acceptable rating applies only to cars built on that date and later. But because consumers know only the month in which their vehicle is built, and not the exact date, Honda says they can check with a dealership to determine if a car is eligible for the update.
Fit owners who have the early production models that need the fix will not be notified by mail until late September, Honda said. At that time, any Honda owner who is concerned about whether their vehicle needs the update can also call 1-800-999-1009 and choose option 4.

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Excerpt: With so many options out there, it can become a daunting task to pick a good superzoom that's priced right. Sony manages to enamor us with its new superzoom offering – the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1, with really good performance, and a plethora of features, but a slightly hefty pricetag. To begin with, the DSC-HX1 is on the tinier side at 115 x 83 x 92 mm, but it weighs quite a bit at 544 grams.
Conclusion: The HX1 presents a very attractive package to the potential buyer. The large and versatile zoom range that extends from moderate wide angle to extreme telephoto, the HD video recording, very fast continuous shooting speeds, and unique shooting modes all contained in a well built, mini-SLR style body all go some way to tugging at your purse strings.
Pros: Decent resolution for such an ambitious lens, Good color, generally accurate focus gives a high 'hit rate' even in auto mode, Huge photographic versatility with 28-560mm lens and auto macro mode, Image stabilization works well (and can be used in movie mode), Ultra fast 10 fps continuous shooting mode (limited to 10 frames), Fast focus for a camera of this type, HD video capture with high quality stereo sound, Unique sweeping panorama mode, In-camera image stacking fo...
Cons: Pixel level quality not great; visible sharpening and NR artefacts, ISO 800 - 3200 noisy and of limited use, Noise reduction destroys fine detail at anything over ISO 400, effects visible at base ISO, Electronic view finder is low resolution and small, Focus hunts in low light situations, Lens zooming action quite slow, Takes a long time to turn on and off, Continuous shooting locking you out for up to 17 seconds can be quite frustrating, Quite expensive, Uses Memory ...
Summary: Sony's new Cybershot DSC-HX1 is one of the first Sony cameras to feature their new Exmor CMOS image processor. This sensor is combined with Sony's G-Lens to give you faster speeds and higher quality images, even in low-light. The 20x optical zoom lens gives you a very wide 28mm equivalent view on the wide end, with a distant 560mm magnification at the telephoto end.
Summary: The Sony Cyber-shot HX1 proves to be a veritable Swiss Army Knife of a midsize camera. Need to grab some sports shots? It has the lens and the speed to do it. Headed to the zoo? Again, you're covered. Summer vacation at the Grand Canyon? The HX1 counters with perhaps the most useful panorama mode ever installed on a digicam. Plus, you can get video clips worthy of your 42-inch HDTV from the same device.
Pros: Fast, Fast, Did we mention fast?, Stunning panorama mode, Exceptional HD video, Super-sharp 20x lens
Cons: Menus and controls could use clean-up, EVF isn't the best, Expensive
Excerpt: Sony did a great job of stealing the limelight here at PMA in Las Vegas with their innovative new bridge camera, the Cyber Shot DSC-HX1. It's a first in that Sony has endowed the HX1 with a CMOS sensor from the Sony Exmor sensor technology family, which their high-end Alpha DSLR models use. Until now, most compact digital cameras using CMOS sensors were from the cheap and cheerful, low quality end of the range.
Conclusion: It’s hard to live up to great expectations, but as far as we’re concerned, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1 did just that. Is it a perfect camera? Hardly, since one hasn’t been invented. Yet this camera does many things well: shoots quickly and accurately with minimal fuss, has a powerful wide-angle zoom, offers manual options and takes fine HD movies. Although it doesn’t shoot RAW files, don’t forget sweep panorama, one of the neatest tricks we’ve seen in a long time.
Conclusion: Sony has made the Cyber-shot HX1 an apparently hip-looking camera to own – a digital SLR like design, huge 20X zoom lens with a tilting LCD, 10 FPS burst mode at full resolution, “full HD” movie mode (yeah right) as well as the much discussed ‘Sweep Panorama’ feature. Sounds like the perfect super zoom camera, huh?
Pros: Acceptable image quality up to mid-sized prints/display; please use low ISOs and shoot outdoors too, Huge 20X optical zoom lens with image stabilization, Large, tilt-able 3 inch LCD with good visibility, Full manual controls, HD movie mode (1080p and 720p options available) with stereo sound and optical zoom, Elaborate face/smile/blink detection modes, Many playback features and tools, Very good performance; excellent 10 FPS, full-resolution burst mode
Cons: Noise reduction and over-sharpening produces muddy photos, Proprietary and expensive Sony Memory Stick Duo cards, No image compression settings or RAW mode, No custom mode position on mode dial; ‘custom’ button can only be tasked to one of three limited functions, Electronic viewfinder size is below average; LCD resolution could be higher, Fixed field of view coverage in Sweep Panorama mode; camera messes up photo if you pan too slowly/stop abruptly, Only 10 shots in ...


Heritage Village becomes more eco-friendly as KB Industries (KBI) installs its signature product Flexi®-Pave. The product is a porous pavement made of recycled tires making it environmentally friendly, as well as eliminating standing water, reducing pollution and controlling erosion.
The City of Tampa plans to build new park in the Channel District next to Martin at Meridian. The park will feature a dog park, event space, water features and courts to play various sports. Construction is expected to begin in 2016.
BLUE Ocean opens its headquarters in St. Pete as it prepares for the 2016 film festival.
The City of Clearwater aims to model the Westshore business district in Tampa in terms of economic development as it sets forth plans for the U.S. 19 corridor through Pinellas County.
Calling all artists! The city of Tampa is actively seeking artists to pour their creative juices into public art projects in the final phase of the Tampa Riverwalk and new Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park. The objective is to create public art that is innovative and engaging, to attract residents and visitors to enjoy the local outdoors.
How do the arts shape neighborhoods and the overall visual identity of Tampa? Speak into the open mic hosted by Tampa's Urban Charrette and CNU Tampa Bay.
In the next five to seven years, the Channel District will be transformed into the Tampa Waterfront District with a $1 billion investment from Tampa Bay Lighting owner Jeff Vinik and partners including billionaire Bill Gates. About 3 million square feet of commercial and residential will be added. About 3,700 direct jobs will be created.
The city of Tampa hopes to encourage economic development by sprucing up "gateways" along Hillsborough Avenue in Seminole Heights and Dale Mabry Highway, leading to MacDill Avenue. Landscape designs costing about $1 million will be spent.
Green is the color recommended by federal highway safety officials to mark off bike safety lanes. So, Tampa plans to stripe new green bike lanes as part of resurfacing projects on Cleveland and Platt Streets.
City planners are reviewing a proposal to turn the historic Kress building on North Franklin Street into a 22-story tower of hotel rooms and residences. Four restaurants also are planned.
DDA Development plans to build a 74-unit condominium - The Salvador - that will offer luxury living but at somewhat lower purchase prices than other condominiums along ritzy Beach Drive.
What New York landscape architect Charles Wellford Leavitt designed nearly 100 years ago is today on of the country's 10 great public spaces. Lake Mirror Lake in Lakeland is a public treasure, according to the American Planning Association.
A Walmart Supercenter under construction on East Hillsborough Avenue is the first major business to invest in the community in decades. About 300 jobs and the potential for hundreds of thousands of property tax revenues will be generated.
A re-designed Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park is a centerpiece in the re-imagined city of Tampa as an urban village where people work, live and play.
Moccasin Lake Nature Park is a hidden gem of nature's beauty amidst the urban jumble of Clearwater which is all but built out with homes, shops, offices and roadways. The City of Clearwater is spending $700,000 on renovations and extending operating hours to include Sundays. The park offers a new pier and improved trails. In 2015 the city will update an intrepetive center, add restrooms and improved landscaping.


Sligo’s Mona McSharry has set a new Irish Women’s 200m Breaststroke record at the Olympics in Tokyo.
McSharry had been competing in the heats of the Women’s 200m Breaststroke over a day after her 100m final appearance.
The 20-year-old made a controlled start to proceedings, taking the race lead after the first length.
However she was pipped to the victory just at the end by Krystina Horska of the Czech Republic, finishing second.
McSharry’s time of 2:25.08 was a new PB and history for Irish women’s swimming.
She just came short of the semi-finals of the Women’s 200m Breaststroke, missing out on the top 16 with 20th place finish overall.
McSharry had already made headlines in Tokyo by qualifying for the Women’s 100m Breakstroke final.She had become the first swimmer in 25 years to make the final on her first appearance at the event.
McSharry could only muster an eighth place finish in the final up against the world’s 100m elite.
But she rightly took the positives from her incredible Olympics debut, describing her experience as ‘amazing’.


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Ivy Red, San Francisco 2005
This was a just-for-fun shot that Ivy and I did one afternoon at her place outside of San Francisco. It’s one of the rare occasions where I used the on-camera flash on my Yashica T4.


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STATE HOUSE District 13
Claire Levy, Dem.
Robert E. Houdeshell, Rep.
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Dianne Primavera, Dem.
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Will Toor, Dem.
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Ben Pearlman, Dem.
Aaron J. Hobbs, Rep.
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Cindy Domenico, Dem.
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Amendment 50, Limited gaming
Amendment 51, Sales tax for people with disabilities
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Amendment 54, Restrictions on campaign contributions
Amendment 55, Just cause
Amendment 56, Employer responsibility for health insurance
Amendment 57, Safe workplace
Amendment 58, Severance tax for scholarships
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Referendum M, Obsolete land value provisions
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Consumers Groups Push for Strong Transparency Provisions in Health Care Bill
Health Care For All, along with MassPIRG, Health Law Advocates, Community Catalyst and the Massachusetts Senior Action Council recently wrote a letter on the issue of drug transparency to the conferees meeting to work out a final health care bill. We urged the Conference Committee to include strong transparency measures to help tackle the problem of skyrocketing prescription drug prices.
Prescription drug costs are currently the fastest growing healthcare expense – by far. For both public and private plans, increases in pharmacy costs far outpace every other expense. Rising drug prices are increasing health care costs, placing significant burden on consumers and putting pressure on the state budget.
A major obstacle in controlling drug price growth is a lack of transparency on pricing trends, rebates, discounts, and pharmaceutical benefit managers. Actual prices paid for drugs are hidden behind a complex veil of intermediaries, and effective transparency provisions would allow the public and policymakers to understand the causes of high prices and cost growth.
We urge the Conference Committee to adopt the Senate language, which provide for more extensive disclosures and would strengthen the ability of policymakers and the public to judge if we are getting good value for our billions spent on prescription drugs. We believe that Massachusetts should join a number of other states that have enacted strong transparency requirements to further the goals of affordable care.
If you are interested in understanding the extent of these factors, read the complete letter here.

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Even within our narrowly defined ideal target market there exists different personality types. One of the jobs of our marketing messages, materials and selling efforts is to find ways to connect with all of the various needs of these different types.
You can accomplish this in marketing materials by making sure that you have different types of information – tips sheets, case studies, FAQs and data sheets.
In selling situations that are face to face it can also be wise to adjust your presentations in ways that help you connect with differing personalities.
After reviewing a fascinating work called Face Values I asked the authors Michael Lovas and Pam Holloway of About People to share some thoughts on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast about a system that they teach that allows marketers to understand a personal communication style just by reading the lines on their face.
- In this podcast:
- Face Values – how to read people and connect with them in less than 3 Minutes
- One can tell a person’s personality type, values, and communication style just by reading a few simple lines on a person’s face
- Is adopting one’s style of communication part of the process?
- Understanding one’s own personality traits in order to understand how to interact with others
- Applying these principles to identify an ideal market segment
- Including marketing materials that appeal to all 4 personality types
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What is the Optimal Image Size for Your Website? Here’s How to do the Math
Remember to keep your end users in mind when designing your site so as to assure the best image quality for all devices.
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As designers and developers, we want the images on our website to be of the highest quality and appear crystal clear every time for the end user, regardless of the device. Being in the Real User Monitoring space, we often get questions about the optimal image size for your website. The ultimate aim here is to ensure that image quality and load times remain consistent for our end user regardless of device.
So, it makes sense to start with your end users, right?
How to Make Sure You Create The optimal Image Size for Your Website
Achieving the best image size is actually hard to get right if we focus on size alone. As you know, the same image can load at different speeds depending on many variables. Although, as web professionals, we want to present our very best images. Nadav Soferman writing for Smashing Magazine says that “delivering the highest image resolution to all users” is a mistake.
“Website owners want their site to look perfect on modern high-resolution devices. Often developers deliver the same hi-res version of each image to everyone: all device resolutions, browser window dimensions and device pixel ratios (DPR).”
So, rather than just throwing out an arbitrary value and saying it’s too large for an image, I want to go into more detail. In fact, you can create these values for yourself using your customer’s bandwidth as a benchmark for the optimal image size for your website.
This way, you are guaranteed to give your end users the best possible experience on every device.
How to Discover Ideal Image Size Using Bandwidth
The first step is always to compress/gzip/and run images through your usual optimization process before using them online. Sacrificing a little quality for an image ¼ the size is definitely worth it in the long run!
At Raygun, we believe optimizing for bandwidth instead of image size makes your website more consistent for end users and gives you a chance to measure customer experience with more accuracy.
After optimization, however, your images could still be loading slowly for certain users, which brings us to bandwidth. There’s no point having a web page that has megabytes of images when your target audience is on a 2G connection. Optimizing load times for all visitors, regardless of connection speed, is good practice. Each and every website’s audience is different, therefore, one size doesn’t fit all. First, understand your audience, then optimize.
So, Let’s Do the Math
Most articles agree that a load time of 3 seconds is too long, so let’s aim for a load time of ~3s.
I’m just going to use the speeds offered by Google Chrome’s network throttling options for variety:
- 2g: 0.25mbs
- 4g: 4mbs
- Dsl: 2mbs
- Wifi: 30mbs
Now we’ve got the speeds. Next, we have to find a general page size to get the optimal image size for your website.
In 2015, the average page size was 2.3mb, a 16% increase from 2014. Following that trend, it’s safe to say the average page size for 2016/17 would be around 2.7 – 3mb.
Continuing with averages, the percentage of images on each page has also increased at a large rate, ending at 64% of total page size being comprised of images in 2015.
I’m going to bump that number to 70%, as the number year on year has been growing steadily. Comparing load speeds with the average page size allows us to paint a picture of general targets to aim for when looking at the total file size available to be allocated for images – to a point.
Based on the growing rate of page sizes, and the percentage of each page that are images, we can calculate how much bandwidth we have available. This will apply to different users on certain connections (with the limit of a load time of three seconds).
This allows users with a high-speed connection to download sites super fast. This increases the amount they can download in three seconds.
Therefore, to counter this we’re going to limit pages to a maximum size of 3mb.
Note: The time taken isn’t taking into account request delays (TTFB), which differ depending on the connection type.
Time to Download 3mb by Connection
Users on slow connections will continue to have slow experiences unless you cater to them. Take time to understand your audience here.
Based on our calculations we can break down how much each connection type can download in 3 seconds:
- 2g = 0.75mb / 3s
- 4g = 12mb / 3s
- DSL = 6mb / 3s
- Wifi = 63mb / 3s
What This Means
If your users are on a slow connection, pages can’t be very large if you want them to load in under three seconds. Given that our page limit is only 3mb in size, we have a fair amount of room to move on some of these connection speeds. However our goal is to keep the load time as short as possible, so I’m sticking with the 3mb limit. If your audience isn't stuck on a slow connection, you could look at raising that bar.
Page Size Limits Based on Connections
The only affected connection is the 2G connection. If your customers were on this connection, to make the page load in under 3 seconds, you’d be looking at reducing the total page size to 0.75mb in that case 0.525mb (525kb) of images in total.
In Conclusion, Know Your Users!
We can use the above calculations as a guide to cater to your end user’s bandwidth. This gives you a much more accurate approach to improving page load speed with image optimization alone. The optimal image size for your website will change based on your needs and over time.
At the end of the day, the more you understand your end users and how they are using your applications, the better the experience you can provide! No need for large image sizes to slow down your website.
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Guernsey Gin at "The Guernsey Movie" London Premiere
Wheadon’s Gin took a taste of our island home to London yesterday as the official gin partner for the release of the film The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. The film, which is set in Guernsey, premiered at London’s Curzon Cinema in Mayfair last night and will go on general release in cinemas on 20th April following a special gala premiere here in Guernsey on April 12th. The partnership saw international journalists attending the press day to interview the film’s stars enjoying Guernsey gin and tonics poured from bottles wrapped in special Guernsey jumper sleeves made by our friends at Guernsey Woollens, and miniatures available for press that included postcards from Guernsey in special “Gin Evacuation Scheme” envelopes hung around their necks. Following the premiere, special Wheadon's Gin cocktails were served to those lucky enough to attend the after party. Guests at the Guernsey gala premiere this Thursday will also get to enjoy Wheadon’s and tonics before sitting down to a special celebratory screening.
“ I keep a good supply of gin in my cupboard, so we came home.”
Isola Pribby to Juliet Ashton, from the novel that inspired the film
Given the backstory that gave the film part of its title - that of food shortages and culinary ingenuity during the years of occupation – the fact that each expression of Wheadon’s Gin features a locally sourced ingredient (such as rock samphire foraged from the south coast cliffs or mandarin limes grown in one of the island’s rejuvenated glasshouses) made our selection wonderfully appropriate.
“We were delighted to be selected as the official gin partner for the release of a film that celebrates Guernsey. I take a lot of inspiration from both my family’s heritage in the production and distribution of fine alcohol and also from our island home, so having the opportunity to partner with a historical drama set here is an incredible honour as well as a great opportunity. We had a fantastic time yesterday showcasing our product in London at the Global Premiere, but are also really looking forward to playing a part in the events and celebrations here at home.”
Luke Wheadon, Wheadon’s Gin
Alongside various events surrounding the film’s release, we will also be co-hosting a Heritage Festival ‘Occupation Dinner’ at our home in the historic Bella Luce Hotel on May 4th, serving up special pre-dinner drinks in a building that has its own fascinating occupation story involving Luftwaffe officers and a stash of hidden alcohol.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society will be in cinemas April 20th.


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Best of all, these superfoods are easy to find.
To help boost your fiber intake, add chia seeds to your smoothies, yogurt, milk, juices, and cereals.
Chia seeds are very rich in vitamin C, antioxidants, omega-3 and 6. They are also abundant in fiber, potassium, calcium, iron, phosphorus, and manganese.
Almonds are helpful with boosting your energy because they are rich in vitamin E, B vitamins, magnesium, and iron.
Avocados help with improving your metabolism. They are also a good source of nutrients that support and sustain your overall health and help balance your energy, including B vitamins, magnesium, vitamins E and K and beta-carotene.
Avocados are also packed with potassium that can help with lowering blood pressure.
These powerful antioxidants are rich in vitamin K, vitamin C, vitamin A, calcium, potassium, and iron.
Goji berries are packed with amino acids, vitamins B1, B2, B6, vitamin C and vitamin E. This fruit also helps prevent premature aging.
Typically found in Asia, goji berries were long used as a traditional remedy in China to improve energy levels.
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There are many times when public bodies interview people for positions for a city, county, or school district. The positions can be for city coordinators/managers, superintendents, or even members for a commission of a public body or even the public body itself.
Recently, the Stillwater School District hired a new superintendent. An off shoot event with hiring of the superintendent ended with the Minnesota Commissioner of Administration.
The Stillwater School District asked the Commissioner for an opinion on a data practices issue.
One of the finalist's of the Superintendent search who did not get the position had knowledge that an e-mail was sent by an individual which he was the subject of. The e-mail was sent to the Board Chair. The not successful candidate asked to inspect the e-mail. This is the essence of the Commissioner's opinion.
When a job opening happens particularly a high profile position there are people who may want to comment on the job hunters. Specially, if they think the person is not up to par for the job. In those situations a party may communicate verbally. E-mail is quite a different story. When the Board Chair received that e-mail it became "government data" subject to the Data Practices Act.
It is human behavior, in general, if you do not get the job as Superintendent of a school district or any position you try to get an understanding why.
Was there something in the e-mail communication that could have had an impact on this person's candidacy?
The superintendent finalist may never know. The Commissioner ruled that the e-mail is correspondence between an elected official and an individual. Even though the superintendent candidate was the subject.
The Commissioner based this on that the Board Chair did not share the e-mail with any person. The School District in its request for an opinion stated, " The Board Chair did not disclose the email to any other board member, nor did he share it with School District administrators or employees. …" The law in question is 13.601, subdivision 2.
Did the Board Chair share the contents verbally with others? In interaction with other board members was there any verbal or written communication about any contents of the e-mail? Does the Commissioner's opinion deal with the issue when verbal or written comments based on the e-mail are shared?
The opinion takes the position the e-mail communication as a whole is private as long as it is between an elected official and an individual. Should this be?
If you are a candidate for a position with the government and a subject of a memo, an e-mail, or something similar should you be able to access the government data about you if the communication was sent by an individual to an elected official and not shared physically?
Was the Superintendent finalist deep-sixed?
NOTE****Elected officials do not include judges or legislators who are not under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act

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Against better judgement, the tribe's magic man creates the Flint Heart, but the cruelty of it causes the destruction of the tribe.
Thousands of years later, the talisman re-emerges to corrupt first a boy's father, an innocent fairy creature and a familial badger.
Can Charles and his sister Unity, who have consulted with fairies such as the mysterious Zagabog, wisest creature in the universe, find a way to rescue humans, fairies and animals alike from the dark influence of the Flint Heart?
This humorous, hearty and utterly delightful reworking of a 1910 story by Eden Phillpotts, is perfect for an entire family to savour together or an adventurous youngster to devour.
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International (MNN) – Earlier this week, MNN covered the court decision in Malaysia that the word ‘Allah’ is exclusive to Islam.
In the Malay-language, “Allah” is the common term Christians have used for God for hundreds of years. However, non-Muslims , mainly the Malaysian Christian community and press, have been banned from using it. That means already printed Bibles fall under the ban, as do other printed pieces of Christian literature and education curriculum emphasizing the Christian faith.
The decision inflamed tensions between the minority religious community and the Muslims who pursued the case. Greg Mussleman is a spokesman for the Voice of the Martyrs Canada. He shared one concern: “I think you’re going to cause even more tension between the Muslims and the Christians there. This is one of those kinds of decisions that opens the door to go further down the road in exclusivity.”
In other words, this case could be setting legal precedence. Mussleman agrees. “I think it could very well effect other countries like Indonesia and some of the other neighboring countries there, or even some of the Muslim world when they start to look at ‘we’re going to take exclusivity to the word ‘Allah’, especially to the Arab-speaking nations where that is the word for ‘God’.” He goes on to say, “This could be the very first step towards anti-conversion type laws in places like Malaysia or other countries. We already see it, not always in Islamic countries, but in places like Sri Lanka, with the Buddhists, trying with these anti-conversion laws, and we see them in India.”
The decision also takes into question national identity. Certain protections are extended in
the constitution, if you’re Muslim, but not if you’re a Christian. “This is more like on the discriminatory side, but it does lead to situations, if there are those Christians who are saying ‘no, we’re going to use this bible. This is the bible we have.’ I would suggest that that will probably happen.”
As noted in the earlier story, one of the main reasons for the ruling is attributed to the fast growth of the Church. From a court transcript on the case, one of the judges was quoted as saying: “It is my judgment that the possible and most probable threat to Islam, in the context of this country, is the propagation of other religions to the followers of Islam.”
In countries with active anti-conversion laws and anti-blasphemy laws on the books, they’re often used as weapons to settle old scores. Accusations are harmful to ministry. Mussleman says, “We see that in Sri Lanka, we’re you’ve got these pastors there tied up in court with these anti-conversion laws. Again, this is just another obstacle for the gospel, but I believe that our brothers and sisters there will use wisdom in how they do this.”
Other thoughts to ponder on this story: Why don’t other Muslim-dominated nations don’t seem to have the same issue? How far away from an anti-conversion law is Malaysia? Time will tell, says Mussleman. Meanwhile, “The believers there really need wisdom in how they’re going to go to the next step. Some believers will say ‘we’re not going to back down from this. We’re going to continue to move forward and if they put us in jail, we’ll face that.'”
Pray for guidance for Christians in Malaysia as they face opposition. “I would pray that there would not be disharmony or disunity within the Christian community.” Still, increased persecution usually results in increased boldness among believers in Malaysia. “I think it goes right back to what the Bible tells us. We need the wisdom of the Lord.”


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AN astronomer is preparing to recreate Captain Cook’s maiden voyage to record the transit of Venus – a natural phenomenon that happens only twice every 120 years.
Rob Wix is part of a team of scientists about to embark on the epic adventure to the Western Pacific. There, the group will take measurements to calculate the orbital radius of the planet as it crosses the face of the sun.
It was a mission entrusted to Captain James Cook by the Royal Society back in 1769, when he successfully sailed from Britain down the coast of Africa, around Cape Horn in South America, and across the Pacific to French Polynesia.
But unlike Captain Cook, who headed south on HMS Endeavour, today’s scientific team will travel overland in a convoys of 4x4s.
The 2012 transit is only viewable in its entirety from around the same spot in the West Pacific.
It will be the second in a pair of transits of the planet, the last one in 2004 and the next is in 2117.
Rob, from Corwen, a creative director at Sustainable Science, said: “This is a fantastic opportunity to show people that science and adventure go hand-in-hand and that it’s accessible, engaging and good fun. I’ve never done anything on this scale before, it’s going to be great bringing back more scientific facts about our solar system.”
The 35-year-old added: “I want this expedition to show people that science is all around us every day, and sometimes doing your own science investigation is as easy as just looking towards the sky. When we view the transit of Venus, we’ll have special filters that remove 99.99% of the sun’s light, meaning we’ll be able to observe the transit safely. People should never look directly at the sun with a naked eye.”
In a journey lasting around eight weeks, the team will be lead by modern-day adventurer Huw James from South Wales, who will take them from Britain across Europe in a convoy of 4x4s. They will then travel across the Ukraine, Russia, Mongolia and China to Japan, where the entire transit will be visible on June 6.
When the astronomers settle, either in the Australian outback or Siberia, they will take measurements needed to calculate the size of the solar system.
School students around the UK and the world can follow the Venus Transit Expedition and take part in hands on activities and experiments.
For more information, visit venustransit2012.moonfruit.com


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Desert Sun letters to the editor for Sept. 15, 2015
Put it before the people
I read Mr. Miringoff’s letter, “A $100 million shame,” Sept. 7, with interest. Let me add I do not know Mr. Miringoff, but I agree with all he wrote in his letter.
The various elected and/or appointed governmental representatives are supposed to represent the electorate. Their duty is not to be advocates for some special interest program that has never been approved by the electorate, but to realize they have a fiduciary duty to the electorate.
As Mr. Miringhoff writes, ask “us” what we need. Let the people have a voice, by a vote.
For those who will cry that an election is expensive, I reply it is not as expensive as a $100 million mistake.
The funds these governmental representatives are preparing to waste are not their funds, they belong to the electorate. It is time for a special election.
Brian B. Torsney Sr., Palm Desert
Local issues need attention, too
With all due respect, I found Mr. Luker’s opinions (“California WaterFix will ensure future water supplies,” Valley Voice, Sept. 6) both disingenuous and off-putting.
While what he states is certainly a “big picture” view of the state’s water problems, I would rather see him address specific issues with his stewardship of Palm Springs’ water agency. More specifically, I would like to see a transparent look at DWA’s policy of its turf buyback program.
When I attended the most recent Board of Directors meeting raising questions about that program I was given the talking point message of “no” without anyone at DWA ever sitting down with me to hear my side of the story to see the facts of this case.
Mr. Ewing, board president, basically gave a talking points answer after looking to Mr. Luker for confirmation for what he was saying.
It is apparent to me that DWA’s management is decidedly unwilling to listen to facts or to even consider an open discussion with the public as to its policy regarding the turf buyback program. Get your own house in order, Mr. Luker, before you go off trying to solve the macro view of the state’s water problems.
Tom Switzer, Palm Springs
The shine must be restored
The 40th president of the United States had a fondness for referring to the U.S. as the shining city on the hill, an excerpt of a speech he gave as he communicated his main idea that America is a beacon calling on all to come.
He spoke about the diversity of its population, the peace and prosperity with which its people live, and most importantly, the welcoming arms that greet newcomers.
As I admire the San Jacinto Mountains, and enjoy their majestic beauty, my thoughts wander for a moment to consider the lapses of our city government. The luster that is on this “hill” has been sullied by bad judgment at the very least. Our love of peace should not keep the citizens from doing what they must this November. The mayor is leaving. But to return our luster, there is more to do.
They failed us. Ginny Foat, David Ready, and the city attorney have to explain where their leadership was when the mayor cast votes he shouldn’t have.
I honor their past service. However much it hurts they must take responsibility for the group think silo they found comfort in.
Seima Moloi, Palm Springs


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Disagreements do not stop a Dancing with the stars. And ignite the words Paula Barali to me Today is another day From Serena Burton. La Barale unequivocally and unequivocally defended Zaneshi that have been criticized before Wild Lucarelli: “This isn’t just a dance competition, it’s an entertainment programme. And Eva is totally into it, and that’s why she’ll also have a reason to win, because she’s doing superlatively in the show she’s doing. But at the same time the time Mariotto Savage describes as a monkey throwing up his poo has gone awry To a Savage level. I think sometimes the jury exaggerates.”
Barral’s reference is the “sleazy” one with which Lucarelli described Zanicki’s jokes. Lucarelli responded immediately to Barral’s words, who certainly didn’t send them to say: “It’s interesting how that is The reality manipulation mechanism, as there never was. tr from a competitor (Actually it was a super functional program!) But under operation there were still some ‘sloppy’ moments. Mariotto has lowered himself to my level.” In short, Dancing with the Stars seems to be a powder keg ready to explode more and more. And between now and the final, we’ll definitely see some good stuff…
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In celebration of both the Jewish holiday of Purim and Kitchen Overlord’s Star Trek week, we’re boldly going where no adventurous chef has gone before. One taste and you’ll want to take these traditional, jam stuffed sugar cookies on a five year mission straight to your belly.
2 cups flour
1 cup room temperature butter
¾ cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp grated orange zest
Start off by creaming the butter and sugar together. Add the egg, vanilla, orange zest, and a pinch of salt. Beat them like you have something to prove in a mirror universe.
Add the flour. Mix it in until the dough becomes crumbly. Get in there with your hands and knead it until the dough becomes smooth and slightly tacky to the touch. If it’s sticky, add a little more flour. If it’s crumbly, add a little more water.
Pack the dough into a tight ball, wrap it in plastic wrap, and put it in the fridge for a couple of hours. You can also leave it there overnight.
When you’re ready to make your cookies, roll the dough as flat as a space amoeba (if space amoebas were around ⅛ inch thick). Use a cookie cutter to cut it into neat round circles. Go ahead and knead your scraps together, roll them out, and cut some more circles.
Put a teaspoon of filling in the middle of each circle. Resist the temptation to overload your cookies with sugary goodness or else risk the boiling wrath of jelly overflow.
As a fan of The Original Series, I used apricot jelly for command cookies, raspberry jelly for engineering cookies, and tried to use blueberry jelly for science and medicine.*
Fold the edges of your cookies inwards so you have a neat triangle. Pinch it closed so each edge is as pointy as a Vulcan’s ear.
Now arbitrarily pick one side to be the bottom. About ⅓ of the way from the right side, push the blunt end of a butter knife upwards. Instead of three sides, your cookies should now have four. Use your fingers to smooth out the edges. You want your cookies to be tall and tapered with a nice jag upwards at the base of the triangle. This is harder than you’d think, because the dough really wants to revert back to a stable, balanced triangle. The colder your dough is, the more likely it is to keep its shape.
Arrange your cookies on aluminum foil as shiny as a 60’s alien costume.
Bake your cookies at 350F for 22-26 minutes, or until they just start to turn a light golden brown.
I get about 2 dozen very dense cookies from this recipe. If you roll your dough wafer thin, you could easily get another six or more.
Serve these to your favorite Kansas farmboys, southern doctors, or green blooded science officers. Never take them to a red shirt’s wake.
* I emphasize the word “tried.” The Blueberry jelly cookies were so dark they looked almost black. If you try to mix blue food coloring into the apricot jelly you’ll end up with a lovely Orion Slave Girl shade of green.
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Somkid embraces sufficiency economy
Somkid Jatusripitak, the former architect of Thaksinomics, yesterday appeared to have fully embraced the Surayud government's sufficiency-economy policy.
Named chairman of the government's international economic policy coordination body, Somkid - who spent six years as the economic chieftain of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra's government - said he would help defend the current government's policy aboard. The policy has been criticised as anti-globalisation and anti-free trade.
"We'll not be at war with the international media. That's their misunderstanding," he said.
"We'll work with them to remove any discrepancies over the meaning of sufficiency economy," Somkid said at a seminar held by the Sasin Institute of Business Administration.
Somkid, who will shortly go overseas to explain the policy on sufficiency economy, said the country was now at a crossroads and Thais should stop their infighting and start working together to resolve important national issues.
"We're now completing the first-decade anniversary of the painful 1997 financial crisis. Then we ran into the political crisis last year and there was the September coup. That's another major turning point.
"I think the whole world is watching what kind of new constitution we usher in," said Somkid, a former deputy premier and finance minister.
On His Majesty the King's initiatives on sufficiency economy, he said they were essential survival tips for individuals, households, businesses and industries as well as the national economy.
For Somkid, awareness, wisdom, caution and sound risk management are the key words as far as sufficiency economy is concerned. As the foundation for nation-building, he said the royal initiatives were neither backwards nor polarised.
"My understanding is that the quality of our economic growth is now more important than before. Let's say we used to achieve a GDP [gross domestic product] growth rate of 5 per cent. Now, we want to ensure that the economic benefits are better distributed among the entire population, so that we have fewer weaknesses among the grassroots people."
"This will help ensure that our national development path is more sustainable. Sufficiency economy also means that we want to develop the country step-by-step and we want to open up our economy in a wise manner. It doesn't mean that we're going to reject globalisation or free trade. This has been misunderstood," Somkid said.
He added that there was also the management dimension of sufficiency economy, such as good governance and ethics.
Somkid also suggested that the government come up with specific measures based on the royal initiatives to correct existing imbalances in the national economy and society.

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Although most people experience one or more symptoms of ADHD behaviors throughout their lifetime, some people experience them to such a degree that it becomes difficult to function effectively across different situations (e.g., school, home, social situations). This group of symptoms can impact children and adolescents and usually looks different depending on the individual’s age:
Preschool Aged Children:
Since inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity are expected behaviors of preschool children, ADHD is often hard to identify in young children. Usually, the distinguishing factor from normal behavior is the severity and consistency, across settings, of the symptoms.
Elementary School Children:
Since there are more expectations placed on elementary school children (e.g., being able to complete homework, working with others, sitting still and listening in class), ADHD symptoms tend to be more noticeable among this age group. Often children with these problems have trouble achieving in school, may have difficulty with peers, struggle with low self-esteem because of the academic and social difficulties, and may present with poor organizational and study skills.
Middle School / High School:
Teenagers who present with ADHD often look very different than young children with ADHD, because they have learned to control their disruptive behaviors. However, teenagers who have not learned the strategies to cope with the other aspects of ADHD (such as inattention and impulsivity) may demonstrate significant decline in their ability to manage their responsibilities in school and subsequently may struggle with self-esteem, and possibly social problems.
As increased demands and pressure are placed on the high school student (e.g., college, issues related to self-efficacy), anxiety and depression may emerge. Proper diagnosis, treatment and coaching are invaluable for children and teens who suffer from symptoms of ADHD and ADD. Learning strategies to deal with problems of inattention and developing skills to manage problems with impulsivity and hyperactivity can be life changing. Treatment may mean the difference between feeling effective as a student and feeling inadequate.
ADHD and ADD Treatment
At Equilibria Kids in Philadelphia we offer coaching, therapy, and referral services geared toward helping the individuals we work with harness their strengths and develop the skills necessary to function successfully. All children’s ADHD and ADD treatment begins with a comprehensive evaluation, either done through the course of therapy or a more comprehensive and formalized psychoeducational evaluation, to determine a proper diagnosis and to aid in individualized ADHD or ADD treatment planning.

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Confidence is one of the key ingredients which will allow you to trade the market like a pro trader. If you wish to build your career in the investment world, we strongly recommend that you learn to take the trades with strong confidence. It might take a while to get used to the overall concept of trading but once you become good at analyzing the market data, you can build your confidence level. But developing your skill in the retail trading industry is not that easy. You have to follow some specific rules and only then you can expect to become a full-time trader.
In this article, we are going to give you some advanced tips which will allow you to trade the market with a high level of precision. Once you become good at following the tips mentioned in this article, you will never struggle in the ETF trading industry.
Forget about the past trades
The novice traders get biased with the losing trades. They keep on monitoring the market and repent of their mistakes. On the contrary, the professional traders take smart steps and without any repentance, they look for the next trade signals. If you wish to develop yourself as a professional trader, we strongly recommend that you forget about your past trades. You can’t undo your past. Instead, look for the next trade signals strategically and try to find the solutions to this market.
Trade with long term goals
You must take the trades in the market with long-term goals. Without setting up long-term goals in the investment business, it is very hard to stay tuned with the market changes. View the website of Saxo and learn about the importance of having strong determination in the trading business. Unless you are determined with your actions, you will keep on losing money most of the time. So, follow a conservative way and systematically take the trades. Once you become good at evaluating the key direction of the market, you can easily change your life.
Analyze the high impact news
Learning about fundamental analysis will improve your decision-making skills to a great extent. Very few traders in the retail trading industry have the skills to evaluate the fundamental data in the market. If you want to survive in the retail market, you must learn to take your trades systematically. Forget the fact that you are know everything about this market. See how the news data changes the course of the trend. As you become skilled in analyzing high-impact news, you will slowly learn to take the trades with strong confidence. This will also make you a better trader and let you systematically trade this market.
Create a trading routine
To build strong confidence in the trading profession, you should trade the market with a balanced trading routine. Unless you take your trades with a proper trading routine, it will be really hard to bring any positive change to your trading system. As a trader, you might be thinking that you know every bit of detail. But this is not all true. In your trading routine, you must define all the basic rules. If you don’t trade the market with predefined rules, it will be a big challenge to make bring changes to your trading system. Follow the basic rules and trade the market with long-term goals.
Trade with low risk
You should always trade the market with low risk. Once you start taking the trades with managed risk, it will become an easy task to develop self-confidence. The majority of novice traders don’t have the strong skills to deal with the complex market. Usually, they aggressively take the trades and they lose a significant portion of the trading capital. So, trade with only 2% risk in the trades and it will help you to build strong confidence at trading.
How Entrepreneurs Can Spot Opportunities In COVID-19 Pandemic?
Notwithstanding the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, entrepreneurs need to confront another reality: that it isn’t just a gigantic clean and wellbeing crisis influencing millions, or even billions, of individuals across the world. This is likewise inciting an extraordinary plunge in the worldwide economy. But there are opportunities in covid-19 crisis.
The public authority, general wellbeing and financial reactions are immensely extraordinary on the off chance that you are a business person. As business originators, you will likewise require totally different activity designs set up contingent upon your area and industry.
On the off chance that you are in web-based shopping, food conveyance, video gaming or video conferencing ventures, where the business is as of now blasting, it’s a totally unexpected picture in comparison to in the event that you are maintaining a business in the lodging, café, retail, amusement, or sports enterprises.
Where would entrepreneurs be able to discover opportunities in covid-19?
Opportunities in covid-19 are all over — entrepreneurs need to realize how to remember them to hold onto them.
Prior to diving into market research, ask yourself this inquiry first: “What do individuals need during a wellbeing and monetary crisis?” The main pieces of information are in the words “wellbeing” and “financial.” Then ask yourself, “What aptitudes do I have? What aptitudes do I need or need to learn?”
To begin revealing the requirements of the market, go on the web! There are such countless extraordinary instruments accessible to help check what the market needs. Yet, continue with alert. We actually don’t have an away from of what the enduring effects of the pandemic and monetary aftermath will be, yet entrepreneurs can begin little and scale as they see accomplishment in their new specialty.
Here is a snappy rundown of where to contemplate the market to reveal opportunities in covid-19 pandemic:
- Google Search Trends
- News Reports
- Economic Reports
- Climate Reports
- Health Reports
- International Trade Deals
- Emerging Global Markets
- Technology Acceleration and Innovation
- Local Government Resources and Grants
Seeing how organizations and governments move can serve to ensure you actually and monetarily as we as a whole explore unknown waters. Likewise, with any venture opportunity, entrepreneurs should have enough monetary assets to develop while controlling the outpourings and boosting their inflows of income to endure.
As we see today, any business that gives an answer for help keep the lives of the populace running while they stay in segregation is a demonstrated plan of action that works.
Here is a fast rundown, in no specific request, of the top items and administrations where cash is at present streaming:
- Masks, Personal Protective Equipment, Hand Sanitizers, Temperature Devices, etc.
- Home Essentials and Improvement
- Hospitals, Medical Laboratories, Pharmacy
- Home and Food Delivery Services
- Grocery Stores, Tech/Office Product Retail
- Blogging, Influencer and Digital Marketing
- Online Education and Virtual Services
- Website Design, Coding, Software as a service (SaaS)
- Curriculum Design,Professional Writing, Editing,
- Logistics and Transportation Companies
- Trash Collection, Laundry Services, Landscaping
- Hardware Stores
- Security Services
- Utility Services
- Janitorial, Cleaning and Disinfecting Services
- Pet Products and Services
- Home Beauty
- Entertainment and Gaming
An opportunity to search for opportunities in covid-19 is currently. With any additional time, a business visionary can chip away at reconstructing a site, make new frameworks, converse with clients, overhaul hardware and make new item contributions. Another proposal is to exploit distant work. It is more secure, more profitable and can accompany more pay and more noteworthy way of life adaptability.
Each crisis is an opportunity
Remember that the absolute generally troublesome or fascinating organizations have been made and took off during seasons of crisis.
It is in every case great business practice to tune in to what your clients need to reveal opportunities from inside a current business. Entrepreneurs who effectively study the market will have a preferred position in taking advantage of lucky breaks in the steadily changing scene of our economy.
After the COVID-19 crisis the exercises to learn are:
More restricted travel of products and individuals, eminently business explorers (more far off working and far off gatherings) because of the effect of physical removing necessities. We should factor in future clean emergencies or even new battles because of worldwide congestion.
The possible development in “dematerialization” of items and administrations: for instance, we could observer a blast in 3D printers to create covers and ventilators in every nation.
Greater readiness incorporate dynamic: for instance, we’ve seen organizations like Apple changing their activities essentially overnight to configuration, produce and boat face shields for medical specialists.
The ease item sourcing model, where China and India are the world’s producers, will be finished. Globalization too. This crisis will change the connections among nations and states: introducing new difficulties, new stakes, new perils, new dangers (wellbeing and atmosphere).
Governments should, and will, request to be free and self-ruling concerning basic medical supplies and medicines. We can figure out how Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan have quickly contained COVID-19, however, their populaces are prepared to acknowledge individual following and facial acknowledgment innovations which are not yet worthy in different social orders (a lot of Europe for example). A world less open and, presumably, less free is not out of the ordinary.
With virus control prone to continue in numerous pieces of the globe, we’ll see without a doubt better approaches for life delivering new necessities, which will thus make new opportunities for entrepreneurs. Some new plans of action, new proposals around dematerialization, should be imagined.
In the coming years, the new lord of the world will be the “Amazon of dematerialization”. Also, it will be the entrepreneurs who will execute this new world.
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Lisa Wilson-Foley running for Connecticut's Congressional 5th District seat
“What do you do when the government has pushed you to a point where you simply say, ‘I've had enough?’ My answer is this – you fight. You fight to take back what is yours – your rights, your money, your freedom – our future. That is why I have announced my candidacy for Congress in Connecticut’s Fifth District,” said Wilson-Foley.
“For way too long, elected officials from both parties have put their needs and those of special interests ahead of all of us. The sad reality is that in doing so, they have ignored the constitution, trampled on the common sense fiscal policies that helped shape our country and created a mindset of ‘government knows best.’ I am ready to go to Washington to restore the common sense fiscal policies that have made us the greatest nation. I will fight to create jobs, to repeal and/or defund the recent health care reform bill, to work to overhaul our federal education system to make our future workforce competitive in the global marketplace, and last but certainly not least, to balance our budget. Government spending is out of control, and we need leaders willing to hold the line on making serious spending cuts.”
State Senator Kevin Witkos endorsed Wilson-Foley in her campaign, explaining that, “Lisa is a proven job creator who knows the Fifth District inside and out. She has grown businesses from Meriden to Kent, and numerous communities in between. She has been fighting for the families and small businesses of our District for years, and I know she will be a strong advocate for us in Congress.”
“At 18, I decided to become a physical therapist because I enjoyed helping people. I loved working with people and helping them get better. Now I see that our federal government is sick and failing. That drive to help people is as strong within me today as it was at 18, and I feel compelled to turn my energies into working to get our government, our economy, and our communities healthy again,” said Wilson-Foley.
Wilson-Foley has been lauded as an entrepreneur and innovator, earning numerous awards and national attention. She has been featured in Time Magazine, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and as INC Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year for Southern New England. Wilson-Foley was raised in Farmington where she attended Farmington High School. She earned a B.S. in Physical Therapy from Ithaca College, a Masters in Public Health from Yale University, and is currently working toward a doctorate degree in health care. She lives in Simsbury with her husband, Brian, and their children.


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Coach led Oakland Raiders to Super Bowl
John Rauch, the former Georgia quarterback who coached the Oakland Raiders to a berth in the second Super Bowl, died Tuesday at his home in Oldsmar, Fla. He was 80.
His wife, Jane, said Rauch died in his sleep, possibly because of a heart problem.
Rauch was 33-8-1 in three seasons as the Raiders’ coach, from 1966 to 1968. He also was head coach of the Buffalo Bills for two years.
“Our hearts go out to his family, who we knew well,” the Raiders said in a statement. “John Rauch gave us several great years as an assistant and head coach for the Oakland Raiders, and he took us to our first Super Bowl in 1967. They were memorable years for the Raiders, and they will never be forgotten and they should not be forgotten.”
Rauch was a Raiders assistant coach for three years before he was named to follow owner Al Davis as head coach after Davis became commissioner of the American Football League.
“Any time you follow Mr. Davis as head coach, everybody will have all eyes on you watching what you can do,” said Raiders defensive backs coach Willie Brown, who played for Rauch in 1967-68 on his way to becoming a Hall of Fame cornerback. “John did quite well, no question about it.”
Brown said Rauch proved he was willing to serve his players on and off the field. “When I got traded to the Raiders, he was the head coach, and my wife got sick,” Brown said. “This was training camp. I said, ‘Hey, coach. I have to go home. My wife is sick. She has nobody out here; she doesn’t have a car. I have the car.’ So he called his wife, and she took my wife to the hospital. It’s the little things like that that stick in my mind.”
Davis hired Rauch as an assistant coach in 1963. Rauch’s promotion to head coach occurred three years later.
Rauch, who had John Madden and Bill Walsh as assistant coaches, led the Raiders to a 13-1 record in 1967 and a berth in the Super Bowl, where they lost to Green Bay. Rauch was named American Football League coach of the year. He led the Raiders to a 12-2 record in 1968 but left to coach the Bills in 1969, with Madden replacing him as Raiders coach.
“I had a problem with management there,” Rauch said of the Raiders in a 1999 interview with the Tampa Tribune. “When I got an opportunity to go someplace else, I took it. Whether I made the right move remained to be seen.”
Despite having a team built around star running back O.J. Simpson, the Bills went 7-20-1 under Rauch. After leaving the Bills, Rauch coached the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League. He was also an assistant coach with Philadelphia, Atlanta and Tampa Bay in the NFL and with the USFL team in Tampa Bay.
Rauch was born Aug. 20, 1927, in Philadelphia. He was a four-year starting quarterback at the University of Georgia from 1945 to 1948 and the first player in college football history to start four consecutive bowl games. He set the NCAA record with 4,044 career yards passing while leading Georgia to a 36-8-1 record and two Southeastern Conference championships.
He was the second pick in the 1949 NFL draft, but the Detroit Lions traded Rauch to the New York Bulldogs for running back Doak Walker, the No. 3 pick from Southern Methodist. Rauch played three years before becoming an assistant coach at four schools, including Georgia from 1955 to 1958.
Rauch, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004, retired from football in the ‘80s and worked in insurance.

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