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Many people ask the question, why is my bearded dragon often wheezing? New owners ask this type of question because they are not much familiar with bearded dragons. They show uncanny behavior if there is something wrong with normal life. You will see signs of many health issues when there is something wrong.
Why is a bearded dragon wheezing? The wheezing sign is because of the respiratory infection. To give your bearded dragons the best care, there are preventive measures like temperature and humidity monitoring. These things should be at optimum. Consult with your vet in case of any emergency.
This article will discuss bearded dragon wheezing, causes, and preventive measures for wheezing, and bearded dragon respiratory infection home treatment. Let’s dive into the details of bearded dragon wheezing.
What Does It Mean When Your Bearded Dragon Is Wheezing?
When the bearded dragon is wheezing, then there are chances of respiratory infection. When there is any problem with the respiratory tract, then your bearded dragon may start wheezing. Many other symptoms are also due to respiratory infections like open mouth inhalation, snorting, gasping. If there is runny mucus in the mouth, this may also be due to respiratory tract issues.
How Do I Know If My Bearded Dragon Has A Respiratory Infection?
A respiratory infection can be due to multiple things like parasites, fungi, viruses, and bacteria. The affected bearded dragon may sneeze. It may have discharges from the nose or eyes. It can be in the form of bubbles. There are many other symptoms like lethargy, loss of appetite, open mouth breathing, and shallow breathing.
Why Is My Bearded Dragon Making Breathing Noises?
When there is excess mucus in the mouth of a bearded dragon, then it may result in breathing noise. If the bearded dragon is breathing and voice is not like a normal breathing voice, it may be due to infection in the upper respiratory tract. You will also notice the thick strings in the bearded dragon’s mouth because of the mucous.
Why Is My Bearded Dragon Wheezing After Eating?
Bearded dragon wheezing after eating is normal. This condition happens when the bearded dragon eats a lot of food; they show this behavior. They don’t rely on bacteria and acids for the digestion of food. Digestion of food depends upon the heat from the environment. That is why proper heat and light are required for a bearded dragon to digest food properly.
Bearded dragons go for basking after eating; it is because of the proper digestion. In this period, the breathing rate changes. In many cases, breathing is very heavy. You need not worry about this because when they are breathing heavily, they are at normal behavior. This is because of food digestion.
Keep in mind that if you want to save the bearded dragon from this issue, you should prepare food for beardies correctly. Cut the food into small pieces or chop it well. Piece of food should not be larger than the space that is between two eyes.
Is It Normal For Bearded Dragons To Wheeze?
The respiration rate must be between six to ten times per minute. But this rate is not when they are running or exercising. Bearded dragon doesn’t breathe deeply. When they are in sleep, their breathing cycle drops three to four times per minute.
What Are Reasons Of Bearded Dragon Respiratory Infection Noise?
The hissing sound is also when the bearded dragon is upset. There are many other symptoms like color changes, body flattening, beard puffing, head bobbing and leg waving, etc. these symptoms tell us that a bearded dragon is not okay. There is something bad. You need to find the problem and make the best solution.
Respiratory infection is a common problem in many reptiles, like bearded dragons, in dirty or unsanitary environments. When there is not optimum humidity level, then bearded dragons may get respiratory issues. There are multiple reasons for respiratory problems like vitamin A deficiency, illness, parasitism, and poor diet.
Why Bearded Dragon Wheezing After Bath?
A bearded dragon may start wheezing breathing. This can be because of stress. Bathing is not very good for bearded dragons because it can cause stress in bearded dragons. When they are in a stressful environment, they show signs like climbing frantically, black bearding, and heavy breathing.
Why Is My Bearded Dragon Gasping?
Gasping can also be due to a respiratory infection. When there is an infection, then bearded dragons may start gasping. You should consult with your vet in this situation. When a bearded dragon breathing heavy and opening mouth while breathing, it may be because of an infection in the respiratory tract.
What Is the Cause Of Bearded Dragon Squeaking Noise?
They were squeaking noises while breathing because of overeating. You should only feed that amount that the vets prescribe. There are different meal doses for different ages. When they eat too much in one sitting, then they may breathe abnormally.
There can be many other reasons for squeaking noise like
A bearded dragon’s respiratory system can be affected by stress. Bearded dragons are very susceptible to infection when exposed to a new environment or new things. Health issues may be due to several reasons, but stress is the leading cause of health issues in beardies. There is much other cause of respiratory problems in bodies like
- Loud music
- Not proper lightening
- Improper handling
- Temperature of tank
- If there is more than one pet in the tank
- When they move to another location
Any of these things cause stress in bearded dragons. If you notice that a bearded dragon is breathing heavily, then you should know whether these factors are upsetting bearded dragons or not. You should find the problem and try to solve it.
You should consult with your vet if you don’t know the treatment of bearded dragons because the vet can be helpful for you in this regard. You are not sure what is going on with bearded dragons, but your vet can understand that is why vet consultation is the best way to treat your pet.
When there is a high rate of heavy breathing in bearded dragons, it is a respiratory infection symptom. A respiratory infection can be dangerous for a bearded dragon’s life if left unchecked. Proper medication is required for this behavior.
A respiratory infection can be due to the following reasons
- When there is not the optimum temperature in the tank, then it may lead to respiratory infection
- Any disturbance in humidity level
- No proper ventilation in the habitat
- Unhealthy diet
- Infection from other animals in a habitat
- Lack of appetite
- Mouth mucus
- Mucous from the nose area
- Throat puffing
Heavy breathing happens normally after eating, but if it occurs more frequently, it can be because of a respiratory infection.
If above all signs are also, then you should consult with your vet as early as possible. It is because it can be fatal for bearded dragons and other animals in the tank.
What Are Preventative Measures For Respiratory Tract Infection
Reptiles like bearded dragons are very sensitive, and respiratory problems are very common. That is why you should know the preventive measures to save bearded dragons from infection.
You should be well aware of the temperature and humidity level of bearded dragons. Any disturbance in these factors can lead to bearded dragon wheezing. Optimum temperature is the best for proper organ functioning.
If you want to reduce the respiratory infection risk, then the humidity level of the habitat should be between thirty to forty percent. If there is more than forty percent humidity level, then it can be dangerous for them. You can use many devices like a hygrometer to know the humidity level of that place.
Temperature is another important thing that is worth considering if you want to save them from infections. Beardie requires both cold and warm sides because both temperatures are important for the digestion of food. You can use a heat emitter to make the habitat warm in case of low temperatures.
If there is an adult bearded dragon, then the temperature should be from 95 to 105 Fahrenheit. On the warm side of the tank, the temperature must be 85 Fahrenheit. Baby beardies require a slightly warm temperature as compared to adult bearded dragons.
Reducing stress can be helpful for you to reduce stress from the bearded dragon. Stress weakens the bearded dragon’s immune system that is why the bearded dragon gets a respiratory issue. When there is a weak immune system, the ability to defend the body against diseases may be lowered and result in various diseases.
Stress conditions can also be reduced by providing them with a good habitat. Optimum temperature is also necessary for bearded dragons.
Proper cleanliness is required for the healthy lifespan of bearded dragons. If you provide proper sanitary conditions to them, then the chances of getting diseases will be minimal. Dirty habitat has bacteria, molds, and dirt that are the cause of respiratory problems. It would be best if you cleaned the tank once a month.
Why Bearded Dragon Wheezing After Drinking Water
Bearded dragon wheezing maybe after drinking, but this is only when the bearded dragon is suffering from a respiratory infection. You should provide them with good heat because it is important for proper functioning and digestion.
What Is Bearded Dragon Respiratory Infection Treatment Cost
The cost of treatment of respiratory infection depends upon the nature of the infection. If there is not a severe infection, you may treat them at home, but if the case is severe, there is a very high breathing rate with noises, so you should consult with your vet.
How To Treat Bearded Dragon Wheezing Problem?
Following are the treatment for bearded dragon wheezing issue
Elevate Cage Temperatures Gradually
You can increase the temperature of the cage or habitat in which bearded dragons are living. The rise in three to five-degree temperatures results in extra moisture absorption and makes the environment fit for them. Bearded dragon wheezing can be reduced by removing humidity.
The normal temperature of the habitat should be between 95 to 100, but this is on the warm side of the tank. The 85-degree temperature on the cooler side will be okay. For babies, the temperature should be 105 on the hot side and 110 on the cold side.
Elevate bearded dragon to Drain Mucus
You can elevate a bearded dragon to drain mucus. For doing this, you can elevate the beardie for about ten to fifteen degrees angle and let mucous drain from the throat. Bearded dragon wheezing is due to excess mucus in the mouth. This method is also helpful, and you can do this in-home also.
Bearded dragon wheezing can be controlled with a dehumidifier. If there is very much humidity in the tank or habitat and humidity is above forty percent, you should use a dehumidifier to remove excess humidity. When bearded dragons are in a more humid environment, there are more respiratory tract infections. This is expensive, but it can save bearded dragons from severe infection.
Use Fogger For Treatment
Fogger transforms liquid into vapors, and that can inhale directly into the lungs. In case of severe tract infection, fogger can be very beneficial because it can directly treat the lungs of beardies.
Visit Your Vet
Bearded dragon wheezing is dangerous because it can be because of severe infection. You should consult with your vet to treat them. As we know that they are very sensitive, self-medication is not good in the treatment of beardies.
Only a vet can diagnose and provide the best treatment. He will know the severity of the disease then prescribes the medication accordingly. The dose of medicine also depends upon the size of the bearded dragon.
Final Verdict On Bearded Dragon Wheezing
Bearded dragon wheezing is due to respiratory infection. You can also use preventive measures like reducing stress, cleaning the environment, removing humidity, and proper temperature. There are also many treatments of bearded dragon wheezing like a dehumidifier, use of fogger, and elevation of cage’s temperature.
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Tick tock, tick tock. The deadline is approaching for the government. In October 2021, seized by several associations, the administrative court of Paris asked the state to take « all necessary measures » to rapidly reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. With a deadline: December 31, 2022.
The ultimatum arrives, and according to the four organizations behind the complaint — The Foundation for Nature and Man, Greenpeace, Our business to all et Oxfam France — the government is still not doing enough.
« Since the court ruling just over a year ago, the period has been characterized by missed opportunities to be truly ambitious on these topics, and even backsliding »laments Justine Ripoll, campaign manager for Notre Affaire à tous.
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Solicited by Reporterrethe Ministry of Ecological Transition did not specify whether it intended to produce a brief before December 31, to provide proof of its efforts before the court (an exercise, however, optional).
After that date, the organizations at the origin of the action (which had been baptized “The Deal of the Century”) have indicated that they will ask, at the beginning of 2023, the administrative court of Paris to require the payment of financial penalties, to force the State to act.
In the fall of 2021, the associations had already suggested the establishment of a penalty payment of 78 million euros per semester of delay. A provision that the court had not retained.
The Case of the Century began in December 2018, when the four claimant organizations sent a « prior request » to the government, then launched an online petition. In less than three weeks, it had exceeded the bar two million signatures.
In February 2021, the administrative court of Paris first recognized that the state had committed a « mistake » by emitting too many greenhouse gases over the period 2015-2018 (62 million tonnes equivalent CO₂ too much compared to the set carbon budget).
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« The conviction for climate inaction is for the period before (2015-2018), not for my apple »has since affirmed Emmanuel Macron, in a video posted on YouTube in November 2022. The one who was only elected President of the Republic in 2017, however, held a key position during this period: he had been Minister of the Economy since 2014.
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in this video « response to Internet users », Emmanuel Macron also pretends to forget that the State has not been condemned only once for climate inaction. It was for a second, in the so-called Grande-Synthe affair.
In July 2021, the Council of State considered that the climate measures taken by the government were not sufficient to meet the national target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (–40 % by 2030, compared to 1990).
The highest French administrative court had ordered the Prime Minister to take « all useful measures to achieve the objective resulting from the Paris Agreement » before March 31, 2022. Again, the applicant associations consider that the contract has not been fulfilled. This promises new court hearings for 2023.

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About a year ago I wrote a series of pieces here dissecting a selection of Christmas Top 10 countdowns, testing the theory that singles charting at Christmas invariably go on to be regarded as classics of their time, or even of all time. Those pieces have grabbed themselves hits all year long so it seems appropriate as we hit December to embark on another retrospective romp.
This time I'll take inspiration from the vast and ever-growing collection of Top 40 shows that I have mostly on cassette and more recently CD. This was a habit I got into as a teenager and for some reason have never grown out of, recording and keeping the Radio One Top 40 chart show at roughly four-week intervals. The collection dates back to June 1987, weighs far more than I care to imagine and barely fits under the bed. Digging out a random tape is always a fun exercise, if only for the memories that each one contains. Back in the days when music soundtracked pretty much my whole life (my father complaining I couldn't live without what he termed "instant beat" the moment entered my room), I can tell you what I was thinking, doing and feeling at the time each one was recorded. For that reason there are certain tapes that are particularly special, whether because they represented a great time in life or simply because they captured a snapshot of a great period in music when just about every song on the chart could be considered a classic of some description. For those wondering, yes there are certain tapes that are quite the reverse and are wall to wall garbage. The one from October 1994 is a particularly pertinent example.
So for this bit of archive commentary, let's take one old Top 40 show and reminisce about each song that was played. For older ones this doesn't mean the full chart, just the tracks that were played on the two hour show, normally about 30 or so. Consider it a review of the tape, not necessarily the chart. Oh yes, and before I get accused of turning into the kind of old fart who reminisces endlessly about the songs of yesteryear and complains that today's offerings will never be looked at in the same light, I'm allowing myself to get nostalgic about music that is old enough to be considered in the context of its age and to reflect on how it has influenced that which followed. That is not to say it is necessarily superior to anything you can hear now and please may I never fall into the trap of thinking along those lines. Remember that in years gone by today's teenagers will look back on the charts of 2007 as the golden age of their musical upbringing.
Enough preamble, let's crack open the cassette containing the show broadcast almost exactly 20 years ago on November 29th 1987. Even in the first year of recording I used to aim for this week specifically, as not only was it exactly four weeks before the Christmas chart but also represented the first flowering of the singles destined to be Top 10 hits in the festive week. There was method in this madness.
Spookily enough we immediately hit on a song that is so familiar it is in the charts as we speak. This was the first-ever appearance of the now famous seasonal hit, widely acclaimed by reviewers at the time as an almost dead-cert for the seasonal Number One. At the time it was only ever the third hit single for the Irishmen, although they had made a welcome and still fondly remembered commercial breakthrough earlier that year with a romp through the traditional song The Irish Rover. I think at the time everyone knew it would be massive, but nobody could have predicted what a classic it would become. Most of the focus was how to deal with the lyrics of the third verse which features some rather fruity language at times. Radio One played it without conscience, Simon Mayo on the breakfast show gleefully introducing it as "the scumbag song". When the time came to perform it on Top Of The Pops the producers not only changed the line "Happy Christmas Your Arse" to "Happy Christmas Your Ass" but unsubtly dipped the sound at that point, drawing even more attention to the lyrics. Dolts. Meanwhile, I was convinced that it wasn't going to be Christmas Number One. My pick was entering the charts one place higher.
Not the Mel and Kim of course but Mel Smith and Kim Wilde, teaming up on what was only the second-ever Comic Relief single. Like the Cliff and the Young Ones single before it, the record managed the rare feat of being a comedy record that remains funny upon repeated listens even if it only gets sporadic airings today (indeed I'm sure I have a compilation album somewhere that includes the recording bereft of all its comedy inserts). I wonder though, when the video gets its annual airing on the music channels, does anyone watching still recognise the carol singers as members of Curiosity Killed The Cat? The single release was to herald the first Red Nose Day, set to take place in February 1988 and which proved to be such an unexpected success that the ensuing red nose shortage was on the verge of becoming a national crisis. Into the breach stepped Blue Peter to dutifully explained how to make your own out of an egg box*. No word of a lie. Mel and Kim ultimately only made Number 3 for Christmas, outsold by the Pogues, chiz curses.
* Cut off piece of egg holder, paint red, bore two holes in the side, affix to face with elastic. To think Tracey Island was just four years away.
37: Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy
A new entry at 40 the previous week, it got a play on the chart show thanks to this three-place climb. I was probably the last person who would have claimed to be a hip-hop fan at the age of 14, although I knew plenty of people at school who were. Nonetheless, my catholic music tastes meant that I listened to the track with eager ears, fascinated by the way it appeared to be based around what seemed to be an endlessly boiling kettle and peppered with references to the mysterious Terminator X (the groups' DJ for the curious, all rap acts at the time had to come with their own live mixing DJ in tow, it was some sort of rule). Public Enemy were on the verge of taking their sound and their lyrics mainstream, untouched by semi-comedic dance remixes (unlike Eric B and Rakim). A tiny hit single but a small part of one of the most important and seminal rap albums ever made. With this one single, Chuck D, Flavor Flav and crew were about to break down more barriers than perhaps they had ever dared believe.
They didn't know it at the time, but Five Star were rapidly hurtling down what Smash Hits at the time liked to term The Dumper. The Pearson family's 1986 album Silk And Steel was always going to be a hard act to follow, but their attempt to add a harder edge to their sound on the 1987 followup Between The Lines saw them jettison their pop audience in favour of a more mature crowd far too suddenly to sustain a career on the back of the people left. In a way this is a shame. As love ballads go, Strong As Steel is warmer, more reflective and a hundred times better produced than Rain Or Shine but it is the latter single that will always be remembered as one of their finest moments on record. Somewhere Somebody was the third and final single from the album and was to become their first single for two years not to make the Top 20. I actually preferred the "new" Five Star to the old one but sadly for them I was in a minority. Incidentally, even at the time I knew that Denise wasn't singing "I tell myself I'm a Grandma, but I cry anyway" but 20 years later I still think it is the better lyric.
A little-remembered but in its own way very famous track indeed. The thrash metallers had made their chart debut earlier in the year but scored their first-ever Top 20 hit single with what they termed "the first ever heavy metal rap". Sending up both themselves and the Beastie Boys, the group chanted their way through an increasingly bizarre series of verses, their hardcore lyrical stance undermined by either getting the rhyme wrong or being forced to self-censor, so that "dick" wound up as the less elegant "sexual organ located in the lower abdominal area". A concert favourite from that moment on, it was also reportedly the track that inspired their 1991 collaboration with Public Enemy themselves on a proper heavy metal rap version of Bring The Noise. A fine example of a "serious" rock group making a comedy record for the sheer hell of it and advancing their own career in the process.
There is a whole list to be made of covers of classic records which turn out to be classics themselves. Into that category we can just about squeeze this seasonal hit from Alison Moyet, a cover of the song written for a film in 1945, first recorded by Dick Haymes and subsequently turned into a hit by Kitty Lester and Elvis Presley in the 60s. A one-off single, not included on her album Raindancing, it was her first video to feature Dawn French as comic relief, the comedienne snatching away the titular love letters and silently exclaiming to the audience just what they contained. Sadly and mysteriously one of her last big hits (although Dawn French would return for Whispering Your Name six years later), but a very worthwhile cover and seasonal release.
1987 saw Prince at the peak of his game, averaging almost an album a year and being showered with plaudits for each one. The Sign O The Times album had already spawned three hit singles before this track appeared. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man is possibly the closest thing he ever made to a singalong pop record, the tale of turning down the girl on the obvious rebound featuring a killer chorus, a handclap rhythm and a commercial edge he could sometimes be accused of lacking. A smallish hit, but it was the album's fourth single after all. I would suggest it is testament to the strength of Sign O The Times that one of its best pop tracks had to wait to be the fourth single, but that is to overlook the fact that If I Was Your Girlfriend was bizarrely picked as the second. I know at least one person who became a lifelong Prince fan after hearing this track on the radio. Who can blame them really?
You would never contemplate it these days, but Johnny Hates Jazz spent the whole of 1987 releasing singles without ever scheduling their debut album (it would later emerge in early 1988). This sentimental ballad was the third and would spend the Christmas period meandering its way up the chart before finally peaking in early January after all the other holiday hits had faded away. I loved Shattered Dreams and I Don't Want To Be A Hero but for some reason the drippy sentiment of this single annoyed the heck out of me at the time, probably because of its long chart run and airplay ubiquity thanks to Radio One's ageing stars playing it to death.
The third single and title track from what is justifiably one of the most famous metal albums ever made. Three years in the making, Def Leppard's Hysteria remains British rock's benchmark for sales, artistry and long-lasting influence. They may subsequently have ruined themselves by using it as a template for later releases for far too long, but at the time it was one of the most innovative and lavish rock albums heard for decades. Curiously enough this single came out just before it crossed over to the mainstream and was still the domain of heavy metal fans. First single Animal had gone Top 10 but the now acknowledged classic Pour Some Sugar On Me had barely scraped the Top 20. Late November seemed a perfect moment to release the brooding title track but this Number 26 placing proved to be its ultimate peak making it the smallest hit single from the now-famous album. They need not have worried, a further three Top 20 hits and several million more global sales were still around the corner.
Topicality ahoy given that Cutting Crew's first single I Just Died In Your Arms inspired Mika's Relax, Take It Easy [a hit in waiting at the time of writing]. The follow up was on its second time around here having originally been released in October 1986 when it stiffed at Number 31. With the band having spent most of 1987 conquering America (topping the charts with I Just Died In Your Arms) it seemed a good move to reactivate the single once again and turn it into the hit everyone thought it should have been, this time the production boosted by a remix which made it sound a little less weedy. Ultimately it only managed a few places better but this does mean it can be ranked as a long-lost classic. You will struggle to find a better example of late 80s corporate balladry but I can't be the only person with a special place in their heart for the track. With the Mika song set for a new year re-release, the door is open for Cutting Crew to be rediscovered, which should be an odd experience to say the least.
So ends the first part of the 1987 retrospective. Ten songs played on the chart show and approximately 20 more to come. Near the top of the chart we get songs people might actually have heard in the last five years as well.


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Boston, MA (PRWEB) March 9, 2011
With 2011’s peak wedding season approaching, newly launched personalizedforweddings.com helps couples turn their engagement, wedding or honeymoon photos into dozens of innovative personalized home décor items, wedding keepsakes and photo gifts. Couples can add pictures from Facebook, Flickr, SmugMug, Picasa or their computers to products like wedding stationery, save the date magnets, gifts, photo books and canvas prints and choose from a library of wedding designs to create matching items.
Billions of digital photos are captured and uploaded every month to sites like Facebook – many of them by nearly or newly weds. Couples spend about $2400 on wedding photography, according to The Knot’s Real Weddings Survey. With about 2 million weddings taking place in the US each year, this leaves millions of wedding pictures to be shared and displayed in creative ways.
Modern couples are leaning towards trendy alternatives to display wedding pictures, turning them into home accents and wedding gifts for friends, family, bridesmaids, groomsmen and each other. Personalized for Weddings offers a wide selection of products that span pre and post-wedding events. A library of exclusive wedding designs helps brides create matching or coordinating photo gifts, stationery and favors. “As a newlywed and wedding blogger, I am impressed by all the fun and creative products Personalized for Weddings has to offer," says Heather Walrath, creator of the popular Bicoastal Bride blog and Editor in Chief of the top-ranked Weddzilla Blog. “Designing my personalized water bottle and canvas print was quick and easy, and is the perfect way to display and preserve our wedding memories at home or on-the-go." Walrath was one of the select few members of a launch focus group program, who tried out the site and chronicled their personalization experiences.
Wedding photographers, too, have noticed the shift in trend. “Gone are the days of big, white wedding albums. The modern bride and groom want to display their photos in ways that are updated and fresh- coffee table books with magazine style design, large canvas prints, and digital slideshows have all become very popular,” asserts Sarah Yates, a wedding and portrait photographer in Los Angeles, CA. Wedding photographers are beginning to offer stylish photo books or wedding wall art as part of their packages to entice the new generation of wedding couples.
Personalized For Weddings prints customers’ wedding invitations, photo gifts, canvas and other items in a reputed, state of the art Personalization Center. The Center, trusted for its excellence in color reproduction and printing quality, has been making personalization possible for over a decade.
For couples seeking to personalize various aspects of their upcoming wedding, Personalized For Weddings offers the following ideas:
- Photo announcements such as save the date cards or magnets and engagement announcements are easy to create and stand out of clutter, helping guests truly save the date. Couples can create ‘magnet packs’ of Save the Date announcements on the site.
- Framed or wrapped canvas prints, framed posters and wedding photo books are classy ways to preserve wedding memories as home décor and also make thoughtful, lasting gifts for close friends and family.
- Photo jewelry and photo t-shirts are especially suitable for bachelorette parties and bridal showers. Solid zinc photo charm jewelry is tarnish-resistant and makes a great honeymoon souvenir.
- Photo skins for phones, music players and laptops make trendy, affordable gifts for wedding guests. They’re also great for showing off honeymoon pictures. Photo skins may be removed easily and replaced often, keeping gadgets looking new.
- Photo mugs, personalized water bottles and keepsake boxes make practical and beautiful wedding souvenirs. Photos are printed on high quality products and guaranteed to last.
- Photo luggage tags, thank you cards and photo moving announcements carry the personalized wedding theme beyond the big day.
More personalization tips:
- Save your photo projects online to get a second opinion from your mother, friend or fiancé.
- Create thank you cards, moving announcements and personalized wall décor that carry your wedding theme and flavor beyond the actual ceremony.
- When creating new projects, view and use your saved pictures from previous projects or add new ones from Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, SmugMug or your computer.
Visit Personalizedforweddings.com to view a complete selection of personalized wedding photo products.
About Personalized for Weddings
Personalized For Weddings is an innovative specialty wedding photo products website that offers a wide selection of stationery items, gifts, favors and wedding keepsakes for preserving and showcasing pre-wedding, wedding and post-wedding photos. The website features a user-friendly personalization tool that imports photos from image sharing sites and users’ computers to create personalized items. The website boasts a comprehensive product catalog and exclusive design library. Products are printed and personalized in a state of the art, 70,000 sq ft Personalization Center in the United States. The Center has been personalizing products for over a decade and is one of America’s most renowned and trusted printing facilities, known for its superior quality print output and timely delivery.


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Nobody wants to be overweight or obese, but nearly a third of the world’s population is, and it seems to be getting worse. In the United States alone, more than 2/3 of the population overweight or obese. This brings on risks: risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease and a range of other chronic health problems. Being overweight or obese are more likely to get seriously ill or to die from influenza and other infectious diseases too. But people don’t wake up one day and say, “I’m going to get fat”.
I am going to explain what you can do to start losing weight and feeling better.
First, forget about the calories. The old thinking of “it’s too many calories in, and not enough exercise” is not true. According to that theory, if the average person went on an 1800 calories diet, that means they could eat 11 Oreo cookies a day (3 for breakfast 4 for lunch and 4 for dinner) with water and lose weight. That doesn’t make sense, nor should anyone try it because you would lack so many nutrients you would get sick quickly.
Many people are overweight and large. They don’t eat a lot of junk food, they just unknowingly don’t eat the right foods. These “wrong” foods, mainly processed foods and sugary drinks, promote inflammation, reducing the good bacteria in the gut microbiome, leading to the accumulation of fat. Nobody wants to be overweight. Yet it happens even if you have the best of intentions to remain within your weight range. It is not because people are lazy. It is due in part to your gut microbiome.
A recent study surveyed the eating habits of more than 9300 Americans and showed that they ate too many ultra processed foods.
We eat too many processed foods such as:
- Breads and breakfast cereals.
- Cake, ice cream, and other sweets.
- Soft drinks and fruit drinks.
- Frozen and packaged meals.
- Salty snacks.
- Milk-based drinks.
- Packaged baked goods.
- Chicken and fish nuggets.
- Instant noodles and soups.
- Packaged cheeses.
- Bottled dressings and sauces.
Much of our diet consist of pesticide-sprayed, high-sugar, highly processed, low-fiber, high in saturated fat, food-like substances in plasticized containers. People eat these high-fat meals foods they because are common, readily accessible, and at low cost throughout the United States, and it is one of the prime contributors of postprandial endotoxemia.
What is postprandial endotoxemia? It’s what very well be contributing to your being overweight or obese. Postprandial endotoxemia is emerging as one of the principal causes of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Here is what happens: when you eat a meal with these highly processed foods, within a couple of hours, it causes changes in your microbiome, the normal helpful microbes that live in your gut. These changes cause inflammation in your intestinal tract and it becomes “leaky”, and you develop “leaky gut syndrome”, which I have written about previously. When the microbiome changes, you start putting on weight. People are overfed, but nutritionally speaking, they are starving.
One of the big causes of being overweight and obesity is the food industry. It promotes so many processed foods that lack nutritional value and that are full of chemicals to make them be tastier and look nicer. This food industry makes sure these unhealthy foods are advertised everywhere: magazines, TV ads, billboards, big signs, and so on. They are packaged in appealing wrappers, and people end up eating more than they need or more than is healthy for them. As an example, go to a movie theater and you can get a huge tub of popcorn, lots of different candies, and big sodas. Or go down the chips aisle at the supermarket and see how many different bags of chips there are. The average person in America eats 22 teaspoons of sugar per day, hidden in the processed foods we eat. Even bread has sugar in it: read the label if you are doubtful. If we eat the wrong kind of foods, it causes inflammation, and post-prandial endotoxemia follows and with that increased weight.
How do you correct this?
You stay away from the foods on the list I just gave you. But this is not enough. You also have to correct your leaky gut by improving the imbalance of the bacteria in your intestines. By taking one capsule a day of Just Thrive Probiotic, you can accomplish THREE important and essential steps for your well-being and health. First, you stop the leaky gut syndrome; second, you stop post-prandial endotoxemia; and third, you stop gaining weight. It’s as simple as that.

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2 Bedroom. Kitchen w/ darkwood cabinets and ss appliances. dishwasher, Granite countertops. Elevator bldg in prime West Village neighborhood! Flooded with great restaurants and shopping. Next door to the famous Two Boots Pizzeria! Nice location for NYU, SVA & Cooper Union people! Convenient to 1,2,3,A,C,E & L trains.
This listing is a 2 bedroom apartment for rent for $4595 a month. The residence is situated in the West Village area of New York. The unit boasts dishwasher, laundry in unit, hardwood floors, high ceilings, renovated, marble bath, granite kitchen, well-lit, eat-in kitchen, and, walk-in closet. Parquet floors give this unit a homeier feel. The property features elevator and you can move in on October 23, 2012.
This unit is located at 201 W 11 St, a apartment in West Village. Built in 1920, this pre-war mid-rise property has 50 units.
We've researched this building and found the following recent issues. Please verify that the building and unit are to your satisfaction before signing a lease.
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This listing is no longer active as of November 1st, 2013.
This unit is located in West Village, a neighborhood in New York.
The average price of a 2 bed rental in West Village is $4,468. This unit is listed for $4,595, which makes it 2.84% more expensive than the average 2 bed in this neighborhood.
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I have taken a quick dash round my bit of the blogosphere, and have a few links to report:
Problogger (at length) and Google (briefly) both post about a year of blogging, complete with the highlights and the "most read" posts.
Google blog search has now overtaken Technorati as the site of choice for people looking for blogs. Good, it would be nice to stop all this Technorati keywording in favour of an automatic, full-text Google-style search.
Norm/Uriah of Crimescraps writes about the beauty and inspiration of blogging. There are links in the post (via Crimeficreader) that advise on how to start a "reader" blog, in case it is not self-evident. Norm’s post itself is a thing of beauty (courtesy Chicago 1920). Crimeficreader herself, at her own blog, It’s a Crime! , provides information about a summer course in Wales for writers.
Here is another Anita Shreve book to read, over at Reading Matters. At the same blog, Kimbofo also posts about a nifty Waterstone’s widget for instant recommendations of what to read (if you should be short of ideas).
Galleycat picks up on reports comparing and contrasting the book and film of Children of Men (P. D. James). I read this book too long ago to remember it, but I expect I enjoyed it. I missed the film as it was out for about a week (only) in our local cinema, and is not yet available on DVD on Amazon UK. I bought the book for Cathy for Christmas, so may quite soon either read it again, or see the DVD when out, or both. Phil at Brandywine books here posts about P. D. James’s opening sentences. Impressive.
Last time I linked to a Susan Hill post I got rather told off, but I’ll risk it again for this excellent post of hers, on celebrity autobiographies we will never get to read (but would sell). Thank you, Susan! Glad to be spared some of these, and will rather miss others.
Karen Chisholm of It’s a Crime (no exclamation mark) here reviews Shame by Karin Alvtegen. "SHAME is challenging and sometimes harrowing. It is also compelling, taut, intriguing and, ultimately, uplifting."
That’s it for tonight. A very happy new year to everyone. I look forward to seeing you all in 2007.

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Meet the maker:
CALIU MILANO - Salento Table Lamp
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Salento Table Lamp, designed and made by Gemma Margalef for Caliu Milano.
Soft and natural colors that recall the landscapes of the southern Italian coasts. Sea, sand and vegetation are the elements that inspired Gemma Margalef to create this collection.
Like all Caliu Milano pieces, the production is energy efficient and has a very low environmental impact. The materials used are reusable, biodegradable, recyclable and non-toxic. The lampshades are designed with the long life of the product in mind, making it removable, repairable, and durable.
DESIGNER: Gemma Margalef
SIZE: ⌀ 30CM x 39CM (H)
MATERIALS: Regenerated cotton & iron frame
HANDMADE by the designer in her studio in Milano Italy.
Made to order. Please allow three weeks for delivery.
ABOUT THE DESIGNER
Gemma Margalef Soldevila was born in Spain in Barcelona and now has lived and worked in Milan since 2003.
Textile designer and founder of CALIU MILANO, she designs and creates unique and decorative lamps for every environment experimenting with new techniques with a particular attention to the conscious reuse of materials.
ABOUT CALIU MILANO
Brand of sustainable design, it is committed to using reusable, biodegradable, recyclable and non toxic. The lampshades are designed with the long life of the product in mind, making it removable, repairable, durable. The realization has a high energy efficiency (reduced energy consumption in the production phases) and a very low environmental impact.
Caliu Milano's customized lampshades are their flagship products.
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Six federal states are starting summer holidays these days. The result: a first big trip wave on the highways. The current ADAC congestion forecast!
AIn the weekend of 28th to 30th June 2019 one covers Travel wave from the north and west the highways. This is what the ADAC predicts in its current traffic jam forecast. Reason is the Holiday start in six federal states, In Hesse, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Schleswig-Holstein and in the Saarland the holidays start on the following Monday, in Hamburg the schools close already on Thursday, the 27th of June. In addition, the second holiday week begins in Berlin and Brandenburg.
Scandinavians, construction sites, trucks aggravate the situation
In the direction of the sea or to the south on the road but also car tourists from Scandinavia, would be added numerous construction sites, which may aggravate the strained traffic situation, said the ADAC. The extended summer vacation driving ban for trucks over 3.5 tonnes is only valid from 1 July, so on Saturday probably also many truckers are on the road. As traffic jam peaks next weekend, the ADAC forecasts Friday afternoons, Saturday mornings and early Saturday afternoons, as well as late Sunday afternoons. (Here are anti-traffic tips from How To Cars.)
In addition, the ADAC warns: A lot of patience car lovers need on the Main thoroughfares of neighboring foreign countries – including the highways and coastal roads in Croatia and Slovenia, In Austria, the crowd is particularly high in the Greater Vienna,

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Yo! I'm me, You're you. Now we know eachother. :D I write bad songs. Well, i best be going. Catch ya later!! Peace, dude.
Ft. Worth, Texas
Joined on 2/6/09
As the insanity gripped me I tossed around and fought it. I knew this was useless, but I did it anyway. My entire body was burning in agony, my muscles swelled and strained. I tried not to scream ,but what did it matter? I am dying and there is nothing I can say or do about it. Scream, don't scream, the illness will kill me just the same.
The hours past but seemed to last years, my mind continuously screeching for help.What time is it? I am growing too confused to understand the clock in hospital room. Suddenly the walls are melting away all around me, and in it's place a jungle begins to arise." Hallucination," I muttered aloud in my pathetic pain ridden voice. Just as I said this a little white ball rolled out of my mouth.
It rolled at a perfect steady pace down my bed and on to the jungle floor. The sphere hit the ground and began to grow. To my horror and surprise the ball was soon the size of a small person and began to sprout what looked like arms and legs. A dark menacing eye appeared on its face, accompanied by a grin full of black teeth. Before I could say anything the ball widened it's grin and spoke " I am a virus and I make you ill, silently killing you and crushing your will. I will not leave until you are dead, I will just sit here and SCREW with your head."
" This is too much," I thought. My vocal response was more of a whimper." What do you want from me?" I asked.
"I'm doing my job day to day, immobilizing victims who get in Kings way." The smiling sickness answered.
" Who is King?," I asked nervously," and how am I in his way?" The virus responded by climbing, onto my hospital bed, which I had just realized I was still laying in. He sat and stared, and the more he glared at me the sicker I felt. Every part of me writhing and begging for relief.Finally I couldn't take it anymore ",WHO IS KING?" I yelled out with rage in my voice.
The virus studied me with his sadistic eye for a moment before his reply,"The King is my boss, and that he does well, presiding as ruler over all those in hell."
" So what are you saying? The King is The devil or a demon or something?" I questioned having already heard the answer. " Well, how am I in his way? What did I do?" I began to get hysterical," Please, no more rhyming, just leave me alone." As I finished speaking a red mist blew out of the jungle all around us. To my left, out of the red mist, a figure appeared. It walked towards me and as the figure approached I realized it was someone who resembled a man with a black suit and darkly tinted sunglasses.He had a long braided goatee and even longer twisted yellow horns. It was not the devil I had always imagined, he was modern and more hollywoodized.
" Hello Jack. You have some questions for me?" King asked almost politely. I decided I best be on my manners as well ,and choose my words carefully.
"Yes sir, I do. I just wanted to know how I am in your way, and what can we do to resolve this matter?" I said with a friendlier tone than I would use with my own grandmother.
" How are you in my way?," King repeated," Very simple my boy you are useless. Neither good nor evil, not one of my army but still not good enough for HIM to protect." King enunciated the word him as he pointed up to the jungle canopy and to the sky beyond that.
"I... But I don't want to die yet...," fury rose up in me as I heard how helpless my voice sounded. That's exactly what I am at this moment helpless.
"Yes you are extremely helpless Jack, and like it or not ,you will soon die." King said this then gave the virus a little nudge with his elbow." Back to work my boy," after saying this the virus gave King a look of acknowledgment, shrunk down to its original size then swiftly leaped into my open gawking mouth. I watched as King turned away from me and walked back to the red mist. He was just going to leave me here with this virus. This virus that was going to kill me, and there was nothing I could do to prevent it. I was going to go quietly without argument, and the world would keep spinning and never give me another thought.
"No," I said to myself as I stood up on my bed and cleared my throat. I mustered up every ounce of courage I had and shouted out threateningly,"I am not useless! I am a one man army ,and I don't need god's or anyone's protection. I will not just curl up and die! If you want my life, then COME TAKE IT!" At that moment, without even thinking I leaped from my bed aggressively landing on King's back, and to my surprise knocking him down. Straddling his ribcage, I reigned down a storm of hard punches to the back of his head. He kicked up like a mule, violently flinging me from his back. As King stood up I saw a look of sheer anger on his face, and I realized two things. I had just pissed off the father of all evil, and I have never been in a fight.
The freshly startled King now resembled a bull as he charged me ,headbutting me with the impact of a car crash. My legs lifted of the ground and I yelled out as branches bent and snapped off my body. There was wind rushing all around me as I crashed through the jungle with impressive speed. Finally a tree trunk solidly ended my aerial travel, shattering my spine. I could hear King running through the jungle at me and with a newly broken back I couldn't even get up to run away. My arms were still functioning and all I could think to do was feel around me for a stick to defend myself with. I gripped a long stick but couldn't tell if the point was sharp or not, I prayed for it to be. I waited patiently as the beast bounded toward me.
King appeared before me and began a walking pace when his eyes met mine." This could have been much more peaceful Jack. You could have laid in bed and just let go. Instead you chose the most drawn out painful death possible, and believe me Jack your death will be exactly that. Excruciating." King said in a tone of unwavering certainty. He looked at me laying there, and he smiled as his eyes drifted to the stick. He leaned in and asked" What have we here?,"mockingly.He came close to me and I jousted up at him, doing nothing more than managing to poke the devil in the ribs with a dull stick.
" Brave last attempt Jack," King said laughing,"Have you anything left to say before I begin? If so, I would speak now, while you still can."
"Yes.." I said with a whimper, then continued speaking just above a whisper," I'm very hurt, please come close to me, so at least someone will hear my final words." When I said this I was so quiet King was hardly making out my words but he could sense the submissiveness in my voice. He obliged me and leaned in close for a better listen. As he bent down I used the momentum of his movement accompanied with the remainder of my draining strength to pull his head down. I put my mouth around his neck and sank my teeth in with all my might and will. Hot blood sprayed off my face so rapidly that it stung like a fire hose turned on a crowd.
I closed my eyes and listened to King pound and stumble around, making frightened gurgling noises, shocked by his own imminent demise. I could think only one thing. It was an odd thought for the circumstance, but a thought that scraped and scratched my mind. King's neck... it tasted just like.... hospital food.
I opened my eyes and looked around me to see the dirty off-white walls of my hospital room.I then looked down at the tray on my lap," Meatloaf,...King's neck tasted like meatloaf." I sighed in disgust that after all that I was still laying in a hospital bed." Man I don't care if I'm dying, I'm never taking those meds my nurse gave me ever again."
" I think that's a good idea Jack," King answered.
its not that great a logo. it should of took him about 10 minutes. the only good part is the text. and the shadow under the text...


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The National Association of Pension Funds is teaming up with the Investment Management Association and Association of British Insurers to push forward plans to set up an investor forum.
The three lobby groups have pledged to work together to explore the practicalities setting up a forum, an idea which was proposed the Kay Review last year. In a joint statement they said it was vital...
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and Labour MP Stephen Kinnock and will listen to the experiences of steelworkers when transferring their pensions away from the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) next week in Port Talbot.
Just Group has acquired a 75% stake in the holding company of Corinthian Pension Consulting in a bid to strengthen its professional defined benefit (DB) advisory services.
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has exercised its production order power under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 for the very first time as part of a fraud investigation.
The ITN Limited Pension Scheme has named Trafalgar House as its administrator for an initial term of five years.

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NBA AM: It’s Time To Make A Deal
It’s Time To Sit Down: So what is really at stake for the NBA Players if they hold their line that a deal, especially a deal like the one the NBA owners are offering, is unworkable and unacceptable?
The NBA is coming off arguably one of its best years in its 65-year history. Total gross revenue eclipsed $4 billion, the Players received almost $2.1 billion in salaries and benefits, it should be easy to say let’s just stay the course. That’s what the Players want. However with the NBA shattering records in revenue, more than 20 of its teams are losing money.
Read the news headlines in any Money section in the world. Stock markets are down. Recession talk is again center stage. There is no escaping the world is not in a good place financially and continuing the terms of a deal reached almost seven years ago, doesn’t make sense. The Players know this.
So what’s really at stake?
In a very broad way, I ran the numbers on the labor deal in play after listening to several players talk about how “unacceptable” the owner’s proposal is.
Here is the premise…
Basketball Related Revenue (BRI) last year was $3.817 billion, representing a 4.8% growth from last year.
Assume that growth rate is a constant. The Owners 10-year proposal equates to $49.847 billion, assuming BRI is computed the same in whatever deal is reached.
Under the now expired deal, the Players would have gotten $28.413 billion.
If the Players were to propose a 52% split, I think they’d get a deal, meaning their percentage of the pie would be $25.920 billion over ten years, or a $2.492 billion giveback., based on the now expired deal.
Now what happens if the entire season is lost?
First the league goes backwards in BRI.
It is safe to assume the NBA would lose roughly $600 million in sharable revenue. So for purposes of discussion let’s call the next season after a lost season $3.25 billion in sharable revenue, and growth at the same 4.8% which would be extremely aggressive after losing a full season.
The owners would then be able to force through a harder financial system which lets call it 50/50, which again is aggressive. The owners would likely knee cap the players with a 45 to 48% split, but let’s call it 50/50 to reach a deal.
So, the Players lose $2.280 billion in salaries and benefits that first lost year, and then lose roughly $275 million per year after that.
In total a lost season would equate to more than $9 billion in lost BRI and more than $5.115 billion in player compensation, assuming the league goes 50/50 after losing a season. It could be much worse than that.
Lose $2.280 billion now or $5.115 billion later.
The short of it is the NBA Players stand to lose twice as much if they don’t make a deal. They’ll cost the owners just under $10 billion along the way too, which you know the Owners will look to recover in any deal reached after the season is lost.
The deal the Players will get after a season is lost won’t be anything like the deal they get in September.
Some of the posturing that’s taking place is about trying to move a percentage point here or there, but the reality of it is that if even one preseason game is missed the Players deal is going to get progressively worse.
If even one regular season game is missed the deal that’s on the table will go into the shredder and the $2.280 billion giveback that could get a deal done will become a distant memory.
It is time to sit down and make a deal fellas. If you try and push this into missing games, the damage that will get done looks to be twice what a compromise could yield.
The Players are saying they want to sit down and meet in September. If talks are not productive by September 15th the pr-season is in real jeopardy and that will start a chain of events that will hit the Players the hardest.
Chase Hits The Beach: Houston Rockets forward Chase Budinger is finally realizing a dream thanks to the NBA Lockout. Budinger who is an avid volleyball player has entered the Corona Light Wide Open beach volleyball tournament in Hermosa Beach, CA this weekend.
Budinger was a two sport player in high school and was named the 2006 Mizuno National Player of the Year Award in volleyball.
During the NBA draft process Budginer had asked his agent how NBA teams would feel if he played pro volleyball in the offseason, to which is agents explained wouldn’t go over well.
With the Lockout in effect Budinger is free contractually to do whatever he wants, and he’ll serve it up this weekend.
“Volleyball has always been a passion of mine, and it has been great to get back out on the beach and train,” Budinger said. “I’m really excited about this opportunity and I’m looking forward to seeing how my skills match up against some of the top players.”
The total purse for the tournament is $75,000, with $11,250 awarded to the winning team in both the men’s and women’s division.
Landry Likes Portland: Hornets’ forward Carl Landry looks to be one of the more coveted free agents when the NBA’s 49-day old lockout is lifted and free agency is allowed to begin.
Landry who will be an unrestricted free agent says he’ll give the New Orleans Hornets, who acquired him in a trade at the trade deadline this year, the first chance to sign him. However Landry made it clear he has eyes on other situations too, especially if things don’t work out in NOLA.
“David West and Chris Paul were great to me,” said Landry to Chris Haynes of Slam Online. “New Orleans brought me to a winning situation. For that, I’m very thankful.”
If it does not happen quickly with the Hornets, Landry revealed that he has a situation in mind and the affections are most assuredly mutual.
“I think I can fit in with Portland,” Landry revealed. “They’re in need of a big post presence down low. I’m not taking anything away from (Greg) Oden and (Marcus) Camby. I just know what I can provide. The Blazers are a good team and I know I can help.”
“I really like Portland,” said Landry. “I’m good friends with Greg Oden, and Wes Matthews is from Wisconsin like me. There are a lot of ties there and I have no doubt that I would blend in fine.”
The Trail Blazers won’t have much to offer Landry in terms of cap dollars as they are currently sitting on $73.4 million in salary commitments next season.
With the NBA Owners looking to radically trim costs around the league in the next labor deal, Portland may have to liquidate assets to reach whatever new salary threshold gets established.
Landry’s best hope of landing in Portland is that sign and trade deals are still permitted in the next labor deal, which most insiders believe won’t be the case.
Landry has never had the big time NBA contract so it’s unlikely he is giving Portland a discount, but it is pretty clear he is letting the Blazers know he has interest, now it’s up to Portland to figure out how to make it happen once the lockout is lifted.
Landry says he has no immediate plans to look for work outside the NBA, which is smart for a guy seeking a payday once the lockout is lifted, but was also clear he wouldn’t sit forever.
“The first of December is my deadline,” said Landry. “If no agreement is reached by then, I’m looking overseas. To sit out a whole year without basketball is tough. I can’t do that. I would have to play somewhere.”
Landry averaged 11.8 points and 4.1 rebounds in his 23 games for the Hornets, averaging about 26 minutes per contest. Over his final ten games which included the playoffs versus the Lakers, Landry averaged 13.8 points and 4.8 rebounds per contest.
The NEW HOOPSWORLD: If you haven’t checked out the new HOOPSWORLD site yet, make sure to swing by today (beta.hoopsworld.com), we are almost finished testing and soon the new site will replace the old one and there are a few things worth noting.
First, the site design is about putting more content on the main page of the site with less clutter and more categorization. Finding the latest news should hopefully be easier.
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For hire --A good Cook, Washer, and Ironer. Also, for rent, two furnished Rooms, on the corner of Cary and Foushee streets Apply on the premises to see the rooms, and to Mr. Benjamin R Sayer, at the Tredegar Works, for the servant. Benjamin R Sayer. ja 6--2t*
For hire --A No. 1 Man and Woman Cook. The woman will be hired with a view to a good home. Inquire of A W Taylor, At Harvey, James --Co's, Virginia st. ja 7--1t*

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Major Banks Won't Stop Shutting Down Branches—Here's Why
The industry has seen a significant number of closures over the past few years.
Retail closures have been taking place across nearly every industry since the start of the pandemic. And while many of these recent closures have been minor, like Walmart shuttering a handful of locations, companies like Bed Bath & Beyond and Christmas Tree Shops have gone out of business completely, taking all of their storefronts with them. Now, major banks across the U.S. are taking an aggressive approach to closures, with dozens of branches closing their doors for good. Is the industry in trouble, or is there another reason these brick-and-mortar locations are disappearing? Read on to find out why experts say banks won't stop shutting down branches any time soon.
Several major banks are closing locations in 2023.
At least six different banks are shutting down branches across the U.S. this fall. This includes Wells Fargo, Bank of America, City National Bank, Chase, First Citizens Bank, and Santander. The closures are affecting several states in the country: Wells Fargo is closing locations in Virginia and New Mexico, while Bank of America is abandoning 12 locations in California.
This trend has been going on for years now. In 2021, CNBC reported that banks had closed a record number of branches that year, with Wells Fargo's 267 closures leading the pack.
Bank locations have actually been dwindling for almost 15 years.
According to American Banker, the last time physical bank locations actually increased in the U.S. was back in 2009. At that time, there were nearly 100,000 branches open throughout the nation. Now, S&P Global Market Intelligence data indicates that there are fewer than 80,000, per American Banker.
The pandemic only accelerated the decline of physical locations. S&P Global reported that U.S. banks shuttered a net of 2,927 branches in 2021—a record number of closures in one year. That was also a 38 percent increase in closures from 2020, which had set the previous record.
Experts say customer preferences have been changing.
But why have major banks continued to downsize over the years? According to American Banker, analysts believe it's primarily the result of banks investing more in their online platforms, as customers now prefer to handle their bank transactions digitally.
"The long-term trend of shrinking branch numbers will continue as banks embrace technology and mobile banking," Jacob Thompson, managing director at Samco Capital Markets, told the outlet.
Amy Amirault, Wells Fargo's assistant vice president of consumer communications, also confirmed this shift toward "digital channels" in a prior statement to Best Life. "As customer preferences and transaction patterns change, so will our branches," she said.
Santander Bank provided similar reasoning as well.
"Like many industries, our customers' preferences have changed, with more customers choosing to bank with us online," Santander said in a previous statement to Best Life. "Therefore, we are reimagining the customer and employee experience by simplifying our processes, refining our branch footprint, and increasing our investment in digital capabilities to align with the evolving needs of our customers."
But people are still concerned about the decrease in branches.
Despite the shift to digital banking, not all customers are comfortable with the mass closures taking place. In fact, a new survey conducted by research agency Opinium on behalf the Daily Mail found that 51 percent of people in the U.S. say they are either "very concerned" or "somewhat concerned" about the potential impact of declining branches.
"Despite the majority of Americans preferring digital payment methods over cash, recent bank closures across the United States are still causing concern," Grace Miller, research manager at Opinium, told the Daily Mail. "Notably, the digital transition showcases disparities in accessibility, especially for Americans with lower household incomes."


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The following is an excerpt from The Library Book: A History of Service to British Columbia, written by Times Colonist acting editor-in-chief Dave Obee.
The Library Book placed third in this year's Lieutenant-Governor's Medal for Historical Writing Competition. Lt.-Gov. Steven Point will present the awards this week at the B.C. Historical Federation conference in Campbell River.
All John Maitland Marshall wanted to do was help people get books from Victoria's new bookmobile. But in 1954, he found himself at the centre of a major controversy and a victim of the Red Scare that reached into Canada and its libraries.
Marshall was fired two months after he was hired, before the mobile service even hit the road. He lost his job because of his past.
Before he came to British Columbia, he had been connected with groups that leaned to the political left. By the time things cooled down, there were calls for book-burning parties, Marshall had left the province and qualified librarians were boycotting the Victoria Public Library.
It was the McCarthy era. Fears of the Communist threat swept through North America, sparked by United States senator Joseph McCarthy's hunt for Communists in positions of authority. Freedom of speech and association were under attack.
Marshall, the son of a banker, was born in Saskatchewan in 1919. He and his wife, Christine Smith, had two small children, John and Kathleen. He had been the children's librarian for the Fraser Valley Regional Library for
18 months before he was hired in Victoria in December 1953.
Marshall did not seek the Victoria job; he was asked twice to apply before he agreed. There had been no complaints about his work and he was certainly well prepared for it, with a Master's in English from the University of Saskatchewan and a Bachelor of Library Science degree, with honours, from the University of Toronto.
But his qualifications or the mouths he had to feed did not matter to the Victoria library board. What mattered was that "a group of public-spirited citizens," as the board put it, had uncovered some dirt in his past.
Marshall had been educational director of the People's Educational Co-op in Winnipeg in 1947 and spent six months as assistant editor of the Westerner, a leftist paper. He had attended the Canadian Peace Congress in Toronto in 1949, 1950 and 1951 and the congress, many believed, was a Communist front.
Because of that, Marshall was fired. He learned of his dismissal when it was reported in the Victoria Daily Times.
Marshall appealed the firing, saying that he was not, and never had been, a card-carrying member of the Labour Progressive Party, which had been linked to the Communists. He said that he had ceased any public connection with political matters when he decided to become a professional librarian.
He also took aim at the "public-spirited citizens" who had accused him. "Groups or individuals which carry on secret investigations into a man's beliefs and past associations, and put pressure on his employers to fire a fully qualified employee without giving him the opportunity to defend himself, are undermining our democratic freedoms," he said.
One library board member told the Daily Colonist it was good the Marshall matter had been made public. "If they are labelled, they are useless to the party," the unidentified member said. "We should always be on the watch for them."
The board ordered a review to find and remove "subversive pro-Communist" books from the library, and Victoria Mayor Claude Harrison declared that he would support the burning of any subversive literature in the library.
"It's very easy to see which is Communist literature," he said. "And I know what I would do with them throw them in my furnace."
Ald. Brent Murdoch said any seditious or subversive books should be removed "and any member of the library staff who belongs to a Communist organization will go out behind the books." It was time, he said, to clean up libraries.
The comments of Harrison and Murdoch sparked a huge outcry, with supporters lining up on both sides.
Premier W.A.C. Bennett said that book-burning would be "a bunch of foolishness," and threw his support behind Marshall. "I am 100 per cent opposed to what people call McCarthyism and witch-hunting."
Marshall had several other defenders. Roderick Haig-Brown of Campbell River, a magistrate and one of Canada's best-known authors, said Harrison was "dim-witted" and "not very thoughtful, nor intelligent."
Saanich Reeve Joseph Casey said Marshall should get a hearing, adding that if subversive books were to be taken from the library shelves, Mutiny on the Bounty would have to go.
But the anti-Communist fervour was widespread. Victoria MLA Lydia Arsens, for example, said that removing all books about Communism and by Communists would not "be denying any citizens freedom."
The Daily Colonist weighed in. "Unless McCarthyism is to raise its ugly head in Canada, something better than hearsay will be required to support assertions of subversive literature on the shelves of the Victoria Public Library," it said.
"There have been no bonfires of books in this land, no edicts such as Hitler's or Stalin's that one book or another must be consigned to the flames. Good taste on the part of the public in selecting its reading, and maturity of thought in perusing it have proved far more effective than any form of censorship."
The Victoria Daily Times called for common sense and quiet analysis. "No honest Canadian wants the library to become a propaganda agency for Communism," it said. "On the other hand, no thinking people want excitement over such a possibility to restrict desirable library service or to eliminate from circulation books, magazines or journals which throw informative light on the activities of those interests that swear allegiance to Moscow."
It noted the library board's position was that its role was to provide as much material as it could on as many subjects as possible within the law and to trust readers to form intelligent conclusions. "We believe that is the right attitude."
The Vancouver Sun said it hoped the "stupidity of those responsible" for the talk of
burning books would give way
The library's staff association defended Marshall, saying the board should explain why he had been fired. "Never before in this library has an individual, whether temporary or permanent employee, been dismissed without reason," the association said. It argued that Marshall was competent and enthusiastic, and said that private individuals had the right to freedom of thought, "one of the principles upon which a library is founded."
Marshall was fired with only a few days left in the library board's annual term. He was given a chance to argue his case before the new board the following week.
One of the new members was Robert Wallace, a Victoria College mathematics professor, who said he was amazed by the idea of removing books. "Libraries are the greatest single contributing factor to education in its broadest sense."
Marshall pulled no punches. "I challenge the board to produce any proof that I have, since becoming a librarian, abused my position in any way, or allowed my opinions whatever they might be on matters outside the profession to influence me in any direction in the performance of my professional duties," he said.
"It might be held that because of what I am or what I believe, I may in some way abuse my position in the future. This assumption comes dangerously close to justifying, on the part of employers, an attempt to enquire into the political, social or economic beliefs and in the religious principles of an employee.
"No employer has any such right in a democratic country."
Marshall's plea failed; with only Wallace speaking in his defence, his firing was confirmed in a three-one vote. Chief librarian Thressa Pollock resigned in protest.
The B.C. Library Association held a special meeting in Vancouver to discuss the Marshall case. More than 100 members attended. The group wrote a letter of recommendation for Marshall and urged its members to refuse positions in Victoria until a new library board was in place.
"Can or should a member of the BCLA apply for any position in the Victoria Public Library as long as the policy of the board remains what it is?" the association's publication, the Bulletin noted. "It is in the answer to this question that the association's real attitude toward witch-hunting may be made known. Let us hope we have the conscience and courage to say 'no.'"
By May 1954, six of the 11 full-time professional librarians at the library had resigned and the library had not been able to replace any of them. Georgina Wilson, the acting head of the circulation department who resigned so she could marry, used her letter of resignation to plea "that the present board support the principles of tolerance, intellectual freedom and high standards of service that were characteristic of early and excellent boards."
Nora Dryburgh, who had been appointed to replace Marshall, was among those who resigned. Her departure meant the bookmobile service had three librarians before it delivered a single book to Victoria's suburbs.
After his firing, Marshall took his family wife Christine, one-year-old Kathleen and five-year-old John to Yorkton, Sask., where he got a job with the rural school library service. After four years there, he spent two years as the first professional librarian in Kitimat, and then moved to Toronto to become the head librarian at a new branch in North York.
He capped his career by spending 17 years teaching in the faculty of library science at the University of Toronto. He loved books, and loved reading books about books. He also edited Citizen Participation in Library Decision-Making: The Toronto Experience, which was published in 1984.
The Victoria library paid a heavy price for the Marshall affair. It had trouble attracting qualified librarians until the board members involved in the firing were gone. John C. Lort, hired to replace Pollock as the head librarian, spent several years restoring the library's stature in Victoria and in the library community.
In 1998, the board of the Greater Victoria Public Library apologized to Marshall, flying him and his wife to Victoria so he could receive the apology in person. "What goes around, comes around," Marshall said at the ceremony. "So be it."
Neil Williams, the library board chairman, told Marshall that the events that had happened would have been unjust at any time. "The fact that they took place within a library, in my mind, pushes them over the border into obscenity."
Robert Wallace, the former board member who had argued on Marshall's behalf, expressed regret that he had not been able to convince the others.
And with that, as Marshall's son, Dr. John Marshall, said later, "the dark cloud over his career was finally lifted."
The B.C. Library Association gave a plaque to Marshall. It also renamed the association's intellectual freedom award in his honour.
Marshall died in Toronto on Oct. 26, 2005. His obituary, written by his family, described him as "a passionate bibliophile and ardent supporter of social justice."

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Mariah Carey's Cookies - Franklin Park
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The famous charity was originally called the Terry Higgins Trust after one of the first people in the UK known to have died from the AIDS virus, which was only identified the previous year. The lovely people at Terrence Higgins Trust, Gray’s Inn Road, London let me take a photograph of my HIV virus against their well known sign.
Volunteer worker at the Terrence Higgins Trust reception desk with my ceramic virus next to the THT collection box.
The Trust aims to end the transmission of HIV in the UK; to support and empower people living with HIV; to eradicate stigma and discrimination around HIV; and to promote good sexual health. Terrence Higgins Trust is generally considered the UK’s leading HIV and AIDS charity, and the largest in Europe. It is also the lead organisation for Public Health England’s HIV prevention partnership HIV Prevention England.

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People who have had the opportunity to experience the vibrant life of Miami wish if only they could set their lives aside and start a new one on the shores of the magnificent city. This remarkable city of clear blue waters hosts a culture that is exclusive to Miami – one you won’t find anywhere else. This is mainly due to Miami’s Cuban-American plurality that has left a deep impact on how people celebrate life and live each day to its fullest.
With its tropical weather that accentuates the beauty and colors of the city, Miami welcomes a record-breaking number of tourists each year. According to “Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau”, it was estimated that 14.6 million people visited the city in 2015.
Miami is a city that gives every tourist the kind of experience that they are looking for. It doesn’t mold you to its beat, rather molds itself to yours. There’s so much to see and explore, so many delicacies to eat, and such intoxicating Cuban music to dance to, that a brief holiday in this paradise is never enough to justify the beauty of this heaven on earth.
That said – here are the 5 attractions that you as a visitor cannot skip out on:
The Miami Everglades
The most unforgettable and “wild” experience you can have is by visiting the swamps of the Miami Everglades. This airboat adventure through the wildlife is the closest you can get to nature. With alligators lying lazily on the muddy banks, cranes flying over the rivers, and panthers napping on the low-hanging branches, the Everglades offer a sight to remember. You can attend nature shows featuring snakes, panthers, and gators, and if you’re lucky you might as well get a chance to cradle a baby gator. The Everglade experience is the perfect insight into Miami’s exotic ecology and is bound to leave a lasting impression on your mind.
Miami Helicopter Tour
If you visit a city that is as mesmeric as Miami, you have to take an aerial view of its splendor. A bird’s eye view of Miami’s reveals the majesty of the third tallest skyline in the United States. What a way to begin your day! With narration by an experienced pilot you get a tour over the Atlantic Ocean, North Miami Beach and the chain of islands leading all the way to Key West. One helicopter ride is what it takes to realize why this sunshine state is so famous among the tourists.
Exploring Miami by Boat
The city that is famous for its islands and beach resorts demands an exploration by a boat. Your day on this adventure starts with a guided tour around Miami Beach till your entertainment is upgraded with a sumptuous Cuban-American lunch. By 3 pm, you’re in the middle of a relaxing boat tour on a double deck yacht that will cruise you across the vast stretch of the blue ocean, spectacular islands, and celebrity homes. A day spent touring the Miami waters with Cuban music and food is a day well spent.
This eye-opening 38-acre sea park is an opportunity to get up close and personal with the Miami marine wildlife. Alongside various encounters with the sea animals that blow your mind, Miami Seaquarium is a host to one of the world’s greatest animal shows. These shows feature some of the most amazing sea mammals, like the 20-foot long killer-whale named Lolita, sea lions and dolphins performing stunts. The visit to Miami Seaquarium also allows you to see the exhibit of Tropical Reef which is home to a wide variety of exotic and colorful marine life.
Touring Key West
You cannot miss a visit to the Keys if you’re holidaying in Miami. You take a shuttle and drive over the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico taking in one breathtaking sight after another. This picturesque drive makes you cross 42 bridges and 32 islands to reach the United States’ southernmost part, i.e. only 90 miles from Cuba. It’s a perfect way to make memories for a lifetime in the six hours that you get to spend and explore the Keys.
There’s so much more to Miami than meets the eye. If there are hundred amazing ways to spend a day out in Miami, there are two hundred ways to enjoy the vivacious and pulsating nightlife of the city.
Miami is a city of lights, life, music, and food. It’s a city for the brightest of souls who know how to live and dance to the beat of life. The city is so full of wonder that the five destinations mentioned here cannot and will never do justice to what Miami hosts for the tourists all year long. Nevertheless, you cannot miss these incredible tourist spots. The city is full of experiences that will live with your forever.