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Lion's Mane Before Bed- The Best Choice For Better Sleep
Have you ever sacrificed a few hours of sleep to get ahead, then watched your productivity crash the next day?
Maybe you were “in the zone” that night or chasing a deadline.
But, the next day, you felt a little fuzzy around the edges. Edgy. Frustrated. Slow to get a joke. Despite the extra cup of coffee, you couldn’t stop the brain fog from creeping in.
That's because you need sleep! Sleep helps the brain maintain the neurological pathways necessary for memory, learning, and quick thinking.
Fortunately, we can eat smart to sleep smart. Lion’s mane mushrooms and other neuroprotective foods can support brain health while we sleep.
Read on to learn about the top five ways lion's mane supports healthy sleep. You’ll even find tips for taking lion’s mane before bed to support daytime cognition!
Sleep Starts in the Brain
The brain regulates sleep and sleepiness. Several brain regions work together to track your time spent awake, to initiate sleepiness, and to guide the detoxification that happens during sleep.
Really quickly, we’ll go over three of those regions: the hypothalamus, the pineal gland, and the amygdala, which is active during REM sleep.
The hypothalamus is the “control center.” When it begins getting dark, the hypothalamus sends signals to the pineal gland to increase production of melatonin. Melatonin is a hormone that helps you feel sleepy and fall asleep. After your natural melatonin guides you to sleep, you go through stages of light, deep, and REM sleep.
The amygdala is a region of the brain involved in processing emotions. It becomes very active during REM sleep (rapid eye movement sleep). It’s likely that memories and emotional memories are consolidated during REM sleep (1).
If you aren’t spending enough time in each stage of sleep (light, deep, and REM), the brain isn’t able to process what you’ve experienced during the daytime. This is why each stage of the sleep cycle is important for memory and cognition.
Why Take Lion’s Mane Before Bed?
Can taking lion's mane before bed really help with sleep and memory? According to traditional folk medicines and emerging scientific research, yes!
Here are the five brain benefits of taking lion's mane extract before bed:
- Lion’s Mane Supports Brain Health
- Lion’s Mane Supports Cortisol Cycles
- Lion’s Mane Supports the Circadian Rhythm
- Lion’s Mane Supports REM Sleep
- Lion’s Mane Supports Chronic Pain Relief
Is your brain feeing tickled? We'll go into each of these potential health benefits in more detail. Keep reading to learn more!
1. Lion’s Mane Supports Brain Health
Lion’s mane’s scientific name is Hericium erinaceus. In the 1990’s, scientists discovered two compounds in the mushroom, which they named “hericenones” and “erinacines.” While it may not have been very creative to name the compounds after the mushroom’s scientific name, it’s clear that hericenones and erinacines are unique to lion’s mane mushrooms!
Scientists studying the health benefits of lion’s mane mushrooms usually focus on hericenones and erinacines. Studies have shown they are “bioactive,” which means they interact with the human body.
Studies have shown that lion’s mane mushroom extracts improve mild cognitive impairments in humans and other mammals, and it is being studied as a nutritional intervention for Alzheimer's disease and dementia (2, 3, 4, 5).
Nerve growth factors (NGF) are proteins that the body uses to grow neurons and create neuronal connections. NGF helps maintain healthy nerve cells in the central, sensory, and automatic nervous systems (6, 7).
The erinacines in lion’s mane extract can even cross the blood brain barrier. Neurons can absorb lion’s mane’s erinacines directly from the bloodstream, so it’s likely that they improve cognition by acting directly on the central nervous system (8).
2. Lion’s Mane Supports Cortisol Cycles
The circadian rhythm regulates daily cycles of sleeping and waking. Lion’s mane research suggests extracts support healthy circadian cycles in two ways:
- Supporting healthy adrenal function.
- Supporting healthy brain function.
Lion’s mane mushrooms are “adaptogens,” which means they improve the body’s ability to adapt to stress (9). Lion’s mane’s adaptogenic properties are likely due to the way it promotes brain and nerve health.
Adaptogens support sleep by helping the adrenal gland close. You might be familiar with the adrenal gland’s function in responding to stressful events by releasing cortisol and other stress hormones. Did you know there is also a “circadian cortisol” cycle?
The circadian cortisol cycle helps regulate daily sleeping and waking.
A healthy circadian cortisol cycle generates cortisol in the morning. This helps the body transition from sleeping to waking, and contributes to feelings of alertness early in the day. By afternoon, the amount of cortisol circulating should be much lower, and reach its lowest point at night.
However, stress can cause the adrenal gland to release cortisol all afternoon and even into the evening. When this happens, the body is alert in the evening, making sleep difficult (9).
Adaptogens like lion’s mane help the adrenal gland close. With the adrenal closed, circulating cortisol can wane, and the body has a chance to prepare for sleep.
3. Lion’s Mane Supports Circadian Rhythm
Does Lion's Mane make you sleepy? Not exactly! The NGFs stimulated by lion’s mane support the circadian rhythm’s cycles of sleepiness and wakefulness.
A 2015 study showed lion’s mane extract helping to reduce stress and insomnia among university students who were accustomed to staying up late studying and socializing.
After the students took lion’s mane before bed for one month, researchers measured fewer symptoms of insomnia and significant declines in fatigue, irritability, anxiety, and depression (10).
4. Lion’s Mane Supports REM Sleep
Lion’s mane also promotes deep REM sleep, the sleep cycle necessary for integrating memories. As far as we know, there haven’t yet been any studies directly measuring the relationship between whole lion’s mane mushrooms and REM sleep. But there has been research showing that NGF plays a role in initiating REM sleep! (11).
Since we know taking lion‘s mane before bed promotes NGFs, and NGFs promote REM sleep, it’s reasonable to think lion’s mane extracts may support REM sleep.
A number of biohackers and medicinal mushroom lovers have done their own informal “experiments.” By tracking her REM sleep with Oura Ring data, sleep consultant Katie Moore discovered that taking lion’s mane mushroom extract before bed elevated her REM above her pre-lion’s-mane average. She even had her highest-ever REM measurement after taking lion’s mane before bed.
5. Lion’s Mane Supports Pain Relief
Taking lion’s mane before bed may support sleep for chronic pain sufferers by relieving pain symptoms both in the short term, and over time.
Lion’s mane extracts support pain relief in two ways:
- Lion’s mane extract blocks certain pain signals (12).
- Lion’s mane promotes NGFs, which stimulates nerve growth.
Obviously, pain can disrupt sleep.
And, unfortunately, people dealing with ongoing pain often experience worsening sleep over time.
Chronic pain can create a pain-sensation cycle that outlasts the original source of pain. This is due to neurology. When a part of the body sends the same pain signal to the brain over and over again, the nervous system may stop relaying real-time signals. Instead, it assumes that the pain is always present. This can cause the brain to experience pain sensations even when the original source isn’t flaring up.
In some cases, the nervous system doesn’t “catch on” when a chronic injury heals. It may continue causing pain sensations after the original source of pain is treated.
NGFs support the growth of new nerve branches and connections, potentially supporting pain relief at a cellular level.
Note that lion’s mane is not a pain killer or a medication. It won’t dull pain immediately after each dose, the way narcotic pain medications can. Instead, lion’s mane is a non-addictive, nutritional source of support. Taking a dose of lion’s mane extract before bed each night has the potential to support long-term relief and recovery.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I take lion’s mane before bed or in the morning?
We advise our clients with sleep concerns to take lion’s mane extract before bed each evening.
For clients focused on daytime focus and cognitive performance, we sometimes recommend taking lion’s mane first thing in the morning.
For those seeking overall support for sleep and cognitive performance, lion’s mane extract can be taken twice each day, both in the morning and before bed.
What is the best way to take lion's mane extract?
Our convenient extracts can be taken by placing one dropper-full under the tongue. They can also be added to tea or your favorite beverage.
What is the recommended dosage?
The suggested dose for our extract is 1ml, or one dropper-full. The best time to take Lion's Mane for better sleep is about 30 minutes before going to bed.
How does lion’s mane make you feel?
Lion’s mane is a nootropic. That means it supports cognitive performance and focus. Some people report sensations of alertness or mental clarity.
Lion’s mane’s adaptogen activity also supports relaxation. It has been shown to alleviate feelings of anxiety and depression over time. (In this study, participants reported reduced symptoms within four weeks of use).
Does lion’s mane help with brain fog?
Lion's mane supports cognition and brain health. Some users experience reduction in brain fog, as well as increased feelings of clarity, with daily use.
Forager's Kingdom founder and in-house health coach Neil frequently recommends lion’s mane for brain fog. He uses lion’s mane to prevent the brain fog that used to be a daily symptom of his neurological lyme disease.
Is lion’s mane stimulating?
Lion’s mane mushroom is a nootropic, and supports cognitive performance and focus. Some people may experience their enhanced focus as contributing to feelings of clarity or alertness.
However, lion’s mane does not have the stimulant effects caused by some other nootropics, like caffeine.
Lion’s mane is not a stimulant, not a narcotic, and not a hallucinogenic.
How long does lion’s mane take to work?
Some people notice the benefits of lion’s mane extract the first day they use it. Others notice benefits emerging gradually, over several weeks of use.
We advise our clients to use mushroom extracts daily for one month before expecting optimal results. The best time to take Lion's Mane for better sleep is somewhere between 15 and 30 minutes before bed.
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The stressors of the modern world take a toll on our bodies. If we feel fatigued, unmotivated, or detached, it’s easy to see why we might lose connection with the people and projects that matter to us. Luckily, our wild bodies know how to get the most out of superfoods like lion's mane mushroom extract.
Plus, with every purchase of Forager's Kingdom extracts, you heal your connection with the earth by helping to reforest our planet. Every sale from our store donates to One Tree Planted, an organization that shares our mission for sustainability by planting trees worldwide.

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William Levy, willing to appear nude for the right character2:41 PMNovelas Radar
Cuban star William Levy recently visited Los Angeles in order to promote his new series of commercials for Pepsi. When asked by the hosts of the program ‘El Gordo y La Flaca’ if he would be willing to appear nude in a project, he replied: “If it goes with the history and with the character. Although it’s a little uncomfortable, if I need to do it, there won’t be a problem.”
After his successful participation in ‘Dancing with the Stars’, Levy is preparing for his debut in Hollywood. In the next months two of his movies, "Addicted" and "Single Mom´s Club", will be released. In the meantime, he is very busy with the filming for his upcoming novela ‘La Tempestad’, where he will act alongside Ximena Navarrete. He was recently selected as the most desired leading man by the female Mexican audience.
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Children in foster and group homes will get fewer personal visits
SAN JOSE – Children placed in foster care or group homes are there because their family units broke down. Now they face another blow as Santa Clara County Supervisors decide Tuesday whether to eliminate 40 percent of the Social Worker I positions due to budget cuts.
“Our work deals with the safety of children and right not we are fearful of children falling through the cracks,” said Robert Castillo, Social Worker II in the Department of Aging and Adult Services. While Castillo’s job is not on the line, 25 out of about 60 Social Worker I positions would be deleted under a county proposal.
Social workers are often called the “eyes and ears of the court” because their work takes them directly into children’s lives. Social Workers I, such as Wendy Edwards, help transport clients to courts and medical appointments, as well as supervise parental and sibling visits that are critical to family reunification.
“Our job is to help parents reunify their families. Without these services, families will have a harder time getting to the place they need to be to make their families whole again,” said Edwards, a 16-year veteran. “These children that I work with already have too many people in their lives once they’re removed from their homes. Now we’re going to have traumatized children working with different people without any consistency.”
WHAT: Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors considers eliminating 25 Social Worker I positions
WHO: Social Workers address Supervisors to protect children’s services
WHEN: Tuesday, Jan. 11, 9 AM
WHERE: Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors’ Chambers, 70 West Hedding St.
The Service Employees International Union is an organization of 2.1 million members united by the belief in the dignity and worth of workers and the services they provide. SEIU is dedicated to improving the lives of workers and their families and creating a more just and humane society. For more information, visit www.seiu521.org

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How to use Gamecube Controller on Switch?
Step-By-Step Process is given on how to use GameCube controller on Switch. Follow the instruction properly:
Before Starting, We want to inform you that the GameCube Controller is only supported on Switch Consoles with running system version 5.0.0 or more.
Also, To use GameCube controller on Switch, GameCube Controller Adapted is required and is sold separately.
Step 1: Make sure that Your Gaming Console has the Latest version of Running System.
It is necessary to ensure that the gaming console you have has the Minimum requirement to support Switch. So, First of All, Make sure that your console has the latest system Version.
Step 2: Connection between GameCube Controller, Switch, and GameCube Controller Adapter
Connect the Nintendo Switch Console in TV mode and Connect both USB plugs from the GameCube Controller Adapter to the Nintendo Switch Consoles Dock.
Step 3: Connection Between GameCube Controller and It's Adapter
Connect a GameCube Controller to an available port on the GameCube Controller Adapter.
Step 4: Press any key to Register GameCube Controller on Consoles
After Connecting, Press any button of the controller for GameCube Controller to register on the Console.
Fifth, after you have set up everything, you can start playing your first game! Be sure to explore all the modes and select the ones you want to try out. Each game has a different type of Gamecube controller, so exploring all the possibilities will really enhance your gaming experience. When you are playing, make sure to keep an eye out for game hazards like spikes and bombs! These things can really ruin your game if you are not careful when they hit the ground.
Now that you know how to use the Gamecube controller on the switch go ahead and download the firmware file for the Nintendo Gamecube. Once it is downloaded, you need to connect your Gamecube to the computer. You will now be able to play your Gamecube through the Wi-Fi connection in your home. Happy gaming!

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Office visits to primary care physicians on the decline
The rise of retail clinics and urgent care centers has led to patients being less reliant on primary care physicians (PCP) for their health needs. According to an analysis by the Health Care Cost Institute, from 2012 to 2016 office visits to PCPs declined 18%.
Rather than booking appointments with PCPs, patients are increasingly visiting the approximately 12,000 retail clinics and urgent care centers throughout the country. They cite the lower costs and speediness of receiving care from healthcare professionals, such as nurse practitioners or physician assistants, as the reasons for choosing retail clinics and urgent care centers.
Recent developments may increase the number of retail clinics and urgent care centers further. Walmart and Humana recently announced they were in early talks for a partnership that would use the retailer’s stores and existing clinics to provide medical care.
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Sexual harassment is big news these days, but this isn't the first time the issue has captured national headlines. In the 1990s and early 2000s there were a number of high profile lawsuits that put the issue front and center and changed public perception. This time around, the focus is on legislation, not lawsuits, but it's worth taking a look back at the history of the issue, to see how far we've come.
What is sexual harassment?
According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), sexual harassment includes:
Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature ... when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment.
Five cases that put sexual harassment on the map
1. Anita Hill/Justice Clarence Thomas
The first sexual harassment decision was actually handed down in 1976. But it wasn't until the 1991 confirmation hearings of Justice Clarence Thomas that the concept entered the national consciousness.
The country watched live coverage of Anita Hill (Thomas's former colleague and a law professor) accusing Thomas of using inappropriate language and sexually harassing female colleagues when they worked together.
Since these allegations were never part of a lawsuit, Hill's claims were not proved or disproved. And Thomas denied all allegations. Thomas's nomination was barely approved by the Senate in a vote of 52-48.
It should be noted that in the year after the Thomas hearings, the number of sexual harassment cases filed rose by 50%.
2. Paula Jones/President Bill Clinton
Staying in the realm of the government, President Clinton himself came under fire for alleged sexual harassment. Paula Jones was a state employee when Clinton was Governor of Arkansas. In 1991, she claimed that Clinton exposed himself and asked her for oral sex in a hotel room. Clinton denied all allegations.
After several rounds of filing, Jones's lawsuit was dismissed for failing to state a claim. During the appeals process, a settlement was reached. Jones dropped her suit against Clinton in exchange for $850,000. However, she never received an admission of guilt or an apology.
Jones's allegations paved the way for investigating the President's sex life. The Monica Lewinsky scandal and the impeachment of President Clinton were big follow-ups to the Paula Jones case.
3. The Tailhook Convention
Still within the government and also in 1991, the Tailhook scandal involved sexual allegations against the armed forces. This case put the spotlight on what some women had been experiencing for years. Former Navy lieutenant Paula Coughlin was one of more than 80 women who alleged they were sexually assaulted. The assailants were drunken Naval and Marine officers attending a conference at Vegas' Hilton Hotel. Coughlin later left the Navy. She said the organization failed to investigate her allegations and then retaliated against her for being a "whistleblower."
Coughlin ended up suing the hotel for failing to provide adequate security. She was awarded $1.7 million in compensatory and $5 million in punitive damages.
4. Mitsubishi Motors Manufacturing
In 1998, Mitsubishi agreed to pay $34 million to female workers at the Normal, Illinois plant where the work environment was anything but normal. In fact, the company was charged with allowing a hostile setting for women since at least 1990. In addition to the $34 million, Mitsubishi paid out several more million in individual suits.
The women were routinely fondled, verbally abused, and subjected to obscene jokes, behavior, and graffiti. One male worker even fired an air gun between a female's legs. The abusive work environment caused many women to quit. Others were simply denied promotions when they refused to grant sexual favors.
The silver lining in this cloud is that Mitsubishi has impressively cleaned up its tarnished reputation. The company immediately hired Lynn Martin, former Secretary of Labor. Martin overhauled the anti-sexual harassment and complaint system, which now boasts a zero-tolerance policy.
5. University of Colorado Football program
Two women charged the University of Colorado's football program with sexual harassment. The women claimed they were sexually assaulted in 2001 at an off-campus party by Colorado football players and recruits. They allege the university is liable for fostering the atmosphere that led to the alleged assaults, claiming the school tries to draw in the best high school football prospects with sex-and-alcohol-parties.
The women's suit was filed under Title IX, which promotes gender equality in education. Vastly different from the sexual harassment claims described above, violations of Title IX require showing that the school had actual notice of sexual harassment and then acted with deliberate indifference. The case was recently thrown out in a U.S. District Court, but the women have appealed.
After the allegations, the University of Colorado Board of Regents backed an independent investigation. The results found that drugs, alcohol, and sex have been used to draw in recruits but not with the sanctioning of university officials. The school now has some of the strictest recruitment policies in the country.
Cracking down on sexual harassment
In part because of these lawsuits, America experienced a cultural shift that continues to impact us today. As courts, employers, and schools continue to take sexual harassment more seriously we are changing the way we function in the workplace. New legislation for workplace sexual harassment training helps ensure employees know the rules up front, and a broader societal understanding is making the workplace a safer and more inclusive place for everyone.
Find out more about Equal Rights

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What is Asset Protection?
There are many circumstances in which individuals or businesses may envisage a situation whereby their assets would be at risk. Assets can be placed at risk in a number of different ways; for individuals, particularly those with a particularly large asset portfolio, the greatest risk may be a tax burden. This is particularly true for those whose wealth is in non-standard assets which may become subject to less favourable tax treatment at very short notice.
Furthermore, individuals may fear that their assets may be at risk from creditors or legal proceedings. In the case of businesses, assets may be sought by creditors, while larger corporations may find that they have fallen foul of competition laws or tax schedules. Indeed, there is a huge variety of potentially unforeseeable circumstances in which the wealth of an individual or business may be attacked.
The term 'asset protection' refers to the suite of legal vehicles and techniques available to those who wish to ensure that their assets are shielded from these unforeseen, or unforeseeable eventualities.
StrategiesThere is no clearly defined set of tools that can be used in the general practice of asset protection. Indeed, many of those who wish to guard their assets are doing so because of unfavourable tax or legal treatment in their home jurisdiction. As such, the techniques used in the protection of these assets will differ depending on the common and statute law that is in place in the country in question. Furthermore, the strategy of protection will depend on the nature of the assets and the long term goals of the individual. That said, there are a number of common elements that may make up an asset protection strategy.
TechniquesAmongst the most popular of these is the asset protection trust, whereby assets are settled with the purpose of legally separating the original owner from the asset. Depending on the rules in place in the relevant jurisdiction, many settlors (that is, the individuals establishing the trusts) choose to set up asset protection trusts offshore.
Aside from the establishment of trusts, the techniques used will tend to depend upon the nature of the attack from which the assets are being protected. For example, if a business wishes to protect its assets from a creditor, they may consider equity stripping as a last resort. This involves the 'stripping' of value from an asset in order to make it less attractive to creditors. Alternatively, individuals or businesses may transfer the title (that is, the legal ownership) in an asset to third party in order to separate it from their own financial or legal affairs.
Inheritance ProtectionAsset protection is frequently considered useful only for those in high risk businesses, or those with particularly valuable asset portfolios. However, these strategies have a number of applications for more 'normal' people. You may wish, for example, to protect an asset from inheritance tax; this is probably the most common form of asset protection, and can be achieved through the use of a trust.
Further information on this type of asset protection is available in articles elsewhere on this site.


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Block print kurtis – India has been full of talented people since the beginning of the Indus civilization. These are so attractive and are able to mesmerize all of them. Block printing is one of that art that is carved on the fabric. This super amazing and finest art of fabric has attracted people with its decent and sober look. It is said that India does the largest export of this block printed fabrics. Earlier from this fabric sarees, handcrafted pictures, wall hanging was made but after the late 19s, this craftsman started making block printed Kurtis also. textile Infomedia has all the details of suppliers and wholesalers of this Kurti who have a beautiful and new collection of these Kurtis.
The beginning of Block Print Kurtis
The history of this block print Kurti takes us back in the time to pre-Christian times. Since then, this Kurti has made a powerful impact on the females, and the charm of this Kurtis is just increasing day by day. This art of fabric is also said to begin in the 19th century in Europe. The previous generations were very excited about wearing these Kurtis at many functions due to its attractive and elegant look, the legacy of wearing this wonderful fabric art is passed through generations and females of a young age are also attracted to this. This classic style of Kurti has also helped in the Indian economy for many decades.
The Specificities of Block Print Kurtis
Block printing is very much famous around the west side of India such as Gujarat and Rajasthan. These designer Kurtis are perfect for any function and occasion. Block print Kurtis are perfect examples to represent Indian culture as it has traditional designs and patterns on fabric. The base material to make this Kurti could be cotton, silk, chiffon, nylon and synthetic fabric but silk and cotton are widely chosen because of their shiny look and comfortable texture respectively. The maintenance of this Kurti is also very easy and doesn’t require extra effort, the regular detergents are enough to clean them.
The Making Process of Block Print Kurtis
The making of this Kurtis requires time and perfect expertise to create wonderful art on fabric with all the attractive looks in a perfect manner. The technical process of making this fabric includes many steps such as first it undergoes the yarn process, then the dyeing of this Kurti takes place using natural and organic followed by the drying process. After completion of weaving the block is printed on the fabric. The block markings are part of making this Kurtis. The designs and motifs that are craved on the blocks are fully traditional and culturally based. These blocks are made of wood and metal. After preparing these blocks the craftsmen started actual work on the fabric of doing printings.
The Block Print Kurtis – Must Know About These Factors
These block prints are most popular in Rajasthan and Gujarat, the Dabu prints and Ajrakh prints are respectively famous in these regions of India. The families of craftsmen from these parts of India have been doing this finest fabric art for many decades. These Kurtis are very much famous among all the generations. The price range of this Kurtis is very comfortable and falls into the affordable range. You can check the online price range of this Kurti via textile Infomedia, where you can check the best online prices of this attire at the best manufactures and suppliers.
The Trend and popularity of Block Print Kurtis
These Kurtis are perfectly light weighted as mostly the base fabric that is used to make this Kurtis are silk and cotton both of them have a classic style and comfortable weight. You can wear them during travelling hours, college hours and office hours also. These Kurtis are comfortable for long hours without feeling any irritations. The colour options are limited to this style of Kurti, any shade of colours suits this Kurti amazingly.
The Fast-Growing Different Styles of Block Print Kurtis
This amazing style of Kurti has many options available in the market in terms of designs and patterns that are printed on the fabric. Here are some amazing, popular and best designs that are trending in 2021 listed below that may help you to get the best one for you.
The Floral Printed Block Print Kurtis
These prints are very popular in the textile market of this category of Kurtis. This stylish and classic look of Kurtis is perfect for casual parties and functions.
Mandala Block Print Kurtis
This mandala art on fabric is famous for ages and still making huge female fans day by day. This attire is all perfect for traditional, cultural events and festive seasons.
The Animal motif Block Print Kurtis
These are some of the old and amazing designs that are used to crave on the fabric. The look of this outfit is attractive enough to catch the eyes of everyone.
Where can you buy Block Print Kurtis?
If you love doing shopping via different online platforms then the textile Infomedia could be your best choice. This platform provides us contact details of the best manufacturers, block print kurtis wholesalers and suppliers of our cities. You can also check the best online price range of such attire via this platform.

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Artistic Director of the association “Ca' Luogo d'Arte”.
In 1976 he founded “Teatro delle Briciole” and was its President and Artistic Director for over 25 years.
He has ever since written many prize winning plays that have been run all over Europe and the world.
In 1989 he founded with Marina Allegri “ Laboratorio Permanente del Teatro al Parco” a theater school for students ages 16 to 20.
In 2002 he founded the cultural association “Ca' Luogo d'Arte”.
Since 2004 he has taught Directing at the “Istituto d’Arte Paolo Toschi” in Parma”.
His work as a director is characterized by a strong scenographic vision where the merge of an extreme care for scenographic spaces and scene objects creates performances with a very strong visual impact.
All his works are born thanks to his love and craftsmanship of the imaginary.


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Quanta Services, Inc.’s (PWR) first-quarter 2014 net income from continuing operations attributable to common stock slashed to $54.4 million, or $0.25 per share, from $72.1 million, or $0.34 per share, in the first quarter of 2013. Recent quarter’s net income attributable to common stock included $38.8 million of incremental selling, general and administrative expense as a result of an arbitration decision related to a deal dispute on a directional drilling project that occurred in 2010. The price of Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE:PWR), General Contractors company, stock burgeoned 1.65% to $34.54. The stock is dealing at -7.70% below its 52-week high and 36.74% above its 52-week low. PWR has 27.42x price to cash flow ratio with 5.70% profit margin. Its beta value stands at 0.61 times. The firm has the market capitalization of $7493.80 million. PWR showed -5.55% quarterly performance. Analysts rate it a ‘Buy’ stock.
Mednax, Inc. (MD) announced first-quarter earnings of $64 million, or $0.63 per share in the first quarter 2014, contrasted with last year’s $55.37 million, or $0.55 per share. On average, 16 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters promising earnings per share of $0.63 for the quarter. Analysts’ estimates typically exclude one-time items. Driven mainly by the contributions from acquisitions completed while January 2013, net patient service revenue proliferated year-on-year to $566.34 million, from $502.72 million, as long as 14 analysts valued revenues of $575.05 million for the quarter. MEDNAX, Inc. (NYSE:MD), Specialized Health Services company, tumbled -0.49% in last trading session and ended the day on $58.56. The stock is trading -9.22% below its 52-week high and 34.42% above its 52-week low. In valuation, MEDNAX, Inc. maintained 2.51x price to book and 2.62x price to sales ratio. Company also recorded 0.11x debt over equity financial leverage. MD showed 0.51% weekly performance. Investment experts consider it a ‘Hold’ stock.
Southwestern Energy Company (SWN) reported first-quarter net income of $194.2 million, or $0.55 per share, correlated to $127.5 million, or $0.36 per share, in the first quarter of 2013. Adjusted net income was $231.4 million, or $0.66 per share, for the quarter. On average, 34 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters possible the company to announce profit per share of $0.63 for the quarter. Southwestern Energy Co. (NYSE:SWN), Independent Oil & Gas company, swung 0.59% in last regular trading to $47.43. The stock is priced with the difference of 14.78% 200-day simple moving average and 2.34% 50-day moving average. Company has 353.07 million shares outstanding with $16746.11 million market capitalization. Southwestern Energy Co. has $2.19 EPS currently and sees 198.50% growth this year and 2.85% next year. SWN’s yearly performance is 26.24%. Trade experts think of it as ‘Hold’ stock.
Turf maintenance equipment maker Toro Co. (TTC) on Thursday reported an 11 percent raise in profit for the second quarter from last year, reflecting higher sales at its professional and residential segments. Both earnings per share and revenue for the quarter hit analysts’ expectations. Looking ahead, Toro forecast earnings for the third quarter and affirmed its earnings outlook for fiscal 2014, both below analysts’ estimates. Michael Hoffman, Toro’s chairman and chief executive officer said, “Although retail sales of some residential products were hampered by the late spring, we experienced strong growth in our landscape maintenance business.” Toro Co. (NYSE:TTC), Small Tools & Accessories, is currently trading at $64.15, which gained 0.17%. The stock is trading -3.24% below its 50 days high and 5.15% above its 50 days low. TTC’s price to free cash flow is 22.09%. Company is trading at a P/E multiple of 23.58x with 1.55% monthly volatility. The stock is having 43.20% return on equity and 14.90% return on assets. TTC’s year to date performance is 1.18%. Experts rate it a ‘Hold’ stock.


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Style Hard Rock/Metal
Band Members Pete – Guitars,vocals, Terry – Guitars,vocals, Jessica – Bass,vocals, Meghann – Drums,keyboards,vocals
Tracks 01. Take My Hand, Take My Breath (4:52), 02. Rock Me (4:09), 03. Harder,Faster (4:11), 04. When Our Children Pray (5:26), 05. Ready Now (3:58), 06. Rock All Nite (3:27), 07. Love Theme From 21 (4:13), 08. Dynamite (4:36), 09. Charlie (5:09), 10. Kiss This…(Medley From Kiss)(6:45)
Profile XXL were a Lyon, Rhône-Alpe based group formed in 1998. XXL is a summary of two generations evolving in a US hard-rock style, with guitar flights of fancy sometimes melodic, sometimes rather aggressive, in the way Michael SCHENKER GROUP of the grand era used to make it. The vocals sometimes remind those of Paul Stanley (Kiss), whereas the bass purrs on the beats of bass drum produced by the drummer. Catchy choruses and good melodies are the assets of this “First Blood”. At the end of this record, there’s also a medley. This band brought so much to US hard-rock that they cannot leave you indifferent. They show that when fun, joy and good compositions are combined, all you get is a reference in a genre. They disbanded in 2009.


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Nafia, 28, is a Scientific Officer at The Institute for Cancer Research. Read on to hear more about Nafia's technical role is helping to diagnose and fight cancer to save lives worldwide
Day to day I...
...work on tissue donated to us by people with rare types of cancer.
In the lab, I extract DNA and RNA from the tissue, and then look at the information from it carries and examine what it means so we can find out more about the rare cancer. Once we have this information, we can try to predict how a patient would respond when given a specific medicine to treat their cancer. If that specific medicine would not help them very much, their Doctor can decide to give them a different one, which may be better at fighting their cancer.
My work as a technician is important...
...as the results from the experiments I do, provide information to prove or disprove our hypotheses on the best ways to diagnose and treat cancer.
My role in my current team involves validating a molecular test designed by our team and collaborators, which picks out patients whose tumours have a particular molecular signature. This has involved analysing sarcoma samples from a number of independent centres to see whether the test gives us the same results as seen in the original study. Once we have further tested the robustness of our classifier, it can be used in a clinical setting to organise patients into groups according to their potential response to particular therapies.
As a technician, I am a vital part of the team
If a team member has a large volume of experiments to do, within a short timeframe, then I provide technical support to help them to complete the experiments and meet their deadlines.
I am usually the one to train new members of staff in molecular techniques, such as microtomy – tissue that is embedded in wax is cut into very small sections – DNA/RNA extraction and quality control. I also write our Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for these techniques, to ensure consistency in our experiments so that they produce strong, reliable results and can be repeated.
I became interested in cancer biology...
...during university. Before joining ICR, I worked in two cancer biobanks - 'libraries' storing tissue from people with cancer. It was there that I gained an understanding of what a precious resource donated patient samples were in the research process.
I really wanted to get back into a research lab to work on processing and analysing patient samples to answer important research questions to further our understanding of cancer and potential new ways to treat it and my current job was a perfect fit.
The best bit about my job...
...is seeing how our experiments help answer our research questions - and especially seeing results hold true across different sets of patient samples.
I also really enjoy learning new skills through training and workshops, whether they are technical or interpersonal skills. Training new lab members is something I have come to enjoy, seeing them become independent and skilled in the molecular techniques we use in our lab is great. It is a fantastic way to build on my own soft skills also.
If you are considering a technical career...
I recommend being open to learning as many new skills as possible, but also honing a set of core technical skills and building an expertise in these.
It is a good idea to keep up with how scientific research is moving in your chosen field and how techniques are evolving to accommodate this. Try to gain practical lab experience if possible, a lot of institutions offer summer school placements in labs, which is the best way to see how a lab works day to day.
Nafia's Daily Routine
My day usually starts with a coffee, whilst going through my emails, to-do list and messages on Slack, the instant messaging app we use in our team. I try to plan my experiments a week or two in advance, as we are a large group, so I usually have to plan around weekly lab meetings.
I work on soft tissue sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. We collaborate with a number of centres around the world who kindly provide us with preserved samples containing the cancer patients’ DNA, RNA and proteins - so my typical wet lab days consist of extraction of DNA or RNA, having cut the starting material on a microtome - a machine that cuts extremely fine slices of tissue - the previous day.
Once the RNA is extracted (the samples for DNA extraction need to incubate overnight and the extraction process takes two days), I will need to check the concentration quality, to see if there is enough material for analysis.
I write up my experimental notes and results into my lab book and answer any outstanding emails. We collaborate with a core facility to do our other types of analysis, so will usually send my quality control results to a colleague there if I am unsure it is of good enough quality for the analysis.
Check on my incubating DNA and add more buffer as this will be extracted tomorrow.
Go home and hopefully avoid the worst of rush hour!


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Evil West The Questionable Cargo Collectibles are required for 100% completion in the first Mission of the video game.
In Questionable Cargo, you have to investigate a suspicious train as Jesse Rentier, accompanied by Edgar Gravenor.
In this Mission, you can find the following collectibles:
- 2 Lore
- 9 Cash
The Cash will be necessary later for upgrades, and considering that some collectibles can be easily missed if you don’t look around carefully, you should check the guide below to achieve a 100% Questionable Cargo completion.
Cash #1 (66 Bucks): At The Base Of A Wall
Upon starting the first Mission in Evil West, you’ll shortly reach a point where you have to drop down with the help of a chain using an interaction for the first time by pressing A on your Xbox controller (also explained in the top left corner of your screen when you reach the spot).
Once down, turn around to see the bag of cash at the base of the wall, as shown in the following image.
Cash #2 (181 Bucks): Next To A Big Rock
For the second Questionable Cargo collectible, you’ll have to proceed forward until you reach a couple of crashed wagons and a couple of mobs (the part with the Dodge and Roll tutorial).
Clear the enemies and vault over the highlighted obstacle near the railway on the left of where you came from to this area.
You should now see a red chest next to a big rock, and if you smash it, you’ll get 181 Bucks.
Cash #3 (21 Bucks): Near A Corpse
Upon obtaining the previous collectible in the first Chapter, follow the railway in the opposite direction from the cash chest, and you should see a wagon you can get into using the highlighted chains.
However, before entering the crashed wagon, head to your right through the opening to find another bag with bucks near a corpse and some rocks.
Lore #1 (Fragment Of Inventory): On A Coffin
Now enter the wagon mentioned earlier, and you’ll find a Lore collectible in the middle, on the left side, on a coffin.
It’s quite dark in the wagon, so be careful not to miss the Lore, which looks like three documents, like in the next screenshot.
Cash #4 (41 Bucks): On A Crate
After you get the previous Questionable Cargo Lore, climb off the wagon and proceed on the main path.
You’ll soon reach the entrance of a tunnel with a cash bag on a crate to the left.
Cash #5 (47 Bucks): On The Wooden Bridge
Make your way through the mentioned tunnel and deal with the enemies inside.
Then you’ll reach an outside area where you’ll learn how to use Uppercut in Evil West and can practice it on a couple of enemies.
Once you’re done smashing heads, jump on the wooden bridge and turn right to see yet another bucks bag.
Cash #6 (56 Bucks): On A Box
For the next Chapter 1 collectible, you’ll have to continue through the Mission until you reach a Jenu Giant, an oversized enemy with a big nail in his head.
Deal with the large mob, vault over the highlighted obstacle, and immediately turn to your right to see the cash bag on a box.
Cash #7 (23 Bucks): In A Wagon
You’ll soon reach an area where you have to fight plenty of enemies with the help of Edgar.
After you’ve cleared the area, hop on the wagon with the highlighted chain and cross the wooden boards to reach another wagon to the left.
Drop through the hole in the wagon to find the Questionable Cargo bucks bag.
Lore #2 (Chester Morgan’s Letter): On A Coffin Next To A Corpse
The next collectible is another Lore, and you’ll find it in the area where you are taught how to sprint in Evil West.
When you see the sprint hint in the top left corner, go to the second burning wagon on the right side to find the Lore on a coffin next to a corpse.
Cash #8 (52 Bucks): In A Glowing Crate
For another Mission 1 Cash, you first have to pass the area where you learn how to use your Rentier Revolver.
Then, in the next area, you’ll find yourself on a big rock in the middle of the river, and you’ll have to position yourself near the highlighted chain on the small pole to interact with the coffins in the crashed wagon to the right.
Doing so will create a coffin bridge for you to cross the river.
Shortly after, you’ll reach a highlighted chain ladder, right after you learn to combo your Uppercut and Revolver.
Climb the ladder and go forward a few meters to see a glowing crate.
Destroy the crate to find Questionable Cargo Cash #8 and get 52 Bucks.
Cash #9 (60 Bucks): Next To Some Coffins
For the last Chapter 1 cash bag, you have to go through the small opening on the right from where you got the previous collectible.
Then, you’ll soon see some coffins near a tree and next to them on the right, Cash #9.
And that’s all, Jesse! You’ve obtained all 11 Evil West Questionable Cargo Collectibles.
You can now focus on the ones in the next Mission, named The Raid (discussed here).

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The Jamestown Raiders and Southwestern/Maple Grove played to a 2-2 tie in Western New York Club Hockey League White Division game at the Jamestown Savings Bank Arena on Saturday night.
Jamestown jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a powerplay goal by Gib Stuart on a one-time slapshot from the point. Assists went to Collin Abbott and Bill Krywy.
Elizabeth Gerace knotted the score for SW/MG on a powerplay goal with seven minutes left in the first period on a pass from Andrew Farnham.
Branden Decker (6) and Alex Carlson (12) of Southwestern/Maple Grove congratulate teammate Elizabeth Gerace after she scored a goal in Saturday night’s 2-2 tie with the Jamestown Raiders at Jamestown Saving Bank Arena. See additional photos at cu.post-journal.com.
P-J photo by Scott Reagle
Eleven seconds into the second period, SW/MG took the lead on a goal by Thomas Gerace while his team had a two man advantage. Assists went to Ryan Schutte and Alexander Carlson.
Rick Hasselman of the Raiders tied the score with four minutes to go in the second period on a 2-on-1 break with Justin Andiraccio, who had an assist along with Collin Abbott.
Netminders for the game were Noah Weinstein for SW/MB and Tom Fales for Jamestown.


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PIP Payment Assessment Guidance Update
Over the past few months the DWP has been undertaking work to implement the findings of the Upper Tribunal in the case of MH, relating to how overwhelming psychological distress is considered when assessing a PIP claimants’ ability to plan and follow a journey.
The Department has now published updated guidance to reflect the Upper Tribunal judgment in MH. This can be found at the link below: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers
The Minister for Disabled People has laid a Ministerial Statement in Parliament confirming this, which can be found here: https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-06-25/HCWS793/
Case Managers will now be applying the new guidance to all decisions from today and the administrative exercise to identify affected claimants (either those already on the caseload, or who have made a claim for PIP since the original judgment) will now commence. This exercise will look back at these claims to apply the decisions of both MH and RJ (relating to safety and supervision) in order to identify claimants who are affected and may be entitled to more support. Payments will then be backdated to the effective date in each individual case. There is also a plain English description of the changes and the administrative exercise available here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-changes

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The recent announcement by the Yamal government to artificially reduce the number of reindeer in the Yamal-Nenets Okrug by a quarter of a million animals has caused a discussion in Russia that has now spilled over to the international arena. The Siberian Times has thoroughly reported about the plans both from the pro and the contra side.
Together with with my friend and colleague Agrafena Semjonovna Sopochina and her daughter Marija Launonen travelled recently through northern Finland and Norway, to Tallinn and to St. Petersburg during the second part of August 2016. A detailed travelogue about our journey I published here and here.
We made contacts with Sámi activists and politicians, artists and reindeer herders, among the the president of the Sámi parliament in Finnland Tiina Juulia Sanila-Aikio or Skolt Sami: Paavvâl Taannâl Tiina and Johan Mathis Turi, the former president of the Worlds reindeer herders association and a great specialist in reindeer herding culture all over the Arctic.
But the biggest Thank You goes to Marina Falevitch from the Sámi Education Institute, who not only relieved me with the task to connect Agrafena to the Sámi world of Inari, but also hosted and fed us during our stay in Inari!


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The potential loss of traditional lifeways and distinctive cultural groupings poses a special threat in an age of rapidly accelerating modernization and globalization. Culture, as a system of learned norms and behaviors, is not a tangible thing but a process composed by living individuals. The struggle by small, often dispossessed native groups to sustain their traditional modes of livelihood, religions, languages, customs, and rights is an attempt to maintain distinct identity in the face of homogenizing pressures from the larger and more powerful societies in which they must live.
Throughout history, cultures have adapted, assimilated, and changed. Except for cases of sudden mass extinction of entire peoples, they rarely disappear without a trace; rather, certain traits are passed along and become part of new cultural formations. Even cultures and peoples considered extinct—societies that have disappeared because of invasion, war, famine, disease, or intermarriage—leave living legacies in their influence on other groups and their own mixed-blood descendants. The possibility for renewal depends on prevailing definitions of race, ethnicity, and culture. Definitions of aboriginality are increasingly tied to land claims and official status. Historically, blood quanta and racial theories have been used to discriminate against people. At the turn of the twenty-first century, however, in many places there are some advantages to claiming official minority ethnicities, often in states where native status had previously been more of a hindrance than a help.
Many groups known in prehistory and history have died out, from protocultural formations encountered in archaeological excavations like the Diukhtai of northern Asia to the mighty Aztec empire following the European invasion. The Taino, Arawak, and Carib peoples of the Caribbean rapidly died off shortly after the arrival of Columbus in 1492. Disease, caused by imported germs to which native Americans lacked immunity, was the main cause of ethnocide in a holocaust of cataclysmic proportions. An estimated 1 million people lived on the island of Hispaniola in 1492. A mere twenty-six years later, the island's indigenous population had declined by some 98.5 percent to around 15,000. The Caribs, with a population estimated at 3.79 million in 1492, were declared extinct in less than a single generation. In the nineteenth century, the death toll of smallpox and other diseases in the Americas was devastating. On the northwest coast of North America, a disastrous decline in the Indian population was the tragic result
of a smallpox epidemic, spread through blankets distributed to the Indians by the English.
As with habitat range and endangered animal species, land is vitally connected to the viability of distinct small native populations. The dependence of Saami and Evenki peoples in Lapland and northern Russia, respectively, on reindeer breeding and herding means that their continued existence as distinct peoples is threatened by the loss of this way of life. Sea-mammal hunters in the circumpolar Arctic have adapted their traditional means of subsistence to new ways of life and economic modes.
At the 1992 Earth Summit in Brazil, the World Conference of Indigenous Peoples on Territory, Environment and Development issued a statement asserting inherent rights to self-determination and inalienable rights to land, territories, resources, and environments. The urgent concern of sustaining and empowering endangered cultures through land reform and other measures has emerged in the decade since as a global human rights issue.
Tasmanians reemerged at the end of the twentieth century as a surviving people, with an altered but continuous heritage. The aboriginal Tasmanians were thought until recently to have died out entirely, victims of the Euro pean invasion. Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the aboriginal population of Tasmania was comparable to that of mainland Australia. The 1642 population was estimated at some five thousand; two centuries later it had fallen to a recorded low of just six individuals. During the 1820s, pastoralist settlers expanded their land holdings in a series of conflicts known as the Black War, forcibly driving the starving Tasmanians off their island. Before her death in 1876, a woman named Truganini became famous in Europe as the last surviving Tasmanian. During the twentieth century, Australians with aboriginal Tasmanian ancestors blended invisibly into the population. With no incentive for self-identification, descendants of the Tasmanians did not declare themselves as such until changes in state policy and benefits were enacted in the early 1970s. The official census figure showed a more than fourfold increase in aboriginal Tas-manian self-identification between 1971 and 1976. The figure more than doubled again over the next decade, growing at a rate some three times that of the aboriginal population in Australia at large, to 6,716 in 1986. The many descendants of the Tasmanians went unrecognized by majority white Australians because they are of mixed heritage, and their physical appearance no longer resembles the once typical dark-skinned aboriginal profile. In the face of land claims and a growing movement for social justice, Tasmanian people are reasserting their identity and claiming a status tying them to the land and its resources.
Cultural survival, revival, and preservation initiatives are tied to the establishment and maintenance of protected zones such as biosphere preserves, game parks, and forests. Land and habitat are keys to sovereignty and ethnic survival for the Yanomami of the Amazon as for the Ainu of northern Japan. The rhetoric of ecological and ethnic extinction reflects the threat to both cultural diversity and biological diversity. The impact of the environmental and economic changes brought about by modernity and development has ruptured long-established patterns of human-nature interaction. The loss of environmental knowledge encoded in traditional cultures proceeds in parallel with the loss of endemic species. The emerging paradigm of biocultural diversity looks at ecosystems as a whole, including the dynamics of human-nature interactions and seasonal variants.
The remarkable comeback of the Mashan-tucket Pequot nation in southern New England provides a dramatic illustration of how the continued existence of a tribe was made possible by maintaining a small parcel of land. Once the dominant power in southern New England and Long Island Sound in the pre-Colonial seventeenth century, the Pequot nation was challenged when neighboring tribes allied themselves with British settlers. The Mashantucket Pequots were officially exterminated in 1638, in a devastating massacre by British troops pursuing a formal policy of genocide, and they were legally declared extinct. Yet survivors and their descendants, enabled by politically savvy leaders, managed to maintain a relationship with the colony and later the state of Connecticut, and to hold on to a small parcel of apportioned land. Despite outmigration, religious conversions, and a diminishing reservation area, the Mashantucket Pequots continued to survive. By the 1980s, the local tribal contingent on reservation land had been reduced to two old women, who kept the tradition alive through basket-making and picking berries. A sudden, dramatic reversal of fortune occurred when the tribe won federal recognition and the right to establish commercial gambling on the reservation. By the early 1990s, they had built the enormous Foxwoods resort, which quickly became the
Western Hemisphere's most profitable casino complex. After three and a half centuries of official extinction, the Mashantucket Pequot tribe is a major employer and once again a dominant economic power in the region. A tribal registration drive, construction of housing and schools, and a selective repopulation of the reservation has solidified their tenure. The task of cultural revitalization, however, was more problematic. The Pequots had lost their language and artifacts, been widely dispersed, and lacked a continuous, integrated culture. How does a small people, cut off from its own history and vanished traditions, reconstruct and represent its own image? Through large-scale public endeavors such as a massive museum and research complex and one of North America's largest annual Pow-Wow gatherings, the Mashantucket Pequots are facing the challenge by creatively engaging the preserved folklore of the New England tribes, the association of indigenous ecology with natural history and prehistory, settlement archaeology to recover the past, the adoption of stylized pan-Indian symbols, and identification with a growing pan-Indian movement to forge a modern identity.
The situation of this small Northeastern tribe, long on financial resources but short on available cultural traditions, is the opposite of that faced by many Indian peoples of the western United States. The Euroamerican vanquishing of these tribes was more recent and less complete. Although the traditions and identity of their past are closer to living memory, tribes were relegated to the poorest lands, worst education, and bleakest economic opportunity. Alcoholism and abuse, a grim legacy of colonialism, are persistent problems in contemporary Indian communities. Revivals of Indian religion and modern spiritual rekin-dlings provide one avenue of recovery. Repatriation of human remains and sacred arti-
facts from museums is another. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), passed by the U.S. Congress, permits federally recognized Indian tribes, Alaska native corporations, and indigenous Hawaiians to file claims for the return of human bones, relics, associated funerary goods, and other heritage objects from museum collections to authorized representatives of affiliated tribal groups. The somewhat controver sial law was passed to provide a means for the reestablishment of broken threads from the past, the fostering of a sense of pride and the value of distinct identity in new generations of Indian people, and a more equitable relationship and dialogue with the institutions and hierarchy of the dominant society.
See also: Ethnoscience; Linguistic Diversity; Subsistence
Diamond, Jared. 1997. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York: W. W. Norton; Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues. 1987. Indigenous Peoples: A Global Quest for Justice. London: Zed; Krauss, Michael. 1980. Alaska Native Languages: Past, Present, and Future. Alaska Native Language Center Research Papers no. 4. Fairbanks: University of Alaska; Maffi, Luisa, ed. 2001. On Biocultural Diversity: Linking Language, Knowledge and the Environment. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press; Miller, Marc S., ed. State of the Peoples: A Global Human Rights Report on Societies in Danger. Boston: Beacon;Turner, Terence. 2001. The Yanomami and the Ethics of Anthropological Practice. Latin American Studies Program, no. 6. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University.
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Do You Want To Learn More About Green Living That Can Save You Money? Discover How To Create A Worm Farm From Scratch! Recycling has caught on with a more people as the years go by. Well, now theres another way to recycle that may seem unconventional at first, but it can save you money down the road.

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Re-imagining the Shirt in the 1960s.
Men’s shirts through history have been fairly functional. They would keep a chap warm and well covered up, and particularly throughout the nineteenth century they would have been fairly voluminous with a wide straight cut, maybe with a generous shirt tail to tuck in to trousers, sometimes with detachable starched collars and cuffs. The collarless shirt, sometimes made of wool flannel, would be worn mainly by manual workers, a white or pale coloured shirt would be worn by office workers.
In the 1950s and into the 1960s, Rael-Brook was one of Britain’s largest manufacturers of men’s shirts. Their advertisements, featuring dancing shirts, were shown on the television, accompanied by the catchy musical jingo, ”Rael-Brook, Rael-Brook, the shirt for men”. Real-Brook introduced subtle stripes and soft colours, including primrose and pink to their range, to attract younger men to buy their products. In the early years of the 60s, millions of white shirts were imported from Hong Kong to Great Britain, but the younger market demanded something different. Arrow and Tootal were popular brands with the younger buyers, offering new and brighter patterns, with an emphasis on a new slimmer silhouette and innovations to the collar. Tab collars and button down collars became popular, as did pointed collars and rounded collars.
In 1963, Ben Sherman brand was born. Ben Sherman (neé Sugarman) came from the USA and started up a company making an iconic 1960s shirt. It was immediately adopted by the Mods of 1963, and later by Two-Tone and Ska followers. Like an Italian profile, the Ben Sherman shirt was a very slim fit with a square cut hem ( no bulky shirt tail!), it had a box pleat at the back, a back button and button down collar. It came in many colours and patterns. The Ben Sherman shirt was the epitome of mod fashion for British men.
In the USA, Arnold Palmer, probably the best known and best loved golfers of the 1960s, won the US Open in 1960, and created his own brand, Arnold Palmer Enterprises, a year later. From those early years, shirts were part of the Arnold Palmer range, and bore both his name and his own logo, a golfing umbrella. The Arnold Palmer shirt of the 1960s comes in a variety of colours and patterns, plains and abstract, has a sharp collar, is a slim cut, and reflects the tastes of young American Pop Culture.
Colour and pattern remained a feature of men’s shirts throughout the 1960s and into the 70s, when collars and cuffs became more exaggerated, sometimes with the addition of frills. 1960s shirt fashions remain infinitely sharp and wearable, making them highly sought after pieces of vintage clothing.

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Being financially prepared for retirement is vital. It includes making sure you have enough savings to last throughout your lifetime.
But it’s not the only measure of retirement readiness.
Various factors indicate your readiness to retire. To determine if you are ready to enter this next phase of life, first consider the following:
- Transportation. Aging challenges the ability to get around easily. As retirement progresses, consider how you will reach your daily destinations. More specifically, how will you get to the market, to doctors’ appointments, and to social events? Are transportation expenses incorporated into your budget if you become unable to drive yourself? Is public transportation acceptable or will you want a private driver/assistant? Research shows that socially-active retirees’ experience the most personal satisfaction. Make sure to prepare for alternative ways to stay connected as your mobility decreases.
- Home maintenance: how will you manage it? Home-ownership provides security and allows many to age-in-place. However, as homes get older, they often require costly repairs. A new roof, re-plumbing, and new heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems can wreak havoc on limited incomes and restricted budgets. But even more challenging as you age is determining how you will manage such repairs. Not only is it critical to plan for such upkeep expenses; it is equally important to determine who will help you manage the upkeep and supervise it as your abilities decline.
- Retirement goals. Will you continue working part-time, perhaps as a consultant, during retirement? Or maybe you plan to volunteer, spend more time with family, travel or commit to a new hobby. It’s important to think about what kind of lifestyle you want as boredom can quickly set in and derail dreams of a happy retirement. As you transition into this final life phase, consider your options and make sure they align with your finances. Explore options, join new groups and test possible alternatives before you retire to make sure your goals are realistic and financially feasible.
- Your social network. Your work provides an instant community. Once you are no longer employee or part of a company, you may find it challenging to find your place. Isolation is a common problem for seniors, triggering loneliness and depression. Consider where you want to retire that will facilitate your engagement in a healthy community. Moving closer to family members or into a retirement community may be helpful. A certified financial planner can help you understand the costs and risks associated with alternative living arrangements. You should consider both the short-term and long-term emotional, social and financial benefits when deciding where and what kind of community to live in as you get older.
At Silverman Financial, our goal is to prepare you for a financially-healthy and stable retirement. We offer complimentary initial consultations and develop ongoing relationships to provide flexible and lasting retirement plans.

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The movement to demilitarize America’s police forces may have just begun in Davis, California.
The college town’s police force has 60 days to get rid of a military surplus armored vehicle, on orders of the city council.
“I do not suggest that you take this vehicle and send it out of Davis. I demand it, I demand it!” an unidentified resident said at an August 26 city council meeting.
In the end, the city council voted 4-1 to order the city’s police to get rid of an army surplus mine-resistant armor protected vehicle (MRAP).
The council was apparently responding to large numbers of voters who turned out to voice their displeasure with the presence of the MRAP on their streets. Only three people at the meeting spoke in favor of the vehicle. The Davis Vanguard reported that the meeting was packed.
Mayor Pro Term Robb Davis put forward an anti-MRAP resolution that the city council ultimately adopted.
“We instruct staff to return with options for disposing with the MRAP in the most expeditious and low cost manner within sixty days,” the resolution told Police Chief Landry Black.
Police Try To Justify Armored Vehicle
Black and his assistant, Darren Pytel, failed in an effort to justify their MRAP acquisition. They showed the audience pictures of semiautomatic rifles and other weapons they said were seized from criminals in Davis.
“The purpose for this armored vehicle is primarily designed to be a way to make citizens and police officers safe,” Black said, claiming that the MRAP was needed to carry out high-risk search warrants.
Davis, though, said that “symbol matters,” and that the MRAP “symbolizes the most destructive force on the planet, which is the US military.”
“I appreciate the trust that you’ve built in this community … this will hurt it,” Davis said, according to the Vanguard.
It is not clear what will happen to the vehicle, which was acquired through the Pentagon’s 1033 program. The Pentagon has donated 601 MRAPs to US police forces, and the Department of Homeland Security provides grants that help law enforcement agencies buy a similar vehicle called a Bear Cat, Yahoo reported.
Designed For Guerrilla Warfare
The MRAP is a 14 to 18 ton wheeled armored personal carrier designed to protect troops from landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), light artillery and gunfire. The US Army and Marines began adopting the vehicles in 2007 when the old military transport, the Humvee, proved extremely vulnerable to guerrilla attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The MRAP is based on the Casspir, a huge armored vehicle that has been deployed by the South African military since the 1980s. Before the collapse of the racist Apartheid regime, the South African military deployed MRAPs against black South Africans.
Davis is one of the few American communities that has turned down a free MRAP. In Washington, Iowa, only one member of the city council voted against acquiring an MRAP.
“Goodness, this is overkill,” said Robert Shellmyer, the only Washington city council member who voted against the MRAP. “Washington, Iowa, has 8,000 people. We have an MRAP now. We have a SWAT team. We have [police] dogs, and we have a SWAT team transportation vehicle that’s not armored.”
Pete Kraska, an Eastern Kentucky University criminology professor and expert on SWAT teams, said that “now that the Iraq and Afghanistan war has wound down, the military has a tremendous amount of surplus.”
Many more communities could soon have debates like the one in Davis. Yahoo writer Liz Goodwin reported that the government bought 27,000 of them in 2007. If you’re wondering if there’s one in your area, click here. The only states that are currently MRAP-free are Delaware, Vermont, Rhode Island and Alaska.
Do you believe the ownership of MRAPs by police is warranted? Tell us in the section below:


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A Nendoroid of the official character of the 2022 Hatsune Miku GT Project!
The official character of the 2021 Hatsune Miku GT Project, Racing Miku, is joining the Nendoroid series! This year's design by popular illustrator neco features a spacesuit style outfit!
She comes with two face plates including an energetic smiling face and a cool and composed standard face. Optional parts include a flag, a microphone and a Nendoroid car for her to ride in! Be sure to add her to your collection and cheer for the team once again this year!
- 3.94 inches (10cm)
- Made of plastic
- The official character of the 2021 Hatsune Miku GT Project
- Part of the Nendoroid figuer line
- 2022 version
- Racing Miku figure
- 2 Face plates
- Nendoroid car
- Figure stand


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I had to go this morning for my three-month blood tests. It's cold, it's wet, and it's just beginning to light up properly outside (although it's going to be a dim and overcast day, with rain, from what I've heard and can tell).
I'm tired, although not food deprived any longer, as I went home and had breakfast before heading out to work. I didn't sleep all that well last night, for whatever reason, and that will come back to haunt me during the rest of the day, I suspect. That said, my arm hurts somewhat, and the technician who took the blood was one of the girls I've known at the lab for several years. Even so, six vials of blood has given me something of a bruise on the arm where the needle went in.
Drinking herbal tea right now, so all is right with the world for the moment.

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Sophia Kapri Amodia (born August 27, 1994) is a singer, songwriter, published author, and track and field athlete born and raised in Glendale, CA. She grew up singing Aaliyah, Michael Jackson, Tamia, Brandy, Whitney Houston, and Justin Timberlake songs at age 4. It wasn’t until her sophomore year in high school during a school talent show that she found her purpose within the musical world. Kapri has overcome many hurdles in her life ranging from sleeping in her car while competing as a collegiate track and field dual hurdler to becoming a sexual assault and rape victim. She currently takes on her role as a young woman in the world of music, in the book dedicated to her by 5x Grammy winning producer, songwriter, and music programmer, Devine Evans in “Sheet Music: The Diary of A Songwriter”. Kapri is currently writing a book for the growing generation based on her life story as a young woman dissecting the importance of self love, finding yourself, relationships, social media, celibacy before marriage, and God’s purpose for his children. Aside from Kapri’s musical and writing talents, she is finishing up her college career as a double major in Business and Fashion Design, while spontaneously working on her first untitled EP album.
Noise In The Hood Underground Music Festival 2016
Friday, April 8, 2016 at 6:00 PM

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Massive Disneyland Attraction Database
Frontiersphere Modeling Exposition, a favorite attraction of Bo Peep
Frontiersphere Modeling Exposition
November 12, 1964
Avg. queue length:
Plus or minus ten Mickeys
It's just like day-to-day life in the late 1800s, but with miniature scenery and less disease!
- Warning: before spring break, this attraction will be uncomfortable for annual pass holders.
- Bumping may occur.
- Guests may get very compressed on this attraction.
- No licenced characters appear in this attraction.
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When: Thursday, March 4, 2 p.m. CST
Site: Big Ten Tournament – Conseco Field House, Indianapolis.
Broadcasts: Fox Sports North, WIBA-AM 1310 and online at www.uwbadgers.com.
Series Notes: Indiana leads the all-time series 35-13.
It is tournament time and the Wisconsin women's basketball team knows that there is no looking back. The eighth seeded Badgers will first face off against the ninth seeded Indiana Hoosiers on Thursday in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament. If the Badgers stumble, the team can pack up and head home for good but if victory is on their side, they will then go after No. 1 seed Penn State, Friday at 11 a.m.
The Badgers are very familiar with what the Hoosiers will bring to the table. These teams have faced off twice this season and each team took a game on its home court. This time the Badgers will be down a few players due to injuries: sophomore forward Kjersten Bakke and junior guard Stephanie Rich. Bakke went down with a torn anterior cruciate ligament during practice Feb. 25 and is having surgery during the post season. In Sunday's loss to Ohio State, Rich went out with five minutes left in the second half with a fractured right hand. Rich not only started every game for Wisconsin before the Big Ten Tournament but led the conference with her 5.8 assists a game.
UW head coach Lisa Stone knows that her team will have to rise to the occasion against the Hoosiers.
"Against Indiana's pressure defense it's imperative that our players make good decisions with the basketball; that we find good passing angles; that we find ways to score," Stone said. "We did not do a good job of that down there. We did a nice job of that here, obviously, at our place, but that was in large part to Bakke and Steph. So we're going to have to fill that void someway and my staff and I will work as hard as we can to prepare our team."
Most recently, these two teams faced off Feb 22 at the Kohl Center. The Badgers came out on fire and hit nine of their first 13 shots to jump out to a 23-9 lead. Indiana, though, did not give up and sophomore guard Cyndi Valentin helped bring the Hoosiers back with her steal and lay-up that made it 64-62 with about two minutes left in the game. Wisconsin, though, hit a pair of free throws in the game's waning moments and hung on to pull out a 66-62 win.
In that victory, Wisconsin got a major boost from sophomore forward Jordan Wilson's 24 points and 10 boards. Valentin was not far behind for the Hoosiers with 21 points, while Jenny DeMuth added 18 points and seven boards.
With or without Bakke and Rich, the game plan is the same for Stone: push the ball in transition, win the rebounding battle and do everything possible to stop Valentin and DeMuth, who are averaging 18.5 and 15.6 points per game, respectively and are adept free throw shooters.
"They've got Cyndi Valentin, who I believe ran 40-straight free throws," Stone said. "She's a great free-throw shooter and they get to the free-throw line. Jenny DeMuth has taken 223 free throws this season. She gets to the free-throw line, had 14 against us a week ago. That's the match-up."
To try and break down Valentin and DeMuth, Stone is relying on her sophomore guard Ashley Josephson and this time will give junior forward Ebba Gebisa, one of the team's best defensive players, Rich's starting spot. Also, freshman guard Kandace Evans will have to fill in some minutes at the point for an absent Rich.
"Kandace is obviously going to have to step in and just be a calming factor as much as she can," Rich said. "I know she hasn't been playing as many minutes these last few games, but I think once she gets on the floor and realizes she has to play more than 20 minutes a game, then she will have to just relax and take care of the ball…I think this is a big learning tool for her as well, into her freshman season and going into next season for her. It'll be huge for her to have the team on her back kind of and just try to lead them as much as possible."
If Wisconsin is able to hold off the Hoosiers one more time they will run into a ferocious Penn State team the following day. This season the Badgers faced the Lions twice and each time came up on the losing end. Earlier this season at the Kohl Center, the Badgers came back into the game after being down 16 points and played Penn State down to the wire but fell short, 60-59, in the end. On Feb 19, things were not as close. The Badgers were able to use a 14-0 run late in the second half to close to within 60-50 with 2:41 left, but Penn State did not allow another Wisconsin point and concluded the game 66-50.
For the Badgers, though, that is all said and done and with the Big Ten Tournament, anything can happen.
"We've faced adversity throughout the year so we'll do it again and rise up and hopefully win games in the tournament and move on," Stone said. "It's tournament time and a lot of crazy things happen in March and I'm hoping that the craziness we come up with on Thursday will provide us with a win."
- Indiana and Wisconsin are no strangers to one another when it comes to the Big Ten Tournament. These two also faced each other last year during the opening round. Indiana was able to pull it off in the end thanks to Kristin Bodine's shot in the lane with 11 seconds left to give IU the 52-51 victory.
- According to Stone, Ebba Gebisa and DeMuth played on the same AAU team in Indiana.
- Wisconsin has a modern era nine-year record of 4-9 in the Big Ten Tournament.
- Wisconsin should be in good shape next year with the six recruits coming in but the Indiana game could be the last time seniors forward Lello Gebisa, center Emily Ashbaugh and guard Abby Simmons compete as Badgers.
- Though Lello Gebisa and Ashbaugh are leaving the team, they have already made their marks on Badger history. Ashbaugh will leave the team as eighth in career field goal percentage with her 50.3 percent. She also has 110 blocks, making her third in UW history. Lello tallied 106 blocks, after transferring from Duke, making her the fifth in history of the program.
- With the completion of her first regular season as Badger head coach, Stone's overall record is now 385-134 in 19 years of coaching.
- In 13 games at the Kohl Center, the Badgers' average attendance was 6,313.


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“How to Date” by Junot Diaz is a comedy piece regarding dating in modern-day America. The book takes on the persona associated with an educational instruction, claiming to supply tips based on the gender and cultural backgrounds of your reader’s potential date. What this book fails to mention is that this book was written by an author greater than a decade of experience with internet dating, and that he has never dated in his/her lifestyle.
Jointly reads this book, one is hit by it is assumption that your author grew up in an immigrant Hispanic American culture in New York City. The author is obviously not bilingual, previously being born in Mexico. He/She is also not really acquainted with the ethnicity diversity with the US on the whole, let alone in New York City, where the most of immigrants had been Hispanic. Hence, when he tries to provide suggestions to readers on how to time in a unoriginal manner, the advice is not just inaccurate yet also coldly racist.
This book is in fact quite the same as “How currently an Cookware Girl (Indian Young lady, Chinese Young lady, Korean Woman, etc . “) except that it is actually centered on the racial kinds of African Us residents and Latinos. The experts also take a cursory consider the dating behaviors and methods of bright white men, which is rather general considering that bright white men have existed for a lot longer than black men. The book ends with the following paragraph: “So, now you can time like an mature! ” and is thus not recommended for visitors who happen to be in search of internet dating advice for individuals of numerous backgrounds and ethnicities. Additionally there is a small section at the end of this book that lists the authors’ info, including email and website handles.
The book is certainly divided into several parts: “The Real Rules, ” “”, “The primary part of “The Real Rules” includes a quantity of short reviews and conditions that the author foreign ladies dating site says he/she experienced with subscribers of his or her own family, and fictional situations. “The 1st Step” starts off with a conversation between an African American and a Spanish-speaking woman regarding her family members background. With this story, the woman is considering dating a black guy, but wants to use a white woman simply because the basis intended for the relationship. Seeing that she talks about, “my mother and father are not at ease with interracial relationships” because they are scared that the blended race person will not be acknowledged by his/her own family. She also explains to the man that she perhaps have been hit by the recent economic climate and are unable to get involved with a romance with a white woman. On the other hand, the author tells the man that he should certainly “not feel embarrassed or uncomfortable. ”
Another report in “The Real Rules” involves a female who wants to time a “white woman, nonetheless doesn’t want to date certainly one of her personal race. inch This girl meets a black man who your woman finds interesting, but still simply cannot get past her hesitation to date him. The story then represents the man seeing that trying to learn how to date an Asian girl, and as to why he probably should not hesitate to approach her when he sees a good chance.
One of the main characters in “The True Rules” is mostly a writer and blogger called Jonathans-Rachman-Aaron-Ross. This author’s blog is certainly where the creator first talks about the basic concepts of mixte dating. Among the chapters available tells the storyplot of a person who chooses so far a dark woman.
Another belonging to the chapters details how Jonathans-Rachman-Aaron-Ross first discovered to date other races. This individual tells the storyline of the time he previously to choose which will race having been going to time. Jonathans-Rachman-Aaron-Ross surely could date an Indian lady and a mixed contest girl. He writes regarding his encounters dating women of all ages of all events, and his experience of the men this individual dated. 2 weeks . fun go through that provides a useful introduction to mixte dating for any person who’s only getting started.

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China company TCL recently launched TCL’s China-centric Idol X (S950) Full HD Display (1080p) Smartphone. It is 6.9mm thin and this Smartphone also comes with an ultra-thin 1.7mm bezel. It has a 5 – inch Display with resolution of 1080 × 1920 pixels.
Other specification included TCL idol X (S950) powered by 1.5GHz MediaTek MT6589T processor, quad-core with 2GB of RAM. The Smartphone runs on Android 4.2 operating system (OS). It has also 13.1 – megapixel back camera and a 2 – megapixel sub (front) – facing lens.
TCL idol X (S950) Full HD Display Smarphone also supports WCDAMA + GSM dual SIM dual standby function and this handset available on the retail price of only 1,699 yuan ($280).
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- OS: Google Android 4.2 operating system
- Camera: 13.1 – megapixel back camera, 2 – megapixel sub (front) – facing lens
- Processor: 1.5GHz MediaTek MT6589T processor
- GPU: PowerVR SGX544 GPU
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- Battery: 2000mAh Battery capacity
- Price: 1,699 yuan ($280)


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This is what I sent to New Directors/New Films:
Synopsis: A man carefully irons a shirt before spending the day at the rural Utah dry cleaners once owned by his grandfather.
Utah Ark? It is shot in one day and is about the past, memory, and the links between history and present. It's not one take, ain't the Hermitage, though, and we didn't shoot the nearby Springville Art Museum...
Dogme? Well, it's close. Perhaps fitting for a movie shot in small-town Utah, it adheres quite closely to the Vow of Chastity. But the Dogme filmmakers are fighting auteur-y demons I don't see, I have to confess, we didn't put a record player in the backseat of the driving shots, so our music is verboten. And they don't certify short films anyway Dog-me films, indeed.
The Grandson: No violent deaths, no throbbing neck veins and stifled rage, but from the reviews for The Son and a familiarity with/admiration for the Dardenne brothers' previous work, I have to imagine some of their films' stylistic tendencies and refusal of melodrama have an (indirect) influence on my work. Cf. Souvenir's setting in a loud manual work-place, the handheld camerawork and (near) absence of music. I can only hope I attain some of their film's emotional impact. Read David Edelstein's Slate review .


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100 Megapixel Panorama taken from kite.
Highway 40 is the one of Alberta's hidden gems. The road goes through several Provincial parks and delivers great views of mountains and wildlife.
Road is opened just for 6 months in a year.
Cat Creek day use area is featuring beautiful peaceful location at the Highwood river bank suitable for picknicking and fishing. There is also a short interpretive hiking trail starting from the parking lot that leads into the forest on the other side of the highway 40 and ends with stunning 6 feet waterfall.
The Rocky Mountains (or Rockies) are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than 4,800 kilometres (2,980 mi) from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in Canada, to New Mexico, in the United States. The range's highest peak is Mount Elbert in Colorado at 14,440 feet (4,401 m) above sea level. Though part of North America's Pacific Cordillera, the Rockies are distinct from the Pacific Coast Ranges (as named in Canada) or Pacific Mountain System (as known in the United States), which are located immediately adjacent to the Pacific coast.The eastern edge of the Rockies rises impressively above the Interior Plains of central North America, including the Front Range of Colorado, the Wind River Range and Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming, the Absaroka-Beartooth ranges and Rocky Mountain Front of Montana, and the Clark Range of Alberta. In Canada geographers define three main groups of ranges: the Continental Ranges, Hart Ranges and Muskwa Ranges (the latter two flank the Peace River, the only river to pierce the Rockies, and are collectively referred to as the Northern Rockies). Mount Robson in British Columbia, at 3,954 metres (12,972 ft), is the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. The Muskwa and Hart Ranges together comprise what is known as the Northern Rockies (the Mackenzie Mountains north of the Liard River are sometimes referred to as being part of the Rockies but this is an unofficial designation).The western edge of the Rockies includes subranges such as the Wasatch near Salt Lake City and the Bitterroots along the Idaho-Montana border. The Great Basin and Columbia River Plateau separate these subranges from distinct ranges further to the west, most prominent among which are the Sierra Nevada, Cascade Range and Coast Mountains. The Rockies do not extend into the Yukon or Alaska, or into central British Columbia, where the Rocky Mountain System (but not the Rocky Mountains) includes the Columbia Mountains, the southward extension of which is considered part of the Rockies in the United States. The Rocky Mountain System within the United States is a United States physiographic region; the Rocky Mountain System is known in Canada as the Eastern System.

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Which of the many tasks and activities that are unique to winter do you approach with confidence?
Notice that you don’t have to enjoy a task or activity that you do well.
After drawing a line across the top of the page to reserve space for a title, draw some kind of shape in the center of the writing space. Then draw a few lines or curves that radiate from it and divide the space into sections.
In each sections describe a winter skill that you have. For each one, begin with the words, “Winter, and I am good at … “
In one or more of the sections, you can skip the writing and draw or doodle. When all the sections are filled, reread your work, change it if you like, and give the page a title. Write the date on it, too.