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Now that Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) have survived the Hunger Games and symbolically spit in the face of the reigning power of the Capital and President Snow (Donald Sutherland), they have given the down-trodden population of the outside Districts hope… Hope that there is something beyond the oppression of the Capital. Hope that undermines the fear that Snow uses to keep them under foot. And for Snow, this will not stand. Snow quickly threatens Katniss into a state of complacence where she is to be the face of the Capital and spout shallow, comforting words to the people of the districts. But when a revolution simmers with Katniss as the inspirational symbol of freedom through the Mockingjay, President Snow has no choice but to somehow take out Katniss Everdeen — but how can this happen without inciting an all out class war? In comes Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman), the new game designer, to create a scenario: to celebrate the anniversary of the Hunger Games by bringing surviving Hunger Games contestants back to fight once again.
I feel that Catching Fire is indeed a step up from the original Hunger Games. The stakes are higher on all levels. The unsettling cries of the districts are being heard by the Capital and the response is to enforce military actions while at the same time placating and distracting the masses with the media and Stanley Tucci’s brilliant teeth. The parallels between this fiction and our reality are so close and so transparent that only the densest (adult) viewers will miss the message. Likewise, the danger in the Hunger Games playing field has increased. The competitors are no longer children. And not only that, they are the survivors from previous games. So really, its the Hunger Games dream team. I feel that they could have examined the strategy and tactics of these characters a little further, and it felt like we were losing people left and right without any consequence (I suspect we gained deeper character insight in the book). But, at two and half hours, they probably made a good choice to focus more on the big picture of the political strife that that the Hunger Games are a distraction from. Thinning out the characterization of the contestants is forgivable however, given that one main theme is to remember who the enemy is (in fact, its on the poster): the political puppetmasters, and not the perceived enemies on the ground who have been forced into a survival situation where the only beef you have with someone is that they happen to be trying to kill you…for the same reason. A clear parallel to the modern day intertwined relationship between politics and military. In Catching Fire, that message is strengthened because the most deadly situations Katniss and friends have to face are ones unleashed by gamesman Heavensbee.
The story feel a little draggy in the first act because of the how much setup has to happen before the real games begin, and the games feel comparitively short. But once it gets going, things are kept taut, and the temporary resolution is quite satisfying. The ultimate resolution is not so much a resolution as a bridge to into Mockingjay films– which will be broken up into two films ala Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Twilight what-ever-its-called. You can think of the ending as Luke and Leia watching the Lando fly off in the Millenium Falcon — but with much more gravitas, drawn deeply into a closeup of Jennifer Lawrence’s steely eyed embodiment of Katniss Everdeen.
Production is top notch with Francis Lawrence (no relation to Jennifer) taking the reigns from Gary Ross, and Director of Photography Jo Willems taking the camera away from Clint Eastwood’s go to guy, Tom Stern — as well as 2nd unit director Steven Soderbergh!! who couldn’t keep the camera still long enough to see anything. Willems keeps the camera moving, but at a much more reasonable pace and the moves feel motivated. And, he is not afraid to dwell on Lawrence’s soft features and let her do her thing. The photography shifts deftly between styles of the districts, the Captial, and the Hunger Games playfield — but most notably in scenes with Stanley Tucci and Toby Jones as TV hosts and announcers. The treatment of those scenes feels like television, which hammers deeper the message about its use as a distraction and a facade.
On the visual effects side, lead houses Double Negative and Weta Digital provided fantastic work, as always. And I’m sure support FX houses which include FuelFX, Hybride, RodeoFX, Creative Cantina, Whiskytree and Method had their share of work to do. Work all around was great — both visible and invisible, much of which had to have been deceptively complex. A couple janky comp shots near the end — but it didn’t ruin the show for me.
Overall, I would prematurely consider The Hunger Games: Catching Fire the Empire Strikes Back of the series. It’s strong than the original. It ends without a real ending. There is a lot of strife and downnotes. And there are tons of questions posed that now need to be answered. As long as returning director Lawrence and new writer Danny Strong don’t introduce the equivalent of Ewoks in the Mockingjay films, we should be good for another round of Katniss and Peeta.


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The official AFL licensed Sherrin club footballs have arrived for the 2019 AFL season. Now you can support your AFL team everywhere you go, at home, at the office or on the road. The AFL cSherrin lub footballs are synthetic all weather balls and are a great addition to our online store.
We have limited stock right now, so be quick and get yours as a gift for someone you know that supports their favorite AFL team in Australia, or even yourself.
As an official sponsor of the USAFL and Australian Rules Football in the USA, we continue to look for ways to help and support the growth of the game. Play Aussie helps support the USAFL and it's development programs such as the USAFL Freedom and USAFL Revolution National Teams.
We are pleased to offer every registered USAFL player a 7.5% discount for any purchase of $50 or more on the Play Aussie website. Simply by using their club assigned 'Promo Coupon' when they check out on PlayAussie.com, each player can get the best football in the world, a Sherrin, for a little less.
When any USAFL player buys a Sherrin or other AFL merchandise that totals $50 or more and they use their club coupon code, we will also add their USAFL club into a draw to win a $250 Play Aussie Gift Card. This drawing will take place Friday night at the USAFL National Championships in Sarasota Florida in October 2019.
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So jump in, grab yourself an Aussie Rules Sherrin or maybe some AFL merchandise and help your club win perhaps as well.
The game of Australian Rules Football has evolved tremendously over the years at the elite level, even in the last 20-30 years. There is more running needed, more rotations off the bench, less key position players and more utility players. Players can and must play now anywhere on the field. However for us the most fascinating fact of all the changes is that the skills to mark, handball and kick have become so mastered by AFL players, there is hardly any difference now from player to player.
These hand and foot skills are now taught and learned in Australia from a very young age. Kids as young as 5 years old are taught to mark (catch) the ball often only with their hands and kick and handball with both left and right sides of their body. Nearly every one of those kids also has a football at home to practice with.
This wasn't always the case, in fact most AFL players didn't even touch a ball during the week other than at practice sessions, until probably the 80s. The change to that was brought about by the legendary Australian and then Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy. Sheedy is commonly regarded as the Vince Lombardi of Australian Rules Football. Through his 650+ AFL game coaching career, Kevin Sheedy has shaped many facets of the game that is seen today.
We can only assume from Sheedy's travel overseas to seek out the best coaching techniques and sports advances in his early coaching days, that he noted that USA sportsman in particular, NBA players, carried a ball with them at all times. Sheedy in the 80s requested the Essendon Football Club to buy 50 Sherrin AFL footballs, one for each of his players, a request that actually put a strain on the finances of the Essendon club at the time. Kevin wanted his players to live and sleep with a ball, to better understand its nuances, and to train their hands to its shape.
As the writer of this piece and having many years of coaching players to play Aussie Rules Football in the USA, I believe the greatest thing any player can do is have an Aussie Rules Football with them at all times. Yeah, I know what you are thinking, this guys sells footballs, of course he would say that. But you don't have to buy one, you can borrow one from your club, or ask your club to follow the lead of the greatest coach in AFL history Kevin Sheedy, and buy each of its players a ball. It would be an investment we believe would change you and your team in amazing ways.
Ever wondered how the best Australian Rules Football, the legendary Kangaroo Brand Sherrin is made? Recently a behind the scenes story was excellently captured by Beyond The Game TV at the home of Sherrin footballs in Melbourne, Australia. Whether you are interested in buying a truly iconic product like a Sherrin Australian Rules Football, this video gives you full access to process, the history and the legend that is Sherrin Footballs in Australia.
So sit back and take a look at how the very Aussie Rules Footballs that you can buy here on Play Aussie USA come into reality, as we follow 3 time Premiership player Josh Gibson of the Hawthorn Football Club make the official balls for the 2018 AFL Grand Final.
The history of our primary product Sherrin Australian Rules footballs, is long and distinguished. Sherrin was founded in 1880 by Thomas William Sherrin, so important this is still today to the company, the name T.W Sherrin remains on all Sherrin footballs.
The first Sherrin factory was opened during 1879 in Collingwood just a few miles north of Melbourne Australia. After nearly a hundred years in the control of the Sherrin family the company was sold in 1972 to Spalding Australia. Later in 2003 Spalding was bought by the Russell Athletic Corporation. Although 139 years on, Sherrin still makes Australian Rules footballs by hand in much the same way from a factory located in Scoresby just east of Melbourne, Victoria.
There are known to be 23 steps in the process to make the signature Kangaroo Brand Sherrin Australian Rules football that are used today by many AFL leagues around the world. All leather Kangaroo Brand footballs used for all AFL games are still handmade in Melbourne.
One of Sherrin's marketing slogans has been over the years. "If it’s not a Sherrin, it’s just not football"
We here at Play Aussie USA now often use the hashtag #itsgottabeasherrin. Try it yourself and see if you can find us, use it and we will certainly find you. So if you are thinking where can I buy a Sherrin in the USA, well you found us.
Play Aussie LLC is very excited to be a brand new sponsor of the USAFL being the first USA based company to stock a full range of Australian Sherrin footballs for clubs and players alike. Play Aussie hopes to continue to help grow the game of Aussie Rules Football in the USA by bringing the quality of Sherrin to the USA marketplace at affordable prices, whilst also supporting the clubs and players that make up the USAFL.
Our sponsorship agreement with the USAFL initially runs through to the end of the 2019 season and allows Play Aussie LLC to be the preferred supplier of Australian Rules Footballs and importantly Sherrin footballs, to all USAFL clubs, players and their supporters.
Play Aussie will always stock a wide range of Sherrin footballs from the signature AFL Kangaroo Brand football used in all AFL games to Women's and Junior's sized balls and right down to 'Soft Touch" footballs that are suitable for kids of all ages.
The USAFL has in the past used Burley footballs and even some Ross Faulkner and Buffalo brand footballs are seen around the USA, but we were personally very pleased to see the USAFL switch over to Sherrins several years ago and make Sherrin like those used by AFL clubs, the #1 ball for the sport here in the States.
We are so very happy to be given the opportunity to help continue the growth of Australian Rules Football in the USA with the USAFL and Sherrin footballs and trust you will consider www.playaussie.com as the place to buy your next or first footy! "Its gotta be a Sherrin"

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Sometimes, organic inspiration fails to come when we need it, and we need a little assistance. Writing prompts come in handy for creating inspiration. Here are 25 writing prompts to help you on those days that need a little help.
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Ease and informality means we may spend less time thinking about where to address brief emails than we should. It takes no effort to “Cc” another recipient to ensure that they are kept “in the loop”.
But should we? Solicitors who would not consider it appropriate to ring an opposing client have no problem “Cc’ing” them in an email. Is it appropriate to “Cc” or “Bcc” our own client on outgoing correspondence? Are there reasons not to do this? All these questions and more answered.

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Finisar has developed a bi-directional 10-gigabit SFP+ module for the metro-access market. The tuneable DWDM module is designed to expand capacity at locations where fibre is scarce. Finisar demonstrated the module working at ECOC 2017.
According to Finisar, interest is growing in using DWDM optics for wireless, metro-access and cable networks that are undergoing upgrades. The interest in DWDM at the network edge is due to a need to use fibre resources more efficiently. “We are seeing that globally, more and more dark fibre is being used up,” said Leo Lin, director of product line management at Finisar.
LightCounting Market Research’s latest forecast estimates that the global wireless transceiver market for 10-gigabit WDM will be approximately $400 million in 2022.
The G.metro standard supports up to 40 DWDM wavelengths using a 100GHz wavelength grid. Tuneable transponders each at 10Gbit/s are used and have a reach of up to 20km without amplification. In contrast, NG-PON2 is a time and wavelength division multiplexing, passive optical network standard that adds a few dedicated point-to-point WDM links as an overlay to the PON.
Finisar describes its design as a dual-band bi-directional DWDM approach. Two carriers are placed within a single 100GHz channel – one an upstream wavelength, and the other a downstream one – while 40 channels are used across the C-band.
A tuneable filter within the module matches the channel to the remote module’s tuneable laser, and selects the particular band in a given channel, either the upstream or downstream band. The result is that one bi-directional module can be used for all 40 channels. “One single part number for the far end and the near end,” said Lin.
Finisar is working to extend the reach of its 10-gigabit bi-directional tuneable SFP+ DWDM architecture beyond the current 40km to 60km with the use of a bi-directional EDFA. The company is also working on a 25-gigabit bi-directional module that will be available in 2019.
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I recently noticed an article by Rabbi Mendel Dubov entitled, “Why Do Orthodox Jews Have So Many Kids?” I understand that this is a topic that needs explanation. But, why? The most natural thing in the world is for couples to get married and form a family by having children. The odd thing is that they do things to go against nature and limit the number of children. I understand that not every family is blessed with being able to bear children, but for the most part, healthy people do choose to limit the number of children they bring into their family… making Dubov’s premise a valid topic because even if having children is the most natural lifestyle – it is not the current norm.
I was first introduced to religious Jewish lifestyle when I was a recent college graduate. I moved into Crown Heights, Brooklyn and went about learning as much as I could about Jewish philosophy, laws and customs. I began to realize that I had veered away from my life of rugged independence and was headed towards getting married and raising a family. Due to my new direction, I closely observed up close what motherhood was like in a religious neighborhood. There were a lot of very capable mothers in Crown Heights. But then I noticed something that seemed strange. It seemed to me that the most competent mothers all had four children or more. The mothers who seemed nervous, on edge, not as confident, did not have as many as four children. At first that seemed strange to me. I thought the more children you have the more overwhelmed you would be. But then I realized, the mothers with more children, were more experienced, and their children were accustomed to sharing their mother, being part of a team, and taking responsibility for one another. A first child gets the idea that they are the center of the universe and acts accordingly. The fourth child, not so much.
What if I answered Rabbi Dubov’s question by saying it is easier with more children? Which brings us again to my question of: why not? Having children is the most natural thing to do and it is easier to have four or more children than having three or less. Especially easier than having one child. In most cases I feel sorry for that only child. Not only do their parents hover over them, but they grow up without siblings to play with, and when they are grown – again – no siblings to play with, no siblings to help out, no siblings to be helped out by.
Yes, I know siblings fight. That’s why you need more than two children in the family. And three can be a triangle. But once there is four or more, usually everyone finds a friend. And once there are four or more, conflicts are minimalized in the midst of the action that is going on in the family. Of course, I am speaking generally. Every family is unique. But in general, I think that growing up in a large family develops character – not only in the children – but also in the parents.
I like a minimum of four because then you have more than one middle child. Middle children are great. They are known for being ignored. I happen to think that’s just fine. At the same time the middle child has to be independent enough to care for themselves, and, to be interdependent with their co-middlers. I am assuming the parents care for all the children, but extra attention often goes to the eldest and the youngest. So it is concerning extras when the middlers learn to fend for themselves using their creativity and at the same time develop their team building skills.
I am of the opinion that children have a healthier childhood when they grow up with siblings. I also think having children develops the character of the parents as they accept the responsibility and challenges of parenting. And I think it also makes for healthier, better balanced communities. Not perfect communities. Not utopia. But healthier than a lot of what is going down today.
So, Why Don’t All Families Have a Lot of Kids? I wager to say it is because the younger generations do not know what it is like to have a family. Think about it. An only child never experienced welcoming a baby into the family. And if their parents were only children, there are no cousins to welcome into the family. Add to that, the dominate cultural attitude that women find fulfillment in careers more than in motherhood. That was a feminist assertion in the 1970’s. Feminists will still say that was not a mistake. But psychologists know it was. With few exceptions as with every generalization – careers, money, fame or yachts, do not compensate for not having children.
If competent, industrious families with moral values, would start having lots of kids, the world would be a better place. Religious families are doing their part. G-d bless them.
This is wonderful but it doesn’t begin to address family size in our Chabad community.
Women today are not having as many children as their parents. I think there are many reasons for this, one of which is that we saw our parents struggle with a large family and we just don’t want that ourselves and our kids. Other reasons can be, yeshiva tuition, rising costs of housing in Crown Heights, more awareness of mental health issues and how they are exacerbated by pregnancy and childbirth, more children diagnosed with special needs, more awareness of genetic risk when one child is born with a disability.
The world is a tough place. Your list does not even scratch the surface of problems we face in life. Having siblings cannot change that. But being without siblings throughout life doesn’t make it better either.
Having large families is very nice but it’s not always a choice. The author is being so quick to assume, forgetting all the people who suffer from infertility or secondary infertility. It’s much more common than you think.
Thank you. Exactly. Though I assume the author is referring to those that are not blessed with that painstaking challenge.
Mama – You say the author is quick to assume….
I would like to point out that the author was quick to address the issue you accuse her of missing.
This is an example of when someone criticizes another, they are really seeing something that is in themselves.
Right in the first paragraph the writer states, “I understand that not every family is blessed with being able to bear child”.
This article is about those who choose to limit child bearing. It’s not at all about those who suffer every day, paying and hoping for (another) child.
There is more involved in having children than the concern of a child growing up with siblings. One has to take into account the mothers health, which on the outside she may be great with children and look happy and healthy. However, There are obstacles like birthing trauma, postpartum depression, and other illnesses that may be the reason one does not have more children. There is no way of knowing another persons circumstances, and it is not anyone’s business to judge.
Thankfully there are those that are able to have many children and they are calm and happy , at least on the outside. It would be nice if we all aspired to be the mother with multiple children and able to manage well. If this is your dream, go ahead and give it a try, then come back and write an article on how you succeeded.
There is some misinformation in this article. While written with good intentions, you may have failed to realized that our generation grew up with large families. I had the smallest family I knew of, and that was 7, k”h. We are all very aware of what it’s like growing up in a big family. I have so much respect and admiration for my parents, and the other parents raising even larger families, but I am also well aware that many issues fall through the cracks. We want to be able to give all of our children the proper attention they need and deserve. It may have worked 20 years ago, but that was, well, 20 years ago. We adjust our lifestyles, expectations, and capabilities accordingly. And when my children go out into the world one day, I personally would like to feel that I put my all into them. And many of us cannot do that with a large amount of children.
As someone struggling with secondary infertility, please leave these discussions outside A chabad platform. You can discuss this privately with a Mashpia. The Rebbe was pretty clear about this, and “times have change” did not apply to us. I wish we had more children, and although difficult everyone comes with a blessing.
Those who grow up in large families know what that is like. Then, if they choose to have a smaller family. Do they know what that is like? Or are they just imagining what it would be like?
You are saying that when your child goes out into the world you will know you have given your all to that child. Is that what your child will need when going out into the rough and tumble world? To go from doting parents to, what is bound to be, the cold, hard realities of life?
I think we can safely leave careers out of this. I know mothers who run their own businesses and have 4 or more kids. So you can do both, if you want to. If you think you can handle it. But maybe some of us don’t need a career. And maybe we don’t need a large family, either. Maybe we feel fulfilled with a few kids and a simple job. Who knows, I’m not speaking for every woman in crown heights. I’m just saying, there is no mold for being a religious woman and living in crown heights. Gd gifted us with all different capabilities, and all we need to be able to do at the end of it all, is say “I gave it everything I had”.
The point about careers is addressing the trend to choose one or the other. That is, career is chosen instead of motherhood. Or the default of concentrating on career and then realizing the opportunity for motherhood may have been passed by.
Of course doing both is stimulating and profitable. And mothers with a lot of children have developed an array of managing skills that can be beneficial in the working world. Motherhood with a career is different from focusing on career until it is too late to have children.
Our community and our kids do not need a whole dialogue and debate on the comments section wheather or not we should have children or not!!!
Articles like these seep ideas into children and young adults minds about the option of PIRU RIVU – SOMETHING ARE REBBE AND AS CHABA”D VERY MUCH AGREES WITH 😘.
The Rebbe encouraged large families. I don’t think he promised it would be easy.
My father was the oldest of 14 children and he didn’t have an easy life. The stress of raising such a large family eventually took a toll–the father became an alcoholic abuser and the mother just went through the motions. Couples should have a family that they can realistically deal with–if it’s only one child that’s OK and if it’s a dozen that’s OK too–but all children deserve the same amount of love and financial resources that the parents can provide without having to depend upon handouts, living paycheck to paycheck, worrying if the EBT card is loaded,… etc. Family life is supposed to be joyful but joy will run out the door if all the parents do is worry about finances. I know I’ll be condemned but prayer will not pay the rent/utilities/tuition/food. My father earned a modest income and he had 4 children.
There are a lot of alcoholic abusers who do not have 14 kids. There are many reasons to become an alcoholic abuser. Maybe your grandfather had a different reason, but blaming it on the kids was a convenient excuse.
This is a strange article, trying to figure out and justify opinions based on the surface, and some ideal of what is “normal”. Try talking to real live women and you will see a complex picture. Your generalizations of why it is better to have bigger families will not apply to many for many reasons, and frankly, I find the article patronizing and disrespectful. Let us all support each other with ahavas yisroel, physical and emotional support, so we can raise our families with physical health, emotional health, joy, and nachas.
Appreciating Brochas is a challenge. A rich person is one who is happy with what he has. Not everyone is rich because not everyone knows how to appreciate their blessings.
It’s not at all true that larger families means a more competent mother. I was unlucky enough to be raised in a very large family with a mother who was incompetent and couldn’t deal with so many kids. As a result I’ve already decided to not have more kids than I can handle. Human lives are much too important to be sacrifices for your beliefs.
Sometimes when a mother is not competent, the children become great decision makers and go on to have successful lives because they had to fend for themselves at a young age. I like to read stories about successful people. So many come from horrific childhoods. I don’t wish that on anyone. It’s just that Hashem has His ways.
With all due respect it is ok to have discussions even if it doesn’t pertain to people. Should no one speak of marriage because of the singles crises. This is about being a chossid of the Rebbe and bitachon. The Rebbe is firmly against family planning. Yes there are cases where a woman’s life or mental health is in danger to such a point that having more children is a danger. I was actually once at that point and it was beyond difficult but i never regret my beautiful teenager whose pregnancy was so hard. To address the issues of kids feeling love that is about a parent’s priorities. It’s hard but i am happy i put an investment in my double digit kids rather than stocks & bonds. Understand when you are building a company you need to sacrifice for the greatest goal. This is the same thing.
Good point about sacrificing now for a better future. People get stuck on the challenges of young children and forget that life goes on for decades after the kids leave home. During those later years, having family brings a higher quality of life.
OOPS. I realize your point was sacrificing for a greater goal. I said something different. And your point is even more important.
YES! More programs to assist large families.
NO! Condemning parents of smaller families. That is not the point of this article. Everyone does what they can. And they should be fully informed so they can do what is right for them.
You say you were unlucky to be born into a large family….phew! Watch how you speak! Which one of your mothers kids do you think she SHOULD NOT have had?
When I see the pictures from the conventions for the Rebbe’s emissaries – I wonder about the family size these amazing people come from and how many children they each have. And the impact that coming from a large family, and heading a large family, has on their skills as community leaders.
Their are some parents who can manage to deal with a large family with financial problems.
Their are some parents that will get stressed out (with 12 children & financial trouble) & abuse and or neglect their children as a result of being unable to cope with this kind of stress.
Would you acknowledge that families with less than four children might have similar stress, financial problems and neglect as larger families? Or are those problems exclusive to families with more than four children?
Could attitude also have something to do with the hardships?
Have you read Nechama Greisman’s book? In particular the story about when she gave birth to her twins, in addition to other young children, and was living in a teensy apartment that was not laid out well. And then she had a guest who did not have children.
You shouldn’t tell parents how many children to have unless you will make a commitment to give this parent (financially & emotionally support) after their children are born.
Dear #17 Maybe…, I’m that I implied my grandfather was an alcoholic abuser because of the children. Of course my father and his siblings had nothing to do with that. What I meant to say was that I think it was the stress and financial instability (he raised his family during the Great Depression) that lead my grandfather down that tragic row. Large families do require more resources than smaller ones and parents have to be more ingenious in handling those resources and that included love and care.


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My path to a more sustainable lifestyle has brought me to a very interesting and enjoyable place, to a whole morning and afternoon spent splattering and spreading a wet mix of clay, sand, water, and little strands of straw onto a wall. A morning of hands-on-learning in the field of natural building. Playing in the mud may sound odd, but this sort of building technique is ingenious – and it’s old. It is is a style of natural building, possibly dating from as early as the 13th century in England with other types of natural building originating all around the world, because if you think about it – in the past we all used to have to build our own structures to live in, so clearly in every corner of the world there lies an historic tradition, passed down generation to generation, as to how to build a house to live in.
Nowadays, however, it is quite rare that a family builds their entire house from the ground up. In modern times it is more normal to hire a company, or rather a plethora of companies to build components of the building where you will spend most of your time. Separate contractors are hired to plan and design the home, dig and lay the foundation, and do everything in between until the very last sheet of drywall is nailed into place. Then decoration begins which is also commonly hired out to an interior designer. Modern homes are often beautiful structures made for convenience and luxury living, but they often lack authenticity. What they don’t lack however, is quite a lot of toxicity in the materials used for building and decorating. Not to mention price tags that will make anyone’s jaw drop. Natural building can offer an alternative to conventional building; you can learn to build an entire house, a second structure, or spruce up the interior with natural modifications to existing rooms in your home.
Learning to build or modify an existing structure using natural building techniques is a great way to make your house your unique home while at the same time saving you, your loved ones, and your furry friends from exposure to toxic chemicals. Natural building uses as often as possible, materials that come straight from the earth. Some common materials used are straw bales, bare tree limbs, and good old clay and mud. Examples are the structures that still exist in Wales and England today. They’re called cob and they’re being reinvigorated and recreated in countries all over the world by normal, everyday people just like you and I.
A cob building in construction, by a totally normal dude.
Natural built structures can be described as adorable, fairy-like, hobbit homes and the like. Unlike conventional homes lined up row after row in the same color with the same basic shapes, natural buildings are unique and organic. They get formed slowly, thoughtfully, and beautifully. After seeing natural homes around the world I wonder why anyone would want to live in a square, white box when they could live in a warm, cozy, hand-built house.
There is a lot to be said and shown regarding natural building. Just like yoga, it’s hard to give a brief introduction because both natural building and yoga have such depth, history, styles, and detail about them. For that reason I’m going to cut this intro short and end it here. Look for more posts with descriptions and inspirations of natural building in the future.
For now if you’d like to see more fairy-like natural building, simply type in “natural building” in google search and click on the Images – so many beautiful, hand-built, non-toxic structures to admire out there on the interwebs! Or satisfy yourself with the pics provided in this post.
Straw bale house in construction, Ohio, USA.
Admiring the rain on the garden of the largest cob house I’ve ever seen in Canada.
Natural Building techniques to make a beautiful facade on an ashram in the Czech Republic.
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London, 28 May, 2014 - It is predicted that there will be 26 billion connected devices by 2020, however only half (47%) of British internet users know that smart devices such as smart TVs, fitness devices and in-car navigation systems can collect data about their personal activities.
Being told this was the case, users would want to understand (83%) and be able to control (87%) the data being collected before purchasing or using smart devices. Just 18% agreed that the benefits of smart devices outweighed any privacy concerns, and only 7% would be comfortable with advertising companies accessing this data.
The 'TRUSTe Internet of Things Privacy Index - GB Edition', was conducted online by Ipsos MORI, with 2,005 GB internet users aged 16-75 behalf of TRUSTe, the leading global data privacy management company. This research follows publication of the first in a series of reports on the Internet of Things (IoT) from the Pew Research Institute and close examination of the issue by regulators at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) who held a workshop last November and the European Commission who published a study last year.
Chris Babel, CEO, TRUSTe said: "The Internet of Things is a game-changing moment in our relationship with technology and personal data. We stand on the verge of a data explosion from interconnected devices that offers huge potential benefits to society and business opportunities - but as this research confirms, privacy concerns could be a potential barrier to growth.
Companies need to be honest and up front with consumers about the scale and type of data that’s being collected and how they can control its potential uses. We look forward to bringing together experts from across the industry at the Internet of Things Privacy Summit this July in Silicon Valley, to start to address these needs and scope out the next generation of privacy solutions."
The research found that only half (47%) of internet users know that smart devices such as smart TVs, fitness devices and in-car navigation systems could collect data about their personal activities.
Comfort levels varied significantly depending on who might be able to access the data. Only just over half (54%) were comfortable with their partner being able to access the data from smart devices. This figure dropped to 13% when asked if they would be comfortable for data to be shared with the government or their boss. Just 7% were happy for the data from smart devices to be shared with advertising companies.
These privacy concerns could be a potential barrier to the growth of the IoT market as only 19% of respondents agreed that the benefits of smart devices out-weighed any privacy concerns.
In 2012, TRUSTe and the Future of Privacy Forum launched TRUSTed Smart Grid, one of the first privacy solutions specifically designed for the IoT era. The TRUSTed Smart Grid privacy program assesses and certifies the privacy practices of third-party companies that require access to Customer Energy Usage Data (CEUD) to power "smart" services and products, convincing utilities and customers that they can trust those companies with their energy usage data.
On 10 July, TRUSTe will host the first event dedicated to the privacy challenges of the Internet of Things at the Rosewood Hotel, Silicon Valley. The Internet of Things Privacy Summit is an opportunity for privacy experts, policy makers and innovators to define the privacy needs of the new inter-connected world and scope out the next generation of solutions.
Speakers include: Michelle Dennedy, CPO McAfee; Barbara Lawler, CPO Intuit; Jules Polonetsky, Executive Director, Future of Privacy Forum; Eduardo Ustaran, IAPP Board of Directors and more to be announced soon.
Jules Polonetsky, Co-founder, Future of Privacy Forum said: "The findings of the TRUSTe privacy survey are well-timed to help foster a critical dialogue about the need to align privacy considerations with the massive impact of connected devices in our lives. The challenge that all stakeholders must address is to encourage practices that support tech progress and innovation, while providing appropriate controls, choice, transparency and information to connected consumers. It’s all about striking the right balance between fueling the evolution of innovation and addressing privacy and security considerations on a parallel track."
Eduardo Ustaran, IAPP Board of Directors and Author of "The Future of Privacy" said: "Given the global reach of the strict European privacy rules, it is essential that we figure out how to meet the legal requirements without compromising innovation."
The Internet of Things Privacy Summit is an opportunity for privacy experts, policy makers and innovators to define the privacy needs of the new inter-connected world and scope out the next generation of solutions. The Summit takes place at the Rosewood Hotel, Menlo Park, Silicon Valley on 10 July 2014. For further details of speaker/sponsor opportunities and to register to attend, see https://www.truste.com/iot.
The research was conducted on i:omnibus, Ipsos MORI’s online omnibus, between 14-17 February 2014 involving 2,005 adults aged 16-75 in Great Britain. The survey data was weighted to the known population profile to be nationally representative of adults aged 16-75 in Great Britain.


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When I was an elementary school kid in the 1960s, people in my little Oklahoma town – and surely in many towns and cities around the country – believed that the Supreme Court was trying to prohibit any acknowledgement of Christmas in public schools. How dare they!?!?
Now, I was raised by college-educated parents: dad a conservative Nazarene pastor and mom an elementary teacher. And I was a bit puzzled that they never seemed to get as worked up about this as did many other adults in my town.
I should interject here that my mom found it much more disturbing that this same music teacher had us perform “Do You Hear What I Hear?” at the Christmas program.
Okay, she had a good point. But hey, God bless America. And Santa Claus. And cool Christmas songs with great harmonies.
And here we are, decades later, and the Supreme Court has actually ruled that Christian symbols, stories, and songs at Christmastime are not only allowable but are appropriate to teach cultural heritage and history.
So the courts say we can and should acknowledge historic secular and religious traditions in public schools. Of course, how we acknowledge those traditions can get sticky. I don’t have magic answers. I do have some observations.
Kids enjoy learning about others’ traditions. They don’t seem to feel threatened like adults sometimes are – unless adults have taught them to feel threatened.
Kids don’t want to feel excluded, but also don’t want their differences pointed out. That last part – about not wanting a spotlight on differences – is even more true for middle school kids! We don’t want our attempts to respect all traditions to become awkward for the very students whom we are trying to respect. (And yes, we’ve all seen that happen if we’ve been around long enough.) I can guarantee you that Jason did not want me to point out this year that they are celebrating Hanukah at his house; however, just two years earlier his older sister came bouncing up to me before school one day and enthusiastically said, “Today is the first day of Hanukah!!” And she kept telling everyone until the kids probably got tired of her bouncing.
And unlike our music programs, the door decorating contest themes and other decorations at my school are not culturally inclusive. I don’t know how our tiny minority of Jewish and Muslim students feel about it. They are too polite (or cautious) to complain.
The focus on Christmas during the school day can amplify stress for kids. We all know that kids are hit in the face with holiday images through the media, store displays, houses decorated with lights, and community decorations. But for some kids, this time of year is exceptionally stressful. Maybe they anticipate a difficult two weeks at home during that time. Perhaps their parents are separated and sharing their kids during the holiday time brings more animosity between them. Maybe the family is struggling economically and even the secular image of Santa Claus is a reminder that they are struggling this year. There are many reasons that facing Christmas images all day at school means the student has no respite from that stress. That may be unavoidable. But perhaps it could be toned down a bit.
As a teacher who was raised in a strongly Christian home, I’m also pretty sure that Jesus would want all my students to feel respected, reassured, and loved during all months of the year, including December.
The most hostile holiday-related responses I’ve gotten from parents had nothing to do with religion – unless you consider Santa Claus to be a religion. I have learned that I am playing with fire if I try to teach 7th graders about the historical origins of the Santa Claus character. (How dare I give factual information when parents have carefully constructed a lovely lie about Santa Claus!?!?!?) I had no idea that any middle school parents still expected their kids to believe in Santa Claus. Boy, was I wrong!!!
Even after I learned to totally avoid the topic, I accidently stumbled into it one August when I was teaching ancient history to 6th graders. While talking about the Paleolithic Age, I was explaining what “hunter-gatherer” cultures were. I mentioned how early humans in northern Asia followed the herds. Animals I mentioned included reindeer.
I didn’t realize what I had done until I got a very hostile (and anonymous) e-mail from a mom the next morning. “How dare you decide when our children will have their Christmas magic taken away from them. You have no right!” And it went on and on (and on). Wow.
From my household to yours: Have a blessed December. Santa can be fun, but can also shift our focus into the commercial and away from more important concerns. May your Christmas, Hanukah, and other religious and secular activities this month bring you closer to your friends and family. And may the season bring you closer to your Guiding Light as we grow in love, wisdom, and joy.
This is how I TRY to act at work.
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Luxurious, sporty and stylish, it seems everyone wants to own a BMW at least once in their life. Among the most recognisable of all car brands with the distinctive double grille, BMW is the company that defined modern executive motoring more than any other. Well-built and impeccably engineered, a used BMW is a smart buy.
Read more on BMW cars.
BMW is most renowned for two things: sportiness and luxury. Some cars, such as the 5 Series, a large sedan, place the main emphasis on luxury, while others, such as the legendary M3 and M4, reverse the order. Not to say that BMW does not offer cars for everyday driving. The overwhelming popularity of the smaller 1 Series (such as the 118 and the 125) and 2 Series prove that thousands of Western Australians are drawn to the brand’s unique mix of practical features.
Along with the road cars, BMW also broke new ground when it developed the X1, X3 and X5 range of SUVs – the first such vehicles which brought car-like driving to the 4WD body style.


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|| VYOM ||, a name with Sanskrit origins , has time and again exalted its nemesis by highlighting how technological innovations have no boundaries.
With its constant endeavor to become numero uno, || VYOM ||, the annual technical festival of PEC University Of Technology, one of the primeval educational institutions of the country, was born in 2011 with the intent of becoming the mecca of technological and scientific simulation and innovation.
|| VYOM || has now successfully rolled out two editions and continues to provide a wholesome platform to celebrate the scientific temperament of the youth. It is known for fierce competition amongst the wittiest students from across India, displays of cutting-edge technologies, motivational speeches and lectures and workshops to hone their talent, brought to your witness in Chandigarh, India.
It delves beyond the domain of technical knowledge by staging various cultural mega-shows concerning art, photography, music and dance. || VYOM || is emerging as one of the best technical fests of the country and resounds as a familiar name across colleges and industries nationwide.
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Fiddes Liquid Floor Wax is a clear, easy to apply, quick drying wax finish which nourishes and protects whilst providing a lasting depth of sheen that naturally enhances the beauty of your wood flooring. Easy to apply, Fiddes Liquid Floor Wax may also be applied on previously treated surfaces to maintain or improve the existing patina.
Sand the wooden substrate in stages, working with a medium sandpaper (120 grit), through to a medium / fine grade (180 –220 grit). Always sand in the direction of the grain pattern where possible, ensuring the removal of any blemishes and glue residue prior to the application of Liquid Floor Wax. Take care to remove all traces of sanding dust. A coat of Fiddes Shellac Sealer or Clear Glaze is recommended on open grained wood flooring prior to application.
Take a clean cotton cloth and lightly apply in the direction of the wood grain where possible. To obtain a uniform coverage, always wipe evenly, taking care to lightly remove any excess Floor Wax immediately with a separate, clean absorbent cloth, again following the direction of the grain pattern.
Best results are achieved when Fiddes Floor Wax is applied sparingly, and worked in small areas at any one time. Buff to desired sheen level by hand or mechanical polisher. Clean applicators with White Spirit.
Floors and surfaces of fine furniture and cabinet work.


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Along with its new line of housings for the Micro 4/3 series of Camera, Aquatica is proud to introduce the SW8 Port, specially designed to cover Super Wide Angle lenses such as the 114o FOV Panasonic Lumix G Vario 7-14mm F/4 and the 100o FOV Olympus M.Zuiko 9-18mm f/4-5.6. With these ultra wide angle rectilinear lenses, to get the best optical results, the use of a large radius dome port is required.
To achieve the optimum quality over the whole image area, Aquatica uses its legendary 8" diameter dome port with an added twist. The SW8 port only uses the portion of the dome lens required to cover the field of view of these extreme lenses. Consequently, the resulting dome port is substantially smaller and lighter, while retaining the optical performance associated with these large hemispherical dome ports.
Using an 8" dome wraps the projected virtual image at +/- 12" (30cm) from the external surface of the dome lens, while a smaller dome port, such as one with a 6" diameter, will force this virtual image to be wrapped a mere +/- 9" (23cm) away. This might be a relatively innocuous difference of distance in normal situations, but it is also common knowledge that the closer the focusing distance, the harder it will be to get adequate depth of field. At these close distances, such small difference does have a huge impact on the success of the images taken.
To complement the SW8 port, Aquatica also offers its well established and renowned 4" BK-7 coated glass dome for the Panasonic Lumix G Fisheye 8mm f/3.5 lens, and for Macro work, two dedicated flat port for the Olympus M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 ED and the Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f/2.8.
In keeping with the spirit of the housings it was designed for, the Aquatica SW8 port is compact, and because of its modular nature, its footprint in your luggage will be 1/3 the space than a regular 8" dome port would require. This should be a welcome relief for the travelling photographers.


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Guttenberg Hospital believes it is important to provide pricing information to the public. In order to give consumers the information they are looking for, GMH provides a link to The Iowa Hospital Association (IHA) website called Iowa Hospital Charges Compare. This website allows users to easily access charge information for any type of inpatient hospitalization at any Iowa hospital.
Please keep in mind the information provided on this website is only an estimate. GMH’s charges are the same for all patients, but a patient’s responsibility may vary, depending on payment plans negotiated with individual health insurers. Professional fees for physician services such as visiting surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, and others are also not reflected, and may be billed separately.
We support price transparency and believe it is important for you to know what out-of-pocket costs you will incur for services provided at Guttenberg Municipal Hospital. Click here to download the hospital’s current standard charges.


text: The data in this report represents signals and cases from January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017 and is accurate as of July 11, 2018. Cases of trafficking may be ongoing or new information may be revealed to the National Hotline over time. Consequently, statistics may be subject to change as new information emerges.


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You can make use of all your frozen meat by bringing it in for processing on January 9th, 9 am to 6 pm. We'll let it break down just enough to cut, then fix it up into anything from our menu. We'll refreeze it for you to pick up on Saturday, January 16th, 9 am to 6 pm.
We can take large well wrapped frozen pieces of venison or wild hogs. Don't thaw them. Bring them in frozen. This year, don't let your freezer stay packed with pieces you can' t use. Turn it into meal sized processed venison or pork! We can even make fully cooked smoked hams!
Kay Kierspe got another one! We're going to start calling her "Dead Eye" Kay!
Cary Walker got inducted into the First Deer Hall of Fame!
Evan Degrow got inducted into the First Deer Hall of Fame!
Sam Lesky's buck proved the old tale that an injury shows up on the opposite antler.

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


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Hello. I am studying to become a biomedical engineer and wish to use my degree for a job in sports medicine. I was just wondering if there is anyone I can contact with a couple of questions. Thank you for your time.
You can shoot me an e-mail. I'd be happy to answer some questions for you.

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Venus is special to us as it is Earth’s closest neighbor in our solar system!
If we could notice any object in the sky that is the brightest (except moon), then it would be Venus. Many people call it a bright star that can be seen in the morning and evening sky, but it is a planet of our solar system!
Later, the Greek mathematician and astronomer Pythagoras discovered that both objects seen as the morning and evening star were, in fact, the same object.
Do you know that you can see Venus either in the morning before sunrise or evening after sunset? Venus becomes visible in the evening after sunset when its orbit overtakes Earth’s orbit; until that, it can be seen only in the morning hours before sunrise.
Due to its closeness with the Sun, it can always be seen in the morning and evening sky with naked eyes. When viewed through a scope, Venus can be seen, just like the moon, in phases. This was first observed by Galileo in 1610!
Unlike all other planets, its rotation on its axis is not only retrograde (clockwise) but also very slow! It makes one rotation in 243 Earth days. Scientists guess that a clockwise rotation of Venus may be due to its collision with an asteroid or some other large object in the past.
Its retrograde rotation may give us another pleasant surprise!
Being at Venus, we would notice sun rising from the west instead of the east!
Venus is also known as a windy planet as winds blow there with the speed of 720 kilometers per hour that is much higher than the wind speed observed during the deadliest cyclone ever happened on our Earth.
Venus has a diameter of almost 12,100 km, which is less than the diameter of the Earth. Its mass is said to be 4.87 x 1021 metric tons (close to 82% of the mass of the Earth). Due to lesser mass, the gravitational force exerted is also less than what experienced at the Earth.
By every means, Venus is not a hospitable place for life at all!
Another surprise may be in store for us that there are no seasons at Venus because the planet doesn’t tilt on its axis, which is the case with our Earth. Round the year, the planet keeps on boiling at high temperature!
Venus has a real hell-like atmosphere; the average temperature goes up to 462 degree Celsius, which is the highest among all the planets in our solar system. No surprise that even lead would melt on its surface quickly!
Such a high temperature is due to dense clouds in its atmosphere that causes a greenhouse effect. To make matters worse, these clouds are made of sulfuric acid!
Venus has more than 1600 major volcanoes, which is much higher than any other planet in our solar system. It does have numerous smaller volcanoes too!
But you might be wondering how Venus is filled with so much of the sulfuric acid clouds!
Volcanic eruptions are the main culprits eschewing tons of sulfur dioxide gas in the atmosphere. Coming into contact with sun rays, the sulfur dioxide gas gets converted into clouds of concentrated sulfuric acid.
The atmosphere of Venus is 96.5 percent composed of carbon dioxide, and the balance is nitrogen. Surprisingly, its atmosphere rotates 60 times faster than the rotation of Venus itself; that is indeed a mystery!
Scientists have found that the atmospheric pressure at Venus is as high as 90 Bar against 1 Bar found at the sea level of the Earth. This is the pressure that one will experience when one goes one kilometer deep in the ocean of the Earth! Does not this surprise you?
Suffice it to say that the human body or any other species of the Earth cannot survive such huge atmospheric pressure at Venus!
To view Venus, we need to know certain facts about Venus.
Venus completes one orbit around Sun in 225 days, which is a shorter period than what Earth takes to orbit Sun (365 days). Due to this, Venus could be either nearest or farthest from the Earth in any year!
When Venus is between the Sun and the Earth, it could be as close as 40 million kilometers. When the Sun is between the Earth and Venus, the distance between the Earth and Venus is the farthest up to about 260 kilometers.
Being closer to the Sun, we can see Venus only for about three hours before sunrise, or for the same period after the sunset!
In the morning, we can find it in the east moving ahead of the Sun. It is easily visible with the unaided eyes when the Sun has not risen yet.
In the evening, we can see it in the west following the Sun ready to set soon. It is easily visible with the naked eye once the Sun is set and will remain visible for at least three hours or so.
Venus is much easier to locate as it is a brightest star-like object with the elongation between 45 degrees and 47 degrees!
Venus usually appears white when seen through telescopes. While its clouds are pale or yellow, it is difficult to identify them in the glare surrounding it. At its greatest elongation, Venus can be seen half-phase (50%).
While viewing through a telescope, its glare can be reduced by using blue, yellow and violet filters. Orange and red filters can be used to reduce the brightness of the sky when observed in daylight. Any magnification over 200x will not be helpful for its clear viewing!
You might be wondering what the transit of Venus is! Occasionally, Venus gets between Sun and the Earth. At this time, we can notice a black dot moving across the Sun. It is somewhat like an eclipse of the Sun!
The transits of Venus are not frequent. One such transit occurred on June 6, 2012. Unfortunately, we will not see any transit in this century! The next one will occur on December 10/11, 2117 – almost a century later!
Usually, transits occur in pairs (difference of almost eight years between them). This means another one would occur in AD 2125.
In the past, the transit of Venus helped astronomers to find out the distance between the Earth and the Sun! The transits are important events for scientific studies as it helps scientists to gauge the planet’s size!
Advancement in technology has revealed many facets of Venus.
Previously, Venus’s surface details were not available. Currently, scientists have gathered more details on its surface through radar mapping. Radar mapping uses microwave radiation instead of light radiation, and microwave radiation can easily pass through the thick layers of its clouds.
According to experts, three layers constitute Venus’s interiors: a crust, a mantle, and a core.
While Venus’s crust is almost 50 km thick, its mantle is as thick as 3,000 km. And, its core (the innermost layer) has a diameter of 6,000 km.
The Radar mapping data reveals that Venus has four main mountain ranges called Akna Montes, Maxwell Montes, Frejya Montes, and Danu Montes.
Venus has been mentioned extensively in a variety of mythological texts and scriptures. She has become the symbol of feminine beauty across many cultures.
Aphrodite (same as the Roman Venus) is the goddess of love in Greek mythology; she embodies love, pleasure, and fertility.
Venus is known as ‘Shukra’ (bright or white) in Hindu mythology as the indicator of love, beauty, and happiness.
How to View the North Star or Polaris?
Can We View Sirius with Telescope?


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This Skinny Body Care review is intended to help you decide whether or not starting an MLM business is right for you.
Before investing your time and money into a business opportunity, there are some details that require your attention.
This review should highlight those details and prepare you to make an appropriate decision. I applaud your due diligence.
Let's take a close look at what kind of products and business opportunity Skinny Body Care has to offer.
The ‘Skinny Body Care' product line consists of products that encourage weight loss and limit the appearance of aging. Whether you are intrigued by the business opportunity or not, the Skinny Body Care product line has some appealing items for those of us who wish to improve our physical appearance.
Skinny Body Care's headlining product is Skinny Fiber. Skinny Fiber is marketed as an incredibly efficient weight loss manager. This weight loss supplement is said to simplify the pound shedding process. Skinny Fiber contains an ingredient called Glucomannan.
This special ingredient is a unique fiber that makes you feel full and consequently eat less food. By controlling your appetite, you can have a stranglehold on weight management. Over eating is the number one cause of obesity. Attacking weight loss at the source is crucial.
Active participants of the Skinny Body Care marketing system have free access to landing pages and a proven presentation video. As with all multi-level marketing companies, Skinny Body Care encourages duplication and modeling.
The belief is that modeling your business off of a successful business will result in positive results.It should be noted that most companies charge extra for use of their marketing system.
Because Skinny Body Care doesn't, you can essentially look at the opportunity as a business in a box. The name of the game is exposure. Considering active Skinny Body Care distributors have access to online marketing tools, using the internet for prospecting reasons is encouraged.
Skinny Body Care is a multi-level marketing company. This marketing model allows for distributors to earn an income on various levels; hence the name ‘multi-level'. The first level of earning is obviously based on personal sales.
Each marketers is paid a percentage based on the amount of personal sales volume they generate. That being said, very few entrepreneurs have ever built a successful MLM business by solely pushing products.
Recruiting fellow distributors is undoubtedly the quickest, most efficient, and most profitable way to build a successful multi-level marketing business. Why is this the case? After enrolling a new distributor, that person is placed in your downline.
Skinny Body Care works with a 3 X 5 forced filled matrix. Distributors are then paid a commission based on the sales volume produced by those in their downline as well as being compensated for their own sales volume.
To be clear, consistently recruiting and enrolling new distributors is the only way to build a network marketing business quickly. Doing so efficiently will undoubtedly result in the establishment of passive residual income. A passive residual income is definitely the goal of all entrepreneurs who give Skinny Body Care a try.
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The Castrol Aircol™ LPT Range (previously called Energol™ LPT) are refrigeration compressor lubricants formulated from highly refined naphthenic base oils for use in both large and industrial and small domestic refrigeration units.
They maintain good lubrication properties at the high temperatures reached during the compression phase and good fluidity at the low temperatures within the evaporators. Excellent lubrication of the moving parts in the compressor as well as recycling of the oil, entrained into the system by the refrigerant, are therefore ensured.
The chemical stability of the Aircol LPT oils prevents them from reacting with the refrigerants used in refrigeration systems to form potentially disruptive breakdown products. All Aircol LPT grades are suitable for use in systems using Ammonia (NH3) or halogenated hydrocarbons. They can also be used where good low temperature flow properties are required in the lubricant.
High thermal and chemical stability.
Good temperature / viscosity behaviour.
Good low temperature flow properties.

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I have just upgraded my Snow Leopard to from 10.6.0 to 10.6.6 successfully yesterday. It begins with the upgrade for iTunes. I was holding the Mac OS update due to the fact that I will lose all my sound settings.
As expected, after upgrading to 10.6.6, I lost my sound. My Hackintosh is muted.
The reason why I'm scared to upgrade is due to the fact that I might have lost the sound kext for my hackintosh. I have also forgotten what sound card that I'm using. Thanks to my previous post of the Hackintosh which stated my Sound Card was actually ALC 1200. I thought it was ALC888 or ALC889.
The main resource for ALC 1200 is at http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=161430. There are 2 kind of fix provided in the page. Last time I did use the fix without having to edit DSDT from this page as well. As I didn't understand a thing in DSDT, I opted for HDAEnabler and no DSDT editing as I didn't know anything about DSDT.
All this while I didn't understand DSDT editing at all. All the guide over the Internet did not properly state what exactly needs to be done after compiling the DSDT. It was quite simple actually. Heck to those saying that DSDT editing is hard and confusing. Reading it that way made me think that it's hard.
It was known that by using the HDAEnabler, once the OS is upgraded, you will have to do the sound all over again. So this time, I'm opting for the DSDT editing. I have a few things to fix as well; eg. CMOS reset problem.
The easiest way to do DSDT editing is by using DSDTSE, which can be downloaded from http://www.osx86.es/FArchivos/FDSDTSE.zip.
Once installed, browse through "/" folder and double click on dsdt.aml. A new window will be opened with an extract from the DSDT file.
To fix my CMOS reset, I used this fix. The one in bold Red value was 4 before. So I changed it to 2.
I keep recompiling after every fix to ensure no error in the codes. After all this fixes, the compile successful with a warning. It was the _WAK warning which was fixed using this code at the end of _WAK paragraph.
Then my compile was successful without error and warning at all.
I downloaded the AppleHDA fix with DSDT patch file from http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=80281. You mus register before you are able to download this file. Extract this file and install.
Final thing to do is, RESTART. After restart, I have no more CMOS reset and the most important thing is, I got my sound back!


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The founding meeting for the CSCC was held in Montreal, Quebec on Oct 17th 1956. Since that time the membership has grown to several hundred clinical chemists and highlights of the society's accomplishments during its first 50 years were documented by Dr. Arlene Crowe (past president) in Clinical Biochemistry.
Scott drove Vanguard’s Formula A, in a McLaren M10-A, powered with a 500-horsepower Chevrolet V-8 in the L & M Continental 5000 Championship and Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) events. Scott won the CSCC-SCCA Southern Pacific Division Championship in 1972, outperforming drivers traveling from as far away as Australia to compete.


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When you upload a main image to your product, the 3dcart software will automatically create a thumbnail image for it. The thumbnail image itself is created to conform to a set size that is specified in your store's settings. The default for this size is 150px which is usually fine for most themes.
However, some of our responsive themes are tailored to showcase products on the home page with a larger area for thumbnail. Therefore, the default thumbnail size will appear small when using these themes.
Here are a couple of things you can do to correct this.
The first suggestion would be to change your store's default thumbnail image size to something a little bigger. Then, use the store software to re-create your thumbnail images and see if that looks better on your theme with a larger size.
Then, click on the "Product Display" tab located along the top of the page.
Within the "Products" section you will see two fields under "Thumbnail Image Size." Typically, these will both be set to 150.
Click "Save" at the top right to commit your settings.
The suggested size of 250 is merely a suggestion because its 100 pixels more than the default size. Feel free to experiment with different sizes as you see fit.
This setting will make it so that - as you upload images for your products - their respective thumbnails will be created within these dimensions. However, we still have to deal with your current thumbnails so let's quickly resize those.
Locate the item you'd like to edit and click on its name to open it up.
Finally, hover over your product's Thumbnail Image and click on the "Create from Main Image" link that appears.
This will recreate the thumbnail, but this time it will use the dimensions you specified in the previous steps.
Repeat this for each item on your home page and check to see if your results are satisfactory. Feel free to alternate the sizes on the thumbnails larger or smaller as needed to get the look you desire for the home page.
In some cases the size of the thumbnail is determined byt the store's HTML coding. If following the steps above still doesn't change the size of your images, then you may need to add some coding to your store's frame file to correct this further.
Look towards the top right of the screen and click on "Edit Template (HTML)"
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As with the general store setting, feel free to edit the 250px to meet your needs.
Then click on View Store to see how the new image sizes appear on your store.


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Visit the corcovado national park: your experience will be unforgettable!
To all those who love nature and are easily surprised by the wonders that our planet offers, the Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica represents the maximum tourist destination.
This national park was created in 1975 to protect the vibrant flora and fauna of the Osa Peninsula. This small corner of the planet concentrates the greatest biodiversity in the world, it is estimated that 10% of the American species are found here and 2.5% of those of the entire planet.
To find this jewel of biodiversity, you must travel to the Osa Peninsula in the South Pacific of Costa Rica, one of the most remote corners of the country. See the location of Corcovado in the following map.
National Geographic Traveler magazine define it as “always wet, bright green and full of life both day and night” and has been listed as the best national park in the world by numerous magazines. Fortunately, together with my family, I was able to corroborate the beauty of this place, when last August we visited the Osa Peninsula for the first time.
What should I expect for a visit to Corcovado National Park?
The Corcovado National Park is located at the end of a peninsula difficult to access and covers more than 56,000 hectares of forest and protected waters with 13 different types of vegetation.
The park has several entries, we made our visit to the LA LEONA Ranger Station. I remind you that to enter the park it is necessary to go with a local guide and book the entrance in advance.
This is the ideal tourist destination for those who have a strong sense of adventure, since only reaching the entrance of the park requires walking several kilometers under a humid climate, crossing rivers, a stream and walking on the beach.
Once in the park, you will be impressed by the vibrant nature that surrounds it, the entire path is covered by the shadow of immense trees and you will be constantly stopping to observe animals.
The local guide has a very sharp intuition and, with the help of his telescope, you will have the opportunity to see more than 350 different types of birds that hide in the foliage, as well as a great variety of mammals let’s not forget the insects and amphibians that they will be present throughout the journey.
With the help of a guide you can enjoy the experience safely and learn about the biodiversity that surrounds it. Those lucky ones, could see some of the attractions in fauna of this place: the puma – one of the big cats that live in the country – or the tapir- the largest land mammal (180-300 kg) of Costa Rica and one of the largest in America, considered in danger of extinction – We saw it!
If your interests are rather to observe marine life such as dolphins and whales, do not worry, in this area you can also do it, here you will find some options.
What should I bring to Corcovado National Park?
To walk the trails you will need good hiking shoes or even rubber boots for the rainy seasons, you should also make sure to take more than 2 liters of water and good food.
In addition, the sunscreen, insect repellent, sunglasses, flashlight, a hat and plastic bags inside a backpack are vital for a safe walk. You can also take a camera or opt for the cell phone camera, you will not want to miss a picture worthy of the National Geographic magazine cover.
If you want more information about the park or want to stay in the heart of Corcovado, we can help you to have the best possible experience.
What should I do to visit the Corcovado National Park?
To get to Corcovado National Park you need a 4×4 vehicle or you can opt for public transportation. The stretch before reaching the entrance to the park is an adventure in itself, you must go through rivers and steep slopes.
This tour lasts more than six hours from the capital, so we recommend spending a whole day traveling, resting and preparing for your adventure.
It is best to book a room at a nearby eco-friendly hotel, where they will help you book your park ticket and contact a local guide.
The park is very large, so you can choose the one-day walk, which follows a 17-kilometer trail along the Pacific Ocean and ends in a refreshing pool of fresh water, or you can go into the heart of the park and walk Several trails through primary forest, which will take several days.
At Finca Exotica Ecolodge we had a pleasant stay in the heart of Corcovado and they helped us get to know the park with the best guides in the area. Here you can see some packages offered by Finca Exótica for your saty and visit to the park.
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This is part of the 'Trail of coins' which went at least twice around the corridor and the library for Children in Need.
Y2 children enjoying an aerobic 'Wake and Shake'.
This is Mr Cuddles and the Debenham HS Sports Leaders leading lots of Year 2 children from the pyramid schools in a conga finale to the 'Wake and Shake ' festival held on Wednesday 19th November.
On Tuesday 25th November 9 children from Yr 5/6 took part in the Small Schools Unihoc tournament at Debenham Leisure Centre. They played extremely well during the morning, and finished in a very creditable joint 3rd place, only losing to the eventual winners - Helmingham. Our results were: Won -1 Drew - 3 Lost -1 Black eyes - 1 !
18 children from Earl Soham visited TMHS for a fantastic day of ICT, Science, Design Technology and Literacy. The children had great fun designing and making a rocket to send out a signal to ensure that their coach arrived to pick them up! They also looked at how to measure the altitude that their inventions reached.
The TMHS staff were excellent and this was matched by the interest shown by the children and their results - the bus arrived on time!
While Year 5 and 6 pupils were at Thomas Mills High School today, Mr Mansell worked with a group of Year 4 pupils to produce this short film about the Chinese folk-tale, Li Chi Slays the Serpent.
The children began by recording themselves reading the story. They then produced some artwork depicting different scenes in the story.
In the afternoon, we used plasticine to make models of the characters in the story and animated them using stop-frame animation techniques.
The children then put everything together using Windows Movie Maker to produce this short film.
The One Christmas concerts are fast approaching and I'm pleased to say that the CD is now available to purchase. Copies are available from the school office at a cost of £10. All proceeds (after manufacturing costs) go to the charity Tearfund.
Mr Pearce was very excited to see the CD arrive and couldn't wait to put it on and have a dance!
Thanks to everyone who brought in some coppers for our coin trail. We have raised nearly £53 for Children in Need.
Welcome to the first post on our new school blog. We hope that you find this a useful area to find out what has been happening around the school.
This first post is all about the dotty goings on on Children in Need day. Children arrived at school in all manner of spotty outfits (and some of the staff looked a bit odd too!). One child even went to the great effort of getting into character as a dalmation, with a full fancy dress costume.
Children brought in copper coins and we made a trail which went twice around the school corridor!
When some boys from Blue class collected all the money in a bucket at the end of the day they could hardly lift it. We would like to thank everyone who made an effort to dress up and brought in a contribution. We will let you know soon, after poor Mrs Sayer has counted all of those coins, what the grand total came to.


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59205 – Connect time metric in "View Results Tree" is always equal zero for TCPSampler.
Bug 59205 - Connect time metric in "View Results Tree" is always equal zero for TCPSampler.
Summary: Connect time metric in "View Results Tree" is always equal zero for TCPSampler.
New feature connection time metric(added in 2.13) does not work for TCPSampler.
I have tried for "View Results Tree".
Everything is OK for HTTP Request.
Could you test the next nightly, whether this fix is correct for you?
TCP Sampler: Set connect time in sampler when connection is established.
Now, everything is OK. Thank you.


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Chapter 4 - Commands for reading keyboard/writing to screen?
Commands for reading keyboard/writing to screen?
I've been a little frustrated trying to code the Fill program exercise at the end of Ch. 4. Specifically, I'm pretty sure I understand what should be happening, but I am at a loss for how to tell the computer what I want to do via code.
So, the general idea is to have an infinite loop running that listens to keyboard inputs and makes the simulated screen either pure black (if any key is pressed) or pure white (if nothing is pressed). The book specifically says that whenever a key on the keyboard is pressed, its ASCII code appears in RAM, and when no key is pressed that location defaults to the output of 0. Alright, so it seems like we basically need a statement that goes to (loop that makes screen all white) if RAM=0, and which goes to (loop that makes screen all black) if RAM has an ASCII code in it (i.e. it is anything other than 0). Seems simple enough.
The problem is that this statement the book makes doesn't really appear to be true? Or, at any rate, when I compile and run a program in the CPU Emulator, RAM location 24576 is literally always 0, even if a key is pressed and held down (Edit: to clarify, these keys are pressed after activating the CPU Emulator's keyboard function). I pressed just about every key on the keyboard and it never changed. So...how exactly is the program supposed to listen to the keyboard?
Re: Commands for reading keyboard/writing to screen?
I'm not on a machine that has the tools installed, so I'm going from memory.
I believe the CPU Emulator has a button below the screen with an icon of a keyboard on it that enables putting character codes from the keyboard into the RAM location. Try to look for something like that.
That's right, pressing the keyboard button with your mouse makes further key-presses to be handled by the emulator. You can try this, by running the CPU Emulator without any program, then just scroll down the RAM list to the last position, which is where the keyboard is mapped to. Then click on the icon and start pressing keys.
Another thing to note is, you should move the speed slider to "Fast" and change the animation to "No animation" when running interactive programs.
Do you have the mode set to Animate?
If you have no animation, then you won't see values change in the RAM or the machine internals -- that's the whole point of animating them.
if the memory address @KBD has any value other than 0, then a key is being pressed. So you can test the value at that memory address and jump if equal to zero one direction, or another direction if not equal to zero. But you'll need to continually loop and check the value.
I think I solved the issue: I did indeed have "Animate" set to "No Animation." I had initially checked what the code looked like when the animation was set to "Program Flow" and it never progressed passed the first loop I programmed in, so I thought there must have still been something wrong even though I wasn't able to scroll down and check the output of the keyboard location. After a little more investigation though I found out that that was because I had failed to have it properly re-reference any new inputs to the keyboard within that loop.