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At the KBIS show (the industry’s annual kitchen and bath show), Patricia sat down with some interesting people to talk about new products, eco-friendly innovation and what makes creative people “tick”.
Her interview with Mariel Hemingway included a little bit of all of that!
Take a few minutes and listen in on this interview – it’s like being a fly on the wall with two successful, creative women talk about pursuing passions, making decisions to better yourself and your family and discovering that happiness comes from within (all from a kitchen and bath show!).
Mariel recently renovated her kitchen, and along the way found Cambria, a provider of natural countertops (read about Mariel’s remodel and her passion for eco-friendly products at the CambriaStyle blog).
She fell in love with their products and signed on to bring her star power to the kitchen and bath show with Cambria.
Plus – like Patricia, Mariel is a yogi, loves to surround herself with beautiful design and has discovered the benefits of using natural products. So, the two had a lot in common to chat about!
The Cambria Design Palette of colors and textures is an inspiring collection. They are able to offer a style that fits just about every taste from neutral to classic to bold (really, really bold!).
A countertop in this neutral shade could compliment a variety of styles. Plus, the little flecks help to hide dust, crumbs or whatever else you and your family throw at it in the kitchen or bathroom!
The classic marble look for a countertop can give a room a warm feel and give you lots of options for accent colors and mixing and matching wood tones and other stones and tiles by grabbing colors out of the countertop.
This bold red countertop is not a silent participant in the room! It stands out, making a loud statement! But, if you’re looking to make a bold statement, the countertop is a great place to do that – especially with modern and minimalist designs. One large, boldly-colored piece (like a red countertop) adds interest to a room without adding clutter.
We hope Patricia’s interview with Mariel and these countertop ideas have inspired you! Go do something beautiful in your home!


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Tool to clean the engine injector and combustion chamber without releasing the injector connection in your car or motor.
Cleaning gasoline and diesel cars.
Can be used on all types of motorcycle injection.

industry_corpus2: Automobiles


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Tell me, is there something that writers love more than writing about the actual writing? If this is to be a writer? It is hardly an exaggeration to claim that each and every novel now goes into close combat with the writing essence, depicts the process of their own creation or follow the crisis-ridden author, preferably with the traits of the author himself.
the Author may have always dug in their own desk, and on a purely existential level, it's probably partly to make the reader into an accomplice in the solitude is creativity's conditions. But this trend is perhaps also, and DN:s Maria Schottenius been on in a current debate ( 25/2, 28/2) – a sign of how the I-literature with their medial logic of displacing everything else. A kind of ”click-lit” for our time, simply.
So will the ”Memories of the future” a sour spot-on depiction of the artistic middle-class hunger for real reality to stop into the the great things the believe themselves to be destined for. There is also a kind of symmetry in that the young author craves the stuff to their writing, while Hustvedt, in turn, allows these tribulations to their own material. Skrivbokens notes signed, incidentally, by the not completely faded, ”S. H.”.
after a long writing has given itself the freedom to poke around in the autofiktiva the toolbox and the craftsman together something that more resembles a documented work process, than a novel. She will treat themselves to a bit of postmodern willfulness, simply. From three different starting points follow the reader Minnesota through everyday life, diary entries and literary writing.
The first track is a traditional and actually very readable utvecklingsroman, in the older narrator looking back on a crucial year of youth. Second, the diary, the young woman's more or less unfiltered snapshots from another now. The third track is the young author's unfinished first novel, in the form of a pretty awful deckargåta.
There is an almost tangible dimension in Hustvedts way to distinguish berättarsfärerna to by fonts, fetningar and stilgrad, and I wonder why this prank is so annoying. Maybe because it in some sense is a grip that is outside of the actual literature – a practical sorteringsverktyg for readability without real artistic core. It is a division that is presented rather than told. And the question is how to really look at the artistic failure that is the novel in the novel, and the reader is thus forced to pass through it. When is a design of weak literature only a weak literature?
a story where this evening is somehow her own fault retains Minnesota and the aged storyteller who is still feeling the shame burn – paradoxically, the feeling of control of their own destiny. It would be to say too much to this part seriously saves ”Memories of the future” from being a mediocre metalitterärt experiments. But it gives a strong and striking image of the mind as a physical place to be in and to eventually be able to leave.

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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I can remember the day and most of the details of the delivery of both my first and second child. Motherhood has been simultaneously the most challenging and rewarding time of my life. It was particularly challenging when I first became a mother. However, no one quite prepared me for what awaited me during maternity leave. During the months leading up to my maternity leave I nested, and looked forward to having what seemed like an expanse of time to simply enjoy my new baby and being home with him. I would quickly realize that I was extremely unprepared for taking care of my newborn, and the physical and emotional toll it would take on me as a mother. No one told me what to do and I literally didn’t even know how to properly dress the baby on the first night home after being discharged from the hospital, at bedtime. I remember my husband had to come in and take off some of the clothes that I put him in because he was sweating. I even put a hat on him thinking he needed to be bundled up and very warm. I have since learned that in actuality babies should sleep a bit cool and the room should not be too warm. However, I write this to demonstrate just how unprepared I was for the responsibility of caring for my first born. For me, motherhood went against anything that I would have known or experienced previously and at times was contrary to my own intuition or best judgement. There was definitely a steep learning curve for me which I now understand is common for most new mothers. I had been an aunt since the age of 13 but being from a family with many siblings, I never had sole responsibility for the care of my nephew or niece when she was born a few years later.
I quickly learned that being a mom required a constant amount of care and attention, especially when they were newborns. As a breastfeeding mom, I was responsible for my baby in some capacity, 24 hours per day and 7 days a week, as the feedings would happen around the clock. After the first few nights of my newborn waking up to a nurse throughout the night, I began to experience anxiety leading to bedtime. I became stressed out anticipating another night full of sleep interruptions. I literally recall a feeling of dread developing as I would power through a day caring for my baby, and anticipate the sleepless night that awaited me. I felt like the “lone ranger” because my husband wasn’t breastfeeding and so I was left to feed, change and care for the baby throughout the night. Luckily my son would typically nurse and fall right back to sleep, but the interruptions were still exhausting for me.
During the day I found myself feeling almost zombie like. I loved caring for my son but on many days during maternity leave I did little else but sit around feeding, changing, and holding my son. I felt a lack of energy and motivation for much else. I was also extremely worried about his well-being all of the time. It was very difficult for me to let my guard down, even for my husband, to care for him so that I could get even the shortest of breaks. Although, I was so filled with love and natural maternal adoration for my son, it was an extremely sad and lonely time for me. It was a complete shock to my system, and felt like I lost all of my freedom. I felt very overwhelmed by all that motherhood had required of me during this time.
It wasn’t until my son was a little older and people started talking about post-partum depression, that I considered the possibility that I have suffered from this condition following the birth of my son. This realization compared with having a very different type of experience after having my second baby girl, made me think that this was likely the case. I was more active with my second child and got things done even while home with her during maternity leave which was a stark contrast to the first maternity leave where I could literally barely move off of the couch. These overwhelming feelings of sadness, loneliness, and anxiety lasted for several months after the birth of my son. After having my daughter, I enjoyed her more and didn’t feel much anxiety or those feelings of being overwhelmed.
Post-partum depression does not have a sole cause. It can be related to the hormonal changes following childbirth including the quick drop of estrogen and progesterone in the woman’s body following childbirth. These hormonal changes can cause “mood swings” and lead to post-partum depression in some cases. Also the severe sleep deprivation that woman experience can be linked to several mental health conditions and symptoms, one of which is post-partum depression. Some common symptoms of post-partum depression include: feeling sad, hopeless, empty, or overwhelmed. Crying more often than usual or for no apparent reason. Worrying or feeling overly anxious. Feeling moody, irritable, or restless. Oversleeping, or being unable to sleep even when her baby is asleep.
If you feel that you may be experiencing post-partum depression it is important to get help. Contact your primary care provider to talk about it and be prescribed for psychotropic medication to help manage symptoms. Also, it is recommended that you seek out a counselor or therapist for additional support. Being a mother is difficult and I believe that most mothers would agree it is the toughest of jobs. Remember that you have to take care of yourself so that you can be the best mother that you can be. If you are having a tough time, realize that there are people trained to help and support you through the challenges of being a new mom. Don’t blame yourself or think that you are not good enough. As a mom that is one of the most dangerous things that you can do because the reality is in the case of post-partum depression, the symptoms or the way that you feel is out of your control. However, you do have control over what you do afterward and the resources you seek for support. Remember, you are absolutely able to care for your baby and if you are struggling, you are not alone.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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Charlie Sheen states he quit drugs by his own power of thought.
Update: Apparently according to online sources Charlie Seen did stay sober on his own for eleven years until he was diagnosed in 2016-January with H.I.V. Some articles state his sobriety was a farce.  The news of his HIV threw him into a deep state of anxiety and relapse apparently.  Recent information states he detoxed at his father's Malibu home in 2017-April.  Hopefully since then he is finding spiritual help.  Recent info says he is sober now and doing charity work as an HIV solutions advocate.
“Gratitude is the only coin by which man can buy God. The most appropriate depiction of addiction is soul sickness.” Denial is a prostitution of the soul.” “You cannot trample on your conscious without pain.” He tells a joke. WOW THIS MAN CAN PREACH AA!
Father Martin speaks about “Gratitude” in this video in such an effective way. Allow someone to view this with you so that they can get the information that they need especially if they are in need of support.
Sharing such treasures like this is important. In this video Father Martin speaks about the importance of “Forgiveness” in the “Recovery” process. Hope that you get something out of watching this like thousands of other people in recovery has.
ABC-READ ENTIRE STORY KHLOE KARDASHIAN SUPPORTS HUSBAND’S RECOVERY.
Khloe Kardashian continues to give her public support for her husband Lamar Odom since his overdose at a Nevada cat house.
Khloe Kardashian says former NBA star Lamar Odom is doing well in his recovery from an apparent drug overdose last year in a Nevada brothel.
Basically this guy Jack Thomas had a website called non-normies. Don’t go there though it no longer exists. This guy -with a belly full of al-anon and a heart full of deep and painful resentment feels that non-normies… are out to destroy our country. But his definition of “non-normies” includes ALL non-normies not just addicts in recovery. Non-normies to Jack are any non-conformist types who don’t walk his straight and narrow criteria. If you don’t have the conservative right wing, Rush Limbaugh type viewpoints you are out to take over and destroy the world. And now he is super shocked and dismayed that even Oprah yes Oprah the sacred mother of Africa is actually a non-normie at heart. Yikes! So below we have the “about Jack Thomas the author” and then the article itself. You be the judge.
Jack Thomas, a seemingly ordinary guy with one emotionally destructive compulsion, was thrust into the ranks of Al-Anon and Alcoholics Anonymous. There he recovered. In the process he gathered cryptic data about what may be the largest laboratory of non-normal people in existence.
Jack was addicted to relationships with self-destructive alcoholic women, stemming from his alcoholic mother. Having had numerous relationships with this type, he married a woman with a progressively worsening drinking problem.
The more he tried to cure her, including years of expensive therapy and a costly move, the worse the drinking became. Jack’s Pastor referred him to Al-Anon—an A.A. program for the co-alcoholic (codependent) relatives and friends of alcoholics.
There Jack learned that he didn’t cause her drinking and couldn’t cure it. He could only set sane boundaries. Jack told her to either go into detox or leave. At first she agreed to the treatment and his insurance approved it but, just before entering, she backed out and left.
Devastated, Jack plunged further into Al-Anon recovery, faithfully working all of the Twelve Steps and acquiring an excellent sponsor. Within two years he was sponsoring many new members, himself, while hosting the Introduction for Newcomers. During this time Jack took over the Alateen program, for children of alcoholics ages ten to teen in Torrance, CA, and ran it for three years. Then his Pastor asked him to design and lead a codependency recovery group, which he headed for several years, and soon he became a lay counselor for the church.
Fascinated with helping people recover, Jack jumped into learning even more about emotional disorders. He read the DSM III (The Psychiatrist’s “bible”) cover to cover, took courses, finished his Associates Degree and veraciously studied everything on the subject that he found.
He began to notice more and more commonalties amongst the emotionally non-normal (“non-normies”), cataloging them in a six-hundred page workbook. Also, all of them had large internal deposits of repressed anger that they didn’t want to give up—even though it appeared to be the root of their problem. Stockpiled rage had led to their developing emotionally driven personalities.
This motivated Jack to ask: If stored un-grieved (unprocessed) anger was the basis for people becoming emotionally non-normal, why would they cling to it if it was destroying them psychologically? The answer came after years of probing the hidden agendas and psyches of thousands of emotionally non-normal people that he encountered.
IS OPRAH A “NON-NORMIE”? Jacks article starts here.
Our “non-normie” of the day, today, is Orah Winfrey.
Say it ain’t so, Jack. Not Oprah.
Unfortunately, self-help expert Jack Thomas is holding to his guns and conducting Talk Show interviews giving reasons why Oprah is (Jack’s term) a non-normie.
The following is a column written by Jack Thomas justifying his classification of Oprah.
A week ago Monday, Bill O’Reilly did an expose of our non-normie of the day, today, Oprah Winfrey, when he pointed out that during the past two years she has had only four personalities who were even close to being mainstream conservative on her show. Those included Mel Gibson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, George W. Bush and Rudy Giuliani.
Conversely, the rest of her guests were virtually all polar-left non-normies. Those were Frank Rich, Michael Moore, Jane Fonda, Susan Sarandon, Al Gore, Barbra Streisand, Sean Penn, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Jon Stewart, George Clooney, Jim McGreevey and the like.
Bill went on to identify some best selling conservative authors who haven’t been on Oprah, like John Stossle, Pat Buchanan and Laura Ingram. Michelle Malkin called her a limousine liberal.
The reason why Bill was doing this segment was obvious. He has written four best selling books, including his current one titled “Culture Warrior,” not to mention 2005’s number one children’s book in America. Yet he has never been invited on Oprah’s show. Mr. O’Reilly was definitely putting pressure on Ms. Winfrey and it worked. Within twenty-four hours, he received a booking on Oprah to be taped today for a Friday broadcast.
Now what does that tell you about Oprah? I know what it tells me. It says, Jack you were right when you declared that polar-left non-normies are all cowards and that they have a hidden agenda which they fear being exposed. Oprah is obviously a polar-left non-normie who protects her caring and compassionate image as if it was the Holy Grail itself—because it is her holy grail.
This is not sour grapes. I don’t begrudge her success, nor do I envy her money. I do envy her power to influence, which is what I hope to do with my web site and radio interviews. But, contrary to her desires, I don’t wish to control people or their thought processes. I merely wish to provide information that they currently either don’t have or have neglected to understand. Once I accomplish that, I don’t even care if it’s attributed to me. My goal is to help normies comprehend the non-normie mindset and how insidious their subtle quest for power is changing our country for the worst. In fact, unless normies eventually do grasp the evil power of this emotional disease, they’ll be defeated by it and, later, they won’t even grasp why it happened.
Original story at this link.
A man who claimed that Facebook discriminated against him because of his name, attracting global media attention, has announced that it was a hoax.
Wow! See how easily this average Joe fella fooled the largest media organizations.
“What started as a joke between friends, became a prank that made a fool out of the media and brought out the best in the people who reached out to me. It didn’t bring out the anger and darkness that we often see on the internet, but it brought a levity and humanity in a time we need it most.
In January, a man posted to Facebook a screenshot of an Australian passport that appeared to show his full legal name was Phuc Dat Bich, claiming that he had been accused of “using a false and misleading name” and had his account shut down multiple times.
The post went viral in mid-November. Media including the Sydney Morning Herald, news.com.au, SBS, BBC.com, the Herald Sun and 9news.com.au, and news organizations in India, Argentina and other countries – reported the story, though Phuc Dat Bich gave no interviews.
In a mea culpa posted to Facebook, still titled Phuc Dat Bich, on Wednesday afternoon, the 23-year-old Melbourne man admitted that the name change and doctored image was part of a prank intended to fool the news media and highlight shortcomings of Facebook’s “real name” policy.
In a post signed “Joe Carr” (understood to refer to “joker”), he wrote: “Facebook needs to understand that it is utterly impossible to legitimize a place where there will always be pranksters and tricksters.
“Was he losing his mind?” Susan-“Yes”.
Beloved comedian Robin Williams’ widow, Susan Williams, says she doesn’t blame him “one bit” for committing suicide — and that his final act was simply a way to wrest back control from a “sea monster” of a disease.
In her first interview since her husband’s Aug. 11, 2014 death, a tearful Susan opened about her husband’s demons on a “Good Morning America” interview airing Tuesday.
Susan compared the “Mrs. Doubtfire” actor’s “endless parade of symptoms” in the months leading up to his death to a game of Whac-A-Mole, admitting she thought he was a hypochondriac at first. He would’ve had “maybe three years” left if he was lucky, she said.
Note: This is the first time I’ve written about something outside my own personal experience, but it’s been on my mind enough that I felt moved to.
When Amy Winehouse’s body was found with a blood alcohol content of .4% (five times the DUI level), lying among scattered vodka bottles like so many smoking guns, most of the media and public understood that her death was caused by alcoholism.


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One of LightStart's networking events.
Leeds digital agency LightStart is raising a glass to the success of its regular networking events.
The company, which was founded in 2016 by Simon Edwards and Dan Akers, runs more than 50 events per year, each with a different focus.
The most popular has the eye-catching name netWINEing and offers after-work networking opportunities accompanied by complimentary wine and snacks.
The most recent netWINEing event took place at the CPP Group International Support Centre office space in Leeds and attracted around 120 online sign-ups, an increase of more than 110 per cent from its first staging a year ago.
LightStart co-founder Simon said: “We are thrilled with the triumph of netWINEing, which has seen a phenomenal growth over the last year.
Based in Leeds city centre’s Platform building, LightStart provides services including analysis, business strategy, focus groups, branding and development.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


text: So says Maria, a young Brazilian girl convinced from an early age that she will never find true love. A chance meeting in Rio takes her to Geneva, but the glittering life she hoped far is a fantasy. The reality - selling herself to survive - is a dehumanizing grind that pushes her further away from real love, towards a fascination with pure physical pleasure.


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One of Netflix’s newest original releases is Dan Gilroy’s horror/thriller Velvet Buzzsaw which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this past week. The movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Zawe Ashton, Toni Colette, and Rene Russo as high profile members of the Los Angeles and global art world who become enmeshed in a power struggle revolving around strangely captivating paintings.
When Josephina (Zawe Ashton) finds the body of Ventril Dease, a tenant in her building and the mastermind behind numerous evocative works of art, she takes it upon herself to become his agent. The conundrum – not to mention breach of ethics – comes after learning the old man left strict instructions for all his work to be destroyed following his death. Nevertheless, Josephina, once a lowly assistant under renowned collector Rhodora Haze (Rene Russo), is now on her way to attaining fortune and fame with her stake in Dease’s paintings, besting her contemporaries.
Jake Gyllenhaal plays Josephina’s lover, the sharp and fiercely articulate (delightfully pretentious) critic, Morf Vandewalt. His word is the only one that matters in this town, and he’s as eager to devour Dease’s handiwork as the next person. Yet, it’s he – along with others – who may be devoured.
After much bickering, debating, selling, and profiting, the film starts to pick up pace around forty minutes in when the true nature of the paintings is revealed. They entrance each viewer, pushing them to spiral into madness one way or another. Flames curl around the canvas out of thin air, blood trickles from the gaping mouths of painted figures, and faces move and track you, proving something far more sinister is at play than simply the dark images depicted. Soon, the clean and sterile white walls of the art gallery are intruded upon, spattered with blood, as the forces that imbue Dease’s paintings attack victims from within their canvas confines but are also somehow powerful enough to leave the frame and terrorize the subject of its ire.
Thrilling as the concept is, it’s difficult to care about characters who are fueled by greed, fame, and competition. Yet the dark energy of Dease shares those same sentiments and is keen on getting rid of their purveyors. Each player profiting off his work is plucked off one by one. The plot is predictable in the sense of guessing who will die, but interesting, to put it lightly, in discovering how. To call it gripping would be an overstatement, but it’s not a total bust to watch Morf squabble with his peers and inferiors while making a quip about how he knows best or squinting at pieces in either awe or disdain.
The horror isn’t hair-raising, more campy and comical than chilling. Certainly, Gilroy has a unique way of approaching the genre, yet the film would be better served had he strictly focused on one element – funny or frightening. Unless you’re a die-hard Gyllenhaal fan you’re not missing out.
If only Velvet Buzzsaw was as captivating as the paintings at its core.
How does Velvet Buzzsaw hold up against other recent horror films? What’d you think of the film? Share in the comments below.
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How to Own Your Brand’s Image with a 1 Stop Financial Resource Center - Truebridge, Inc.
So you want to be a thought leader and own your brand’s image? You need to have something important to say and you need to be active in saying it. A financial resource center is paramount to accomplishing this.
Here’s a great example why that’s so: I haven’t met a financial institution yet who didn’t give back to their community in some way. In addition to educating their customers, each and every one offers a scholarship or two, or donates to a charity, or sponsors local events. However, most aren’t very effective at communicating what they’ve done.
The tendency seems to be “one and done” tweets or blog posts about an accomplishment – sometimes they even hide this stuff away in a PDF! Content delivery through a financial resource center is the key to building a brand that can compete digitally. A financial resource center will help employ the tools that can organize your brand’s image effectively.
It’s home to articles and info that help customers save money and avoid mistakes. It goes right on your website and helps build your brand as an “answer provider”.
The benefits extend beyond giving your customers easy access to information that can make a difference. A resource center keeps you from getting overwhelmed by your own content, building your image in an organized way.
When you use a resource center you can plan out your content strategy much more effectively. College application time? Promote content from your resource center around that topic. Tax time? Promote it!
A financial resource center helps with one of the biggest challenges that marketers are facing today; They aren’t being heard. Resource centers allow for more consistent communication about the issues that are relevant to customers, without blasting them ad after ad for products they aren’t looking for right now.
Getting started on your own is easy.
1) Pop open Excel and create a list of all your content.
“Content” means (more or less) anything that isn’t a direct ad, e.g. a blog post with money saving tips, an infographic about retirement.
2) Organize content by three variables.
Form – Is the content a blog? An image? A video?
Function – What is the goal of the content? Is it driving leads? Is it promoting an event?
Plan out a Content Calendar that covers all your topics.
Post regularly and address the needs of different audience members.
Those are just the first steps. You’ll also need to get a resource page on your website, categorized so that customers can easily and intuitively navigate your content. This will put you on the path to clearer communication with your customers; You’ll be able to help more of them with more of their needs.
Learn how to make content a core part of your marketing strategy, sign up for our next workshop!

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selecting the type of library, and configuring it. There are several different types of libraries.
what two main features of document libraries are not available?
libraries are the document library, form library, wiki page library, and picture library.
regarding wiki libraries when it comes to moving or uploading files?
the person with it checked out checks it back in.
major and minor versions enabled, only major versions of a document can be approved.
restore a previous version of the item.
versions stored, but one was a new document that Brian uploaded to the server recently.
What three methods are available to check these documents back in?
Master It You have a general document library for the public relations department.
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ANR Weddings & Events is the trusted name in deeply customized events planning and event management. All our solutions are geared to meet client expectation so that what we finally deliver is precisely in line with client vision.
ANR specializes in upscale wedding event planning, Destination wedding and executing flawless corporate events for companies. We take care of all aspects of the event right from conceptualization to execution and post event support. Be it accommodation, food and beverages, or specific in-event programs, we make sure that the guests and participants are kept highly engaged for the entire duration of the event.
ANR Planners has a long term vision of being the preferred wedding planning and event management company by creating universal goodwill and providing the personal touch to each and every client.
Expand geographically and cover new destinations for providing event management solutions.
Provide our full focus on one customer so that we can dedicate our energy and take total interest in their project.
Foster an ambience of learning, innovation, and customer empathy as our core values.
Hi, I am Ankit. I am your go-to point of contact for exceptional event planning and management. I have prior experience in finance and planning. My key agenda is to Pay personal attention on Clients requirements, Create an enterprise goodwill with my vendors, Make it convenient and effective for all parties I deal with.
Hi, I am Neha. I will ensure that my social nature and networking experience let my team drive immense value in hospitality, organizing, and executing your event. I have prior experience in HR and am a Master of management. My key agenda is to customize our solutions based on your vision, ideas, and expectation.
Hi, I am Ankit. I am your go-to point of contact for exceptional event planning and management. I have prior experience in finance and sales. My key agenda is to create an enterprise goodwill that will help customers with favorable brand recall value for ANR Planners.
Hi, I am Neha. I will ensure that the operational efficiency of my team drives immense value for your event. I have prior experience in HR and talent management. My key agenda is to customize our solutions based on your vision, ideas, and expectation.
"Plans are nothing. Planning is everything."
"All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today"

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If A Star is Born is something less than a total success, which it is, it’s probably because life is something less than a total success.
We loved Guardians of the Galaxy. You loved Guardians of the Galaxy. Now we have a brand new trailer for the sequel, which is almost here.
The brand new trailer for James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 has hit the internetweb and it's absolutely bonkers!
It's one of our most anticipated films of next year, but does this new trailer for James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 deliver?


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IMPORTANCE OF BREASTFEEDING NEW BORN: Breastfeeding of a new born child is very much important both for the mother and the baby. It has been recommended by the medical practitioners that a baby should be breastfed exclusively for six months, no water and no food. Exclusive breastfeeding can save your baby’s life. It is very nutritional and it’s the perfect food for a baby.
Another importance of breastfeeding new born is that they learn very fast because at that soft stage, they are well alert and quiet. Making use of their sense organs to observe and memorize their mum’s voice, face and most importantly breast. Once that connection has been created at the first hour, the baby can easy locate and know his mum’s breast. That first skin to skin connection immediately after child birth helps keep the baby warm, helps in regulating the baby’s oxygen saturation rate, heart beat and respiratory and it makes the baby more relaxed.
Build skin to skin contact between mum and baby.
Keep the baby warm and regulate his heart.
Make the baby use to it and to nurse the baby well for a long time.
Enable the mum release oxytocin which helps in uterine contraption.
All mum should try to breastfeed their baby immediately after birth and also feed the baby breast milk exclusively for six months.


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I’ve had some old friends express shock at who I am now. Ah well. They were the kind of people who needed shaking up a bit.
I completely agree. I’m far too old to worry about what everyone else thinks of my choices in life.
I like your hair SO much better than your Barbie counterpart!
Oh gol, I’ve been out of the woo-woo closet for so long that people would be shocked if I went back in.
I’m pretty much out. I don’t make an announcement or anything, but it’s obvious to people I encounter that I am aware of astrology and spirit far beyond what “church” has to offer.
I know you’ll be shocked (not!) that much of this “coming out” time was during Saturn in Virgo for me as well. I don’t hide any more…I don’t even hide my mojo bag when I go to the casino! lmao!
You know Kristine, I cussed Saturn in Virgo the whole transit. But I owe him big, because without that transit, I would not be here, doing what I’m doing today. And I like it!
Wow – this is so right on the mark for me right now! After a lifetime of keeping my “woo-woo” talents and interests buried and hidden from family and some friends, I’ve finally said enough is enough. This is me, and I am no longer going to be someone else just to fit into other people’s definitions of acceptable. Had enough of that.
You’re so right, Dixie – it really IS incredibly tiring to hide who & what you really are. It’s so much nicer to just BE.
Saturn through Virgo hit my first and second houses and fired up my 7th and 10th as well, so professional identity, the front I offer to the world and how I interact got fired up for me. But the feeling of needing to hide versus not wanting to hide is a very familiar one.
Glad you found your way into the light, Regina!
To a degree, but I don’t run around telling everyone about my interest in astrology. For some, just the fact that I pursued theatre is very woo-woo, nevermind astrology or tarot.
You theatre freak, you, Mabel! Haha!
How are you and what have you do with the old moozie? HAHAHAHAHA This is the real moozie, you knew some form of everyone else’s idea!
Har! Well, I like moozie, whichever one I’m acquainted with.
I’m slowly inching out of the closet. I’ve only recently started seriously talking with my husband about Tarot cards. He’s trying really hard to understand, but it’s difficult for him. I don’t try to hide it from most of the rest of the world, but neither do I bring it up. Most people I’ve mentioned it to seem distinctly uncomfortable with the topic so I usually leave it alone. I don’t talk about it at ALL with my mom, who’s old-school Christian. She doesn’t tell me I’m going to hell or anything but I’m pretty sure she thinks it.
It’s uncomfortable. More and more I’m wanting to publicly own this part of me and offer my skills to people who would benefit from them, but I’m scared to mention Tarot cards or astrology beyond the most passing comment, let alone offer to do a reading for someone. Even my closest friends seem weirded out by it (except one, but she’s far away these days).
I don’t think my husband subscribes to the power of the cards either, although he’s quite respectful of me and my work. And I totally hear you, korellyn. I don’t mind shocking random people, but there are certain folks I don’t go out of my way to bring it up, like my parents or birth family. They already think God has sentenced me to croak at Armageddon. Why lay it on any thicker? It serves no purpose. I just quit trying to hide it is all.
When I did start talking about it more, I was surprised at the number of people who ARE interested but would never say so themselves.
I agree! The first local ad I placed for Reiki classes and sessions, I figured I’d get no responses, or worse yet, negative ones. (I’m out in the sticks.) Much to my surprise, Reiki people came out of the woodwork! I got students and clients, and some of them are still very good friends to this day.
Unfortunately, no. I’m very closeted when it comes to my interest in Astrology. Mom knows, and my sister, to a certain extent. That’s about it. Coming out of the closet could have implications on my career and I don’t want to risk it. But I salute you for just being you, Dixie!
I understand. There are lots of good reasons to keep these things to yourself. My reasons just stopped feeling like good ones at some point. But I always respect people making the choices that work best for them.
Yes. & this is what I had to say a few months ago on the subject.
Welcome, abbee. I agree, there is a WHOLE lot more there than outsiders see.
OOOOOOOH YOU ARE TALKING WOO WOO!
Yes, Dixie, my woo woo is officially out of the closet. Definitely officially. I didn’t try to hide it after I was about 30. I gave up on that. I lost some friends and made some new but none have the same line of interest in the woo woo that I do. Until recently.
I have had 4 requests recently from my friends to do readings and typically they are like oooooh..noo, we couldn’t go there. But, I did a reading for one friend and pinged it dead on and she was like..uh..hey guys.. And now they are all falling in line.
Where I live..lol. I must be in the next notch up from the buckle. Because the belt is pulled pretty tight. 20 some baptist churches in a town with less than 7,000 people. I get a few weird glances sometimes when people find out what I’m into. But I also get a few..ooh, really..I’m gonna call you after sunday school looks too.
You know I hate that–not really.
My Woo-Woo is now so far out of the closet, it’s getting suntanned! You bet your booty I’m talking the Woo Woo here!
Hahahaha!!! Funny, what that being accurate thing does. Carry on!


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Fog and Crimes, also known by Italian audiences as Nebbie e delitti, stars Luca Barbaresch (The International, 2009 and Cannibal Holocaust, 1980) as Inspector Soneri with Natasha Stefanenko, Gianluca Gobbi, Giuseppe Antignati and Mariano Rigillo.
Adapted from Valerio Varesi’s novels, Fog and Crimes centres around the brooding Inspector Franco Soneri whose investigations lead him to uncover deep-seeded crimes in the ever mysterious Northern Italian town of Ferrara. The cases merge the country’s past with contemporary political agendas which only serve to unsettle the community. Soneri’s tempestuous relationship with lawyer Angela Cornelio (Natasha Stefanenko) adds personal drama to the visceral law and order.
The modern Italian television crime thrillers have emerged more prominently with such shows as Gomorrah (2014- ), based on Roberto Saviano’s book Gomorra which inspired the Neapolitan film in 2008. Romanzo Criminale – La serie (2008-2010) also has similar origins by following the same pattern; having been adapted by Giancarlo De Cataldo’s novel and the 2005 movie prior to the serial.
Fog and Crimes began in 2005 with its first season of four feature-length episodes and was soon followed with a second season of six television movies in 2007. Nerdly.co.uk awards the 2009 third season with a five-star rating: “Ending like this makes Fog and Crimes one of the best detective shows to come out of Europe, a hidden gem just waiting for people to discover.” Find out or yourself as the third and final season of the ground-breaking series is available to continue the saga for your home entertainment.
Order your copy of Fog and Crimes: The Complete Third Season on DVD from Amazon here.
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Anyone in the IT field most certainly has heard of “Citrix,” but unless you have firsthand experience with a Citrix system, it’s not technology that the mass majority of IT resources may necessarily be familiar with.
Citrix was founded in 1989 by a group of ex-IBM employees that wanted to capitalize on the multiuser environment present in UNIX mainframe technologies. The team initially used current OS/2 technology as the basis for their software; however, it quickly became apparent that OS/2 had a limited shelf life. With this in mind, Citrix transitioned their code to a Novel/DOS technology base, which became a huge success.
With the popularity of this multiuser Novel software, Citrix went public and the software later matured into WinView and finally to WinFrame after Microsoft first licensed the technology for the NT operating system.
Today, Citrix’s core technological offering is called XenApp, which has transformed over the years into a very mature and elegant software suite that is a hallmark of SaaS (software as a service) solutions. In a nutshell, XenApp allows for a hosted desktop experience in a remote datacenter (or large scale customer environment) that is simple from a user standpoint, and provides excellent economy of scale from an infrastructure standpoint.
Be it a public or private cloud, remote datacenter colocation, or a small Wintel server environment for developers, XenApp refines the Microsoft Terminal Services experience. The solution allows server farms to scale easily and economically with less administrative overhead than comparable native terminal server environments.
Citrix also has a virtualization hypervisor, as well as a line of load balancer appliances.
The heart of any XenApp deployment includes a license server, web interface server, database instance, and the actual XenApp multiuser servers. Properly built Windows Server 2008R2 servers with 8GB of RAM can accommodate about 45 users per server. Utilizing a hypervisor to virtualize the XenApp servers can equate to about 500 users per 96GB hardware chassis.
It is important to note that with any terminal server implementation (XenApp or otherwise) it’s better to ‘scale out’ with more servers than to ‘scale up’ to form fewer monolithic multiuser hosts. There is a point of diminishing returns as additional memory and processors are added and the concurrent user count is no longer linear at certain levels. Additionally, this basic terminal server dogma allows N+1 configuration with relative ease.
One of the important technical points of Citrix is that it works in conjunction with Microsoft Terminal Services. In fact, before an engineer can start the base install of XenApp, the RDC (Remote Desktop Connection) role needs to be present on the servers. Citrix uses a proprietary ICA (Independent Computing Architecture) protocol for connections between the client and the hosted server. ICA protocol offers powerful features such as SpeedScreen, HDX, and various others in sundry presentation-level technologies, as well as off-line sessions, roaming technologies, and streaming application options. Distilled down, this allows a LAN experience over WAN connections by sending only the images of the windows, printers, and applications to the client. This is in stark contrast with native terminal services technology where the user is presented with an entire desktop of the hosted server using little to no optimizations.
All client ICA connections are handled via a web interface server. Options are scalable and modular and can include an https-only option called Secure Gateway to further simplify firewall and proxy rule sets. Additionally the Windows web server role can be completely replaced by one of the aforementioned hardened Citrix web appliances. Legacy administrators will be pleased to know that Program Neighborhood is end of life and no longer able to be used with XenApp farms.
Less bandwidth is needed than a similar RDC connection.
User experience for the same amount of bandwidth is greatly improved.
Less memory per user session on the XenApp server. This equates to more bodies-in-seats for a given hardware platform.
Intelligent farm load balancing. Metrics range from basic user count all the way to XenApp aware OS performance counters.
Intelligent fault tolerance within the farm. Servers can be gracefully removed from service without the idiosyncrasies that are present in native RDC farms.
Citrix XenApp is one of DP Solutions’ core competencies, and is used extensively throughout our hosted and managed services portfolio. It often negates the requirement of complex VPN’s, extended Active Directory domains, and other complicated Windows infrastructure configurations to make a hosted platform in the cloud well within reach of any size customer.
To learn more about Citrix solutions for your business, contact DP Solutions at sales@dpsolutions.com or 800-679-4377.


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The number of fans calling for Darren Till (17-1-1) to move up to 185lbs have been steadily increasing for some time now and it would appear that their wish has finally been granted.
Saturday 8th September – American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas.
A video has begun to circulate online which appears to show UFC welterweight title contender, Darren Till involved in an altercation outside of a bar.
Two years after Tyron Woodley shocked the world and obliterated the former UFC welterweight champion, Robbie Lawler, he has his fourth opportunity to defend his belt against the English brawler Darren Till. In this article, we will take a look at both fighters as we wait patiently for UFC 228.
Another week in the crazy world of MMA, we have had UFC Calgary with a crazy card, Conor Mcgregor has had his court hearing, Bellator adding multiple fighters to their roster and Dana Whites Tuesday Night Contender Series once again lives up to expectations. In this article, we will take a quick look at the main things that happened in mixed martial arts last week.
Liverpool’s own number two ranked welterweight Darren “The Gorilla” Till (17-0-1) is confirmed via Dana White, according to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, to fight current UFC welterweight champion Tyron “The Chosen One” Woodley (18-3-1) for the title at UFC 228 in Dallas, Texas.
Considering the way confusion reigns in a number of UFC divisions these days, the welterweight title picture seemed to be a relatively straight forward one.
Reigning champion Tyron Woodley (18-3-1) has held the belt since defeating Robbie Lawler in dramatic fashion back at UFC 201 in November 2016. Since then he’s defended the belt three times, fighting to a majority draw with Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson at UFC 205 before defeating Wonderboy in a somewhat less entertaining contest at UFC 209. Four months later at UFC 214, Woodley defended his title for a third time, earning a unanimous decision win over Demian Maia.
Fans and professionals alike have had a lot to say about Darren Till weighing in 3.5lbs over the welterweight limit last weekend.
By Tills own admission, he is a large welterweight. We know he has a tough cut in the best of circumstances. While he has admirably taken full accountability and refused point blank to offer excuses for his miss, the UFC made it clear that a personal emergency interrupted his weight cut process the night before weigh ins.
Earlier today Paddy Power, one of Till’s sponsors, released some behind the scenes footage shot by members of the Liverpudlian’s camp during his ill fated attempt to reach 171lbs.
Whatever your opinion of Till, it does not make for comfortable viewing but I highly encourage you to take a look at it before forming an opinion.

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Founded in 1972 by Jack and Phyllis Crocket, APS started as a Pool Service company with Jacks Neighbor. Jack later bought out the neighbor. There was one distributor in town that operated out of a two car garage; they didn’t have much in stock.
He decided to start a wholesale business and bought a commercial building downtown on LV Blvd. We stocked liquid chlorine, dry, parts and some equipment.
We moved twice after that and eventually built the Main Branch which we are in today.
American Pool Supply has two other locations at 5800 La Costa Canyon CT. Ste E as well as store in St. George Utah at 1032 Dixie Downs Road. APS opened the St. George Location in 1998 and opened the South Las Vegas location in 2007.
We Deliver to our Commercial Customers at request and provide Free Delivery for orders over $250.
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Wednesday 24th September (TODAY) is the last day for entries into our Hand Stitched Christmas Decoration and swap - and BOY - did a lot of you leave it to the last minute!
Just look at this little lot!!
I will be opening, photograping and sharing the contents of all of these at the weekend* - huzzah!
40 felt cupcake embellishments sent to the same customer as yesterdays haul......definitely not as good as the chocolate cake Mum makes for our birthdays but it's nice that my sewing themed itself so I could show my finished cupcakes on Mum's birthday - hope you had some proper cake today Mum!
Fingers crossed for this. would be perfect to make with my little man before his brother/sister arrives this Christmas!
our range of 24 colours of Glitter Material have all been restocked & added to the website .... along with (drum roll please) our NEW glitter material ribbon!
...and it's available in 9 colours - each roll holds 2.5m and costs just £2.50!
I have lots of new felt to show you!
....and hearts AND I splurged on a new range of super-duper, Top Quality NEW printed felt....just take a lookee at this!
...and I love it all!
After all that excitement I think it's time for a new kit give away!
are you ready for a Swap update?
AND there were a couple of extra surprises for ME - ace!
over the weekend I put loads of new items for sale on the website & John and I have been manically busy ever since....it's safe to say they have gone down a treat!


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Charles Pappe was the son of Arthur Pappe and Violet Major. He was the grandson of Richard Pappe Sr. and Louise Kornrumpf. He was in the US Army in WW II and served in the European theatre. Charles married Frances Anderson and they raised two children.
Charles grew up in Kingfisher, OK and later lived in Woodward and then Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is well known for his role as co-founder of the Sonic Restaurant chain.


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The plastic & injection molding manufacturing industry in India has made a promising start in 1957 and it has since then made significant contributions to the development and growth of different key sectors in the country. This sector is directly related to India’s chemical industry due to the high use of different substances and compounds in the production of plastic.
The growth rate of the Indian plastic industry is one among the highest in the world wherein consumption is increasing at a 16% per annum growth. The market is currently comprised of around 25,000 companies and employs about 3 million people.
Why loan for Plastic & Injection Molding Industry?
India has an impressive population of 1.15 billion wherein 467 million are in the workforce. But despite this huge manpower, plastic manufacturing companies are reporting problems in terms of finance shortages. This has led to the need to invest in technology such as conveyor belt systems and automated equipment. Another factor that the plastic industry faces is the nationwide power deficit, making firms to resort to power saving and ancillary machines.
Is Plastic & Injection Molding Industry finance for you?
Unfortunately, majority of the key players in the industry belong to the small and medium enterprises (SME) and it is very challenging for them to find the means to finance such technology for their business. It also not possible to apply for a loan due to lack of collateral. In this case, the best solution is to seek loan from Intec Capital.
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Imagine being unable to hold yourself steady without your entire body in tremors. You can’t change the channel without fumbling, can’t eat without spilling, and can’t walk without assistance. That’s what Parkinson’s Disease can do to you. It can make you feel so helpless, so defenceless, so vulnerable, so dependent! But all these do not have to be true only if we make a little effort to understand the disease. Let’s start with a basic definition!
Parkinson’s disease is a slowly-progressing degenerative disease of the brain caused by deposition of lewy bodies(protein alpha-synuclein) in a certain region of the brain, called the substantia nigra of basal ganglia, leading to loss of dopaminergic neurons which produces a substance called dopamine. Dopamine helps in the controlling body movements; deficiency of this leads to irregular and uncoordinated signals leading to motor symptoms. This condition is called as Parkinsonism or Parkinson’s Disease, as it is commonly known.
The exact cause of Parkinson’s Disease is unknown but it’s a multi factorial illness with some environmental and genetic determinants.
Role of many genetic factors are increasingly recognised; particularly, if onset is below 50 years of age.
The risk of Parkinson’s Disease is lower with high dietary intake of antioxidant rich food, caffeine and cigarette smoking.
Age of onset of Parkinson’s Disease is above 50 years. onset and progression are gradual. disease before 30 years is rare and often suggests hereditary form of Parkinson’s Disease. Symptoms can be divided into two categories: Motor and Non-Motor.
Tremors( shaking): Tremor in resting position is the most common symptom of Parkinson’s Disease. It typically starts in one hand (unilateral) and then spreads to the opposite side as the disease progresses. It’s a slow and pill rolling type tremor.
Bradykinesia (slowness of movement): It is seen in all patients with Parkinson’s Disease. It includes difficulty in initiation and execution of movements, taking longer time for the completion of skilled acts, soft speech (hypophonia), change in writing (micrographia)sudden arrest in movement (freezing episodes) and gait imbalance.
Rigidity: Another common symptom which is visible among patients with Parkinson’s disease is rigid movement. Fidgety behaviour with other rigid movement of hands or even legs is a sign of Parkinson’s.
Can Parkinson’s Disease be treated?
The most important step in treating Parkinson’s Disease is diagnosis. Diagnosis mostly depends on clinical findings and rarely needs any imaging like CT scan, MRI or DAT SCAN. But on occasions, to rule out secondary Parkinsonism, PET-CT may be required. Medical and surgical treatment options are available, but there is no standard treatment or cure for the disease. The treatment varies depending on the symptomatic profile of the patients.
Medicine: Symptoms can be controlled with medications which improves dopamine availability in the basal ganglia. Various medications like levodopa (dopamine analogue), MAO inhibitors, dopamine agonists, Amantadine and Anticholinergic agents are available. usually the initial treatment is Levodopa. However, the treatment is going to be for the person’s lifetime.
Surgeries: A surgical option is available in the form of DBS (deep brain stimulation).
Physiotherapy: Physiotherapy is a potential form of treatment.
Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery is one of the most commonly performed surgeries. But not every patient will be a good candidate for the surgery. Patients who show betterment in motor response after taking levodopa and patients suffering for more than 5 years with motor fluctuations & troublesome dyskinesias due to long term medications can be considered for surgery.
Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery helps reducing symptoms like stiffness, tremor and slowness and lessens the medication requirement in appropriately selected cases. This procedure involves stimulation of subthalamic nucleus/ globus pallidus interna (parts of basal ganglia) with the help of microelectrode wires inserted by making small holes in the skull one or both sides of the brain.
Interestingly, more often than not, the patient stays awake during the surgery to guide the electrode placement while assessing the clinical signs. The electrodes are connected to the external pacemaker which is implanted in the subcutaneous pocket in the chest (similar to cardiac pacemaker). The current in the pacemaker is adjusted according to the patients symptoms with the help of hand held programmer which can be operated by the patients by themselves.
Curing Parkinson’s disease entirely is probably not yet possible. But the best hope comes from Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery. A surgery might sound scary but it’s worth a try if it gives you back the control of your own body, don’t you think? Talk to your doctor about your concerns. She will help you clear your doubts and calm your mind before the surgery!
After completing her MBBS in 1999 and getting a gold medal from SVS Medical College in Mahboobnagar, Dr. Anitha Kotha went on to becoming the Diplomate in National Board for General Medicine at the prestigious Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences for 3 years. After that, she went on to serve as the Doctor of Medicine for Neurology in NIMS. Dr. Anitha is one of the most experienced neurosurgeons and is a life member of the prestigious Indian Academy of Neurology and also the Medical Association of India.
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You. Me. Ride This Crazy Train - Adventures and Observations on The GO: Now that the pity party is over and I've re-focused, I'm challenging myself!
Now that the pity party is over and I've re-focused, I'm challenging myself!
Tuesday was a horrible day. I had biked the night before but the achilles pain was like fire all day and I was cranky, weepy and truly a hot mess. I kept crying on the bus ride home prompting a few looks of concern. I went to physio, had acupucture and went to bed telling myself I can do this.
But as I said, I paid for it on Tuesday. I think I was in so much pain because I was depressed and feeling very negative.
I also starting "patching" again on Tuesday night and felt much better yesterday. Patching helped to ease the bursitis in my knees and my doctor, by email, okayed me to start patching the achilles area of my right foot. I also upped my arthritis medication and felt immediate relief.
Today I feel great. I'm sore but there is no pain. The ankle is tender and surprisingly, there's no inflammation or swelling present in my knees. I was able to get out of bed this morning without hobbling.
I also worked up the nerve to weigh myself and the scale high-fived back with 277.6 pounds. That's a 6.4 pound loss since my highest weight this year of 284.
One thing I am most grateful for, because it is nerve wracking to put yourself out there, is how supportive all the crazy train fans have been. After I tweeted the Back in the saddle post on Twitter, I received a few text messages from people who appreciated I put my story out there. I also received some recommendations for personal trainers and doctors who can work with me. I am weighing these options. I am happy with my medical level of care so I don't think I will change that, but I think some personal training will help with my muscle weakness, imbalance and lack of core strength.
Thank you for being my friend, friends!
But do you still make fun of fat people?
There's a post on here where you do. Hard to take you seriously.
You wanna back up that shade with some evidence?
It looks like you found something that works for you and that will help you in so many different ways. Including a general positive outlook.
You have 10000 posts on here. I'm not about to do your homework for you.
^ Welp, guess you should have bookmarked it.
It is truely amazing how much mind set can affect the body! Congrats and keep smiling!
Congrats on the progress. I know how it feels to have injuries piling up on you. I've played football my whole life and had to pack it in for good a few years ago when I came off the pitch clutching my back (chronic pain since age 16), my left knee (LCL strain the year before) and my Achilles (Achilles tendonitis due to years of poor running shoes). I was seeing a Physio, Chiropractor and Massage Therapist and barely keeping up.
I cycle mostly now (I hate swimming ;) ) and weight train to keep in shape.
One tip: Achilles Tendonitis is a tricky ailment (and nasty too, as you know). I spent hundreds of dollars trying to fix it. I eventually stumbled on a cure. You need to hold a 10 or 20lb weight in your hand and stand with your tip toes on the stairs. Then raise the foot up and down, holding for 10-20 seconds at a time. Do this for 5 minutes at least once a day. It will feel like your tendon is going to tear (it won't). The treatment is used by footballers and it effectively wears down the nerve endings in the area. After a couple of weeks you'll notice the pain subsiding. You need to maintain the exercise to keep the pain away.
Can confirm my physiotherapist suggested this as well!
I'm going to start this soon.
Thanks for the reminder! I had a physio that recommended similar (without the weights) for my Achilles tendonitis. Need to start doing that again now that sandal season is soon to be on us.
Just compleed my 2nd knee surgery and feeling better than ever.


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The 25-story high-rise industrial building in Quarry Bay’s waterfront was temporarily withdrawn. However, the alternative development plan ignored the strong objections of the Quarry Bay Waterfront Concern Group (the Group) and the community. The Eastern District Council and The Waterfront Panel also does not support the scale of the development.
The developer is now applying to the Town Planning Board for the relaxation of the Building Height Restriction of 35(mPD) in Hoi Yu Street, Quarry Bay. Four hotels and an office building will be built with a connecting footbridge. The scale and density of development projects are unacceptable to the community. The Group is now seeking for your support, to protect the public open space together, and prevent privatization of the Waterfront Promenade.
The Quarry Bay Waterfront Promenade connects the Quarry Bay Park to the Aldrich bay area. It is a unique large-scale waterfront space in the developed Eastern District and has been well received by the public. The application is located on the waterfront, and the proposed development is too large and dense, beyond the acceptable level of the community.
In the current Outline Zoning Plan, the height restriction for the application site is 35 mPD. Among the proposed application, three buildings have three applications for relaxation, one office (41 mPD), one hotel (39 mPD) and one hotel (41 mPD). The majority of the area is for commercial use and the applicant has not provided sufficient justification for the relaxation of the height restrictions.
The proposed application for the construction of an office and four hotels is incompatible with the adjacent planning intention of "Open Space"; The applicant only provided a limited area of "landscape platforms" and “ground floor” for the connection of the Quarry Bay Waterfront Promenade. These limited area does not prove any sufficient waterfront space for the public.
The application location relatively deviates from the MTR station and the main public transportation route. It is accessed by a tortuous walking route. Only one proposed pedestrian footbridge is used as a connection, which does not provide a tortuous pedestrian route, the site is not suitable for large-scale office and hotel development.
The proposed bridge will be built across the Eastern Corridor and Quarry Bay Park. It will affect the surrounding landscape to the adjacent primary and secondary schools. According to the Quarry Bay Outline Zoning Plan, the elevated pedestrian bridge is only one of the pedestrian route routes. Therefore, in respect to the accessibility of the site, the Town Planning Board must consider other suitable and feasible alternative routes to avoid nuisance to nearby stakeholders and inconsistency with the surrounding environment.
The glass curtain wall of the building will disturb the residents as it causes reflection when the morning sun rises, which will seriously affect the apartments in the community.
The pet garden at the waterfront location is included in the proposed application site, which implies the removal of the current pet garden. The developer has not implemented the rebuild pet garden within the proposed site and should be responsible for the rebuilding of the pet park. It is irresponsible for the developer to leave the rebuild plan to the government.

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Cars are one of the best inventions of man. From the earliest times, when man invented the first wheel and discovered its use as a vehicle that could make travelling from one place to the other not only easier but much faster, almost immeasurable amounts of time and money have been invested into the development of better technology for more luxurious cars. They have gone up in speed, and offer an exciting mode of transport. Here is the list of the Top 10 Speediest Sports Cars in the World. Let’s take a look, and marvel at these scientific wonders.
Mid-engined sports car SSC Ultimate Aero was produced by SSC North America between 2006 and 2013. This car held the Guinness World Records for being the fastest production car in the world from 2007 till the introduction of the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport in 2010. The 2006 version of SSC Ultimate Aero TT comes in the price bracket of approximately $1,310,000. The 6.3 liter V8 AWD engine used in this car can deliver maximum power of 1183 HP and can produce its maximum torque of 1483 Nm @ 6150 rpm. The SSC Ultimate Aero TT with its 870 kW powerhouse can reach the top speed of 256 miles or 412 kilometres per hour and is inducted in the tenth place in our list of top 10 speediest sports cars in the world. This car can accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour within just 2.85 seconds.
All the cars in the 9ff GT9 series build by the German tuning company 9ff was designed based on the Porsche 911 (997) GT3. A very small number of original GT9-Rs were produced till now and only 20 out of them are equipped with the largest engine. The 2009 version of 9ff GT9-R Porsche comes in the price bracket of approximately $1,570,000. The 4 litre F6 RWD engine used in this car can deliver maximum power of 1120 HP and can produce its maximum torque of 1050 Nm @ 6000 rpm. The 9ff GT9-R Porsche with its 824 kW powerhouse can reach the top speed of 256 miles or 413 kilometres per hour and is inducted in the ninth place in our list of top 10 speediest sports cars in the world. This car can accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour within just 2.88 seconds.
The 9ff GT9 is a sports car is entirely based on the Porsche 911 (997) GT3, and is currently manufactured by German tuning company 9ff which was established by Jan Fatthauer. The 911 GT2 GTurbo 1200 version is the most updated version of the 9ff Porsche 911 series. The 2010 version of 9ff Porsche 911 GT2 GTurbo 1200 comes in the price bracket of approximately $510,000. The 4 liter boxer-6 RWD engine used in this car can deliver maximum power of 1200 HP and can produce its maximum torque of 1100 Nm @ 4000 rpm. The 9ff Porsche 911 GT2 GTurbo 1200 with its 882 kW powerhouse can reach the top speed of 257 miles or 414 kilometres per hour and is inducted in the eighth place in our list of top 10 speediest sports cars in the world. This car can accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour within just 2.8 seconds.
Swedish car manufacturer Koenigsegg currently produces all the versions of the Koenigsegg Agera series. The Agera R model was first revealed with a Speed Racer livery theme at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2011. The 2011 version of Koenigsegg Agera R comes in the price bracket of approximately $2,600,000. The 5 litre V8 RWD engine used in this car can deliver maximum power of 1115 HP and can produce its maximum torque of 1200 Nm @ 4000 rpm. The Koenigsegg Agera R with its 820 kW powerhouse can reach the top speed of 261 miles or 420 kilometres per hour and is inducted in the seventh place in our list of top 10 speediest sports cars in the world. This car can accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour within just 3 seconds.
The Koenigsegg Agera is manufactured by Swedish car manufacturer Koenigsegg as the successor to the Koenigsegg CCX. The car was named Hypercar of the Year by Top Gear Magazine in 2010. The Koenigsegg One was first revealed in public at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2014. The 2014 version of Koenigsegg Agera One comes in the price bracket of approximately $2,500,000. The 5 litre V8 RWD engine used in this car can deliver maximum power of 1360 HP and can produce its maximum torque of 1371 Nm @ 6000 rpm. The Koenigsegg Agera One with its 1000 kW powerhouse can reach the top speed of 267 miles or 430 kilometres per hour and is inducted in the sixth place in our list of top 10 speediest sports cars in the world. This car can accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour within just 2.5 seconds.
American supercar SSC Tuatara is a futuristic car produced by SSC North America. It produces its maximum efficiency and power while fueled with 91 RON rated unleaded premium petrol. This car uses sequential multi-port fuel injection to power its engine. The 2011 version of SSC Tuatara comes in the price bracket of approximately $1,500,000. The 7 litre V8 RWD engine used in this car can deliver maximum power of 1350 HP and can produce its maximum torque of 1,735 [email protected] 6,800 rpm. The SSC Tuatara with its 993 kW powerhouse can reach the top speed of 267 miles or 430 kilometres per hour and is inducted in the fifth place in our list of top 10 speediest sports cars in the world. This car can accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour within just 2.8 seconds.
The SSC Ultimate Aero was produced by SSC North America from 2006 until 2013. This car was named as the fastest production car in the world by the Guinness World Records in 2007. The Ultimate Aero TT supercar is a twin-turbocharged version of the original Ultimate Aero. The 2009 version of SSC Ultimate Aero TT comes in the price bracket of approximately $1,000,000. The 6.3 liter V8 AWD engine used in this car can deliver maximum power of 1287 HP and can produce its maximum torque of 1,508 [email protected] 6150 rpm. The SSC Ultimate Aero TT with its 946 kW powerhouse can reach the top speed of 267 miles or 430 kilometres per hour and is inducted in the fourth place in our list of top 10 speediest sports cars in the world. This car can accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour within just 2.5 seconds.
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 was designed and developed by the Volkswagen Group in Germany and manufactured by Bugatti Automobiles in Molsheim, France. The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is a more powerful and faster version of the original Bugatti Veyron 16.4. The 2010 version of Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport comes in the price bracket of approximately $4,000,000. The 8 liter W16 AWD engine used in this car can deliver maximum power of 1200 HP and can produce its maximum torque of 1500 Nm @ 2200 rpm. The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport with its 882 kW powerhouse can reach the top speed of 268 miles or 431 kilometres per hour and is inducted in the third place in our list of top 10 speediest sports cars in the world. This car can accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour within just 2.2 seconds.
The Hennessey Venom GT is based on the Lotus Exige. The Venom GT Spyder is an open top version of the original Venom GT which is produced by Texas-based Hennessey Performance Engineering and is assembled in England. The 2013 version of Hennessey Venom GT Spyder comes in the price bracket of approximately $1,100,000. The 7 liter V8 RWD engine used in this car can deliver maximum power of 1244 HP and can produce its maximum torque of 1566 Nm @ 3800 rpm. The Hennessey Venom GT Spyder with its 915 kW powerhouse can reach the top speed of 270 miles or 435 kilometres per hour and is inducted in the second place in our list of top 10 speediest sports cars in the world. This car can accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour within just 2.7 seconds.
Vector Avtech WX8 Hypercar is a prototype sports car developed by the Vector Motors and was revealed officially for public in 2007. The car is rumored to use Toyota Supra Mark IV headlamps and the front end of this car also resembles the fourth-generation Chevrolet Camaro. The 2008 version of Vector Avtech WX8 Hypercar comes in the price bracket of approximately $1,500,000. The 7.8 liter V8 RWD engine used in this car can deliver maximum power of 1250 HP and can produce its maximum torque of 1100 Nm @ 4900 RPM. The Vector Avtech WX8 Hypercar with its 919 kW powerhouse can reach the top speed of 270 miles or 435 kilometres per hour and is inducted in the top place in our list of top 10 speediest sports cars in the world. This car can accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour within just 2.6 seconds.
It goes without saying that these expensive cars are not seen just anywhere and everywhere, because not many people can afford them. People who can afford to buy expensive products and have a taste for speedy cars do not hesitate to dole out millions to buy the top ones, so that they can enjoy the thrill of speed in these cars.


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Helder Guimaraes, FISM 2006 World Champion of Card Magic, shares for the first time ever some of his pet effects.
Blank Deck Routine - One of Helder's pet routines, where a spectator ends by free selecting (yes, free selecting!!!) the only printed card from a blank deck!
Invisible Thread Routine - Transform one card into four aces, make 4 kings appear and then perform a two phase transposition routine between them. Includes a very clean version of Paul Harris' Reset.
S(h)ocking - Two cards transposition that top card guys will want to perform.
Out of this Water - Learn how you can perform Out of his World, ending with a deck separation out off your hands!
Visual Triathlon - A version of Pit Hartling's effect, that's so visual and so impossible people will have lots of jaw dropping.
Plus more baffling tricks, new techniques and methods, 2 extras (if you find them...) and lots of comedy!
And remember: "Don't believe in everything you see in this DVD, it can be an illusion..."

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RYA Sailability has won the disabled category in the 2005 British Charity Awards. At a Gala Dinner in London, Great Britain on 16 June RYA Sailability's CEO, Clive CLIFFORD and Margaret PLANE accepted the award.
RYA Sailability, as winner of the disability category, has received a specially designed trophy and also a place on a week long residential leadership development course.
Set up in 1995, to date RYA Sailability has spent £2.5 million on providing training, information and advice to disabled sailors and now an estimated 15,000 people use it's facilities.


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While others broadcast their racing successes to the world, Porsche relies on racing posters. Good solution, otherwise it would be a bit noisy in Zuffenhausen and the area.
One minute, forty-two seconds and two hundred and fifty-seven milliseconds. Let's face it: During this time we haven't even made ourselves a cup of coffee. And what is Porsche factory driver Nick Tandy doing during this period? Well, he's just doing a 5.73-kilometer lap on the racetrack. Like yesterday in the qualifying for the 24 Hours of Daytona. Tandy not only secured the fastest lap time and thus the pole position in the GTLM class in his 911 RSR with start number 911, but also set a qualifying record in his vehicle class. We're happy to hear that! What would also please us in this context is a new edition of the racing posters printed since 1951, which had once caused as much enthusiasm among motorsport fans as the racing cars from Zuffenhausen itself.


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"The Abiding Tides was commissioned by Jack Richards for soprano Jenny Wollerman and the New Zealand String Quartet. The work is a setting of a series of poems about ships sinking at sea. While the string quartet obviously acts as an accompaniment to the voice there are also musical interludes that give the instrumental ensemble the opportunity to comment on the unfolding narrative" (Ross Harris).
"The Abiding Tides is a group of poems specifically written for Ross Harris to set to music. The sea has no favourites. Some of the figures and voices in the songs are rich, some are poor. They are young and old. Some of the songs concern the most privileged of disasters, the sinking of the Titanic; others relate to 'Boat People', their stories as recent as last month, or for all we know, this afternoon. The words of the final song are from ecclesiastical Latin, their emphasis on a God who cannot be understood" (Vincent O'Sullivan).
We might have harvested diamonds had we brought the right net.
Seen from the beach, its paths opening without end.
Beyond sighting. The streets know our names.
The boat to Ithaca calling, who says no to that?
The boat from the richest wharf, from the midnight beach.
We follow the moon’s ribbon tied to our wrist.
Her doll of the famous city.
The city is coming towards us.
‘The lady white as her torch.
How far to the west?
Is walking, walking towards them.
To the doll that is watching.
Young girls don’t cross the ocean without what was that, sir?
Without glamour? Without promise? Oh, I know, I know!
Look across the ballroom, all the nations looking back!
Touch your bracelet. Tap you necklace.
Toy the tiny buttons of your glove.
The famous opera singer’s raising her Parisian lorgnette.
Mrs Astor told me ‘Swell!’ when she passed me on the staircase.
There is so much crystal flashing you’d think the sky had lowered.
There is so much laughter, love, you cannot imagine silence.
When the band strikes up its Straussing, oh yes, oh yes!
If God could waltz can you imagine he’d ever miss a beat?
The whole world colluding as you whirl in the crescendo!
My heart’s a golden rabbit in that diamond hutch, delight!
Young girls, sir? What was that, sir? Without what?
My watch is in my cabin. Without time’s slow distant surf.
Was the moon that gloated!
And the game is over so soon, so.
On my lips, talks its fatal talk.
Moves in my head but the hills of the sea.
We have sailed a thousand miles. We have never moved.
The water that is left to drink is as bitter as copper.
The mother bites her arm to stop calling out.
The child closes its eyes. It will not wake up.
It cannot be far, she whispers.
I take the charm from my neck for the child’s throat.
I hold a hand which is dry as five small sticks.
Attend what you must encounter, the seven demons.
You hallucinate in the desert, you see rivers flow.
You pay a man to lead you, who leads away.
The words you say are not the words you intend.
The horizon burns its rope to everyside.
You have counted six demons when you find the last.
The boat will take you to sea, where the sea will win.
Composure on the mild day.
Stellae et mare in manus tuus sunt.
In tenebrae, in tenebrae, absconditus.
The stars and the sea are in your hands.


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As a child Eeva Tervala wanted to be a horse and a mother. She also wanted to fly, not like an eagle, confidently majestic, but rather like a butterfly which, on fragile wings flies tens of thousands of kilometres. Does art need anything more than this? “Space, time, strength and fluidity” – the four concepts that Tervala now talks about – were already evident in her dreams as a child. The unconscious grace and beauty of a horse, the strength and movement of its quivering muscles, but also its horsy smell. Motherhood – birth, death and nature’s endless cycle – the fact that nothing stops; beauty in the midst of pain, sweat, blood and crying out. Not only the force of life and the power of continuity but also the belief in these, a belief that in itself demands strength. When the artist is a woman, it is easy to be trapped into clichés and talk of sensitivity and beauty. But Tervala’s aim is not simply something sweet and delicate. “If water is too pure, fish can’t live in it.” She demolishes beauty, picks holes in it and scratches off all unnecessary adornment. She risks taking an image to its limit and these risks add imperfections to her work, tarnish it, leave empty spaces, insinuate danger. Tervala lives with nature in a perpetually interactive relationship, sometimes even obsessively, but mere illustration is not enough for her. Confrontation and conflict are also involved.
Natural history is also a form of cultural history. “Napoleon came back from Russia because it was so damn cold there”. Looking at beauty and cruelty inevitably implies duality. When Tervala focusses on a spider she offers us a vision of it as hunter and as prey. It is easy enough for the viewer to identify with the victim but there is also the viewer’s own vision of the object. And along with this, the knowledge and awareness of those incredible butterfly wings and spider webs. “Spiders have been on earth for over 300 million years – a species that has neither a digestive tract nor jaws, yet it survives – this is what catches hold of our imagination.” But as I have said we are not talking about mere illustration. “A watercolour, even a good one, is nothing more than a tool. Watercolours and drawing are like words. Incredibly beautiful words exist but they need some kind of context in which to be put.” With words as with images, essence and structure, nature and culture live in constant dialogue. Good art is always a combination of “enigma and method”.


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Detailed with a textural lobster motif, this stoneware serving bowl adds a wink of whimsy to your favorite seafood dish.
This serving bowl is crafted of ceramic with acanthus leaf detailing and a crisp white finish. Made in Portugal.
Simple, versatile, and perfect for any occasion, this serving bowl is crafted of ceramic and finished in white. Made in Portugal.


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All our conservatories feature the latest Pincer high security locking system fitted as standard to all opening sashes.
Precision engineering provides smooth, effortless operation. With a simple turn of the handle the unique gearbox activates up to four pairs of high strength ‘mushroom pincers' simultaneously driving each pincer into a double-sided security striker from opposite directions.
This double action locking means that any attempt to force one pincer out of its closed position merely forces the opposing pincers deeper into their strikers, strengthening rather the weakening the system's security.
When tested to BS 7950 destruction failure occurred at a force of 7.8kn. The force applied to pass BS7950 test is between 1kn and 3kn.
For peace of mind £1,000 towards costs and repairs is provided by the manufacturer in the event that entry is gained through opening sashes fitted with Pincer locking.


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Parkland Fuel Corporation is Canada’s largest independent marketer and distributor of petroleum products with over 700 retail sites nationwide.
Parkland’s network of retail sites was expanding, and the company was increasingly struggling to manage its facilities maintenance using its reactive legacy systems. The company was under pressure to reduce its maintenance costs, improve its contractor performance and make more efficient use of its experienced workforce. Parkland knew that it needed to move towards a proactive, automated maintenance process.
Urgent Technology’s eMaintenance software stood out as the clear choice for Parkland. They understood how features of eMaintenance, such as the repair matrix, contractor performance management and preventative maintenance scheduling would help the company make the step from a reactive maintenance process to a proactive one. These features were key to Parkland’s decision, together with Urgent Technology’s in-depth understanding of the petrol retail industry.
Within the first year of working with eMaintenance, Parkland successfully moved from a reactive to proactive maintenance organisation. By automating its maintenance management processes, Parkland’s facility specialists have more time to focus on managing the business.
The Auto-Repair Matrix and preventative maintenance features have resulted in a 40% reduction in the manual effort required to manage maintenance at their retail sites.
Previously, due to a lack of data, Parkland was unable to hold its contractors accountable to their service level agreements. Post-implementation of eMaintenance, all stakeholders have full visibility of contractors’ performance, which in turn has led to 90% of maintenance requests being responded to within the agreed timescales. As a result, Parkland is benefitting from improved asset uptime and increased revenue.


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industry_corpus2: Technology & Research