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Danny Gokey is A-MAZE-ing! Is Any “Idol” Ever Featured in Corn???
Seven years after his season of “American Idol” ended, we think this just might be the most unusual promotion…. Danny Gokey‘s face is the inspiration for an 11 acre cornfield maze! It’s being used to promote an upcoming fundraiser at the Florence Civic Center’s Uptown Ballroom on Thursday, Nov. 17.
The charity event will benefit the House of Hope and Sophia’s Heart Foundation. Organizers report that the idea to use Danny’s face was agreed to by his management in just an hour! (Early consent was essential since mazes have to be planted that way, not cut into the shape!) and that Danny is expected to get a bird’s eye view of the maze by riding a helicopter over the field the day of the show!
The concert is sponsored by BREATHE, Lifetime Hearing, Freeman’s Bakery, and McArthur Farms.
Posted on September 16, 2016 September 16, 2016 by JanPosted in charity, ConcertTagged Danny Gokey, Florence Civic Center, House of Hope, McArthur Farms, Sophia's Heart.
Yes, weird. That’s why I was drawn to it….
I think it’s great!! It looks like it was a lot of work! I’d be honored. It’s for a good cause, too!
At first I thought Corn was the name of a magazine and Danny was featured in it in some kind of drawing or puzzle game.
You have the old picture (of Danny) back, but a new screen name. Did you change browsers? Unplug your computer?
It may be something else. (?) A couple of others have said their avatars changed also.
MrBing, you used a different email address. One is a Gmail account, the other is a .com account…..
Oh right.The other day I tried to give a thumb up to one of your comments.But I cant do it with my usual account.So I log in my Gmail.So that must automatically change my account…..


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What is a Provenance and why do I need one?
I have attempted to insure my painting as a separate item and the insurance company has asked me to provide a provenance. What is a provenance and where do I get one?
A provenance certificate or statement is handy if you are insuring or re-selling a painting (eg at auction or privately). It is just a history of the work – ie who painted it, who has owned it over the years - and would probably include receipts of purchase and other supportive material.
Sometimes it will list where the painting has been exhibited and possibly provide extra information about its particular story, which might make it more valuable (ie if it were selected for a prestigious exhibition at, say, the Gallery of NSW) or in an artist’s retrospective exhibition or a travelling show. It is also a guard against forgeries (though what’s to stop someone forging a certificate I have no idea!).
In the case of your painting I imagine that the artist (or his/her agent) would have issued you with a receipt and the artist would have signed the painting. That should really be sufficient proof of ownership and authenticity. (It would also be a good idea to include a photograph and description, including frame, for your insurers).
Should your insurers require additional information about your painting I suggest that you contact the gallery where you purchased it and ask for a simple statement of your transaction. If you purchased it direct from the artist he or she should supply a similar statement.
For insurance purposes you may wish to check the current value of your painting. Sometimes that will be more than you paid for it or less (sorry, you don't want to hear that!). Check recent auctions to see selling prices of comparable works by the same artist but also consider replacement costs (ask your gallery or the artist). Then I guess you will weigh up the cost of insurance premiums against that information.
When we had our gallery, Port Douglas Gallery of Fine Art, in addition to a receipt, we would issue purchasers with a certificate which described the size and medium of the work, as well as its title. Also, as a caution to the new owner, a clause that copyright laws applied to the work was included, and the client was provided with a copy of the artist’s CV. I think we also noted whether freight and freight insurance were required. That was also useful for our own records.
If the painting subsequently changed hands several times, those transactions could have been added to the information that we provided, thus adding up to a solid 'provenance' for the painting.
I hope that helps you - and will satisfy your insurer!
Thanks for asking the question ; I hope the answer will also be of interest to others.
Pleased with the information. Never thought or considered insuring my works.
Good point and super explanation.
In your interesting article about the Golden Spiral, you've mentioned that the total spiral length = 1.618 or thereabouts if the height of the initial rectangle is 1. There seems to be some error here. If the height, as you say, is 1 unit then the length of the spiral should be Pi/(2(1-k)) where k ~ 0.618 which would make the total length about 4.112398 units and this is not too difficult to prove. Here's a simple proof: Length of the spiral in the first square = 2Pi*1/4 = Pi/2. In the second square it would be = Pi*k/2 where k = 1 - (1+V5)/2~0.618. The total length of the spiral = (Pi/2)1+k+k^2+...=(Pi/2)(1/(1-k)= 4.112 approximately.
As far as I understand what you're trying to do, it's to get the length of an infinite number of half semi-circumferences, all scaled down by a factor of (Phi - 1 ~ 0.618), right?
If you take a golden rectangle (1 x Phi) and draw an square (1 X 1) inside this rectangle, then you have the original golden rectangle divide in one square (1 x 1) and other golden rectangle ((Phi - 1) x 1), you can repeat this procedure with the new golden rectangle and always you get the same composition a square with a golden rectangle; now, if we pay attention to the scalation factor between each rectangle, it's easy to demonstrate that this factor is Phi - 1 always.
golden spiral length = a0 + a1 + a2 + a3 + . . . + an + . . . + until you get tired.
until the end of this era.
I stand corrected in the calculation submitted. The length will, in fact, be half of 4.1120...i.e. 2.05602 for if the side of the square is 1 unit then the radius = 1/2 and thus length of spiral = 2*Pi*r/4(1-k) = Pi/4(1-k)=2.05602 approxly.
I must confess to not being a mathematician. From a practical, artist's point of view the 1:1.618 works fine. Have you tried to construct a rectangle or spiral using the proportions mentioned? The golden mean is a well tested theory but you may well be right in your calculations.
Any other maths whizzes like to join in this discussion?
Thanks for taking the time to contribute.
I have looked at art work on this site and can't find out how to buy and for what price.
Without a basic price guide what is one to guesstimate for costs. My clients would not want to deal with such unknowns.
price range for 11 X 17 or 24 X 36?
Which artist or artworks are you interested in purchasing?
There are a number of contact forms on the site, including one on the left in the navigation bar, so the best thing is to fill in one of those forms and I shall pass your enquiry on immediately to the artist concerned if I can't answer your query myself.
but most artists are making new work all the time so we can send you up-to-the minute information if you tell us the sort of work that you are looking for and a rough idea of your price range.
Hi I live near Townsville and have opened an on-line boutique selling second hand and vintage designer fashion. I'm looking into millinery but a lot of feathers aren't up to scratch and I would like to create something a little more interesting.
So I would like to look into silk feathers, developing and painting my own unique feathers for hats and fascinators etc. if you already know someone who does this that would be fantastic! But if not...where do I start?
Is it best I find an artist to work with or learn the art of silk painting my self? Is there anyone in the Townsville area I could contact? Any information would be wonderful.
I am just getting into millinery and looking for a reliable supplier for feathers, veiling etc. I'm kinda lost on the internet. Any ideas would be appreciated.
If you need a couple of sites to check out on feather dyeing try www.flyangleronline.com or ginabellousdolls.com. Both of these will show you how to dye feathers in the microwave.
You need to use hot water dyes either Jacquard acid dyes or Rit which is now available in Spotlight. Both of these work really well.You have to break down the natural oils which are in the feathers.
If you are using off the ground eg chook feathers it pays to put them into a freeze for a couple of week just bag and tag. This will kill any mites. Also silver fish love fresh feathers I mean ones that have not been dyed.
For some other ideas you can sticky tape and spray with spray paint. I just use the ones from Bunnings or there are others like the design master range.
You can also acid your feathers by dropping them into a bath of good bleach but don't leave them there too long as you will have a stick left(ostrich feather come up the best).
When you have the right effect you need to run them under cold water to get the bleach out and stop it working.
I am a fulltime milliner in Rockhampton and have been doing a lot of my own dyeing, aciding and feather work for the past 6 years. Also if your feathers are not the best you might need to find yourself a different supplier. Also nothing a bit of cutting, trimming and manipulation will not fix. just think outside the box. sometimes you need the whole chook to get a look.
There are some great suppliers on ebay for feathers.
There is a ton of info on how to dye feathers on the internet.
Look for info from folks who tie fishing flies. They are experts at getting consistent color and their directions are precise.
Emma, sorry to say that my experiment with dyeing feathers was not successful. I used my normal fibre reactive dyes but didn't take into consideration the wax / oil that is on the feathers and this, of course, resisted the water-based dye.
Maybe people who dye feathers successfully use something like hair dyes?
Sorry I couldn't help. Have you looked at the commercial dyed feathers on sale via the internet? They mostly look very glamorous.
Good luck - let us know how you get on and how your business is going?
That's a great idea! I am sure that feathers will add to the interest of your vintage clothing.
However I think that it would be so difficult to make feathers out of silk and really, Nature does a pretty good job.
I googled 'dyed feathers' and found a couple of really good sites that sell a variety of feathers from quite large birds such as ostriches to much smaller ones. I think that the fibre reactive dyes that I use on silk would work on feathers. I shall see if I can find some on the beach and try it out for you.
Maybe you could get feathers from a bird or wildlife park - imagine how stunning lorikeet feathers would be!
Your idea of using dyed and painted silk in your business sounds excellent. Painting with dyes is great fun and I expect that your local arts group would have a teacher available.
I plan to write a small e-book about silk painting so that might interest you when it is done. So check out this site in a couple of months - I shall let people know via the newsletter too, so maybe fill in the little form in the nav bar if you would like to receive that.
I would like to know where, in the Cairns area, are various Art Courses held?
Of course there are also classes at TAFE and JCU but maybe you mean hobby-type ones rather than certificate or degree ones?
Cairns Regional Gallery regularly holds workshops in conjunction with exhibitions as well as a children's programme. Good luck!

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BUILDER magazine recently released its 2015 Builder 100, an annual ranking of the country’s top 100 building firms, and Caviness and Cates Communities is proud to announce we’ve been named a top builder for the seventh year in a row.
This exclusive list is based on annual closings from the previous year. In 2014, we were able to close a total of 444 homes.
Since our company was founded 16 years ago, we’ve grown from selling a few homes a year to being named a top U.S. builder since 2009.
You can see the full 2015 Builder 100 list online.

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A thought occurred to me. If it happened that one non-Finnish-speaker would accidentally bump into this blog, he/she would not understand much. Still it could be that there was some useful information here for those readers aswell. So do you think (anyone really) that these articles should have an English version too?
It’s not that hard to add the same thing in English, but if there’s no need then I’ll stick to Finnish.


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เหมาะกับงานเชื่อมพลาสติกหลากหลายประเภท เช่น PVC, PP, PE , PVDE , ABS , XENOY, PS etc.
This is used in welding PE, PVC, PEM, Acrylic resin, and other types of various synthetic resins by hot blast. Especially, it has surpassed efficiency of different PVC welding machine adapting strong air pump and motor at this machine.
Beginners could be easy welded, if one connect the special nozzle at welding torch.
This can be extensively used in welding the various synthetic resins likes of car bumper, plastic pipes, etc.

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text: Made from high grade polyester our banners use a sublimation dye process that creates the highest quality and most durable flags available. Fade and mildew resistant. Machine washable. The Poinsettia decorative banner measures 28" x 40".


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text: During numerical simulation of laser and tissue thermal interaction, the light fluence rate distribution should be formularized and constituted to the source term in the heat transfer equation. Usually the solution of light irradiative transport equation is given in extreme conditions such as full absorption (Lambert-Beer Law), full scattering (Lubelka-Munk theory), most scattering (Diffusion Approximation) et al. But in specific conditions, these solutions will induce different errors. The usually used Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) is more universal and exact but has difficulty to deal with dynamic parameter and fast simulation. Its area partition pattern has limits when applying FEM (finite element method) to solve the bio-heat transfer partial differential coefficient equation. Laser heat source plots of above methods showed much difference with MCS. In order to solve this problem, through analyzing different optical actions such as reflection, scattering and absorption on the laser induced heat generation in bio-tissue, a new attempt was made out which combined the modified beam broaden model and the diffusion approximation model. First the scattering coefficient was replaced by reduced scattering coefficient in the beam broaden model, which is more reasonable when scattering was treated as anisotropic scattering. Secondly the attenuation coefficient was replaced by effective attenuation coefficient in scattering dominating turbid bio-tissue. The computation results of the modified method were compared with Monte Carlo simulation and showed the model provided reasonable predictions of heat source term distribution than past methods. Such a research is useful for explaining the physical characteristics of heat source in the heat transfer equation, establishing effective photo-thermal model, and providing theory contrast for related laser medicine experiments.

industry_corpus2: Biopharmaceuticals


text: FOR the sixth year in a row Hard Rock Café hosted its ‘Freddie for a Day’ birthday celebration for the late Freddie Mercury, who would have turned 70 on Sept 5. As always, fans showed up dressed as Freddie. The band Hubris performed a tribute show comprised of Queen hit songs. A part of the profits from the event were donated to Mercury Phoenix Trust to fight against HIV/AIDS.

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Researchers have known for quite some time that fish oil is highly beneficial to optimal human health. These benefits include better brain health, which is why so many manufacturers of infant milk substitutes rushed to add both DHA and omega-3 fatty acids, amino acids found in high quantities in fish, to their products. Some recent research has shown that these benefits go beyond the developing brains of the smallest people and can help people of all ages enjoy a dramatic increase in the health of their brains.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that there are about 1.7 million brain injuries each year that can be classified as traumatic. Recent research literature highlights the use of large amounts of fish oil, which is very high in omega-3 fatty acids, to help with cases of brain injury that are classified as severe.
One such case is Grant Virgin. The 16-year-old from Palm Desert, California, was struck by a hitand-run driver while out for a walk. His resulting injuries were severe and necessitated him having to be airlifted from the scene and rushed to a trauma center nearby. Grant’s parents were given a long list of his injuries which included a torn aorta, spinal fractures and a traumatic brain injury consisting of bleeding throughout the brain and skull fractures.
Grant’s prognosis was grim – his doctors essentially told his parents that there was nothing further that could be done for the teen. He would never walk again, nor would he even be able to recognize members of his family. There was little to no hope of him ever being able to recover. Grant spent nine weeks in acute care at the trauma center before he was transferred to a rehabilitation hospital. It was at this time that his parents began to give him high doses – 20 grams – of fish oil each day. Though they had been giving fish oil to the teen while he was in acute care, the dosage was not as high.
After just 48 hours, Grant awoke, asked for a cell phone and called his mother at midnight. She was so stunned that she thought she was dreaming until she visited the hospital the next day and discovered that a nurse had fetched a cell phone for Grant’s use the night before. Now, nearly 16 months after his accident, Grant continues to progress in his recovery.
The developing brains of infants and teens are not the only ones who have been shown to benefit from using fish oil. Neurology, a medical journal, recently published the results of a study which showed that elderly women with high levels of omega-3s had better brain functioning. Regardless of an individual’s age, fish oil holds great promise to increase the health of their brain.


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There comes a time when, however alluring is the limelight, and however strong your thrust for action, you’d better opt for a graceful exit.
The exit of former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan has been anything but graceful, made all the more frustrating by his stern refusal to leave.
Greenspan’s latest foray into the stage comes in the form of an op-ed piece in the Financial Times last week, which is so full of blunders that I’m embarrassed on behalf of the FT for publishing it without first doing even a Wikipedia check.
Worse… Greenspan’s thesis reveals either a mind that (for all its former greatness) can no longer think; or an ex-Fed Chairman who so misunderstood how the financial system works that it’s no wonder at all that we got into this mess!
So the first blunder comes early on when Greenspan talks about what he sees as a virtuous circle of rising stock markets, leading to improved credit conditions, higher lending and the resumption of economic activity… which in turn supports higher stock prices and so on.
While the idea that improved confidence can generate a virtuous circle has merits, what is questionable is Greenspan’s road to get there: The “newly created equity” in banks’ balance sheets as the prices of banks’ stocks go up.
Well that’s plain wrong. Regulatory capital, which is what matters for a bank’s ability to increase its lending, is not marked to market but at the price paid up originally to purchase equity in a bank. (Regulatory capital also includes other stuff, like retained earnings, which again are not marked to market but at the price when they were booked).
If there is one way higher stock prices help is if banks actually see it as an opportunity to raise new capital and expand their operations. Indeed, some banks have done so recently, but the main motivation was their urge to pay back the TARP money and rid themselves of the government’s watch. So new private capital replaced old government capital, without a meaningful improvement in banks’ ability to lend.
Greenspan’s perspective is not entirely new—as a matter of fact, it’s out of date! The idea that companies’ investment decisions are driven by the difference between the market value of capital and the replacement cost of capital (a ratio economists call “Tobin’s q”) was floated a long time ago.
But research has questioned the extent to which investment actually responds to that ratio. Indeed, it has found that investment is better predicted by fundamentals that determine expectations for future profits and the discount rate.
Of course, one would think (/hope) that these fundamentals are closely interlinked with the current level of stock prices! But to the extent that stock prices can deviate from “fundamentals”, it’s the latter that tend to drive investment decisions and not so much the former.
So that’s all it takes, sounds like… a slight push by the invisible hand and… boom! Fear gives way to euphoria, markets go up, business activity surges and.. you know the rest! OK, perhaps I’m over-interpreting here but I’m just struck by Greenspan’s silence on the role of the government’s (very visible) hand in getting the markets out their self-inflicted abyss.
If anything, Greenspan’s central point later on is a warning against the potential unraveling of this virtuous circle of rising markets/rising activity, due to government actions that lead to unsustainable budget deficits and inflation.
Policies to backstop key segments of financial markets and contain tail risks (e.g. the Fed’s credit easing facilities); policies generating expectations (rightfully or not) of higher future growth than otherwise projected (e.g. rate cuts and quantitative easing); and, importantly, policies to eliminate investors’ uncertainty about the government’s course of action, esp. vis-à-vis the financials (e.g. the stress tests and the stated decision to refrain from nationalizing any major bank).
So why does this all matter? It matters because the key to the right course of action is a correct diagnosis. And, at this point, a belief in a self-fulfilling circle of market bliss and economic prosperity, which can only be interrupted by government stupidity, is pretty naïve.
Markets are up because of a sense of relief that last winter’s horror show will not continue. A relief supported by government actions, as well as real economic data that point to a slower pace of contraction than earlier feared. Whether markets have moved ahead of themselves is another question, and one asked every single second within the investment community.
Given this diagnosis, for me the best indicator of a sustainable macroeconomic recovery is neither the stock market nor the usual economic indicators that people talk about (house prices, employment, ISM and so on).
Rather, it’s the withdrawal of the government’s intervention in the economy: The elimination of the Fed’s funding/backstop facilities; the withdrawal of quantitative easing without rattling the markets; the full emancipation of financial firms (for their equity, debt and asset prices) from government support.
As for Greenspan, well, it’s really time to stop the blabber, get off the stage and maybe revise his memoirs. Failing that, leading financial newspapers should just stop giving him a platform.
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The one thing that is clear is that the Fed clearly distinguishes between new capital that can be used to support new lending (and the banks have been told to raise that themselves through stock sales) and new capital that has no purpose whatsoever except to keep large insolvent banks from closing their doors – with all the well-known ripple effects – without any new lending involved at all. The Fed has created $850 billion out of thin air and parked it in the “excess reserve” accounts of the big insolvent banks and now pays them interest on the money it gave them. Hiding, denying, and correcting the insovency of TBTF banking is absolutely primodial. Though the interest paid on the new magic excess reserves($25 billion a year) is not chopped liver (and not recoverable by the taxpayers), its purpose is not primarily to provide income for the banks, but to insure that they leave that newly-created capital in their excess reserve accounts rather than use it for new loans, which would again reveal their fundamental insolvency. That’s why Bernanke can state so confidently that the exploding Fed balance sheet is not an inflationary threat: none of the newly created cash is going to EVER enter the real-world financial stream. And by manipulating the rate paid on those reserves the Fed can affect the interest rates at which loans and deposits are made in the commercial banking system without altering the Fed Funds or Discount rates (or doing anything else visible to the general public).


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Progress in meeting Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 stalled during the past six months, as many agencies took a wait-and-see attitude after meeting a first big test of the governmentwide smart-card identity verification program. Most agencies passed that test by the Oct. 27, 2006, deadline, but many say they’ve not made much progress since.
The General Services Administration awarded EDS a $66.4 million contract last week to run its HSPD-12 Managed Services Office, which many experts say should help revive the dormant program.
As early as July, EDS will begin opening about 225 fixed and mobile HSPD-12 enrollment stations nationwide, said Michel Kareis, GSA’s HSPD-12 Managed Services Office program manager.
After GSA decided to cancel its original Managed Services Office contract with BearingPoint in October 2006, momentum on HSPD-12 seemed to peter out, federal and industry officials say. Officials at the Treasury and Justice departments are still deciding which path to take — whether to use a shared-services provider such as GSA, meet the requirements on their own or take a hybrid approach.
Other agencies are waiting for certain policy issues to be resolved before moving forward.
The Office of Management and Budget, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Office of Personnel Management and others must plan how to coordinate the transfer of fingerprints to the appropriate agencies and determine whether the unique identifier on each HSPD-12 card will be sufficiently unique if the cards become widely used by state and local governments.
Meanwhile, OMB and GSA officials express optimism that the program’s momentum is about to pick up. “With respect to issuing credentials, many agencies are planning to ramp up with nationwide deployments starting in the April-to-June 2007 time frame,” an OMB spokeswoman said.
GSA expects to issue at least 425,000 cards during the next 17 months, but that could increase to 1.5 million, said John Johnson, assistant commissioner for GSA’s integrated technology services. GSA has 42 agency customers signed up for its HSPD-12 services, including the Agriculture, Commerce and Energy departments.
EDS replaces BearingPoint, which won a $104 million contract with GSA in August only to have GSA cancel it in October. The company did not submit a final bid during GSA’s second procurement after deciding too much risk was involved, said Steve Lunceford, a BearingPoint spokesman.
“We did take this opportunity in the second procurement to add in the lessons learned from the first one…such as the way we would deliver services,” said Steven Kempf, GSA’s acting deputy assistant commissioner for integrated technology services.
EDS will use its own infrastructure, which it specifically developed to meet HSPD-12 requirements. “We tried to make our system an end-to-end solution that flows very well,” said David Troy, director of EDS’ federal government ID management solutions. It has a simple and consistent user interface that requires minimal training, he said.

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In short, a perfect wholesome dish for all weight loss aspirants.
On top of that this white beans recipe is creamy, super homey, and tasteful in its own way. Besides of this yummy recipe expect at the end of this blog post also some insights regarding the “protein combining myth”.
If you can’t get BPA-free bean cans in your region you might want to cook your legumes on your own and store small potions in the freezer. This is what I do regularly.
How to cook and freeze beans?
I buy a larger package of white beans and soak the pulses 24-48 hours in sufficient cold water (Cover with at least 4 times their volume). This not only reduces cooking time but also helps you to better tolerate beans. Make sure to change the soaking water at least 1-2 times.
Then drain beans, add them to a pot and cover them with sufficient cooking water. Bring white beans to a boil and let them simmer at medium heat for at least 45-60 minutes or until they are tender but not mashy (read package instructions!). You can reduce the cooking time by using a pressure cooker. Once cooled down pack them flat in plastic freezer bags (I use 100 grams each) and store them for up to 2-3 months in your freezer.
For a long time, vegetarians and vegans were recommended to combine different vegetable protein sources with each meal. The amino acid profiles of the different vegetable protein sources would complement each other and increase the biological value of the meal.
But this has been dismissed by the nutrition community as myth decades ago. (1) Legumes, whole grains, vegetables, nuts and seeds all contain both essential and non-essential amino acids. There is no need to consciously combine these foods within a given meal.
The body can create tissue even if it does not receive all the necessary amino acids at the same time, but gradually. This has to do with the fact that our body can mix and match amino acids to whatever proportions we need.
In other words: As long as you eat a varied whole food plant based diet over the day, the week and the seasons and as long as you eat enough calories overall, you don’t have to worry about a protein deficiency.
Of course, there’s nothing wrong with combining different vegetable protein sources – you probably do it automatically, for example when you spread hummus on whole wheat bread or combine whole grain pasta with a legume sauce like in this yummy pasta dish.
Prepare whole grain noodles according to the instructions and cook pasta until al dente. Drain, set aside and keep covered.
In a blender or food processor (e.g. Thermomix) mix white beans, lemon juice, broth, nutritional yeast, garlic, salt and pepper, until smooth. Set aside.
Heat water or oil in a large skillet and sautée onions 3 minutes.
Add the chopped broccoli stems and cook for 4-5 minutes.
Stir in the broccoli florets and leaves and a splash of water.
Cover and let it simmer on low heat for 2-3 minutes.
Add the drained pasta, then stir in the sauce, adding some water if the sauce is too dry.
Heat up and let it simmer for a minute.
Season to taste with more lemon juice, salt and pepper.
Garnish with pine nuts or roasted tomatoes.
If you serve it with a salad a starter this dish could be extended to 4 portions.

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A living roof for wild flowers will require a minimum depth of 80 - 150mm of growing medium. The ideal growing medium will be able to absorb and hold water, supply basic nutrients and maintain a fairly open structure for root growth. In addition, the material should not be too heavy or contain a high proportion of fine particles that can block filters. These requirements are not usually all found in one material so it is often best to use a blend of materials, preferably from locally sustainable sources. The advantages and disadvantages of the materials commonly employed are reviewed below.
NOTE: care should be taken when selecting the materials for your scheme as some may be deemed unsuitable for particular applications. Our plant based review that follows must not be taken as an endorsement of the suitability of any of the materials for roof construction projects - these issues should be addressed with your designer to make sure that environmental standards are met and manufacturers' guarantees protected.
It is particularly important to remember that this depth of material will be very heavy, especially when wet. It can weigh up to four times the designed load bearing capacity of a tiled roof, so a structural assessment and some reinforcement is essential!
Lime based materials (chalk, concrete etc) are sometimes banned as they may compromise installed drainage and filter systems, and recycled green waste may have water quality issues in its run-off.
Crushed brick and concrete - for wild flowers some of the most interesting results can be achieved using recycled aggregates as a basis for a growing medium ('soil' forming substitute). These materials are generally low in nutrients and often lime rich which makes it possible to grow plants that cannot survive the competition of growth found on ordinary soils. Added to this, in urban situations these materials can usually be sourced locally and there is the satisfaction of physically transforming a piece of concrete jungle directly into green plant habitat!
Crushed brick - is probably the most generally useful of these soil forming recycled materials as it is porous and therefore lighter than other aggregates, can hold water and air within its pores and is often alkaline.
Crushed concrete - is useful as it is lime rich and nutrient poor in character so particularly suited for growing the specialist plants of chalk and limestone 'scree'. Crushed concrete is, however, heavy and will not hold moisture. It is best used in combination with other materials.
Chalk or limestone chippings - where available locally are also excellent materials for plants - unlike concrete they can be quite good at holding water (especially softer chalks).
Sand and gravel based materials - can be used to create urban shingle or dune like communities. Fine sands should be avoided on exposed sites where the material may blow away, or block drainage.
Soil and subsoil - whilst soil is usually a good growing medium it is heavy, often carries a burden of weed seeds and roots, and may be too fertile, so should be chosen and used with care. Soil material with a significant clay or silt content is also best avoided as it can lead to drainage or soil-structural problems on roofs.
Composts/organic matter - raw soil forming materials like crushed aggregates or subsoil will usually need blending with organic matter to supply basic nutrients, hold moisture and reduce root restricting compaction. Well made green waste, domestic or peat-free composts are good but some can be too rich in nutrients so should be used in moderation. Wood fibre or recycled paper fibre are useful alternatives as they decompose and release nutrients very slowly.
Lightweight materials - such as manufactured water-retentive expanded rock granules are frequently incorporated into green roof designs to save weight.
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Irrigation? -in drier eastern regions rainfall is not consistent enough in an average summer to prevent a shallow 'soil' drying out and the vegetation turning brown with die back. Irrigation is one possible solution especially if recycled water can be used. The better answer is to save water and accept the die back as part of the ecological cycle of your created habitat and select appropriate species that are either drought tolerant or are able to regenerate from seed (eg annuals/biennials). Open sparsely vegetated habitats created in this way are valuable for certain insects and spiders.
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Having a sort-out one afternoon, I decided to use up various bits and bobs I had and turn them into our evening meal. I had recently seen a delicious recipe on The Juicy Health Company using chickpeas which prompted me to dig out a tin of these versatile peas and incorporate them into a dish. The result was really filling and tasty and the bonus was that I now have two tubs of pesto in the freezer for use on another day.
In a food processor, blend the pine nuts and garlic clove. Add the coriander and pepper and process. Add the lime juice, olive oil and seasoning to taste. Blitz until blended.
I had one large courgette and one sweet potato which I turned into noodles (or zoodles) with my spiralizer. I added a can of drained and rinsed chickpeas and sautéed these quickly over a high heat. I then stirred in one tub of pesto and served it on a plate of rocket, baby tomatoes and avocado.
So simple, yet so tasty and filling. The pesto could be made with almost any nut/herb combination and the noodles could be carrot, courgette, sweet potato etc.
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Nicci French is the pen name of the married team of Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, known for their psychological suspense novels. Starting with The Memory Game in 1996 through their twelfth, Complicit, in 2009, the team now brings forth a new character to start what promises to be a thoroughly intriguing series in Blue Monday.
Psychotherapist Frieda Klein is a solitary woman who suffers from insomnia that pushes her to walk nights following the course of the ancient London rivers that now run underground. Order matters to Frieda, as she believes the world to be an uncontrollable place, and her personal integrity sets her apart as she gets involved with her patients and helps them to see that what is controllable are their thoughts. Her entire world is interesting, and Auntie M can see this as the start of a compelling series.
Matthew Farraday is a five-year-old who has been abducted. Along with a strong police response, his photograph is splashed regularly across UK papers. When one of Frieda’s patient’s starts having dreams of a child who closely matches Matthew’s description, Frieda cannot ignore the coincidence and turns to Detective Chief Inspector Karlsson for help.
Karlsson is the perfect foil for Frieda; equally intelligent, and just as prickly, his first response is to dismiss her fears–until a connection with an eerily similar unsolved abduction of twenty years ago emerges and Frieda and Karlsson race as the tension builds to find a kidnapper and rescue the child.
The plotting here is meticulous, with extravagant details given to the characters and their lives so that they jump off the page in gritty detail. There is a wealth of raw emotion, too, as people are misunderstood, and the suspense piles on. The twists and turns will keep you turning pages to the stunning ending.
Don’t miss this new start of what promises to be a wonderful series. The second Frieda Klein novel, Tuesday’s Gone, will be published this July, and this reader can hardly wait.
Welcome to Berkshire, England, and the compelling story in Katherine Webb’s second novel, The Unseen, published this week by William Morrow.
Weaving her tale between 1911 and 2011, Webb has constructed a story that examines the class structure of Edwardian England set against the deception and illusion that occur one summer in the sleepy village of Cold Ash Holt.
In 1911, the Rev. Albert Canning and his naive wife Hester cannot begin to imagine how their quiet lives will be changed when their new maid, Cat Morley, is absorbed into their small, rigid household. Cat has her own past to deal with, and longs to escape a life in service.
Hester knows something is wrong with her young marriage, and yearns for a child from her devout husband. Then Canning becomes fascinated with idea of theosophism, and even more so with one handsome young practitioner, Robin Durannt, who is drawn to the village by Canning’s almost hysterical vision of elementals in the water meadows near the Canning’s home. When he welcomes Durannt into their home, Canning sets up a series of events that summer that will irrevocably change the lives of everyone living in The Old Rectory.
Fast forward to 2011, where journalist Leah Hickson needs a great story to bring her out of her depression and sink her investigative teeth into once more. Finding the identity of a World War I soldier recently found in a bog in Belgium seems to provide the work she needs, although it is not without its own entanglements.
When she’s shown several letters preserved with the soldier, linking him to Cold Ash Holt, Leah’s hunt begins. What she cannot know at that point is how caught up she will be in the past she unearths, and how the lives of those people and their ultimate fate will impact her own wounded heart.
The women are strong characters in this novel, where grief and passion are a counterpoint to all of their actions. You will be drawn into caring about them and their futures, in this highly engrossing novel that rushes to a strong climax.
Readers familiar with Arthur Conan Doyle’s article that embraced what is now called the Cottingley fairy photographs will understand the highly charged atmosphere that revolved around the occult at this period. Webb has done a wonderful job of recreating that furor and the emotions it raised, even as she has crafted a poignant and skilled novel that will have you remembering her characters, long after the last page is turned.
Richard Helms practiced as a forensic psychologist until 2002, and his personal experience adds tremendous credibility and validity to his newest forensic procedural novel.
He introduces Ben Long, now a college psychology teacher, who retired suddenly four years ago from practice and lives in al secluded mountain-topped home. He enjoys cooking good food, drinking decent wine, and listening to classical music. Unfortunately, the new DA happens to have a history with Long, and Sidney Kingsley doesn’t intend for Long to remain in isolation.
Kingsley’s office has charged Junior Torrence with murdering his brother’s fiancee, based on his own confession. Torrence’s lawyer hires a psychologist to prove the young man is mentally handicapped and therefore ineligible for a capital trial. Kingsley needs Long to perform his own separate evaluation to prove the man is competent to stand trial. At first Long refuses, for his own very good reasons. Then a tragedy with one of Long’s students occurs and Long relents.
When Kingsley assigns savvy law clerk Paula Paige to be Long’s assistant in his evaluation, it doesn’t take her long to see she’s dealing with a different personality. She finds him prickly, more than a bit odd, with a tendency to lecture her. He avoids metaphors or anything that could be called an abstractions in his speech. In short–he creeps her out. Ben Long is brilliant, but saddled with Asperger’s disorder, an atypical type of autism.
Yet as they begin to work together, Paula’s admiration for Long’s unusual practices rises, even as she must learn to duck and swerve his unorthodox methods during testing and interviews. And at the heart of the matter is the main question: is Junior Torrence, whose “confession” is revealed to be less than reliable, even capable of committing the crime. But if he’s innocent, then a murderer is still at large.
And when Paula counters that what he’s describing is simple good manners, Long replies: Oh, balderdash. It’s called lying to yourself…” which is something Ben Long does not have the capacity to do.
Watching these two compelling characters learn to respect each other and work together is half the fun of reading this compelling novel. Watching the clues come together is done with skill and an unusual twist. Let’s hope we get to see more of both of these characters in future mysteries.
Helms credits listening to Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, one of Auntie M’s favorite books which features a child with Asperger’s, as inspiring him to create his protagonist. Helms is a Derringer Award-winning author and 2011 winner of the ITW Thriller Award, who like Ben Long, teaches psychology.

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Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love and the Birthplace of the United State of America. For people who are fans of history, Philadelphia’s Historic District offers a unique opportunity to walk through the city’s famed cobblestone streets; the same streets where our founding fathers experienced many pivotal moments in American History. With so many different, historic buildings and sites to see, it’s easy to miss one! Don’t pass over a single stop on your visit to Philadelphia with our comprehensive guide of historical sites to see.
Most people have gone their entire lives without seeing the Constitution in person, but still, the document has such a dramatic influence on their lives. For those who do not know, the United States Constitution binds and governs American society as we know it. Similarly, the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution, provide the framework to American civic life. For the few that have seen the Constitution in person, possibly in a high school history class, another visit to the National Constitution Center can never come too soon.
Through interactive exhibits, short films and interesting artifacts, the National Constitution Center brings history back to life. From the creation of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights to the current impact on American society, everyone can learn something new at the National Constitution Center. Even young children visiting the museum will enjoy interacting with the 42 life-sized replica statues of the Constitution’s signers.
The National Constitution Center’s hours are noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays and 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. all other days.
Renowned as an inventor, scientist, writer and thinker, Benjamin Franklin is celebrated at the museum that bears his name. Visitors can learn about the different hobbies of the Renaissance man, view many of his inventions and learn about how the ideals he celebrated still influence American society today. Interactive exhibits and computer animations make this a fun pick for families with children.
Additionally, outside the current museum stands a metal “ghost house,” which shows the original location of Franklin’s home and print shop.
The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Tickets are required for admission.
A visit to the Museum of the American Revolution can lend context to your Philadelphia historical tour. This museum traces the colonies from foundation through the Revolution. Exhibits on George Washington, including the military tent he used during the Revolutionary War, show the commanding side of the man who became The United States of America’s first president. Along with historic artifacts, you will find artworks from the colonies, soldiers’ diaries and military weapons.
The Museum of the American Revolution is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. but the last entry is granted one hour before closing. During summer evenings, the museum offers extended hours.
Seamstress Betsy Ross is widely credited with making the original American flag. Her home, which dates from the 1740’s, is open to visitors. It’s a fascinating sight for its diminutive doorways and small rooms. Historical interpretation brings the past to life and allows travelers to learn more about the mysterious woman who agreed to create the flag when asked by George Washington. This is one historical site that’s great for all ages, as there is special programming for children.
Betsy Ross’s House is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, March through November 30, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday December 1 through February 28.
Weighing more than 2,000 pounds, the Liberty Bell is an icon of freedom worldwide. The large, cracked bell originally sat atop the site of the Pennsylvania colony’s provincial assembly, and rang out in July of 1776 to announce that the Second Continental Congress had voted for independence.
The bell was later adopted as a symbol of freedom and liberty by the abolitionist movement. During the Cold War, Americans looked to the bell as a symbol of American ideals. The Liberty Bell Center displays the bell and includes a History Channel documentary about the icon, so you can learn about the bell’s creation, history and meaning.
Admission to the Liberty Bell Center is free, and no tickets are required. Liberty Bell Center is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
Independence Hall is where the Second Constitutional Congress convened in 1776 and where the Declaration of Independence was signed. Today, park rangers lead informative tours of the site and bring history to life with colorful anecdotes. Original documents and artifacts, such as the chair George Washington sat in, are on display.
During peak season, which is from March to December, tickets are required to tour Independence Hall and are best reserved in advance. If you did not plan ahead, you have a few options during your visit. Same-day tickets are released starting at 8:30 a.m. Plan to arrive shortly thereafter to get your preferred time. Annual free days include July 4, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. During January and February, and on summer evenings after 5 p.m., no tickets are required.
The Philadelphia Mint offers a deep dive into something many people take for granted: Coins. The Philadelphia Mint manufacturers currency coins, commemorative coins and medals. On a free tour of the Mint, you will learn about the production of coins, from the design phase through die cutting and coin production. Coin buffs can’t miss the shop, where you can purchase commemorative coins. While you can buy U.S. coins online anytime, the Philadelphia Mint is one of the only places you can handle the coins.
The U.S. Philadelphia Mint is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. From Memorial Day through Labor Day, the Mint adds Saturday hours to their rotation.
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BTM File Extension – What is .BTM file and How to open it?
Having trouble opening .btm extension? Don't panic! This page explains what btm files are as well as suggests programs you may use to open btm files. You can download these programs through this page.
What is a BTM file?
Btm file extension has 4DOS Batch file type, developed by JP Software, which is associated with the "executable files" category.
Batch file is quite similar to a .BAT file; however, it is designed to be launch with JP Software's 4DOS. The latter is now known as Take Command. The software is suitable for the latest versions of Windows. It includes Take Command Console (TCC) running BTM files.
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Double click the btm file to open it. The file will open automatically if file associations have been correctly installed and there is a proper program on your computer; if not, file associations may be corrupted and your OS either cannot find the proper program, or you might not have one for opening the file. First, we recommend downloading our utility to fix file association errors; then, you can download any program for opening the .btm extension from the ones suggested below. If you are certain there is nothing wrong with the file associations, you may proceed to method 2 right away; besides, if you can't make up your mind when choosing the right program, use Universal File Viewer from the last method.
The given list provides programs which may be used for opening or converting the btm file. Choose the proper program for your OS, and click it to start the download or proceed to the developer's website.
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Featuring pieces by Jonathan Harvey, Cristian Vogel, Koenraad Ecker, SØS Gunvver Ryberg, Tine Surel Lange, Anders Tveit, BANREI.
This feature length music film is an adaptation of an immersive sonic theatre piece created by the composer Cristian Vogel. The story is loosely based on a Scandinavian supernatural folk ballad of the same title. In the staged version, the actors and audience were immersed in the music as it played through a 24 channel Funktion-One sound system set up in a theatre in Aarhus, Denmark.
8th December, ZKM Kubus, Karlsruhe.
48 speaker screening of »Agnete & The Merman« by Cristian Vogel & The Automatic Message. The piece was developed as a performance for 3D audio by an international group of artists and technicians under Vogel’s management and premiered in the middle of 2017 in Aarhus, European Capital of Culture 2017. As part of »inSonic2017: Immersive Future«, Cristian Vogel & The Automatic Message is exhibiting a fixed media version of the piece for video and multi-channel audio.
NeverEngine Labs founder, Cristian Vogel, premieres his spatial sound performance at Aarhus European Capital of Culture, June 18/19/20th 2017. Official tech partners include Symbolic Sound, Funktion-One, Sonible and Sonic Emotions. Read more at the official webpage.
Short tutorial example demonstrating how simple it is to setup NeverEngine Labs SendOSC to automate Reaper DAW from Kyma Timeline.
The Complexity Lab was launched in July 2015. It ran for one year developing advanced sound designs exclusively for Kyma. We focussed on one of the most powerful areas of Kyma – the algorithmic construction of complex signal flows using Replicators, Scripts and Frames. The entire archive is now available to non-subscribers as a gallery at a fixed price.
Professor Braff’s advanced groove computation modules were co-developed at the Rhythmic Computation Lab by Malcolm Braff, Gustav Scholda and Cristian Vogel. A suite of Kyma Classes which combine in a modular way to calculate groove and pulse according to Professor Braff’s rhythm theory.
Earlier this year Gustav made a live broadcast covering some of the basic concepts of spectral frame data processing behind his SPCSR Volume One.


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Tunisia is one of the most popular tourist destinations in North Africa, and for good reason. It offers spectacular beaches for those in need of relaxation, and several diverse cities with ample opportunities for shopping and dining. Most importantly, though, Tunisia is a country steeped in history. Its UNESCO-protected archaeological sites provide an insight into periods of Roman, Arab and European rule and the treasures left behind by each civilization. Here are 10 of the top things to do in Tunisia.
Note: At the time of writing, travel warnings had been issued for parts of Tunisia affected by terrorism and political instability. Make sure to check for the latest updates before booking your vacation.
The capital of Tunis is the natural place to start your Tunisian adventure. Its origins pre-date the Romans, and over the centuries the city has developed its own unique blend of Arabic, African and European culture. In the French Ville Nouveau area, colonial buildings flank palm-lined avenues and sidewalk cafés serve artisan coffee and pastries. In the medina, authentic souks provide the chance to barter for Arabic crafts and fabrics. As the second-largest museum on the African continent, the Bardo Museum is a particular highlight. Housed in a 19th-century palace, it is a veritable treasure trove of Tunisian history populated by mosaics, sarcophagi and sculptures unearthed from ancient sites located across the country.
Further south, the town of El Djem gives visitors the opportunity to relive the grandeur of the Roman Empire. Today’s settlement grew up around the ruins of the Roman city of Thysdrus, once one of the most prosperous settlements in North Africa. Much of the original architecture is now lost—with the exception of the city’s mighty amphitheater. Built to house gladiator shows and chariot races, the amphitheater held 35,000 spectators and was one of the largest in the Empire. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the amphitheater is more intact than the Coliseum in Rome, with two thirds of its triple-arcaded outer walls still standing. Visitors can also see the underground passages and cells that once held the arena’s human and animal combatants.
Tunisia’s natural beauty is just as impressive as its storied past. Those wishing to experience the rugged splendor of the Sahara Desert should head for Grand Erg Oriental, a vast dune sea that stretches for approximately 370 miles/600 kilometers between Algeria and Tunisia. The region can be explored on camelback or via a 4x4 safari, with trips lasting anywhere from a few hours to several days. Camping trips are especially rewarding, giving visitors the chance to marvel at unspoiled starscapes and to witness the magnificent colors of sunrise and sunset in the desert. Grand Erg Oriental is famous for its rolling dunes, but in between the endless peaks and valleys of sand one can also find verdant oases, rocky mountains and unexpected wildlife.
The centre of Islamic history in Tunisia is Kairouan, a city in the country’s northern inland region. Founded in 670 AD, Kairouan became the principal holy city of the Maghreb region under the Aghlabid dynasty in the 9th century. Today, it is the fourth holiest city of the Muslim faith, and recognized by UNESCO as a crucial stronghold of Arabo-Muslim culture. For visitors, the most rewarding area of Kairouan is the medina. Here, ancient ramparts protect a veritable maze of narrow, winding streets lined with painted houses and bustling souks. Every now and then, the alleyways lead to incredible Islamic monuments ranging from stucco and mosaic-adorned tombs to ornate mosques, the most famous of which is the 7th-century Great Mosque.
Located just 12 miles/20 kilometers north of Tunis, the seaside town of Sidi Bou Said was founded to accommodate pilgrims paying homage to the nearby tomb of a Muslim saint. Today, the town is a popular getaway destination for visitors to the capital, offering the chance to unwind overlooking beautiful views of the Gulf of Tunis. Sidi Bou Said is famous for its Greek-style white buildings and distinctive blue-painted doors and trellises. This out-of-place architecture was inspired by Baron Rodolphe d’Erlanger, a French painter and musicologist who settled in Sidi Bou Said in the early 1900s and decorated his palace in the trendsetting white-and-blue style. Visitors can explore the Baron’s magnificent residence before exploring the quaint old town.
Now a suburb of Tunis, the ancient city of Carthage was founded in the 9th century BC. It was the capital of the Carthaginian civilization, which posed the only real threat to the early Roman Empire, launching a series of offensives against Rome itself between 264 BC and 146 BC. The last of the Punic Wars saw the destruction of Carthage, which was later rebuilt by the Romans. Although it is not Tunisia’s most impressive archaeological site, it is certainly the most famous. A wander through the suburb reveals the remains of Carthage’s amphitheater, circus, cemeteries and Punic ports, as well as the foundations of the city’s ancient residential quarter. The Baths of Antoninus Pius are particularly famous as the largest public baths outside of Rome.
For a more intact insight into Roman life in North Africa, make your way to Bulla Regia, an archaeological site located near the city of Jendouba in the northwest of the country. Under Roman rule, the region flourished because of its ability to produce grain, grapes and olives. This prosperity is evident in the villas at Bulla Regia, which were built underground as a defense against the heat. As a result, their interiors are so well preserved that visitors can walk through the rooms as their owners might once have done and see original artifacts in situ. These include elaborate floor mosaics, which are thought to be amongst the most impressive in North Africa. The haloed sea goddess depicted in the House of Amphitrite is a particular highlight of this incredible site.
For a completely different atmosphere, exchange the history of the mainland for the laid-back vibes of Djerba Island. Surrounded by the Gulf of Gabès, Djerba is the largest island in North Africa. Its multicultural residents are famously friendly, and the island itself is a kaleidoscope of whitewashed buildings, sandy beaches and colorful seafood restaurants. Some visitors spend their time relaxing in luxury hotels along the Zone Touristique beachfront, while others venture into the Houmt Souk medina in search of authentic souvenirs. Guellala village is famous for its pottery, an industry that dates back to Roman times. Animal lovers can come face-to-face with over 400 Nile crocodiles at Djerba Explore, or admire wild flamingos on the Ras Rmel peninsula.
Tunisia’s most rewarding wildlife experience, however, is to be found at Ichkeul National Park in the far north of the country. Comprising mountains, wetlands and the vast expanse of Lake Ichkeul, the park is UNESCO-protected and renowned for its hiking and birdwatching opportunities. The lake is the last great freshwater lake in a chain that once stretched across North Africa, and as such provides a vital stopping off point for migratory birds en route from Europe and Asia to sub-Saharan Africa. In season, more than 300,000 ducks, geese and coots can be spotted on the lake during a single day, and great flocks of storks and flamingo are common. In addition, the national park also provides a sanctuary for more than 200 animal species and 500 plant species.
Despite its allegedly ancient origins, the troglodyte settlement of Matmata was virtually unknown to the outside world until 1967, when extreme floods forced its people to surface from their underground homes. Now, the settlement is a famous destination for Star Wars fans, as the village and its surrounds were used to film scenes from the planet Tatooine. In particular, underground Hotel Sidi Driss acted as Luke Skywalker’s home in the 1977 film Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope; and appeared again in the 2002 sequel Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones. Like all troglodyte homes, it comprises a series of artificial caves cut into the earth around a central pit and connected by subterranean tunnels. It has 20 rooms and a restaurant on-site.


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Outstanding article about a great artist and awesome person. His passion, his vision , his curiosity and his tireless advocacy towards visualizing the cosmos has touched many, especially with his collaborative vibrant energy of sharing creatively and inspirationally with his many likeminded artist-colleagues in the International Association of Astronomical Artists (IAAA).
I had a lunch box with one of his pictures on it: a lander with big wings attached to what appeared to be an ion engine powered booster in earth orbit with guys in space suites in the foreground.
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Revelation 12:11 says "And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death".
Our testimony is a story God has given to us; a weapon to remember His unfailing love and extravagant goodness toward us. It is only through the gospel of Jesus that we can be given a story worth telling, worth fighting for, worth dying for. Our story is only made possible, because Jesus’ story is given to us through faith in Him. It’s His empty grave that enables our empty lives to be filled with His unfailing love.
He is still creating stories today. Will yours be the next one told?
Stories of Jesus’ life changing power.
"Before Christ, my heart was very hard, scared, wary, lonely. I didn't find approval or assurance from home so I sought it elsewhere: people, boys, friends, in how I looked, in my performance. I began seeking my own glory, building my own kingdom. I was seeking for my identity in something that would be praised.
I felt I wasn't good enough and needed to be proven otherwise. Well, that never happened. I'm still not good enough. But I have been made worthy of God's calling and quickening on my life with Christ's infinite, unconditional, free, and freeing love poured out over me, in place of me on the cross. I am free to serve a loving and merciful King.
Christ makes me worthy, fit to be the daughter of the King. That is better than any standing or status here on earth. It is not what I do to earn favor, but what Christ has already done for me. Not by my power, but by the power of God working through me. I am free from the chains of performing for others, from the works of building my own kingdom, from the works that would have lead to my death.
The truth that God chose me, the Father of creation, that Christ died for me, perfect Lord over all and that the Holy Spirit intercedes for me, makes me new. They fill me to make me enough, to make me whole."
“When I look back on the past 27 years of my life it’s impossible to not notice the Lord’s enduring pursuit of me.
At age 15 I started abusing painkillers due to a knee injury I got playing football. By the end of a disappointing high school football career, I had a total of three different knee surgeries and a growing dependence on opiates. By 18 I couldn’t go to school without some form of opiate, which led to me in the last few months of high school trying intravenous heroin, a much cheaper alternative. The next several years consisted of wrecked vehicles, apartment evictions, lost jobs, rehab stays, and many many relationships ruined. Eventually, I started selling drugs to support my habit. In March of 2013 I was set up by someone I was using drugs with and sold heroin to an undercover cop. Six months later a warrant was issued for my arrest and I turned myself in. Selling heroin in the state of Indiana has AA recommended prison sentence of 5-15 years. I sat in the county jail for over a year until I was finally sentenced for my crime. During my time in jail, I saw a lot of very terrible things that I can never forget. I struggled with periods of complete hopelessness, uncertainty, and deep depression. But I also experienced periods of peace and acceptance. I laughed almost every day, something I hadn’t done since my adolescence. Most importantly, I finally stopped running and submitted to God. I realized he put me in this situation to keep me from killing myself with drugs. I began reading my Bible and praying daily and going to Bible study every night I could. For the first time, I was sober and healthy and my mind was clear.
When the day came for me to be sentenced, I was given a gift that not too many drug dealers get. I was court-ordered to City Gospel Mission’s Exodus Program; a year-long Christian rehab program in downtown Cincinnati. Instead of going to an Indiana prison, I graduated from the Exodus program in October of 2015. I stayed in the program for 2 years and eventually was offered a job working for City Gospel Mission. Missio Dei was one of the churches we visited once a month during my first year in Exodus. Pastor Kurt and Justin volunteered to lead a Bible study Wednesday mornings for the Exodus guys. While I was transitioning out of the program I met my wife Aimee, and God just continued to bless me in ways I could have never imagined. The day I moved out of transitional housing I asked her to marry me. Today we’ve been married for two years and have two children, Alexis and Easton.
“As a young teenager, I came to Christ with some rudimentary understanding of the work He did on the cross. I knew Christ was the atonement for my sins. However, during that same time period in my life, I was living in a home filled with abuse at the hands of my father, both towards my mother and us 6 kids.
To flee this abuse, I sought counsel and comfort from a close family friend who claimed to have the same belief in Christ as I did. I was lured by him, and he proceeded to sexually abuse me for a period of 2 weeks during a summer at his family home. I chose to ignore the profound damage of this abuse and just move on with my life. Eventually, I married and started having children. I continued to choose to ignore the abuse and eventually it came back with a vengeance. I began to distance myself from those that loved me and I eventually became a mere shell of a person. Then I had a revelation that if I started swallowing pills all my troubles miraculously seemed to disappear. The past abuse didn't seem to bother me and I felt normal again.
I soon became addicted to painkillers and couldn't stop using. The highs were short lived. The hatred and bitterness that I had towards my abuser, as well as my parents, started to explode and consume me. I started to blame the God who loved me and cleansed me of my sins so many years ago. I hated myself for allowing the abuse to take place. I felt lost and alone. The drug addiction got so bad that eventually, I went away to a 28-day drug rehab center. I did the program and got clean only to pick up a few months later. I eventually lost my job as a result of my relapse, and that day was the last day I used. After a horrible few weeks of going through withdrawals and coping with depression, I decided I needed help and began seeing a Christian therapist.
He helped me work through the truth of genuine, Godly, forgiveness. To forgive those who hurt and abused me but also to forgive myself. It was a long and difficult process and I fought this idea of forgiveness intensely. I didn’t want to forgive anyone, most of all myself. It wasn't until I fully realized the forgiveness that God displayed toward me that I was able to fully forgive myself and the others that had harmed me. I finally clung to the scripture "Forgive one another as God has forgiven you."
Once I was able to display forgiveness, I was free of my bitterness and hatred of myself as well as others. It saddens me that for so long I chose to reject the great truths of what God has done for me and instead to lean on my own so-called wisdom. But by God's grace, I am not longer that person. I am no longer an addict or an abuse victim but I am now a "Child of the One True King.""
Our conquering of sin and death does not come without Jesus’ sacrifice for sin and death in our place. Join us as we reflect on what it cost for us to become conquerors, for us to be able to be given a new story of life.


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Veg Box People and Manchester Veg People are two co-operative organisations that work closely together to deliver a model of a more sustainable and fairer food system for Greater Manchester.
We need someone who shares our passion to create better food systems to help us consolidate both businesses. You will need to be an all-rounder as we also share much of the work we do, but we are particularly looking for someone to join the team who has strong administrative skills with experience and confidence of working with spread sheets and quickbooks (or similar software).
Your typical week would include collating orders (both from restaurants and for our weekly veg and fruit bags), placing orders with our suppliers, general administration of the business (including managing stock, invoicing and emailing customers and suppliers) and packing our lovely veg, which will give you the hands on experience to help you explain why our products are so much better than anyone else’s. While it may not be one of your regular tasks, you will need to be able to drive the delivery vehicle and know the delivery routes, to be able to provide cover for other members of the team.
Veg Box People is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from individuals across a diverse range of cultures, genders, ethnicities and lifestyles.
Further details are included in the job description and application form which are available to download below. Please send completed application forms to mail@kindling.org.uk by 19th April 2019.
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Broadstone at Plantation which was recently developed by Alliance Residential Company is a 250-unit garden-style project located at 6901 West Sunrise Boulevard in Plantation. It is positioned approximately 1.3 miles west of the Florida Turnpike. Construction of this project was completed recently and it is now leasing.
Invesca Development Group is in the process of developing Strata Townhomes. The 147-unit project will include two-bedroom and three-bedroom units starting in the mid-$200,000’s. The property is located at 4350 West Sunrise Boulevard.
Mill Creek Residential recently acquired a 6.3-acre site at the Cornerstone Corporate Center in Plantation and plans to build a 330-unit apartment project consisting of three apartment buildings and a parking garage. The property address is: 1240 South Pine Island Road in Plantation.
Metropica, a master-planned community in Sunrise that is currently under development will include 1,900 residential units along with retail and additional commercial space.


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The Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce hosted a dinner for Israeli academics who participated in the University of Sydney-Israel Research Partnership Forum: Shared Challenges Future Solutions at which two $100,000 grants were awarded.
Guests included prominent members of the community, academics and business leaders many of whom have interests in the field of research and development. Among the guests were Meir Itzchaki, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Israel, Canberra who spoke about the enormous contribution in many fields which have been made by Israeli research and development and the added value that international collaborations bring to these fields.
This event was also the occasion for the announcement of the awardees of the inaugural SIR ZELMAN COWEN UNIVERSITIES FUND BLUESKY RESEARCH GRANT which has been initiated by the Fund to support the development of novel ideas. With the Fund’s aims being to support medical & scientific research and to promote cooperative work between the University of Sydney and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the applications were open to scientists from both Universities and stated a preference for a joint project between scientists of the two Universities.
The quality and number of applications received for the grant resulted in the Trustees’ decision to make two awards, each of $100,000 in this new scheme.
The announcement of the awards was made by, Meir Itzchaki who told the audience that the grants have been awarded to Prof Yehudit Bergman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, for a collaborative project with Prof Jacob George, University of Sydney and Prof John Rasko of the University of Sydney & RPA Hospital, Dr Janet Macpherson (RPAH) and Prof Tony Weiss (USYD) for a collaborative project with Prof Dan Gazit of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Sir Zelman Cowen served as Governor General of Australia from 1977 to 1982 and has been Patron of this Fund since 1997 having served as a Trustee prior to that time. When the Fund was established in 1978 it was named in honour of his appointment as Governor General in the previous year.

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minutes or even an hour. Beware !
other short hand that comes to mind.
the examination room, the better will be the end result.
possibility of making a cartoon or picture out of it.
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To be entitled to reimbursement from the National Health Fund or the competent public sector fund, all acts performed by a dietitian must be prescribed by a doctor. The insured person must also suffer from one of the 13 medical conditions for which coverage is provided.
If dietary treatment is continued, an extended dietary treatment is prescribed including four follow-up consultations as part of an extended dietary treatment with a minimum duration of 30 minutes (ZD21).
The services provided by dietitians are individual and personalised. The dietitian provides his services on one person only. Parallel treatments of several people and group treatments are not covered by health insurance.
At the end of the final follow-up consultation, the dietitian writes a final dietary report that is sent to the prescribing physician. The same applies if the treatment is interrupted early. The final dietary report records the evaluation of the results obtained with regard to the dietary objectives, the actions negotiated with the insured person and the evolution of dietary behaviour.
Services provided by dietitians are only covered by the CNS if they are provided following an original and prior medical prescription.
if applicable, the precise number of consultations.
If one of the two types of treatment described under the section "Course of treatment" is prescribed, the prescribing doctor may also omit details relating to the codes, wording and precise number of acts. In this case, it is sufficient to indicate either the terms "initial dietary treatment" or "extension of a dietary treatment" completed by the pathology code(s) justifying the treatment.
cardiological history (coronary artery disease/cardiomyopathy documented).
The prescription must indicate the pathology afflicting the insured person that is the reason the dietary treatment was prescribed.
The CNS only covers one initial dietary treatment per pathology every three years. Each initial treatment can, with a medical prescription, be extended only once.
if less than three years have passed since the beginning of the initial treatment. After this period, a new initial treatment may be requested.
The medical prescription must be validated by the CNS. This validation must be requested within 90 days of the prescription’s issuance. Through this validation, the CNS issues a certificate of coverage that guarantees coverage of services under the statutory conditions.
This validation can be requested either by the dietitian or by the insured person himself from the National Health Fund.
Request for validation by the dietitian: If the insured person submits the medical prescription directly to the dietitian, the dietitian enters the information provided on the prescription into a dedicated software and sends it to the CNS within the required time limit.
Request for validation by the insured person: If the insured person requests validation, they must send the original medical prescription by post to the CNS within the required time limit.
The CNS checks the medical prescription and, in the event of validation, sends the certificate of coverage to the applicant (either electronically to the dietitian or by post to the insured person).
When a certificate of coverage cannot be issued because the administrative conditions are not met, the CNS informs the applicant (either the dietitian electronically or the insured person by post). This information includes the reasons for the non-validation. If the dietitian has made the request, they inform the insured person that they may request a decision from the CNS subject to appeal.
If the dietitian has sent the request for validation of the prescription to the CNS, the services provided for in the dietitians' nomenclature of acts and services may be paid directly by the CNS through the third-party payment system, at the request of the insured person.
Under the third-party payment system, the insured person pays the dietitian only the part for which he is responsible (the part that is not reimbursed by health insurance).
The third-party payment system is not applicable when the insured person requested to receive the certificate of coverage from the CNS personally.
In this case, at the end of the treatment, the dietitian presents an invoice to the insured person showing the total amount to be paid, i.e. the portion to be covered by health insurance as well as any part to be paid by the insured person. After payment, the insured person requests a reimbursement with their competent fund (CNS or public sector health fund).
The dietitian is entitled to compensation for loss of fees if the insured has not cancelled his appointment 24 hours in advance or if the insured is at least 15 minutes late.
It is considered a personal convenience, for which the dietitian is entitled to receive an additional fee, if the dietitian schedules an appointment at the insured's explicit request on a specific day before 8.00 a.m. or after 7.00 p.m. or on a Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday.
The compensation may not exceed 50% of the coefficient of the act(s) in the dietitians' nomenclature of acts and services that are performed during this appointment. It is invoiced under the code DCP2.
The benefits provided for above are not covered by health insurance. They are invoiced with the services on the same invoice.


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Kenneth Cole Reaction offers their version of classic boat shoe with the Indy slip-ons, designed for versatile style by land or on the water.
Sleek and simple, the Indy sneakers from Kenneth Cole Reaction deliver a touch of sophistication to your casual day-to-day look.
Defined by tone-on-tone dimensional accents, the Indy sneakers from Kenneth Cole Reaction feature contrast laces and tongues.
Kenneth Cole Reaction uses canvas at the upper to create the classic sporty appeal of these casual slip-on boat shoes.


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Villagers have been left stumped after a claiming to have seen UFO and a “humanoid figure”.
The unidentified figure was spotted by agricultural workers in Kanagal village in Periyapatna taluk of Mysuru district at around 2pm on Thursday, as they worked in fields.
They said the figure came towards them from a red spacecraft that emerged from the clouds.


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Natural gardening is growing in popularity as folks more and more see the necessity to avoid chemical substances and synthetic products. Some vegetation prefer a shady space, so research the kind of crops that you`re putting in. If a sure type needs much less daylight you might consider planting it closer to the house or near a tree- someplace the place it should get some direct daylight daily however there`s still some shade to help shield it from the blazing sun.
The model you chose largely depend upon the size of the plot you are looking at cultivating and maintaining with it. A small tiller with round 2 to three HP would be positive for a plot of lass than an acre, however you may wish to put money into a extra powerful machine of 15 to 20 HP for anything bigger than 5 acres, particularly if you happen to intend to maneuver large rocks with it. If you will get a contractor to remove the stones as a one-off job a smaller tractor may be high-quality for basic garden upkeep.
One of the advantages of square foot gardening is that you may put plastic over your raised bed to heat the soil up. Should you get stunned by a chilly snap after the frost-free date, as we did a number of years in the past, simply pace a glass cloche or greenhouse hoop over your mattress for defense.
The roots of rock garden crops, as we`ve seen, wish to cling around the moist surfaces of bits of stone buried within the soil, while the leaves rest upon those items which work their method to the floor, thus avoiding direct contact with the filth.
By growing in this means, you might transfer your pots of greens around to comply with the solar, or transfer them away from wind, rain, tempests, birds, and so forth. Certain you would not have to plant your garden on this vogue should you have been rising to keep up a family of 4 yearly, but if there are one or 2 in the house, this can be a means of getting contemporary greens all of the year spherical.
Nations that could be hit by the new trend of residence gardening zones in the united states, could be Thailand, that depends primarily on agriculture, Slovenia and Poland, both exporters to the EU. Whilst flower gardens are changed into vegetable, and fruit patches, and owners buy chickens, somewhat than buy eggs from our supermarkets.
While you plant a flower seed and in time the plant has bloomed and produced even a single flower, the one who planted that flower will certainly really feel proud and great that his or her effort didn`t go to waste as there`s the proof of a beautiful output.
For the past 43 years Dr. Jacob Mittleider has quietly and without fanfare dramatically improved the lives of multiplied hundreds of people, and even changed the economies of countries, by instructing individuals the way to better feed their households by growing wholesome and extremely productive vegetable crops - each personally and commercially.
Park Seed Firm is considered one of quite a lot of suppliers who roughly supplies licensed natural seeds which might be grown below circumstances mandated by the National Standard for Organic Agriculture, performing rigorous soil testing and utilizing only accredited fertilizers and pest controls.


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atmosphere of recovery in our group?
maintain a focus on NA’s primary purpose?
distinctively carry out our primary purpose? What other purposes does our group serve?
meetings increased or diminished recently? Is there anything we need to do differently?
What are the ways our format helps or hinders our ability to carry the message?
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Scripted video dramas are a powerful tool for teaching authentic communication skills, including non-verbal communication. We are proud to be the exclusive publishers of video drama materials from Chasing Time English, a New Zealand-based film production company. Chasing Time English provides engaging drama series for English language teachers with compelling materials for classroom and independent use.
A man wakes up in a mysterious room. An unknown agent interrogates him about his last job, a job that went wrong, unbeknownst to him. We learn more and more about the job, the agent, and what went wrong. But will we ever know the whole truth? This 4-episode drama will get students thinking and talking and practicing English.
The accompanying materials (designed for advanced, C1 learners) teach vocabulary, reading, and listening. But the real focus is on communication skills, including pragmatics and adjacency pairs. Students are encouraged to act out the dialogues, practicing pronunciation and other speaking skills, and then improvise new scenes.
When his old army buddy calls him to find his wife, Jimmy Fortune, private investigator, takes the case. But he’s forced to confront pieces of his past he thought he’d left behind. And the case turns out to be much more complicated than he thought.
Fortune is a 6-episode video drama written with language learners in mind. The accompanying student book teaches vocabulary, grammar, speaking, and listening, using the episodes as input. There are two versions of the dramas, Blue for Elementary+ and Gold for Upper-Intermediate. Both follow the same plot, but with some language adjustments. Each version of the textbook also present different grammar points and communication goals appropriate for the respective levels.


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I would like to ask you about the Hadīth in which the Holy Prophet (sws) is reported to have raced with his wife Ā’ishah (rta). Please clarify the context and the meaning of this narrative. I have read it a couple of times in some articles on women sports and other issues.
I don’t think there is anything wrong with these narratives. They are reliable and do not contradict Qur’ānic teachings nor are they against common sense. The Holy Prophet (sws) besides being a Messenger of God was also a very normal human being. His private life was very similar to the private life of all human beings. Entertainment and leisure were also found in his life. He also had a keen sense of humor, as the narrative from Musnad Ahmad shows.
In fact, we all need to learn from this aspect of the Prophet’s life. It is generally thought that religious people should be overtly serious and should seldom indulge in any sort of amusement. What needs to be appreciated is that balance is the key word in one’s life. An austere and pious life does not mean that one cannot laugh or enjoy oneself within the limits set by the Almighty.


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Subgingival plaque removal at interdental sites using a low-abrasive air polishing powder.
Petersilka GJ1, Tunkel J, Barakos K, Heinecke A, Häberlein I, Flemmig TF.
The aim of the study was to test the efficacy of a novel low-abrasive air polishing powder in subgingival plaque removal at interdental sites during periodontal maintenance therapy (PMT).
Using a split mouth design, subgingival plaque was removed in 23 PMT patients using a low abrasive powder using a standard air polishing unit (test) or curets (positive control). Before and immediately after treatment, subgingival plaque samples were taken from interdental sites with 3 to 5 mm probing depth (PD) at 2 test teeth and 2 positive control teeth. To evaluate the influence of sampling on the microflora, plaque samples were also taken twice at 2 teeth without therapy with PD of 3 to 5 mm (negative control). PMT treatment and plaque sampling were repeated 3 times at quarterly intervals. Anaerobe cultivation was utilized to assess the mean reduction of total colony forming units (CFU) immediately after treatment.
Test treatment resulted in a significantly greater reduction in subgingival bacterial counts (log 1.9 +/- 0.7) than positive control treatment (log 1.1 +/- 0.6) and subgingival plaque sampling alone (log 0.5 +/- 0.5; P < 0.05). Differences between positive and negative control were not significant (P < 0.05).
The novel low-abrasive air polishing powder is superior to curets in removing subgingival plaque at interdental sites with up to 5 mm probing depth in PMT.