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There is a large road to the right of the main street leading to the entrance gate of Phnom Kulen National Park, turn here and follow it along about 1km give or take until you see the entrance gate to Wat Prohm Bram Bey, turn in here and then you will see a set of stairs at the front.
At Wat Prohm Bram Bey, there are a few different avenues you can choose, they all join back up together.
The next break in the path is at Wat Preah Cup, here there is a pagoda, a spring and swimming pool and a spirit temple, if you pass the pagoda and follow the stairs on its right side.
When you’re finished exploring Wat Preah Cup follow the other stairs that would have been to the left when you first got to the pagoda. These stairs will take you all the way through to a dirt path through the jungle, then you keep following the jungle path for about another hour – sometimes the path splits, but it’s usually easy to tell which way to go, or the two paths re-meet around a tree or the like. Eventually you will emerge in a small village, you keep walking through the village and will emerge at the bridge near Kbal Spean. Expect to be asked for your entrance ticket at this point.
From here it’s an easy walk to Wat Preah Ang Thom, Kbal Spean or the Phnom Kulen waterfalls.


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Let's face it, for those of us who are dog lovers... our dogs are our babies. But what happens when a real baby comes a long. For many first time parents, the assumption that their dog will be the best with a new baby is already in place. However, when the baby comes along many times owners are faced with the hard decision to give the dog up because it is not coping well or acting out when the new baby arrives. Trust me, this is not just the dog acting out. Most dogs are go with the flow and will fall into their place in the new pack, but they must be guided correctly.
Would you get rid of your baby if they didn't get along with the dog?
I have been into dog rescue and adoption for the past 6 years. It has been a passion of mine and I have a soft spot for the big bully breeds! I got into dog training 4 years ago when we fostered and later our adopted our current dog, Babs. Babs was the victim of a dog fighting bust in Long Beach, CA. When we got her, we knew nothing about her but soon found out we had a lot of work to do. I knew a small amount about dog training but had to learn quick for the safety of others around our dog. Babs is the most amazing around people. She is incredibly loyal and great with all people, big and small. We even joke that if someone broke into our home they would get licked to death. However, when it comes to other animals, she was trained to do a lot of damage. Dog fighting is a real business. It's disgusting what people will do to these animals just for money. Babs would attack any type of animal from a lizard to a horse. Her prey drive was insane. So we made it a first priority to get her desensitized to animals. It's no easy task, but we have come a very long way.
So when I became pregnant, we wasted no time in preparing Babs for a new baby. I had been shadowing one of Cesar Milan's personal head trainers, volunteering at the Dog Psychology Center and taking Babs up for classes there as well. But the work does not end there, you must do your work at home to make this a smooth transition for everyone. Here are a few things that you can do at home to prepare your dog for a new baby.
• Create Rules, Boundaries and Limitations. If you have a dog that owns the house you live in, now is the time to change that. By no means am I saying you must kick your dog to the curb but you must make some big changes. RULES - refers to what a dog is or isn't allowed to do. (i.e. You are not allowed to jump on me, don't pull on walks.) BOUNDARIES - refer to where a dog is or isn't allowed to go. (i.e. the dog is NOT allowed in the baby's room) LIMITATIONS - refer to the length or intensity of an activity. (i.e. we stop playing fetch when I say so, you're energy is too much so it's time to return to a calm energy before we play again.) Check out this great blog post on Cesars Way about this topic.
• Designate a separate place for your dogs toys - A good exercise to do is lay out some of your dogs toys and some of the baby's toys. Allow your dog to only play with their toys and make sure to claim the baby's toys as your own. They are completely off limits. Sniffing is ok, but nothing more. Have a space designated just for your dogs toys, their very own toy box.
• If your dog is used to sleeping in bed with you, now is the time to put an end to that (at least for awhile.) Don't worry your dog won't be mad, they will eventually get used to it and it won't even be a thought in the future. Get them a nice bed where they have their own safe, cozy space. We allow our dog to sleep on her own bed in our room by the door. However, she is NOT allowed ON the bed or near the baby's bassinet. This seems to be the toughest for a lot of my clients. They find a lot of comfort in having their dog sleep next to them. In the wild, these dogs have never known a goose down comforter and satin sheets... and boy are they more than fine in their own bed on the floor. A luxury many dogs will never experience. There was a recent story about a 3 day old who got killed by the family dog while they were all sleeping in bed together. This breaks my heart and often why I tell my clients it has to stop now. The mother of the child coughed and frightened the dog who then turned and bit the baby. This bite to a three day old was fatal. I am by no means saying that this is the families fault, but it may have been preventable. To a dog who has never been around a newborn, this crying, wiggling, little thing is so foreign. With the dog being in the bed with the family, it went into protection mode and when startled, bit the only thing that was "new" and "different" in the bed. My clients often say "Oh my dog would NEVER do that", but even the most well behaved dogs are still animals before breed and name.
• After a mother dog gives birth, many are surprised that for a few weeks, she isn't the same, cuddly loving dog they had before. Her top priority is keeping her babies safe and she will rarely leave their side or allow others near. This should be the same for you and your baby. Create boundaries for how close you want your dog to be to the baby. There is nothing wrong or rude about making the nursery completely off limits, or even while you're holding baby in another room, the dog may not be allowed to approach, unless invited. This is all helping the dog to understand it's new order in the pack.
• Stroller Walk! - Here is a great exercise that you can start before baby arrives. Get the stroller as soon as possible and start doing stroller walks with your dog. The goal of this exercise is to have your dog walk beside or behind the stroller at all times. For a dog that is used to pulling or doing whatever he wants (being in control) this could take a while. But, eventually they do get it. The point of this is for the dog to understand that they are not the front of the pack, the baby is. Once you have a straight walk down, work on turning the stroller different directions and have the dog follow/hold back. This is a great way for your dog to burn off energy while working hard on a new task which is also mentally challenging.
• Crying Baby - Play crying baby sounds off youtube or on your phone. This will not be the real thing, but close to mimic what they will soon be hearing. Your dog will be curious at first, but do not reward this behavior. You want your dog to become completely relaxed and submissive and eventually ignore this sound. When the baby comes, it takes a few days or weeks deepening on your dog. However, once you master this you will only have one crying baby to tend to in real life and not a crying baby AND a wound up, anxious dog.
• If you have a dog that has shown signs of aggression to anyone (people or other animals) get professional help immediately. You may be able to handle these things on your own, but it will not be safe once baby arrives. There are many great trainers who can help find the peace and balance in your new pack. I have listed some great like minded trainers at the end of this blog.
• If your dog is not aggressive, but very hyperactive, this is also something that needs to be addressed. If you have a dog that will not calm down, this could also be dangerous once you throw a new baby in the mix. LONG, daily walks can help with this problem but some dogs also need a lot of mental stimulation.
TWO MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER!
• As hard as it may be because you will be beyond exhausted with a new baby ... do not forget about your dogs needs. Dogs need lots of exercise to maintain a healthy and well balanced life. Make sure you continue to walking and playing with your dog. Make your daily walks a family affair and bring the baby along in a carrier or stroller. It's great for everyone!
• NEVER, EVER, under any circumstances, leave your new baby alone with your dog. Not even for five minutes. Make sure you give everyone time to get accustomed to the new pack. And even once this is established, never leave your dog and baby unsupervised.
GET READY FOR MANY YEARS OF AN AMAZING FRIENDSHIP!
• All of the points above are just to express caution and to prevent any type or horrible thing from happening. Your baby and dog can and will have an amazing life together full of memories (and mischief!) Comment below and tag us in photos of your children and their dogs! We lveo seeing these beautiful friendships blossom.
I do admit, this blog post has been a bit extreme. I believe, there are some dogs out there that are just meant to be around kids. They won't even budge when a child is climbing or pulling on them. However, I always air on the side of caution. As a trainer and being in rescue for as long as I have, I have seen and heard very scary stories. I urge everyone to teach your dog to respect your baby. This will help them fall into place in the pack and have a fun, healthy and life long friendship with your child.
I wish I knew every amazing trainer, in every state. Here are a few!
Jun 27 Black & White For Newborns - More than just a funky print!

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Diabetes, which has been linked to increased risk for dementia and many other health problems, is becoming increasingly common. Exercise has been found to sustain or improve cognitive function in older adults, but only a small percentage of older adults exercise at recommended levels.
This study examined effects of stationary bike exercise on the cognitive functioning of older adults, ages 60 to 88, with and without type 2 diabetes. It analyzed a small dataset from a larger randomized clinical trial called the Cybercycle Study, which compared cognitive and physiological effects of traditional stationary cycling versus cybercycling that provides a video screen displaying appealing bike paths, virtual tours, and racing challenges. The study of the small dataset found that diabetic participants who used stationary bikes with and without cybercycling screens significantly improved in executive cognitive functioning over time, while non-diabetic participants did not improve in this measure.
Study participants with type 2 diabetes improved in executive cognitive functioning in areas such as planning and mental flexibility for shifting sets, while participants without diabetes did not improve.
Unlike the larger Cybercycle Study that found greater cognitive benefits from the use of cybercycles compared to normal stationary bikes, this smaller exploratory study found no differences in cognitive functioning outcomes between study participants who used cybercycles or used normal stationary bikes.
This research, conducted with support from the Health Games Research national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, suggests that stationary bike exercise may help diabetic patients improve executive cognitive function.

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Reason For Hope: Will we see God in heaven?
If we were to see God fully and completely while we were alive, we would die—the image so frightening, so awesome, so overwhelming, so breath-taking it literally takes our breath away.
In heaven we will gaze in wonder at the God of this universe and bow before Jesus Himself, seeing and touching His nail scarred hands, thanking Him personally for our salvation.

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In this blog there is some background information about the author and an excerpt from the book.
Indianapolis native H.A. Branham is Senior Manager of the ISC Archives and Research Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. Branham is a 1979 graduate of the University of South Florida in Tampa. Previously he was a reporter and editor with the Tampa Tribune from January 1980-July 2001. From July 2001-July 2014 he worked in NASCAR’s communications department.
Upon leaving the Tampa Tribune in July 2001, Branham was one of the paper’s assistant sports editors. Branham was a writer and copy editor prior to becoming assistant sports editor and covered a variety of sports at the Tampa Tribune, with concentration on four areas: auto racing, college football/basketball, tennis and boxing. He won writing awards in each of those areas, including a 1997 award for having one of top 10 feature stories in the nation, as judged by the Associated Press Sports Editors organization.
Branham also served as the Vice President of the United States Tennis Writers Association from 1996-2001.
Branham has authored five books – a book on tennis great Pete Sampras entitled “Sampras: A Legend In The Works” (1996, Bonus Books); two NASCAR history works: “The NASCAR Vault” (2004, Becker and Mayer); and “The NASCAR Family Album” (2006, Becker and Mayer); a biography on the late Bill France Jr., entitled “Bill France Jr., the Man Who Made NASCAR” (2010, Triumph Books); and a biography on the late Bill France Sr., entitled “Big Bill: The Life and Times of NASCAR Founder Bill France Sr.” (2015, Penguin Random House).
Branham and his wife Catherine have four children.
In this excerpt from the book, author H.A. Branham explains what it took for Bill Sr. to build the “World Center of Racing,” Daytona International Speedway.
The brainstorm that became Daytona International Speedway always was linked to Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Bill Sr. had been a huge fan of IMS and the Indianapolis 500 since childhood. “Big-car racing” was the label attached to the open-wheel machines, a label that had to do not only with speed but status. Indy-style racing was by far the most popular form of auto racing in the United States in the 1950s. Bill Sr.’s motivation to build a track to rival the IMS 2.5-mile oval was understandable to begin with. But then you must factor in the potential added impetus he got during a 1954 trip to the Indy 500.
This is a story that compares favorably with the coming to Daytona tale in the unofficial book of Bill Sr. lore. Bill, accompanied by Annie B., did not have the proper credentials and reportedly was asked to leave the speedway by officials of the American Automobile Association, which sanctioned the 500. Different versions of the story have evolved, with most including a heated scene in Gasoline Alley, Indy’s garage area, with profanities all around. Senior himself would come to describe the experience as disappointing for him and Annie B., but by no means ugly. He chalked it all up to the AAA’s dislike for NASCAR as a growing sanctioning body based in the South. The Midwestern racing establishment’s prejudice against what was viewed as a crude redneck circuit showcasing many past and present moonshiners, plus assorted others from the Deep South, cannot be exaggerated. Juxtaposed against that prejudice was the reality that the racing NASCAR was selling was damn good – and getting better – fueled by stars who, when given a closer look, could rival anyone open-wheel had.
The episode strengthened Bill’s resolve to return to Daytona Beach and construct his own race facility – one that would rival Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The generally accepted stance is that he and Annie B. came back to Florida more determined than ever to build their own race track.
France may have admired Indy but he also saw flaws, which helped shape his vision for Daytona. He wanted his track to be big – not necessarily bigger – but he also wanted a design that would enable stock cars to chase unprecedented speeds, and for that, the flatness of Indy would not do. Doubtless he was influenced not only by Indy but by his youthful experiences at Laurel Speedway, where the wooden-plank racing surface was banked at 48 degrees. Bill Sr. envisioned extreme banks in the Daytona turns that would keep cars on the race track. But there was another reason for the banks; Bill envisioned a gigantic “cereal bowl” effect for his speedway, enabling fans in the grandstands to actually see what was transpiring on virtually all of the race track in front of them.
The first work began on November 25, 1957, starting with basic but intensive “site prep.” To call the tract undeveloped would be courteous. It was a partial swamp. Much of that prep work involved moving dirt to build the banks, which ended up at 31 degrees, which was the steepest the dirt could be piled without it falling back down.
This was an unbelievably ambitious undertaking, a reality exacerbated by the timeline. Only 15 months were being allowed between the first shovel of dirt and the green flag waving for the very first Daytona 500.
A man named Charles Moneypenny was at the helm, and he drew upon some out-of-the-ordinary technology.
Bill Sr.’s desire to build unheard-of asphalt high banks required unheard-of thinking. But it was not merely the construction of the banks that challenged the project. The steepness of the turns had to work with the relative flatness of the back straightaway and the three-part, two-kink “tri-oval” that would pass for a traditional front straight. To make it work, Moneypenny drew upon an engineering approach utilized during railroad expansion in the 19th century. Early railroads featured low speeds and wide curvatures, but as train speeds increased to meet the demands of both a growing populace and burgeoning industry, a need developed for turns that could handle the churning locomotives at higher speeds. This led to more gradual increases in curvatures – an approach called a transition spiral, or a track transition curve. Daytona International Speedway was a perfect candidate for this technology; never had there been a paved race track so steeply banked.
Moneypenny was the city engineer of Daytona Beach; he sought help from Ford Motor Company’s engineers, who had built a test track in Detroit for the manufacturer. Moneypenny had no problems with piling the dirt in the turns or building the banks, but he needed expertise regarding the curvature transitions that would connect the banks to the back straight and the tri-oval. While Ford’s track was nowhere near the monstrous layout Bill Sr. was trying to build, it did offer up needed data regarding spiral transitioning. Moneypenny utilized that data and built turns that made sense – at least as much sense as possible. After all, we were talking about 31 degrees.
Intimidation regarding the 2.5-mile monster, though, was based in fact, the closest and hardest of facts. Bill Sr., eager to get his facility on the national sporting landscape, had scheduled an Indy-car race for April. What better way to one-up Indianapolis Motor Speedway than to have their stars bring their cars to his brand-spanking new speedway? To help the open-wheelers prepare while also giving his track a pre-Daytona 500 publicity boost, Bill Sr. hosted an Indy-car test session two weeks before the 500.
On February 11, 1959, the fourth day of Indy-car testing, old stock car hand and beach-road course veteran Marshall Teague, driving for Chapman Root, perished when his car lifted and flipped five times. The remainder of the test was cancelled but that did nothing to ease the trepidation of the stock car drivers facing the track for the first time.
So what to make of the very first Daytona 500? There are several paths to follow when assessing what those first-ever 200 laps of superspeedway racing were all about. Whatever path is chosen, both begin with the fact there were no caution flags. And so, you can pick the high road and say the drivers immediately became highly capable at the brand new, biggest stock car race track in the world. Or you can say they drove competently but cautiously. Or you can simply assume they were scared beyond belief. If those theoretical paths could somehow intersect, you might find the truth as to why the inaugural 500 proceeded in such an incredibly routine fashion.
Clint Murchison was accorded the honor of driving the pace car. He led a field of 59 cars in ’59 – 22 were convertibles. There were 33 lead changes. The race lasted three hours, forty-one minutes and twenty-two seconds. Announced attendance was nearly 42,000. The winner’s average speed: 135 miles per hour.
The winner was Lee Petty, in spite of himself. He was one of the drivers who seemed especially spooked by the high banks.
So, you had a rather mundane race won by a driver who didn’t really care for the event to begin with. What to do?
Enter the era of the photo finish.
It is an iconic photo, maybe NASCAR’s most iconic of all. Three cars virtually abreast, crossing the finish line to wrap up the first Daytona 500. Lee Petty’s No. 42 Oldsmobile is in the middle, Johnny Beauchamp’s No. 73 Thunderbird is on the inside. High and outside is the lap-down No. 48 Chevrolet of future two-time NASCAR champion Joe Weatherly, his presence obscuring the finish from Bill Sr. and other officials..
Just before they crossed the stripe, Beauchamp appeared to have the edge. At the line, though, Petty drew even, or so it appeared. Beauchamp was declared the winner; Petty, the greatest disputer of decisions in the history of NASCAR, drove straight to Victory Lane, having of course declared himself the winner.
Whereupon Bill Sr. soon put out an “all call” for photos and motion picture footage that could decide the finish once and for all. Joe Weatherly’s car was serving a purpose, blocking of a clear, indisputable view of the finish.
On February 22, 1959, the first Daytona 500 had been run, but it wouldn’t be complete for another 72 hours.
And so, on the early evening of February 25, Bill Sr. announced that conclusive evidence had surfaced showing that Lee Petty had indeed won.
Another piece of NASCAR lore had been created: three days of intrigue, following nearly four hours of less-than-enthralling racing. This situation has come to be viewed as the quintessential Bill Sr. stroke of genius.

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Managed to get a good bit of basing and varnishing and priming done today. These 5 will populate my city-tile souk and serve as NPC’s for other games.
You’ll notice that my desert world is (at least clothes wise) pretty multi-cultural (we’ve got a Black Hat Indian civilian, a Xyston chap, some dark age ladies from Donnington New Era then two more Indian civilians). I need to vary my skintones a bit, but I find in 15mm that the darker the skin the harder it is to make look good. Must experiment a bit, as I struggle to go darker than the walnut colour of the Xyston chap at the moment.
Talking of the Xyston guy, he’ll make a great assassin, he’s got a good sneaky pose and a dagger in hand, so must start thinking of a game involving that. On the whole, very pleased, and very glad they’re finished. There’s another 40 odd minis in this collection of civvies I’ve scavenged up, so plenty to crack on with. These were all painted in the layering/Heresy-Brush method I mentioned a post or two ago. I think it worked better than the cowboys, so maybe it is the subtlety of the cowboy sculpts that make them tricky.
Next up is a 15mm Merc from GZG. Not my greatest work and I see the gun is a bit bent now. Still, nice to have another character to add to the pool.
So, what’s next? Well, my Crom’s Anvil Crom-funder arrived, so likely start on a small Pict warband with the chaps that are designed to go along with the Copplestone Picts.
I bought two sets of these 5 – the Trader and bodyguard could easily be tweaked for sci-fi too. Did I hear someone say Abdul Golderg?!

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The long-term trend of the EPS is a vital number as it helps understand the future potential of Bridgeline Digital. It is typically displayed as a percentage and called the EPS growth rate, which at this time is hard to estimate, but revenue growth has been -18.30% over the last twelve months. EPS growth is a vital measure of execution of the strategy for Bridgeline Digital since it indicates how well the business is allocating resources to benefit shareholders.
Bridgeline Digital is in the technology sector and application software industry. The company CEO is Roger Kahn. Bridgeline Digital Inc is a developer of web application management software and web applications to maximize the performance of critical websites, intranets, and online stores.
The BLIN shares had a previous change of 1.06% which opened at 0.24 and closed at 0.24. It moved to an intraday high of 0.25 and a low of 0.22.
Over the last five trading days, BLIN shares returned -12.00% and in the past 30 trading days it returned -14.51%. Over three months, it changed -39.74%. In one year it has changed -90.15% and within that year its 52-week high was 3.75 and its 52-week low was 0.22. BLIN stock is 7.95% above its 52 Week Low.
Our calculations result in a 200 day moving average of 0.91 and a 50 day moving average of 0.28. Right now, BLIN stock is trading -73.95% below its 200 day moving average and may not be a great opportunity to buy as it may continue to trend down.
The company has a market cap of $3.3m with 13.8m shares outstanding and a float of 11.5m shares. Trading volume was 244,236 shares and has experienced an average volume of 313,098 shares. Our calculation, using the current average volume and close price, leads me to believe that the liquidity is bad, highly speculative and an investor may want to avoid this stock.
The last annual reported EPS for Bridgeline Digital was -1.66 which ended on 30th of September 2018. Based on 1 analyst estimate, the estimated EPS for the next quarter is -0.02.
Based on the latest filings, there is 54.90% of insider ownership and 2.20% of institutional ownership.
Based on last reported financials, the company’s return on equity is -95.92%, return on assets is -52.70%, profit margin is -70.73%, price-to-sales is 0.34 and price-to-book is 0.74.

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Visit the highlights of Hanoi on this private half-day sightseeing tour. The itinerary includes stops at Ba Dinh Square, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Presidential Palace, the One Pillar Pagoda, and the Temple of Literature. Plus, see Vietnam’s first university, Quoc Tu Giam, which is known for its gardens and architecture.
Children from 0 - 3 will get a free purchase.

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Opportunities to highlight Montréal design on the international stage are on the rise. Montréal’s Bureau du design strives to help designers and architects make the most of these career-enhancing events. Here is an overview of recent activities that have helped us share Montréal expertise and best design practices and give local designers a chance to meet with international peers.
Every year, members of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, totalling 116 cities in 50 countries to date, gather to meet new members, discuss the network’s growth, share expertise, and initiate joint projects.
This year’s meeting took place June 29 to July 2 in Enghien-les-Bains, France, a UNESCO Creative City in media arts, with the theme Creativity towards sustainable cities: designing inclusive public spaces in the digital age, an eminently suitable topic for promoting the expertise and achievements of the Quartier des spectacles Partnership, especially when it comes to strategies for holding urban activities in winter.
At the Bureau du design’s suggestion, UNESCO provided speaking opportunities to the Partnership’s Executive Director, Pierre Fortin, and award-winning architect of installations such as Entre les rangs, Rami Bebawi, of the design firm KANVA. These two ambassadors generated considerable interest with the Luminothérapie competition, which encourages local creativity and promotes new artistic practices in public spaces, especially in the area of urban installations and digital arts.
The Bureau du design also used the concurrent UNESCO Cities of Design meeting to promote the World Design Summit, taking place in Montréal in October, and to encourage broad international participation in the international multidisciplinary landscape architecture competition Place des Montréalaises.
Montréal creativity was also visible in situ because in parallel to the meeting, UNESCO cities of design were asked to submit innovative connected objects for the international exhibition Are you talking to me? After a call for proposals, Montréal submitted a number of items, four of which were selected by the exhibition curators: SmartHalo and OMbra from OMsignal, along with the student projects beAT and Rouge Citron. After Enghien-les-Bains, the exhibition will run at the Cité du design in Saint-Étienne, France until January 2018. Another great showcase for Montréal businesses.

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A native to South India, Piper nigrum is also extensively cultivated in other tropical regions like Brazil, Myanmar, Vietnam and Indonesia. Piper nigrum is difficult to grow, as it requires a lot of care and attention.
A native to South India, Piper nigrum is also extensively cultivated in other tropical regions like Brazil, Myanmar, Vietnam and Indonesia.
It is specifically found in Western Ghats of Kerala state in India, where it grows wild in the mountains.
It is the most popular, expensive and essential spice of the world and hence, it is also called "Black Gold"
Piper nigrum is difficult to grow, as it requires a lot of care and attention.
Soak your black pepper seeds for 24 hours prior to planting. Keep the seeds on the soil surface and tamp them. Make sure that the seeds are 3 inches apart from each other.
Spray water to keep the soil moist and warm for at least 30 days, until the seeds germinate.
Once the seeds sprout, keep them in indirect sunlight.
Transplant once they are4-6 inches long in a pot or outside.
Mix compost and sand soil before planting.
If planting in a pot, make sure that the pot is large enough as these plants have an adventitious root system, they spread a lot.
Piper nigrum needs moist soil to grow.
Make sure to give the pepper plant plenty of water to keep the soil slightly moist always.
Do not allow the soil to dry out between watering spells.
Fertile and medium clayey soil that retain slight moisture is ideal to grow black pepper plants.
Ensure good drainage in the soil as waterlogged soil can damage the plant.
Maintain the soil pH between 5.5 and 7.
If the soil is too acidic, add lime and if the soil is too alkaline, add sulfur.
Black pepper grows in dappled light.
When grown as a house plant it needs moderate light.
It does benefit from some direct sunlight but excessive sunlight can damage the plant.
If planting in sunny areas, use a shade cloth that filters the sunlight to minimum 50%.
Low to moderate fertilization with a balanced fertilizer is suggested.
Second, you can use a granular organic fertilizer and sprinkle it on the top of the soil.
If your plant is being grown under high light and high temperatures then increase the fertilizer. If your pepper plant is grown under lower light and temperature levels, then decrease the fertilizer. During the winter months stop fertilizing the plant until warmer temperatures and higher light levels resume in spring.
You can also apply cow manure or compost per year on a mature plant so that the soil remains rich in nutrients.
Black pepper plant yields small white flowers at the leaf nodes.
The flowers form pendulous spikes and then small, round, green peppercorns are formed in chains, which ripen to red.
Both green and red peppercorn fruit are usually found at the same time on the plant.
The peppercorn can be picked depending on the variety of peppercorn you desire.
If you desire black and green pepper, harvest the green peppercorn.
If you desire red and white pepper, harvest the peppercorn when it is red.
The pepper fruit is usually harvested before maturity and dried in the sun.
Black spots on the backsides of the pepper leaves are totally normal, do not remove them.
They are a part of the plant's physiology and they don't harm the plant.
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Dr. Rupesh Raina completed his medical degree from The King George Medical College, Lucknow. He then joined research fellowship in department of urology at Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute at Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Seeking clinical experience with an interest in disease management of both children and adults, he completed a combined internal medicine and pediatrics program at Metrohealth Medical Center at Case School of Medicine. After residency, he embarked on a combined medicine and pediatric nephrology fellowship with special interest in transition and continuity of nephrology care from childhood to adulthood. He completed his Nephrology and Hypertension Fellowship Program from Department of Nephrology and Hypertension Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute in 2011.
He further pursued Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, University Hospitals and at Case School of Medicine (2011-14).
Dr. Rupesh Raina is Adult-Pediatric Kidney Disease/Hypertension Nephrologist, at Akron Children's Hospital and Akron Nephrology Associates at Akron General Medical Center an Affiliate of Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Dr. Raina practice includes care of patients with disorders of the kidney including chronic kidney disease, nephrotic syndrome, glomerulonephritis, tubular disorders, cystic kidney disease, kidney malformations, kidney stones and hypertension. He also and provides medical supervision of dialysis treatments, plasma exchange and kidney transplantation in adults and childrens.
Dr. Raina’s clinical research interest includes transition of adolescent with chronic renal diseases to adulthood care, renal replacement therapies in acute renal failure, bone marrow transplant and inherited metabolic diseases. Basic science research includes but not limited to identify non-invasive biomarkers (urine endothelin (ET-1) and others) to predict ADPKD disease progression.
Dr. Hira Fotedar currently serves as the President, Sewa International, Cleveland where he has volunteered since 2008. He is the owner of Fotedar Associates LLC. He joined Eaton as manager, product engineering, in the automotive group and rose to various corporate leadership positions in product design and development, manufacturing, quality assurance, operational and business excellence. He retired as Vice President Corporate Quality and Operational Excellence, Eaton Corporation where he served as Chief Quality Officer.
Prior to joining Eaton, Dr. Fotedar was Associate Professor at the Isntituto de Pesquisas Energia Nuclear (IPEN) Sao Paulo, Brazil where he established programs and conducted research in materials for nuclear and automotive industries. He currently serves on the National Advisory Board of The National Resource Centre for Materials Technology Education.
Dr. Fotedar is the Founder and former President of Indo-American Kashmir Forum (IAKF) a human rights advocacy on behalf of Kashmiri Hindu refugees.
Dr. Fotedar holds a B.S, Metallurgical Engineering from IIT-BHU, Varanasi, India, M.S and PhD in the same field from the University of Washington, Seattle. He is ASQ Fellow, a Founder and former Chairman, Ohio Partnership for Excellence. He is an Alumnae of Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners. He is the recipient of numerous corporate and industry awards for excellence in leadership and service.
Viji Vijayaraghavan is a Product Development Systems Manager at Moen, Inc., a leader in products related to kitchens and bathrooms. She has been working at Moen for the past 12 years primarily in develop custom developed solutions, implement and support IT solutions for Product Lifecycle management. Prior to that, she has over 10 years of additional professional experience as an IT consultant for various industries like tires, steel, chemicals and computer manufacturing. She has been a well accomplished team player with many presidential and other prestigious awards. She has also been presented papers and a member of panel discussions in various professional conferences.
Viji has also been a teaching graduate assistant at University of Toldeo, where she was recognized as an Outstanding Student Teacher, and before coming to USA, has been a Project coordinator for National Institute of Information Technology at Chennai, India.
Viji has been a Cleveland chapter coordinator for non-profit organization North South Foundation for the last 14 years, which conducts educational contests spelling, vocabulary, math, science, geography, brain, public speaking and essay writing for grade school children at local community level as well as at National level. These events host over 300 participants every year and are conducted at Case Western Reserve University. She is responsible for organizing the venue, dates, facilities and coordination with National Organization.
Viji also has been a vice-president of operations for Cleveland chapter of Sewa International. a non profit service organization with a vision to to increase civic engagement of the communities in the United States. She has been planning, organizing and conducting various activities for local communities on behalf of Sewa International Cleveland Chapter.
She is the Program member of the ASPIRE program within Sewa that focuses on tutoring and mentoring the inner city school high school students in the Greater Cleveland area. As part of the Family services initiative she has organized educational seminars on health and wellness, volunteering activities at Ronal McDonald House, Cogswell Home, community gardens, etc.,conducting fund raisers for the organization, yoga retreats, 5K Runs, yoga in medicine camps, promoting volunteerism and recruiting and training volunteers.
Viji is a trained member of Westshore Citizen Emergency Response Team (CERT) sincs 2011. She underwent training and is certified to respond to and assist local law enforcing community during the times of disaster and emergencies. Also been volunteering during local community fairs and events for crowd control, event assistance, security and medical assistance. Have participated in various trainings at airport disaster, missing person rescue and hurricane/tornado rescue.
Viji is also an active volunteer for the local community events and at Hindu Temple for various events as well as the yearly community free medical care camps. She was also an active Indian community member of One World event organized by Cleveland Cultural Gardens in 2006 when Mahatma Gandhi statue was unveiled.
Viji holds graduate degrees in Industrial Engineering and Statistics from University of Toldeo, Ohio and a graduate degree in Mathematics from University of Madras, India. She also has certifications from SAP for various Enterprise Resource Planning functionalities.
Sunil is the President of Cross Thread Solutions and a Director of Sewa International Cleveland. As the President of Cross Thread Solutions and a Strategic Planning & Finance Management Executive assists many Fortune 100 & 500 companies in designing their financial planning and consolidation applications. As a Cost & Management Accountant, he had held leadership roles for various companies in India.
Sunil has a long history of working with non-profits in the areas of education. He is the Founding Director of Young Innovators’ Society. This organization was founded in 2011 with the primary focus of encouraging students in the K-12 programs to get more interested in the STEAM fields. Over the past 7 years, we have had over 1800 students who were taught robotics, 3D printing, entrepreneurship and other skills. He personally teaches robotics to high school students. Many of the students were able to win in the regional tournaments in robotics and have also represented and won many trophies at the state level.
Prior to joining Sewa, Sunil was the President of the Ekal Cleveland chapter and was involved in spreading the awareness for the functional literacy programs that are being offered to the most rural and underserved areas in India.
Currently, he is also the coach for the Solon High School Academic World Quest team. This team has recently won the regional tournament and is going to the National competition this April.
Sunil in addition to a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, he is also a Certified Cost & Management accountant. He also holds many certifications in software applications.
Padma Jambunath is a Partner with the The Siddiq Wealth Manangement group at Merrill Lynch, a Bank of America Enterprise. Padma has played an active role in the financial services industry since 2001, and has worked in Asia, Europe and the United States before joining Merrill Lynch.
Padma spent over 13 years in various sectors of the financial services industry, starting as an Investment Associate at Private Equity Fund of Funds and moved on to become Director of Emerging markets at Deloitte Touche. Her move to Wealth management enabled her to use her skills as well as her analytical experience to make a difference in people’s lives. Her diverse background and training equipped her to help clients pursue their longterm financial goals through comprehensive indiviualised financial planning and Portfolio management. Padma’s biggest strength is her ability to understand what is most important to our clients and be able to customize their financial plan to address specifically what they want to accomplish and drive the outcome as a team.
Born and educated in India, Padma graduated from Harvard Business School's Executive management program with a deeper understanding of Business and cross cultural perspectives.
Padma is involved in multiple non-profits focused on Education. She is an active member of the executive team of Harvard Business School Club, Northeast Ohio. Padma is on the Weatherhead School of Management’s Finance Advisory Board and has the pleasure of lecturing to its graduate students.
Padma is an Executive committee member of Sewa International, a non profit service organization with a vision to to increase civic engagement of the communities in the United States. She is the Program Director of the ASPIRE program within Sewa that focuses on tutoring and mentoring the inner city school high school students in the Greater Cleveland area.
Padma is on the Cleveland committee of North South Foundation, a non-profit focused on education.
Padma is married to Jamy for 22 years and has a son and a daughter. They love traveling and watching movies as a family. Padma is actively involved in her community and heartily believes that community building is Nation building.
Dr.Reema Gulati, M.D. is Director of Pediatric Gastroenterology at MetroHealth Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Case School of Medicine. She graduated from Maulana Azad Medical College/University of Delhi where she received her M.B.B.S. with honors in physiology. She completed her Pediatric residency at MetroHealth where she received ‘End of Year Exam’ awards for academic excellence. Thereafter, she completed a fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology at Cleveland Clinic. She is board certified in Pediatric Gastroenterology and specializes in treatment of gastrointestinal, liver and nutritional diseases in children. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Gulati is an ardent researcher and a champion of wholesome community health. Her special interests are in: - childhood fatty liver disease; health literacy; and health disparities in marginalized populations. She authors a monthly column MetroHealthy in a community newspaper. An eloquent orator, she has been invited as an expert speaker at prestigious city events like Mayor Frank Jacksons ‘Back to School’ fair, City Hall, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation’s ‘Ask the Expert’, Plain Dealer, and television like Channel 5 and Fox 8. She regularly publishes original research in peer-reviewed medical journals and has contributed in writing book chapters. Dr. Gulati has received awards and scholarships like ‘Chairman’s Award for Clinical Excellence’, ‘Poster of Distinction’ at scientific meetings, CaseCAN Faculty Scholarship- a workforce development program funded by the Ohio Department of Medicaid (MedTAPP) She completed Case’s FLEX professional development program for women faculty of school of medicine and currently serves as a passionate mentor to other women faculty, medical residents and students at Case.
Dr. Gulati was recently selected for the two year PCTE faculty development fellowship program at MetroHealth for career advancement. She is currently enrolled in a Masters in Public Health Program with the goal of pursuing a career in population health leadership and management.


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The stories in today’s Bible reading, where Jesus calms the storm and heals the demon-possessed man, have been discussed in some detail already by Andy Moyle and Andy King, so rather than cover the same ground, I am going to focus on two key themes that stood out from these narratives, and the tension between them. They are pistis and phobos – faith and fear!
When the disciples in the boat woke Jesus to tell Him of their fear, Jesus asked them ‘Where is your faith?’ This question presupposes that the disciples have faith… they just seem to have misplaced it! When I was little, my mum might say to me ‘Where are your shoes?’ because she knew I had shoes. She wouldn’t say to me ‘Where is your car?’ because she knew I didn’t have one! Jesus is clearly convinced that the disciples should have faith, but why so? Because faith is a gift from God. There are numerous examples in the Old Testament of mighty men of God who had the gift of faith. Noah, for one, who spent 120 years building an ark in preparation for a storm when there had until that point never been rain on the earth. Abraham, another, set out from home and all that was safe and familiar, on the promise of God to make him a great nation.
When we believe in Jesus, God gives us a ‘saving faith’. It is impossible for non-believers to have faith in Jesus, because faith is a gift we receive when we believe! It is not a human emotion we can whip up by trying hard. It is God’s guarantee that He will fulfil the revelation he has begun in us. And this is where we come back to the disciples… as believers in Jesus, even though Jesus hadn’t yet died for them and us, God had given them the gift of faith. It appears, though, that they weren’t laying claim to it.
A friend recently gave me a beautiful boxed Cadbury Egg, which I have placed in the back of the cupboard until Easter. I know it’s there and every now and again I catch sight of it, so I have received the present, but I haven’t opened it. I have stored the gift, but I’m not yet digging into that delicious chocolate. I am excited to unwrap it and even though I don’t yet know the exact contents of the box, I am convinced it’s going to be good!
Faith is a little bit like my egg. It’s a present, but we have to (1) know it’s there, (2) open it/activate it and (3), dig into it. In Matthew 17:20, Jesus says “For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.” God’s small is big to us! Even though the faith He gives us may be only the size of a mustard seed, it can move mountains and NOTHING will be impossible for us. And the most amazing thing is that, unlike with my friend’s gift, we can keep on asking God for more! When life circumstances seem to be flooding our boats, we can pray to God for more faith!
Over the course of our Christian lives, as we learn more about God, read His word, receive answers to prayer and see changes in our own lives and in the lives of others, our faith continues to grow. God progressively reveals Himself to us, as He guaranteed with His deposit of faith when we were saved. God grows our faith. In the dictionary, faith and belief are often considered synonyms, but whereas believing is a human condition – the result of an intellectual consideration or evaluation of a situation, biblically speaking, faith, pistis, can only ever be a gift from God, never something produced by people.
The second key theme is fear, phobos, which stands in opposition to faith. Fear comes from the enemy, while faith comes from God. Fear binds, whereas faith releases. In both passages, we see how people are stricken with terror, which keeps them from overcoming situations. Despite some of the disciples having a background as fishermen, which surely meant they would have experienced squalls such as these before, their fear caused them to believe they were going to drown. In the stress of the moment, they ignored the faith God had given them. I’m not judging! I’ve done this myself in the past. My attention has been so focused on a downward spiralling situation that fear has gripped and I have forgotten to look to the Father and the faith with which He has equipped me to move mountains! In the second story, the Gerasenes were so fearful of what Jesus had done in healing the demoniac man that they asked Him to leave! And Jesus, their only possible route to faith, simply got in the boat and left! Jesus never forces himself on anyone but He responds rapidly and lovingly to those who invite Him in.
Often we can feel fear, even when we are walking in faith, following God’s prompting, but the key is not to succumb to feelings and to keep in mind God’s promise of an ever deeper revelation of himself.
I come back to my chocolate egg analogy – let’s be excited to unwrap the faith God has given us, and even though we don’t yet know the exact contents of the promise of revelation, we can be sure that it’s going to be good!

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Probably the most debatable issues is whether or not or not consumption of wine is nice for . The response is equally sure and no. Evaluation tells us that there are a number of rewards of ingesting wine, particularly crimson wine. Nevertheless, it have to be talked about that extreme quantities of something will all the time result in damaging outcomes. Wine when drank inside limits together with a nutritious diet is of nice profit.
In terms of males, the security restrict for them is simply two drinks per day and for girls it is only one drink per day. A drink is the same as 5 ounces of crimson wine or white wine. Probably the most important benefits of ingesting wine was uncorked throughout the 1990s, when the specialists had been baffled at the truth that the French by no means fell as victims to coronary heart assaults regardless of their heavy indulgence in cheese wealthy meals. The reply was apparent. It was as a result of that they had a continuing consumption of wine below cheap situations.
Afterward, a number of benefits of ingesting wine had been listed by a bevy of researchers. Considered one of which was the antioxidant named resveratrol that’s discovered within the pores and skin of crimson grape and therefore in crimson wine. A number of the general heath benefits of ingesting wine are anti-ageing results within the crimson grapes, discount of kidney stone formation, loss of life of most cancers cells because of the proteins recognized within the crimson grape pores and skin. It has been documented that consumption of reasonable qualities of wine is much better than consumption of beer or different spirits.
Further benefits of ingesting wine are largely linked to the advantages of coronary heart. Purple wine is believed to have diminished the coronary coronary heart ailments by enhancing the high-density lipoprotein and by reducing the low-density lipoprotein. In actual fact, a selected chemical referred to as polyphenols included within the crimson grapes helps by widening the arteries and thereby lowering the obstruction of arteries. Polyphenols in flip, produces nitric oxide that additional helps in vascular firming of the physique.
In girls, the benefits of ingesting wine are the discount in ovarian most cancers and strengthening of bones. In males, the benefits of ingesting wine are lower dangers of coronary heart assaults regardless of having increased blood strain. It’s mentioned to be very helpful if males devour two glasses of crimson wine together with meal, because it helps within the discount of blood strain, if in case the individual is hypertensive.
Nice wine ought to be loved on a regular basis, not simply in superb eating places. So get a wine bar on your dwelling or kitchen and begin having fun with the advantages of wine as we speak.


text: Pencil Bus Escape is a challenging point and click escape game in which one day the pencil school bus was taking the kids to school. At a moment the driver stopped because it thought that he hit something. He got off the bus to check, but he couldn't find anything. So he got on the bus again and when he was ready to start, he realized he doesn't have the keys anymore. He can't start the bus without the keys and the kids will be late at school. Help the driver find those bus keys as soon as possible, because the kids can't be late at school. Good luck!


text: Pump house is one of my favourite open mics. Mainly original songs with a few cover versions here and there. It's quite eclectic, traditional, indie, folk, lo-fi right up to blues and blue grass.

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Two good tutorials to get started are Graph Convolutional Networks and Multitask_Networks_on_MUV. Follow along with the tutorials to see how to predict properties on molecules using neural networks.
Afterwards you can go through other tutorials, and look through our examples. To apply DeepChem to a new problem, try starting from one of the existing examples or tutorials and modifying it step by step to work with your new use-case. If you have questions or comments you can raise them on our gitter.

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Linda McCluskey’s scrapbook of memories is forged from oil paint and brush strokes.
Many of the images are familiar — Middle Street, The Worthen, downtown canalways — places you might have passed a thousand times. But when McCluskey reimagines them on canvas, the familiar begins to stir.
Brick and mortar. Cobblestones and canals. All bend, curve, twist and turn. You can almost hear the music. Feel the energy. It’s an invitation to step inside McCluskey’s world, where cityscapes seem to breathe.
Lowell, after all, is where she found inspiration to pick up a paintbrush again at age 40. Her success as a full-time working artist in Paris is proof, she says, that it’s never too late to pursue a dream.
Slogging along the daily grind, McCluskey’s art supplies ended up in boxes in a basement. She carried old photos of her favorite works with her as a reminder from time to time of who she was before becoming a mom, a wife and a cubicle dweller.
Sometimes life holds up a mirror and forces you to take a long hard look. Maybe it was the milestone, but McCluskey recalls her 40th birthday jogging something awake inside her.
And just like that, she put her dreams in action. With her kids Jake and Carly all grown up, she enrolled in college courses at UMass Lowell. Back at school, she travelled to France for a painting workshop and fell in love with her life all over again.
She was the happiest she had been in a long time, then tragedy struck. Her partner of six years, Ed McCabe, was killed in a motorcycle accident in 2001.
“I felt like my life was over,” McCluskey admits.
But in the shadow of her grief, she managed to find a sliver of light.
A close friend told her not to focus on the long and rolling highway. Follow the little paths life offers up instead. With nothing left to lose, McCluskey moved to France in January 2002. She was 44.
Picking up her brushes and paint again, she was reborn. Enter Linda McCluskey, the artist. Paris gave her freedom to rediscover and reinvent herself.
“In Paris, if you say you’re a painter, people don’t ask, ‘what do you really do?’ ” she explains.
In 2004, a move into a 6th floor studio overlooking St. Germaine Boulevard gave her a new perspective. Being a “country girl” born and raised in Chelmsford, she had never lived up so high.
The scenes unfolding on her canvas were well painted but still focused on proper form, until a trip to surrealist painter Salvador Dali’s beloved village of Cadaques in Spain pushed her brush in a whole new direction.
The natural beauty of Cadaques inspired Dali and the way he interpreted that on canvas brought attention to the region. Taking in the breathtaking view from a hillside, McCluskey did a Dali-esque painting of the village and the church melting over the mountains.
“After painting traditional views for so long, this felt like freedom to play and make up the impossible,” she says.
It was the beginning of McCluskey’s imaginative “distortion” pieces, and she gained recognition as a unique artist in Paris and in Lowell.
She returns to Lowell each year for inspiration.
Where Middle and Palmer streets intersect.
She points to her painting of Lowell’s Middle Street, one of her favorite downtown spots.
Today she has her own studio at Paris’ 59 Rivoli — one of the top three visited galleries in France — where she was accepted for a permanent residency. Her advice to others: If you love something do it.


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Oh the morning coffee! It sounds so good until… you start feeling uneasy and crash. The Mayo Clinic revealed that consuming even moderate amounts of caffeine can lead to negative side effects. So, if you want to prevent the insomnia, heartburns and mood swings, we recommend you trade morning caffeine for one of these healthier options.
Originated in the Peruvian mountains, Maca has become very popular for it’s many nutritional benefits. VegKitchen recommends taking ½ tsp. every other day to decrease fatigue, build up muscle and increase both stamina and endurance. Definitely a healthier and more effective option to give you an energy boost in the morning!
Although it contains some caffeine, experts from Livestrong.com state that consuming yerba mate doesn’t cause the crash. Being a mixture of stems and leaves (also from South America), yerba mate has been used as an energizing drink for generations. True it doesn’t have the best taste but the benefits pay up for it!
Fruits are low in fat, rich in vitamins and have no caffeine, cholesterol or refined sugars. Plus, they have the best taste. If you’re looking to boost your energy levels in the morning try consuming citric blends, add a lot of greens and combine with vegetables and healthy oils. Sure it takes some time to prepare a smoothie, but it can get easier if you have a great recipe in hand.
So, if you must have that caffeine kick, then I recommend you choose matcha green tea over coffee. Why? Well, Epicmatcha.com summarized in two major points. First, matcha contains amino acids that break caffeine more slowly preventing the crash and creating a calming effect instead. And second, matcha provides many more health benefits than coffee. Matcha is one of the best sources of antioxidants out there, it contains many vitamins and it helps with weight loss and anxiety.
This is a no brainer. Clean water is the most natural and accessible source of energy you’ll find. Drinking water in the morning not only hydrates you but also boosts your metabolism and wakes up your brain. And, if you boost it by adding ginger, citric fruits or honey…the energizing effects will be even higher!
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Feng Shui: Transform Your Office In 5 Steps!
Although I’m no “Feng Shui” expert, I’ve managed to discover it’s great power!
To lead a more positive and successful life experts suggest that you transform your environments into places were you feel safe, happy and at peace. And, since you probably spend most of your day at the office, why not start there?
Here are 5 easy-to-accomplish tasks that will have a great impact and will require little effort!
Feng Shui practitioners insist that the first step into a better environment is a “clear air”. And yes…plants are the best element to accomplish this!
According to Smallbiztrends and Greatist.com, there are many plants that could make your office look great but they recommend these for better results (regarding health benefits, maintenance and air purification): Peace Lily, English Ivy, Aloe, Garden Mum, Spider Plant and Weeping Fig. Small, effective and….cheap!
Experts agree that having optimal lighting is very important for productivity. If you want to improve your results you must improve your “visual performance” and adjusting the color, direction and level of light to your eyes’ needs.
Lighting Deluxe suggests you create a balance between daylight and artificial light and avoid glare or shadiness at all costs. Try not to have light hitting windows or computer screens directly and place all artificial light somewhere it doesn’t hit your eyes directly.
Choose the illumination intensity that makes your eyes feel “at ease”, using light tones that inspire you to stay awake but at peace. And…as an extra tip, try to use energy-saving products to cut costs and reduce carbon footprint.
Putting pictures of your partner and/or family on your desk is a great way to enhance the “good vibes”. It brings positive thoughts and in turn it stimulates you to do better.
To take full advantage of these pictures, “Feng Shuists” recommends putting the picture of a partner on the “right back corner” of the desk and that of family on the left center corner, in front of the computer screen. Also, it is advised to keep at least half of your desk free of things to let the air flow more easily and reduce any chances of stress and overwhelm.
The bottom line here is that color matters….a LOT! When if comes to color experts suggest you never stick only to one, since different colors stimulate different parts of yourself. Experts recommend blue to inspire productivity and loyalty, green to create balance, yellow to spur creativity and orange to create a sense of emotion.
As I mentioned in a previous post, nothing will change if your inner self is not ok. So even if you re-arrange your office space, if you’re not happy with yourself the new look will get old pretty quickly. If you want to learn more techniques to be and stay “mindful” keep reading here.
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Recent studies show that multitasking is indeed the worst thing you can do to your brain. Practicing many things at once does not only affect your focus and memory but also your emotional stability and productivity.
When you stop being “present” your mind immediately goes into “auto” mode, blocking your brain’s ability to identify, analyze and rationalize information. And why is this a problem? At work it could lead to mediocre reports, decreased attention to detail and very expensive mistakes. And in life it leads to bad relationship management, exhaustion and low self-esteem.
To avoid getting overwhelmed by thoughts and information, experts developed the “mindful” way of living. Mindfulness encompasses many exercises that help you refocus and live the present, and today we will share some you can practice at work even when it gets super busy!
How many times have you forgotten where you parked? Or how you got somewhere? Well, that’s probably because you were thinking about the presentation, the kids and the dinner party while walking.
Mindful walking is about engaging with your actual surroundings and stopping yourself from thinking of what’s not in front of you. You can walk mindfully anywhere, from your desk to the water fountain, or from the parking place to the elevator. The goal is to empower your mind to be present and engage with what is actually happening (the view, the smells, the sounds, etc.) and now with what you can’t control.
This exercise varies from person to person. Each pause is a minute for you. Take time to breathe and examine if all your physical and emotional needs are being met. Are you thirsty or cold? Is there anything bothering you that you need to work out?
If you can deal with it right away, do so. If not, note it and tell yourself you will take care of it as soon as possible. Acknowledging your needs reminds you that YOU matter and refocuses your mind to the present moment.
Take a minute in between meetings to disconnect yourself from the world and stretch. Stretching does not only release tension but also refocuses your mind and lowers stress levels.
Try to complete a short hatha yoga routine holding each pose for 20 seconds. As you do it, choose not to engage with any outside thought that comes into your mind. Focus only on your body and breath. You can play some music if that suits you.
This is my personal favorite. When you meditate you let yourself go in a calmed state of acceptance. Take 10 minutes to sit down, keep your back and neck straight, close your eyes and choose to focus only on your breath or what’s around you. Try to engage only with what you have now and keep yourself grounded to the present through your breath.
These are only a few practices to keep you mindful during work. Nonetheless, you don’t have to limit yourself to these. If you’re serious abut improving your everyday wellbeing I highly recommend you research more practices that fit your lifestyle!
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Sometimes it can be really hard to stay focused and organized throughout the day. But it’s not impossible!
To avoid stress in the morning, try to plan your next day before you go to bed. Check your calendar or email for any commitments and sketch your next day’s schedule.
This allows you to move things around, prepare yourself in advance and make the necessary arrangements so everything runs smoothly.
Drinking a glass of warm water as soon as you wake up to restart the body and rehydrate all your internal systems.
Start your day earlier to give body and brain time to fully wake up.
Give yourself time to do some exercise (stretching, yoga, etc.) and some meditation/prayer before you start the day.
Avoid heavy foods and stimulants (energy drinks) in the morning.
Whether you’re relaxed or extremely busy in the mornings…never skip breakfast!
Your glucose levels drop significantly during the night and if you don’t replenish them early in the morning you run the risk of running out of energy, feel light-headed, increase stress levels and decrease concentration.
Health.com has great insight on the topic and have great breakfast food suggestions for fast and slower lifestyles. They recommend oats, Greek yogurt, Fruit, eggs, almonds, cereals and whole-wheat products.
Getting there early gives you time to settle, organize your tasks, read a little before it gets crowded and catch up on emails.
Leaving home early can also help you avoid traffic, which can decrease your stress levels.
Good companies often have their employees working towards the same goal. Good communication is key not only to share strategies and timelines but also to connect with fellow workers and get everyone on the same page and mood.
The 5-minute catch-up can help you organize your entire department in a short and sweet manner.
Today there are many, many tools to help you organize your days. From Google Calendars to reminder apps to personalized agendas, the options are endless.
The key is to know yourself and adopt tools that meet your personal needs and those you’re in charge of.
To stay focused it is good to give your brain a 15min break every 45 min. use this time to recharge, rest and refocus.
Amongst the many things you can do during break there’s reading, musical meditation, stretching, mind exercises, talking a walk or catch up with friends.
Before you leave, make sure you review your “task list” and see how far you got. Then reprioritize tasks and note down any meeting, deliverable or presentation you have for the next day.
Reviewing your accomplishments can also help you visualize your progress and reassess how you are managing your time and resources.
Read More: Make Work-Life Balance a Reality!
After you leave work, make sure you don’t bring it with you. Check all your emails before you leave finish everything before you walk out and then forget about everything (unless you really have to work at home).
Waking up early and taking on the day with great determination depends a lot on how you feel inside, and how satisfied you feel with your life.
To feel good you need balance, you need things that make you feel alive and filled with purpose. So think about what you love to do and set sometime to do it! Even if its for 10 minutes every day. You can even mix your hobbies with your everyday duties to make them happen!
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An article from Forbes revealed that 94% of professionals clock more than 50 hours/week and some even jump to 65 just to meet work demands.
Countless factors such as unemployment, strict operation systems, and corporate climbing (amongst others) have made people addicted to work, leaving little space for friends, family and hobbies consequently hurting their mental and physical health.
Australian marketer, Nigel Marsh has spent seven years studying and writing about work-life balance. Through his research he found that most people suffer because they choose jobs and “dreams” that are not compatible with the life they actually lead.
If you were raising a young family, for example, it would be very hard to dedicate your full potential to a 65hr/week job.
Work-life balance, in turn, becomes a very personal choice and depends on what you value most and how much you’re willing to sacrifice to get it.
This does not mean, however, that you can’t work and be a parent or an entrepreneur at the same time. It means you must be willing to divide your potential between tasks and give each one the time it deserves to be done right (not perfect).
According to Marsh, you can’t expect to be balanced in a glimpse or live 365 balanced days. Instead, it is recommended to set clear goals and follow a realistic timeframe to achieve them.
Say you don’t have time for your hobbies (and that’s very important to you) you can slowly work towards getting a part-time job and then transform your hobby into an extra source of income. To do that you may need weeks even months, but knowing where you’re going keeps you motivated to work for it every day.
If you choose to work and lead a personal life, it is key to communicate your choices to those around you, so they know what to expect from you and vice versa.
Say you’re working part-time, for example, your boss must know that after 1pm she cannot expect you to do what you would from 8-12. Whatever you do, respect the time you spend on every activity and try to live the present. If you are at work, don’t distract yourself with outside things. And, if you are with your family don’t take away their time by checking emails or answering work calls.
Usually we spend endless hours on something because we strive for perfection. To find your balance it is important to perform with quality but not obsess with the details.
An article from Forbes suggest you seek to delegate or outsource some activities so you can spend less time worrying about the mess (at the office or at home) and enjoy more of life.
To save up time, try to get help from the people and technology around you.
You can take meetings over Skype if you need to stay at home, or ask your neighbor to help you with carpool. If you are raising a young family seek “flex-schedules” options or go freelance. When you are clear on how your balance look like it is easier to build a support system around it.
To conclude, it is fair to say that work-life balance is all about priorities, time management, communication and commitment! And it can be a reality for you if you are clear on what you want and you work every day towards it.
Do not expect to be balanced in one day but also do not wait to start living until retirement comes along!
As the world enter the “Fourth Industrial Revolution”, humans must adapt their skill sets to meet future demands. With robots threatening to take over our jobs, we’ve found ourselves in a position to “prove” our potential and to develop valuable competencies no robot could replicate.
This skill comes hand in hand with human-centered R&D. According to LinkedIn, to solve complex problems you must learn to ask tough questions. Be quick and accurate when framing a problem and learn to evaluate multiple alternatives at the same time.
To solve these types of problems, however, solutions can’t stay on paper. You must prototype as you go and think ahead to be able to scale the solution.
We’ve heard so much of critical thinking. Yet, every day you see employees who can crunch the numbers but lack the ability to analyze them. Or people who can read an article but cannot associate the information to draw conclusions.
To think “critically”, individuals must be able to properly conceptualize, apply and evaluate information, to later build well-thought judgments that will guide their actions or beliefs.
To thrive, now we must learn to ask questions about what we do and why we do it. It won’t be enough to crunch the numbers, now we must to draw conclusions from our work and propose courses of action.
This skill has been incredibly underrated in previous years. Often attributed only to artists and artisans, we lost the real meaning creativity and banished it from the workplace unconsciously.
To be creative in this era means to think outside the box and requires being able to craft many solutions to one problem and to gather information in the least conventional ways.
Creativity, in turn, comes hand in hand with education and eagerness to learn new concepts and not be afraid of failure. Creative individuals often see many possible courses of action for one issue; they are quick thinkers and can achieve a lot using very little.
People management is all about empowering individuals to be the best version of themselves both professionally and personally.
To “manage” your people is to give them access to development opportunities that will unleash their potential and show them the best way to thrive. It is creating an atmosphere or culture that supports employees and challenges them to perform at their best.
Robots can’t yet listen to others and form critical judgment on how to help them thrive. They are not yet fully empathetic or have the ability to coach humans on how to unleash their top potential.
Companies, in turn, are looking for individuals that can transform their teammates into more productive people by effectively attending their human needs.
Many believe intellectual intelligence means everything and throw emotional intelligence under the bus.
Truth is, when things get complicated, no matter how smart someone is if that person can’t deal with his emotions, the entire project, task or negotiation can go down.
Emotional intelligence, however, goes beyond controlling your anger or depression. To have a high EQ means your able to detect, control and express your emotions freely. You are not a slave of “how you feel” and you can separate subjective from objective.
On top of this, emotionally intelligent people are able to build better interpersonal relations since they can detect, guide and influence other’s emotions as well as their own.
That said it is no surprise companies are going crazy for people with higher EQs. They want people who can build more objective judgments but won’t lose empathy for others.
And finally, service. Companies are looking for people that can recognize and meet client’s needs even before clients express them.
These people must be always ready to help and able to draw quick conclusions based on observation and research.
Machines can help us deal with data more accurately but people still hold their place when it comes to “customer service”.


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This Louisville Master Shelf Ladder has a load capacity of 300 lbs, rated ANSI Type IA. This ladder is designed so that steps are at level when the ladder is set at 18 degrees. This shelf ladder is equipped with a rubber bumper that extends 6-inches down the side rails to protect the landing surface and to provide stability, heavy-duty gusset bracing, angled aluminum slip-resistant rubber feet, double-rivet step construction, and angled serrated aluminum steps. This ladder is ideal for getting to shelves with narrow aisles where standard ladders will not fit. The Louisville Master Shelf Ladder meets or exceeds the safety standards set by ANSI, CSA, and OSHA.

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Alan Bown made an improbable rock star -- though it could be argued that he was never really a "star." With the trumpet as his instrument, he wasn't even a terribly likely rock & roll bandleader, but he definitely was that, and for a lot of years. And if his bands' recordings had been as successful as their live shows, he'd likely have been a star and then some.
Any musical aspirations that he harbored were invisible until he completed a stint in the Royal Air Force at the outset of the 1960s. He found a music scene that was booming throughout England with an important extension to Germany, and which encompassed not only rock 'n' roll but also blues, R&B, and jazz.
The latter two areas were where Bown's interest lay, and he was soon a member of a group called the Embers that was booked into the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany, working on the same bills as such Liverpool-based artists as Tony Sheridan, the Beatles, the Undertakers, et al. He returned to England after the extended engagement and joined the John Barry Seven, led by the trumpeter/arranger John Barry. He was actually more involved with the group than Barry, whose burgeoning careers as a record producer and film music composer were taking off in a big way and keeping him busy outside of performing.
When Barry disbanded the group in 1964, Bown picked up the pieces and formed an outfit of his own -- his proposed name was ABC, standing for Alan Bown Community, but at the behest of his manager he chose the Alan Bown Set instead. The sextet was an immediate success as a live act, and it became an audience and critical favorite in London.
A contract with Deram Records, the progressive rock imprint of English Decca, followed, along with a pair of singles and a self-titled LP, and there was also a lineup shift that, for a time, brought Robert Palmer into the group as its lead singer. But despite a lot of touring and television exposure, and the reconstituting of its sound and image in a much more progressive rock vein, the group's moment had clearly passed by the start of the new decade.
Even a signing to the Island label failed to re-ignite their commercial prospects, though Bown did keep a version of the band -- including Mel Collins on saxophone -- together for touring purposes as late as 1972. After that last tour, Bown himself -- following a short stay in a band called Jonesy -- moved on to a producer's spot with British CBS Records, where he was one of those involved with the signing of Mott the Hoople and Sailor. By the 1980s, he had long since abandoned performing in favor of the business side of the music business, and started his own production and publishing company.
Thanks to the continued reissue of his '60s-era recordings, however, he remains a much-loved and fondly remembered figure as a performer, from the British beat era into the psychedelic period.
Hi Marios. I have this one and think it's very fine. Any chance of posting Listen and/or Stretching Out? These pieces I've never heard.


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From catering to funfairs, bands to stalls, there are many ways to get involved in Leicester's festivals.
Spread over two days, the event is situated at Bede Park, along Western Boulevard next to the River Soar and Castle Gardens and is within easy walking distance from the city centre.
As well as the focus on the river, there is a general environmental theme to the festival. With visitors numbering over 40,000 spread across two days in previous years, the event appeals to all age groups from across Leicester and Leicestershire.
Navratri has been celebrated at the Belgrave Neighbourhood Centre for many years. It is a very successful event and attracts more than 4,000 people over the nine days (plus one) event. It is a very unique event in the sense that the Belgrave Neighbourhood Centre is the only venue operating this activity (in Leicester) during the afternoons (2pm to 5pm). This allows for elderly people (who find it difficult to venture out in the evenings), to be included in the Navratri celebrations. The celebration (as aforementioned) is primarily for the elderly.
This year’s celebrations will run from Sunday 29 September 2019 to 7 October 2019 plus one extra day – Sharad Poonam which takes place on Sunday 12 October 2019. Deadline for submissions is Wednesday 10 April, 5pm.
For further information on the Navratri tender opportunity, you can email Jit Dhanji.
Leicester Market has opened its tender process for organisations interested in planning a Vintage Mod Market. The festival will take place on Sunday 16 June 2019, as part of the city-wide Revive festival.
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Any organisation wishing to tender must submit their applications by 5pm on Friday 19 April 2019.
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Please download the sponsorship documents at the bottom of this page for further details about the opportunities that are available.
Further tendering opportunities, including circuses can be found on Source Leicestershire which is linked at the top of this page. Guidance on how to approach a tendering opportunity can be found on The Nationwide Caterers Association website which is also linked at the top of this page.
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I Won’t Be Forgetting This Gig For A While!
Performing magic in a historic room overlooking London Bridge and the Shard was pretty special!
I had an fantastic day in London this week performing for Oakland International Ltd at the The Food Storage & Distribution Federation Annual Dinner at the amazing Fishmongers Hall.
I’m very familiar with performing close-up magic at hundreds of weddings and parties across Yorkshire and beyond. So it was a lovely change this week to get the opportunity to travel into the centre of London and entertain a completely new crowd as they had their dinner with a view of the Thames.
As I love traveling and discovering places I’ve never seen before I spent the rest of my time hiking around London exploring.


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Whether you are a mechanic or someone who likes to tinker with cars, when it comes to working on automobiles, you want to make sure you find auto parts that not only offer quality products but are also affordable. Before you place an order with just any company, do some research. Find a business that has their clients’ safety and satisfaction as a primary focus. A reputable company will follow all safety, health and environmental laws and regulations to ensure they are receiving valuable products.

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