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After first developing his craft in his native Brussels and Antwerp, Flemish sculptor Gerard van Opstal moved to Paris around 1642 on the invitation of Cardinal Richelieu. Finding employment assisting a decorative sculptor, he contributed to many of the new architectural structures built for the king and members of the court. Soon, however, Van Opstal received his own commissions and in 1651 was give the title of sculpteur des bâtiments du roi (Sculptor of the King's Buildings). He specialized in the low-relief friezes of classical mythological subjects such as tritons, nereids, and centaurs that decorated the many palaces and hôtels particuliers in and around Paris. Members of the court also prized Van Opstal's ivory reliefs, carved in a dramatic, fluid style inspired by Peter Paul Rubens.
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She was rich and she looked it.
Don't blame me. It's not my fault.
It says in the paper he expects to win the election.
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He thought it best to say nothing about the matter.
It is true that time is money.
It is you who are [is] angry.
It was after midnight when he arrived there.
You've either got it or you haven't.
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I'd like to move my Teamcity server to a new machine, going from one Linux box to another. I'm already using an external MySQL database, so connecting the new machine to the DB once the old Teamcity instance is shut down will be simple. My question is, rather than using maintainDB to get some of the other backup information to move over, can I simply shutdown the old instance, rsync the .BuildServer directory on the old machine to my $TEAMCITY_DATA_ROOT directory on the new server so that they are identical (including the artifacts, etc.), set up the Teamcity.war in the new Tomcat, and then fire up the new server? I typically use the .war distribution deployed to Tomcat rather than the .tar.gz release.
In case it's important, my current data root is the default $HOME/.BuildServer and the Teamcity server is installed in $HOME/tomcat/webapps; on the new machine it will be /opt/teamcity/BuildServer and /opt/teamcity/tomcat.
I also have one additional question: I am currently using the built-in Teamcity authentication, but I would like to switch to authenticating via Active Directory. I saw that my existing users will be dropped when I make the switch; will my role and group structures be dropped as well or will they be preserved (i.e., will I still have "Role A" or "Group 3" with existing permissions intact but without users assigned to them)?
Syncing .BuildServer and database are all you need form TeamCity perspective.
Please also make sure you transfer all the related environment like environment variables, files that are configurd in TeamCity configuration (if any), logging settings configured in Tomcat's "config" directory, etc.
Details instructions can be found in the doc.
As to switching to another authentication scheme: settings of roles and groups are preserved.


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Take Courage! 3 Steps to Persevere!
What are you facing today? Is there a prolonged trial you are going through that doesn't see an end in sight?
So many people are clinging to their hope in Jesus right now. Many are in intense trials, long suffering, hope deferred on many levels and hanging on by a thread. What do you do in times like this?
Tuesday we got a call from the lady who has been so kind in storing our personal belongings for the past 3 years in her basement. She told us that she had a mold test done and that there is mold, mold, mold in her basement and EVERYTHING must go! She wants it out asap - like within a week! Yikes! This news put my mind in overdrive on what options we have or DON'T know about yet. We have no place to go with this stuff other than storage or sell! But how do we clean every single thing, throw out what we have to and sell or store within a week or so. Not only are we hedged in on every side, the fire keeps getting hotter and the intensity more severe.
Needless to say I didn't get to sleep Tuesday night - it was literally 6am-8am on Wednesday I finally got some sleep. Before I fell asleep the Lord brought to mind this song again. Earlier in the year a friend sent it to me and it really brought peace. Music is like that! It can really change the atmosphere and turn your emotions and thoughts into who the Lord is and what He will do!
When I finally fell asleep Wednesday am, I had a dream. It was similar to a dream I had before we had to move from the last home to the one we were in. That dream was that there was fire in the ditch and around the entire perimeter of the yard/house. Ken felt the Lord gave him an interpretation that though there was a definite need to move and get out of that house, we had time because the fire wasn't at the house yet. Within a day or two our landlord had sold the house out from underneath us and we had to move asap.
Well, the dream I had Wednesday was that Ken had just left for work. Canyon, our dog, had to go out, so I let him outside. I heard a bunch of noice and commotion but was too sleepy to worry about it. I hear someone yelling in the front yard and then a fireman was pounding on the front door. I went to the door and he said - ma'am you need to get out asap. There is fire surrounding your whole neighborhood and even the entire area/town. I immediately went to get changed out of my pajama's and started grabbing my purse, our laptops and was wondering what else I had to get that was important - and of course Canyon. I woke up. My sense was that the Lord gave me a similar dream so I could relate and understand that He is in this new circumstance we are having to deal with. I sense the firefighter was the Lord and that He would knock on our door and give us instructions. And I believe me thinking to myself what else do I need that is important was clearly a sign to go through our things once again (remember we did this in March and got rid of 75-85% of all of it) and see what else we can give up.
After I woke up, and feeling like the Lord gave me the interpretation I was reading my devotional Streams in the Desert. Well actually, somebody had posted it on Facebook and I read it there first.
“The ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them” (Num. 10:33).
God does give us impressions, but not that we should act on them as impressions. If the impression be from God, He will Himself give sufficient evidence to establish it beyond the possibility of a doubt.
This really spoke to me because I feel both having to get our stuff out and the dream were impressions that something is definitely changing. For the past 48 hours I have racked my brain, talked to the storage facility here, talked with friends about potential options and I still have NO answers on what we could or can do about this.
What I do know from our history with the Lord - is that when He opens the door, it's swift and sudden. And even though there might be work to do with the shift, it's non-striving, and much easier than us trying to figure it out. Our hope is in Him. Our peace is that He is leading us and will show us the way!
When I went to do devotions on Wednesday morning, I began to read 10/18 an it was not the one I just wrote above nor the one posted. That one was actually 10/19's. I think God wanted me to see it because it was further instruction to "wait" on HIm. However, reading the actual 10/18 one - spoke to me for this season and I believe for ALL OF YOU who have been going through hard times, this one will speak to you as well.
An assured part of God’s pledged blessing to us is delay and suffering. A delay in Abram’s own lifetime that seemed to put God’s pledge beyond fulfillment was followed by seemingly unendurable delay of Abram’s descendants. But it was only a delay: they “came out with great substance.” The pledge was redeemed.
And cries, “It shall be done”—sometime, somewhere.
1. Keep your focus on the Lord -not on your circumstances.
3. Remind yourself often - God is faithful to bring forth the promises He has spoken to you!
Please be in prayer for Ken's father. He went into the hospital earlier this week with a blood infection and then had tests for his heart as well. They were concerned his heart valves were infected - but thankfully not. He had heart valve surgery previously. He will get out the hospital Thursday 5 days but have to do daily I.V. outpatient antibiotics still. He just had his 84th birthday.
Ken - to find the needed strength for this task. Also that God would provide additional work (after this task is done) to meet our monthly financial needs.
Michele - for energy and ability to help Ken w/o any mold effects. I have huge issues w/mold. Ongoing prayer for complete healing to manifest and to be able to sleep!!!!
Canyon - He is definitely getting weaker daily. We know it's soon. Please pray for grace and peace and to know the perfect time.
Ministry - that God would open the doors and provide all that's needed to step into destiny.
Thank YOU so much for your ongoing support, prayers, love and care for us and our ministry. We are honored to be able to pray for those who reach out to us. Please let me know if you have any prayer needs.
Have you ever come to a place in your walk with the Lord where you don't know what way to step? Feeling hedged in and trapped?
Helpless? Hopeless? Discouraged? Trapped? Hedged in? Stuck? These are a few of the terms that describe where I am at lately. (and Ken too sometimes) I can go on and say thankful, blessed, loved, encouraged and more because we are.... but for the sake of where my heart is right this moment, it's more on the first set of adjectives. I'm stuck. I cannot shake these feelings no matter how hard I try. I have isolated myself intentionally - no Facebook, limited response to text and email (so if you tried contacting me and I didn't respond, this is why). I've been wanting to only hear God's voice. No outside or other voices to distract or sway.
I'm not looking for a pity party - I'm just being transparent. We have been believing and contending for years for promises God has spoken to us. I know we are not the only ones. There are many I've personally spoken to and am hearing similar journeys. So, what's this all about? God where are you? What are you doing, Lord?
The brook has dried up here. Ken has been looking for work and even I have - but NO doors are opening! The painting gig has stopped completely. I don't think it's asking much for God to open the door for a $20-30k a year income if we are to stay put for a while longer. Really? We have learned to live off very little. Poverty limits are $16,240 for 2 people. We make just over 1/2 that. We are thankful for what God has allowed us to earn and He has been faithful to make the numbers work? I can't figure that out.
God knows our need and we are so appreciative He sends beautiful people to bring us food. Bags of fresh kale, beets, radish, eggs and cilantro. Isn't this a wonderful sight to see! I am truly thankful for all God is doing despite how it looks to us.
I had no idea when I first got saved that when I prayed Lord, I want world overcoming faith, that we would have this incredibly hard walk of faith. I was and am naive obviously.
Back in January, we felt God gave us a pretty clear word on what was next for us.....and backed it up with probably at least 100 or more confirmations and they are still coming. We have knocked on the doors of this but nothing has opened there either. We would like to scout the land He is showing us and would probably have more success in finding work/rental if we did.....but until Canyon, our dog passes, that's not an option either. He is still plugging along, showing more signs of weakness but not quite at the place of saying it's time.
We feel so hedged in. Stuck. We know God has more for us than this. We have done all and continue to do what we've heard God ask of us We are not trying to be discontent with our surroundings or even circumstances. We just are dying on the vine! Well, maybe not dying, well maybe.... life just feels it's been sucked out of us.
We have had several tell us we should come back to KC. We hear you. We've applied at several jobs but no doors opening there and we would be in a higher rent situation moving there. We don't feel God telling us to go back to our Egypt. We do feel God is saying stay the course, hold fast and He will not fail us. That's what we are clinging to.
Our plans are big! If they weren't it wouldn't be God! Only God can make this happen!
So, what's next? We really don't know. We will keep trying to find sufficient work/income. We will continue to press into the Lord and seek His will. We will do our best to trust Him for provision and strength to continue this race. We will continue to praise Him and believe He is good and He is sovereign.
If you would, please pray for our faith not to fail. For God to send arm holder uppers. Is that a good phrase?
Blessings to you and your families!


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Curtis S. Chin‘s latest blog in which he argues that “the American pivot to Asia must encompass a business, educational and cultural pivot as well” is a great read.
Curtis opens by discussing the meeting of “two leaders whose political careers stemmed from tragedy” in Seoul earlier this year – the then President elect Park Guen-hye and Burmese opposition leader and Nobel peace prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
Curtis compares Asia to the US where the majority of polls showed that approval of Obama dropped since his “post-election and pre-inauguration honeymoon period late last year” with a 6% point decline in approval since January.
Political leaders worldwide are keen to prove their interest in the political charge and reforms which are part of the “pivot on Burma” by being seen with Suu Kyi. Curtis predicts that Obama will also be eager to make a return visit to Burma and he warns that it would be a mistake to drop attention on the already successful pivot towards the country.
Curtis argues that this pivot to Asia must now be more than just defence and diplomacy and should address business, education and culture too. He talks about the future – for the US who need to work on substantive policy effort and investment which support involvement and ties in these other sectors, and for Burma who need to address religious and ethical unrest and the issues with human rights.

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Let’s start with the cooking… now, I’m no Masterchef, and nor do I want to be, but I did develop a bit of a knack for cooking when my son was little. As it turns out, he had a few food intolerances, and after doing an elimination diet with him I discovered he was sensitive to almost EVERYTHING I tested him with. Preservatives, MSG, colours..etc were the main culprits. So I began buying ‘additive free cookbooks’ and also experimenting with recipes of my own.
It was around this time I was also studying for my naturopathic qualifications, so I became more aware of food and nutrition and its impact on the body, and I was wanting to cook fresher, healthier meals. Also, I later discovered in addition to many additives he was also intolerant to dairy foods and gluten (found in bread, pasta, biscuits, and almost every single packaged food!), so once again I donned my well-used apron and experimented with even more recipes.
There were many disasters; homemade breads that crumbled to oblivion, inedible muffins that tasted like rocks, and don’t get me started on the pathetic cheese-less pizzas! But time and practise are great teachers, and soon I was whipping up meals and snacks that not only he liked, but other people too. Now, eating this way is a way of life, and I rarely follow a recipe. I’m an intuitive cook – I throw things together and make it up as I go.
Some of my favourite sweet creations (which have no sugar either! …except for the icing ;)) are: choc hazelnut and coconut muffins, gluten and dairy free banana cake, and choc macadamia cookies. And some of my favourite meal creations are: chicken soup with broccoli-stem ‘noodles’, roast balsamic chicken with mushroom, zuchinni, and carrots, lamb cutlets with sautéed bok choy, mushrooms and mustard dressing, warm chicken and red cabbage salad, grilled salmon with steamed broccolini and toasted pine nuts, butter-less butter chicken, and smoked salmon and avocado rice rolls (see pic above). Yum!!
So how did my son get me into writing? I always had a vague idea in my mind that I might write a book one day, but it was one of those things you never really think will happen. I wrote poetry as a teenager, and when I became a mother I started writing a few snippets of random scenes that would pop into my head, and even began a suspense novel, but gave up at chapter two!
Anyway, life moved on, I became busy with other things, and my son began pestering me to take him out of school and home-school him. At this time, I was running a busy and successful business, and could barely cope with helping him with his homework, let alone consider the idea of doing it ALL day EVERY day. But as my son neared high school and his high-functioning autism became more of an issue, it became apparent that the school system just wasn’t suited to his individual needs, and things became too much of a struggle (that’s another story!). So, I left my business to have a break and think things over for a while, eventually deciding on distance education instead of full-on homeschooling. Luckily, after a detailed application process, he was accepted, and although he’s not a fan of school in general, it’s been the best thing for him.
So what’s this got to do with writing? Well, after I left my business and made the commitment to do what was best for my son, the idea of writing a book resurfaced in my mind. I thought… “If I don’t do this now, I never will.” So after we’d finish school for the day I would spend time working on my first novel. And this time, I made it past chapter two (yay!), and eventually, after one year, I reached THE END. It was the best feeling EVER, and I wanted more. So I started my second novel, and nine months later typed THE END again. And now, I am nearing the end of my third novel which so far I’ve been writing for about four months (I must be getting faster!).
So there you have it, if it wasn’t for my son convincing me to home-school him, I may have continued working long hours in my business, with no time for anything else, and with my old ‘one chapter suspense novel’ being the only thing I’d ever written.
Posted on May 29, 2012, in General, Life, Mouthwatering May, Writing and tagged cooking, Mouthwatering May, parenthood, writing. Bookmark the permalink.	12 Comments.
I’m happy to hear about the completion of your books. I plan on being an author one day, I can only hope that I’ll have the patience to complete books and not give up on them. Love the post!
You’re welcome, and thank you for the encouragement.
What a lovely post, Juliet! Funny how life can kick us in the right direction when we least expect. It sounds like you have a close-to perfect world these days. Awesome!
I think I got into writing because there was this lesson, at school, where they expected you to just make stuff up and write it down. It was so easy I thought there must be a catch … but, no. Finally, here was a subject in which I could get good marks!


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1. To weaken an inhaling of bolts of fastening of the generator to an arm, an adjusting lath of the generator and the generator to an adjusting lath.
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I want to begin with an observation about the verbs that are used in the preceding verse. First, the word are has been printed in italics in many Bibles to show that it is a word that was added to the verse. In other words, the verb are was not present in the Greek text that was used as the basis for the Bible translation. The word are has been inserted into the text by the translators of English language Bibles to make the sentence more readable by English readers. The verbs are and is have been commonly added to many verses of scripture to help with comprehension. The problem is that sometimes the insertion of additional words also alters the emphasis of a sentence. I would like us to explore how this might be happening with verse 3 of Chapter 5 in the book of Matthew.
If the word are isn’t in the ancient Greek text that was the basis for our English translations, then how would we read and understand this verse if we removed it? If the Greek equivalent to the English word are wasn’t written down in the ancient Greek text, because Jesus didn’t speak it in Aramaic when He spoke from the Mount, then what would happen if we were to read this verse today without the word are? The punctuation marks were also not present in the Greek text and were added to help our comprehension. Adding verbs and punctuation is necessary in the English language. However, sometimes these additions can shift our attention away from the central thought of a passage.
If I were going to speak verse 3 in English and omit the word are, then I would speak it this way.
Blessed! The poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
In this way the word blessed would be spoken with power and intensity. We would experience the blazing light of God’s blessing falling upon and resting upon the entire verse, and not just on the word poor or the phrase poor in spirit.
The presence of two verbs and the presence of a colon in this verse as it is usually written in Bibles can cause our minds to divide it into two sentences with two related thoughts. However, if the first verb can be removed, because it actually wasn’t in the original text, then the sentence more accurately expresses a single thought. If we place an exclamation point or even just a period after the word blessed, then the single thought begins to emerge even more clearly.
Blessed. The poor in spirit, theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
In other words, the kingdom of heaven belongs to people who are poor in spirit.
When the word are and the colon are added to the verse, the emphasis moves away from the verb is and rests more on the verb are. The presence of the colon after the phrase poor in spirit tends to disconnect the fact that the poor in spirit are blessed, because of what belongs to them. They are not blessed, just because they are poor in spirit, but because they possess the kingdom of heaven. Most of the time when I have heard people speak this verse it is spoken with the following emphasis.
We will be exploring what it means to be poor in spirit later in this study, but for the moment, I want to highlight the central point of the verse. Simply stated, the verse is saying: people who possess the kingdom of heaven are poor in spirit, and their blessing is the kingdom of heaven, which they possess. If I was to speak the verse as it actually appears in most Bibles, I would speak it with the following emphasis to focus attention on the verb is and the blessing that is received.
BLESSED are the poor in spirit — for THEIRS IS the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
The voice and mood of the Greek verb that was translated as the English word is, in verse 3, is active and indicative. This means there is a definite and direct relationship between the experience of being poor in spirit and the condition of possessing the kingdom of heaven. It is a present on-going relationship. It is not a single one time historical event that occurred in the past or an event that will happen at some distant point in the future, but is a present reality.
The same Greek verb is that is used in Matthew 5:3 also appears in the following verses. It expresses the same type of active relationship.
He has a free spirit.
She has lost the spirit to live.
I will not attempt to define or describe the human spirit, instead, I will simply provide a few scriptures to confirm that we have a spirit and that the human spirit can either be built up by the events of life or can be broken down. In the next set of verses, notice the words that describe the condition of the human spirit. What is happening to the spirit of these people?
The human spirit must be present in a person to maintain physical life. James clearly indicates in the following verse that if the spirit is not present, then the person is dead.
The relationship between the presence of the spirit as it relates to life and death is shown in these verses. What happens when the spirit leaves a person or returns to a person? In the following verses, notice the words that describe what happens to a person when the spirit leaves or returns.
Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
Acts 7:59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Maid, arise. 55 And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.
We were all once people who delighted in selfishness and sin. Pride ruled over us and we gladly submitted to every call to satisfy the lust of the flesh. We strove to be independent and to walk far from God. Nevertheless, God sustained our lives and patiently watched us as we slid ever closer to the pit of death.
Our spirit was puffed-up by self-effort and the desire to become what we thought we should be. We ignored the desires of God, denied the existence of God, hated God, and worshipped at the altar of pride and personal preference.
Eventually, we fell under the weight of our own sin. We were once great in our own estimation, but then we were brought low. Our spirit shrunk and melted. Our spirit withered and dried up. We lost the vitality of life and faced death. We had no hope in us. We had no strength. Our sickly and feeble spirit seemed like it was incapable of supporting life and it would soon leave us to die in the dry cistern of death.
When an unsaved man or woman is poor in spirit, the person has been made ill by the sickness of sin. The human spirit weakens and crumbles under the weight of sin and approaches death. The person is very close to death, because when the spirit leaves, the person dies. When a person is poor in spirit and the spirit has been weakened by sin, then we are infirm and crippled, and death is not far off. Sometimes when we are brought very low by the consequences of our sin, a person may sense impending death, but more often than not, people do whatever they can to quench the experience of foreboding and judgment that accompanies their rebellion and sin. Drugs and alcohol, sexual excesses and perversions of all kinds, and every other form of addiction can distract us from impending spiritual death, while promising to relieve us from the anxiety caused by a withering and dying spirit. Eventually, despite our resistance and denial, the experience of impending death breaks through. The following verses describe the relationship between sin and death.
The pit has various possible meanings. It can mean a literal pit that is dug in the ground or a cistern cut into the rock for collecting water. It can mean a prison, or the state of being brought into complete captivity and being led into exile. When a person falls into a pit or a dry cistern, it becomes his prison, and he cannot climb out by himself. If he does not receive help, then the pit becomes his grave.
We will finish up part 1 of our examination of being poor in spirit by looking at scriptures that describe the experience of being poor in spirit from a variety of perspectives. Even though these verses do not all use the word “pit,” they describe the experience of what it feels like to have fallen into the pit. Have you ever felt this way?
Psalm 77:3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed.
Jeramiah 51:34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
The preceding verse leads me to think about the final state of being poor in spirit, which is the state of physical, emotional, moral, and spiritual collapse. In this condition, a person has poured out all worldly sorrows and has no more tears to cry. He is melted and has no resources to stand up and fight again. He is like an old rotten tree that has been blown down by the wind. It stays where it has fallen and can move no longer. It may still have green leaves, but it has been cut off from its foundation and is rapidly dying.
I remember an oak tree that fell into the tidal stream behind a house that I once owned. The tree fell in a spring storm. The tree trunk was lying in a horizontal position suspended in the air above the mud by some of its branches. Even though the tide would come in twice a day and sea water would swirl under the tree for many hours, the branches and leaves that were above the water remained green all summer, because there was a small band of bark that continued to connect the root system to the fallen trunk. This connection was just large enough to supply nutrition to the tree in its last days of life. The tree looked alive, but it was obvious to any observer that it would soon die. It was literally stuck in the mud and was not going anywhere. Ducks and geese floated under the green canopy that was above the water at high tide and enjoyed the sense of protection that it offered, but the tree was dying. It was in the pit of death and only an act of God could have given it new life.
Fortunately, trees and men have different value in God’s eyes. Trees fall and die every day as part of God’s natural plan for his non-human creations. God did not send His Son into the world to prevent trees from perishing, but Jesus was born to be the Savior and King of men. He came to pull men and women out of the pit of spiritual poverty. He gives new life to those who repent and believe, and prevents them from perishing.
” We will consider scriptures that explain how men and women are raised from the certainty of death in sin, and are brought into the kingdom of heaven. Today, we focused on the poverty of spirit experienced by those who are still lost in their sins and held captive by Satan. Next time we will examine the poverty of spirit that marks the life of a believer in Christ Jesus the King. We will see how on-going humility before God establishes a foundation for the remaining blessings in this section of Matthew’s Gospel.
Please meditate upon the following verses in preparation for the next study. They contain key words for understanding the work that God does in the heart of a person who is broken and crushed, and cries out to God from the pit.
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These seeds are believed to originate from Egypt. The people of Egypt used this seed in food and medicine, both as a nutritional aid and a digestive, skin, and mood remedy. These seeds come from flax flour. Nowadays, this is found in various part of North America.
It is assumed that chia seeds originated from the Mexico. These seeds were very popular in The Aztec. Chia is an annual herb with wide and opposite leaves. This herb has purple or white flowers. Chia seeds also originate from a flowering plant. Now, they are grown in various parts of the world. They belong to the mint family. They are used to provide energy, strength, satiety, and a healthy mood.
Omega 3 fatty acids help to prevent inflammation, aid in optimal brain function, create a balanced mood, and maintain a good ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fats. Omega-6 fats can lead to inflammation in excess and are largely found in oils such as corn and soybean oil. Flax contains a little bit more of omega 3 fatty acids than chia. One serving of flax contains as much as 6388mg of omega-3 fatty acid while one serving of chia seeds contains around 4915 milligrams of healthy omega-3 fatty acids.
Lignans are a type of antioxidants known as phytochemical that helps in reduction of the menopause symptoms, removing cholesterol problems and enhancing the appearance the skin and hair. Flax has more lignans than chia seeds. But if we talk about only antioxidants, we will find that Chia seeds are quite high in antioxidants, which helps to keep them fresh.
There are two types of fibers which are termed as soluble and insoluble fibers. Soluble fibers are soft and sticky. They absorb water to form a gel-like substance inside the digestive system. Soluble fibers help soften stool. These fibers also bind to substances such as cholesterol and sugar, preventing or slowing their absorption into the blood. That’s why it’s known to help regulate blood sugar levels and protect against heart disease by lowering blood cholesterol. Soluble fiber boosts the population of good bacteria in the gut, which is linked to improved immunity, anti-inflammatory effects, and even enhanced mood. Insoluble fibers are hydrophobic in nature. Insoluble fiber is not broken down by the gut and absorbed into the bloodstream. It adds several problems in the digestive system, which helps keep you regular and prevent constipation. One serving of flax seeds contains 7.6 grams of dietary fiber and Chia seeds contain around 10.6 grams of dietary fiber. So we can say that Chia seeds have more fiber than flax seeds.
Copper plays an essential role for a living being. Most of the copper is found in liver, brain, heart, kidneys and skeletal muscle. Copper increases the formation of collagen, absorption of iron in the body and plays a role in energy production. The deficiency of copper causes an increased risk of infection, and osteoporosis, impaired neurological function etc. Copper also helps to provide healthy red blood cells. Flax seeds contain a little bit higher amount of copper than chia seeds. Flax seeds contain around 0.3mg of copper per serving. Chia seeds have much less copper per serving at around 0.1mg.
The health benefits of phosphorus include healthy bone formation, improved digestion, protein formation, hormonal balance, improved energy extraction, regulated excretion, cellular repair, optimize chemical reactions, and proper nutrient utilization. The health benefits of phosphorous make it an important constituent of any diet. Flax seeds include 180mg of phosphorus per serving. Chia seeds are quite high in phosphorus, containing around 265mg per serving.
A large calorie (symbol – Cal, kcal) – 1Cal is the amount of energy required to raise one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius.
A small calorie (symbol – cal) – 1cal is the amount of energy required to raise one gram of water by one degree Celsius. Remember one large calorie (1kcal) = 1,000 small calories.
One ounce of flax seeds contains 151 calories while an ounce of chia seeds contains 138 calories.
Calcium is a very important mineral for living beings. Calcium helps our blood clot, building bones and keeping them healthy, nerves send messages and muscles contract. About 99% of the calcium in our bodies is in our bones and teeth. Each day, we lose calcium through our skin, nails, hair, sweat, urine, and feces, but our bodies cannot produce new calcium. Flax seeds contain around 71.4mg of calcium while Chia seeds contain 177mg of calcium which can be used to support bone health and other bodily functions.
Proteins are large biomolecules consisting of one or more long chains of amino acid residues. Protein is an important component of every cell in the body. Proteins perform a vast array of functions within organisms, including catalyzing metabolic reactions, responding to stimuli, DNA replication, and transporting molecules from one location to another. Hair and nails are mostly made of protein. Your body uses protein to build and repair tissues. You also use protein to make enzymes, hormones, and other body chemicals. Protein is an important building block of bones, muscles, cartilage, skin, and blood. Proteins differ from one another primarily in their sequence of amino acids, which is glued by the nucleotide sequence of their genes. An ounce of flax seeds contains 5.1 grams of protein, which is more than eggs but not quite as much as meat while an ounce of chia seeds has 4.4 grams of complete protein.
Flax seeds should be ground before you eat them. Otherwise, they will not break down in the digestive tract, which means your body will not get the nutrients from the seeds. Flax will oxidize very quickly and start to taste rancid. Chia seeds must be soaked before eating otherwise you may face constipation, diarrhea, and flatulence (accumulation of gas in the alimentary canal).
From the above discussion, we are sure that it is difficult for you to conclude which one is better because in some cases Chia is the best while in some cases flax is the better. Chia seeds are good when we need phosphorus, fiber, and calcium. If we talk about protein, we will find that chia seeds contain a complete protein which makes it a good supplement for those who are vegetarian or otherwise protein deficient. So we should add both of these seeds in our diet because including a variety of healthy products is quite beneficial to ensure a healthy diet and for providing your body with all of the nutrients your body needs.


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Assistant Professor of Biology Matt Carter, Professor of Computer Science Stephen Freund and Professor of Mathematics Chad Topaz have each won prestigious three-year grants to pursue research projects with students.
Carter’s $369,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health will support his research with a student team to better understand the role of parasubthalamic nucleus neurons in animals’ feeding behavior. The project may yield insights into how the brain suppresses appetite after overeating or during certain illnesses. It could also lead to treatments to promote eating during conditions of infection or disease, when food intake and good nutrition can be critical to recovery.
Freund and Topaz received a combined $402,000 from the National Science Foundation. Freund’s project supports research to potentially reduce the costs of developing computing infrastructure by eliminating the process of manually writing, testing and reasoning about concurrent software. The project includes students from underrepresented groups, including women and first-generation students, at both the undergraduate and graduate level.
Topaz’s research with students and collaborators is investigating two pattern-forming systems in nature. The team, which includes undergraduates from Williams, the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and Harvey Mudd College, examines changes in large-scale, striped patterns of vegetation in semi-arid environments such as the Horn of Africa to see how they may be indicators of climate change and desertification. The team is also using and developing tools from topological data analysis to better understand and describe collective behavior when organisms interact, as in bird flocks, fish schools and insect swarms.


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The KeepCup Brew is a glass KeepCup, made from soda-lime fully-tempered glass. The clean, elegant design includes a frosted etched glass logo, internal volume markings, and a redesigned hard lid with a bigger mouth opening - enabling you to fully enjoy the aroma and texture of your drink.
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The birds are chirping, the trees blossoming and people dare to step out of the warmth of their houses again. Prague has awoken from its winter slumber and temperatures are on the rise. Time to get out and enjoy the sun rays warming your skin and explore the city that was hulled in snow and ice for the past few months. Prague in Spring blossom is just absolutely stunning!
To give you some ideas on what to do in Spring time when in Prague, we set out and found the best places to be, things to enjoy and activities to pick up in the warm Spring sun.
Czech Republic is an absolute paradise for hikers. It is not just the areas of Bohemian Switzerland and Bohemian Paradise that are worth checking out; Czechia offers many wonderful places to wander. To enjoy the Spring to its fullest, you don’t necessarily need to undertake a 3 hours long journey to the highly frequented, popular hiking areas. Lots of hiking paths and regions surround the Czech Capital – or are even part of it! One of our favourite hikes is Štěchovice, which is only a 30 minutes bus journey away from Prague. It follows the Vltava river and takes you on a hilly journey through the Czech countryside, far away from all the hustle and bustle.
Zbraslav, which is even closer to Prague – about a 10 minutes bus ride – offers a great hike up to the Celtic Monument and a view over the small village in the South of Prague.
Our favourite Spring Hike is the Eliska path (Naučná stezka Cesta císařovny Elišky) to Karlické údolí. A 30 minutes train ride takes you to Dobřichovice, a bustling, little village with lots of historical houses, a castle and four different hiking paths leading to magnificent views, nature reserves and wildlife.
Hiking is a somewhat national sport of Czech Republic. Czechs – known to be very active people – love setting out for trips to the wilderness and have created – and taken care of – a big and intertwined maze of hiking trails. If you are willing to make the journey, be sure to check out the Bohemian Highlands, too! The hills North of Prague do very much remind of the Highlands of Scotland and hold castles, ponds and wuthering heights for visitors.
If you are ready for a holiday getaway – or at least the feeling of one – you definitely want to check out the Sázava Pacific Trail that starts in Petrov U Prahy – about a 2o minutes train ride from the main train station. This is a gorgeous walkway next to the meandering Vltava, with old fisher boats docked to the bay and magnificent views from the hilltops.
If you are in need of some hiking equipment, be sure to check out Husky and for hiking boots Meindl‘s location on Andel. Still didn’t find the right hike? Check out our Spring Hike article, then!
A stereotype? Maybe. But an undeniable fact is that Czechs love their beer and they love enjoying it with a view. This is exactly why celebrating Spring’s arrival in a beer garden around the city is a must-do. The amount of spots in the city is vast; wherever you find yourself, rest assured that a beer garden is never far off. Some of them are in plain sight, others are hidden and therefore have a very private feeling to them. The obvious ones like Letná – with a stunning view over the city – and Riegrovy Sady are the most frequented ones with a bustling vibe and always something happening.
If you are looking to enjoy your freshly draft beer in peace, you might want to opt our for Zahrádky Žižkov. The vibe is always relaxed and they serve beer that is draft right from the keg from the Staropramen Brewery located in Smichov.
Our special tip? The pub “Na Kvetinci”, which offers a large garden area, a view of the Nusle valley and shade from the nearby chestnut trees. Perfect to enjoy a cold beer in the sun.
If you thought hiking is all that Czechs do, you were wrong. Running, biking and skating are popular activities of the locals, too. It seems fitting that there is a large number of trails in the city. The Czech capital inhabits over 200 parks, many of them accessible with bikes & other wheel-driven rides. Especially cool for skating: the Park Lázaro Cárdenase in Dejvice and the trail along the Vltava River in Modřany.
Let’s not forget about the many skateboarders looking for places to practice. the other side of Modřany is the perfect spot for a Saturday skate. The pavement is even and the views spectacular. You can follow the trail almost all the way to Radotin; make sure you look out for bikers, though. Central park is especially suitable for downhill fans and all those that just enjoy a quick cruise after work, Vitkov is the perfect place to go to.
They are back! Most of our beloved Farmers Markets of Prague – just as much as the city itself – had gone into hibernation mode. And who could hold it against them; vegetables simply don’t grow in temperatures below zero (and also, standing out in the cold all day seems less than appealing). Now, however, fresh produce is being sold again all over the city.
Our favourite market to go to is Heřmaňák. With is fresh and vast assortment, Heřmaňák lures zero wasters, organic shoppers and gourmands alike into its quarters. The farmers market in Holešovice happens every Saturday, 08.00 through 14.00. Besides fresh vegetables and fruit, you can find eggs, pastries, meat & more.
Hala 22 is probably the only farmers market that is open almost all week. In the market building on Pražská tržnice, you can get vegetables, fruit, cheese, meat and even honey, milk and eggs from farmers in the Republic. This is the perfect place to go to, if you want to stock up on fresh produce and can’t wait till the next Saturday market.
The guild of “Farmarske Trhy“ organizes farmers markets a little outside of the neighbourhoods bordering the Old Town. From March on, you can get your fresh produce in Rajská zahrada, Černý Most and Spořilov. Their mission is to bring good food to good people and make sure that nature is not being robbed of its treasures only for profit.
Prague’s Botanical Garden is an Eden for Flora lovers and seekers of a nature walk in the city. The large area in New Town offers many species of plants – which some of are over 130 years old! – and takes you on a journey through the world of plants.
Spring might be the best time to visit the free outdoor space of the green spot. Learn about rocks, local plant species and – in the greenhouses – about subtropical and succulent plants such as Oxalis or Cacti.
This is a beautiful walk for a Saturday afternoon and if you haven’t had enough walking after the ivy kissed pathways and little, green nooks, Náplavka is just around the corner to get your kicks out.
Once you are in the area, why not celebrate the warm temperatures with a – possibly premature – handmade ice cream from Puro? They are located right between the river and the Botanical Gardens and perfect for a quick break.
St. Matthews Fair welcomes Spring in Prague with a big hurrah. Roller coasters, a ferris wheel, haunted houses, bouncy castles and – of course – a chain carousel catapults everybody out of Winter into Spring mood. The old Bohemian Shooting range, where you can win a rose for the special someone by your side and good old bumper cars will take you on a colorful and magical journey.
Where there is fun, there needs to be food and at the St. Matthews Fair you can indulge in sweet and salty delicacies such as gingerbread hearts (which also is the usual souvenir to get from the fair). The spectacle with over 120 attractions is more than 415 years old! It celebrates St. Matthews, the saint of constructions and confectioners and gives you the opportunity to start spring time with a hurrah!
The rather unusual tradition goes back to Pagan times. It originally was supposed to symbolically chase away illness and bad spirits, bringing health and youth for the rest of the year to whoever is whipped by a willow branch. Sometimes, a bucket full of water replaces the willow branches. After the whipping, girls give a painted Easter egg or candy as well as a ribbon for the willow whip to the boy. Whether you want to go in on the tradition or decide to let the legs of your girl remain unwhipped, we leave up to you.
Are you ready for Spring? What is your favourite thing to do in Prague when the frost and snow melts and the flowers blossom? Let us and other urban explorers know in the comments!

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The CNIB Foundation was created April 1, 2017 to offer programs that complement and enhance our rehab services by addressing the social and emotional needs of people with sight loss, and building their confidence and self-advocacy skills to ensure they receive the accommodations they need to succeed. Programs focus on children and youth, as well as adults of working age and seniors.
We have begun by offering activities where we have locations and staff, however our plan is to expand to additional communities as we identify volunteers, partnerships and donors to cover the costs.
Visit us at cnib.ca or contact us 1-800-563-2642 for more information on volunteering or programs in the area.


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A new refurbished designer office having an area of 90sqm, located in a very central business area of this upcoming town.
Consisting of 3 office rooms and the possibility of 4 rooms with storage space, kitchenette and toilets with shower room, lounge area and front and back balconies.
Property is to be leased fully equipped with high tech furnishings.


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A set of educational resources created to provide information and spark conversations. The PEN stands for Psychology, Education and Neuroscience, which is reflective of the multi-disciplinary creators of the resource at the Science of Learning Centre.
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London is the capital of England and it draws millions of visitors from around the world each year. In London there really is something for everyone including tourist attractions such the London Eye, the British Museum, the Tower of London, the Natural History Museum and Madame Tussauds. With so many people living in London there are self storage facilities through the area.
People who own their own garages that are secure could be renting them out to others looking for storage, on average you could charge from £200 per month for your garage.


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GPS Click is an add-on board in the mikroBUS™ form factor. Its a compact solution for adding GPS functionality to your device. It features the LEA-6S, high-performance u-blox 6 positioning engine. The board can interface with a microcontroller via UART or I2C, or data can be acquired using the PC application via USB. The board features a connector that is compatible with active and passive antennas. It can operate on 3.3V of power only.
The microSD Click is an add-on board in the mikroBUS™ form factor. The board features a slot for microSD cards used as mass-storage media for portable devices. Industry standard SPI interface ensures simple communication at high data rates. Use it for reading or storing data like music, text files, videos and more. The board is designed to use 3.3V power supply only.
PICtail™ Plus Expansion Board supporting vertical PICtail™ Plus connectors helps in attaching various PICtail™ Plus Daughter Cards for additional functionality to Explorer 16/32 board. The board also features Prototyping area and additional 2x MikroElektronika mikroBUS™ interface.
The Explorer 16/32 Development Kit is a flexible, convenient and ready to start development, demonstration and testing platform for 16-bit PIC24 MCUs, dsPIC® DSCs and 32-bit PIC32 MCUs from Microchip Technology. It features all the necessary hardware to begin developing and debugging a complete embedded application. The board accepts Processor Plug-In Modules (PIM) designed for the Explorer 16 or Explorer 16/32 development board for easy device swapping. In addition to the hardware features provided by the board, hardware expansion is possible through the use of PICtail™ Plus daughter cards and mikroBUS™ accessory boards. Coupled with the integrated PICkit™-On-Board (PKOB), MPLAB ICD 3 In-Circuit Debugger or MPLAB REAL ICE™ real-time emulation and debug facilities enable faster evaluation and prototyping of application.
The development kit comes with Explorer 16/32 main development board, PIC24FJ1024GB610 PIM (MA240023), USB A to micro-B cable, and USB A to Type-C Cable. For out of the box experience, Explorer 16/32 Development Kit is the right choice that comes with all the necessary components to get started with the evaluation and prototyping right away!


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Our award-winning campus covers over 6 acres in the Tameside borough of Greater Manchester.
With great links to public transport - a short journey from both Ashton and Stalybridge Train Station, Ashton tram stop and Ashton Bus Station - the college is ideally located in the area.
As a result, we offer weekend lettings and the option to hire our outstanding facilities. Currently our facilities can be hired during the weekend only.
Each facility comes with free Wi-Fi, parking and a qualified first aider.
Two spacious meeting rooms each with screens, IT facilities, telephone and Wi-Fi. The meeting rooms can be opened up in to a larger single meeting room for meetings, conferences, events, networking and more.
Both sporting and non-sporting events can be hosted in the Sports Hall.
Outdoor sporting facilities include two full size grass pitches and one full size astro turf pitch which can also be partitioned. The astro turf pitch is multipurpose for netball, tennis and hockey.
The Lecture Theatre seats 180 people and is equipped with IT, lighting and stage facilities. The space can be used as for conferences, meetings or guest speakers. In addition, the chairs can be removed and the room can be hired as an entirely different space either open or with tables and chairs.
Other facilities include the Pembroke Suite and classrooms with IT facilities.


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Even before Paul Graham’s Growth post the recent VC meme was that entrepreneurs just aren’t as ambitious as they used to be. They are too careful, husbanding their cash rather than boldly investing it in growth. I’ve heard this kvetch four or five times since Labor Day, each time from a smart and well-respected VC. They blamed the ease of raising seed money compared to the relative difficulty of Series A and B money, the incubators and angels corrupt the entrepreneurs.
I’ve had this conversation with many of my entrepreneurs over the years: the market’s going to pass you by, carpe diem, etc. But I never really thought of it as a trend, it was just the usual learning opportunity for first-time entrepreneurs–there’s no starting gun, no one is going to tell you when to start seizing the day, just do it. This has always been a conversation in the fifteen years I’ve been investing in early-stage. Is it really now a wider phenomenon?
I don’t know, but I heard it enough that I ran the idea by a couple of my entrepreneurs. The entrepreneurs sighed and rolled their eyes. You advised me to raise just the money I needed to get to the A, they said, Paul Graham says I should “not need money.” Which is it, they ask? Do you want me to not need money or do you want me to get aggressive and raise my next round sooner, maybe without the metrics I need to get a good valuation?
Fair enough, the world is full of conflicting advice. And I understand how annoying it can be when it’s the same person giving you both sides of it.
And let’s be clear: the dichotomy is not necessarily between the lean startup and “go big or go home.” Suster makes the case that the latter is not always the best route. No argument. This is more along the lines of when to hit the gas, not if. I only invest in entrepreneurs who tell me they can and want to go big and then I try to get them to stick to what they told me. My favorite question when these conversations happen is “what’s the bottleneck?” What can we do, who can we hire, who do we need to partner with or talk to or get in front of to make what we both think can happen actually happen, now?
When I ask this, the entrepreneur always knows the answer. In fact, they’ve usually been thinking about it night and day. But they also usually want to take it more slowly than I do. They want to take less risk. Once you’ve spent the money, that money is gone, and if you’re too early it’s gone for good.
So how do you know when it’s not too early?
Christensen tells a story in The Innovator’s Dilemma about Honda’s entry into the US motorcycle market. Honda’s entry strategy, after much examination, was to give Americans what they clearly wanted: large bikes to ride long distances at highway speeds. Honda’s expertise was in designing small, efficient engines, as in their Supercub delivery bike. But Honda designed a big, fast bike for the American market and in 1959 sent three reps to live in LA to begin marketing it.
The bikes sucked. At highway speed they leaked oil and burned through clutches in record time. The cost of sending replacements for the warrantied bikes almost put Honda out of business.
To burn off steam the Honda reps used to go out and ride their Supercubs–small, zippy, 50cc bikes–in the hills east of LA on the weekends. Over time people started asking where they could buy one of these ‘dirt’ bikes. The reps special-ordered Supercubs from Japan for people. After a couple of years of this a buyer from Sears tried to place a bigger order. Honda ignored him. Finally the Honda reps convinced Honda to change direction, that the big bike strategy had failed but a small bike strategy would work. Innovative distribution channels were forged, sales took off, market entry was achieved.
But if Honda had been more aggresive with their strategy in 1959, if they had sent reps to Miami and Seattle and Dallas and Atlanta and Denver and Las Vegas at the same time as LA, there’s an excellent chance Honda would have not only failed to enter the market but actually gone out of business. By taking it slow until they had found a product that fit the market, they bought the time they needed for success.
Bit of a buzzword that, product market fit. Mark Andreesen says “you can always feel product/market fit when it’s happening.” Unfortunately, this is simply not true. Honda took a couple of years to feel it and even longer to properly trust it. In B-to-B startups you can have a lot of buzz and a few amazing clients banging your door down and still have a product that doesn’t really do much. Or you can have a product that is absolutely amazing that great clients are beta-testing but that no one is paying for. In B-to-C you can have a hundred thousand users and still be serving nothing but tech industry curiosity seekers. Or you can have millions of members and few users. These are not product-market fit.
There is a case for going slow, to a point. Your product has to provide real value to your users. You need to have a viable business model, know the metrics you need to make it work, and be on the path to meeting those metrics. And then you need a way to get to customers and convince them to sign up and/or pay. You need all these things before you can feel comfortable ramping up the spend. But if customers love your product, if those customers are profitable customers, and if those customers start presenting themselves, either directly or by making themselves extremely easy to get in front of, then you should let them become customers. And if there are more of them than you can get in front of personally, then you should hire a salesperson. If there are more of them than your salesperson can get in front of, then you should hire more salespeople. If you have a product and you have a market for that product, you should stop worrying and start scaling.
In the old hockey-stick curve there is a flat part and there is a steep part. That transition, the elbow in the curve, is hard to see, especially when you’re spending all your time trying to run your company. Here’s a question to ask yourself: if you think you can double revenue next year, what’s holding you back from increasing revenue by 10x? If the answer is that there’s no market yet, then keep grinding away at it. If the answer is not enough people or hardware for scaling, then start spending the money on hiring them, today.
The best possible Series A story: “we don’t really need your money, but if we had it we could grow ten times faster starting tomorrow.” Term sheet before you get home, guaranteed.
–start-ups used to be far less reported on and we also experienced a trend in which consumer-facing tech start-ups couldn’t get arrested, let alone funded.
Do you feel like the abundance of coverage of the sector makes it more difficult, particularly for consumer web companies, to understand the moment of product-market fit and the likelihood/predictability of early churn?
How does this impact your view on when and to what extent start-ups should seek PR/coverage?


text: Information and communication technologies (ICTs) encompassing computer and network hardware and software, and so on, as well as various services and applications associated with them, are assuming a growing presence within the modern homestead and have an indelible impact on the professional and everyday life of people. This research aims to explore factors influencing the successful adoption and usage of ICTs within Polish households. Based on prior literature and practical experiences, a framework of success factors is provided. The required data was collected from a survey questionnaire administered to a sample of Polish households to examine this framework and identifies which factors are of greatest importance for the adoption and usage of ICTs within households in Poland. Based on 751 questionnaires the paper indicates that the adoption of ICTs within households is mainly influenced by the economic status of households and cost of ICTs, perceived economic benefits from the usage of ICTs, technological availability and security of ICTs, ICT competences and awareness, as well as satisfaction with the adoption of ICTs. Furthermore, gender, education, and place of residence do not reflect significant differences on the factors. Yet, there are significant differences among the factors that could be attributed to age. Both, policy makers and ICT providers can benefit from the findings with regard to bridging the gap of ICT adoption and use in the Polish households.


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Last Summer In Brigadoon iphone x case by Kip DeVore. Protect your iPhone X with an impact-resistant, slim-profile, hard-shell case. The image is printed directly onto the case and wrapped around the edges for a beautiful presentation. Simply snap the case onto your iPhone X for instant protection and direct access to all of the phone's features!
Woohoo!! This amazing work has been featured in PL Inc-friends and fans group! We invite you to post this image in our features discussion. We rotate our featured images daily, posting in the featured discussion is a great opportunity to keep this beautiful work seen.
v/f/tw :) Love this autumn scene.
Thank you, Vanessa Hadady BFA MA, for the Feature in American Style Impressionism.
Thank you, Mariola Bitner, for the Feature in Wildlife Group.
Thank you, Carol Senske, for the Feature in Beautiful Scenery Group.
This one has such great colors and mood to it, Kip. I know I already commented on it, but I was drawn to it again. f/fb.
I love the "looseness" and fun that I see in your work. It is unique...and I like it!
Beautiful work, Kip ! Congratulations on your sale !!
Thank you, Mel, Eleonora, Andee, Angelina, Bill!
Congratulations on your sale Kip!!!
Congrats on your sale today Kip! Woo Hoo! Nice one!
Congratulations on your sale Kip!!
Great colors and atmosphere, I like the unfinished edges too.
Very cool Kip! Love the ripple in the water as well as the vibrant blue!
Love the free spirited style in your watercolor mixed media. Time to get the fishing rod out, I thought I just saw a fish jump out of the water !
Last Summer in Brigadoon. Autumn boats with canoe, at Shepherd Mountain Lake, Ironton, Missouri. Watercolor, original, 14 x 21", unframed, $800.00. Available here in print sizes to 39" x 60". Available also in several sizes as signed and numbered Limited Edition giclee prints direct from the artist.


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Fitness is an important aspect for any individual to live disease free and stress free life however today fitness industry in India is engulfed with various myths and fears related to diet and exercises.
Maintain International Standards for trainers in India.
Keeping abreast with new changing fitness trends.
Inculcating Global Practices for fitness enthusiast as well as trainers.
Promoting safe & effective Training for all.
Promote an Active & Healthy Lifestyle for all individual of the society.
Classic Fitness Academy conducts classes in Aerobics and Zumba Dance. It is located in Mehrauli, Delhi. It takes Regular Classes- at the Institute.

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Looking for a gift for the artist in your life or an artist friend? Here's a collection of ideas at various price points for art and painting-related gifts.
Golden's High Flow Acrylics are, as the name suggests, extremely fluid. They're also a high pigment loading paint, so they offer strong saturated colors. They lend themselves to all sorts of techniques, starting with working wet-into-wet and pouring. They will also make it easy to thinly spread paint for glazing, as you don't have to dilute 'normal' paint to get it to spread. As an added treat for a friend, why not get a bottle of one of the fluorescent colors?
With a travel set of watercolor paints, a waterbrush, a pencil or pen, and pocket sketchbook, the artist in your life can be creative anywhere and everywhere.
A Remedy for Artistic Insecurity: "Art and Fear"
There are lots of self-help books out there, lots fill with wordy psychobabble that doesn't get to the point if any kind of a hurry, nevermind actually help. But Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking isn't one of these. It's a small, short book (only 134 pages) without any photos or artwork in it, just words. But those powerful words go straight to the doubts and fears we experience. I think it's something not just for those days when you doubt what you're doing is worthwhile, but as a regular way to boost motivation and confidence.
Buying an artist a new brush as a present make seem like the equivalent of buying a pair of socks: practical but unoriginal. However, if it's for someone who doesn't deduct their art materials as tax expenses, then it's an extremely useful present.
If you're not sure whether they're painting with oils or acrylics, buy a brush that's suitable for both. Sneak a peek at what shape brush they tend to use, and buy something different. (The main options are round, flat, and filbert.) If they use watercolor, a mop brush is a fun choice.
Painting with a knife is quite a different experience from painting with a brush. Not only can you produce a range of different marks, but it feels distinctly different in your hand too, a bit like spreading jam with a really springy knife. For a first-time user, choose a mid-size painting knife with a flat top and a sharp point on a corner because this enables you to create large areas of color and small details.
If the artist you're wanting to buy a gift for already has a painting knife, consider getting them one of RGM's strangely shaped painting knives, which open up all sorts of new possibilities.
The New Age Painting Knives from RGM come in all sorts of weird and unexpected shapes, perfect for creating texture and pattern in the paint. Whether you're spreading paint, scratching into wet paint, or printing with a shape, the possibilities are many.
Make watercolor paints do more by adding a watercolor medium. Granulation medium changes watercolor from smooth color to grainy color (think "granules"). Iridescent medium adds sparkle or glitter and can be mixed in or painted over the top. Texture medium, of course, adds texture and can be used straight on the paper or mixed with watercolor paint.
Golden's Open Acrylics are unlike any other acrylic on the market. Yes, many brands have made a claim to "uniqueness" but what is special about this range of acrylics is that they dry slowly... really slowly. This means you have a working time akin to oil paints, without the downsides of dealing with turps and oil mediums.
For a set of basic colors, select cadmium yellow medium, cadmium red medium, phthalo blue (green shade), nickel azo yellow, and titanium white. If you want to avoid cadmium pigments, substitute Hansa yellow light, and pyrrole red. For special colors as a treat, consider green gold (a gloriously transparent green) or manganese blue hue (a recreated historical color).
A Colour Shaper looks like a brush with a flexible tip instead of bristles, but you use it more like you would a painting knife, for pushing and smearing paint around. They're great for texture effects, and for sgraffito. Colour Shapers come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and degrees of flexibility.
If your artist friend prefers a storage container that allows her to organize and sort her paints and art materials, go for one that folds out with multiple trays. Just remember that when it's full, she'll need to be able to pick it up!
Travel brushes make taking your brushes anywhere much easier as they don't take up so much space! The 'handle' comes apart and slips over the brush bristles to protect them while in transit (or even in your pocket). They're ideal for taking to workshops, on holidays, and for painting on location.
Pocket-sized Moleskine sketchbooks are a wonderful gift for any artist. Choose from the blank sketchbook (which doesn't really like watercolor paint), the storyboard one (perfect for thumbnail sketches), or the one with watercolor paper in it (the individual sheets are perforated so you can tear them out easily).
There are few things handier than a "holds almost everything" container for keeping all your art materials together for workshops or on holiday.
Painting with pastels on Sennelier Pastel Card is completely different from working on ordinary pastel paper. The surface is like fine sandpaper, and grips onto the pastel, layer upon layer. Every pastel painter ought to have some to try!
Say goodbye to worries about getting paint on your clothes with a lab coat. In fact, in its pristine state a lab coat is rather ugly, so getting some paint on it can only make it look better.
A small book light is perfect for working in your art journal or sketchbook at night when you don't want the light to disturb someone else, or if you want focused illumination on the page only. Depending on the model, a book light either clips or slides into the pages. Most run on penlight batteries, some are rechargeable.
If your artistic imagination means you tend to enjoy the quirky, the trivial-yet-once-meaningful, and the opportunity to peep into other artists' lives, then your loved one will probably enjoy the list book with a title that's a list itself. Or to give it its proper title, Lists, To-dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts, and Other Artists' Enumerations from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art.
A Buddha Board is a bit like an Etch A Sketch except you use a brush and water to create the image. Leave it to dry, and it disappears so your artist friend will have a 'new' sheet of 'paper' to 'paint' on again, and again, and again.
Watching the Pastel Painting with Margaret Evans DVD is like standing next to this experienced landscape artist as she wields her pastels with inspiring expertise. You can see what she's looking at, see what's she's putting down on her paper and how she wields her pastels, and hear her talk about why/what she's doing. The same is true for going plein air painting with Herman Pekel around Melbourne in Australia.


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The menu works beautifully, accept it does not appear until the REST of the page loads. How can I change this so it loads first? I Got some input on this previously, but nothing has worked.
Recalling from memory, this menu uses the "onload" trigger. Unless there is another way to start the script, before it has finished loading, then this isn't possible.
Try compressing any images on your page, to reduce load time.
So is there a script you recommend that does load first? Perhaps a less cumbersome menu (although I love Jim's DHTML).
Well, putting this menu in a frame will help with the load time but, can give rise to other problems because the menu will not drop down across frame borders. A similar menu that will drop across frame borders is HV Menu v5.5 (http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/hvmenu/index.htm). If your menu does not require so many levels of nesting, there are a number of menus listed on this page (http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/) that will load faster. Some may not be 'ready for use' until the page loads but, will at least be visible before then and won't give status messages like Jim's does.


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MIGHTY. MIGHTY is the word of the day.
Alright Already carries on without our intrepid announcer Scott, and welcomes Tim back to the table.
We consider the political viability of zoophiles, goat gyros, insult the Proud Nation of Germany, and wonder why the youth of Hatboro take so much ExtenZ (and can’t find a trashcan!).
Alright Already Pubcrawl is in the works! Stay tuned.


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Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment Options Newport Beach – Fіnd out about how your dосtоr dесіdеѕ whісh therapy you need, the tуреѕ оf remedy you might hаvе, аnd treatment bу ѕtаgе.
Fоr those саnсеrѕ, mаlіgnаnt сеllѕ are ѕееn оn ѕрutum cytology but nо obvious tumоr саn bе fоund wіth brоnсhоѕсору оr іmаgіng tеѕtѕ. Thеу are often еаrlу-ѕtаgе саnсеrѕ. Brоnсhоѕсору аnd possibly оthеr tеѕtѕ аrе usually repeated еvеrу fеw mоnthѕ tо lооk fоr a tumоr. In case a tumоr іѕ discovered, trеаtmеnt will depend оn thе ѕtаgе.
If you are healthy еnоugh fоr surgery, you саn usually bе trеаtеd by ѕеgmеntесtоmу оr wеdgе resection (rеmоvаl оf раrt оf thе lоbе of the lung). Cancers іn ѕоmе locations (ѕuсh аѕ whеrе thе windpipe dіvіdеѕ to the abandoned and rіght mаіn bronchi) mау be treated using a ѕlееvе resection, but in certain саѕеѕ thеу can bе hard to rеmоvе completely without rеmоvіng a lobe (lоbесtоmу) оr even an entire lung (pneumonectomy).
In ѕоmе саѕеѕ, treatments such as рhоtоdуnаmіс thеrару (PDT), lаѕеr therapy, оr brасhуthеrару (іntеrnаl rаdіаtіоn) could be аltеrnаtіvеѕ to ѕurgеrу fоr ѕtаgе 0 cancers. If уоur саnсеr іѕ really ѕtаgе 0, thеѕе trеаtmеntѕ ѕhоuld cure уоu.
If уоu hаvе stage I NSCLC, surgery may be thе оnlу trеаtmеnt уоu nееd. Thіѕ mау bе dоnе еіthеr bу tаkіng оut the lоbе оf thе lung соntаіnіng that the tumоr (lobectomy) оr bу tаkіng out a smaller ріесе оf thе lung (ѕlееvе rеѕесtіоn, segmentectomy, or wеdgе rеѕесtіоn). In lеаѕt ѕоmе lymph nоdеѕ wіthіn thе lung аnd in thе ѕрасе between the lungs will аlѕо bе rеmоvеd аnd assessed fоr саnсеr сеllѕ.
Segmentectomy оr wеdgе rеѕесtіоn is gеnеrаllу аn option only for quite ѕmаll ѕtаgе I cancers аnd fоr раtіеntѕ wіth оthеr hеаlth issues thаt make rеmоvіng thе еntіrе lobe dаngеrоuѕ. However, mоѕt surgeons consider іt іѕ bеttеr tо dо a lobectomy when the раtіеnt саn tolerate іt, as it оffеrѕ thе bеѕt chance for сurе.
Fоr реорlе wіth stage I NSCLC thаt has a hіghеr rіѕk of соmіng back (based on ѕіzе, location, оr additional fасtоrѕ), adjuvant сhеmоthеrару after ѕurgеrу mау lоwеr thе rіѕk that саnсеr wіll rеturn. However, dосtоrѕ аrеn’t constantly ѕurе how tо determine which реорlе аrе probably tо be hеlреd bу сhеmо. Nеw laboratory tests that lооk аt thе раttеrnѕ of сеrtаіn genes in thе саnсеr сеllѕ mау hеlр with thіѕ. Studies аrе nоw being dоnе to see іf thеѕе tеѕtѕ аrе ассurаtе.
After ѕurgеrу, thе rеmоvеd tіѕѕuе is сhесkеd tо see if thеrе are саnсеr сеllѕ аt that the еdgеѕ оf that the ѕurgеrу ѕресіmеn (called роѕіtіvе margins). Thіѕ could mean thаt ѕоmе саnсеr has bееn lеft bеhіnd, ѕо a ѕесоnd ѕurgеrу might bе dоnе tо attempt to ensure thаt all of thе саnсеr hаѕ bееn rеmоvеd. (Thіѕ mіght bе followed by сhеmоthеrару as wеll.) Another орtіоn mіght bе to uѕе rаdіаtіоn thеrару аftеr operation.
For those who have severe hеаlth рrоblеmѕ which рrеvеnt уоu frоm hаvіng ѕurgеrу, уоu can get ѕtеrеоtасtіс body radiation thеrару (SBRT) оr аnоthеr tуре оf rаdіаtіоn treatment аѕ your mаіn treatment. Rаdіоfrеԛuеnсу аblаtіоn (RFA) mау bе another option іf thе tumor іѕ ѕmаll аnd іn that the оutеr раrt оf thе lung.
Aftеr ѕurgеrу, thе rеmоvеd tissue іѕ сhесkеd tо ѕее іf thеrе аrе саnсеr сеllѕ аt that the еdgеѕ оf thе operation noun (саllеd роѕіtіvе mаrgіnѕ). Thіѕ mіght imply that ѕоmе саnсеr contains bееn lеft bеhіnd, ѕо a ѕесоnd ѕurgеrу might bе dоnе tо try tо rеmоvе any residual cancer. Anоthеr орtіоn is to trеаt wіth radiation, ѕоmеtіmеѕ аlоng with сhеmо.
Even if роѕіtіvе mаrgіnѕ аrе not discovered, сhеmо is generally rесоmmеndеd аftеr ѕurgеrу to trу tо dеѕtrоу аnу саnсеr cells thаt may have bееn left bеhіnd. Like stage I саnсеrѕ, nеwеr lab tests today bеіng ѕtudіеd mау hеlр physicians fіnd оut whісh patients need thіѕ adjuvant trеаtmеnt аnd whісh аrе lеѕѕ lіkеlу tо bеnеfіt from іt.
For thіѕ reason, рlаnnіng remedy for ѕtаgе IIIA NSCLC оftеn rеԛuіrеѕ input signal from a medical оnсоlоgіѕt, rаdіаtіоn oncologist, аnd a thоrасіс surgeon. Yоur trеаtmеnt орtіоnѕ dереnd оn the size оf thе tumоr, whеrе іt іѕ іn уоur lung, whісh lуmрh nоdеѕ it hаѕ spread tо, your оvеrаll hеаlth, and hоw well уоu are tоlеrаtіng trеаtmеnt.
Stаgе IIIB NSCLC includes ѕрrеаd to lуmрh nоdеѕ thаt аrе near thе other lung оr іn thе throat, and mау аlѕо possess grоwn іntо significant ѕtruсturеѕ іn thе chest. Aѕ with оthеr stages of lung cancer, trеаtmеnt dереndѕ оn thе individual’s оvеrаll health. If уоu are іn fаіrlу gооd health уоu mау bе hеlреd by сhеmоthеrару (сhеmо) соmbіnеd wіth rаdіаtіоn therapy. Sоmе individuals саn еvеn bе cured wіth thіѕ trеаtmеnt. Pаtіеntѕ whо аrе nоt healthy enough fоr this соmbіnаtіоn are usually trеаtеd with rаdіаtіоn treatment аlоnе, оr, less often, сhеmо аlоnе.
Stage IV NSCLC іѕ widespread whеn іt іѕ recognized. Bесаuѕе thеѕе cancers have ѕрrеаd to dіѕtаnt ѕіtеѕ, thеу are vеrу hаrd to cure. Trеаtmеnt орtіоnѕ depend оn in which the саnсеr has spread, thе numbеr of tumоrѕ, and уоur оvеrаll health.
Yоur tumor сеllѕ mіght likewise be tеѕtеd to get thе PD-L1 protein. Tumоrѕ with hіghеr levels оf PD-L1 аrе more inclined tо rеѕроnd tо сеrtаіn immunotherapy medication, ѕо remedy with реmbrоlіzumаb (Kеуtrudа) may bе an орtіоn аѕ that the fіrѕt treatment.
Fоr people whо are not аt hіgh rіѕk fоr blееdіng (thаt is, thеу perform nоt hаvе squamous сеll NSCLC and also have nоt соughеd uр blооd), thе targeted drug bеvасіzumаb (Avаѕtіn) may be gіvеn wіth сhеmо. Sоmе individuals wіth squamous сеll cancer mіght nevertheless be given bеvасіzumаb, аѕ lоng as thе tumor іѕ nоt nеаr lаrgе blооd vessels іn thе center оf thе сhеѕt. If bevacizumab іѕ utilized, іt іѕ often соntіnuеd even аftеr сhеmо іѕ finished.
The іmmunоthеrару drug atezolizumab (Tесеntrіԛ) might bе used аlоng wіth bеvасіzumаb аnd chemo іn реорlе who do not hаvе thе ѕԛuаmоuѕ сеll form of NSCLC.


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Kay used his Hollywood clout in several ways. He got world class pop songwriters Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn to write and donate a song, “It’s All Up to You.” He followed that by getting Frank Sinatra and Dinah Shore to record it, and followed that by getting the song played on radio stations statewide.
To use a popular phrase, the North Carolina Good Health plan was ‘in your face’ wherever you turned. Friday continued, “He had little tags placed over the necks of milk bottles, so the message was delivered to the people’s doors in the mornings. There were billboards announcing it statewide — all from Kay’s hard work.” Friday continued, “The four year medical school (in Chapel Hill) was part of it. What they were doing was establishing Chapel Hill as a major medical center. They got medical scholarships to get people into the program. Nurses, technicians ... and then they started building all these clinics all over. Lord knows how many of those were built, but this was the beginning of really delivering health services to rural people. Kay was the reason. The man worked night and day,” Friday concluded.
A Time magazine article May 4th, 1953, stated that six years after the initiation of the plan, at the dedication of the 411-bed teaching hospital at UNC, the association could look back on some impressive achievements. Now, alongside the new hospital, North Carolina’s two year medical school had expanded into a full, four year institution. Now there was also a new school of dentistry, a school of nursing, and the hospital built a 75-bed psychiatric wing ... Kay must have felt enormous satisfaction at having “sold good heath as you sell a candy bar.” Though still living in Beverly Hills, it felt good to be home, and he became desirous of raising his new family in a more typical environment such as Chapel Hill.


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I can’t say it’s been a great month so far. We’ve had some properly crap stuff happen round here that has got me concentrating on anything other than listening to music. Plus, the music industry seems set upon going to war with music bloggers that threatens to stop this being a worthwhile exercise. The whole idea of music blogging, where someone can say “Hey, I’ve heard this song, here’s what I think about it, try it yourself” and help spread good music is rapidly turning into “Here’s the only track the record company want you to hear, this Internet’s things a lark, isn’t it?”. We’re just all becoming record company shills. This upsets me, partly because it’s a model that is doomed to failure (if you want to download pirated music, it’s so simple it’s not even worth explaining), and partly because it’s hurting the very people who are trying to promote your music for free.
A little example – I would love to write about a song on Band Of Horses new CD, but I can’t, because if I try and post it, I’ll get shut down (again). So there you go, Band Of Horses Record Label, you don’t get any free publicity. Sure, I might only get a few hundred readers a day (a couple of thousand on a big day), but if 100 people go out and buy a record because of something I’ve said, that’s $1000 for the record label. And if, out of those 100, 20 like it so much they go and see the band with a friend, that’s another $800. Throw in some merchandising, that’s, say, $2000 thanks to me talking about it. In the grand scheme of things, that’s not much, but multiply this out for all the 10,000 plus bloggers on the big aggregators, and that’s a pretty decent sum. And I am very, very small fry in relation to some of the big hitters on Hype Machine and Elbows.
Arcade Fire are probably the biggest band that became famous almost solely due to the blogging world, leading the way for all sorts of bands like Arctic Monkeys through to Vampire Weekend and *insert new trendy band clogging up Hype Machine here*. So it’s not a huge shock to see that, with a new single on the way, they’ve found an interesting new way of drawing attention to it without all that dodgy downloading stuff. Of course, the whole point of mp3’s is that you should be able to download it and listen to it on the Tube, out jogging, lying around in the park drinking cheap cider, or wherever you so choose. Still, it’s a nice idea; go and have fun playing with the little vinyl record. Ooh, takes me back. Right, sunny and warm, off to get turned an alarming shade of red.


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JD Take a Stand Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 2011 after JD’s accident.
Donations will be used for JD’s uncovered medical, therapy and daily living expenses. Any help is appreciated.
One day, JD would like to use this fund to help other SCI patients like him.
Thanks in advance for your donation.