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 Can You Use Olive Oil on Oily Skin?
I have started using extra virgin olive oil on my face ever since I heard that it works extremely well as both a natural skin moisturizer and facial cleanser. However it gave me pimples and blackheads. My question are, can I use olive oil on oily skin? If not, what brands of face oils do you suggest I use? Also, do you think it is ok to skip moisturizer altogether since my skin leans more towards the shiny, greasy type? Thank you. – Amanda, Louisiana.
Great question! Relatively speaking, people with combination or oily skin are afraid to use moisturizing oils (such as olive oil, coconut oil, jojoba oil, argan oil, etc) for fear that such skin care face oils may block pores or make their greasy skin even oilier.
However, oily skin can be dehydrated so it needs moisture too, and will greatly benefit from a face oil like antioxidant-rich olive oil, depending on how oily your skin is.
For instance, if you have oily skin with dry patches right over greasy areas due to skin problems such as eczema and psoriasis, or experience excessive oiliness on your T-zone, and dryness around your cheeks, then moisturizing with a thin layer of olive oil can be a great way to keep skin healthy and strong.
Or, if your skin tends to be super oily in summer and feels hopelessly dry during the winter months, then I would say olive oil makes an excellent natural face moisturizer to protect winter dry skin from freezing temperatures and blasting heaters.
Interestingly, olive oil does not clog pores so it may not actually be the main culprit of your sudden pimple breakout. Hormonal changes just before your period, using the wrong makeup, hidden food allergies and stress could be possible causes.
Since you are getting nasty pimple breakouts and blackheads from using olive oil on your face, I would definitely suggest you stop using it for a few days and see what happens.
If olive oil does not agree with your oily skin and cause constant pimple flare ups, then you might want to consider these face oils listed below.
You can still reap the many benefits of extra virgin olive oil by incorporating it into your weekly beauty routine. For example, use warm olive oil as a natural hydrating hair mask for soft, luscious locks. Rub a bit of olive oil on cuticles to keep them adequately moisturized in cold weather. Massage oil on rough dry cracked heels, slip into a pair of socks, and you will be rewarded with touchably smoother skin the next day.
What Face Oils Are Best for Oily Skin?
I really like quality brands like Pevonia Botanica and Aromatherapy Associates but you can also try jojoba oil which allow your skin to breathe while it heals. Sweet almond oil and castor oil are also great for combination or greasy skin that are prone to spots and pimples. However, everyone's skin is different so you have to experiment and see what will work best for your oily skin.
With the right face oil for your skin type, there is no reason why your skin cannot be completely free of blackheads, pimples, zits and other imperfections.
This non-greasy daily conditioning face oil packs a wallop of gentle skin-boosting ingredients that are really wonderful for combination or greasy skin. It contains ylang ylang which can help rebalance your skin's natural oils while improving skin elasticity. It also soothes and calms irritated skin with its delightful blend of lavender and rose for a clearer, spot-free face complexion.
Because it is a quick-absorbing face oil, I recommend using it under a lightweight day moisturizer for double-whammy skin nourishing benefits. It is sure to leave your skin feeling comfortably soft and beautifully revitalized with a natural radiance from the inside out!
A lovely scented light face oil that delivers regenerative antioxidants to heal and purify your skin while normalizing excess oil and tightening enlarged pores. Packed with hazel nut oil, sandalwood, mandarin orange, and grapefruit essential oils blend to promote velvety smooth, baby soft skin complexion.
Apply 3-5 drops before bedtime on thoroughly cleansed and moist skin. Gently massage in circular motions to ensure optimum penetration, making sure to avoid the delicate eye area.
Is It OK to Wash Face with Only Water?
Is washing your face with just water enough to remove surface impurities that are accumulated throughout the day and night? Find out what you can do to keep dry sensitive skin optimally hydrated, beautifully plump and glowing.
Does Emu Oil Work for Acne Scars and Stretch Mark?
Is emu oil good for your skin? Find out how emu oil benefits people with acne marks, and also help stretch marks naturally.
Stop grease with this whip-it-up quick facial scrub recipe. Keep your face feeling fresh and shine-free all day.
Rediscover the skin benefits of green tea with these purifying homemade green tea face masks that regenerate and invigorate acne prone skin. Helps to clear and lighten skin blemishes too.


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Outgoing Communications and Welfare Minister Moshe Kahlon on Monday reportedly said he was forced to accept Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s appointment as director-general of the Israel Land Administration.
Kahlon, who announced in October his intention to resign from political life after the elections, said he had little choice but to accept the position at the ILA because of pressure from the prime minister, Channel 10 reported.
The director-general of the ILA, which manages the 93% of Israeli land that is state-owned or run, is appointed by the government.
According to the prime minister, Kahlon’s appointment — announced two days before the Israeli elections on Tuesday — is designed to bring in someone capable of lowering housing prices, especially for young couples and discharged IDF soldiers. Kahlon, as Communications Minister, saw through major reforms in the cellular phone market, introducing new players to the industry and dramatically bringing down costs. But according to his associates, even he knows that his chances of repeating the success in Israel’s booming housing market are slim.
Netanyahu’s Sunday’s announcement was strongly criticized by political rivals, who claimed it was a stunt to draw in voters in the face of a slide in the polls.
On Sunday night, Supreme Court Justice Elyakim Rubinstein, head of the Central Election Committee, ordered Israeli media not to broadcast the press conference at which the appointment was announced, ruling that it could be regarded as election propaganda, which is banned outside officially designated time slots in the final days of the election campaign.

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For those who like their workout to be harder & faster then look no further than this latest release from our very own 'Flying Scotsman'. Pumping dance anthems, pop remixes & hard house bangers are combined to create two high-octane mixes with both sides running at 60 minutes with a BPM range of 140 - 154. Hold on tight...this is going to be some ride!!!
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Our updated little Mukluk Shorty boots are like dreams for your feet, with their fluffy sheepskin lining, a flip-up/fold-down cosy cuff, and unbelievable underfoot cushion. Unbeatable for that sheer ‘snug’ factor – wear them with or without socks until the summer comes.
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Our mission: We provide an academically rigorous Montessori education. Students balance their freedom to explore and think for themselves with their responsibility to work and learn within a community.
Our vision: Empowering creative learners to build community and thoughtfully shape the world through public Montessori education.
Historically, Montessori elementary students do well compared to their peers, and Montessori schools are highly rated academically. Ridgeline Montessori continues this tradition by combining the same high standards found in Eugene schools with an innovative, engaging Montessori curriculum and pedagogy previously unavailable in local public education.
Our curriculum is unique to the school, merging the Oregon Curriculum Goals with the Montessori Scope and Sequence. The richness and depth of this curriculum, combined with the motivating elements of the Montessori method, engage students and challenge them to work at their full capacity.
All Oregon assessments are administered to Ridgeline students to ensure they are meeting or exceeding Oregon standards. We are proud of our testing record, which compares very well to that of older, more-established programs. For more information on our test results, see www.ode.state.or.us and select Reports. Click on AYP, School and District AYP Reports, Eugene School District 4J, and then Ridgeline Montessori to see our scores in various subject areas. If you have additional questions, please call the Ridgeline office.
Education of character is a basic tenet of Montessori education. Students realize the nonacademic outcomes of the Montessori philosophy, including respect for others, self-motivation, and self-reliance. Children learn to take care of themselves, their environment, and each other. Students in a Montessori classroom, in cooperation with their teacher, set their own goals, manage their time, and take responsibility for their learning.
The Montessori classroom fosters community spirit not only in the classroom but also throughout the school community. Just as Ridgeline students take responsibility for classroom jobs such as taking attendance, recycling paper, cleaning, and tending the garden, Ridgeline parents take on a variety of roles that ensure the school's operation. In this way, parents show children that their education is worthy of a family effort.
Ridgeline Montessori families are expected to complete 40 hours of volunteer work per academic year. Strong parent support is vital because, per the terms of our charter, Ridgeline Montessori receives 80% of regular state per-pupil funding. Our tight state-provided budget limits our ability to pay for support functions. Instead we rely on a committee structure of parent volunteers to handle fundraising, special events, student recruiting, newsletter production, teacher-assigned tasks, and other school-supportive efforts. All parents are encouraged to participate in Parent Council meetings. Parents may also serve on the Site Council by election or the Board of Directors by appointment.

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Wall lamps and conventional hanging lamps can be utilized for ambient lighting as well as for accenting. They are able to come in a great variety of types and can be produced to suit any ornamental styles you require. They too do not take up any floor space.
Kind of bulbs if they be incandescent, fluorescent, or LED, can also have an effect on the lighting fixtures’ lighting, color, size and the consumption. It’s also advisable to focus on the stands, and mounting brackets in order receive the best out of your lamps decoration wise.
In conclusion, when you select lamps you have to take into consideration your own light, designing, and spatial requirements, and match them with available choices to attain the best results.

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1. No sooner Google reveals Wallet, than a lawsuit about mobile selling pops up. It’s from PayPal, complaining that Google’s mis-appropriated secrets form inside PayPal’s own mobile payments business, secrets it gained by hiring two former PayPal executives: Stephanie Tilenius (head of Mobile payments at Google, and the person who presented Wallet) and Osama Bedier. It’s a more serious accusation than the usual patent-violation suits.
2. Intel has hinted it could use its enormous chip-fabrication factories to produce CPUs based on non-Intel designs–an amazing suggetion that in order to keep profitable, Intel could acknowledge the runaway success of newer-tech chips like those from ARM. Intel would be happier building chips for Apple or Google with some of its IP and some proprietary designs rather than merely accepting the manufacturing margin…but it’s a sign the times are changing.
3. Microsoft has a plan for its Windows Phone 7 platform, particularly regarding Nokia phones and Symbian developers: It wants to sell them for more money than the 99-cents or free prices you’ll find elsewhere (iOS and Android, mainly). This may sound odd, because what’s attractive about this from an end-user point of view? MS is hoping it’s all about quality and is suggesting it’ll let developers have more control over marketing than they have elsewhere.
4. Not a huge move, indicating a tiny change of direction for Twitter it’s added a “stumble” button to its web interface, which at one click shuffles through the updates in your status feed and takes you to a random one. The idea is that as Twitter gets bigger, everyone’s feeds are filling up to the point you may miss something interesting. Twitter is essentially realizing its core model needs to evolve as it gets more successful. Expect more of this.
5. How rich is Google? Hugely so. So much so that it’s actually giving everyone $10 to test out its new Google Wallet digital payments system. You have to activate its special pre-paid Google “credit” card which was also unveiled at the Wallet presentation, which means you have to be in the U.S. and it’ll only work at the short list of launch partner retailers…but it’s a sign of how serious Google is about the new system–which will ultimately earn it more ad money.

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Prior to his death in May 2013 Bruce Krug of Chesley, wanting to do what he could to help the local hospital, made the Chesley & District Health Services Foundation the beneficiary of his London Life insurance policy. Chesley & District Health Services Foundation president Ross Dudgeon (left), accepted a cheque for $71,859.11 from (right) Brian Seim, a Financial planner in Hanover, who helped Mr. Krug setup the charitable giving. The money will be used fro equipment purchases at the Chesley Hospital.
A bequest or gift by Will is the simplest and most popular way of making a legacy gift to the Chesley & District Health Services Foundation. It is a convenient way for you to leave a lasting legacy or honour the memory os a loved one. A bequest also ensures our health care professionals are able to provide the best care to their patients for generations to come.
Convenient - Can be made no matter how old you are and in any amount you want.
Easy to arrange - Instruct your lawyer to include a bequest to the Foundation in your Will.
Cost-Effective - No extra out-of-pocket costs. Your present income will not decrease.
Tax Relief - A highly effective way to reduce Estate taxes. The Foundation will issue a charitable tax receipt for the full value of your bequest. This receipt will be used to reduce the tax payable on your final tax return. If your bequest exceeds 100% of your net income, the excess may be carried back to the previous tax year.
Flexible - Can be for a specific amount, a percentage of your Estate, or the residue of your Estate (a gift after your debts, taxes and specific legacies have been paid).
Control - Retain use of all your assets for the duration of your lifetime.
Peace of Mind - Make changes to your Will at any time.
Making a bequest is simple. If you have already prepared you Will, your lawyer can easily add a supplemental clause detailing your gift intentions to your present Will, at modest cost.
If you have not yet prepared a Will, we recommend you do so! This is an important "first step" to ensure that your intentions for your Estate are documented and that your loved ones will be properly cared for.
You may make a specific bequest, which means that you designate a specifies amount to the Foundation ; or you may make a residual bequest, which means that you designate all or a percentage of the remaining portion of the Estate to the Foundation after specific legacies, debts, taxes, and administrative expenses have been paid. You may also choose to direct your gift to an area of interest at the hospital.
To pay to the Chesley & District Health Services Foundation, the sum of $........ to be used for such purposes for the benefit of the Foundation as its Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
To pay the Chesley & District Health Services Foundation, the sum of $........ without imposing any restrictions upon this bequest, it is my wish that it be used for ................................ under the direction of the Board of Directors of the Foundation.
To pay to the Chesley & District Health Services Foundation, the sum of $........ to be used for ........................................ (eg. The purchase of medical equipment).
To pay or transfer to the Chesley & District Health Service Foundation, the whole of the residue (or a percentage of the residue) of my estate to be used for such purposes for the benefit of the Foundation as its Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
To transfer and deliver to the Chesley and District Health Services Foundation, 1,000 shares of Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE) in kind to be used for ...............................(e.g. the purchase of medical equipment).
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Town centre shop vacancy rates have fallen below 14% for the first time since July 2010.
The small drop from 14.1% in November to 13.9% in December is described as “very significant” by Matthew Hopkinson, director at the Local Data Company, which compiles the monthly figures.
Hopkinson said: “December’s drop in the shop vacancy rate is very significant and reflects the more positive outlook that we have seen over the last few months. While December is the month to take occupation of a shop, it is wider changes that have resulted in this drop below 14% which we have not seen for over three years."
Administrations were down in 2013 and those that occurred did not have the store numbers that we saw back in 2009 when Woolworths closed over 800 shops.
Landlords are more flexible in terms of lease lengths, which has led to the ‘Pop Up Shop’ phenomenon. Empty shops in an increasing number of instances (78 units in December) are being converted to leisure, which is growing.
Those that are long term vacant with little or no prospects are being demolished or redeveloped, LDC suggests.
“December’s drop in the shop vacancy rate is a significant step in what one hopes is the final stages in the significant rebalancing of our town centres to meet the needs of the modern consumer,” said Hopkinson.


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The latest X-Men event, Age of X, introduces a new world and new history for Marvel’s mutants where nothing can be taken for granted. What you knew was wrong and a world without the X-Men is a very dark place.
Age of X: Chapter 4 hit the shelves yesterday and it’s another fantastic installment of Mike Carey’s mysterious X-Men saga. Within its pages, we finally learn what happened to the world we know, but the revelation is so over the top crazy that it only raises new questions about who could have done it and how.
Earlier this week Marvel released the artwork for two different cover images for Age of X: Alpha, the kick off to next year’s Age of X event by Mike Carey. The cover images were drawn by Oliver Coipel and Chris Bachalo respectively and give some new glimpses into what’s to come.


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"I've been using moleskines since high school, and I'm going into the archival field after graduate school. Currently, I use a Fisher Space Pen and love the way it writes–especially on a moleskine. But is the ink archival quality? I want to be able to read my journals years from now, and having a pen with me that I can use for my work in addition to my journaling would be immensely helpful. Please advice me on how to tell if my ink is archival safe–I can't find the information anywhere on the web, or on the package of my refills!"
Be interested in the replies as I have one of those pens also, although mine doesn’t look as flashy as the one above.
Note, that I don’t see any on certification on my moleskine (for paper it should be ISO 9705 or infinity symbol or ISO 11108). Although the paper is acid-free, the moleskine might not be due to glues etc.
In my opinion I wouldn’t worry unless you have open pages exposed to sunlight for a day or more. In a closed notebook it should last a long long time.
I agree with Bob. I have several space pens and I’ve never known the ink to be of archival quality but if you keep the paper stored properly it shouldn’t be an issue. There are archival inks though if you’re keen to have them. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think both Parker and Papermate ballpoint ink are archival quality.
$800.00 for that pen. Is that correct? If so….ouch!!!!
I don’t see any mention of archival quality on their web site, so I would guess no. I just emailed them and asked, I’ll post back here if I get a response.
Though I agree w/ the others, probably would be fine as long as stored reasonably well.
I will have to do a fade test on this ink. The last response from them sounds like a “this is what you want to hear answer”. I won’t be able to post photos but I will respond with honest results.
Depends what you mean by archival. From my perspective, the two most important aspects would be 1) fadeproof and 2) acid-free. Fading is an obvious problem, but the acid in the ink can discolor the paper, and in the case of iron gall inks, actually eat the paper.
I can’t believe I forgot to mention this, but Noodlers Ink has a series of bulletproof and eternal inks. Of course, you’ll need a fountain pen for to use those, but $20 Lamy Safari (with a converter) is a really good starter pen. Heart of Darkness even includes a free eyedropper pen with it. That ink is categorized as both eternal and bulletproof.
Lastly, archival quality also depends a lot on the paper you’re using. Moleskine paper is acid-free, so that alone will ensure your writings last longer than they would on cheaper paper. HTH.
I covered a 1″ x 8″ rectangle of 80lb acid free paper with the ink, ensuring that all surface area of the rectangle was saturated with the ink. I placed three pieces of black paper over the image to prevent light from getting to it. I then allowed random sunlight and random ambient light to strike the image for two days. There was some fading and and thin slivers of semi white paper could be seen within the image as if the ink shrunk and seperated. The ink was more solid beneath the black squares. None of this was scientific nor conclusive. Heat and humidity may have affected the paper and ink. In my opinion and for my purposes as an artist I would not use this ink as an archival medium. But for acid free notebooks I would expect this ink to last for decades with little or no problem as a good and reliable product. Go forth and write up a storm.
Unless you plan to live to be 245 years old, you’ll probably be able to read your journals later in life.


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When she is selected to combat a group of seditious magic users, she must summon all of her abilities to defeat her enemies—including talents that have been buried in the deepest part of her.
For this reason, a black clothed figure was crouched in the gnarled arms of an ancient tree. In the sparse moonlight she was invisible against the background, waiting patiently for her prey. Her metallic purple eyes, the only visible feature, scanned the ground searching the darkness for every possible detail.
The whisper of the breeze was chilled by the promise of winter, but she ignored the dropping temperature. Her intense focus even overshadowed the slight ache in her muscles from maintaining her position for an extended period of time.
Every rustle in the underbrush, every stirring of the leaves, brought her sharp eyes around in search for some sign of her quarry.
Finally, a similarly garbed figure passed beneath her tree, slinking from shadow to shadow. She felt a surge of satisfaction as she shifted her weight to the balls of her feet in preparation for the attack.
She dropped down from the branches and brought her prey to its knees before there was any time for her victim to react. She removed the hood and scarf of her opponent, revealing the pale, narrow face of a young woman with short sandy hair. Her features were harsh but blunt, giving her the brutish appearance of one who delights in violence.
The young woman looked up at the strange metallic eyes that were flecked with gold. She clenched her fists, immediately prepared to lash out, and her face contorted in an expression of pure loathing. “Adesina,” she spat.
Adesina didn’t doubt it. The two young women were part of a class of students training for an elite and selective military group, commonly known as the Shimat. The competition was fierce, and “accidents” happened.
Basha was an unremarkable student, but she was vindictive and unrelenting, which some teachers mistook for determination and strength of character. From the moment she had laid eyes on Adesina, some ten years ago, Basha had hated her. That hate only grew as Adesina excelled among her peers.
Adesina was unusually gifted, even for a Shimat. She had the uncanny ability to sense her surroundings and knew how to use that to her advantage. She was exceptionally agile and her endurance levels were far above normal. These traits, among others, were the reason why she had begun her training five years earlier than any other student.
Adesina reciprocated Basha’s intense dislike. Not only that, but she was aware of her own gifts and Basha’s shortcomings. It rankled Adesina’s pride to see Basha gain distinction through the misconceptions of certain instructors.
A number of sarcastic retorts rose in Adesina’s fifteen-year-old mind, but she ignored them. Basha saw the scornful quirk to Adesina’s eyebrows, and her own eyes gleamed with the desire for violent revenge.
Basha’s expression twisted as she debated whether it was worth the disgrace to defy the person she despised more than anything in the world. When she spoke, it was between clenched teeth.
Adesina stepped forward so she was facing Basha’s kneeling figure and placed the edge of her blade against her enemy’s cheek.
Her stroke was perhaps harder than it needed to be. Basha swore, but let it bleed freely. Adesina took a small square of white cloth from a pouch on her belt and stained it with some of Basha’s blood. She held it carefully in her hand and returned Basha’s hood and scarf to her.
Adesina began to turn, but her eyes caught the movement of a sleek shadow several yards away. It was hard to imagine that there was anything more black than the woods at night, but something darker crouched just out of sight. Two golden orbs gleamed momentarily but then seemed to disappear altogether. When she looked closer she could see only trees.
It must have been some sort of animal, for Adesina seemed to be the only human with odd colored eyes. Given the size of the spheres, it must have been an enormous creature. There had never been any beast so large this close to the fortress.
She considered investigating further, but an impatient movement from Basha brought her head around sharply. Adesina’s learned suspicion of Basha overrode her present curiosity. Frowning to herself, Adesina continued on her way.
The autumn leaves lay thick on the ground, but the footsteps of the two young women were muted by the damp soil. They were merely two silhouettes slipping through the darkness, hidden among the crooked trees that surrounded them.
As they walked, Adesina’s mind turned back over the events of the night. It had been a surprise to be shaken from sleep and told that tonight would be the final test for their year of training. If they passed they would be eligible to advance to the next year. If not, they would be put through a remedial course of training.
They had been individually led to different parts of the forest northwest of the school and told that their one objective was to find and unveil one of their classmates. Those unveiled were to be marked by the victor.
Now Adesina and Basha emerged from the forest and approached a small camp. It consisted of two small tents set up on the hill overlooking the forest. The three instructors of Adesina’s group of students stood waiting, robed in black. In the darkness they took on the spectral appearance of the harbingers of death, and the young student felt a chill run down her spine at the sight. Beside the instructors stood a spidery device similar to a brazier, but with flames instead of coals.
Basha went through the same ceremony, but did not receive any acknowledgment in return. Her pale blue eyes smoldered even though she kept them lowered.
Breyen indicated toward the brazier. Adesina took the stained square of cloth she was holding in her hand and gently laid it on the fire. The flames licked at the corners of the cloth, blackening them and curling them as if it were contorting in agony. Adesina watched it dispassionately and wafted the smoke onto her face before stepping back again.
This was a symbolic ritual of the Shimat. The stained cloth represented the victory won, and all that the victory had cost. The sacrifice, the skill, the lessons learned. By breathing in the smoke, it all became part of you. The ritual was also a way to honor those who made you stronger.
The hill leveled out to become flat ground after a few steps. The grass was greyish-green in color and coarse in texture. In the meager moonlight it took on a sickly appearance. This, in addition to the thin mist swirling over the ground, gave a ghostly feeling to the fortress that served as the school and training facility.
The fortress was set on the edge of a cliff that overlooked the ocean. The great outer wall looked harsh and forbidding at night, but during the day it gave a strange sort of comfort in its solitary strength. There were no other cities or villages near the fortress; no other buildings that might call themselves neighbors. The fortress stood alone for many leagues, and it seemed to take power in that seclusion.
The massive gates stood open, which was quite unusual, but several Shimat guards compensated for the lapse of security. Three stood along the wall directly above the gates, and two more stood on the ground on either side. The others were positioned at even intervals along the wall like dark columns, upright and unmoving.
All of them wore the black uniform that Adesina and her peers had been privileged to wear for the night’s activities. Black clothing, knee-high boots, gloves, a high-collared black leather vest, and a hood and scarf that only left the eyes visible. These glittering spheres watched the two young women closely, but the guards remained otherwise still and silent.
Adesina shrugged and walked away. Less time spent in Basha’s presence was always a good thing, and she wanted to get what rest she could before dawn.
Basha took the corridor to the left and Adesina turned right, back to their sleeping quarters.
Each of the rooms that served as sleeping quarters held ten to fifteen students. There were two or three metal washstands per room, and one large mirror on the wall in which they could thoroughly inspect the neatness of their personal appearance.
Keeping this in mind, Adesina resisted the urge to simply plop into bed fully dressed in spite of her fatigue. She took off the Shimat uniform she had been given for her assignment, folded it carefully, and placed it on the small chest located at the foot of her cot.
Under normal circumstances, a student wasn’t allowed to touch such a uniform. They were only worn by full Shimat, and had to be earned. For certain tests, however, that rule was waived.
Adesina put on her sleeping uniform, unpinned her hair from its tightly braided knot, and climbed carefully into bed. With a weary expression on her face, she settled down for some much needed sleep.

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The Gala, ISK's formal dinner event for fundraising, is always an amazing opportunity for us all to come together in celebration.
When nature revives in Spring, our students take full advantage.
Our students perform a play based on Dr. Suess's "Sneetches"


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The simulation of a NACA Airfoil is one of the most common however here we teach you something different: how to import points from your own airfoil and how to create an unstructured mesh easily (does not require high computational cost). You will also learn the steps to follow to develop any simulation.
Do you prefer CFX? We also have a tutorial in CFX click here.
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics airfoils.
During the late 1920s and into the 1930s, the NACA developed a series of thoroughly tested airfoils and devised a numerical designation for each airfoil — a four digit number that represented the airfoil section’s critical geometric properties. By 1929, Langley had developed this system to the point where the numbering system was complemented by an airfoil cross-section, and the complete catalog of 78 airfoils appeared in the NACA’s annual report for 1933. Engineers could quickly see the peculiarities of each airfoil shape, and the numerical designator (“NACA 2415,” for instance) specified camber lines, maximum thickness, and special nose features. These figures and shapes transmitted the sort of information to engineers that allowed them to select specific airfoils for desired performance characteristics of specific aircraft.
What is the Reynolds number of this simulation?
Sorry, I don’t remember, but I think that you can to calculate.
I need to do a 2-D simulation of an airfoil in fluent at a range of angle of attacks. Is it sufficient to insert and Body transformation as rotate and make it a design parameter and then just change it later on when I do the analysis.

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There are some vehicles that simply offer the option of surefootedness and safety - and then there are vehicles that demand it. The Subaru Legacy comes well-equipped for the unpredictable road ahead right out of the gate, coming equipped safety and security features that many midsize sedans don't even offer.
If you're a Fort Stewart, Wilmington Island or Georgetown area driver that's in the market for a well-rounded ride, we suggest seriously considering the Subaru's family car - starting by perusing the comparison below, which pits the latest Legacy against the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry.
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The Legacy boasts a Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel-Drive (AWD) as standard. This is a rare treat for a midsize sedan, as most models don't even offer AWD as an option. Neither the Accord nor the Camry offer AWD.
Even with a more substantial setup, the Legacy comes at a lower starting cost than both the Camry and Accord.
The Legacy's available SUBARU STARLINK™ Connected Services goes above and beyond what the Camry and Accord offer. It gives the option to bundle remote access with emergency assistance and automatic collision notification, and neither rival offers all of these security and safety features.
Even with AWD, the Legacy stays competitive with the Camry and Accord when it comes to fuel efficiency, delivering safety without sacrifice.
The Legacy comes equipped with a standard continuously variable transmission, which improves ride quality and efficiency. The Accord comes equipped with a manual transmission right out of the gate, and the Camry has a conventional automatic.
The Legacy boasts greater overall passenger space than both the Camry and Accord, translating to a more roomy rear seat as well as more front headroom and legroom.
You can find your favorite Legacy for sale in Savannah right here at Chatham Parkway Subaru, where we offer the entire lineup in our comprehensive new Subaru inventory. We can custom order a particular Legacy trim if you don't see it on the lot, and we can pair it with any number of Subaru financing programs for a more cost-effective investment. You're welcome to drop by the dealership for a test drive or reach out to our staff at 888-430-0231 with questions.

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What Is the Difference Between Pressed and Burned CDs?
So you've recorded enough songs to make an album - congratulations! Now you have to decide whether you want to distribute your music digitally or make hard-copy CDs or even vinyl albums. While CDs are not the dominant medium for music distribution that they once were, some listeners still prefer them.
It's up to individual musicians to determine whether their fans are more likely to want a hard copy of the album, and since there are some significant costs involved, creating CDs doesn't make sense for everyone.
When you decide to manufacture CDs, especially short runs, you will face a choice between getting pressed CDS or burned CDs.
Pressed CDs are also sometimes referred to as replicated discs, and burned CDs are sometimes referred to as duplicated discs. When you see the difference between these two manufacturing methods, you'll see why those terms make sense.
Replicated discs — or pressed CDs — are what most people think of when they think of CDs. Manufacturing is sometimes referred to as "pressing." With pressed CDs, the manufacturer will take the master disc you submit to them and create a glass master. That glass master is then used to create a nickel stamper and polycarbonate substrates that are metalized.
This process produces an exact replication of your original master so that your final product sounds exactly like that master. You can think of this as "professional grade" — when you purchase a CD that has been released by a record label, it almost certainly is a pressed CD.
Duplicated discs — or burned CDs — is what most people are making when burning CDs at home. A manufacturer uses music you've submitted on a CD-R and burns it onto additional CD-Rs for you. Manufacturers can complete the process on a larger scale more quickly than you (burning one disc at a time on your computer).
So, to burn or to press, that is the question. The answer depends on the size of your order, your budget, and what you hope to do with the product. Duplicated CDs are a good choice for very short runs of CDs because you can order only as many as you need without the expense associated with setting up a glass master. If money is an issue, burned or duplicated CDs are the budget-friendly choice for small runs.
If you need bigger runs of product — several hundred or more— then replication is probably your best bet. Replication does produce a slightly better product, especially since some car CD players have trouble with CD-Rs, and when you get into larger product runs, the cost of setting up the master becomes more reasonable.
You also need to consider your goals for your project. There's nothing wrong with selling CD-Rs at your shows (price them accordingly) or using CD-Rs for promotional purposes. You can also sell them through your website and many online retailers.
But some retail stores won't sell duplicated CDs. If you're looking for major retail distribution and hope to be on lots of store shelves, replication is likely to be your best bet. If this is your goal, the size of your order may dictate that you choose replication anyway. But if you're in the gray zone — say, you want 400 or 500 units — opt for replication if you're hoping for a retail push.
Both CD duplication and replication can be fine choices, so don't overspend to get replicated CDs on small runs just for the sake of appearance or for the sake of that one fan with an older car whose CD player can't handle the CD-R. Instead, choose the one that makes the most financial sense for your album and take it from there.


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Students may choose to participate in a number of after school programs and activities. Parent permission is required and registration forms may be obtained from Extra Curricular Activity sponsors.
Robotics– Students meet every Wednesday from 3:30 to 4:30. Robotics competitions are held throughout the year. See Ms. Mireles, Ms. Rodriguez, or Ms. De Jesus for additional information.
Garden Club – Do you have a green thumb? Then the Garden Club is for you. See Ms. Orr and Ms. Keeler for meeting dates and times.
Cheerleading – Ra, Ra, Ra, Go Eagles! Become a cheerleader and cheer on HBG's sports teams. See Ms. Zamora about meeting times and dates.
Strings and Choir – Learn to play the cello, violin, and other string instruments. Contact the music teacher, Ms. Trevino, to get additional information.
Volleyball – Enjoy sports? Contact Coach Simpson about joining the team.
Basketball – Contact Coach Simpson about joining the basketball team.
Chess Club – Checkmate! Learn to play chess and compete in tournaments. See Mr. Saul or Mr. Wemmert about joining.
Bluebonnet Club– Read a good book! See Mr. Saul for details.
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What an honor and blessing it is to be Hoss’ mom! It is hard not to have him here with me physically everyday. I am however grateful to know he is with me in spirit always. I feel him close when I am having a hard day, and he lets me know it’s okay.
The message of charity and serving others seems so simple, but is so needed in this world, because so many of us have forgotten about the light we have to do good. Through trials, it can be so easy for our light to get buried. We have all experienced it, including me. We must remember our light.
Jeremiah was not immune to bemoaning the pains of his life full of tribulation. Yet. He knew who he was and he remembered what God had promised him.
I had never known the depth of my reliance on the Atonement until the night my heart broken into a million pieces.
Easter is a time of celebration and remembrance of the price that Jesus paid to set me free. I am made new because He willingly gave up His life. He loves me (and you) so much that He surrendered His life just to give us life and spend eternity with us. That’s a reason to celebrate.
When I gave my life to Christ, the desire to use drugs was literally lifted from my body—it's just gone. That, in and of itself, is a miracle, but he has done and continues to do so much more for me. I am not even remotely the same person I was two years ago, or even one year ago. He has taken me from a broken, ashamed, hopeless drug addict and has turned me into a whole, happy, loving woman.
That scripture was just the clarity I knew I could cling to through anything. It didn’t say “men are that they might have an easy life filled with constant pleasure.” It says “men are that they might have joy.” I know that we can’t have the sweet without the bitter.
I don’t see loving and caring for my mother as a burden. I have been honored to serve my mother, and I will cherish these last years I have with her living nearby I more than anything. They are priceless...This kind of selflessness is definitely not glamorous. It’s hard. But it’s beautiful in a real way.
Because of the strength Britton and the Shipp family are displaying it is drawing our school, our team, and community tighter together as a whole. Britton is making everyone realize that no matter where we live, that we, as human beings can all pull together to help another in need. "When ye are in the service of your fellow beings, ye are only in the service of your God."
The road changed when I lost my job, and I simply wanted to give up. I wanted to turn around and return the way I came. I felt the climb ahead of me was unbearable. Fortunately, I was able to turn to prayer.
I have learned that I am stronger than I ever thought I could be. I used to see others going through hard trials and think to myself, “I could never go through that,” but I have had a trial come into my life that I never thought I would be strong enough for—one that has made me dig deep within myself—and I’ve seen how strong my faith really is.
Faith is about becoming. It’s about facing adversity and setbacks and failures and letting them light your fire to be better and get stronger. It’s about holding onto the things we can’t yet see as we work towards the goal of perfection.
My faith is everything. It is the reason I am who I am. My faith that we are all brothers and sisters leads me to try to be compassionate and kind. My faith that we don't cease to exist after this life leads me to be optimistic and careful in my actions.
This time of isolation was one filled with pleadings to God—asking for guidance and using our faith to get us through each day. My husband and I truly felt Heavenly Father wrap his arms around us, guiding us with patience and love. Our home felt one step closer to happy.
With a quick prayer in my heart, I prayed to know that I could start anew...I prayed to know that I wasn’t alone. Naturally I expected nothing to happen. But as always, God proved me wrong.
God wants us to know He is real. If we want to truly know, then we ask the question. "Will you help me to see where you are today?" He meets us where we are.
I've been blessed with situations that have prepared me to battle the threatening emotions that sometimes come when it's hard to have faith...I've been able to get through the trials of this life because of my faith in Heavenly Father.


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Phillies skipper’s request for free agents fell on deaf ears.
If someone told you during spring training that Hunter Pence would earn a World Series ring at the end of the 2012 campaign, you would be feeling pretty good.
Who would have guessed that Pence would be traded mid-season to the Giants, then go on to win the World Series? Well, according to an anonymous MLB source, the season didn't have to turn out the way it did for the Phillies.
"Charlie Manuel wanted two free agents after that  season ended," the source said. "Charlie wanted Josh Willingham to play left and Jonathan Broxton to set up in the eighth inning. Charlie's request fell on deaf ears. It's a shame since if Charlie gets those two players, it's a very different season for the Phillies."
If Willingham and Broxton signed with the Phillies, the odds are the team would have had a different record in July and Pence would have never been traded. Would Pence have won a World Series ring with the Phillies? Who knows. But the odds are that the Phillies would have made the playoffs with Pence, Willingham and Broxton.
Willingham had a monster season for the cellar-dwelling Twins with 35 homers, 110 RBIs and a .890 OPS. His big right-handed bat would have been huge during the first half of the season with Ryan Howard and Chase Utley out. Willingham signed a three-year deal for $21 million. The Twins could trade Willingham. Should the Phillies be one of the suitors?
"I think so considering the outfield, free-agent class," the source said. "It would be tough to give up some chips on the farm when you could have just gotten him as a free agent last year."
And then there is Broxton, who was rock solid in the Reds bullpen with a 2.82 ERA. He could have helped salvage the season for the Phillies, who blew nine games with two outs in the eighth this season. Broxton has another year, at $4 million, left on his deal.
"Charlie knows the game," the source said. "If Charlie says something it would be a good idea to listen."

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Write Professional Emails in English.
email and focus on some thing you should do and somethings you should avoid.
you'll have a good understanding of how a basic English email is organized.
a new job, or making an important business contact?
So, here's your first do.
Make sure you have an email address that is professional looking.
So I use my work email.
You'll notice my first and last name in the email.
I recommend that you have one similar to this.
something that readers can easily verify as you should be fine.
Now, let's look a little bit at the four basic of an email and how to write them.
These four are subject line, the greeting, the email text and the closing.
examining it closely is well worth the effort.
this is the first we always do when writing an email.
It should introduce the topic of the email and get readers mind's focus.
In our first example the topic is unclear.
These show the reader exactly why you're emailing them.
The subject line should be as clear and as specific as possible.
which subject line has the clearest message?
Now, here's something I don't want you to do.
correctly, and getting your grammar, punctuation, and capitalization right.
Paying attention to this starts even at the subject line.
We will go over this in more detail later in the module.
Greeting should be formal and not too familiar.
If you are certain about at a few details of your reader, this makes things easier.
For instance, if the reader is a man, then call him as Ms.
Alvarez in the greeting seem strange.
mind you, and still call me Mrs. Landers.
Mrs. Landers was my mother's name and it certainly can't be used to refer to me.
If you are not absolutely certain, use titles that are gender nonspecific.
This means greeting them without referring to their gender.
if possible, and mention that in the greeting.
For instance, dear Professor Lee, or dear Director Smith.
then dear sir or dear madam will work.
Some people use to whom it may concern.
I've used this on letters of recommendation for students.
If you're addressing a group, you could use greetings like these.
because it includes the main message and all necessary details.
You aren't writing a book here avoid long emails all together.
important information, essential details but remain brief and to the point.
no paragraph should be more than three for four sentences long.
I tell my students this all the time.
it makes them less likely to do what you're asking of them.
perhaps I left something out of my package rather than complain about the situation.
action your asking somebody to do something for you.
no busy person likes to feel like you don't appreciate their effort.
The final part of an email is your closing.
This is very short and simple.
Just add regards or best regards and leave it at that.
This is a professional email so no more than that is needed.
last name only, no title, just your name.
Add any contact information your reader will need to communicate with you.
if they need anything else To easily contact you, put in here.
Finally, I would like to add a word of caution here.
This is our last don't.
checked it over, considering all that we've been over in this lesson.
will sound and read at the other end.
Wait until the very last to add the email address.
And now for our final do.
However, not all cultures communicate in the same way.
Would people in Japan have same style of writing as people in France?
is to consider how your reader might understand what you've written.
We will look closer at this in our final module.
So, let's review what we've learned in this lesson.
the subject line, the greeting, the email text, and the closing.
And here are our do's and dont's.
Do have a professional email.
Do make your subject line very clear and brief.
do consider cultural differences between you and your reader.
Now don't forget about spelling, grammar, punctuation and capitalization.
Email texts should be limited to one to two paragraphs and two requests.
all the things we've learned in this lesson.
feel confident to write your first email in this course.
Try and apply as many of the dos and don'ts as we've covered here.
I'll see you in our next lesson.


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The United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) has been leading innovation in technical standards, policy recommendations and guidelines for global trade facilitation for over two decades. The 30th UN/CEFACT Forum, to be held from 2-6 October in Rome in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Economic Development and the Italian Trade Agency, will continue this trend, bringing together public and private sector experts on trade facilitation and electronic business from around the globe.
The Forum will provide the occasion for international experts to discuss cutting-edge issues including Blockchain and the traceability of sustainable textiles supply chains, among a range of other topics including Single Window development, efficient supply chain management, sustainable procurement in trade facilitation and eGovernment.
Inspired by recent global developments, a dedicated conference on Blockchain will share experiences and lessons learned from implemented Blockchain-based pilot projects in transportation, finance, supply chain management, agriculture and energy.
An additional conference on enhancing tracking and tracing in the clothing industry will explore principles, solutions and recommendations for an international framework initiative on transparency and traceability for sustainability patterns in textiles, supporting Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12, on responsible production and consumption.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of UN/EDIFACT (United Nations rules for Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport). Since its creation, this UN/CEFACT standard has proven to be a reliable choice for electronic data exchange for more than 100000 traders in the retail sector alone. A conference celebrating the 30th anniversary will highlight examples of UN/EDIFACT applications in international supply chains, transport and logistics.
Among other UN/CEFACT flagship products on the Forum agenda for further development are the recommendations and standards for Single Window implementation, small scale lodging houses for sustainable tourism, and the Electronic Consignment Note (eCMR) for transportation of goods by road, which aims at making the exchange of messages between carriers, shippers and receivers of goods faster and more reliable.

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Is Andhra the dumping ground for nuclear power plants which were rejected by people elsewhere?
Andhra Pradesh has a coastline of 974 km. Keeping in mind the recent developments, in terms of nuclear power generation capacity, AP will, most likely, be producing 30,000 MW of the 63,0000 MW targeted for 2031. Now strictly assuming each reactor has a capacity of 1000 MW, then there would be 30 such reactors to meet the potential capacity of 30,000 MW. That’s a reactor for every 32 kms of the coastline, however the locations could be lesser, but impact significantly higher, if some reactors were clubbed together at a single spot.
And these reactors cannot be located in areas with a high population density. Therefore, at least three districts — East and West Godavari and Krishna — cannot be chosen, which would further decrease the inter-reactor density. And anyone with the slightest knowledge about Chernobyl or the more recent Fukushima, will quickly understand that these numbers are a cause for much concern.
Two of the nuclear power plants that are to be established in AP have actually been shifted from other locations in India due to strong opposition from the local farmers to part with their land. The first is the project, planned in Gujarat’s Mithi Virdi, by Toshiba Corp’s Westinghouse Electric to build six AP1000 reactors of 1,100 MW each. The second is in Haripur in West Bengal district which is a Russian project to build six Water-Water Energy reactors of 1000 MW capacity each. After CM Naidu’s visit to Russia, Kavali in Nellore district has been identified as the location for the Russian project.
Kovvada is located 70 km from Visakhapatnam in Ranasthalam mandal, Srikakulam district in Northern AP. With India’s biggest atomic power plant, six reactors each with a capacity of 1000 MW each, being established there it is set to become the focus for the anti-nuclear people’s movement. In fact, it could become the next Sompeta.
Sompeta, a tranquil coastal town of North Srikakulam district in AP witnessed unprecedented violence on July 14, 2010, when locals tried to oppose acquisition of fertile multi-crop agricultural land by local authorities and armed police force for the construction, by Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited, of a Merchant Power Plant in that area.
This led to the death of three peasants and left hundreds of villagers, both men and women, severely wounded among whom 15 persons suffered severe bullet injuries. The contention of the villagers, environmentalists and human rights activists was that the power plant would generate more than 10,000 tons of ash daily, will pollute the local water bodies known as ‘beela’, and will eventually destroy the livelihoods of the villagers.
A well-planned and resilient struggle was carried out, led by the Paryavarana Parirakshana Samiti (PPS). A relay hunger strike was conducted for six-long years. And finally, the government bowed down to the power of grass-root democracy by cancelling the government order allocating the power plant to the area. This struggle is held as a shining example of successful people’s democratic movements, not just in AP but all over the country.
CITU state president Ch. Narasinga Rao alleged that the administration is using various methods, like illegal distribution of money and forging land ownership documents, to pressurise the villagers to give up their land.
The PPS claimed that if the proposed land transfer for this project in Kovvada goes ahead, several coastal villages, close to 20,000 people, will be restricted to access nearby grazing grounds, fields and water bodies, which will result into chronic hunger and malnutrition. The landless peasants, living in Kovvada, Kotapalem, Tekkali and other villages will also lose employment as agricultural labourers when the government transfers the agricultural lands to the project. Also, there will be very limited employment opportunities for these unskilled village people in the proposed project.
Citing the examples of successful agitations in Sompeta, Kakarapalli, and Polaki in Srikakulam and other places PPS announced that with the help of workers from the Pydibhimavaram industrial zone and surrounding villagers they would stop the project at any cost.
Sharma further warned, “The civil nuclear liability law enacted by the government in our case has placed a very low cap on the liability that could be passed on to the reactor suppliers but the latter are not prepared to bear even such a limited liability. Under pressure, it is likely that the Government of India will finally bow down to the wishes of the reactor suppliers and find ways to exempt them from the liability, thereby creating scope for the latter to cut corners on the safety features of the reactors”.
The Environmental Impact Assessment(EIA) is still yet to be conducted. The Social Impact Assessment (SIA) report, which is necessary before land acquisition begins, conducted in June, is yet to be released. The leaders of the successful Sompeta agitation said that they will oppose the project at any cost. And towards this end, they are planning an awareness programme from Kavali to Kovvada to mobilise people.
With all this, the mega plan to make AP the nuclear energy hub of the country is definitely not going to be a cakewalk.

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Former Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Toby Cosgrove is heading to Google, where he'll be executive adviser to the Google Cloud healthcare and life sciences team.
In the role, he'll help the company pursue what Google and others are calling the "quadruple aim" of lowering costs, improving the patient experience and outcomes, as well as making the healthcare experience better for providers.
The addition of provider experience to the so-called "triple aim" reflects the burden providers face when dealing with an ever-increasing amount of data and digital technology in healthcare, according to Google.
"Over the course of (Cosgrove's) career, he has seen firsthand how digitization has improved—and hampered—healthcare," wrote Dr. Gregory Moore, Google Cloud vice president of healthcare, in a blog post.
To that end, Cosgrove and the Google Cloud team will work to figure out how to use new technology while making the user experience—for both patients and providers—better.
One way Google Cloud leaders want to do that is with the Cloud Healthcare application programming interface, a tool for users to pull healthcare data from various sources so they can analyze it in the cloud.
Since leaving the helm of the Cleveland Clinic at the end of 2017, Cosgrove has served as an executive adviser for the health system. During his tenure, the system's revenue grew from $3.7 billion in 2004 to $8.5 billion in 2016, growth that was fueled by new locations and services.
Toward the tail end of his time at the clinic, Cosgrove served on President Donald Trump's Strategic and Policy Forum, a group of business executives that disbanded in August 2017.


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I was looking on my shelves for a book about President Reagan called Notes. He kept 4 x 6″ cards and some of his great speeches were attributed to notes he kept on those cards. He always had them with him. On reading this book I switched from a lifetime habit of carrying 3 x 5” cards carrying to 4 x 6″ cards. Reagan was right. I can get down the main points in one of Father Steve’s sermons, the latest on a discussion of the fiscal cliff or the best quotes from a presidential debate on just one card. Thank you, Ronald Reagan.
“Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be bent out of shape.” I could never read this message too often. The tendency to want to control is so deeply embedded in me. It is embedded in others, of course. It controls the hearts and minds of our “leaders” in Washington and I imagine it leads to an occasional scuffle in your home too.
“Denial is not a river in Egypt” is another important truth and one often sees little posters to this effect. Oh, how we tend to overlook our shortcomings.
“Give until it feels good” was also written prominently on my mug. I worked on a stewardship committee of the St. Anne’s Episcopal Church years ago and this phrase was a part of that campaign. I like this way of deciding how much to give to a church, a cause, a waiter or a waitress.
“Peace” “” is such an important word. It seems at times to be so far off. Almost impossible it would seem when one looks at the conflicts facing nations, people of different religions, and even people of different denominations within the same religion (certainly it I true for Christianity). But as a New Year begins it is something each of us can pray for and work to accomplish. And finally as I turn my little blue mug around I find that my wonderful sister and brother-in-law have placed the suggestion “Go with the flow.” I do love that one. Next time I feel angst creeping in I will try to acknowledge the new source of stress, take a few deep breaths and then try to cool it and go with the flow.
Reagan’s 4 x 6” cards and the words on my rediscovered blue mug will give me more than enough to work on in 2013.

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Have your say on Gold Coast beaches and WIN!
News - Have your say on Gold Coast beaches and WIN!
Help contribute to the way GC City Council deliver the Ocean Beaches Strategy by having a say on how our beaches are managed.
GC City Council work all year round to manage, maintain and protect our precious Gold Coast beaches, let them know how they are doing.
The Ocean Beaches Strategy aims to balance different ocean beach activities to ensure everyone who visits the beach is safe.
Have your say at www.gchaveyoursay.com.au/oceanbeaches2019.
Complete the survey and go in the draw for a chance to WIN a Platters and Bloom pop-up picnic experience, valued at $500! (Terms and conditions apply).
Community Engagement runs from 1 April until 5pm 23 April 2019.

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We are happy to announce that the University of St Andrews Library has arranged for Open Access Membership with Royal Society Publishing. This means that if you are a researcher at St Andrews and have an article accepted for publication in any of the Royal Society’s journals, you will qualify for a 25% discount on article processing charges if you choose ‘Open Choice’.
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It’s been a hell of a long time since I wrote a post, Feb 2016 to be exact was the last time I wrote one!! I feel like I sit down to write a post and think it’s been way too long, I promise myself I will write more and then life gets in the way, I get too busy and don’t have time. I am really truly making a promise to myself for 2017 to write more blogs. It is on the list and writing it here it has to happen.
I have signed into my blog for the first time in nearly a year and I’m so blown away at the amount of people who continue to visit the blog on a daily basis, re-reading old posts. I am delighted with it and thank you to everyone who is reading the waffle I write.
I’ve been back and forth for about a week now trying to sit down and write a new post so I guess I’ve got the hardest part out of the way!
The last year has been crazy, busy and amazing all wrapped into one. I have a new job which I abso love, have traveled to London and Venice , was bridesmaid for 2 weddings, went to one of my favourite places in Electric Picnic and had fantastic nights outs, catch ups with friends, Christmas and New Years all in the mix. If 2017 is anything like 2016 I can’t wait.
In 2017, really want to bring theUPSIDE to the next level. I am not sure yet what that is exactly, well I do have a few ideas, but I just know I want to make more time for it. I feel everything happens for a reason and I know that is so cliche but it does. I believe I set up this blog for a reason and I should give it 100% effort. Even if only one person reads it or follows the social media pages and find it helps then I will be very happy.
The reason I have named this blog post Let’s Go is that’s how I’m feeling about 2017! Let’s go, come at me 2017! January has been going pretty well so far with so much to look forward to this year so I am running with the positivity. Who’s coming?
I would love to hear from anyone reading these on what works for you in times of stress/anxiety? What is theUPSIDE for you?
So I just wanted to take the time to write a little post about the St Patricks mental health fair I attended on Saturday in the Clarion Hotel Cork.
It was a fantastic day with so many people attending and great things happening all day. As we entered the room there was a drumming session, with Tom Quinn, happening which looked like fantastic fun and a great way to get people laughing and enjoying themselves.
The main hall was full of people wanting to spread the word on what they did and how they were helping in the world of mental health.
I was lucky enough to get to talk to the guys at Mental Health First Aid which gave me an insight into the course and what you would learn during the course. It is definitely something I am going to look into so will keep you posted on that.
Last but certainly not least the highlight of my day was hearing Grace of @FacesByGrace talk about her issues with mental health. It is so refreshing to hear someone be so honest and talk of their struggles and how they are getting on with it now. You are a real inspiration to anyone out there suffering from any mental illness.
If any of you come across any events please let me know!
I signed into my blog today for the first time in 6 months and I cannot believe it’s been that long. Time abso flies when your having fun and that is what I’ve been having. theUPSIDE to the last few months has been spending so much time with family and friends and it’s been incredible. I always feel at my happiest when i am surrounded by people. Whether it’s a good or bad day a hug, cup of tea and a quick chat can fix just about anything.
It’s crazy when a new year comes around and you wonder what did I do with the last year? It has absolutely flown by. Two takeaways I have personally, amongst others, this year is making it to the longlist in the Blog Awards Ireland and making it to the finalist of the Cork Digital Marketing Awards for me they have been amazing achievements. Big or small you should be so happy and proud with any achievements you make!
People can make all these resolutions and put themselves under so much pressure in a new year. I say just take it day by day and maybe give yourself one thing to strive towards for the year. Let it just be something small there is no need for everyone to jump on the ‘fitness’ badwagon if you do not want to and if you do then go for it! Do more of what makes you happy I say.
Over the past few months there has been festivals, jazz weekend, a 5k run I did with work, went to to Poland with my Mama, we took our mamas away for a weekend before Christmas, then it was Christmas and we had a wedding for New Years. It’s been pretty manic.
Thanks to everyone who is still following the blog and I promise to update on a regular basis this year.
It’s been a silly amount of time since I’ve posted last as I have been super busy. In the time I haven’t posted I have managed to travel Thailand for 2 weeks, get a new job 😀 and run a 5K, and it’s only been a little over a month.
So I’ll start at the beginning. In May I travelled to Thailand with some amazing women who I have the pleasure of calling my best friends. We had an absolute ball. We travelled to Chang Mai where we met some tigers, took a ride on an elephant, ziplined through the jungle, did some shopping, met some night squirrels and did a thai cooking class.
We then moved onto Ko Samui where we lived in a hotel that was nothing short of paradise which was right on the beach. Here we relaxed for a few days before making our way to Ko Tao where we did scuba diving which was one of the most amazing experiences of my life and I am so glad I did it.
After I came home I started a new job in a marketing & PR company here in Cork and I am loving it so far 🙂 Everyone I am working with is amazing at what they do and I am learning so much. On Tuesday June 30th we did a 5k which was so much fun and everyone had a great time. I am so happy at the moment and am so excited to see what else the summer will bring.
So this weekend I jetted off to the beautiful little town of Union Hall for some night time kayaking. My Boyfriend had planned this as part of a birthday trip away and I have to say it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life.
Having the experience of kayaking in a double kayak as the sunset was absolutely amazing. We cruised around for about 1.5hours and I could have stayed out there for so much longer. There were about 15/20 of us in total and we all cruised along in a group stopping every now and again to make sure everyone was together and to hear some amazing stories about the area. There was an abandoned ship in the middle which also added to the experience perfectly. We also came across Bioluminescence, which I had never heard of before, and it was absolutely amazing. it was as if there was glitter sparkling in the water, and every girl loves a bit of glitter 🙂 it was truly magical.
For anyone wanting to try this amazing experience my advice would be GO FOR IT!!! If you are thinking that the darkness might be an obstacle for you, don’t worry your eyes adjust and you can see perfectly. I have to admit I am petrified of the dark and i had no issue with it at all. I think having someone in the kayak with you is perfect as you can chit chat away while enjoying floating along the river.
The weather was perfect but I wouldn’t let that sway your decision to go either way as it was miserable just before we got on the water and then it was perfect as we got out on the water. I cannot recommend this place enough please give it a look. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to take any photos this time around but they have plenty on their website.
A very inspiring story of how kind people can be.
This woman performed 21 kind acts for strangers on her 21st birthday. Just goes to show there are still some good people in the world.
However you celebrate your birthday do something you love and that will make you happy. This year I celebrated with the people who mean the world to me and would support me through just about anything.
I wouldn’t be half the woman I am today without these people in my life and with every passing year I am more and more grateful for each and every one of them.
Make time in your life to celebrate with those who love you unconditionally every single day.
As I was driving home from work today a song came on the radio and the words of the song really resonated with me. I know sometimes you can hear a song and it the words can mean a lot but I hadn’t heard this song for so long that I just thought the words were very meaningful.
I thought this first paragraph was just so motivational. The sentence “challenge what the future holds” could not be more true. We all can sometimes get caught up in the “what if” or saying “I will never do that” or having the attitude of “that will never happen me” but whatever the future holds for all of us we need to grab it and run with it. We only get one life and most of us don’t know what is in store tomorrow so we need to challenge it. Take risks and follow your heart. I believe that what is for you will not pass you and every step you take is meant to happen for you good or bad.
The next few sentences “Try and keep your head up to the sky” and “Don’t be ashamed to cry” are exactly what this blog is about. Even though life can be pretty hard & s**t at times hold your head up high and take everything in your stride. We all get days we would like to hide under the duvet and not speak to anyone. Have a cry I know we all need one once in awhile. If you have to watch a soppy film or rant to a friend do that and get it out of you. Everyone cries and everyone needs someone to talk to at one stage or another in their lives.
This part got me thinking of the stereotypes out there today. It’s all about “being an independent woman/man”, “standing up for yourself”, “be tough” , “give them a piece of your mind” “stay cool” or maybe it’s “stay together” for example for people unhappy in marriages “think about the kids”. But sometimes we just don’t know how to be strong. We don’t know how to be hard & tough. Sometimes we just breakdown for no reason at all just because we feel like a big bag of crap. Sometimes we just need to cuddle up to a friend/boyfriend/girlfriend/ partner etc and just need the comfort of them and don’t need them to say anything. And that is perfectly fine. Everyone in the world goes through the same emotions but we do all deal with them differently. There is so much pressure out there for people these days and I just want people to know they are not alone and everyone is the same.
Just be you is my advice. Don’t try to be who you think people want you to be. Find who you are, what you love to do, what you love to wear, what you love to eat and do all of that! Just be you & you will be amazing at it.
It is ok to not feel ok. Just talk to someone, do some exercise, eat your favourite meal, have the piece of chocolate, have a take away. Life is to short to concentrate on the boring ol bad things. Think of #theUPSIDE instead.
I just thought I would share this little train of thought I had today and I would love to hear your comments on this and if you have any song that the words just mean so much to you. Good or bad I would love to hear them.
So as today is international dance day I wanted to share some photos with you from my dancing years. Pretty cringe for me (and others in the pics) but I thought I would share them anyway.
I can honestly say that these were some of the best years of my life and the best memories were created that we still laugh about today. I think being involved in dance from such a young age gave me the drive to succeed, confidence and the ability to make a fool out of myself in front of people.
I have met some of my best friends through dance and would highly recommend putting your child into a dance school. Some people may feel like it is a lot of pressure for young kids to be involved in dance schools but it didn’t do me or any one I know any harm. If anything it teaches you the value of hardwork, determination, teamwork, exercise, travel, supporting and motivating one another and respect for your teachers. As much as I may have huffed and puffed when I was pushed and told to practice a dance 100 times over it always proved to be the best thing for me and was so delighted to come home with a trophy at the end of a weekend.
I completed CSN Diploma in Dance a few years back and this was also an amazing experience. I tried this as I thought I would love to be a professional dancer. Through this course I was able to experience the strenuous work professional dancers go through every day. While I had the most amazing time doing the course I decided a career in the area was not for me. But I would highly recommend anyone wanting to try this to go for it. If you don’t like it and it isn’t for you then at least you gave it a shot.
Its been awhile again since I have written a blog but I wanted to let you all know how well the fundraiser went. It was a great day and we had so much fun. The dance teachers were amazing and the facepainter was a great addition at the end for all the kids. We had some absolutely amazing prizes from Fota, Radission blu, Platinum Works, Energie fitness, Joan Cashman colour and image academy. Thank you all so much for donating and coming along on the day. We managed to raise over €1000 for the charities and this was so much more than what I expected. I cannot wait to hold another soon.
Throughout the entire day I had my family & friends there and they are honestly the most supportive bunch of people I could ever ask for in my life. With this fundraiser and my blog they have been so supportive never once asking why I am doing something always saying go for it and that they will back me 100%. I wouldn’t be half the woman I am today without them.
Whats theUPSIDE of your week so far?
I’m flattered to be asked to write a guest blog for Jennifer. It’s taken me a while to put ‘pen to paper’ or in reality ‘fingers to keyboard’, but life has been all consuming in particular from January 2015.
I was at the end of 24 months of de-cluttering my house of both my own and my parents’ belongings. I had emptied the contents of my parents’ house into mine following Dad’s death so Mum could sell her house and move on.
Mum and Dad lived in a three bedroom bungalow in the countryside in North Tipperary. Along with the house, Dad had also built several sheds, a garage, greenhouse, etc. After living there for over 40 years every building was full. Dad’s death in 2006 occurred four weeks after his diagnosis of glioblastoma multiforme, an aggressive malignant brain tumour. Mum decided she wanted to move into residential assisted living accommodation. This didn’t happen until September 2011, and thankfully she is extremely happy in her new apartment. She wanted to sell the house quickly but it had to be emptied first. When my brother came home on holidays from England he focused on clearing the sheds.
I focused on clearing the house and travelled down from Kildare at weekends or in the evening after work. Mum came to the house on the first few occasions to say what she did and didn’t want to keep. She wasn’t interested after that, and I was then on my own to make the decisions of what to keep, give away and dump. The quickest way to empty her house was to bring the stuff back up to Kildare to sort in my own time.
By the time I finished emptying her house in June 2012, my house was choking with her personal and house contents. I was mentally and physically drained, and couldn’t bear to go near it or look at it even though it had taken over most rooms of my house. After a break of a few months I tried to start decluttering my house but couldn’t. There was too much stuff and no where in my house to put anything. In early January 2013 I borrowed a friend’s 4-person tent which they kindly erected in my back garden. I moved a lot of the contents from a few rooms into it. I now had some space to start tidying and got rid of a few bags. However, that only lasted six weeks as the wind ripped the tent and I had to move the contents back into the rooms I had previously emptied. I started again.
I decided to not only sort the stuff from Mum’s house but also to declutter my own house too. If I hadn’t used an item or didn’t really like it, I got rid of it. Keeping focused, determined and motivated has been really difficult since I started in January 2013. By either just sorting a bag at a time, or doing a half hour’s clear up, meant it was a bag or half hour less to be done. It was the only way I could think “theUPSIDE”, the only way I could face the job at hand and complete it. I had to break it down into tiny jobs, otherwise it would never happen.
It was as emotionally exhausting as I had thought it would be. Days or weeks would pass by and I would ignore it, and then I had many consecutive days when I dug deep and I was able to focus. On many occasions I ‘hit a huge wall’. But as no one else could sort it for me, I dragged myself back screaming to do another bag. On a few occasions a friend would come over and chat to distract me while I worked away.
I hated it. I hated having to do it. I hated how it took over my mind. I hated how it took over my house. I hated how it took over my life. If I wasn’t physically looking at it, it took over my mind and was a constant topic of conversation. I was bored listening to myself. I was bored looking at all the stuff. I was scared both of the amount of stuff to sort, and the amount of emotions and memories sitting there, stagnant, and going nowhere. I ignored it as much as possible.
I gave myself a totally unrealistic goal of 6 weeks to de-clutter my house; it actually took me 17 months and I gave 32 car loads and 2 jeep loads of ‘things’ to charity, 3 car loads to the dump, and filled 4 skips of rubbish.
The last hurdle involved sorting paperwork which I commenced in January 2015. Emotions were raw as I addressed both difficult and happy memories evoked by each book, photograph, diary, school report. Tears prevented me from continuing many times, but I kept going back. I was determined to finish. I had found the floors in my house, found the furniture, found space in wardrobes, cupboards and drawers.
Memories, good and bad, were not going to stop me from finishing. I switched myself off from the world. I had to. I had to concentrate and focus to finish. I needed the space, the physical, mental and emotional space to let go and move on.
On 15 March 2015, I finished. I had sorted, binned, shredded, and filed the last of the papers. I was free. My mind, my house and my life are now my own and that is theUPSIDE for me.


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Working in higher education and - more specifically and more importantly -working with college students is not just a job. It is my calling. It is my passion.
This portion of my website will probably receive more adjustments, tweaks, and fine tuning as I continue serving college students and working hard to help students get the most out of their higher education.
The majority of the content found here will probably be transferred from the work I completed for my graduate study at Azusa Pacific University. Some things will look exactly the same, some I will probably slightly modify, and other items I will probably completely overhaul as I learn more about what I do not know.
In no way am I an expert in higher education, far from it actually. None of the ideas found here are new or groundbreaking. It is simply a collection of my thoughts and the hard work of great women and men who have come before me and made American higher education an unrivaled global establishment.
The journey through college is an exciting experience, but more importantly it is a crucial time of personal development and transformation. Students gain valuable knowledge and skills that are crucial for their success in all areas of life. The goal of higher education is provide students an atmosphere of academic, social, emotional, and spiritual support where they can be challenged to greater levels of development.
To be successful and graduate college as individuals prepared to be leaders, students must be committed to the ideas of learning, community, and service.
Education is (or should be) the center objective at every school, but in college it is essential for students to develop critical thinking, that “internal compass” that leads them to discover “multiple perspectives, respect diverse views, think independently, and establish and defend their own informed view.” Students who acquire this appreciation for learning are better prepared for life after college (Magolda 2003).
Being committed to a higher cause results in a more successful college experience. Students who regularly participate in volunteer service projects are shown to be more successful in their academics, committed to social responsibility, and likely to aspire higher levels of education (Astin, Sax, Avalos 1999). Additionally, volunteering encourages interactions across racial lines which promotes multicultural understanding among students (Astin & Sax, 1998).
Helping students become a productive part of society is an important aspect of student development. Some of the most important skills and experiences a student gains in college are discovered inside deep, meaningful, supportive relationships found in the community. Students who are actively involved with their peers and faculty are more likely to succeed in college (Astin 1999).
Arboleda, A., Wang, Y., Shelley, M., & Whalen, D. (2003). Predictors of Residence Hall Involvement. Journal of College Student Development, 44(July/Aug), 518-531.
Astin, A.W., Sax, L.J., & Avalos, J. (1999). Long-term effects of volunteerism during the undergraduate years. The Review of Higher Education, 22(2), 187-202.
Astin, A. W. (1999). Student involvement: A developmental theory for higher education. Journal of College Student Development, 40, 518-529.
Astin, A. W., & Sax, L. J. (1998). How undergraduates are affected by service participation. Journal of College Student Development, 39(3), 251-263.
Magolda, M.B. (2003). Identity and Learning: Student Affairs’ Role in Transforming Education. Journal of College Student Development, 44(2): 231-247.
I am the product of a private Protestant evangelical Christian university education thus it should not surprise anyone that I am a big supporter of private higher education. However, I do not feel that private schools are inherently better or that public institutions are less equipped. Both play an important and equal part of the American higher education equation.
Simply adding Christ-focused activities to complement our educational curriculum is not enough (Beers & Beers 2008).
Christian Higher Education must take these three aspects of higher education and construct them on the foundation of Christ. The value of Learning, Service, and Community will be magnified by the truth of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Christian Higher Education must strive to create a Christ-centered community for students that deepens their faith, encourages learning, and promotes service.


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Today’s autonomous vehicles require detailed 3-D maps, but a novel system enables navigation with just GPS and sensors.
Companies such as Google only test their autonomous vehicles in major cities - where they have spent countless hours meticulously recording the exact 3-D positions of the likes of lanes, curbs, ramps and stop-signs.
So, if one lives along the millions of miles of roads that are unpaved, unlit or unreliably marked, one cannot use autonomous driving. Such roads are often much more complicated to map, and get a lot less traffic - so companies have little incentive to develop 3-D maps for them.
In a first step to overcome the problem, CSAIL have developed 'MapLite' - a framework that allows self-driving cars to drive on roads that they have never been on before; and without 3-D maps.
MapLite combines basic GPS data that can be found on Google Maps with a series of sensors that observe the road conditions. Combined, these two elements permitted the team to autonomously drive on multiple unpaved country roads, reliably detecting the road more than 100 ft ahead. In collaboration with the Toyota Research Institute, the researchers used a Toyota Prius car that they fitted with a range of light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors.


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Isn’t language the instrument of communication between people and the means to express their thoughts?
This is why, while applied to the dictionary, transcription also called transliteration, remains a complete art just like music.
A piece of art without treason and any change in the transfer from one language to the other, from one linguistic field to the other.
This art is based on the knowledge and mastery and has but one objective: loyalty. Global Lingua Services guarantees and offers this mastery in the transcription of texts and speeches, the total meaning and smallest nuances of which will be transferred in the most loyal manner… according to the rules of the art!