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1. Do you have grey hair?
2. What materials are your combs &/or brushes made of?
3. Do you use a. combs, b. brushes, c. both, d. neither?
4. How do you use them?
5. What is your hair type?
6. Do you find that your comb/brush technique is good for your hair?
8. Have you taken this poll before?
9. Have your answers changed?
and you'll get a fascinating article on ancient Chinese medical secrets for hair care, including how the author changed her own hair color from white to black, by replacing her plastic comb with a wooden one. Then she goes into how to use all these herbs, which info I haven't yet thoroughly digested.
and just read through the ads for the combs that come up.
I've been combing my hair with a good wooden comb for a few months now. While I'm not really grey yet, my hairline is starting to go grey. The comb hasn't made a difference, and I comb my hair at least 5 times a day to keep the tangles out.
I am mostly grey and regularly use a wood comb and BBB. I use very gentle patient strokes, the kind my grandmother always used, the kind you never see on youtube.
Ancient China doctor Li Shi Zhen (1518-1593) in his famous book named Compendium of Materia Medica?mentioned that ox and sheep horn products contain natural protein, and as such can stop headaches, baldness and loss of hair. Today's Horn comb has become more and more popular, as the benefit of using horn comb has been recognized by more and more people in world. Horn combs do not give off static electricity like plastic combs as they are made out of a natural substance that is the same as hair - keratin. It is the gentlest type of comb that grooms and conditions your hair while detangling your hair and cleaning it out of any dirt or grime and leaving it feeling revitalized and fresh. It unplugs and treats follicles and also spreads your natural oils. This conditioning action leaves the hair naturally glossy, moisturized. It helps stop hair breakage and split ends. The horn comb can discourage flaking and relieve an itchy scalp. Horn Comb is good for exfoliating dandruff, debris and dead cells. Horn combs are great for scalp stimulation, and helps the circulation of the blood, transmitting nutrition to your hair and causing the muscles and joints to relax. Thus in a way it can relieve stress and headaches by massaging your head.
1. In my early thirties. No greys yet.
2. Idk. I think most of my life I’ve used plastic stuff. The last few years I’ve used a cheap medium tooth comb with no rough edges. A couple weeks ago I started using a wet brush (supposedly the kind designed for men’s beards, but it seemed similar enough to the others and was a dollar cheaper.). On days I don’t wash I lightly oil and finger detangle, only bringing out the wet brush if tangles start getting out of control.
3. & 4. See previous answer. I just use them to detangle.
5. Thick and curly, and getting coarser in the last year. (I think that’s due to a combination of henna and fixing some health issues.) I have a variety of “types” and in between types. I have ancestors from three different continents, and nowhere is this more visible than my hair.
7. It keeps my hair from dreadlocking itself, as it is prone to doing so.
Thank you, mwallingford, JennGalt, Cg, & nycelle.
No, not this morning, & I'm a blonette, age 62.
Some are ox horn, & others are made of various kinds of wood: neem (Most of them are finished, but one neem comb was made unfinished, to let more of the neem wood's benefits actually make hair contact), black sandalwood, lignum vitae, verawood, cherry wood, peach... I try to stay away from combs with a glue seam, because the oil I put in my hair can dissolve the glue & make a comb fall apart, so that means I avoid combs made of more than one material. I used plastic combs & brushes most of my life, until reading the eBay comb ads a couple of years ago, at the start of my hair journey.
Only a. combs. They are mostly fine-toothed, but a few are wide-toothed.
A. I detangle with them, working from the ends up. (Thank you, LHC, for teaching me that from-the-ends-up part!) When I have a tangle, I put some oil on the tangle & on the comb & work gently, using both fingers & comb. I often find one or two split ends to be the root cause of the tangle, so I keep my scissors handy while combing, for S&D.
B. When I get done detangling, I'm able to comb straight from scalp to ends to distribute oils.
C. I use the combs to massage my scalp. I like using two combs at once, one in either hand, and rubbing my scalp vigorously with the combs' teeth. No, that does not tangle my hair.
D. I use the inversion method, bending over far enough to touch my toes if I'm doing callisthentics, and comb my hair upside-down. I don't count how many strokes.
E. I keep combing for a long time, 5 minutes or half an hour or an hour.
Fine, 1b, i or ii.
Hmm, that's odd; I thought I had answered this poll -apparently not. LOL!
OK, it's later. What can I add here?
6. Do you find that your comb/brush technique is good for your hair? Yes, but I'm experiencing velcro ends for the first time ever. This is the longest my hair's ever been, so my ends are older than I'm used to, so I'm needing to learn to be even kinder to them (meaning I need to take a deep breath & steady myself for slower detangling-from-the-ends-up with unusual-for-me quantities of cocoa butter applied to the comb. So what I'm doing is good, but I need to slow down & get better.
7. How so? See #6.
8. Have you taken this poll before? Well, I wrote it, so I had answers in mind while writing; but this is the first time actually typing them all out.
9. Have your answers changed? Not as a result of this poll, but as a result of reading the info that I posted at the beginning of this thread, in my posts on November 16th, 2018 at 12:10 p.m.; & 1:43 p.m.
10. How? I replaced all my plastic combs & brushes with wooden or horn combs.
My mom & brother are both natural blue-eyed blonds. (Mama's 1/2 Swedish.) My brother, age 58 at the time, tried one of those neem combs (which I bought for everyone in the family*). His hair went from looking almost all-white to a dark gray. The eBay ads DO say that neem gives a blackish cast to the hair. My mom, age 92 at the time, went from all snowy white to having a golden sheen.
I'm darker-complected than they are, because I inherited my dad's Irish coloring: blonette occasionally flaring red, with brown-green-hazel eyes. On me, the neem combs make my white hairs turn blond, so people don't consider me gray at all. I'm 62.
I also bought a neem comb for my calico cat. Calico cats' color genes are heat-sensitive, so they look more white when they're young, & when it's summertime. They blossom as they age & as they cool off, in the wintertime. My Angel also started showing more color when I started combing her with her own neem comb.
I sometimes supplement the wooden combs with a drop of neem oil (which stinks) or a drop of black walnut extract. Not everybody would consider neem oil or walnut extract to be totally safe, though. Just google them before using.
As I mentioned before, I also use combs made of lignum vitae, verawood, black sandalwood, green sandalwood, cherry wood ... all of which have advertisements saying that they "combat premature gray".
Why would wooden combs work to change hair color? I suppose because of the oils naturally in the wood making hair contact. Neem oil darkens hair, so a neem wood comb contains neem oil, etc.
TheForestFae, thank you for your reply.


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If youre an aspiring voice-over artist, there are so many things you need to know about getting it right, and without a doubt, this list includes recording yourself. Without a doubt, this will play a big role in achieving success as a pro voice-over artist. Listening to yourself allows you to evaluate your own performance and eventually improve on your weak points.
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After your practice voice-over has been recorded, you can then edit it until you achieve a clean copy with good sound quality. You dont have to be a whiz at this. Whats most important is that you listen to your voice and get better with your performance. Your technical skills can be polished much later.
Of course, to be able to record your voice, you need a microphone. Newbies usually start out with a condenser microphone, a common fixture in recording studios everywhere, which is preferred for two reasons: it has remarkable transient response (the mics ability to reproduce the speed of your voice) and its frequency range is particularly large.
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When all is good, start recording and remember to keep your original mic position.
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Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's most innovative and controversial biologists, may be revolutionizing scientific thinking with his vision of a living, developing universe with its own inherent memory. He first worked in developmental biology and is best known for his theory of Morphic Fields and Morphic Resonance. His latest book, "The Sense of Being Stared At," develops his concept of the extended mind. He presents new evidence supporting the notion that ordinary people, as well as animals, have paranormal capabilities. In collaboration with Sheldrake, research groups and invididuals may participate in broad-based experiements via telephone or the web.
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Our monthly readers’ poll was heavy on Philadelphia sports and sports in general, but we did toss in one political question—who will be the GOP presidential nominee next year.
Somewhat to our surprise, eight Republicans were mentioned more than once, but none often enough to be called a frontrunner. Making the list of mentions were (alphabetically) Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, and Scott Walker.
Faith in Chip is still running high with 64% of the readers who responded saying the Eagles will win more game this year than they did in each of Kelly’s first two seasons (10).
Faith in Ron Hextall is running even higher with 88% of those responding believing that the Flyers will make the playoffs next season. But the hometown optimism ebbs significantly when it comes to next season’s playoff prospects for the Sixers. Only 13% of you think that will happen.
More of you believe that Tim Tebow or March Sanchez will start at QB when the Eagles open their season (by a margin of 3 to 1) than believe it will be Sam Bradford under center.
Going from “thinking” to “playing,” our poll respondents averaged playing 2.4 organized team sports prior to the age of 12, but that dropped by a third to an average of 1.6 after 12.
Basketball (24%) edged out soccer (22%) as your favorite sport to play as a child. Coming in as a surprising number three was volleyball (16%). Lacrosse out-polled baseball, softball, and football. In fact, even field hockey out-polled baseball.

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Patent vs Copyright: What’s the Difference?
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CTO 101: What Are the Different Types of Patents?

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"English Law has so far failed to reconcile the demands of the emerging European human rights jurisprudence with its instinctive tendency to create 'public interest immunities' in respect of the negligence liability of public bodies. Reform of the law is needed. " Introduction The aims of this essay are to critically discuss the statement, "English Law has so far failed to reconcile the demands of the emerging European human rights jurisprudence with its instinctive tendency to create 'public interest immunities' in respect of the negligence liability of public bodies.
(1) It is unlawful for a public authority to act in a way that is incompatible with a convention right. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an act if - (a) as the result of one or more provisions of primary legislation, the authority could not have acted differently; or (b) in the case of one or more provisions of, or made under, primary legislation which cannot be read or given effect in a way which is compatible with the Convention rights, the authority was acting so as to give effect to or enforce those provisions.
(3) In this section "public authority" includes - (a) a court or tribunal, and (b) any person certain of whose functions are functions of a public nature, but does not include either House of Parliament or a person exercising functions in connection with proceedings in Parliament. (4) In subsection (3) "Parliament" does not include the House of Lords in its judicial capacity. (5) In relation to a particular act, a person is not a public authority by virtue only of subsection (3)(b) if the nature of the act is private.
(6)"An Act" includes a failure to act but does not include a failure to - (a) introduce in, or lay before, Parliament a proposal for legislation; or (b)make any primary legislation or remedial order. Journal article The journal article I have read is that of Paula Gilker, in which she sets out to demonstrate that reform of the current law is needed. The article questions whether the case of Osman v Ferguson1 dictates that maybe different approaches should be taken against negligence claims that are brought against Police Officers.
And also whether or not the immunities that can apply for the Police should still be enforced, be it qualified or blanket immunity. What are the problems with the law? As set out in Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire2, Lord Keith manages to distinguish the fine line between when it is appropriate to apply the blanket cover of immunity to the Police and when not to, "The general sense of public duty which motivates police forces is unlikely to be appreciably reinforced by the imposition of such liability so far as concerns their function in the investigation and suppression of crime.
The manner of conduct of such an investigation must necessarily involve a variety of decisions to be made on matters of policy and discretion, for example as to which particular line of inquiry is the most advantageous way to deploy the available resources. The result of liability for negligence would be a significant diversion of Police manpower and attention from their most important function, that of the suppression of crime. "3 A major problem with the law, is that it is consistent with the rules against liability for omissions that the emergency services have no duty to answer 999 calls.
And so I believe that upon answering them is where the problem lies. As when the calls are answered they are prioritised in relation to their importance to the service that they require. And if problems arise from the way they are prioritised, for example if one person dies from a fight that is happening, but the Police place priority on a football riot. And so I believe a way around this problem would be to privatise the public services, so that if any citizens would like to take the services to court then the immunity would not apply, and so a fair and impartial hearing would be able to take place, meaning justice will be done.


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The Bunker is a FMV psychological horror video game brought to fruition by acclaimed writers and designers.
Getting to the point, The Bunker is a FMV psychological horror video game brought to fruition by the writers and designers of Broken Sword, The Witcher, and SOMA and shot with actors from The Hobbit, Penny Dreadful, Game Of Thrones and Star Wars in a real decommissioned nuclear bunker.
Not all FMV games in the past had serious crisis when trying to handle narrative discrepancies. But there was trouble in understanding user perception. For instance, Phantasmagoria, in all its popularity and gore, was more a slow movie than a video game that ran across 7 compact disks. The Bunker differs vastly in the way it treats footage. Wales Interactive, the developer understand how set design complements storytelling-footage as an atmospheric style element which doubles as narrative progression. More than the setting, it is the wonderful acting skills that actually seduces players to feel the situation and react.
The story is about John, played by Adam Brown who grew a fake beard for his role as Dwarf Ori in The Hobbit, the last survivor living in a government bunker after a nuclear attack wiped out England. Like any other story crafting, the setting which here is the Bunker holds many secrets and secrets mean exploration and exploration in such a place brings out the hibbie jibbies. Now that the setting is a mystery and captures the anxiety of players, the next task according to the blueprint is to give a weakness to the survivor in the form of suppressed memories. John suffers the same fate as Thomas Shelby, another English bloke with a bad experience that he keeps eluding through opium. In the game, John has to survive these awful panoply of memories in a friggin' underground playground and probably confront them at some point. For that to happen, you need to play the game.
On July 3, 1986, a bomb fell on Essex, England and a boy was born on the same day inside a government bunker. After nearly 30 years of calm, calculated, unobtrusive daily routine , an alarm goes off. On this cue, you navigate the entire bunker and slowly open deep buried memories through collectibles and interactions.
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They are beta-hydroxybutyric acid allied to mineral salts that provide your body with ready to use ketones.
The primary way for us to make use of ketones is to fast (ingest no food at all and have only water, tea, coffee and electrolytes). This forces our body to use its fat reserves to create ketones to give energy to our systems. The other way is to go on a ketogenic diet, a diet low in carbohydrates and moderate in protein which does not bring in sufficient glucose to fuel your systems on glucose. Just as a fast, the ketogenic diet forces your body to burn fat as fuel.
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Used to take supplements but they always add caffeine. This comes without it and I enjoy it very much.
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Lisbon Maine: WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?????
1. The following is the approximate salary of the Police Chief, Fire Chief and Police Lieutenant. Police Chief is close to $80,000.00; Fire Chief is close to $70,000.00 and Police Lieutenant is close to $70,000.00. This is a combined total of $220,000.00. Now instead of going out and getting a Chief of Police; why not advertise for a “Public Safety Director”? If you can negotiate a starting salary of $70,000.00 the cost saving would be around $150,000.00 tax dollars. This would provide the community with a Public Safety professional for both the Police and Fire Department and would provide better service to our people. Also, the Public Safety Director could take over the Fire Control Vehicle and we can get rid of one police vehicle. Keep in mind; that our current Fire Chief has been working on an Associate’s Degree for over twelve year unsuccessfully.
2. The idea of eliminating the Lisbon Communication Center and going with the Androscoggin County Dispatch for emergency service would save the town approximately $190,000.00, according to the Town Council. The Town Manager estimated a cost saving of about $165,000.00 and I estimated it to be around $265,000.00. Did it happen, no because of politics? The range of $190,000.00 to $265,000.00 is in tax dollars and to me it is not chicken feed. So what is the right decision for the community? Keep in mind; there is no Dispatchers in the Lisbon Communication Center qualified to issue an Emergency Medical Code (EMC) to the Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) to assist in the life savings process. Why do First Responders have to wait for a relay from the Androscoggin County Dispatcher before they are dispatched by Lisbon Communication Center? Doesn’t it make more sense to have Androscoggin County Dispatchers dispatch OUR First Responder immediately upon receiving a request for emergency services?
3. The town has two Department Heads with no credentials in their fields being paid exorbitant salaries (OUR tax dollars). The first is Ryan Leighton is the Superintendent of Sewer. The state says that you need to be at least a Grade 4 to operate the facility and he is a Grade 2, last time I checked. This means that the Plant Manager does the work/reports and Mr. Leighton gets paid (annual salary of close to $90,000.00) for it. What is wrong with this picture? Also, Sean Galipeau, Fire Chief, was hired with the understanding he would continue with his Associate Degree in Public Safety. Twelve years later and he still does not have his Associate’s Degree but is drawing a salary of roughly $70,000.00.
These cases, I have presented are not rocket science to figure out what is in the best interest of the community. The real challenge is to figure out why the Town Council is not doing them. The answer is simple. These decisions are all politically made by the Council in support of the “Good Old Boys” network to ensure these prominent citizens do not lose “Control” of the town. It is all about “Control” and NOT what is in the best interest of the Town.
I know everyone remembers the “goat rope” the community went through last year with the School Departments budget. This was forced by Councilors Bickford, Metivier, Brunelle and Crafts. Councilor Metivier is pushing for more cuts this year and as a result the School Department is cutting seven positions. Now, I am fine with the decision of the School Department with the exception of three of those positions are teachers. I cannot understand why we are getting rid of three qualified teachers and retaining two Department Heads that have no credentials. This makes absolutely no sense to me. If they have no credentials, then they should be let go first regardless if they are on the School or Municipality side. I believe it is our tax dollars that operate both sides.


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This bomber jacket is an awesome jacket! A combination of style, warmth from the cold weather and are comfy too. A great gift for Boxer fanatics!
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Horizontal vacuum furnace HVF type has a compact construction. This way it saves a lot of space. A cylindrical low-alloyed heating chamber is lined with graphite felt or molybdenum. It minimizes heat loosing and temperature distortion.
Vertical vacuum furnace has many advantages. High automation limits manual work just to loading and unloading the heating chamber. It guaranties high repeatable results of heat treatment, saving energy and reducing cycle time.

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The aim of the Protocol of amendment is to modernise and improve the Additional Protocol (ETS No. 167), taking into account the evolution in international co-operation on the transfer of sentenced persons since its entry into force in June 2000.
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Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law - European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC).


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If you’re looking for a great family day out this summer where the kids discover that history can be fun, Beamish should be on the short-list.
Opened 40 years ago and much expanded since, the hands-on, open-air museum is set in 300 acres of countryside where it recreates life in Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian times.
Surrounded by false teeth in the gruesome dental surgery, we were given a demo of the foot-cranked drill and admired the sinister reclining dentist’s chair – tactfully furnished in blood-red velvet.
We popped into the sweet shop along the high street for some aniseed balls, visited the grocer’s, a dress shop and printing works, and called at The Sun pub for a refreshing pint of Beamish beer. All the buildings here are old properties moved from their original sites and rebuilt and today’s shop assistants, barmaids – and dentist – wear costume of the period.
Clanking trams and grand old buses with boneshaker suspension run a hop-on/hop-off service linking the other attractions.
At Pockerley Old Hall, cook was preparing elderflower fritters on the cast-iron stove (very tasty), and at the more modest workers’ cottages on Home Farm someone was knocking up a delicious-looking rhubarb sponge. Crumble had yet to be invented, we were told. There’s also a Pit Village where we learnt about the grim work of coal miners through the ages and the dangers they faced.
Even without children in tow I’m a sucker for these industrial heritage museums. Another favourite is Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire, whose ten museums include a similar Victorian-styled town at Blists Hill.
Ironbridge was at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution. Smoke and fire first roared from its blast furnaces 300 years ago, turning the area into the country’s first major iron-making centre. You can learn about early iron production, don a hard hat to explore the Tar Tunnel – a source of natural bitumen – and tour factories producing Coalport china.
Working life was tough in the old days. And if you returned home after a day’s exhausting toil with raging toothache … well, that doesn’t bear thinking about!
*Just witnessing all that hard graft at close quarters is tiring in itself, so you may want to recover afterwards at a suitably historic but comfortable country house hotel. Beamish provides a popular day out for guests at 16th-century Headlam Hall, near Durham, while the Victorian Brokencote Hall in Worcestershire is a 45-minute drive from Ironbridge Gorge.

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As far as I am concerned, there are 2 crucial questions to ask if you like to workout. What are those questions? I won’t make you wait. The first question is: How does the body work? The second question is: How does the body respond to exercise and how should exercise be set up to elicit the results that one might want? In my opinion, you can’t have a good understanding of one point without a reasonable understanding of the other. There are lots of people that have good knowledge about the how the body works (a doctor for example would often fall into this category) but they would likely have no idea about how to create a workout program. Others might create adequate programs for themselves but they would be prone to incorporate a lot of myths or false beliefs into their training because they don’t understand how the body works on a more scientific level.
The human body is the most amazing, complex machine on the planet. In my opinion, YOUR body is the best gift you will ever get. I don’t claim to fully understand how the human body works in every aspect, but I have spent the last 2 decades attempting to answer both of these questions, and I have spent the last decade attempting to put the answers to both of those important questions in written format. The end result is finally here. Just released this week is the National Personal Training Institute’s book: NPTI’s Fundamentals of Fitness and Personal Training, my second book. This book is created to be the new textbook for students attending NPTI, which is a 6-12 month long school for people who wish to become personal trainers.
I created the first file for this book, chapter 1 so to speak, on my computer in 2002, so this has been a long time coming. It is has been worked over, modified, rewritten, and edited numerous times. I am not claiming that it is perfect – nothing is likely ever perfect and this is a first edition textbook – but it is finalized and ready to go and I am proud of it. This book is not published through my publishing company, instead I worked with Human Kinetics (the largest publisher of fitness related material) and NPTI to release to the book. It is available in hardcover, eBook and Kindle form from Amazon or the Human Kinetics website.
If you like my stuff, if you like to workout hard, and if you want to be able to answer those 2 most important questions, pick up a copy, you will not be disappointed.


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The Planetary Society declared the success of the mission to test the LightSail solar sail. Started on May 20, 2015 as a secondary payload in the launch of the military shuttle X-37B, the CubeSat-class nanosatellite that contained the solar sail has overcome various problems. Eventually the onboard systems have been tested collecting a lot of data useful for the complete mission scheduled for 2016. A few days ago, the LightSail prototype fell back into the atmosphere, disintegrating.
The Planetary Society is a non-profit organization and is carrying forward the LightSail project thanks to donations. To complete the mission a fundraiser is still on, in which while I’m writing $916.150 were pledged. The money will allow not only to proceed with the mission but also to make it better known to scientists but also to the public with various initiatives.
The test mission, also known as LightSail-A, had various problems. Tests are carried out exactly to find project flaws before proceeding with the complete mission but there was a risk that this test could fail. The Planetary Society has a lot of work to make sure that the mission planned for 2016 has no such problems.
A few days after the launch, LightSail stopped communicating. It turned out that the problem was in the software for the telemetry data management. The file that was created grew larger, up to crashing the flight system. There was already a version of the software that corrected that bug but it wasn’t loaded on LightSail.
The result was that the LightSail freezed and even sending commands to reboot the operating system didn’t work. Various attempts were made to try to take advantage of the Linux operating system used by LightSail but with no success. Only several days later a condition that resulted in an automatic reboot occurred.
After updating the software, The Planetary Society started the test operations of the on-board systems. The solar panels were deployed but after a few days LightSail stopped communicating again. This time the silence lasted only a couple of days and this time the problem was in the batteries.
Finally, on June 7, it was possible to proceed with the main operation, the deployment of the solar sail in Mylar. It took several attempts to have LightSail accept the command but in the end the mission was accomplished. The data and the photographs started being transmitted.
The LightSail-A was in an orbit too low to really use sunlight to navigate and at that point it was already deteriorating. It was only a matter of days before the solar sail fell in the atmosphere but the problems were found and now The Planetary Society can solve them. Nanosatellites are relatively simple but solar sails are still experimental so the fact that this test was accomplished is truly a success.

industry_corpus2: Aerospace


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The Farm has consistently been named one of the Best North Carolina Mountain Communities. The unique topography features rolling hillsides at the foot of majestic mountains giving way to meadows, pastures and ponds. Hanging Rock Creek, home to native trout, bisects the property.
The community meticulously blends home sites into the surrounding native vegetation. Century-old giant hemlocks mix with large thickets of mountain laurels to provide a natural setting for carefully planned properties. The Farm is a unique environment fully integrating a private lifestyle with a uniquely rustic flavor.
Conveniently located in the North Carolina High Country, The Farm is within walking distance of downtown Banner Elk, NC home to unique shops and award-winning restaurants.
Our mountain property is surrounded by the High Country’s most popular destinations including Grandfather Mountain, Linville, Blowing Rock, Boone, and Sugar Mountain.
The Farm at Banner Elk is far more than just another gated mountain community. Tucked into North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, the 140-acre site is within the city limits of Banner Elk yet you feel as though you are miles away from it all. The Farm’s pastures, walking trails, outdoor pavilion and stocked trout ponds were carefully planned by developers and preservationists Robert and Sterling Collett (first cousins) to create an environment that is unique in Southern mountain communities.
Whatever your favorite time of year, Banner Elk and Avery County offer an array of outdoor activities. During the warmer months, play a round of golf on a championship golf course, fly fish in the mountain streams or hike an abundance of scenic trails. For the more adventurous, challenge yourself by mountain climbing, kayaking or whitewater rafting.
During the winter, ski one of the many mountains in the area including Sugar, Beech, Appalachian and Hawksnest. Fall brings spectacular colors to the Blue Ridge Parkway and the High Country. Also during this time, Banner Elk hosts the Wooly Worm Festival attracting almost 20,000 people annually to the community for mountain music, crafts, food and fun.

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


text: A decade of visual and acoustic detections of marine megafauna around offshore Oil & Gas (O&G) installations in the North and Irish Seas are presented. Marine megafauna activity was monitored visually and acoustically by Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) qualified and experienced Marine Mammal Observers (MMO) and Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) Operators respectively, with real-time towed PAM in combination with industry standard software, PAMGuard. Monitoring was performed during routine O&G industrial operations for underwater noise mitigation purposes, and to ensure adherence to regulatory guidelines. Incidental sightings by off-effort MMOs and installation crew were also reported. Visual and acoustic monitoring spanned 55 non-consecutive days between 2004 and 2014. A total of 47 marine mammal sightings were recorded by MMOs on dedicated watch, and 10 incidental sightings of marine megafauna were reported over 10 years. Species included: harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus), white beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris), common dolphin (Delphinus delphis), minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), common seal (Phoca vitulina), grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) and, basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus). Passive Acoustic Monitoring was conducted on two occasions in 2014; 160 PAM hours over 12 days recorded a total of 308 individual clicks identified as harbour porpoises. These appear to be the first such acoustic detections obtained from a North Sea drilling rig whilst using a typically configured hydrophone array designed for towing in combination with real-time PAMGuard software. This study provides evidence that marine megafauna are present around mobile and stationary offshore O&G installations during routine operational activities. On this basis, Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) for decommissioning O&G platforms should be carried-out on a case-by-case basis, and must include provisions for hitherto overlooked marine megafauna.

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Ernst Schneider is an accomplished piano and theory teacher, and a renowned composer. For many years he taught piano and theory in his private studio in Penticton, British Columbia, as well as in three public schools. He is in demand as an adjudicator for music and composition festivals. He has taught and lectured at countless summer schools over the years. Many of his students achieved high marks and scholarships in festivals and examinations and went on to participate in Provincial festivals. Many students also continued their education in music after high school and taught music either privately or in the school system. As well, two of Schneider’s students received a doctorate degree in music and are now teaching in Switzerland and Kenya respectively.
Ernst Schneider became a Registered Music Teacher 1965 and received his 50-year pin from BCRMTA in 2015. At the provincial level, Schneider served on the BCRMTA Executive board as Newsletter publisher, Treasurer and President. Among his many accomplishments, he chaired the very successful 1998 Provincial Convention in Penticton with Angela Hewitt as clinician, and co-chaired the 2001 CFMTA/FCAPM Convention in Kelowna.
Ernst Schneider served a Vice-President and then as President of CFMTA/FCAPM from 1983 - 1987, succeeding Helen Dahlstrom as president. During this time, he earned a reputation for “calming the waters” and established new guidelines and policies. One of the many projects he engaged in was the Young Artist competition and the presenting of the winner to many areas of the Provinces. Schneider was also instrumental of having Newfound land join the organization as well as successfully applying for "charitable status" to enable CFMTA/FCAPM to issue tax receipts. He also produced the National Newsletter which is much the same format as today and opened up the publication for advertisements to cover costs.
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his work in the field of music and contribution to the City of Penticton.
"Servant of Christ" pin from Lutheran Church Canada for being church organist for the Concordia Lutheran Church in Penticton for over 60 years.
Member of the Penticton Kiwanis Club for over 50 years, being involved in their low-cost housing projects. During this time, he served as club president for two terms and Lt. Governor for the Southern Division.
Was instrumental in organizing the Okanagan Image project in 1976, a was a major event including a traveling Art Gallery, a play by George Ryga, works by Michael Baker, Jean Coulthard, Art Lewis, a Ballet performed by the Canadian School of Ballet, among others. Schneider wrote a symphonic work for that project (all performed by the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra) which was commissioned by the Canada Council.
Wrote a symphonic work for the 100th anniversary of the City of Penticton.
Has written numerous works for voice, solo instruments, ensembles and orchestra. Several works are now published (check out his site at the Canadian Music Centre). His music has been performed in of Canada, the USA and Europe.
Needless to say, CFMTA/FCAPM is delighted to name Ernst Schneider as Honorary President in 2019.


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According to the pages of the various metal media, the labels “LEGENDARY,” “INNOVATIVE,” “TRUE ORIGINALS,” as well as “F**K!ING CRAZY!!” have been rightfully pinned upon RAVEN over the years. In a music scene filled by clones nurtured with a cookie-cutter mentality, the unique personality, power and humor of the three band members has always shone through. The crazed vocals & bass playing of John Gallagher, the full frontal guitar assault of brother Mark Gallagher, and the punishing polyrhythmic pounding of drummer Joe Hasselvander all combine to form a sonic battering ram unique in rock!
From the well documented early days as NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) frontrunners, RAVEN‘s albums ROCK UNTIL YOU DROP, WIPED OUT and ALL FOR ONE virtually invented both the speed metal and power metal genres – during the trailblazing USA tours of the 80′s introducing the States to “Athletic rock” as well as giving opening acts like Metallica and Anthrax their first tours, through the doldrums of the late 80′s/early 90′s when a grunge obsessed media wrote off so many acts — RAVEN has consistently proved to be both survivors par excellence and in a genre of grim imitation – shown that they are “the real thing”. Where so many of their contemporaries have either faded creatively or become parodies of themselves, RAVEN have consistently pushed the envelope while retaining their unique sound and attack – both in the studio & in their true element, onstage!


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The country saved over P19 billion in tax money when President Duterte vetoed the P95 billion in the 2019 budget, Senator Lacson said.
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It is lawyer Ferdinand Topacio that should be facing a perjury complaint, Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel said on Thursday.
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MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos can now experience European culture and heritage without leaving the country.The European Union (EU) on Monday launched its annual summer cultural festival in the Philippines to bring European culture and heritage to Filipinos.
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MANILA, Philippines – Planning your summer activities? Try going plastic-free! “Summer outings need not be synonymous with the bane of plastic, especially the single-use, that is polluting the oceans and harming marine life,” EcoWaste Coalition National Coordinator Aileen Lucero said, as the summer vacation season unfolds.
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The chief of Koronadal City police was relieved from his post following the circulation online of a video showing him and his personnel in an alleged drinking and card game session inside the police station.
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Airports will implement added security measures during the Holy Week, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said.
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Career: Joined Fine Americas, Inc. in 2004 as Vice President of Sales & Marketing. Previously held sales and marketing management positions with Arvesta Corporation, Agridyne Technologies, Inc. and CIBA-GEIGY.
AM: Please provide an overview of Fine Americas’ agricultural products business. How has the business changed over the last five years?
GJ: While our parent company — Fine Holdings Limited – was founded in 1983 in the United Kingdom as a leading supplier of Plant Growth Regulators (PGRs) to world markets, Fine Americas, Inc. was established eight years ago to give the company a greater presence in North and South America.
Since then, we have expanded our product line and country registrations dramatically to bring new products into both the agricultural and floriculture markets, including several proprietary technologies. For example, Configure is the only 2% 6-BA plant growth regulator registered for greenhouse ornamentals. And Piccolo 10 XC is the world’s first and only 4% paclobutrazol PGR formulated in a pure liquid formulation, offering ornamental growers unsurpassed performance and convenience.
These newer products and expanded geographic presence, combined with outstanding sales, distributor and technical support, have allowed us to grow our revenues by an average annual rate of 20% over the past eight years. We believe that’s quite an accomplishment in light of the macroeconomic challenges we’ve faced during that period.
AM: What is the business outlook for Fine Americas this year, the next five years?
near term as well as the next five years. Growers in the agricultural and floriculture sectors continue to look for cost-effective ways to increase crop yields and quality, and plant growth regulators will play a vital role in meeting those goals.
In the high-value agricultural market, Fine’s PGRs help growers improve fruit size, shape and color, all important factors in meeting consumer demand for top-quality apples, pears, cherries, grapes and citrus. In the greenhouse ornamental market, our products help growers produce plants with consistent size, shape and quality as well as excellent flowering characteristics.
AM: Where do you see Fine Americas in the future?
GJ: Fine Americas will continue to bring innovative new products and technologies to the agricultural and floriculture markets. Growers in both segments are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their use of plant growth regulators, so we will continue to provide new products to stay one step ahead of the market.
In the greenhouse ornamental market, for example, growers are taking a very sophisticated approach to plant growth regulators by fine-tuning their rates and application procedures to make sure their plants reach specified quality and height parameters by a specified date. Since fruit growers don’t have the same ability to control environmental factors as greenhouse growers, I see them relying more and more on PGRs to improve fruit quality, yields and harvest efficiency.
AM: What new products/services is the company introducing to the ag market?
GJ: We’re set to launch Blush plant growth regulator into the fruit market pending EPA registration. Based on the new and unique active ingredient PDJ, Blush was developed to promote fruit color change in bi-color apple varieties such as Honeycrisp, Gala and Fuji. Results from Experimental Use Permit (EUP) trials over the past few seasons have been very promising.
In addition, we will be introducing a number of other new products each year, along with new formulations of many of our existing products to meet market demands and upcoming California EPA guidelines regulating Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions.
AM: How are the sales organizations and channel to the marketplace organized?
GJ: We run a lean sales organization in the U.S. and Canada. With that in mind, we rely heavily on our distributor partners throughout North America to provide outstanding sales and service support in their respective geographic areas.
In South America, we work closely with country partners to distribute and support our products.
Finally, we sponsor ongoing testing programs with leading university researchers as a means of constantly improving product performance and expanding product registrations.
AM: What role does marketing communications play at Fine Americas?
GJ: Given the fact we’re outnumbered by our competitors when it comes to actual “boots on the ground,” we rely heavily on marketing communications to reach our target audiences with high-impact sales messages.


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Each time I post something controversial or insulting you are in hurry to answer. But when it comes to mathematics you become silent like fishes under the sea.
2=1*2, 6=2*3,9=3*3, 20=4*5 etc...are all stretched numbers.
1. Can you find all the stretched numbers less or equal to 10.000?
2. Someone gave on the same thread a formula not correct can you find a closed formula for those numbers?
3. Can you find a formula for counting all the composite numbers but the stretched numbers?
4. If you find a closed formula for both kind of composite numbers you will have the first closed formula counting exactly the prime numbers.
Now I promise that I will never put my feet here because I know that no one here is really interested in mathematics.
You have big big big problem with yourselves.
My advise : do other things than mathematics (art, business, etc...).
FORGET ABOUT MATHS YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED AT ALL BY MATHEMATICS.
I CUT OFF INTERNET ONCE FOR ALL.

industry_corpus2: Math & Statistics


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A candid memoir of denial, stolen identities, betrayal, faking it, and coming out.
Do you know me?, the email began, sparking tremors of fear that turned into a full quake of panic when William Dameron discovered that his selfie had been stolen by strangers. On social networks and dating sites, his image and identity — a forty-year-old straight white male — had been used to hook countless women into believing in lies of love and romance. Was it all an ironic cosmic joke? Almost a decade prior, William himself had been living a lie that had lasted for more than twenty years. His secret? He was a gay man, a fact he hid from his wife and two daughters for almost as long as he had hidden it from himself.
In this emotional and unflinchingly honest memoir of coming out of the closet late in life, owning up to the past, and facing the future, William Dameron confronts steroid addiction, the shame and homophobia of his childhood, the sledgehammer of secrets that slowly tore his marriage apart, and his love for a gay father of three that would once again challenge the boundaries of trust. At the true heart of The Lie is a universal story about turning self-doubt into self-acceptance and about pain, anger, and the long journey of both seeking and giving forgiveness.

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


text: A poem to someone I have not met . . . yet. Yeah, I know, that sounds a little strange. But to me it makes perfect sense.


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Here at Torbridge Vet Group we help you look after the routine and preventative health care for your pet, but it is also important to consider the importance of pet insurance in providing cover for any unexpected veterinary treatment should your pet become ill or is injured.
At Torbridge Vet Group we offer a range of MiPet Cover policies.
Torbridge Vet Group and MiPet Cover are trading names of CVS (UK) Limited who are an appointed representative of Ultimate Insurance Solutions Limited. Ultimate Insurance Solutions Limited are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (No 311368). Registered in England and Wales number 03299891. Registered office: Markerstudy House, 45 Westerham Road, Bessels Green, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 2QB.


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Take 50% off your purchase at Marmot! Find printable coupons, coupon codes, promos, and other deals here. Updated October 2018.

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The available space offers high quality partially fitted office accommodation with exceptional natural light.
The property’s entrance is located on the eastern side of New Bond Street close to the junction with Oxford Street. New Bond Street is a world class shopping destination with many luxury retailers located on it. There are also numerous restaurants, bars and cafes nearby.
Bond Street underground station (Jubilee and Central lines) is within a two minute walk and Oxford Circus underground station (Central, Victoria and Bakerloo lines) is within a five minute walk. Oxford Street also benefits from numerous bus routes.
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“Build it and they will come,” the Mekonville poster declares, and they did. Walking in the sun to the campsite in the beautiful Suffolk countryside, you can feel the comradeship and love amid the boozy ambience.
You sense you already know everyone here, as it is a 40th birthday bash for The Mekons, who along with the Fall are the longest-running of the first-wave British punk bands. Some of the crowd saw them live in 1977 but many have flown in from across the globe to see the original members play again alongside the current line-up.
The Mekons are both a British and US institution as well as socialist outsiders. This amalgam of talented multimedia artists generates a unique country punk, rock and folk music which blends genres and influences, depending on mood and time.
Their talent in visual arts, writing, thinking, agitating and having a great time haven’t stopped them evolving as individually skilled songwriters and musicians. Their live shows are legend, with a rampant energy infused with humour, strong liquor and all driven along by the Stakhanovite Jon Langford.
As well as the 30+ musical acts, there was poetry, theatrical performances, films, arts and crafts and it is impossible to do full justice to the myriad of stunning talent on display. But the play What Happened in Leeds and artists Hill Bandits, Striplight, Calva Louise, Esper Scout, Chambers, The 4DGs, Eton Crop and Tilly Moses were all excellent.Singer-songwriter Charlie Law’s voice transfixes on the opening day.
Effortlessly clear, his bright timbre and tuneful guitar work captivate and This Could Be the Day, the title track of his excellent new CD, proves he is one to watch.
Interrobang?! scorch into a typically brilliant terse set with the dapper Dunstan’s vocals, underpinned by Harry Hamer and Stephen Griffin pulsating sonic assault, excelling. Watching him again the next day reciting his existential angst over Phil Whaite and Kate Dornan’s glorious sax and keyboard soundscape show him as a brutally honest and an eloquent wordsmith.
Sometimes there is nothing better than a great song sung with just a guitar, bass and drums and Chris Mills proves that point gloriously. His opener Little Bird, with the line “You’ve gone someplace I can’t go,” aches on the back of a runaway beat. His voice is clear and he plays with a thoughtful intensity, aided perfectly by Mekon Steve Goulding on drums. An infectious grin matches his tunes which one minute are grand epics and the next delicately sparse.
The Men of Gwent cannot but be enjoyed. A Welsh gang who sing songs about their history around Newport, they are huge fun as well as being superb musicians. Guto Dafis is a glorious storyteller and a wonderful accordion player who excels on opener Solomon Jones. Matt Gray’s Adrian Street — the wrestler who brought glam to the Welsh valleys — has everyone singing before Old Wet Argus, Pill Sailor, Tubby Brothers, Home of the Vote and Deep Sea Diver get the crowd dancing joyously. But it is Sentimental Marching Song which delivers a truly awesome climax to a great set.
The original Mekons are celebrating a new vinyl release with humour and an obvious enjoyment at getting back on stage together. “We used to reckon that if we all started roughly at the same time and finished at the same time it was a result,” says Andy Corrigan.
Close your eyes and the angular discordant guitars of Kevin Lycett and Tom Greenhalgh cutting across Jon Langford’s thumping drums and Ros Allen’s bass and the distinct vocals of Mark White and Andy Corrigan takes you back to the F-Club in Leeds and the true birth of post-punk. Highlights were many but 32 Weeks, Trevira Trousers, Never Been in a Riot, Lonely and Wet, a superb rendition of Building, a chaotic new song I’m Still Waiting and the inevitable stripped-down classic Where Were You? is exceptional.
The modern day line-up of Mekons take to the stage every day of the festival, both as a band and also as solo artists. They are just as much fun, challenging, and anarchic as the original line up, musical style notwithstanding.
Hugely talented, we are treated to some moments that will live in the memory, with Heaven and Back summing up the whole weekend. Memphis, Egypt has Suffolk shaking as Mitch Flacco joins the stage for a rendition that makes everyone euphoric. Sally Timms sweetly sings: “Lust corrodes my body, I’ve lost count of my lovers, but I can count my money forever and forever,” on the hilarious, danceable and head-messing Millionaire. The sound is excellent and Lu Edmonds and Rico Bell shine.
But it is legendary violinist Susie Honeyman who delights on Last Dance and the final set-closer Help Me Make It Through The Night as Will Oldham, aka Bonnie Prince Billy, gets the band to recreate a memorable gig from his Mekon experiences where the band responded to a fight in the audience during Lost Highway.
He was adored by the crowd throughout his own set but even more so belting out lyrics with the band he loves.
It is a moving moment after three days at this wonderful festival and the perfect foil for yet another mass singalong encore of that incredible second release from 1978 Where Were You? I was there and I will never forget it. Roll on another Mekons anniversary get-together.


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Yoga is the perfect exercise to not only gain flexibility and become physically healthier, but mentally healthier as well. It’s a full body and mind workout. Yoga studios across Michigan offer opportunities for classes, and atmospheres that truly help you clear your mind. Grab your mat and go check out these 10 great yoga studios in the state.
“You are your own guru,” or so the saying goes at Royal Oak's Namaste Yoga. While its teachers are quite familiar with the poses and the philosophies involved in yoga, Namaste Yoga makes it clear that only you know you, and thus seeks to bring out inner knowledge, inner peace, and of course, a better trust in the self. Featuring an array of classes with a particular focus on the self, Namaste makes itself a worthwhile choice for anyone who wants to address such things at their own pace.
Ann Arbor's A2 Yoga not only offers a variety of excellent classes for those who want different things out of a yoga session, but also some pretty sound endorsements from the local area. Voted best yoga studio in Washtenaw County four times by Current Magazine's Readers' Choice Awards, and second best studio three times in the same publication, it's clear that those who attend classes here like it. Throw in some discounts—10 percent off for anyone with a valid student ID, and a seven-day trial class pass for $20—and you've got a recipe for a winner.
Down Dog Yoga Center in Kalamazoo offers some excellent option for those interested in trying yoga or those who are already familiar. Newcomers get access to the First Visit Deal, which is two weeks of unlimited yoga for just $20, while veterans get access to a wide array of services. Down Dog Yoga Center not only offers yoga, but also chiropractic and massage services, offering a complete package in one place.
Over in Kalamazoo's closest rival city, Battle Creek, Centering Yoga offers the first and only actual dedicated yoga studio in the city. That's a big step, but Centering Yoga goes a little farther by offering different levels of yoga from sedate to intense, which means every level of skill and experience can be comfortably accommodated. Whether starting from the basics or going all the way to “hot yoga,” the end result is a variety complete enough for anyone.
Grand Rapids' Twisted Hot Yoga Studio represents one of the best practitioners of hot yoga around, offering 30-day trials for $39. Even here in hot yoga, there are different classes for different skill levels, and those who just want to try hot yoga or are very used to it can enjoy several opportunities here.
Lansing's Just B Yoga is a unique proposition even among the uniqueness that is yoga. It's the first-ever donation-only full-time yoga studio in Michigan. Offering a variety of classes, along with teacher training options and a “trauma-sensitive” class structure for those who have undergone certain physical and emotional trauma like loss or natural disaster—as well as a particular focus on social justice—Just B Yoga seeks to provide a stretching for the body as well as for the outlook.
One of Holland's leaders in the yoga field, Bodhi Tree Yoga and Wellness Studio offers plenty of measures designed to distinguish a company in the field. Several class types are on hand, from the simple chair yoga to start the week on Monday to the more potent Vinyasa Flow on Sundays. Beyond that, however, you'll also get access to spa services ranging from reiki to facials and just about everything in between.
Traverse City's Yen Yoga and Fitness offers a wide variety of classes to try. We hear that one a lot, but Yen Yoga and Fitness really does offer staggering variety. Not only is there hot yoga and Vinyasa Flow, but there's also gentle yoga, cycling yoga, and even yoga on stand-up paddleboard, offering a combination of activities so bizarre and so compelling that it can only come our way from Traverse City.
Grand Blanc's Prana Yoga Center works hard at providing plenty of options for the discerning yoga patron. With an array of classes on hand, including a slate of special events and a corporate yoga practice for those who want to work together and stretch together, Prana Yoga will seek to offer an excellent value in yoga while offering a variety of actual yoga fare. Check out their special pricing structures as well. A year of unlimited yoga is yours for $850.
Even in the Upper Peninsula, there are opportunities for yoga. At Marquette's Tulivesi Yoga, you'll have access to a variety of programs including four different kinds of Vinyasa Flow yoga: all-level, advanced, mellow and candlelight mellow. That's just the start, though, as there are several other kinds on hand to get involved in. Perhaps best of all are the prices: 30 days of unlimited classes run for just $39, and private sessions are available.

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We are on a mission to update our place. We had really wanted to build a house and had even gone as far as talking to a builder. But where we are right now in our lives, we decided that the best thing to do would be to postpone that idea and work on our home.
We currently live in a mobile home, and square footage-wise it is bigger than the bungalow that we moved from. However our bungalow had a ton of built in storage that I miss. A lot! Steve has promised to build me some built-in book shelves this winter and I can hardly wait! But in the mean time, we have set out to beautify the place a little bit.
I showed you pictures of our front door that I painted and our french door in the back that had to be completely taken out due to rotting headers and footers. It looks so much better! We will also be putting new siding on due to our present siding being rotten in more places than what we originally thought. We also hope to take out the underpinning and put in a rock or a decorative cement block foundation. And Steve has already built one shutter to see if we would like it. We did! It should look a lot better when all of that happens! I can't wait to share those projects with you!
Our latest beautification project was made possible by Pinterest. I can just imagine what Steve does whenever he gets a notification that I have sent him a pin. 9 times out of 10 it means more work for him. What is so wonderful is that I don't ever hear him complain about it. He may tell me why it wouldn't work, or wouldn't be possible for us, but he is always open to new ideas and will at least give them serious thought. Thanks honey!
This specific pin was for trim work around windows. We had new windows installed early this year and it was a very good decision! Our utility bill went down, in the first month by $100.00! It has stayed down every month since, so they will eventually pay for themselves in the long run. So with new windows, we really needed new trim. The trim that we had around some of the windows was just the wood corner round. On our kitchen window it was the plastic corner round. Needless to say, it did not look good. We took it down and for months, our kitchen window has been trim-less.
No trim, messy kitchen, and picture taken at night equals one ugly mess!
I sent Steve several pictures of trims that I liked and we agreed and what we wanted. We didn't follow one pin over another, we just took ideas and measurements and went with what we liked and what would work for our window.
Now comes the simple living, self-reliant part...we used lumber we already had on hand. That's what I love about this! It didn't cost us a dime. Now if we want to do more windows, which we do, we will have to buy some lumber. But for this first window, we didn't have to.
You may notice in the picture that the drywall below the window is bowed up. The people that installed the window was supposed to fix that, but they didn't. We weren't real happy with that and Steve was toying with the idea of removing the window, fixing the frame and then reinstalling it. Neither of us really wanted to do that. Well with the trim that we choose, we were able to hide the fact that it was not level.
Clean kitchen, pretty trim, picture still at night equals much prettier site!
I love the trim work that he did. The best part is that it has a ledge! It is not a big ledge, but just big enough I could put a small plant on it. Steve is planning on tackling the other windows on the days that he can't work on the outside of our house. Slowly but surely, our place will become beautiful once again.
Let me know in the comments below what you think about the trim.
Thank you, we have one window down and a lot more to go. ;-) Steve will be busy this winter!


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The Scissor Joint Beauty Tip of the Month!
The warm weather is here and we are ready for some beauty and color in our lives! Our tip this month is to remind you that it is time to be kind to your feet! Those tired tootsies need some TLC and bright colorful polish! Schedule your pedicure at The Scissor Joint today so that your feet will feel and look their best in your beautiful summer sandals! Remember to always exfoliate between pedicures to keep your feet feeling smooth!
The Scissor Joint is proud to be the founder of the hugely successful "Look Good, Feel Better" Program. Every other month, The Scissor Joint helps women with cancer look good and feel better by doing their hair, make-up and wig styling for them. This complimentary service is offered by the volunteer time of professional hairstylists and make-up artists from The Scissor Joint Salon! "Look Good, Feel Better" is held at the Sparta Health & Wellness Center in Sparta.
"Look Good, Feel Better" Event.
"Look Good and Feel Better"!


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So what is Profitable Personal Brands for Entrepreneurs?
A proven model for success used by the most successful entrepreneurs.
Whether it is Gary Vaynerchuck, Tai Lopez, or Grant Cardone, they all have and effectively utilize personal branding in their careers. Having a personal brand is becoming more and more crucial to becoming successful, and is widely known in the industry as being the “key component” of whether or not you’ll be successful online.
They also all utilize funnels and business systems to sell their sevices.
Whether you realize it or not, EVERY successful person uses these systems.
Profitable Personal Brands teaches you not only how to effectivley build these systems, but also gives you the tools to grow a massive audience and gain exposure so those systems quickly become profitable.
It is a shortcut. One that speeds up your success.
They say a smart person learns from their own mistakes.
But the wise person learns from the mistakes of others.
There are two options when getting into personal branding and internet marketing. Option #1. Do it the hard way and learn yourself. Option #2. Learn from someone that has already done it. Cut years of time off your learning curve, and keep $10s of $1,000s of dollars in your pocket.
Profitable Personal Brands for Entrepreneurs is that.
A shortcut that allows you to see results and make money 10x faster than learning it the hard way.
Something that you can start RIGHT NOW, as a side hustle.
“But Josh, I have a full time job, and don’t have time to start a business”.
Look, while profitable personal brands for entrepreneurs is very profitable, and can easily replace and surpass your current income, this is something that can be started on the side. You don’t need to give up everything and quit your job to have success. This program will give you the steps you need so you can implement, grow, and scale at the rate you want, allowing you to maximize your daily life.
The the thing you need if you want to grow a profitable online personal brand.
Every claims to have “the thing” that will make you successful. So why is this any different?
Well, this took over 2 years to research, study, create, edit, and bring to market. It also comes from me, Josh Forti. Someone who was clueless and broke at one point, and went out and created a massive following and wildly successful personal brand from nothing. So I know the struggles you are going through, and how to overcome them.
It is created for YOU. The person who is hungry for success, giving YOU all the steps, tools, and information needed to guaruntee your success.
From funnels and automated systems, to exposure, traffic, and how to ethically sell, scale, and charge high ticket for your services, you get all the information you’ll ever need to create a successful online brand and business.
100+ Exclusive, in-depth, step-by-step videos – so all the guess work is taken out and you know EXACTLY what to do next in your business.
The Authority Personal Brand Creation Formula – So you can quickly master and grow your personal brand, establishing massive credibilty and sales.
The School of Content Creation that Captivates – so you can create content that engages, sells, and creates an audience that loves you every time.
The Lead Generation System That Never Runs Dry – So you never, ever run out of leads for new business. Truly a plug and play system.
The Sales Funnel That Works Every Time – So you have an automated system that makes you sales 24/7, and helps EXPLODE your business growth.
The Money Making Affiliate Marketing Masterplan – How to sell OTHER people’s products and make bank, without ever having to create your own product, collect a payment, or deal with a refund.
The Ultimate Product Design Warehouse – So you can create your OWN products quiclky, with the highest quality, and without fear of chargebacks.
Marketing Fundementals and Expert Marketing Secrets – So you can master marketing, funnel building, traffic creation, and create MASSIVE sales and exposure for ANY company.
Step-by-step on how to find, qualify and sign managers for your agency and outsourcing work – so you never have to worry about fufilling a contract.

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Premium Rate Connection Service. All Directory calls are capped at the rate of £1.53 from a BT landline. Calls cannot exceed this amount from a BT landline. Calls from mobiles and other networks may vary. Official site is here. Simply call the number above to obtain the UK telephone number for the Aviva Pensions & Retirement Customer service team.
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Say goodbye to your old grey calculator and say hello to this supercute Cinnamoroll calculator for a cheerful look. Solar powered with battery backup makes this one super dependable. Add the larger numbers and easy-to-use keypad and you've got the perfect calculator!
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This underlying simplicity is also part of what makes each and every meal I have the privilege of enjoying at Back Bay Grill a memorable one. Dining here is a throwback of sorts, to a time when going out to eat was meant to be luxurious and unhurried, when the primary goal of the restaurant was to meet a guest’s needs, unfettered by egos and reputations. All of the little elements are seen to, right down to the BBG logo stamped on each individual ramekin of sweet, creamy butter. The seating is built for comfort, and the most decadent foods, such as foie gras and morel mushrooms, are treated with respect and allowed to shine on their own.
Preparations that I am overly familiar with, such as butter-poached Maine lobster, manage to somehow be far tenderer than any I have ever experienced. A dish of handmade fettuccine with sweet corn employs a technique of extracting the milk from the kernels and simmering it until it’s so thick you could stand a spoon in it. Every dish that comes out is cause for anticipation. Wine pairings are always spot on, and if there is any doubt, the waiter will often pour two separate glasses and let the guest decide which works best. All of this is the culmination of what Matthews had set out to achieve long ago.
His education began in the early 90s, when Matthews, a Kennebunk native who was attending culinary school in Boston, accepted a position as a cook at the White Barn Inn. He recalls not really having any idea what the position was about, and assuming that his two years experience cooking at lobster pounds in high school would be more than sufficient for the task at hand.
Upon arrival he began working under chef Gethin Thomas, a man who to this day remains the most influential mentor of Matthews’s career. “Before I started cooking at the White Barn, I thought that all mushrooms were white and round,” he recalls. “The astonishing array of different types blew my mind.” This was where the idea of simplicity began to take root for Matthews. “When someone comes in to prep at 2 a.m. every night and makes beautiful handmade pasta, you’d better not ruin it by dropping it into water that has not yet come to a full boil,” he says.
Right before a service began, Thomas would sample the large batch of mashed potatoes that had been prepped for the evening, and if he deemed the seasoning or texture to be off, he would demand that they be thrown away and redone.
After splitting his time between the White Barn and his classes while he finished school, Matthews managed to use his connections to acquire a coveted position at the Inn at Little Washington in Virginia, under legendary chef Patrick O’Connell. He was inspired once again by how simple and perfect the food was, and how he had no idea that blanched zucchini, for example, could taste so good, and that when the ingredients are of the highest caliber the preparation does not need to be overcomplicated. He tells a story about O’Connell: a guest of the inn requested a chessboardand there was none on hand. A server offered to pick one up on his way back from the city later on, but O’Connell objected: if they were going to have a chessboard at the Inn at Little Washington it would need to be beautiful, hand-carved, and up to the standards of everything else.
After a year at the inn, Matthews returned home to Kennebunk. After a few short-term gigs, he landed a job at the Back Bay Grill in 1996, when it was owned by Joel Freund. He started on sauté but quickly transitioned into a role as sous chef. After leaving very briefly he returned to accept the position as head chef at a mere 24 years old, and so began a fruitful and happy working relationship with Freund.
The next few years were very good for Matthews, who formed a very close bond with Freund while developing both his menus and technique. In 2000, he was invited to cook at the James Beard House, and he recalls the thrill of seeing his picture on the front of the members’ newsletter about his upcoming dinner. Things were finally starting to happen for him. He enthusiastically went to Freund to show him the picture, and in response, Freund asked him to step outside for a moment.
They pressed on and put the deal together, which went through on August 16, 2002. Freund passed away in 2005, and Matthews has continued to build on and improve what they started so long ago.
After over a decade of working almost every waking minute in his kitchen, Matthews has begun the process of allowing his sous chef, Graham Botto, to slowly take over a few nights a week on the line.
Although the menu at Back Bay Grill changes with the seasons and times, there are always certain staples available, such as seared foie gras, which Matthews procures from Hudson Valley. On a recent visit he is served it with pistachio bread pudding, macerated raspberries, and honey, playing on the classic sweet, salty, and insanely decadent characteristics that a good plate of seared foie should have.
Another standby is salmon cured with nothing more than a paste of salt, pepper, sugar, and dill. Matthews takes the whole side of the fish and cuts one long strip down the backside rather than cutting several strips across. This allows for both a nicer presentation and a more consistent cure time, which is 48 hours, practically to the minute.
What Matthews really enjoys is butchery. He tells me that the prospect of breaking down a whole lamb always gets him excited to drive to work. At this point he compares it to breaking down a chicken. He is so accustomed to the work that he sometimes forgets that he is doing it, except that he sets personal goals with regard to speed and efficiency.
I have the privilege of enjoying the fruits of his labor. I’m presented with the outside round of a leg of lamb, which is as tender as the loin. It is served with a German-style potato salad, warm fava beans, crispy beer battered onion rings, and perfectly cooked lamb sausage made from the scraps of the animal. No part goes to waste.
While Matthews has set the tone in the kitchen, Adrian Stratton oversees what is widely regarded as one of the most cohesive service experiences in the city. This is largely due to the level of communication among the staff, and attention to even the smallest detail. If you don’t want ice in your water, everyone on the floor will know, so your needs will be met regardless of who is at your table.
Stratton, a native of Springfield, Massachusetts who got his first job washing dishes at 14, is the consummate host. He maintains that the most important part of the dining experience is the comfort of the guest, whether she dines out once a year or three times a week. He emphasizes the need to establish a rapport with these guests, in an effort to establish an all-important level of trust. Of course, having the right staff is imperative in this endeavor.
“When it comes to training, everybody has a different base of experience. For four or five days we learn about each other,” explains Stratton. “I can teach someone who has never waited tables to do fine dining service, but it’s really based on having a positive attitude and taking pride in what you do.” For Stratton, once he establishes that a candidate has the drive, he can easily take it from there, noting that even attention to detail can be taught.
Stratton also oversees the wine program, taking much the same approach to it as with service in general.
All of this is what Matthews, Stratton, and the whole crew at Back Bay Grill have been trying to achieve since the beginning: a level of consistency and value that keeps their clientele coming back again and again.
Classics become classics for a reason.

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The World Heritage Committee has decided to inscribe Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System and Colombia’s Los Katios National Park on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The main problem with Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System concerns mangrove cutting and excessive development in the property which was inscribed in 1996 as largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere, with offshore atolls, several hundred sand cays, mangrove forests, coastal lagoons and estuaries. While requesting stricter control of development on the site, the Committee also requested that the moratorium on mangrove cutting on the site which expired in 2008 be reinstated.
Los Katios National Park was placed on the Danger List at the request of Colombia so as to help mobilize international support for the preservation of the property which is threatened by, notably, deforestation in areas inside and around the property due to the illegal extraction of timber. Inscribed in 1994 for its exceptional biological diversity, the site is also suffering from illegal fishing and hunting.