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Of the four chambers of your heart, the most significant is your left ventricle, which receives oxygenated blood from your lungs via your right ventricle and then diffuses it to the cells throughout your body. When you train consistently, your left ventricle actually increases in diameter, meaning a larger chamber to accommodate a greater volume of oxygen-rich blood. A concurrent adaptation is an increased total blood volume, with more red blood cells to transport oxygen.
Cardiac tissue is a specialized type of muscle, called smooth muscle, that contracts involuntarily. Like other muscles, the strength of contraction of heart muscle depends on the size and strength of individual muscle fibers. When you make your heart pump harder through regular exercise, cardiac muscle fibers increase in size, leading to a denser, stronger ventricular wall. The stronger muscle tissue enables you heart to contract with greater force, ejecting a higher volume of blood per stroke.
When your heart health is at an enhanced state from exercise, it runs more smoothly and conserves energy. Your heart rate is lower at rest and at relative levels of exercise intensity. This is due to a combination of greater available blood volume and increased force of contraction. In other words, each time your heart beats, a greater volume of blood enters your circulatory system, and the heart needs to beat less frequently to meet your body’s oxygen demands. The combined product of stroke volume and beats per minute is called cardiac output.
Regular exercise changes the cells in your skeletal muscles at the same time that your heart adapts. When both the skeletal muscle cells and the cardiac muscle cells are exposed to consistent overload, you are able to utilize more oxygen at higher intensities, measured as VO2 max, or maximal oxygen consumption. Individuals with a high VO2 max typically outperform those with a lesser training status. This may equate to being able to run, swim or bike farther, at a faster pace.
Like many things in life, the benefits of exercise to heart health have their limits. Excessive cardiac training may lead to increased risk of arrhythmias like atrial fibrillation. It may also lead to scarring of your cardiac tissue, inhibiting optimal function. Moderation in intensity and duration of exercise may be the best option for training a healthy heart.
At the heart of all change is education. The more you know and understand about your body and how lifestyle choices affect your health, the better equipped you will be to prevent and reverse the deadly precursors to heart disease. As a fitness professional, it is up to you to educate your clients and help them to make better choices. W.I.T.S. offers certification and continuing education courses that will fill the gaps in your understanding about heart disease. To get started, check out our courses in Nutritional Concepts, Exercise Program Design, Group Exercise Certification and Certified Personal Trainer.
Cleveland Clinic: Can Too Much Extreme Exercise Damage Your Heart?
mercola.com: Long-Distance Running: One of the Worst Forms of Exercise There Is.


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Interior Decorator Pros Interior Decorators are located in Brooklin, ME. You can pay us a visit or you can call us on 844-244-6399. Whatever you find comfortable with you is fine with us. Whether you give us a call or you come to our office, we will help you out in any interior decoration services that you might be in need of. You will have all your questions answered and get important advice on interior decoration for your home or business.
Interior Decorator Pros Interior Decorators in Brooklin, ME is a legally licensed interior decoration company that has been in the industry for several years serving, residents, large and small businesses in Brooklin, ME. We have built a reputation in interior decoration thus we are the best that you can find in Brooklin, ME. We offer quality services in a professional way. We are experienced and skilled enough to carry out any interior decoration.
Interior Decorator Pros Interior Decorators can also offer interior decoration for occasions and events. If you are having a party or a wedding, Interior Decorator Pros Interior Decorators in Brooklin, ME will help you make that day memorable by providing you with top quality interior decoration. We can also advice you on what is best for the occasion and what is not ideal for that occasion. You might be a call away from getting the best interior decoration services you have ever experienced. Call us and talk with our customer care service personnel who will advice you accordingly and get you a budget friendly quote for you.
Brooklin, ME is a great place to live. Many people who move in to Brooklin, ME never want to move out, most of them build homes and spend their lives here. If you are new here, you must be having a great experience. Many new owners in Brooklin, ME are in continued search for ideal Interior Decorators that can help them in interior decoration of their homes. Spending time browsing through the internet in search for an ideal Interior Decorator company is not only tiring but it is also time consuming. If you are one of these home owners, then search no more since Interior Decorator Pros Interior Decorators are here to help you out in all your interior decoration needs for your home.
Interior Decorator Pros Interior Decorators is a group of experienced Interior Decorators who have come up to form a company that aims to help clients in Brooklin, ME in interior decoration. Whatever interior decoration design you are looking for, we will make sure that you get what you want at an affordable price. We plan on expanding our business to other states but for now our services are only available for people living in Brooklin, ME and the surrounding areas. When you call that number you will get any information that you need to know on residential interior decoration and commercial interior decoration.

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Problem 2056. Is this number Munchhausen Narcissistic?
In this problem, simply return 1 if a supplied number is Munchhausen narcissistic or 0 if not.
test cases 5 and 7 seem to not be Narcissistic (https://oeis.org/A005188), but they are still marked as true.

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text: Here at Fesler we know how important building a project can be and we also understand how important it is to save money. We are an authorized dealer for Vintage Air so you can rest assured that you are buying a product with a warranty and not some gray market junk that you will be left holding if you have any issues. Fesler goes out of its way to provide you with the best parts on the market with a warranty and the best prices around. If you don’t see what you need please call us 480-748-2000 or send us an email info@feslerbuilt.com with the products you need and we will get right back to you.


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The city of Dayton is considering eliminating a 53-year-old ban on the use of inflated rafts or inner tubes on city waters, which supporters say would add a relatively cheap recreational option for fun-seekers.
The city’s ban, which dates back to 1965, says that people cannot operate watercraft that is in unsafe condition and specifically prohibits inflatables or similar devices.
But the city may ditch the ban, which would likely boost interest and use of the rivers in the city, since inner tubes are much cheaper than kayaks and other watercraft, said Carrie Scarff, Five Rivers MetroParks’ chief of planning and projects.
“As we are trying to make our rivers more accessible, this opens the opportunity to get on the rivers to a whole bunch of people,” she said.
The Dayton City Commission is expected to have its first reading of the ordinance repealing the ban on inflatable rafts and tubes on Wednesday.
“The ban originated as a result of the increased activity taking place on the city waters and a desire to preserve the public peace, property and health and safety of its citizens,” according to a memo from the city attorney.
If the commission decides to repeal that section of the city code, the city will defer to state of Ohio’s watercraft regulations.
The state allows inflatable rafts and inner tubes if they have multiple air cells or compartments, so they can remain afloat if one cell or compartment is punctured or collapses.
Pool floats wouldn’t cut it since they tend to be pretty flimsy. The tubes need to be much sturdier than that. People also should wear life-jackets when on rafts and tubes.
The Stillwater and Great Miami rivers tend to be nice, lazy rivers that would offer relaxing and fun floating opportunities, Scarff said.
People could float from Englewood MetroPark down to Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark, or from eastern parks along the Mad River to downtown.
“I would hope this opens the rivers to a whole different group of people,” Scarff said.

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Many of the students who attend Bowie High School in El Paso, Texas, have an unusual commute to school: over the bridge and across the border that separates their school from their homes in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
This is a story about the search for the American dream on the extreme edge of the nation. For the kids of El Paso’s Bowie high, it’s a dream inspired by family, fueled by sports, and deeply complicated by the US/Mexican border – the fault-line between two worlds.
El Paso's own Ellie Ann Fenton, Bryant Marcontel, Rayell Abad, and Carlos Corral were hired as part of the local team, serving as additional Cinematographers and Location Sound Mixers during the six month production of the film in El Paso, Texas.

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The residents of Fanie Stolls Retirement Village (Graskop) have prayed and pleaded for a new washing machine since 2013. Their prayers were answered when three concerned residents (Fanie and Rita Steyn and Elise Etsebeth) offered to help.
The three concerned residents organised a table during one of the monthly Graskop Market gatherings, whereby handmade items and other products were sold to raise funds.
The new machine was delivered by the Steyns and Etsebeth, to the sheer excitement of all village residents. One of the elders said that the entire village is overwhelmed and relieved.
“We would really like to thank Rita, Fanie, Etsebeth, the people of Graskop and surrounding areas for their donations. People heard about our dilemma and they showed great support,” said one elder who asked to remain anonymous, for fear of reprisal.
He said that the municipality has “severely” neglected the elderly residents.
“We have a lot of problems in this village; the municipality does nothing for us. A lot of us are SASSA card carriers, the money is supposed to cover our food but we end up having to pay for the maintenance of the village. We have a washing room which caters for all of us, it was a mess and the ceiling was falling apart. We fixed the ceiling, painted the walls and added new carpets. R5920.00 was spent to buy the machine. We pay a contractor to handle our grass maintenance. Our fire hoses are worn out, the municipality has promised to provide three fire extinguishers, but we’ve been waiting for more than a year. It’s a big risk to live without any measures to use in case a fire breaks out,” said the resident.
He mentioned that accounts which belong to people who died five years ago are still received from the municipality, signalling a dysfunctional billing system. He said other issues that cause displeasure amongst residents include rent increases without any prior notification.
GPS News asked Graskop Unit Manager, Kemmy Mashego, about the municipality’s view on this matter and also to find out if the elders will get any relief. He also referred to a lease agreement signed between the municipality and the elders, which according to Mashego, stipulates the role of the municipality at the retirement village.
“I urge the residents to put their grievances in writing. I personally visited the retirement village in December to attend to some of the problems. I agree that there’s a problem with the accounts, but we are working on a solution. We urge the residents to work with us as we resolve this issue. A committee was established to resolve matters arising from the village. They must report their concerns to the committee or approach the municipality offices, our doors are always open to assist the community wherever we can,” said Mashego.


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Keith Jarrett (seen here in a publicity photo) performed a solo concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Feb. 15.
As his longtime fans well know, the cornerstone of any improvised concert by pianist Keith Jarrett is tension. Jarrett is a sculptor of tension, and he manipulates it masterfully, extracting moments of penetrating beauty from the space between precision and possibility, skill and imagination, expectation and outcome—and, especially, between silence and sound.
But on Feb. 15 at New York’s grand Carnegie Hall, where the pianist gave a concert to a full house to help promote his new ECM release, a four-CD box titled A Multitude Of Angels, the heat of yet another friction hung over the proceedings: that between politics and art.
“This is the opposite of what I know to be the American people,” he declared.
Fortunately for the audience, Jarrett was able to channel his passion into clear-eyed and at times utterly sublime improvisations at the piano. He began, appropriately, with an eruption of dissonant runs that spanned the entire keyboard, emitting rumblings that would crystalize into melodic fragments over time, then just as quickly dissolve back into discordance. The overall impression was one of venting frustrations and clearing the slate—improvisation as catharsis—but the song also served as a stunning display of Jarrett’s agile technique, which radiated with the precision of a classical master. Even in anguish, Jarrett retained the level of composure necessary to channel his benevolent muse.
There followed a series of improvised vignettes that drew from a range of stylistic influences, many of which would ring familiar to any dedicated Jarrett follower: a gospel blues; a propulsive, minor-keyed soul shuffle; a modern, prismatic hymnal; a kaleidoscopic array of colorful, glassy chords. These pieces underscored Jarrett’s penchant for uniting simplicity with profundity, a gift that endows his melodies with the originality of free improvisation and the seeming inevitability of composition.
A deliberate colorist, Jarrett’s spontaneous compositions are often striking in their harmonic depth and shading. One song consisted solely of sparse, quietly intoned chords that became more vivid and nuanced as they jostled for position in the air. Another involved a series of rough, clustered voicings that rumbled, gear-like, in the lower register. “Tough times call for tough harmonies,” he said at the song’s fraught conclusion.
The mood lightened as Jarrett closed the first set with a meditation that evoked the wholesome dignity of modern American music, drawing generously from the work of Copland, Gershwin, Bernstein and Berlin. With its folk-tinged phrases and soft-spoken confidence, the piece had the effect of smoothing the political turbulence that dominated the first part of the concert. In its elegant phrases and peacefully resolving chords, the song recalled the feeling of having overcome some great hardship, of finding solace in the storm.
Save for the occasional sneeze, the audience remained in silent thrall for the second set, and Jarrett seized the moment to explore a more impressionistic aesthetic. He resumed the concert with a drone of deep, undulating piano rolls that coalesced into a minor-keyed statement of headstrong defiance, and followed that up with a piece based on the repetition of four-note and three-note phrases. Pastoral and dream-like at first, the mood slowly darkened as Jarrett’s right hand ventured into more ominous harmonic territory in the upper register.
The final song of the second set demonstrated Jarrett’s versatility. The piece consisted of jostling bebop lines that tumbled atop each other as if rolling down a hill. As the song gained momentum, disparate voices would emerge from the tumult, giving the impression of multiple jazz pianists having a conversation. This continued across three or four minutes before coming to a crisp conclusion, in which all strains of thought seemed to arrive at the same conclusion.
Jarrett was called back for two encores, during which he thanked the audience profusely. At one point, just as Jarrett was about to retake his seat at the piano, an audience member called out, “We love you, dude!” Jarrett, as if pricked with a pin, stood up and returned to the microphone. “I have to respond to that,” he said. Many in the audience expected a scolding.
Instead, he simply restated his gratitude. “I love you, too,” he said. Then, addressing once again the specter of Trump, he proclaimed, “We deserve better than this.” And with that, he closed the concert with poignant reading of “Autumn Nocturne” that received rapturous applause. Even the pianist was emotionally moved.


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The other day I was overhearing a guy at the next table in a coffee shop on a small island off the west coast of Canada. He’s in his fifties. Thin and fit with two other people, man and woman, who are also thin and fit. They’re talking about stress, life, and diet, with a lot of yakking about adrenal glands.
Once every year or two? Exhibit A concerning the magical power that McDonald’s has in some corners of our culture: It’s as if the humble industrial burger (which no one says is particularly good for you) were more toxic than crystal meth or a three-day binge on Everclear.
This fellow would be horrified to hear our Test Kitchen debate at Cooking Light—in the country’s largest healthy-eating magazine, where our daily obsession is vegetables and whole grains and the best spices and perfecting the latest shortcut techniques—about whether the Filet-O-Fish sandwich, with its heretical half-slice (half?) of cheese (with fish?) and spongy-steamed bun, deserves nomination to the Greatest Foods on Earth Hall of Fame. More than one of us harbors this not-so-secret love, while others are scandalized. According to MyFitnessPal, it’s 380 calories. Maybe, when I’m down 10 pounds, I’ll have one to celebrate. With no reference to adrenal glands.
What's one of your diet-busting guilty pleasure foods? Comment here, email Scott_Mowbray@timeinc.com, and tweet @ScottMowb or @Cooking_Light using #SocialDiet.
How Weird and Rude People Can Be About Weight Issues in Restaurants!

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text: Randomized survey experiments implemented in Ethiopia and Uganda have tested the relative accuracy and cost effectiveness of soil fertility assessment based on farmer reporting and infrared spectroscopy-based lab analyses vis-à-vis wet chemistry—the gold standard in soil science. The empirical evidence has showcased the systematic error in farmer reporting and has lent support to the use of infrared spectroscopy-based techniques that are significantly cheaper compared to conventional wet chemistry-based ones. The results from our experiments are featured in working papers and peer-reviewed journal articles and have informed our Guidebook on soil fertility assessment in large-scale household and farm surveys. Ongoing methodological research efforts are now assessing the feasibility and accuracy of low-cost, handheld spectrometers for in-situ soil fertility assessments, without having to transport soil samples to centralized locations for lab analyses.

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President Alvaro Uribe’s decision this week to authorize Senator Piedad Cordoba to mediate hostage releases by FARC guerrillas has been received with great relief, especially on the part of the hostages’ families, but also plenty of perplexity. An increasingly difficult political climate both at home and abroad may be part of the reason behind Uribe’s surprising move.
The FARC and the government had been in a stalemate since April, with the President repeatedly rejecting the guerrilla group’s condition that Senator Cordoba be present at the site because he would not allow the liberation to become guerrilla propaganda.
Uribe’s reversal is definitely unusual. The president is known for being consistent and confident, even stubborn. Rarely does he turn back so blatantly on a previous position, which has led to plenty of speculation about the reasons for his unexpected change of mind.
Opposition politicians have alleged that Uribe ceded to FARC conditions in order to create a political ‘smoke screen’ and protect himself from the growing ‘notary scandal’. Their claim may have some validity. The ‘notary scandal’ may be the President’s largest political problem in recent memory. While Uribe has managed to avoid domestic political consequences for many scandals during his presidency, from parapolitics to false positives, none have been linked so directly to the President as the emerging accusations of bribery in the process leading to the 2006 referendum.
Another hostage liberation would not only distract the public from this growing scandal, but it would also provide the President with a much-needed boost in political capital and national optimism. One year after operation Jaque, perhaps the high point of Uribe’s Presidency, there have been no similar blows against the FARC. In fact, the guerrilla group has managed to stay in the headlines with a series of significant ambushes.
Further, the crime waves affecting many of Colombia’s larger cities have exacerbated the growing sense of insecurity. While most people may not blame Uribe directly for local crime, they do see it as a reason for a change in policy. Whereas last year Colombians were celebrating Uribe’s Democratic Security policy and even looking forward to the end of the country’s decades-long armed conflict, these days there is a growing sense, even among some Uribistas, that the policy needs a change in focus, emphasis and implementation.
Finally, the sluggish economy, as evidenced by the recent announcement that Colombia is officially in recession, only adds to the sense that the country is on the wrong track. Indeed, Gallup polls show a 15-point drop in the President’s approval rating between July 2008, right after Operation Jaque, and May 2009.
Equally importantly, international support for President Uribe also seems to be weakening. British MPs dealt a significant symbolic blow to Uribe by ending military aid to Colombia, largely because of the ‘false positives’ scandal. Colombia’s far more important relationship with the United States has also entered a new, more complex era. Although Uribe’s recent meeting with President Obama was friendly, it is clear that the new American administration will not give Colombia the unconditional support it enjoyed under President Bush.
If Uribe’s move is not a ‘smoke screen’, it is at least an acknowledgment that he no longer has the political capital to single-handedly set the terms of hostage releases. Nevertheless, the President still enjoys the support of most Colombians and has shown a remarkable ability to survive very serious accusations and scandals. If this release goes well, it may just give Uribe renewed confidence on the domestic and international political stages.

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The team of artisans at Willet Hauser Architectural Glass today announced that they have begun the final fabrication stages for a stained glass project at St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church in Frisco, Texas. The final two designs – two windows out of a larger series of more than 40 windows – were recently sent into production.
This project began when Willet Hauser was commissioned to design and fabricate stained glass windows for the parish's new church and chapel. The project was spearheaded by a long-time Willet Hauser artist and a freelance artist who differ aesthetically, allowing the windows to be both traditional and modern in style in order to fit effortlessly within the church.
"This project has been in the works for quite some time, and we're thrilled to see the hard work of our artisans come to fruition with these beautiful works of art," Kathy Jordan, Director of Art Development.
The design for eight nave windows in the church was based on the famous Legend of St. Francis cycle of frescoes that adorn the walls of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy. The nave windows depict the life of St. Francis of Assisi and modern day saints that lived out his example. These windows, along with 21 additional windows in the church and choir room, were designed in the traditional style of Adam Smith, who worked as a Willet Hauser designer for many years.
The more modern and abstract windows in the church's New Chapel were designed by celebrated freelance artist Charles Z. Lawrence. In addition to a selection of windows, Lawrence also designed a series of 30 stained glass dome windows for the clerestory.
The full set of stained glass windows at St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church in Frisco is projected to be complete by the end of 2014.


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A dainty bronze vintage cameo locket watch with a pretty filigree bronze bail and 31 inch bronze chain. Set with a beautiful natural oval shaped Rose Quartz precious gemstone. Rose Quartz is a translucent smokey pale pink. The locket watch is hinged to one side and opens up to reveal a classic Quartz watch dial and is supplied with a battery.
Rose Quartz is a protective, healing stone. It is a stone of purity, connected to unconditional love. It carries a feminine energy of peace, nourishment and sensuality. It is also linked to fertility. Rose Quartz is a strength-giving stone which promotes romance. In yoga meditation, and Ayurveda, the stone is linked to Heart-Chakra which means it is a stone of balance, harmony and unity. A booklet on the meaning of this gemstone is included.
Chain length: 16 inch (40cm). If you would prefer a longer or shorter chain just send me a message.


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Sun or shade, but little space? Beekmans delivers the solution!
First-rate stainless steel and glass fixtures for yachts are a complex field, where precision and expertise come at a premium. Decades of experience in this demanding niche market have taught Beekmans the value of toughness, precision and durability. So when clients came to us asking for a version of our successful retractable awnings with reduced build-in depth, we came up with a solution that provides the perfect combination of sturdiness, practicality and good looks.
For both mechanical and aesthetic reasons, there may not be enough space within a yacht structure to install a standard retractable awning. Our recently developed telescopic awning provides the perfect solution. While its build-in depth depends on its dimensions when it is completely extended, this is substantially less than the full length of the awning – we recently delivered one that measured 4.8 metres with a build-in depth of 3.3 metres. Beekmans relies on instructions and drawings from clients to ensure that the awning perfectly fits the available space and its intended purpose.
All Beekmans fully marine-grade systems can be built in by our highly skilled personnel if you wish. Our products are available with a wide range of clever features and options, such as a smart drive mechanism and remote control. Captains and owners looking for a sturdy, carefree and fine looking shading solution even in tight spots are in the right place with Beekmans!

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text: Check out this new ’Timberland Drum Kit’ by Sound Logic. This pack contains Kicks, Clap, Snares, Percussion and Other very high quality one hits sounds. If you create West, East, R&B, Hip-Hop or for that matter ANY type of music, you need to be adding this Timberland Drum Kit to your production today. You need the best tools to make your music the best it can be, don’t settle for second best. Now you can create drum patterns with the same pitched Long tail for easier mixing and better quality in Sub speakers.


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Top Austrian flyfisher Roman Moser developed this innovative fly pattern. It is tied to imitate a sedge fly emerging from its pupal skin right at the water’s surface and, in order to get the profile as realistic as possible, it uses buoyant, closed-cell foam rather than a hackle to keep it afloat.
The yellow foam thorax not only helps to keep the fly floating, it provides a distinct hump, very like that created by the emerging adult sedge. Because of this, the Balloon Caddis is a deadly pattern when both trout and grayling are taking sedges in that half-in, half-out stage at which the insect is at its most vulnerable.
Additional buoyancy comes from a wing of deer or elk hair tied low over a body of dubbed fur. The body itself is tied quite full to represent the plump body of the sedge pupa and may be tied in either amber or green.
When using foam it is important not to overstretch it, as this compresses the tiny bubbles and reduces its buoyancy. Unlike when using a thin plastic strip, the foam is merely folded over and secured in position with tying thread. Also, don’t skimp on the amount of foam used as this, too, will prevent the finished fly from floating properly.
1. Fix the hook in the vice and run the tying thread on at the eye. Carry it down the shank to the bend in touching turns.
2. Take a large pinch of green Irise Dub. This product has small trands of pearl material held in a base of roughly textured fibres.
3. Tease out the fur and apply it evenly to the tying thread. Dub it on to the thread to form a coarse rope.
4. Starting at the bend, wind the dubbed fur along the shank in close turns. The aim is to create a chunky abdomen similar to that of a sedge pupa.
5. Stop when the fur has covered twothirds of the hook shank. Then remove a bunch of dyed-brown deer hair from the skin.
6. Remove any damaged fibres and, after ensuring that all the tips are roughly level, position the wing with two or three turns of thread.
7. With the wing sitting nicely on top of the body, secure it with further tight turns of thread before removing the excess hair with scissors.
8. Cover the waste ends of the deer hair with more tight turns of thread. Next, cut a strip of yellow foam approximately a quarter of an inch wide.
9. Catch in the foam so that it projects over the eye. The waste end should fill the gap between the eye and the wing base.
10. Wind the thread to the wing base then fold the foam over to meet it. Do not pull the foam tight, as this will reduce its buoyancy. Secure with turns of thread.
11. Cast off the tying thread with a whip finish and remove the loose end. With a single cut, trim the foam so that the trailing end sits just over the wing base.
12. Finally, run a small amount of clear varnish into the thread wraps to secure the foam strip in place.
The Balloon Caddis works on any river where sedges abound. It works best in medium-fast runs rather than slower pools.
Being a specific imitation of a hatching sedge, it is most effective when the fish are taking the naturals close to or right in the water’s surface. Major hatches of these medium-sized sedges take place from early through to late summer.
Fished singly on a floating line and a tapered leader, the pattern is cast upstream and allowed to dead-drift with the current. It can work well if given an occasional twitch to mimic the movement of the natural.
When securing the foam in place, do not pull the thread too tight as this can easily cut the foam.


text: OMP Universal harness bar kit. Supplied as a pair of bars, ready to be trimmed to length and the ends and brackets welding into place on your roll cage. Supplied with fittings, FIA APPROVED.


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LAUREL, MARYLAND--Researchers here are puzzling over the last pictures returned by the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft as it descended to its final resting place on the surface of asteroid Eros. At a press conference here last week at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Research Laboratory, team members showed pictures that reveal that something--no one knows quite what--is shaping the surface of Eros into bizarre "ponds" with "beaches" marked by "footprints." Something else is populating the surface with boulders. "Our jaws are just hanging out," says NEAR imaging team member Clark Chapman of Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado.
Never designed to land, NEAR Shoemaker made "perhaps the softest [planetary] landing ever" on 12 February in what was expected to be a mission-ending descent to the surface of the 33-kilometer-long asteroid. To the surprise of everyone, the spacecraft continued to beam a radio beacon back to Earth after touchdown. Telemetry was still being received 2 days later, prompting NASA to extend the mission for up to 10 days. With the barrel-shaped, half-ton spacecraft apparently propped on two solar panels, the gamma ray spectrometer was fired back up in hopes of refining the surface-composition measurements made from Eros orbit, according to spectrometer team leader Jacob Trombka of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
NEAR Shoemaker's picture-taking days are over, because its telephoto lens is nearly in the dirt. But the last images it sent back should keep planetary geologists busy for years. "I never would have imagined you'd see some of these things on an asteroid," says Chapman.
The mysteries start with an abundance of huge boulders--perhaps a million of them larger than 8 meters--visible on the surface. One explanation being considered by planetary dynamicist Erik Asphaug of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and his colleagues is seismic shaking: Large impacts might so shake Eros that the surface debris would settle like mixed nuts in a can, with the big, heavy bits rising to the top and the smaller ones falling to the bottom. This "Brazil-nut effect" might have caused boulders completely buried in the surface debris to rise into view, they say.
Another mechanism probably accounts for how the very finest material not only separated out but found its way to low spots, notes imaging team leader Joseph Veverka of Cornell University. Somehow, the finer looking material has filled in low spots to form flat deposits resembling ponds. A transition zone from smooth pond to rougher surroundings resembles a beach, notes Chapman. And in the last image returned by NEAR Shoemaker from an altitude of 125 meters, some spots the size of a footprint--though irregular in shape--seem to have collapsed a few centimeters, as if the fine material was somehow compressed.
One way fine material might move around would be for sunlight to charge it up electrostatically, notes Veverka. That could levitate dust and allow it to move downhill, as happens on the moon to an inconsequential extent and as has been suggested for Jupiter's moon Callisto. But nobody's betting on the accuracy of any of these theories. "We're facing processes we're not familiar with," says Veverka. "I truly don't know what's going on."

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We offer a wide range of FINANCIAL products to assist you in meeting your goals for your equipment investment needs.
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I’m Mad as Hell, and I am Not Going to Take it Anymore!
People often tell me that their biggest concern when hearing about Nonviolent Communication is that they can’t have their emotions. For some reason they think they can’t get mad anymore.
I am here to say that just isn’t true!
All of our emotions are important, including being mad (anger). In fact, our emotions are the most effective tool we have in guiding our actions. Instantly, we can know if we want more of something, or less of something. That something is the NEED or experience we are hoping to have. True emotions last 30 seconds to 5 minutes. So being mad is awesome… for 30 seconds to 5 minutes.
How are we so confused about this idea that being angry or mad is a bad / unacceptable thing?
1. In our culture, we seem to think that emotions on the side of happy are better than the ones on the side of unhappy.
2. We often confuse the cause of our feelings to be ‘the thing that happened’, rather than the need we are longing for more of, or celebrating being met stimulated by ‘the thing that happened’.
3. Most of us tend to have the habit of making the other person responsible for how we feel in our response to ‘the thing that happened’. The communication then becomes confusing and defensive and most often not very productive.
With these three things in combination, the possibility of hearing each other in ways that bring more connection is unlikely. When we are mad, blame the other person, and then demand that they change their ways (often in ways that are less than pleasant for the other person), they respond in kind. Now everyone is mad and is blaming the other person for the fact that they're mad.
That's why people think it's bad to be mad.
What did they say or do that you're ‘mad’ at?
What would you have wanted them to say or do?
If they did the thing that you would have preferred, what would you be experiencing differently or more of?
What response could you have in this moment that might generate more of the answer in #3 above?
My friend and I have plans to meet at noon for lunch. I find out at 11:45am that she's going to arrive at 12:20 and has two other friends with her whom I don’t know. My friend didn’t let me know why the other people were invited, nor did she ask me how I might enjoy having other people join us for lunch. I'm upset.
I would have preferred that she let me know the change in plans a day or two prior and give me some more information about why she wanted to make the change, and then invited me to share what I thought and how I felt about the change.
I am guessing that ‘consideration’ and ‘to be valued’ or ‘to matter’ are at the core of my distress. These are the needs.
4a. I could let my friend know that I was expecting something different. [Share Honestly] I might let my friend know I was hoping that we could catch up because it had been a while since we spent time together. I was thinking it wasn’t the same for her and feeling disappointed about that. I wanted her to want to catch up with me. I could ask her to set up another date where we could have the ‘catch up’ or intimacy and connection that I was hoping for.
In this case I am taking responsibility for my feelings.
4b. I could ask my friend for the information I wanted. “Will you tell me how you decided to invite the others?” [Connection Request] I might find out that she was disappointed as well because these friends had invited themselves at the last minute. She felt uncomfortable saying no, and didn’t have the time to let me know. She regrets as well how it all went down. I might find out that she thinks these women will benefit from knowing me, and me them, that she wants her friends to bond with each other.
In this case, I am generating the need ‘to matter’ by connecting to the idea that my friend matters to me. That I trust her and our friendship enough to ‘go along with what she is doing’.
4c. I could ‘trust my friend’, and assume innocence. [Request of Myself] I could opt to remember that I have accumulated, over many years, lots of evidence that my friend deeply cares about me and about our friendship. I could ask myself to find calm, and to trust that she and I will continue to matter to each other, do the lunch, and share all the things that I was hoping to as a catch up with my friend. In other words, rather than create more distance with my friend, stay connected with her since that is what I was hoping for.
With this response, I am taking the most responsibility for the experience that I want to have, and am sinking into the trust of what I say I want with my friend. To matter. Both of us. All of our needs.
I hope it becomes clear in these examples, that being mad can be used for 'good'. The emotion of anger let me know what is important to me. With this information [knowing the need] I can respond in a way that I think will create more of that. What these example-responses don’t do is blame the other person for my experience and require them to change their behavior in order for me to be happy in the moment.
That is completely up to me.
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After two days of deliberation, the jury found that Takeda failed to properly warn John Kristufek’s doctors about Actos’s cancer risks. The jury found that Takeda showed “reckless indifference” to Kristufek’s health by hiding Actos’ risks. The jury awarded $318,000 for his medical expenses and $2 million for pain and suffering tied to the cancer diagnosis. Because of the reckless indifference finding, the jury awarded $1.3 million in punitive damages.
The Pennsylvania case is Kristufek v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals America Inc., Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. The consolidated Actos case in Louisiana is In Re Actos (Pioglitazone) Products Liability Litigation, 11-md-02299, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana (Lafayette).
There have been two prior verdicts for plaintiffs in California and Maryland (though those results were later overturned) and defense verdicts in Las Vegas and Chicago. The Allen case in Louisiana was the first federal bellwether case to be tried, where the jury held Takeda responsible and ordered the big pharma giant to pay $9 billion dollars in damages.

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Prompted by Leslie's calendar idea for the Queensland Branch, I thought we might do the same for the West.
Sunday+Monday 6th-7th, all day, Hyde Park Fair.
Tuesday 8th, 6pm, WA Branch meeting, UWA.
A calendar app would be pretty handy for this. Rob, can I get you to make this a sticky? And perhaps unsticky the other threads we don't use much?


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Charlie Buchanan and wife, Minnie.
In May of 1959 a lone fisherman by the name of Charlie Aron Buchanan headed out early to wet a line in the Nueces River near 19-mile crossing. According to family members, the Uvaldean packed a lunch and departed his house at 100 Daniel St. around 6 a.m. When he did not return by dark, his wife called two of their sons Loyde “Buck” and R.A. Buchanan to investigate.
Buck Buchanan, who is now 85 and lives on North Camp Street, said earlier this week that his father took up fishing when heart disease forced him to stop working.
“That’s why our mother asked us to go look for him. She was afraid something might have happened,” Buchanan said.
He added that his father often did things alone, after he retired, including fishing.
According to Buchanan, who was 25 at the time of his father’s death, the Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office had also been notified but no law enforcement was there at the time the brothers found their father’s body.
Not surprisingly, the cause of death was determined to be a massive heart attack. Buchanan was 59 at the time he collapsed in the river, which was not particularly young, but what is intriguing is that despite the pain he must have endured, the fisherman refused to give up on the bass that was tugging at his line.
Carlton, who was born and raised in Uvalde but now lives in Ballinger, e-mailed us a couple of weeks ago in search of the story about his grandfather’s unique death, which appeared on the front page of the May 7, 1959, issue of the Leader-News.
“I had always heard the story but never read the obituary,” Carlton, who is also called “Buck,” said in a phone interview. He also provided us with the contact number for his uncle Loyde.
Carlton, who was drafted by the New York Giants and also played football for the Cleveland Browns, insisted that the story not be about him.
“R.A. (who died in a car wreck right after graduating from high school) and Loyde are the ones that found my grandfather. I can’t imagine what they went through during this tragedy,” Carlton said.
So there you have it, the story of an angler who died making sure that the big one did not get away.


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Jim Palmer had been the only longtime Baltimore Orioles pitcher in the Baseball Hall of Fame since his election in 1990.
That changed when this year's results from the Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot revealed that former Orioles right-hander Mike Mussina will be joining Palmer in the Hall of Fame this summer. Mussina garnered 76.7 percent of the vote, just more than the 75 percent threshold needed for induction. It was Mussina's sixth year on the writers' ballot.
"I always think when you think of the great pitchers from the early 90s and into the 2000s, he certainly was one of them," Palmer said on Glenn Clark Radio Jan. 22 before the election results were announced. "He wasn't an obvious choice. Of course in that era, you were being compared to Randy Johnson, who has over 300 wins with all the strikeouts throwing 102 [mph] …, Greg Maddux with 355 wins or [Tom] Glavine with 305 wins, you go down the list.
"But [Mussina] was a very special pitcher. He also pitched during the steroid era and they never tested until 2005. Camden Yards, anybody who's ever gone there knows it's a great place to hit."
Palmer first got to know Mussina during spring training ahead of the 1991 season. Palmer was attempting a comeback at the age of 45 after originally retiring after the 1984 season. Mussina was preparing for what would be his rookie season in the big leagues, during which he went 4-5 with a 2.87 ERA during 87.2 innings in what was the club's final season at Memorial Stadium.
Palmer tore a hamstring during spring training, prematurely ending his comeback bid. But he had a front row seat for Mussina in the nascent stages of his development, and Palmer said "all I had to do was watch his sides and you knew how good he was." Palmer also watched Mussina's first major-league start, during which Mussina gave up one run during 7.2 innings against the Chicago White Sox.
Mussina was the losing pitcher in the 1-0 loss. The lone run came courtesy of a home run by Hall of Fame slugger Frank Thomas.
"He beat him with home run over the center field fence," Palmer recalled. "You get him two runs and he wins that game."
Palmer rattled off the qualities that allowed Mussina to rack up a 270-153 lifetime record with a 3.68 ERA and 2,813 strikeouts: "precision control" of his fastball, two devastating knuckle curveballs, a cut fastball intended to produce weak contact, a changeup he could throw in any count, a clean delivery and the ability to control the running game and field his position.
Mussina had something else, too.
"The other thing he had, I always thought he had the ability to make adjustments," Palmer said. "He didn't have that many bad games, but I remember one game in Camden Yards he gave up like four runs early on. I think for a lot of guys, you figure, 'This day is over. It's not what I set out to do. That's two or three more runs than I anticipated giving up.' But he could make in-game adjustments as well as anybody."
Mussina, 50, grew up in Montoursville, Pa., and was originally drafted by the Orioles in the 11th round out of high school in the 1987 MLB Draft. Mussina instead opted to attend Stanford University and was again drafted by the Orioles in 1990, this time in the first round (20th overall).
Now, he's joining Palmer in the Hall of Fame.
"If somebody had said when he's playing Little League in Pennsylvania, 'You know what? You can get the big leagues. You can be a No. 1 draft choice. You can end up winning 270 games. You may not be the best pitcher every year, but you're going to be in the top three or four or five.' Wouldn't you sign up for that? And that's kind of what he did," Palmer said.


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For much of this year, I’ve been working on my school’s lit mag, The Vortex. We put forth several online editions throughout the school year (which you can find here and read for free), and now we’re finishing the spring term with the print edition. It’s a big, glossy thing, full of pictures and stories and poems, all of it the work of University of Central Arkansas students. Five of my stories and poems made it in, and as it’s been a rather long time since I submitted to anything, I’m exceptionally pleased.
While the online editions are open to the public, the print edition is a rather more private affair. I have a few things in the print edition which didn’t make it into any of the online ones, so I think I’ll be sharing those on this website as examples of my work, free to all my subscribers.
1)	Try new things (even if you think you’ll hate them).
2)	Don’t let feeling of inadequacy hold you back.
3)	Never take your health for granted and assume you can get by without insurance.
There aren’t words to express how grateful I am that I’ve been able to return to college (and I’m a writer, I should know), but the long and short of it is that it’s been challenging me, and I hope that I’ve been meeting those challenges.
This entry was posted on April 28, 2017 by Ashley Nicole Hunter in Growth and tagged Arkansas Pagans, challenges, editing, insurance, lit mag, published, publishing, The Vortex, UCA, University of Central Arkansas, writing.

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Ever tried to break a bad habit? Then you'll know how hard it is. Humans are creatures of habit, and our habits govern our lives. When you want to lose weight, exercise more, eat healthier, get up earlier, be more productive etc, your success is determined by your habits.
Even when we get really motivated and make drastic changes, chances are that 2-3 weeks later we have fallen back into our old habits.
The same is true for good habits. If you exercise regularly and eat healthy most of the time, you can binge eat and sit on the couch for a week, and then get back into your healthy eating and exercise regime without too much trouble. (This is why personal trainers can eat like an obese person for a week and then easily lose the weight).
Like humans, dogs are also creatures of habit. They can have bad habits and good habits, just like us. Some common bad habits are things like pulling on the leash, barking, peeing in the house, jumping up on visitors etc.
The challenge when you raise a puppy or adopt an adult dog, is to build good habits. But once those habits are in place, it's pretty much smooth sailing. You still have to enforce the rules and maintain your dog's training, but the hard work is done.
This is why when you get a new puppy or dog, you need to commit to training that dog intensely for the first few months. A new environment is the perfect opportunity to create new habits. If you put in the effort as soon as you bring your new puppy home, you are setting yourself and your puppy up for a happy life together.
The reason I often see dogs past the puppy stage is because the owners never put the effort in when the dog was younger, and the dog now has a plethora of habit habits. And at that stage we are not only creating good habits � we are fighting all the bad habits as well.
The majority of behavioural issues can be avoided with early training.
Limit your puppy's freedom in the house.
Puppies don't know how to behave in the house, and if left to their own devices, they will chew, bite, pee, chase feet, herd the cat, pester the older dog, etc.
Every time your puppy does one of these things, he is forming the habit of doing it.
The more your puppy does something, the longer you will spend teaching him not to do it (i.e. breaking the habit). By limiting your puppy's freedom in the house you are setting him or her up to form good habits for life.
When not directly supervised, your puppy should be in a play pen with his own chew toys.
In the play pen, your puppy should have his bed or crate, a water bowl, a variety of different chew toys, and if he's going to be in there for more than an hour, some newspaper in one corner.
How does this form good habits, you ask?
When your puppy gets bored in his pen, what does he do? He will start chewing his own toys. This is a good habit in the making. If your puppy wasn't restricted, he would be grabbing your kids' toys, chasing their feet, chewing the furniture, or similar. In the pen, the only option available to your puppy is what you want him to do � chew his own toys.
He can then lie in his play pen and chew his toys right next to where your kids are playing with their toys, forming the habit of leaving them alone when they play.
Another advantage is that you will spend a lot less time chasing your puppy down and getting frustrated with his behaviour. This actually creates a more positive environment for your puppy.
When your puppy is out of the play pen, he should be directly supervised so you can take him outside whenever you think he needs to pee, and interrupt and re-direct any behaviour you don't like.
Your puppy should have limited freedom for the first 12 months of his life. You can gradually increase the amount of freedom your puppy has from about 6 months old, if your puppy has shown that he is forming good habits and is responsive to you.
Some puppies can be given more freedom earlier, while others need a very strict routine until they are 18 months or older.
If at any point your puppy behaves in a way you don't like with increased freedom, he has shown you that he wasn't ready for that level of freedom. Go back to a lower level of freedom for a few more weeks.
Note: I'm not saying you isolate your puppy in a play pen away from the family for hours every day. Puppies need attention, love, play time, outside time, and regular training sessions. The play pen is a safe place to keep your puppy when not supervised.
Other ways to limit your puppy's freedom is by using baby gates to block of areas of the house where you don't want him, close the doors of rooms where he shouldn't be, putting him in a crate overnight or for short periods during the day, or leashing him to you.
Preventing bad habits from forming is important, but teaching your puppy what you want is just as important, otherwise you will always be restricting his freedom because he doesn't know how to behave when his freedom isn't restricted.
How many different commands you teach your puppy depends on your individual needs and how interested you are in training. But as an absolute minimum, all puppies should learn self control and to come when called.
Self control teaches your puppy to be patient and wait for what they want rather than simply diving in. This helps with general manners around the house, stealing food, jumping up, pulling on the leash, and more.
Learning to come when called is important for safety. If your dog gets out, breaks the leash, or is off leash and there is danger, you need your dog to come back the first time you call him and at full speed.
Dogs who reliably come when you call them can have more freedom, which means a better life for your dog and more confidence for you because you know your dog will come to you when you need it.
As if that wasn't beneficial enough, recall training is also the key to a focused dog who wants to hang out with you. This is because your dog will learn that focusing on you and coming to you is highly rewarding and fun, so he will choose to do this instead of obsessing over other people and dogs in the environment.
This means a better relationship between you and your dog, but also a dog who is easier to train. Imagine training a dog who is staring at you in anticipation of fun games vs a dog who won't look at you because he's sniffing the ground or checking his surroundings for something more interesting than you.
You should ideally be working on self control and coming when called several times per day with your new puppy. The more time and effort you put into it, the faster you will see results, and the sooner your puppy can have more freedom.
Other important obedience skills are sit/stay, go to your bed, and leash walking.
Training sessions don't have to be an hour long. Spend 5 minutes in the morning, 5 minutes around lunch time, and 5 minutes after dinner. Or if you are watching tv, do some recalls every time there is an ad break.
1. Restrict your puppy's freedom and thus the potential for forming bad habits.
2. Train your puppy to do what you want so he can form good habits.
The goal of restricting your dog's freedom is so he can have a lot more freedom later on.
I don't want to deny my dogs anything, I want them to have the freedom to be off leash and do doggy things and enjoy life. But the only way they are able to have that freedom is if they know how to behave and respond to me when I tell them to do something. The quickest way to get that focus and responsiveness is by building good habits from the start and teaching them how to behave through training.
This requires time, effort, and commitment, but that's part of the deal when you get a dog. Training done right is fun for the both owner and the dog.


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MEWOI4700, MEWOI4700C intelligent Equipotential&DC Resistance Tester, also known as DC low resistance tester, DC resistance tester, Ohm meter, micro resistance meter,contact resistance tester etc., adopting four line precision test method, accurate and reliable. It is a special instrument for measuring the quality of equipotential bonding between the metal components of a building (lightning belt, ground beam, structure, protection, floor reinforcement, water pipe, radiator, toilet, door and window, balcony, kitchen and other objects). It can also measure the resistance of the connecting conductors between various electrical equipment and ground grid, It can also measure the contact resistance of circuit breakers, switches and sockets, and various coil resistors, shunt resistors, metal riveting resistors of vehicle and ship aircraft, resistance of welding joints, battery parallel connection resistance, distributor busbar and wire contact resistance, etc. It is widely used in building quality inspection station, supervision company, construction unit, lightning protection company, electric power department, ship locomotive factory, etc.
The instrument also has alarm function, clock function, can test wire length, first measure the wire resistance of a standard length, test the resistance of the whole wire, and calculate the length of the wire through the resistance of the two times’ test.
MEWOI4700, MEWOI4700C intelligent equipotential tester consists of host, monitoring software, test line, charger, USB communication line and so on. The host has super LCD display, with backlight and bar chart instructions, can store 400 sets data. The monitoring software has the functions of reading, accessing, saving, reporting and printing historical data.
Test of equipotential bonding resistance between functional metal components, low value resistance test, DC resistance test, resistance test of connecting conductor in ground network ground pole, contact resistance, riveting resistance test, wire length test, etc.
DC 7.4V 2.6Ah rechargeable battery, the full charged battery is about 8.4V.
C1 current positive, C2 current negative, P1 voltage positive and P2 voltage negative.
Alarm threshold setting range: 1-30ohm, 00 ohm does not start alarm function; each boot does not activate alarm function.
When the alarm indicates that the test value exceeds the alarm setting value, the "Du-Du-Du-Du" alarm prompts.
When charging, the indicator on the charger is bright red, when full turns to bright green.
Data is hold automatically after each test.
Controllable gray-white screen backlight, suitable for dark place usage.
when the battery voltage drops to 6.8V + 0.1V, the low battery voltage symbol is displayed to remind the battery to charge in time.
With USB interface, software monitoring, storage data can upload computers, save and print.


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In what can be classified as an amazing thing, Grain Belt has decided to bring back retro labels to Premium for their 125th anniversary! And when I say retro I’m talking not in the last 10 years, I’m talking in the last 100 years haha.
There is a lot of talk lately about how the beer scene in Minnesota has exploded, which is true but can any of those breweries use a label that was from multiple decades ago…I don’t think so.
I also want to comment on the new packaging Grain Belt is going with, it looks smaller than the standard but still enough to fit the 12 bottles. It’s another thing that has set them apart from the flock. Pretty cool stuff.
I like vintage labels, but I wish they would have the dates the labels were used. I have looked online, but I have been unable to find this information.


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An auto accident is unsettling and disruptive enough, but when you are in a collision with an uninsured or an underinsured driver, you may have to take additional steps to recover your losses. After an auto accident in Redlands, you should take steps to protect yourself and fully document the crash and circumstances. If you discover the other driver is uninsured – or if they fail to stop at all – you’ll need to work with your own insurance company to recover damages, provided you have this form of coverage.
If you are covered by uninsured and underinsured drivers’ insurance, then you can work with your own insurance provider. They will process your claim and then pursue the other, uninsured party to recover damages on your behalf; you will not have to be involved in the collection process or work things out with the other party. Uninsured motorist coverage is not required but is usually inexpensive and can protect you in this increasingly common scenario.
If your own insurer is doing their job and performing properly, you may not need an attorney; some claims are processed swiftly and easily, and you’ll be able to put the accident behind you in a hurry.
What if I Don’t Have Underinsured and Uninsured Coverage?
If you have not yet been in an accident, you should elect these additional forms of coverage right away; they are not expensive and can protect you financially after an accident. If you have already had an accident and are not covered, you will likely need an attorney to help you pursue the other party for your damages.
Do I Need an Attorney After a Redlands Car Accident with an Uninsured Motorist?
You will almost certainly need a car accident attorney if you are struck or hit by an uninsured motorist. California is not a “no fault” insurance state, meaning you have the option of filing a law suit after you have been in an accident with an uninsured driver. In some cases, this may be the best way to recover your losses after a collision.
To file and win a lawsuit, you’ll need to have the details of the accident to prove your case. This means you should take photos of the accident, speak to any witnesses and contact the California Highway Patrol or local police to file a report. See a doctor for any injuries both to protect your health and to further document your case. All the details you collect will be used to support your eventual case.
Can you Collect from an Uninsured Motorist?
The tricky part of dealing with a lawsuit after a collision with an uninsured motorist is often not winning the case – it is collecting the awarded damages. In many cases, the person who was driving without insurance may not have the assets needed to pay the damages you have won; they are also facing stiff fines and the loss of their driving privileges as well, which could also impact your ability to collect.
The best thing to do after a collision with an uninsured or underinsured driver is to work with your own insurer or contact a car accident attorney. Our team can help assess your case and pursue the person who caused the accident; we can also help determine what steps to take to collect the damages and fees you have been awarded.
Auto accident cases are complex, so the best way to move forward is to get in touch and talk about the specific details of your case. Contact Harsh Law for a free consultation and to learn more about your options after your accident and to ensure you are treated fairly by all parties. We’re here to help you move forward after a crash disrupts your life.

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


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Are you canapé connoisseur, hot on hospitality with a cooking style that goes the extra mile?
If you have an appetite for producing both excellent food and service this could be the mountain job for you! Work alongside a Head Chalet Host and Assistants running a large chalet with your role focusing on producing the daily set menu. Work as part of a close knit team, enjoy plenty of guest interaction and take your passion for cooking to the next level!
• Provide breakfast, afternoon tea and 3 course evening meal for customers in accordance with dietary requirements and the Skiworld 6 day set menu plan including aperitifs and canapés and a cheese board where applicable.
• Participate in running the chalet, ensuring it is kept clean and tidy and that health and hygiene standards are met throughout the season including cleaning rooms and all public areas on a daily basis, carrying out a deep clean at the start, middle and end of the season.
• Manage all aspects of stock for the chalet ensuring it is kept in line with a set budget.

industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


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Safari is filled with the unexpected. It is what makes it so enthralling and addictive. Luke had an awesome afternoon safari last week at Tanda Tula when a rhino and some young hyena had a chance meeting.
One of the best things about summer is the abundance of delicious mangoes! This week we share the recipe for a true African culinary experience: hot mango salsa!
It is often difficult to explain the uniqueness of the Tanda Tula experience, so we thought we would share some images of what guests experience when visiting us.
Despite extreme weather conditions, the bush was bountiful with very special sightings. From lazing male lions, to tree-climbing leopards, Luke managed to grab a few (excellent) snap shots!
Impalas, although plentiful, are far from boring. Here are some amazing facts about these magnificent beasts.
Luke explains the technical processes of this week's top shot of a wild dog playing at the water's edge.
The passionate and highly talented Chris joins the Tanda Tula kitchen. Read here to get familiar with one of our incredibly vibrant chefs.
This week, the focus was on Wild Dogs. These incredible pack animals are true hunters of the wild.
We are pleased to announce that Marula has given birth to a new litter of cubs. Although still hidden from spectator viewing, we are excited to have a new litter in the Timbavati, and wish them all the best for survival.


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Herosphere, an online gaming and betting platform has integrated Dash into its platform. Its users can easily use their HERO coin to place bets on Dash.
The platform boasts of 260,000 registered users, about 120,000 newsletter subscribers, and currently supports three games. The platform incentivises betting since “1 per cent of all pots played is given back to all token holders” and incentivises game creation by allocating creators their own reward. By utilising this strategy, they hope to eliminate bookmakers to allow more money to stay with users and players. This design was then enhanced with the Dash integration.


text: Add a cutesy fabric to your sewing collection like In The Woods Arrows Apparel Fabric! Featuring a white background with a motif of bears, deer, and crossed arrows, this fabric is 43" to 44" wide with a 100% cotton blend. Use it to create a variety of apparel like circle skirts and dress, or use it just for making colorful decor pieces or pillows!


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Celebrate the magic of play at Nutrien Playland with three star attractions that delight children and adults alike.
Soar high above the city on the 20 metre high Ferris wheel or have a twirl on a bright and cheery carousel animal. Hop aboard for a whistle-stop tour on the Canpotex Train - a park favourite. This replica moden-day freight train rolls along a 626 metre loop through the park.
Follow the pathways around the park or run free in the play areas. Work the pumps, troughs and valves in the water area or tackle the log climber and double cable ride in the sand. With many beautiful trees and rocks in the natural play space, it’s easy to forget you’re in city centre. The play area is always open and there are no admission fees.
This delightful attraction at the heart of Saskatoon is possible thanks to the generous support from Nutrien, Canpotex and Canadian Pacific. Additional support is received from Tourism Saskatoon and Tourism Saskatchewan.
Please note: rides do not operate if there is inclement weather.
Three parking lots are available: the Nutrien Playland parking lot, across the street at the Mendel site and north of the YWCA (off Kinsmen Avenue).
Children's Play Area: FREE to enjoy and includes water spray features, sand play and a climbing area.
An accessible play structure with rubberized surface, tot lot play structure, saucer swings and balance beam are a skip, hop and jump away from Nutrien Playland!
Located in Kinsmen Park at the west end of the park off 26th Street East, next to the YWCA building.
Saskatoon has a number of other great family friendly activities and events all summer. Check out Tourism Saskatoon or Tourism Saskatchewan for ideas for the whole family. Tourism Saskatoon maintains an up-to-date event calendar, and also check out their social media accounts at @visitsaskatoon and @exploresask for the latest news and contests.
Saskatoon also has a number of great accommodation options, from executive hotels to water slides for the kids!
The Kinsmen Park and Area Master Plan will transform the park into a memorable and enjoyable place for all ages and abilities year-round, while continuing to support local communities and the growing downtown population. The Master Plan sets the framework to guide detailed design of the park and area over the next 25 years. It was approved by City Council in 2011 and phase one construction completed Summer 2015.
More information on the Kinsmen Park Master Plan. Also found under Related Documents.
Kinsmen Play Village featured a paddling pool and playground in various forms since 1930. In 2016, work began on the Play Village as part of phase two of the Master Plan.
The former paddling pool, concrete and building structures have been removed and popular pelican slide from the paddling pool has been donated to the Children’s Discovery Museum. The accessible play structure, tot lot play structure, saucer swings and balance beam remain in place and the rubber surface was upgraded in Summer 2017. Future revitalization includes new landscaping and plantings. Kinsmen Play Village may be closed at times throughout the construction process, so watch for updates.
More information on the Kinsmen Play Village Project.
For more information on the Master Plan project, please call (306) 975-3485 or email.
One ticket per ride required for the Canpotex Train, Ferris wheel and carousel.
Cash, debit and credit are accept payment options.
Available year-round, give the gift of fun with a Gift Card. Also good for use at the Leisure Centres, Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo, Municipal Golf Courses, Gordon Howe Campground and outdoor pools!


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Does your fuel card supplier give you star treatment?
Everyone loves a trier and hard work will always pay off in the end. Look at Leonardo DiCaprio… For years he was the runner up, the “also ran” the Silver Medallist, but finally this year, his starring role in the film The Revenant has secured him Hollywood’s highest accolade as Best Actor at the Academy Awards.
But what about the other nominees, those people that put in the performance of their lives. Did they simply lose because Leo won?
Well the answer is really no, because when they star in their next movie, their name will be preceded by “Oscar Nominated.” They were still recognised as being one of the top in their field and that’s really important.
Let’s turn our attention to a Fuel Card Services sales office in Burnley in the heart of Lancashire. There’s approximately 60 sales staff there. Some are at the very top in terms of sales and regularly feature at the top of the leader board. That person has this month won the Oscar, but as important as that one individual is because they topped the charts, there are another 59 people in that office who work doggedly day in, day out to get the best possible outcome for themselves and our business.
Our Burnley team, like all our offices around the UK work hard every day to win an Oscar by helping their valued customers cut their diesel and petrol bills. They consistently give their absolute best and never give up, they value their clients as without them they cannot succeed.
Will they get to the top of the chart, perhaps, perhaps not? The one thing that they will always receive is the recognition they deserve for the great service they have given their customers. They get their version of the Oscar in Commission and Bonus. In a bottle of champagne, in a meal out paid for by the boss and also more importantly by those 2 words so often forgotten about, “Thank you!” from their customers.
More importantly it’s our customers who really win!
Find out how you can award yourself control of your diesel and petrol bills here.
Adapted from an original blog post written by my colleague and friend – Mike Bratby.


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Anyone who is interested in visiting or using the Hermitage can do so by contacting the Office at Nicholaston House - donations are welcomed for daily use.
Residential guests are welcome to use the Hermitage (subject to availability) during the week - please request the key from a member of the team.
‘Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaeus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them.
Edwin Phillips, an Anglican priest and a ‘Franciscan Contemplative’ of the Third Order of Saint Francis was called by God to erect a Hermitage to explore a life of contemplative prayer and solitude.
Edwin approached the then Director of Nicholaston House, Derrick Hancock, to enquire about the possibility of siting the Hermitage in the garden of the House. The present site was offered to Edwin, as friends of Nicholaston House had been praying that this area of ground would one day be set aside as a place of prayer.
Inspired by the writings of the late Brother Ramon, Edwin spent as much time as possible in the Hermitage and found there that peace and solitude which helped him in his life of contemplative prayer.
Edwin was eager to encourage guests staying at Nicholaston House to visit the Hermitage and to find peace in the atmosphere of prayer.
Anyone who is interested in visiting the Hermitage can do so by contacting the Office at Nicholaston House.
The key is available from the Office. Do please sign the visitors’ book.
Was it Eli’s voice he heard?
I knew it was the Lord!
In answer to His call.
‘In his memory will it be.
The plans are now in motion.
The land for the Lord is claimed.
All glory to His name.


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Create anything you can imagine. Explore the mighty mountains and living oceans of infinite worlds, expanded further by free game updates, amazing community-made maps, servers, thrilling minigames and more! This collection includes the Minecraft base game, 1000 Minecoins, Starter Pack DLC and Creators Pack DLC.
Great game for all family.
Bought for my 9yr old son who is very creative so this game ticks all the boxes, hours of fun.
You can turn on peaceful mode in the difficulty settings.
What is the difference between this new game and the others packs?
Bedrock Edition differs from Java Edition in a variety of ways, such as more vibrant graphics, revised terrain, some exclusive items, and an official add-on system.
Another difference from the earlier editions is multiplayer allows for 4 ways of player connection, through LAN allowing for 8 or more players to be on a single world.
Do you need the original minecraft game first or does it come with this disc?


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Regular readers will know that I am a big believer in Bath, Book, Bed. Reading is about the whole experience. I love bath products anyways, most especially brightly-coloured bath bombs.
I was lucky enough to win some bath products in a draw run by Fraser’s Fun House. Even better than that, the products come from SOAPerfect Cumbria, a small business situated in my county. I am a big believer in supporting small businesses and was very excited to find out about SOAPefect.
Everyone dreams of being set a bundle of bath bombs.
The products were beautifully laid out in a round box. I was thrilled that the box contained a picture book illustration because that felt so appropriate to my love of kidlit. SOAPerfect can put together bundles for special occasions. This would make a lovely gift and would be the perfect treat for somebody in need of some me-time.
The Coconut Lime Sorbet Giant Whirly Fizzy Bomb was a particular favourite. All bath bombs should be this size. Think chocolate-orange size. It sits nicely in one palm but is big enough that it is satisfying to cup both hands around. The lime came through more strongly, but it was muted by the coconut – think lime-sherbet rather than key-lime pie. It left the bath a pleasant springy-green.
The soap bouquet is beautiful. I would order one of these in a second for anyone having a special occasion. I have run my fingers through it more than once thinking it can’t possibly be a bath product.
I’m off to indulge in some Bath, Book, Bed. Big thanks to SOAPerfect Cumbria and Fraser’s Fun House for my lovely prize.
Do you have a favourite bath product? Let me know in the comments below.
Bath, Book, Bed – why adults need downtime too.
Booktrust came up with this slogan, and I think adults could learn from it.
When I was a small child, my mum read to me religiously. Every night, my sister and I picked a couple of books each. I credit those evening readathons for my lifelong love of books.
Bath, Book, Bed is a campaign run by Booktrust, which promotes reading as part of a bedtime routine. Parents are encouraged to develop a pre-bedtime routine to help their little ‘uns embrace the world of sleep.
It is a great campaign and a great slogan.
My question is – can we extend bath, book, bed into our adult lives? Having adopted these routines in childhood, many of us lose sight of winding down time as we get older. We live in a 24/7 world where me time can feel like a luxury. Actually, it is a necessity. While we may not need a daily routine to keep us under the covers, downtime and regularity can be our ticket to a better night’s sleep.
Reading is a great way to take quiet, reflective time.
I would like to hear from bloggers and influencers about their bath, book, bed. I’m going to invite bloggers to talk about their bath, book, bed. As well as supporting Booktrust in their campaign, I hope it will encourage adults to wind down and look after themselves.
Bath bombs and bubble mountains and scented candles. Day-to-day, I’m a shower person. When I have a bath, I’m in it for the experience.
I like the kind of bath bombs which turn the water multiple colours. Intergalactic and The Experimenter by Lush are brilliant for turning the bath technicolor.
Scented candles are my new favourite thing thanks to Rebecca from Taken Moons. Brave Of Heart smells of coffee and log fire and is named for Gryffindor house.
Do I read? Do I ever.
Reading has been part of my bedtime routine since the year dot. I give a good evening over to reading, splitting my time between my nest in the study, and my bedroom. Guilty confession – a good book will keep me up past midnight. Booktrust forgot to mention that after children are fully initiated in bath, book, bed, they discover the joys of one last chapter.
I’ve just finished What Lexie Did, a warm and witty Middle-Grade novel about truth, lies, and family. Lexie is from a huge Greek-Cypriot family. Think My Big Fat Greek Wedding from the perspective of a ten-year-old, and throw in some additional drama.
Bedtime is downtime. I leave my phone out of the bedroom otherwise I find myself flicking through Twitter. Nothing comes between me and sleep like social media.
I adore PJs and recently discovered nightshirts. That sounds like the kind of thing your great-granny wears, but actually, this shirt is exactly like the kind I would wear in the day except it is softer and slouchier. Comfortable nightwear is essential to good sleep.
My Mummy is a knitter, a crocheter, and general wool-wizard. She swears by pure wool, which means her blankets are the softest, cosiest things around. I always have one on the bed. My favourite is the ice-cream blanket, so named because its colours remind me of a cone with sprinkles.
Want to tell me about your Bath, Book, Bed? Drop a note in the comments below with your Twitter handle. Bath, Book, Bed is a BookTrust slogan. This article was inspired by their campaign. Please check out their work here.