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Eli Sidler: Even In Passing, His Impact Lives On
With the start of Family Hour comes tears, inspiration, and hope for the future. Emotional stories of Four Diamonds children both past and present.
During Family Hour last year, that emotion came from Bret Sidler, the father of the late Eli Sidler. The Chemowarrior.
In September 2004, Eli was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma after suffering agonizing pain, which prompted several visits to the doctor. Nicknamed the "Chemowarrior" by his father, Eli attended his first THON in 2005 as Club Field Hockey's THON child.
Eli was a normal teenager. He enjoyed playing video games and hanging out with friends, but the bond he made with Club Field Hockey left a lasting impression on both he and his parents. The girls would celebrate important milestones with Eli and were always at his side every THON, through thick and thin.
His untimely passing in 2012 at the age of 16 left a mark on both Club Field Hockey and THON as a whole, but his story wouldn't end there. The girls still came to visit the family and sent letters and presents, with the Sidlers as much a part of them as they were a part of the Sidler's. The extended family would grow every year, with new girls meeting the Sidlers and forming bonds that would never be forgotten. One would think that Eli's story would end there, but the Sidlers decided to take action of their own.
On April 11, 2014, they founded Chemowarrior: The Eli Sidler Foundation on what would have been his 18th birthday to combat Ewing's Sarcoma for others. They have already raised $25,000 to fund clinical research at the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Center in Dallas, Texas that will hopefully occur at the end of this year. The Sidlers are already making an impact on the lives of others diagnosed with Sarcoma, spreading awareness for the extremely rare disease. But the journey wouldn't end there or at THON 2014 either.
Unbeknownst to the Sidlers, an independent dancer would take to the floor for 46 hours during THON 2015 for Eli.
Brian Keith attended the same high school as Eli, but had never actually met him. Eli was his brother's age and he'd heard Eli's story, but only through the grapevine and a speech that Bret gave to the school, which seemed like years ago for Keith. He had watched Bret take the stage at Family Hour, not from the BJC, but on a computer screen in Florence, Italy. The story struck a chord with Keith over 4,300 miles away.
"Just to see that and have people in tears from the story, you just knew that Eli had such an affect on individuals," Keith says.
This weekend, the Sidlers were informed by Family Relations that a dancer wanted to meet them. A little before midnight on Saturday, the Sidlers met Keith for the first time and a bond was formed. They met in private, where they were able to take it all in. Here they were, the unlikeliest of matches, brought together by THON.
"He's gone two and a half years and this is the third one he's not been at. To have somebody contact us saying there's a dancer on the floor that would like to meet Eli's parents is very humbling," Sue Sidler, Eli's mother, says. "For us, it's all we have left for people to remember Eli and that's the most we can hope for."
The back of Brian's shirt reads "For Eli." Even though he never met Eli, he still honors him, knowing that he touched countless other lives. That's a testament to Eli. His impact knew no limit.
"His memory lives on through the Sidlers and THON," says Keith.
The Sidlers say that Eli wouldn't believe it all. He just wanted to be a normal kid, but was stifled down later in his life by the dreadful disease. They do know one thing for sure, Eli would be tormenting Keith all weekend, marshmallow gun and all.
As for Club Field Hockey, they are in the process of transitioning a new family to their ranks. The Sidlers will be there in the transition, knowing that the first THON for a family is overwhelming. They know the ropes and want to pass on the help they received to other Four Diamonds families.
For Family Hour this year, the Sidlers are opting for the sidelines instead of center stage. They're in a transition of their own, but Eli is still at THON, even in passing. His memory lives on, touching innumerable lives that may have never even met him like Brian. That's the power of THON, remembrance and rebirth.
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Sparks hope to give Parker successful homecoming vs. Sky (Jun 16, 2018)
The Los Angeles Sparks will go for their fourth win in a row when they visit the Chicago Sky on Sunday afternoon at Wintrust Arena near downtown Chicago.
At 7-2, Los Angeles sits atop the WNBA standings. The Sparks boast an impressive 3-1 record on the road and recently scored a season-high 97 points in an 11-point win over the Washington Mystics on Friday
Another scoring outburst could be in store for the Sparks, who have four players averaging in double digits.
Veteran forward Candace Parker leads the way with 16.7 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. The Windy City visit carries special meaning for the 32-year-old, who shined as a high school player in the Chicago suburb of Naperville.
"It's a lot of fun to go home," Parker told ESPN two years ago during a trip to play the Sky. "Some really talented basketball players have come out of Chicago, and it was very competitive for me growing up."
The Sparks also have plenty of scoring support from Nneka Ogwumike (16.7 points, team-high 7.2 rebounds per game), Chelsea Gray (15.0) and Odyssey Sims (13.1). Complementary players such as Essence Carson (7.2) and Riquna Williams (5.9) also have made an impact as Los Angeles chases its second WNBA championship in the past three years.
Meanwhile, Chicago (3-6) started strong but has tailed off in recent weeks. A win over Los Angeles would give the Sky a statement victory on their new home court and rejuvenate the squad for the second half of June and beyond.
The Sky have lost three straight games, all by double digits, including last Sunday's 77-59 loss in Los Angeles when they shot 28 percent. But Chicago is 2-2 on its home court, where it earned its most recent victory June 3 with a 95-90 victory over the Las Vegas Aces.
Allie Quigley leads the Sky with 16.1 points per game. She is followed by rookie Diamond DeShields, who has posted 13.7 points and 5.1 boards on average. DeShields notched her second 20-point game and made five 3-pointers for a career high in Tuesday's 96-85 loss against the Seattle Storm.
Cheyenne Parker also will try to maintain her good play off the bench. She posted 10 points and 10 rebounds against Seattle for her third double-double of the season.
Sky coach Amber Stocks remains confident in her team despite a recent skid.
"We really have a unique situation in that we have several specialty players," Stocks told reporters in comments published by the Chicago Sun-Times. "One thing that this road trip taught us was, first and foremost, stay together. We're more powerful together than we are individually."

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Cultivating Transformative Educator Model Among Pre-service Teachers While Integrating Global Competencies, Critical Thinking and 21st Century Skills: A Transdisciplinary Approach
Melda Yildiz, Kristine Scharaldi, Kean University, United States
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Las Vegas, NV, United States ISBN 978-1-939797-13-1 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA
Situated within the context of teacher education, this paper outlines the participatory action research (PAR) in developing global competencies, critical thinking and 21st century skills among pre-service teachers and showcases their transformative, inclusive, multilingual, multicultural projects across content areas. This research aims to advance scientific knowledge of Transformative Critical Pedagogy as a means to promote heutagogy through the lens of innovative technologies in global education context while redefining education and developing "transformative educator model." It studied over 40 pre-service teachers and documented their transformative, inclusive, multilingual, multicultural projects across content areas.
Yildiz, M. & Scharaldi, K. (2015). Cultivating Transformative Educator Model Among Pre-service Teachers While Integrating Global Competencies, Critical Thinking and 21st Century Skills: A Transdisciplinary Approach. In D. Rutledge & D. Slykhuis (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2015--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1760-1769). Las Vegas, NV, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved October 25, 2020 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/150236/.
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President Trump stuck mostly to the script on Tuesday night as he delivered a one hour and 20 minute long State of the Union address to Congress.
Amid calls for unity and bipartisanship, the president turned his focus for 2018 toward two major issues: infrastructure and immigration. Polling showed the message connected with two-thirds of viewers, but Congressional Democrats largely panned the speech.
For more on the State of the Union from NPR's Domenico Montanaro, click here.
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Toronto, Venice, Cannes – these are the familiar locations of international film festivals that everyone hears about, but Amy Ettinger has worked for the past 17 years to put Scottsdale on the map a premier location for screening the best of world cinema.
The initial concept came from Ettinger's trips to France, where she realized that if she wanted to see international films, she had to bring them to Arizona herself. From there she built the Scottsdale International Film Festival, which started in 2001.
"People were really ready to do something artsy, but not too crazy," she remarks. "I call it armchair traveling – they got to visit the world without having to leave town."
Ettinger also finds pride in the fact that 30 percent of the films chosen for this year's festival come from women directors. She claims that they do not do this intentionally, but that it just happens when they choose films based on merit.
"And in the end, we sit down and look at it and we say, 'Why is Hollywood having so much trouble supporting women directors?'" Ettinger exclaims.
Ettinger expresses that this is the year she's most excited about. She's getting feedback from regular attendees saying they want to see them all, an impossible feat.
"I think that this overall program is thrilling," she says. "We've got laughs, we've got very revealing documentaries, we've got an immense amount of programming that is very timely to the moment that we are now in for history.
Choosing the films that get shown is quite the task. A panel of around seven people preview hundreds of submissions. In addition, Ettinger and a group of trusted film aficionados pay attention to what other film festivals are programming. Finally, Ettinger talks with distributors and watches screeners for about eight months out of the year.
There's a plethora of interesting and unique films, but the following seven films are ones that stick out in the lineup of 45 features, including Alfonso Cuarón's Roma, which Ettinger believes will go down as "one of the finest films that's been made."
Cold War
The trailer of Oscar winner Pawel Pawlikowski's latest film contains no dialogue but features wistful stares across the room from the two leads. Cold War follows a love story in 1950s Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia, and Paris set amid the Cold War. Just like Pawlikowski's last film, Ida (which won for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars), this one is in black and white and features sweeping cinematography and a haunting soundtrack. Lukasz Zal, again partnering with Pawlikowski on cinematography, told Variety that the decision to shoot in black and white came from their view that Poland was only in shades of gray in that time period. The movie received great reviews from its premiere at Cannes, with Time calling it a "terrific, smoky-cool love story" and Film School Rejects lauding it as a "masterpiece."
In his seventh turn at Cannes, Japanese writer-director Hirokazu Kore-eda won the Palme d'Or for this film in somewhat of a surprise victory. The film is about a family in Tokyo that shoplifts to survive, from the youngest children to the patriarch. When they find a child left out in the cold and adopt her, they soon realize she may not be theirs to hold on to. Cate Blanchett, leader of this year's jury at Cannes, said the judges were "completely bowled over" by the film. Kore-eda has worked in television and documentaries but is best known for intimate family dramas like Still Walking, which was based on his own life.
If you only watch American films, you probably know director Alfonso Cuarón from movies like Children of Men and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. This film, his latest after the Oscar-winning Gravity, took home the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival this year. To make Roma, Cuarón took inspiration from his mother and childhood to showcase a story of a domestic worker who takes care of a middle-class family in Mexico amid the political turmoil of the 1970s. Cuarón had been thinking of making an autobiographical film since he finished with Children of Men back in 2006. Now, he's seized upon the chance to create an intensely emotional film through which he can examine the racial and social dynamics that he grew up around.
Told through colors as vibrant at the lead actresses, the story is about two daughters of Kenyan politicians who become more than friends. That's where their battle and the struggles of director Wanuri Kahiu lie: Despite being the first Kenyan filmmaker to show at Cannes, the film was banned in her home country, where sexual activity between people of the same gender is punishable by lengthy prison terms. Despite this, Kahiu pushes forward; She and the film surmounted one setback when the Kenyan government temporarily lifted the ban for an Oscar-qualifying run.
The Judge
This past year has been hailed as a time of reckoning for women in America, but it begs the question – what do women's rights look like internationally? The Judge highlights the first woman, Kholoud Faqih, appointed to Sharia court in the Middle East. The director Erika Cohn is an Emmy winner and was named one of Variety's top 10 documentary filmmakers in 2017. Faqih serves in Palestine and Cohn was previously the U.S. Ambassadorial Film Scholar to Israel/Palestine. The documentary is an inspiring look at a woman who has been able to break one of the most seemingly impenetrable glass ceilings. She's not without her critics: The film features interviews of scholars and citizens on the street who believe a woman is emotionally unfit to serve in that position. Nevertheless, Faqih continues on; Next year will be her 10th year on the court, and the film offers another story about female empowerment, something audiences seem increasingly hungry for.
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I Am Not a Witch
Growing up is hard to do and recently, Hollywood seems even more inundated with coming of age stories. This one, from Zambian-Welsh director Rungano Nyoni, takes a satirical twist: The girl in it is accused of being a witch. Sent off to a witch camp, she's tied to a piece of ribbon and told that if she cuts it off, she will become a goat. Soon, she is exploited by an employee in the ministry of tourism and traditional beliefs, who uses her "witch" powers to make a quick buck. The film deals with themes of misogyny and the negative effects of tourism, while attempting to remain comedic.
Who gets to tell people's stories is a question at the heart of modern journalism. In Amateurs, by Swedish filmmaker Gabriela Pichler, a town hires a professional to make a commercial for them, which they will submit to a contest to try and get a low-cost superstore to build a branch there. However, local teens Aida and Dan think they should be the ones making the commercial, and they use their phones and selfie-sticks to do just that. Aida and Dan don't come from the "right" families or hold much influence, but they're the ones that know their hometown and care about the people.
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Farmers planning to establish forage stands for hay, silage or livestock pasture should understand seeding site, soil, forage variety and three more forage management considerations to develop a successful forage patch, Purdue Extension specialist Keith Johnson says.
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"Establishing forage requires planning and great attention to detail," Johnson said. "If all elements are considered, your efforts can result in a great forage stand that will provide healthy, sustainable and cost-effective feed for livestock in all seasons."
Beef producers, livestock farmers and forage growers should consider these six forage management tips:
1. Choice of seeding site. Johnson said forage sites should be considered according to the purpose of the forage being planted.
For forage that will be harvested by equipment (hay and silage), farmers should note the proximity of the field to the site where the crop will be stored. If it costs too much or takes too long to transport the crop to the storage site, the location should be reconsidered.
For pastures supporting livestock, farmers need to be sure that the site has access to a reliable water source.
Also, for farmers planning to use electric fencing, access to an electrical outlet must be near, or there needs to be a willingness to energize the fence with solar powered batteries.
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2. Soil. Different forages thrive in different soil types. In general, seedbeds should be firm and weed-free. Johnson says no-till seeding can provide good seed-to-soil contact. For soils amended with limestone or fertilizer, more aggressive tilling may be necessary.
Also understand the "Plantback restriction." That is, the time necessary to wait on planting new seeds so they are unaffected by the previous crop's herbicide treatment, as residual herbicide remaining in the soil can kill seedlings. This information is found on herbicide labels.
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3. Forage choice. Johnson said the forage type to plant depends on the species and class of animal that will consume it. He suggests consulting with an Extension forage specialist, forage seed sales personnel or livestock nutritionist to determine what forage will work best for a specific livestock species and class.
Hay farmers may also want to mix different types of forages to reap their individual benefits. For instance, mixing a legume forage such as alfalfa with a forage grass would provide a nitrogen source to the grass so commercial nitrogen fertilizer would not be needed.
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The grass-legume combination also would be higher in protein and magnesium than a grass grown alone. Inclusion of a compatible grass with a bloat-potential legume can reduce the chances of this disorder occurring.
Also, hay farmers should consider yield potential, disease and insect resistance and seed quality when evaluating different varieties available within a forage species.
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4. Seeding. To seed forage fields, Johnson said equipment type, depth of seed, date planted, herbicide application and seeding rate should be taken into account for specific forages. This information can be found most easily by consulting a forage-trained specialist.
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British rock band Queen has always had a theatrical flair in concert, so perhaps it's only fitting that the band's music has found its way into a theater production.
"We Will Rock You," a musical set in a dystopian future, features more than two dozen songs from the band and it will make two Southern California stops — it will be at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles Oct. 11 and at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio Oct. 12.
The play follows a group of "Bohemians" you know, as in the rhapsody, as they fight the all-powerful Globalsoft corporation in a future where music is outlawed.
"It's kind of got that dystopian futuristic vibe, whether it be like 1984 or anything like those kind of books if you've read them. It's that," said Kyle Gruninger, who plays Commander Khashoggi, one of two villains in the show.
The Bohemians, led by Galileo and Scaramouche, are trying to bring back rock music, battling villains Killer Queen and Commander Khashoggi with a goal of ultimately becoming, as Freddie Mercury would sing, the champions of the world. And even if you don't know the story, if you know the music you won't be lost.
"The great thing about this musical is If you know nothing about what you're about to step into, you'll know that the musical is really focused and based upon the music of Queen," Gruninger said. "That really is the main focus. The storyline is great and fun and I love it, but really the big focus here is all the Queen music and the Queen songs."
There are two dozen or so Queen hits and more in the show, he said.
"They're all essential in some degree. Of course a lot of the fun ones, like 'Another one Bites the Dust' where Killer Queen is trying to kill me and 'Seven Seas of Rhye,' which is kind of a B-side Queen song where I get to torture the Bohemians, of course those are a lot of fun for me."
When he's not in musicals, Gruninger is making music with his band Incura.
"Queen is a huge influence. Of course, I'm a metal kid. I love metal. But there was something about the theatrics of Queen and the falsetto in Freddie's voice and we'll call them, like, vocal gymnastics almost that that guy was doing so that really comes across in my music and my writing as well, turning the band from just a regular metal band as more like a theatrical operatic hard rock band," he said.
If you go
Los Angeles: 8 p.m., Oct. 11, at the Microsoft Theater, 777 Chick Hearn Court, Los Angeles. $34.50-89.50, microsofttheater.com.
Indio: 8 p.m., Oct. 12, at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, 84245 Indio Springs Parkway, Indio. $39-$69. fantasyspringsresort.com


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OKLAHOMA CITY – A contraband search at a halfway house in Oklahoma City led officials to an escape hatch, officials said.
Authorities were searching the Center Point halfway house in Oklahoma City for contraband when they found a false wall in a room allowing inmates to leave the facility after coming back and checking in with security from daily work assignments.
Originally built as a hotel, the halfway house was purchased by Center Point in 2005 and converted to house inmates who are nearing the end of their sentences.
Inmates serving time at the facility are able to leave during the day to look for jobs or go to work.
With the hotel style layout, only rooms with doors facing the interior of the complex are used to house inmates.
Exterior rooms remain locked and out of service.
According to a release from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, the inmates at the facility removed drywall in a bathroom connecting to an exterior room facing the street.
The inmates covered the hole with lightweight material to make a false wall for easy access outside the facility.
Corrections Director Joe M. Allbaugh said the department will investigate the security measures at the facility.
Additionally, the inmates will face consequences that may lead to more time added on to their sentence and result in movement to a higher level of security.
"Halfway houses are designed to allow inmates to transition back into society while remaining clean," Allbaugh said. "This lack of accountability and oversight is unacceptable. I expect Center Point's cooperation as we look into its security standards."
The search lasted two-and-a-half hours and was conducted by 35 correctional officers, 24 Corrections Emergency Response Team members and six K-9 units.
The task force also utilized CellSense towers and deep tissue scanners during the raid.
The following contraband was seized by the teams during the bust:
- 18 cellphones
- 87 cellphone chargers
- 4 grams of marijuana
- .6 grams of methamphetamine
- 39 syringes
- A half-gallon bottle of vodka
- 2 pounds of tobacco
- 2 cans of chewing tobacco
- 89 lighters
- 65 electronic devices
Applauding the work of the task force, Director Allbaugh said the efforts to pull contraband out of inmates' hands will increase.
"Our teams will continue to go into everywhere the department has a footprint unannounced to eliminate our contraband problem," Allbaugh said. "I appreciate the efforts of the men and women who ensure the safety of our facilities and the public."


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Grand Prairie ISD currently maintains five traditional middle schools and two traditional high schools for students seeking versatility, culture and tradition under one roof. Both high schools along with Adams and Jackson middle schools also offer programs of choice on location. As an open-enrollment district, students can apply to any school in GPISD, inside or outside district boundaries. Please visit the campus websites to learn more about each school by clicking on the links below. Parents may subsequently call to arrange for a tour of the campus as well.
James Fannin Middle School | 301 N. E. 28th Street, Grand Prairie, TX 75050 | (972) 262-8668
Andrew Jackson Middle School | 3504 Corn Valley Rd., Grand Prairie, TX 75052 | (972) 264-2704
Ronald Reagan Middle School | 4616 E. Bardin Road, Grand Prairie, TX 75052 | (972) 522-7300
Harry S. Truman Middle School | 1501 Coffeyville Trail, Grand Prairie, TX 75052 | (972) 641-7676
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text: Home > Diet and nutrition > Beverages Updated 06 August 2020 Drinking a mineral overload? Beverage giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo will soon be launching a range of carbonated cold drinks fortified with vitamins and minerals. Find out why DietDoc is concerned. 0 Shutterstock Related Diabetes in children Sugary drinks could fuel diabetes What's SA's most sugary drink Vit & Min doses per day » Count calories in food » Is my vegetarian diet balanced? » Ask The Dietitians » 10 foods to boost your immune system Your quick guide to Banting A few weeks ago, The New York Times published an article entitled 'Soda Makers Pitch Drinks as Healthy to Boost Sales'. My first reaction was: 'They must be joking!' The article was about the fact that Coca-Cola and PepsiCo were planning to launch a range of new carbonated cold drinks (called 'sodas' in the US), which will be fortified with vitamins and minerals. These cold drinks will be called 'Diet Coke Plus' and 'Tava' respectively. At first glance, it's a good idea. But anyone involved in nutrition will have reservations, and so should you. The drinks concerned will be marketed as 'sparkling beverages' and not 'soft drinks', because market research has revealed that the American public is drinking less Coca-Cola and Pepsi ,and that sales of these traditional cold drinks are falling. According to the New York Times article, Americans are turning away from traditional sweetened drinks in favour of waters and juices, in an attempt to prevent obesity. Background informationA number of years ago, a team of researchers reported that American children and teenagers were gaining weight at an alarmingly fast rate and that for each bottle of 'soda pop' (sweetened cold drink) the youngsters ingested on a daily basis, their risk of becoming obese increased exponentially. Consequently, dieticians and nutritionists started cautioning parents and the general population to cut back on sweetened cold drinks. The caution was emphasised by the proposal that sugar in liquid form is potentially more 'fattening' than sugar in solid form (e.g. table sugar used on cereals or in tea and coffee). At last it seems that the American public is reacting to this message, and starting in 2005, the sales of cold drinks dropped, apparently for the first time in history. In view of the vast contribution to the world economy made by the cold drink industry ($68 billion in the US alone), soda giants like Coca-Cola and Pepsi weren't going to take this lying down. 'Lite' drinksSo-called 'lite' cold drinks, sweetened with artificial sweeteners - like Tab, Coca-Cola Lite and Diet Pepsi - were the first and obvious answer to the obesity debate. But recent sales figures show that even these are losing ground to sports drinks, still and sparkling water, fruit juices and green tea drinks . From a weight-management point of view, energy-free cold drinks, still and sparkling bottled spring water and artificially sweetened bottled water, and soda water, are the best choices. Fruit juices on average contain about 200kJ and nearly 12g of fruit sugar (fructose, glucose and sucrose) per 100ml – even if no table or cane sugar has been added. Sports drinks contain between 120kJ and 7g of carbohydrates per 100ml (Energade) to 296kJ and 17,1g of carbohydrate per 100ml (Lucozade). Therefore, neither fruit juices, nor energy drinks are ideal for anyone who needs to lose weight and reduce their energy intake. For example, drinking a 250ml glass of fruit juice will add 500kJ to your daily energy intake or nearly 8% to the daily energy requirement of an adult woman. Slimmers should, therefore, either dilute fruit juices with water or drink them in small quantities. And for every 500ml of a sports drink that you consume, you add 600kJ to your energy intake. Sports or energy drinks should thus only be used by dieters who're doing at least 60 minutes of intensive aerobic exercise on a daily basis. Here's the problemThese new-generation cold drinks will become available soon. Diet Cola Plus will reportedly contain added niacin, vitamins B6 and B12, and magnesium and zinc, while Tava will include vitamins B3 (niacin), B6 and E, and chromium. In view of recent findings that excessive intakes of certain vitamins, and possibly also minerals, may be harmful to health. I am personally not in favour of such fortified cold drinks. Health24 readers often confess that they drink litres of cold drinks a day, and I am worried that litres of these new fortified products may well lead to an overdose of some of these nutrients. Generally speaking, the B vitamins should not pose a problem, as the body is capable of excreting them. The minerals, however, are another story. Excessive intakes of magnesium can lead to kidney stones; too much zinc can reduce copper absorption and cause gastrointestinal irritation, vomiting and damage to the nervous system; while chromium guidelines specify that no one should ingest more than 200 microgram per day. We will have to see at what levels these nutrients will be added to cold drinks ,and what impact they will have on general health, but I still think that fortifying cold drinks with vitamins and minerals is a contradiction in terms. Reference:(Soda Makers Pitch Drinks As Healthy to Boost Sales. The New York Times. Sunday, 12 March 2007.) Dr Ingrid van Heerden, DietDoc NEXT ON HEALTH24X OPINION | Mayday, Mayday! Your body needs your help! 2020-10-13 07:00 More: Diet and nutritionBeverages advertisement Read Health24's Comments Policy Comment on this story 0 comments Comments have been closed for this article. Logout Comment 0 characters remaining Share on Facebook Loading comments... 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23 Photos That Prove Cows Are Too Adorable for Words
There's no beef between these farm friends!
Though they might not immediately come to mind when you think of cute or cuddly creatures, cows are just as friendly and fun as any canine or feline. Not only that, but they are also extremely intelligent animals—so intelligent, in fact, that they can experience emotions ranging from love and affection to anger and aggression. Not convinced? Then let these 23 udderly adorable cow photos do the talking.
This big cow smooch.
As it turns out, this adorable interaction isn't uncommon between cattle. According to Judith Madey of The Nature Institute, older cows actually communicate by licking each other. How cute!
This cow getting up close and personal.
Cows are not afraid to get all up in your personal space, as seen by this farm friend who wasn't afraid to get intimately acquainted with the camera.
This cow and its little tongue.
Cow tongues aren't just cute. They're actually also very useful, as the USDA notes as this appendage is what they use to grab leaves for sustenance.
This smiling friend resting in the field.
This friendly face chilling in the grass is doing just what a cow loves to do most: resting! According to the Farm Animal Welfare Education Centre, a dairy cow's main priority is lying down—so much so that they spend as much as half the day doing so.
This big-eared farm friend.
Pay close attention to this farm friend's floppy ears. Not only are they udderly adorable, but a study published in Applied Animal Behavior Science also found that cows' feelings can actually be seen through the positioning of their ears. When calm and relaxed, cows' ears tend to be in a backward and/or hanging position, as opposed to in an upright position.
This cow reaching for a nose scratch.
Cows are always looking for a good bit of human affection. However, if you're not willing to give it, these beasts won't soon forget. As one study published in the Animal Behavior and Cognition journal notes, "calves as well as adult cows show learned fear responses to humans who have previously handled them in a rough manner."
This buddy trying to bypass the fence just to say hello.
All those hours spent on the pasture can get a little lonely—even for a cow. That's why this big guy took matters into his own hands—or hooves—and decided to stick his head through the fence so passersby could give him some pets. Who could ignore this friendly face?
This cow and its big tongue.
This cow cutie is showing us just how mighty (and big!) a cow's tongue can be. But why are their tongues so long? Well, since cows have fewer teeth than other animals plus no upper teeth, their tongues need to be long enough to grasp the grass they eat and pull it out of the ground.
This cow receiving a friendly hug.
Cow cuddling looks to be the next big trend—but unless you own a farm, you might have to pay a pretty penny just to get your hands on one of these benign beasts. In upstate New York, for instance, visitors are shelling out as much as $75 for an hour-long cow cuddling session, during which they can cuddle, brush, and play with cows.
This cow receiving not one, but two head rubs!
This cow friend sure looks peaceful receiving not one, but two friendly head rubs. As shown by Austrian researchers, gentle interactions like this one can greatly improve the relationship between humans and cows.
This cow being fed from a bottle.
Calves receive most of their nutrition from milk for the first two weeks of their lives. During this time they are typically fed twice daily either by a nipple bottle or via open bucket. The bottle works best, however, because it closely resembles that of the mother's udder.
This cow posse.
According to a University of Northampton study, cows actually do have best friends! What's more, when cows are surrounded by their best friends, their heart rates slow down significantly, and they experience less stress than when paired with a stranger.
This cow racing alongside its canine companion.
The friendships cows form extend to other animals, too. Take Moonpie the cow, for example. She's currently living at Rocky Ridge Refuge in northern Arkansas with her best friends who just so happen to be two dozen rescue dogs!
This mother and her baby calf.
There's no bond stronger than the one between a mother and her child—and that goes for cows as well as humans. Per one study in the Applied Animal Behavior Science journal, calves reared alongside their mothers tended to be more sociable and socially competent in later years, as well as less susceptible to stress.
This cow's pig friendship.
Cows and pigs often share pastures, giving them the perfect opportunity to form friendships. However, some creatures will even go great lengths just to see their BFFs. At one farm in England, for instance, a miniature pig named Mr. Sparkles even sneaks over to hang out with his cow pal, Dainty. There's no beef between these farm friends!
This cow reaching for its photo moment.
Don't think you can hide from a cow if you're looking to capture a sneaky shot. According to NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, cows have near 360-degree vision, so they can see practically everything.
This cow and its little friend.
This cow probably loves being in a field of flowers even more than its human friend does. Why? According to the book Cow Talk, cows have an incredible sense of smell—so good, in fact, that they can detect smells from kilometers away. Yes, cows definitely know how to stop and smell the roses.
This cow with luscious locks.
This buddy's bangs are quite long—and they serve a specific purpose! Highland cows from Scotland have wooly and wavy coats that grow extremely long in order give the cows the ability to combat the cold, wet climate they live in.
This cow and his goat friend.
Dogs and pigs and goats, oh my! Cows seem to have a multitude of farm friends, and goats are no exception. One orphaned cow in Little Rock, California, for example, was given a goat companion by the Hooves and Paws Animal Rescue, and the duo is now inseparable.
This adorable mother-child photo.
This baby calf and its mother could win any cute baby photo competition. However, it's best to admire this idyllic pairing from afar: Cow mothers are extremely protective of their young, which is one of the reasons why the animals get such a bad rap for being aggressive.
These cows giving each other nose kisses.
These cows are showing love by booping snoots! And did you know that you can measure a cow's emotional state through the temperature of its nose? A recent study published in the Physiology & Behavior journal revealed that a drop in nasal temperature for cows was associated with a more positive emotional state of being.
This cow and its heart-shaped head.
This calf doesn't wear its heart on its sleeve, but rather on its head! And, according to the American Dairy Association, no two Holstein cows have the same spots, so this heart-shaped beauty is one of a kind.
These cows and their canine companion.
These cow companions are showing the utmost love to their bulldog buddy! A cow's lick is a sign of affection, and it's clear this dog is getting lots of slobbery kisses.
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Published on March 23, 2017
On Saturday, March 25, Reading Health System will host Lucy Kalanithi, M.D., whose late husband wrote "When Breath Becomes Air," a New York Times best-seller about his battle with cancer.
Kalanithi's presentation, called "When Breath Becomes Air: Finding the Meaning in Medicine," will take place from 1 to 2:15 p.m., at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Reading, 701 Penn Street, Reading. Vinti Shah, DO, Chief, Section of Palliative Medicine, Reading Health System, will moderate. Admission is free, and a complimentary lunch will be served from noon to 1 p.m.
Paul Kalanithi, M.D., was a successful neurosurgery resident at Stanford University School of Medicine when he was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer at age 36. One day he was a doctor making a living treating the dying, and the next day, he was a patient struggling to live. He died two years after receiving his diagnosis.
Lucy Kalanithi continues to share her husband's story with the world and to talk - as a physician and a widow - about caregiving, end-of-life care, bereavement, resilience and meaning in medicine. She wrote the epilogue for "When Breath Becomes Air."
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TEL AVIV — As Israelis prepare to celebrate the country's 70th anniversary starting at sundown tonight, the Israel Defense Forces are on high alert for the possibility of direct Iranian retaliation for a reported Israeli strike in Syria that targeted an Iran-operated airbase.
In an unusual move, Iran's state-run media admitted that seven of its "soldiers" were killed in the April 9 strike.
Iranian officials have repeatedly vowed retaliation. On Tuesday, Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior advisor to Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned that Israel's "crimes will not remain unanswered." Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi further stated, "The Israeli regime's aggression against Syria is a breach of this country's national sovereignty and territorial integrity and runs counter to all international regulations and principles."
Neither Velayati nor Qassemi mentioned that Israel allegedly struck the T-4 airbase near Homs after it was brazenly used by Iran to send an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) into Israeli territory in February before it was quickly shot down by the Israeli military. The IDF revealed on Friday that its investigation concluded the Iranian drone sent from T-4 was carrying explosives and was seemingly deployed to attack an Israeli target.
On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported the T-4 base housed an advanced Iranian air defense system and drone hangar, underscoring Iran's military expansionism in Syria as Tehran helps to lead Bashar al-Assad's successful counterinsurgency against the rebels targeting his regime.
The Jerusalem Post reported that Israel believes that Iranian retaliation could come in the form of direct missile or drone attacks launched from Syria.
In a highly-cited New York Times oped, Thomas Friedman opined that Iran's Al Quds Force chief Qassem Suleimani "could opt to strike back at Israel through proxies, either in the Middle East or against Israeli targets globally."
Last week, this reporter analyzed the different possibilities for Iranian retaliation:
Iran could activate Hezbollah to target Israel, but that would risk massive Israeli retaliation and the ensuing clash would hamper Hezbollah's continued ability to fight the anti-Assad rebels. In an all-out war, Hezbollah has tens of thousands of rockets that could devastate Israeli civilian population zones.
Besides Hezbollah, Iran has other Shiite proxies in Syria and Lebanon that could be put into action against the Israeli Golan Heights.
Tehran could use its terror proxies overseas to carry out an attack that would not directly bear Iranian fingerprints. It could also use Palestinian Islamic Jihad to draw Israel into a confrontation in the Gaza Strip or West Bank. And Iran can increase financing to Hamas and ride the current wave of violent riots at the Israel-Gaza border to further distract the Israeli military in the south.
As the extent of Iran's military involvement in Syria makes clear, Tehran also has the option of direct, precision-guided missile attacks against Israeli targets.
Aaron Klein is Breitbart's Jerusalem bureau chief and senior investigative reporter. He is a New York Times bestselling author and hosts the popular weekend talk radio program, "Aaron Klein Investigative Radio." Follow him on Twitter @AaronKleinShow. Follow him on Facebook.


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Travel Agent recently sat down with Patricio Gaybor, marketing manager for the Ecuador Ministry of Tourism, and learned of the country's ongoing additions to its already vast tourism product.
Patricio Gaybor, marketing manager for the Ecuador Ministry of Tourism, sees more travelers heading to Latin America in the future as a viable vacation option during tough economic times
Struggling U.S. Economy May Benefit Destination
While no tourism board likes to see Americans struggle financially, Gaybor admits that Ecuador, an incredibly affordable destination, will most likely flourish because of these tough economic times. And after Travel Agent's recent trip, where we enjoyed such low-cost experiences as a 30-minute cab ride for $2, we couldn't agree more. "I've spoken with industry representatives who told me that Australia, Africa and Asia will be taking major hits in 2009. And for the traveler who loves culture, what do you have left after those international destinations?" Gaybor asks rhetorically. "You basically are left with Europe and Latin America. Because Europe is so expensive, many travelers will choose Latin America. Ecuador is among the cheapest of Latin American destinations, and we use the dollar, so [those are] two big reasons why people will choose us."
According to Gaybor, Ecuador has been registering steady increases in international arrivals since 2002 and is expected to reach a milestone one-million mark in foreigners this year, the first time the country has ever reached that mark. The average annual increase in arrivals has been about 6 percent since 2002, but 2008 represented a whopping 13-percent increase, Gaybor says. "Since that was the highest ever, and since we are heading into a difficult year for the industry in 2009, we are not expecting to do that again," Gaybor admits. "But if we can maintain the 6 percent average, we will be pleased." In 2008, Ecuador had a $6 million budget allocated for the tourism industry. Because of the success and increasing pressure to live up to it in 2009, that budget has increased to $23 million this year, Gaybor says. Of that total figure, however, half will be designated toward funding hotel developments while the remainder will be used to market the country.
Ecuador has been registering a steady increase in international arrivals since 2002 and is expected to reach a milestone 1 million this year
Ecuador's Program to Certify Agents in Sustainable Tourism
Gaybor took over the position of marketing manager for the Ministry of Tourism in April. But before that, he was focused on improving the country's ecotourism and sustainability. So it didn't come as a surprise when he told us one of his main goals as marketing manager will be to further educate travel agents on sustainable tourism. According to Gaybor, the Rainforest Alliance is working with the Ministry of Tourism, the Ecuadorian Ecotourism Association, and the private sector to establish management practices for tourism that protect the destination's ecosystems. Online workshops will soon be available to agents so they can obtain official certification as a sustainable tourism specialist in Ecuador. The program will launch sometime this year, Gaybor says, and will focus on three main components: general information on the country; operational issues, such as how long people should stay and how much money they should bring; and sustainability. The last component will involve teaching agents how to identify "green" hotels and what the requirements are to be official "green" properties. Once agents pass through this program, the Ministry of Tourism will be compiling its Best Sellers list, in which they will choose about 40 to 50 of their best-selling agents to go on a mega-fam trip in 2010.
Train of the Middle of the World
One of Ecuador's most ambitious projects is the $260 million restoration of its steam train and rail line from Quito to Guayaquil, an effort that Travel Agent has been following for some time. The line is being restored in different phases, and is expected to be fully operational by late 2010. The first leg of the newly renovated line, a 68-mile stretch between Quito and Latacunga, was slated to be up and running toward the end of last year. That train was scheduled to depart twice a week. Once fully completed, the Train of the Middle of The World will take your clients on a 9,000-foot journey in the heart of the Andes and will travel all the way south to the coast, passing through an array of landscapes, villages, towns and ecosystems. Although we were told tickets for the train are not commissionable, there are several operators that offer private rides on the train. Agents should contact Marcelo Meneses of Ecuador Adventure, one of the few operators offering private journeys on sections of the railway, although the Bureau is expecting more to jump onboard as news surfaces. Meneses can be reached at 800-655-4053, ext. 8806, or [email protected].


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From February 8 through March 21, Foltz Fine Art will be exhibiting Karl E. Hall: Inspierd Visions, Coinciding with the largely figurative-based exhibitions Herb Mears: Memoirs of a Midcentury Master and Jon Flaming: Modern Cowboy, Foltz Fine Art presents its first solo exhibition for the Houston artist. Hall is best known as a painter and printmaker, active since the 1970s, and the exhibition includes painterly portraits and compositions relating to Hall's brand of "Gospel Surrealism."
Born in 1952, artist Karl E. Hall grew up in the Sunnyside community in Houston, TX, and graduated in 1970 from E.E. Worthing High School. In 1976, Hall went on to earn a BA in Arts Education from Texas Southern University, where he studied drawing and painting under the late Dr. John T. Biggers. In 1979, he completed his MFA at University of Houston Clear Lake, studying painting and monotypes with Professor Sandria Hu. After graduation, Hall served for 33 years as an Art Educator, first in North Forest Independent School District, followed by Galena Park Independent School District, where he retired in 2011. During his teaching career, he received numerous awards and accolades, in addition to the honor of many prize-winning students. Hall retired from the school system to pursue his dream of being a full-time artist or whatever God calls him to be. Painting in a style he refers to as "Gospel Surrealism", Hall is a devout believer in God, and is currently a member of the Apostolic Assembly of Love church under the ministry of Bishop Louis Osborne and Sis. Gwen Osborne.
Throughout his career, Hall has won many prizes in juried art competitions and participated in numerous group shows. Works by Hall are published in the following books: Black Art in Houston by John Biggers, Carroll Simms, and John Edward Weems (1978); Art in Action by Guy Hubbard (1987); and Roots for Life by Roy L. Ford (2017). Hall was also one of 31 artists chosen to create illustrations for a Texas State Parks book, to be released in 2023, for the centennial anniversary of the state park system. Corresponding with the book release will be an exhibition at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin, Texas featuring the artist's original works. Today, he continues to reside in Houston, and is an active member of the Watercolor Society of Houston where he also exhibits works. Like his mentors at TSU, Hall has spent a lifetime inspiring future generations of artists through his work as an educator.
The exhibition will be on view February 8 – March 21, 2020, with an opening reception Saturday, February 8th from 6-8pm. The artist will be in attendance.


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Car Sound mod creator that aims to make the most realistic sounds possible in San Andreas.
My mods are intended for people who only drive/race on San Andreas, so there may be sound glitches when walking/running/rain .etc
I eventually plan on releasing 'ambient' sounds as well for the game, meaning when in the country side or city you can hear cars racing in the distance.
I will be making sounds for GTA IV and V eventually, but I have yet to get those games.
As my name suggests a vast majority of my sound are for the Mercedes CLK GTR SuperSport.
I take requests but they can take up to a month or longer depending on the car. For certain sounds I am waiting for a car model to be released so I can release the sound to get with the car.
Nice mod can you convert Panoz GTR-1 from Project Cars too? I have a sound for it
Mind if I make an edit of this ?
Recording the sound for it now
@Watanabe Works Oh okay
Bizzare Creations?
Can you convert Panoz GTR1 from PGR3? I tried to find model for it and couldn't find it anywhere, but if you can convert from that game that's great
I will create a sound for this car but I do not have the Ford GT90 unlocked yet, I already have a sound for the Panoz made but I have no proper car for it.


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Long Live The Local campaign raises a beer to Britain's boozers
Havas London and Britain's Beer Alliance have launched a nostalgia-filled campaign to restore enthusiasm for the local pub, and combat the pressures of ever-increasing beer tax
Spanning pub posters, social media, press, film, out of home and, of course, beer mats, the Long Live The Local campaign is a reminder of the pub's unique charms – from pork scratchings to post-work pints.
A long form press ad paints a picture of the boozer as a bastion of British tradition, built on a foundation of sticky toffee pudding, scotch eggs and beery familiarity.
Meanwhile, outdoor ads and beer mats use shorter taglines to emphasis the social aspect of pubs and a Tom Green-directed film captures the smaller moments played out in boozers across the country.
But there's a more serious message to the campaign as well, which highlights the pressure many pubs are under as they face increasing beer tax – set to rise further despite being in stark contrast with the lower rates paid elsewhere in Europe.
Britain's Beer Alliance has invested heavily in the campaign, committing £3m a year for the next three years with the hope of getting drinkers' signatures on a petition against the tax.
Long Live The Local is heavily imbued with nostalgia, which is perhaps what keeps it from feeling completely relevant. The campaign relies on romanticised perceptions, potentially missing a swathe of pub-goers that don't buy into these traditions. That said, it's visually persuasive, and its grassroots-style posters are sure to win over plenty of punters.
Creative agency: Havas London
ECD: Ben Mooge
Copywriter: Alex Tizard
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Mercy Road Minute: Why are we here?Written by Staff on March 22, 2019 – 5:25 am -
Why are we here? This is a question so many people have asked, I am sure. I have heard this question in science classes, churches, on the city streets, and the list goes on. But if you are sitting in your house of worship, or heading to that sacred place, or getting ready to go, or gearing up for the next service or meeting let me ask again…. Why?
Some do it for the vain glory of being seen in front of people (or even just seen in church) and getting that pat on the back. There are those that are there because it is just a habit, and nothing more than a routine instilled in them from childhood. Some come because they think if they spend an hour at a church once a week that they have "put their time in" for God and makes them okay for the week.
Some who are blinded by their misguided reasons will be sitting in church and complaining about how long the service runs, whining about too many scriptures being read, and will likely show more reverence during a movie in a theatre than in a sanctuary of God. So again, why are we here?
In a time such as now when liberties seem to be slipping away; when people are sick, and cancers and new sicknesses are showing up on every corner; when you or loved one's friends still do not know the love that is Jesus Christ and will pass through this life into eternity without the knowledge of his saving grace…… should we not know for a certainty why we are here?
Joshua 24:15 wraps it up succinctly when Joshua said, "But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord."
If you know Christ personally, you are a minister, and your walk should show that you are his servant. When I say "know," I mean a personal walk with him and continual growth in his light. Satan and his demons know Christ and the scriptures better than most Christians.
We should strive to be as Christ and not worry about what time it is, whether or not we will be missing our show on TV if the preacher does not shut up, or that we may miss our ballgame if the song leader sings two more verses. Maybe if that is our mindset going into the service, we are not really into the service anyway.
Maybe we should have done one of two things: Either prayed to prepare for the service before, or if that was our attitude toward the service, stayed home as to not dampen the spirit of the service, or distract those trying to worship and glean the portions of God's Word being delivered.
I know why I am here. I will refer back to Joshua 24:15. Let me leave you with a different question. Why are YOU here?
By Roger Barkley, Jr.
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Hobson's Sign Contract with Perry Edge & Double E PromotionsWritten by SGN Scoops on November 15, 2012 – 7:20 pm -
{EHA-Nashville, TN} The popular, Hobsons signed on with Perry Edge and Double E Promotions to continue to promote their latest single, "You Saw the Best in Me", written by Brian and Angela Monehan and recorded by John Mathis, Jr./Pathway Records. The song will be featured on their Christian Country Gospel comp. #167 and the Southern Gospel comp. #261 and was nationally released Nov. 1st according to Norma Beene of Double E. John Hobson notes, "We're really excited to be on the radio comp with wonderful artists like Marty Raybon, Jimmy Fortune, Gerald Crabb, The Parrish Family, Tim Livingston and many more. We're just honored to be in their company. On Dec.8th we'll travel out to greater Booneville, Miss. to attend the Double E Christmas party, sing a few songs, and celebrate the 'reason for the season'..the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ. We're really looking forward to meeting all the folks at Double E."
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Tusk's Safaricom Marathon and Half Marathon allow participants from all over the globe to compete in an internationally acclaimed event whilst running through one of Africa's most breathtaking wildlife conservancies. Although regarded as one of the toughest marathons in the world, runners of all abilities take part — from walkers and amateurs to professionals like Paul Tergat, the Kenyan former world record holder. As a result, the event has grown to become one of the country's major sporting events and is regarded by Runner's World as one of the world's top ten "must do" marathons.
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Unionidae (freshwater mussels) in the phylum Mollusca
Shell thick, solid, compressed to moderately inflated, triangular. Anterior end rounded, posterior end pointed. Dorsal margin slightly curved, ventral margin curved in young shells, becoming straight in older shells. Umbos low, usually not elevated above the hinge line. Beak sculpture, if visible, of two or three loops parallel to the growth lines, usually present only in very small shells. Posterior ridge prominent and sharply angled. Surface of the shell smooth. Periostracum reddish brown with faint green rays in small shells, becoming dark brown to black in adults.
Pseudocardinal teeth well developed; two in the left valve, one in the right. Lateral teeth short, roughened, and straight. Beak cavity very shallow. Nacre color variable, usually purple, occasionally pink or white.
Similar species: Spike, mucket
Adult length: 3–6 inches.
Large rivers in mud, sand, or fine gravel.
Algae and fine particles of decaying organic matter; extracts nutrients and oxygen from water drawn into body cavity through a specialized gill called the incurrent siphon; sediment and undigested waste are expelled through the excurrent siphon.
Only occurs in the Ozark region of Missouri; today found only in the Meramec River.
Endangered in Missouri; candidate for federal Endangered status.
Males release sperm directly into water. Females downstream siphon sperm into the gill chamber, where eggs are fertilized. Eggs mature into larvae (called glochidia), which discharge into the water and attach to host fish — this species uses the skipjack herring. The tiny mussel eventually breaks away and floats to the bottom of the stream, and the cycle repeats.
Mussels are excellent biological indicators of water quality because they are long-lived and relatively immobile, accumulating contaminants in water that can be scientifically analyzed. Because of its purple nacre, the elephantear was not sought after by the commercial button industry.
Mussels act as nature's "vacuum cleaners," filtering and cleansing polluted waters. They are also an important food source for other species in the aquatic environment.
Missouri's streams, lakes, and other aquatic habitats hold thousands of kinds of invertebrates — worms, freshwater mussels, snails, crayfish, insects, and other animals without backbones. These creatures are vital links in the aquatic food chain, and their presence and numbers tell us a lot about water quality.


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20 Facts About Meteors
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Have you ever seen a shooting star at night and wished on it? That practice of wishing from a shooting star from ancient times still exists today, but do wishes really come true? Most people said they wished on a falling star and had their wish granted while other people saw them a few times […]
19 Facts about the Space
1. Brown Dwarfs Brown dwarfs are sometimes referred to as "failed" stars. They are too low in mass to fuse atoms at their cores, and thus don't burn with the fires, that keep stars like our sun shining steadily for billions of years. Instead, these objects cool and fade with time, until what little light […]
26 Facts About the Moon
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- Astronomy, Facts, Moon
1. Satellite The Moon is not a planet, it is the natural satellite of the Earth. 2. Surface The surface area of the Moon is 37,932,000 square km (14,658,000 square miles) or 9.4 billion acres. 3. Radius The radius of the Moon is 1,738 kilometers (1,080 miles). 4. Diameter The diameter of the Moon is […]
26 Facts About the Earth
1. Naming Earth is the only planet in the solar system whose name does not derive from gods or goddesses names. 2. Centre of the Universe Due to the apparent movements of the Sun and the planets in relation to our viewpoint, ancient civilizations believed in the Ptolemaic system, a description of the cosmos where […]


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Brothers & Sisters,
Too often we forget that Christ lived for us. We remember that he died for us and for our salvation. We remember that he was raised in victory over the grave for our justification. But we forget that he lived for us and what that means. It would be hard to put it better than Donald Macleod. He writes:
Once [Jesus'] public ministry commences, the pressures and privations are immediately obvious. They begin with the temptations in the desert, underling the fact that though Jesus was free from sin he was not free from temptation. On the contrary, he was tempted just like ourselves 'in every way' (Heb. 4:15). Behind the phraseology, sanitized by centuries of quotation, lies the harsh reality that Jesus was dogged and harassed by the Prince of Darkness throughout his life. But there were more mundane pressures as well, and they clearly took their toll, even of his physical appearance: so much so that he could be taken for a fifty-year-old (John 8:57) when he was scarcely thirty. He was poor beyond our imagining, owning only the clothes he stood in; homeless, without a pillow for his head; oppressed by crowds demanding a sign and plying him with endless questions; often exhausted, as when he lay dead to the world in the stern of a tiny fishing boat caught in the eye of a fearful storm (Mark 4:38). He was misunderstood by his family, who feared for his sanity; pursued by the sick and their desperate relatives; stalked by the Pharisees with their undisguised hostility and their sly coadjutors with their entrapping conundrums (Mark 12:13). His whole life followed a pattern of rejection: rejection in 'his own country,' Nazareth; rejection by the religious establishment; rejection by public opinion, always fickle; and rejection, at last by his disciples, who all forsook him and fled.
Add to these the sheer horror of life among sinners for one so morally and spiritually sensitive. We skip lightly over these words, 'made his dwelling among us' (John 1:14), forgetting that he had come 'from highest bliss, down to such world as this': a world where he was surrounded on all sides by the sights of misery and wickedness, the sounds of profanity and blaspheme, and the stench of poverty, death and corruption.
That had been the story so far. Pontius Pilate was the climax, not the commencement, of his suffering. It is tempting to surmise that because of Jesus' inner strength he was able to rise easily above such pressures and continue on his way unruffled and serene. But Jesus' endurance and courage were not those of the insensitive and unfeeling. The pressure hurt, and sometimes there were tears (John 11:35), sometimes anger (Mark 3:5), and sometimes an almost mortal sorrow (Mark 14:34). This is what undergirds the sympathy highlighted in Hebrews 4:15: Jesus was tested in every way, just as we are. [Donald Macleod, Christ Crucified: Understanding the Atonement (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2014),17-18.]
Remember that Jesus lived for you, and be thankful. Remember that he is your sufficient and sympathetic Savior.
Warmly in Christ,
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SPTO Meeting Tuesday Oct 16
Join us on October 16 at 6 p.m. for our monthly Sequoia Parent Teacher Organization (SPTO) meeting in the school cafeteria. Dinner is provided, as well as childcare, for free.
This is a great opportunity for Sequoia families:
to get involved with your child's school
to meet the new art and garden teachers
to learn about SPTO fundraising
to get involved with upcoming events
to learn about efforts to improve equity at Sequoia
In the spirit of Halloween, there will be a costume exchange. Please bring a gently used Halloween costume and trade for a different one.


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Kenya: I Don't Know If NeNe Will Ever Write a Check
Kenya Moore shares her thoughts on the charity check debacle.
Bravotv.com: Do you think NeNe will write her check to the charity?
Kenya Moore: Sadly, I do not think it's clear if NeNe will ever write the check. If she was honest and sincere about putting our differences aside for charity last year, she would have matched the donation as she promised. She made a promise to the kids of the city of Detroit to donate $20,000. She has made every excuse in the world as to why she hadn't written it. First, she didn't think the donation was real, which is why I posted it on social media so that no one would have doubts. Conveniently she now claims I somehow am making a mockery of charity. This is the same woman who wears $20,000 outfits and posts photos on her graffitied $12,000 Hermes Birkin bags on social media, but I'm the one making a mockery of charity? She also tried to say I didn't donate my own money, which is a lie. The Detroit Public Schools Foundation has acknowledged they received a total of $40,000 on behalf of myself, which includes the additional $20,000 win from my appearance on Celebrity Apprentice. She also just bought a $2 million home. Obviously this is about her lack of character. You are nothing in life if you can't depend on your word. It takes a real morally debased person to steal from children. Yet, I still pray that the NeNe who is a good person will do the right thing.
Bravotv.com: Who do you think is the shadiest?
KM: Between NeNe not making good on the donation, Phaedra constantly hitting women below the belt with their health issues, and the thoughtless THOT, I'd say it's a three way tie.
Bravotv.com: What was going through your mind when NeNe blew up at you about the Peter comment?
KM: I was surprised she responded at all, because she was working so hard to ignore me the entire time. Everyone can agree that I flirted with Apollo and that NeNe flirted with Peter. My point was, although many can say it was inappropriate, neither of us did so seriously. We were always in a group setting and it was harmless. I have also apologized to Phaedra for making her feel uncomfortable, but she quickly accepted because she knew I didn't mean anything by it.
Watch the full version digital premiere of Life Twirls On tomorrow night at 8/7c. Go to Facebook.com/thekenyamoore to watch! Thanks for all your support. It's a really funny show that I'm so proud of! Can't wait to share it with you.
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Tioga BMX Race Pro:Files – UCI BMX Supercross #4 Argentina
A flashback to the 4th Round of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup tour from Argentina. Tioga supported Women Sweep the podium with Mariana Pajon taking the victory, with Alise post in 2nd, and Melinda McLeod finishing up 3rd. Tory Nyhaug finished on the Elite Mens podium in 3rd.


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Sustainable capitalism calls for using the capital available to a business in a way that creates value and profit today while preserving and creating value for the future. We will discuss existing trends that are putting sustainable capitalism under pressure and the drivers of corporate short-termism, and offer recommendations that corporate executives, board members, investors, and policy makers can take to rebalance business to a longer term view.
Key takeaways:
• Why pressure for companies to meet short-term financial goals is likely to increase in the coming years
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Carried by the batarian military's notorious Special Intervention Unit, the Raider is a semi-automatic shotgun that loads slowly but fires rapidly, with tremendous force. Short-range even for a shotgun, the Raider has a large pellet spread. Rather than eliminating recoil, its integral compensators instead make it predictable and vertical.


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A report from Digitimes claims that the launch of new iPads in March 2017 could be delayed due to 10nm yield issues that TSMC is facing.
Apple is reportedly planning on using A10X chipset based on the 10nm fabrication process on its upcoming new iPads. However, the yield issues that TSMC is facing with its 10nm process could force the company to delay the launch of the new iPads.
TSMC is not the only one struggling with 10nm fabrication process though. The report indicates that Samsung's foundries are also struggling with fabricating 10nm chips.
TSMC reportedly will also manufacture Apple's A11 chips for use in the iPhone 8 with volume production scheduled to kick off in the second quarter of 2017, the sources said.
Interestingly, if Apple does end up using the 10nm A10X chip inside its upcoming iPads, it would be the first time the company ended up using a newer mode on its A-series chips inside the iPad than on the iPhone. The A10X chip that will be used inside the upcoming iPads should be more powerful than the A10 chip Apple currently uses in the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. And since they will be based on the 10nm fabrication process, they should be more power efficient as well.
The report also states that TSMC has secured that majority of orders from Apple for its A11 chip that will be used inside the iPhone 8. The chip is expected to go into mass fabrication in the second half of the year.
Apple's upcoming iPads are expected to sport powerful specs and come with a larger display. They will, however, continue to make use of IPS LCD displays, with the 2018 iPads slated to switch to OLED panels.[Via Digitimes]


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Ways To Lose Weight Fast
There are many ways and means by which to lose weight, and most of us have tried one thing or another at some time or another, to lose weight. As we know by now, some of these methods while sounding like the next biggest thing since sliced bread, are nothing but duds, sent to dupe us into trying it out; and some of these methods take too long really to be of any interest to us at all which is why we look into so many ways to lose weight fast.
Most of us feel that we are not at our ideal weight and will try just about anything to try and lose the excess weight we're carrying. This is why trying to find as many ways to lose weight fast seems to be our goal rather than actually trying to stay on diet or one fitness regime and see it through to the end.
In truth, it is partly this inconsistency in the way that we handle the whole weight loss issue, that leads to our downfall. Because we are most of the time so busy looking for best ways to lose weight fast, we are not looking at the benefits that we are gaining from those weight loss techniques that we are employing now.
In other words, when we don't get the results we want when we want it, when we don't lose the projected number of pounds or inches from our body that these weight loss systems promised we would to begin with, we become disheartened and start looking for other means and ways to lose weight fast. This just won't do.
Doing this is partly the reason why so many of us yo-yo diet on a regular basis. This is also the reason why we find it so hard to lose weight as time marches on - our bodies have begun to ignore us and our measly half hearted attempts to lose weight.
It is for this reason that we need to be careful which of the different ways to lose weight fast we find. And when we find something that seems to suit us and suit our lifestyle, it is always best if we can find it within ourselves to stick with it, at least until we see some results.
Remember that everyone has a unique body and it is always best to remember this when you are looking for ways to lose weight fast, or slow.


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Icelandic society is broadly split into three camps at the moment. There are those who blame the current financial crisis on the government's irresponsible, almost total, liberalisation of the banking sector. Then there are those who blame the bankers for unnecessarily abusing the freedom given to them. The other group are the less discriminatory ones who blame everyone.
Last week's interviews from billionaire father and son tycoons Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson and Bjorgolfur Thor Bjorgolfsson therefore created a lot of debate in Iceland and elsewhere.
The businessmen many are blaming for the country's problems did not earn any respect for staying silent as long as they did. But when they finally spoke, their words were so calm, reasonable and seemingly honest, that they won back some of their lost respect.
Of course, sceptics quite reasonably argue that a silver-tongued billionaire's self defence means nothing unless supported by thousands of files made public.
Whoever turns out to be right, and whether or not it even matters, Bjorgolfur Thor Bjorgolfsson's comments on Russia were rather eloquent and thought-provoking.
Bjorgolfur Thor Bjorgolfsson was a major shareholder in Landsbanki and the chairman of both Straumur investment bank and Actavis. His father, Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson was Landsbanki's majority owner and chairman.
After graduating university in the USA, Bjorgolfsson went to Russia where he started up the Bravo Brewery which was eventually sold to Heineken for USD 400 million and spring boarded the entrepreneur on his course to the financial big league.
Bjorgolfsson was very much active in Russia at the time of the economic collapse there in the 90s; and he believes Iceland can now learn from Russia's economic recovery. It is an ironic twist that Iceland is still negotiating a possible large loan from Russia to help it avert catastrophe.
"I have experienced exactly this kind of crisis myself. In ´98 I was in Russia when the PM appeared on TV on a Monday saying that Russia was unable to pay its debts as a nation and the country collapsed," Bjorgolfsson says. "Total chaos ensued for a whole year and it took several years for Russia to work its way out of this. There I was on the ground, friends, colleagues and others, credit cards didn't function, the rouble dropped like a brick. The exact same thing happened as in Iceland, except in a harsher way. I was at the scene, I had a job, I was able to work myself out of it, the Russians were able to work their way out of it, and Iceland will do the same. I have seen this before."