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Second year Head Coach LaPromise Boone and the Carver High School Volleyball staff will be holding open tryouts Tuesday, August 9th, at 4pm in the main gym. All interested girls are asked to have a physical form completed by a doctor before working out. The workouts will start promptly at 4pm and all girls should
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Over the weekend, our Lady Rams volleyball team competed in the Birmingham City Schools Volleyball Tournament. Coach "Doc" Gooden stated that he was very pleased with the effort and thought that it was a great learning experience especially for the Area tournament. Carver will face Centerpoint on the road today and is looking to continue


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Bobbi Brown Pink Ribbon Collection . October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month and I encourage all my readers no matter what your ag...
Since October is National Breat Cancer Awareness month many beauty and fashion companies have created special pink products for the month and many of the proceeds for purchasing these products will go to research and support different organization. During the Month of October I will let you guys know about some of these special pink products and what you can do to help.
Last year Bobbi Brown created the Pink Ribbon Collection which benefits The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. You can check out the products from this collection below.
Bobbi Brown has created a beautiful limited-edition lip set featuring an exclusive new shade of their Creamy Lip Color and a limited-edition Glitter Lip Balm. Retail price is $40.00 and this limited edition collection is available at Bobbi Brown counters across the United States. Bobbi Brown has committed to donate $35,000 in connection with North American sales to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. You can learn more from Bobbi Brown cosmetics at bobbibrown.com.


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Kimdecent has announced the launch of a new mini PC this week in the form of the Kimdecent Droid Stick A2, which is equipped with a dual core processor.
The small dual core mini PC as with other stick style computers has a HDMI connection at one end and a USB 2.0 port at the other. Allowing you to insert the Droid Stick A2 directly into a spare HDMI port on your HDTV, transforming it into a customisable Smart TV.
The Kimdecent Droid Stick A2 is powered by a 1.5 GHz Amlogic 8726-MX ARM Cortex-A9 dual core processor, supported by 1GB of RAM and has options for either 4 or 8GB of internal storage.
Graphics on the Droid Stick A2 are provided by a Mali 400 dual core graphics chip that allows the system to run Google's latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system. Other features of the Kimdecent Droid Stick A2 mini PC include 802.11b/g/n WiFi, connectivity, infrared remote control, microphone jack, and IR port.
No information on pricing or worldwide availability has been released as yet by Kimdecent, but the new mini PC is expected to go into mass production next month. Full specifications for the Droid Stick A2 mini PC are available over on the Kimdecent website.
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Joint Ventures
You can often attract a larger company in your industry to go into a joint venture with you or someone who is related in your industry. For example: if you are a manufacturer and they are a distributor, there might be an opportunity for a joint venture. Conversely, if you are a distributor, a manufacturer may provide you cash, technology and or marketing support.
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Builder Guide backs the findings from a recently published study by the Electrical Safety Council and emphasises professional electrical installation is of paramount importance.
Builder Guide is getting behind the results of a recent study published by the Electrical Safety Council to highlight the importance of checking the electrics within your home are safe. A key aspect of this is having an RCD (Residual Current Device) in your fuse board, also known as a consumer unit. This will prevent electric shocks and dramatically reduce the risk of fire.
The study's objective was to better understand parent's awareness of electrical safety and how they protect both themselves and their children within the home.
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Dusekiana I : cello with piano
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Monday 1 January 0001 - Friday 1 February 2019
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It's time to swing again, as the SNJO celebrates jazz legends Count Basie and Duke Ellington. Playing these suites in full for the first time in its 23 year history, this SNJO programme will set feet tapping with infectious swing, or soothe with mellow melody.
Pre-Show Dining
Make your night extra special and dine with us before the show in our beautiful new restaurant Rondo.
To book a table at Rondo Restaurant please call 01224 641122 or you can book at the time of booking your ticket.
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Our brochures are available in a variety of formats, whether you'd prefer to view the brochure online, pick up a paper copy from any of our many outlets or in BSL (British Sign Language). Aberdeen Performing Arts recognises our responsibility to consider the environment in everything we do, with this in mind, we would like to encourage you to view our brochures online.


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Ambassadors Club
Students involved in this Ambassadors Club will develop and receive training on a range of skills, such as public speaking and presentation skills, networking and time management. Ideally, you'll be passionate about Halcyon and eager to share your best Halcyon experiences with prospective students, families and visitors. Ambassadors are often asked to: deliver school tours, help out with open house events and other on-campus event, give presentations in schools, and represent Halcyon at other events. Enhance your CV and your university applications and have fun along the way!
Boys Football Club – Grades 9-12
Students will develop their football skills, including: ball control, passing, dribbling, shooting, defending and application of game play. We will have frequent matches and compete in tournaments throughout the year.
Eco Committee
Halcyon's Eco Committee is currently applying for the Eco Schools Green Flag Award. We are looking for students from all grades to lead on initiatives in and out of school. We will continue our work on food waste, recycling and reducing plastics. However, we are also looking for new initiatives, such as training our student ambassadors to promote Halcyon's green credentials. If you care about the environmental crisis facing our planet and would like to take action to contribute, please join. This club can contribute to your Service Action or CAS.
Football Club – Grades 6-8 (mixed)
This is an opportunity for students to develop their fitness profile, stamina and play football
each week mindfully. The club will be working on general overall fitness and improving ball control, passing technique, shooting and spatial awareness in these fun sessions. The club also aims to have a match and tournaments with students of different schools.
Girls Football Club – Grade 9-12
Students will develop their football skills, including: ball control, passing, dribbling, shooting, defending and application of game play. We will have frequent matches and compete in tournaments throughout the year.
Global Issues Network Club (GIN)
GIN is a network of schools that work to take action about global issues facing our world today, such as poverty, sanitation, and global warming. Students attend the annual GIN conference, where they hear inspiring guest speakers, see other projects taking place in other schools and practice their public speaking skills. This club can contribute to Service Action or CAS.
This is a great club for students interested in any aspect of journalism, whether that be writing, editing or photography. Halcyonite is the school's student-run digital magazine, where students have the opportunity to present the exciting events at Halcyon. We welcome submissions from all students, so you can contribute to Halcyonite at any point in the academic year. Students will have the opportunity to write about topics and events that are of interest to them. Look through the latest edition to get inspired!
Knitting Club
All are welcome, beginners or experts. If you prefer crochet you could try that too. Students are aiming to make a blanket for the homeless! Lots of different colours and different thicknesses of knitting needles. It is a very relaxed and mindful session.
Dance Club
Dance Club is a new student-run Extra-Curricular, led by Grade 11 students. Students can join this club to enjoy a variety of dance styles including Contemporary, Ballet, Hip-Hop and Tap. All abilities and Grades are welcome!
LAMDA acting exams have a fee attached to them depending on the level of entry.
From the elocution examinations of the past to today's practical communication and performance assessments, LAMDA's examinations have provided each and every learner with the skills and confidence to succeed in life. LAMDA acting exams challenge the student to prepare and perform a character monologue in front of a panel of judges at the LAMDA centre in central London. There are different levels students can enter and they are able to progress up to the 'gold medal'. The LAMDA lunchtime rehearsals give the student an opportunity to practice and perfect their LAMDA pieces ready for examination. Please note, in order for students to be fully prepared for their acting examinations they will also have to use independant time to rehearse and prepare.
Law Society
Students involved in this Law Society will complete in the Independent Schools Mock Trial in February and will work together in teams of crown prosecutors, defence barristers or witnesses to gain a unique understanding of the justice system while developing employability skills such as teamwork, public speaking and verbal reasoning (This is primarily for 15-18 year-olds, but we can include others!) More information about the national trials can be found here https://smartlaw.org.uk/mock-trials/independent-schools/. We are signed up to compete at Wood Green Crown Court.
Mathematics Team
This is a lively session of maths where we prepare for various team maths competitions. The competitions are for grade 6, grades 7-8, grade 9 and grades 10-12 and involve working in small groups and pairs. If you enjoy doing maths … come along!
Medics Club
The Medics Club will: discuss current healthcare stories in the news, reflecting on them with consideration for the 4 Pillars of Medical Ethics; research medical/healthcare related career pathways in different countries; share opportunities for work experience and talk about necessary skills required to work in healthcare; discuss university applications for medicine; practice the stations for Multiple Mini Interviews, and prepare for Medical entrance exams.
Movie Club
Students will watch a variety of film genres such as Horror, Thriller, Comedy, Superhero, Action, and Mystery. The films are chosen by the students. Last year we watched films such as The Others, Avengers: Infinity War, Legally Blonde, and Inception.
Model United Nations
MUN is a group for students that are passionate about international relations and current events. Students in the club aim to increase their global political knowledge, as well as develop debating and public speaking skills. They also have opportunities to meet with a variety of other schools to participate in MUN Conferences such as MUNISH as well as our own school-based MUN Conference.
Running Club
Halcyon's running club aims to develop students through a range of differentiated activities in Hyde Park. The running club is open to students of all ages, levels of ability and experience. Each session will provide a range of different routes and students will be encouraged to attempt an appropriately challenging route. As the year progresses, students will learn about running related components of fitness and a range of training methods for developing them.
Table Tennis
Table Tennis Club is set up to improve table tennis skills. Our professional Table Tennis coach, Natacha Moura will work first of all on the student's technique and at the same time help develop speed and coordination, giving them advice on how to apply different tactics.
The Yearbook Club will be responsible for producing the annual Halcyon yearbook. Assisted by teachers, students will create and design pages. They are responsible for taking and collecting the pictures that will create the yearbook.


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You know your customers are on it so why not leverage that for your business? Maybe you've had a Facebook page for a few years but it hasn't generated any sales or new customers.
Maybe you post every day but never get any likes or comments. Let's look at the key factors to creating relevant content for social media.
1. Know your Customer – The Who?
Do you know your audience? Do you know what makes them tick? Have you reviewed your social media content from your customer's perspective?
Imagine you're a real estate company trying to sell homes in a new development catering to retirees. Much of your Facebook posts have been portraying pictures of young hip 20-somethings with new slang verbiage. Do you think it will drive the traffic you are intending? I think not.
Whether you've been in business for 20 years or you're a start-up, reviewing your customer's demographics is something you should do often, as they can change over time. Think about their:
- Age
- Marital Status
- Location
- Income Level
- Profession
- Hobbies
- Interests
The more details you know about your customer, the more effective your content can be. Don't assume your audience on Facebook has the same demographics as your audience on Instagram.
Check out How to Build your Content Strategy here for an in-depth guide on how to develop your overall content strategy and social media.
2. Have a Plan – The When?
Using a "one size fits all" approach to your social media plan will undoubtedly limit your results. Your customer's want to hear from you and they don't want to see the same thing over and over.
Imaging someone looking to engage a financial planner. They do some research online and find 2 businesses which may be able to help. They then go to their social media platforms and find Financial Planner A posting informative videos each week, and providing tips on how to plan for retirement. Financial Planner B hasn't posted in months.
Who would you instinctively trust?
You must keep things fresh to maintain engagement. If you go months without making a post, then all of the sudden react to an unexpected event in your industry your customer's may not trust your response.
Planning out your content to keep your audience engaged is vital to success. One must also keep in mind that reacting fast in today's nonstop technological world is crucial.
Take some time to look at your competitor's. How often are they posting? On average, it takes 8 "touches" to get a customer to purchase your product but social media can help shorten that lifecycle.
3. Engage Your Audience – The What?
The more you can engage your audience, the higher the likelihood your audience will share your content. A study by Ipsos showed that 61% of people shared interesting things, 43% of people shared funny things and 29% of people shared unique content.
You need to engage your audience in a conversation. Get personable by showcasing your product and/or service. Instead of a stock photo of a rug you sell, why not a video of one of your customer's unrolling their newly purchased rug in their home so your customer can see how they would receive it and how it looks in a living space? Or maybe you have a highly satisfied customer that sent you a testimonial detailing how your service impacted them. Why not showcase your customer to others?
Your goal should be to create an emotional response.
Get your customers excited, motivated, talking, amused, inspired, laughing, crying, etc. Keep it simple but go the extra step to reach your audience.
According to a recent study, content that had moderately controversial topics on average had more comments that those that were highly controversial. Think pictures and videos instead of text alone.
Again, review your competitors.
What are they posting? This is a good starting point. Gather ideas by having a brainstorm session with your team. Leverage trends and industry leaders Are there industry-specific websites you can get ideas from? Linking to other websites that are relevant can position you as a business expert. What is trending in your industry? You don't have to overcomplicate it.
4. Measure Success and Adjust – The Why?
How much time do you put into measuring your social media efforts? This is where many miss the mark. If you've taken the time to produce a well thought out social media plan you need to be able to adjust when something doesn't work like you thought it would.
Review your reach, exposure, retweets, and replies. Did your recent post drive any traffic to your website? Spend just as much time evaluating your results as you do producing the content. Why did it work or why didn't it work? Also, make sure to check your results regularly. This may mean weekly or quarterly depending upon your business.
There are now over 2 billion social media users and that number will continue to grow. You have to think about how you will be different from the next. The things you do today will impact your social media profile tomorrow.
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Based on the graphic novels by Mike Mignola, Hellboy, caught between the worlds of the supernatural and human, battles an ancient sorceress bent on revenge.
In an R-rated reboot, David Harbour disappears into the red skin, hulking physique and sawed-off horns of the monster hunter Hellboy. There's so much emphasis on hard-R violence in this blood-spattered, bone-cracking, resoundingly tedious mess, it's as if story and character and involving storylines were left back in the trailer. - One and a half stars


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Looking to set up an If formula, normally have no problems with them, but this one has me really confused.
I have a large list of dates, but what I want is that if say F4 was older than 90 days from today it would show "lapsed" whereas if F4 was todays date or was in the future, it would say "member" but if it is between the two, so older than today but less than 90 days old, it would say "grace"
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Panama Chin Augmentation
In a time when good looks are becoming more and more important not only in our personal lives, but our professional lives as well, having a strong chin is no longer a feature solely reserved for boxers. Men and women of class and distinction in the world of politics, business and entertainment often have a solid jaw-line rounded out by a pronounced chin. This facial feature not only gives off the air of confidence, but allows the possessor of such a feature actual confidence. Whether youre a man or woman, a weak chin can effect both your self esteem and your life. In this age of medical technology, there is hope. A Panama Chin Augmentation (Mentoplasty) can turn your weak chin in to the distinct, strong chin of the fortune 500 businessman, the presidential candidate and the movie star.
A medical vacation chin augmentation is an outpatient surgery that can last between thirty minutes to an hour-and-a-half depending upon the size and placement of an implant. The procedure can be done under general anesthetic or local anesthesia, with a sedative at your and your American trained surgeons discretion. Before your chin augmentation, your surgeon will meet with you to discuss a few matters.
Along with discussing your medical history and any medications you may be taking, your surgeon will speak candidly with you regarding your expectations and the desired shape and size of your chin. Photos will be taken of your face and chin for your medical file and you will be given pre-surgery instructions.
If you smoke, you will be asked to stop in the weeks prior to your Panama chin augmentation. You will also be asked to refrain from taking aspirin or any other anti-inflammatory drug as they thin the blood and can cause an increase in bleeding.
There are two incision sites associated with chin augmentation. One can be made underneath the chin along the natural curve of the jaw-line. The other can be made inside your mouth where your lower lip attaches to your gums. Your surgeon will opt for one or the other. The operation itself is quite simple: The incision is made, your surgeon creates a pocket for the chin implant and inserts the implant into the pocket on top of your existing chin bone. The implant can be attached to the bone either with sutures or titanium surgical screws. The incision is then sutured shut. Bandaging and tape are then placed over the operation site to minimize swelling and to ensue the implant does not shift.
If you choose to stay in Panama following your Mentoplasty, be sure to have a blender and/or plenty of milkshakes around as your surgeon may place you on a dietary restriction. Swelling and bruising are common following surgery and will generally fade within a couple weeks. Common pain medication can be prescribed to minimize any discomfort. A brace may also be prescribed to aid in implant protection during sleep. You can be back to work within five to seven days depending upon your comfort with your look.
As with all surgeries, there are risks involved with Chin Augmentation. Implant shifting, infection, and asymmetry can all occur. On rare occasions, blood clots and numbness due to nerve damage may develop.
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All compressed air systems that use a positive displacement compressor must be fitted with a pressure relief or safety valve that will limit the discharge or interstage pressures to a safe maximum limit. Most dynamic compressors must have similar protection because of restrictions placed on casing pressure, power input, and/or keeping out of surge range.
Two types of pressure relief devices are available, safety valves and relief valves. Although these terms are often used interchangeably, there is a difference between the two. Safety valves are used with gases. The disc overhangs the seat to offer additional thrust area after the initial opening. This fully opens the valve immediately, giving maximum relief capacity. These are often called pop-off safety valves.
With relief valves, the disc area exposed to overpressure is the same whether the valve is open or closed. There is a gradual opening, the amount depending upon the degree of overpressure. Relief valves are used with liquids where a relatively small opening will provide pressure relief.
Positive-displacement machines use safety valves. There are ASME standards of materials and sizing, and only ASME-stamped valves should be used. The relieving capacity of a given size of safety valve varies materially with the make and design. Care must be taken to ensure proper selection.
An approved safety valve is usually of the "huddling chamber" design. In this valve the static pressure acting on the disc area causes initial opening. As the valve pops, the air space within the huddling chamber between seat and the blowdown ring fills with pressurized air and builds up more pressure on the roof of the disc holder. This temporary pressure increases the upward thrust against the spring, causing the disc and its holder to lift to full pop opening.
After a predetermined pressure drop, which is referred to as blowdown, the valve closes with a positive action by trapping pressurized air on top of the disc holder. The pressure drop is adjusted by raising or lowering the blowdown ring. Raising the ring increases the pressure drop; lowering it decreases the drop.
Most state laws and safe practice require a safety relief valve ahead of the first stop valve in every positive-displacement compressed air system. It is set to release at 1.25 times the normal discharge pressure of the compressor or at the maximum working pressure of the system, whichever is lower. The relief valve piping system sometimes includes a manual vent valve and/or a bypass valve to the suction to facilitate startup and shutdown operations. Quick line sizing equations are
(1) line connection, d/1.75;(2) bypass, d/4.5; (3) vent, d/6.3; and (4) relief valve port, d/9.
The safety valve is normally situated atop the air reservoir. There must be no restriction on all blow-off points. Compressors can be hazardous to work around because they do have moving parts. Ensure that clothing is kept away from belt drives, couplings, and exposed shafts.
In addition, high-temperature surfaces around cylinders and discharge piping are exposed. Compressors are notoriously noisy. For this reason, ear protection should be worn. When working around highly pressurized air systems, wear safety glasses and do not search for leaks with bare hands. High-pressure leaks can cause severe friction bums.


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This week, on the Fitness + Technology podcast, Bryan O'Rourke welcomes Colin Milner, CEO of the International Council on Active Aging. A leading expert on the health and well-being of older adults, Colin debunks myths surrounding the 50 and over crowd, particularly when it comes to tech savvy and their economic potential: Not only do adults over 50 make up half the number of all total adults, they also spend half of the money spent by adults altogether.
ICAA, in addition to challenging preconceived notions about aging, works to connect like-minded organizations and professionals who share the same beliefs. They are also the driving force behind Active Aging Week, which occurs during the last week of every September and encourages older adults to stay active, healthy and engaged.


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BEIJING - The leaders of China and Vietnam agreed on Thursday to "properly handle" their disputes, China's official Xinhua news agency reported, amid tension over a territorial spat in the South China Sea.
China's increasingly assertive moves to press sovereignty claims in regional waters have rattled its neighbors and aroused concern in the United States, though Beijing says it has no hostile intent.
China's deployment of an oil rig last year, in what Vietnam called its exclusive economic zone and on its continental shelf, about 120 nautical miles off its coast, led to the worst breakdown in relations since a brief border war in 1979.
"We are in favor of properly handling disputes between both sides through dialogue, and expanding cooperation and common interests," Chinese
President Xi Jinping told Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, Xinhua said.
Both are socialist countries led by communist parties, and it "is a requirement for the two countries to enhance strategic coordination, exchanges and cooperation", Xi added.
Sang is in Beijing to attend a military parade marking 70 years since the end of World War Two in Asia.
"Vietnam hopes to strengthen political trust and personnel exchanges with China, properly handle differences and enhance win-win cooperation," Sang said, according to Xinhua.
China has overlapping claims with Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei in the South China Sea, through which $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year.
Washington has taken advantage of the row to ramp up diplomacy with Hanoi. China has looked on with suspicion at what it sees as U.S. moves to "provoke" tension by supporting its regional allies, such as the Philippines, besides Vietnam.
China and Vietnam have sought to patch up ties since the row, and Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli, a member of the ruling communist party's elite Politburo Standing Committee, visited Vietnam in mid-July.
Trade between the two countries has swelled to $50 billion annually, but Vietnam has long been suspicious of its giant neighbor.


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WATCH: Drone footage reveals true state of Birnbeck Pier as jetty demolition is suspended
PUBLISHED: 16:23 09 January 2017 | UPDATED: 16:23 09 January 2017
Work to demolish part of Weston-super-Mare's Birnbeck Pier has ground to a halt – while this incredible footage reveals just how much the historic pier has deteriorated.
Permission was granted last year to demolish the pier's storm-damaged North Jetty and diggers were seen clearing an access route to the site last week.
However, the Mercury understands work has been suspended while 'legal issues' concerning the demolition are thrashed out between North Somerset Council and the pier's owner, CNM Estates – with no word yet on when it will resume.
Meanwhile, drone footage captured by reader Jon Avery reveals the full extent of Birnbeck's perilous plight, as the pier's wrecked surface can be fully seen from the air.
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Whistleblower Claims Bannon Oversaw Cambridge Analytica's Early Efforts To Collect Facebook Data: Report
Chris Wylie, the former research director of the controversial data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica, told the Washington Post that former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon oversaw the firm's collection of Facebook data in 2014, before the firm was ever involved with President Trump's campaign.
In 2014, the year Wylie left, the firm tested messaging on terms that would become central themes of the Trump campaign: "drain the swamp" and "deep state."
"We had to get Bannon to approve everything at this point. Bannon was Alexander Nix's boss," Wylie said.
"Alexander Nix didn't have the authority to spend that much money without approval."
Bannon served as vice president and secretary of Cambridge Analytica from 2014 to 2016, before joining the Trump administration in January of 2017.
He did not respond to a request for comment from the Post on the story.
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The firm is accused of covertly obtaining data from 50 million users that was compromised by a third party and using it during the campaign, despite just 270,000 users giving permission for their data to be stored.
The firm released a statement saying it "strongly denies" the reports that it used the data obtained as part of the services it provided to the Trump campaign.
"This Facebook data was not used by Cambridge Analytica as part of the services it provided to the Donald Trump presidential campaign; personality targeted advertising was not carried out for this client either. The company has made this clear since 2016," Cambridge Analytica said.


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What is your creative mission?
My mission is to remind you how endlessly creative you are. I believe beauty makes your heart beat faster, connects you to god, and the universe, and heals all things. Everyone is an artists and can pursue their creative dreams. It's never too late.
What do you love about what you do?
I am tapped in, I pull down star and god energy and let the cards fall where they may. Words don't ever seem enough to explain this. I'm alive, in a non-soul crushing way. Ha!
Eventually I did.
What have you learned from your successes and failures?
Failure is a loaded word. Why is it even a word?
My failures have made me. Everything adds up. Practice helps, no one is great at anything right away- ever. It takes life experience, repetition and a willingness to keep working to refine all that you are. Stay curious. You'll surprise yourself how much you're capable of learning in just a year.
How do you keep pushing ahead after a difficult challenge?
Life hasn't always been easy. I'm a combat veteran, and came home from Iraq with PTSD. I live a really conscious life now and plan how I want to feel everyday.
When I paint, or do any kind of art, I am tapped in— god is talking to me and reminding me that there is so much hope and kindness in the world.
I'm also stubborn as hell and there is no way PTSD or the world is beating me.
Did you ever experience resistance from friends, family, the world in general? How did you overcome those blocks?
As a kid I was told that I wouldn't make money as an artist so I went to school for sociology and got a master's degree in counseling, and got a "good job" in Human Resources. When I eventually started painting and selling my work, I'd tell people I was an artist, and they'd get a disappointed look.
I spent so many years of my life trying to please someone else's dream for me, which sucked my soul dry.
Eventually my happiness mattered more than what other people wanted for me, and that opened up a whole new world. People are allowed to have opinions about what you do.Choose happiness every time. Click To Tweet
How has your art and creativity healed you?
Me and god hang out when I paint. Sometimes words are exchanged and sometimes there's just lovely silence.
For me, painting is like prayer, and god and the universe will send some lovely vibes, that fill me up, and help me release the old.
What steps would you recommend for someone who wants to kick some ass and get their creative dreams off the ground?
Get in the conversation, follow your favorite artist on Instagram for inspiration. Take classes and meet fellow creatives, read creative blogs like this one, every day. Devour books on creativity like NFA, Big Magic, The War of Art, and Steal Like an Artist. Every morning, visualize yourself doing what you love. You'll be amazed how your life unfolds.


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Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile
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A compelling debut novel that heralds a bright new voice on the literary scene: shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and Portico Prize for Literature.
Best known for her classic black comedy Rita, Sue and Bob Too, Andrea Dunbar wrote three plays before dying at a tragically young age. This new literary portrayal features a cast of real and imagined characters set against the backdrop of the infamous Buttershaw estate during the Thatcher era. A bittersweet tale of the north/south divide, it reveals how a shy teenage girl defied the circumstances into which she was born and went on to become one of her generation's greatest dramatists. Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile is a poignant piece of kitchen sink noir that tells Dunbar's compelling story in print for the very first time.


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I know a few caregivers and at times we'd share moments about their Alzheimer's patients' predicament that are extremely funny incidences. But, at times, when a patient exhibits violent behaviour, I become concern for my friends' wellbeing. I remember my girlfriend's amusement when at first her patient thought that she was his wife. He'd be sitting with his older male friends and when she would bring them some refreshments he'd say, quite delightfully, "You do remember my Brenda?"
And, of course, she was neither Brenda, nor his! She'd smile graciously and then he'd say to her, "Come sit with me for a while dear" gesturing to the space next to him wherever he sat. We all, including his family, found sufficient basis for laughter in this. That was on a good day.
Some months later, he began expressing his desire to go to his house and that routine has continued now for a while. Each time he insists that he's not at his home, his family and caregiver would have to take time out to remind him of his surroundings using familiar references. That would also include opening the front door to show him neighbours' homes, since he has lived at his current address for a considerable amount of time.
It takes varying amounts of time and effort to convince him each time that in fact he is at his home. Another friend tells of her time as a caregiver to a patient who after a life of impeccable hygiene decided he did not have to bathe and "no one could come in (his) house and tell (him) differently, nor force (him) to bathe." It made no difference to him that he had spilled urine out his adult pull-ups and onto his bed and that having stayed in bed until well past sun-up he smelled odourous.
There was no care about his offensive body odour and the fact that everywhere he sat had to be cleaned and cleansed to become habitable once again. As far as he was concerned, he was not going to bathe and no one would dare make him. This confrontation got increasingly difficult for his caregiver because she felt at one point, while she was coaxing and sternly admonishing him that he was in fact going to hit her. She took precaution and called in an adult male relative to get him into the bathroom where he showered still putting up a struggle. Then he changed into his day clothes and spent a very sedate morning remaining visibly offended by the goings-on as he said "in (his) own house."
Communicating with an Alzheimer or dementia patient is one of the most frustrating parts of caring for them. (And, as a matter of clarification, dementia is a symptom, and Alzheimer's disease is the cause of the symptom. Dementia is not a disease; it is the clinical presentation or symptoms of the disease). If your caregiver is not a family member nor has been involved sufficiently in or with the family history then they must be given appropriate ammunition to bring the AD/dementia patient to a calm acceptance of the current circumstances when the patient is clearly out of depth.
One individual who had two parents in their 80s, both with AD and dementia, suggested making albums or memory books to point each parent back to their beginnings and the evolution of their life. This should be done in such a way as to point the family member to all the important moments in their lives: Images of them with their parents, their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren; photos of wedding days, births and christenings; announcements of the death of loved ones; pictures of the schools they attended, the university campuses at which they studied, indeed, all milestones that may jolt some familiarity.
At ageingcare.com I came upon some advice for caregivers from which I've extracted two points. Don't judge your caregiving skills by the response of your care receiver. People with dementia are going to have bad days. If you are educating yourself on how to cope with negative behaviour, and asking for help when you need it, you are likely doing fine. Try to remember a good day when your care receiver seemed to find some enjoyment and see if you can replicate that to some degree.
Detachment is vital for our mental health. We need to detach from our care receiver enough to keep our own sense of self and not allow their needs to define our whole lives. If we have a controlling, cranky elder we cannot please, we can't let their behaviour saturate our sense of self to the point that we feel we are failures. Dementia has to be overwhelming for caregivers and it is reasonable to expect that caregivers too, should have access to mental health counselling or support from professionals in order to cope while giving appropriate care.
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The Jupiter Outposts was a series of unmanned sensor satellites that were deployed in a network around the planet Jupiter in the Sol system. Their purpose was to serve as an early warning system if any danger threatened Earth, the capital for the United Federation of Planets. The monitoring of the information transmitted from the satellites was examined at Jupiter Station.
In 2367, Jupiter Outpost 92 warned of the approach of a Borg cube; the network did not detect the Breen raid against Earth in 2371, during the Dominion War. As a result of this later failure, Starfleet Command debated whether to scrap the network, as it was considered a relic of older technology. (Decipher RPG module: Worlds)
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The NEU is supporting the SEND National Crisis campaign day today by asking the government to increase special educational needs funding
The National Education Union is supporting today's SEND National Crisis campaign day by joining its call on the government to provide more money for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). More than 25 events are happening nationwide.
Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), will be present at today's noon hand-in of the SEND National Crisis at Downing Street, and at the subsequent rally in Parliament Square from 1pm. The petition has been signed by 14,000 people.
The NEU recently revealed that special needs provision in England has lost out on £1.2bn since 2015, because of shortfalls in funding increases from central government.
Funding granted to local authorities has failed to keep pace with rapidly-increasing demand for SEND provision.
The number of children and young people with an Education Health and Care Plan has increased by 33% since 2015. This contrasts with a six per cent increase in the high needs block funding over the same period.
Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the NEU, said: "This is clearly a crisis, with pupils and parents bearing the brunt of real-terms funding cuts and the wholly inadequate planning by the government.
"Last year, when the NEU won an additional £350m for children and young people with additional needs, the government admitted that 'more needs to be done'. We hold them to those words today."
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The Tennessee Titans capitalized on two fumbles and held off a late rally by the Vikings (4-1) to improve their preseason record to 2-2 on Thursday night.
Marcus Mariota hit Harry Douglas on a short crossing route that the receiver was able to turn up field and race 59-yards for the score to give the Titans a quick 7-0 lead. Mariota was 2/3 for 74 yards and a touchdown in one series of action.
Third string quarterback Taylor Heinicke got the start for the Vikings and played the entire game going 27/41 for 279 yards and two touchdowns. Heinicke is hopeful his solid showing was enough to earn him a spot on the 53-man roster.
Mike Zimmer (8-1) lost a preseason game for the first time in his two years as a head coach. The miscues for the Vikings started on the their first offensive possession when Stefon Diggs fumbled as he reached for a first down on 3-and-4 from the Vikings 19 yard line. Seven plays later, Tennessee was in the end zone again when Zac Mettenberger connected on a short 3-yard toss to Rico Richardson to build an early 14-0 first quarter lead.
The Vikings got on the board with a Blair Walsh 33 yard field with 23 seconds left in the first half cutting the lead to 14-3. Walsh was 1/2 on field goal attempts and 2/2 on extra point attempts.
Heinicke and Diggs connected 8 times for 85 yards and a touchdown. But it was Dominque Williams that caught Heinicke's first touchdown pass with a nifty one-handed grab from out of the backfield for 14 yards.
With the score 14-10 midway through the third quarter, the usually sure handed Marcus Sherels muffed a punt after calling for a fair catch. Four plays later, Tennessee tacked on three more points thanks to a Ryan Succop 40-yard field goal.
Alex Tanney directed a nice 11 play drive that started at the Tennessee 13 yard line and ended with a 1-yard touchdown pass to Phillip Supernaw early in the fourth quarter. Down 24-10, Michael Mauti blocked a punt and recovered it at the Tennessee 26 yard line setting up Heinicke's 7-yard touchdown strike to Diggs which cut the score to 24-17.
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New York Fashion Week 2016: On Marc Jacobs, those rainbow dreadlocks, and cultural appropriation — Quartz. On September 15, Marc Jacobs closed out New York Fashion Week with a grand finale of a show.
A troupe of models marched the runway in pastel satin hotpants, metallic bouffant sleeves, and vertiginous Ziggy Stardust platforms. I was nervous about what was on the models' feet—surely someone was going to crash to the ground! —but others were alarmed by what was on their heads: piles of faux wool dreadlocks in shades ranging from platinum and pastels to plummy purples, mustard, and olive green. The response on social media was swift, accusing Jacobs of cultural appropriation, which it most certainly was. Appeals Court: Employees Don't Have a Right to Wear Dreadlocks - Law Blog. Is This The Right Way For Fashion To Do Cultural Appropriation? Rihanna Debuts Dreadlocks On Instagram. The goddess, Rihanna, is rocking a brand new 'do, and it's, of course, gorgeous.
The 28-year-old Bajan songtress took to Instagram to debut her new hip-length dreadlocks in a photo captioned "buffalo $oldier. " As Refinery29 notes, the caption is presumably referencing Bob Marley's song of the same name about the Civil War soldiers, which includes the lyrics, "To me, it makes a lot of sense / How the dreadlock Rasta was the Buffalo Soldier / And he was taken from Africa, brought to America / Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival. " The Dos and Don'ts of Cultural Appropriation. Sometime during the early 2000s, big, gold, "door-knocker" hoop earrings started to appeal to me, after I'd admired them on girls at school.
It didn't faze me that most of the girls who wore these earrings at my high school in St. Louis were black, unlike me. What Blackface Is NOT: Lie Sang Bond's Paris Fashion Week Face Paint Controversy. Lie Sang Bong's Fall/Winter 2012 Collection at Paris Fashion Week Korean fashion designer, Lie Sang Bond brought some controversy to Paris Fashion Week when he painted the faces of White models with black paint during a presentation of his Fall 2012 Collection.
Due to the sensitivity of the matter, a few people are very offended while some question why the designer didn't just employ Black models. As with 2011's controversial "blackface" photos of Beyoncé for L'Officiel Paris, I give this the serious side-eye. As an artist, the effect Bond was trying to convey comes across beautifully. And as a woman of color, I find it difficult to be remotely offended by White models with odd-shaped black circles painted on their faces for fashion shoots or a runway shows, both of which use models as mere art canvases. What 5 Muslim Women Think About Dolce & Gabbana's New Hijab Line. Earlier this month, Dolce & Gabbana garnered international headlines when the Italian fashion line announced it had designed a new hijab and abaya collection for Muslim women.
The iconic brand rolled out images of a glamorous woman draped in luxurious, silky robes and bright scarves, joining brands like Oscar de la Renta, Tommy Hilfiger, and Mango in an effort to expand offerings specifically to Muslims. While it was refreshing to see a global brand embrace the hijab and abaya during a time when xenophobia and Islamophobia was sweeping through parts of Europe and America, it was hard not to remain a little skeptical of a brand that, just four years ago, used racist imagery of black women as fashion accessories. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below What do Muslim women think of D&G's abaya collection?
How do you feel about Dolce & Gabbana¹s new fashion line for Muslim women? Dolce & Gabbana Designs Hijab and Abaya Collection for Muslim Women. News broke that Dolce & Gabbana is producing a collection of hijabs and abayas targeted to Muslim customers in the Middle East.
The garments, while engineered for modesty, have all the flair of any other Dolce & Gabbana collection—a little jewel-encrusted lemon here, some black lace trim there—and are styled alongside the label's cocktail jewelry, oversize sunglasses, and patterned bags in a lookbook shoot. To Muslim women with a taste for luxury fashion, this collection is an exciting development. The line will likely prove good news for D&G's 2016 revenue as well. According to a report by Thomson Reuters, Muslim shoppers spent $266 billion on clothing and footwear in 2013 and are expected to spend $484 billion by 2019. Dolce & Gabbana Designs Hijab and Abaya Collection for Muslim Women. Muslim fashion designer makes history with hijab collection at New York Fashion Week.
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Indonesian designer Anniesa Hasibuan, 30, delighted crowds with her Spring Summer '17 collection D'Jakarta. Models wore flowing trousers and skirts in silk, lace and chiffon in an array of pastel colours. How E! Failed Giuliana Rancic in 'Fashion Police'-Zendaya Debacle: What You Didn't See (Exclusive) Ava DuVernay's "13th," the political documentary "Weiner," the wrenching character study "Gleason" and the ESPN miniseries "O.J.: Made in America" are among the 10 documentaries nominated as the year's best in the inaugural Critics' Choice Documentary Awards, which announced its nominations on Monday.
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Over the last couple of years, it seems as though fashion glossies have missed the memo on blackface and cultural appropriation. And for the last two years, Vogue's European editions have become totally clueless and careless when it comes to their fashion editorials. The first time we pointed out Vogue and their blackface issue was back in 2009, when French Vogue decided to showcase Dutch supermodel Lara Stone in blackface. Then once again, in 2013, Vogue Netherlands still missed the "blackface is culturally insensitive and minstrely" memo when they decided to shoot their "Heritage Heroes," editorial for the May 2013 issue. The shoot paid homage to Marc Jacob's designs for Louis Vuitton with each look capturing the inspiration behind one of his collections. Stop, Givenchy. Just Stop. Racist runway? Indian designers' take on Marc Jacobs' SS 17 line at NYFW!
Fashion designer Marc Jacobs has justified his use of dreadlocks on the runway at the recently concluded New York Fashion Week.
His show attracted a lot of ire for the cast of mainly white models donning dreadlocks. While some denounced what they saw as a case of cultural appropriation, Jacobs shared, "(To) all who cry 'cultural appropriation' or whatever nonsense about any race or skin colour wearing their hair in any particular style or manner — funny how you don't criticise women of colour for straightening their hair." He posted on his Instagram account, "I respect and am inspired by people and how they look. Valentino Pre-Fall 2016 Bantu Knots, Cultural Appropriation -theFashionSpot. The reigning perception among people of color is that the fashion industry loves black culture, just not black people. It's a harrowing thought and yet it rings true when designers embrace hairstyles made popular in the black community and style them on a cast of mostly white models.
Such was the case in Valentino's Pre-Fall 2016 collection. Models posed in sequin gowns and embellished leather jackets wearing bantu knots in their hair.The style originated in West Africa and it's considered a go-to look in the black community, particularly among women with natural hair. Though fashion insiders often cite Björk as inspiration for bantu knots, referencing just one music video in 1993, celebrities like Jada Pinkett-Smith, Mel B., Kimberly Elise, Left Eye, Rihanna and Lauryn Hill have all worn the style everywhere from the red carpet to magazine shoots. Was @bjork the hair inspiration behind @MaisonValentino's presentation?
In fashion, cultural appropriation is either very wrong or very right — Quartz. Sometime during the early 2000s, big, gold, "door-knocker" hoop earrings started to appeal to me, after I'd admired them on girls at school. It didn't faze me that most of the girls who wore these earrings at my high school in St. Louis were black, unlike me. Met China Exhibition - Cultural Appropriation. Long before Europeans and Americans began sporting qipaos and silk robes with dragon motifs — and the bastardized versions of them dreamed up by occidental designers — they enjoyed glimmers of Eastern fantasy through objects they'd see and touch every day in their homes. Chinoiserie, despite its name, is not just about China: The term encompasses a broad spectrum of Asian influences, each one conflated with the other in an exoticized pastiche. The rise of Chinese-like home products in colonial America came on the heels of their popularity in Britain, the birthplace of many settlers. Since the Navigation Acts limited foreign trading in America, colonists were only able to purchase imported goods through Britain.


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"Wit & Wrath: The Life & Times of Dorothy Parker"
Claudia Baumgarten begins her immersion into a celebrated New York writer early, introducing herself to those climbing the stairs to the intimate second floor space at the Pursuit Wine Bar for her one-woman play "Wit & Wrath: The Life & Times of Dorothy Parker" in her vintage 1940s dress and stylish period hat.
Upstairs, the New Orleans actress, storyteller and vintage clothing shop owner, who claims to have read "almost every word by or about Mrs. Parker," continues her obsession in a smartly drawn piece that incorporates a lot of what is best known of the sharp-tongued writer along with a fast-moving bio.
Parker's move from populist Jazz Age poet to magazine critic made her part of a Algonquin Hotel round table group where she held her own with phrases like "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy" and "You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think."
Simply reciting such witticisms would be entertaining enough, but Baumgarten weaves them into a biography of the writer punctuated by lines from her verse ("I hate women; they get on my nerves").
The tough and often frisky personality breaks so she include parts of her needy "A Telephone Call." One of her longest relationships is measured out in waltz-time. And rare silence accompanies a suicide attempt, an act she sardonically dismisses in a poem that concludes, "Guns aren't lawful/Nooses give/Gas smells awful/You might as well live."
Throughout, the elocution and modulation of Baumgarten's voice exude the sophistication of the era. She carries a martini, which is not out of place at a wine bar. However, downstairs noise and the occasional siren shattering her reverie might have made fodder for another of her subject's scathing poems.
-Roger Catlin
60 Minutes. July 8, 9, 11 and 12. Pursuit Wine Bar, 1421 H St NE.
"Howl in the Time of Trump"
In October 1977, the New York Times asked Allen Ginsberg a simple question:
What do you like best about your own poetry? His answer: "Cranky music," the "vowelic melodiousness, adjusted towards speech syncopation. Assonance, long mellow mouthings of assonance."
That's a good description, too, of "Howl in the Time of Trump," a one-man show featuring Robert Michael Oliver. Over an hour, Oliver performs the iconic poem like a Southern street preacher, running his voice up and down the luscious lines.
The heightened tone occasionally grates. But it's well-suited for Ginsberg's bombastic, fantastic fever dream of a work, one that describes the "best minds of a generation," who "burned cigarette holes in their arms protesting the narcotic tobacco haze of Capitalism, who threw potato salad at CCNY lecturers on Dadaism and subsequently presented themselves on the granite steps of the madhouse with shaven heads and harlequin speech of suicide, demanding instantaneous lobotomy."
In the background, composer Douglas Fraser strums along on guitar, offering up a collection of jazz.
Though Trump is in the title, Oliver lets the poem do the talking and allows his audience to draw their own conclusions. Some of the more affected flourishes feel phony. I'm still not sure why I was given a hand puppet halfway through, or a glass of water, and I could have done without the devilish-looking mask that appears at one point, with a familiar-looking pompadour. But the show is a fitting tribute to "Howl,"which began its life out loud, as a reading at a San Francisco gallery.
It's a fitting protest, too, against America's crueler, colder impulses. That's as relevant today as it was in 1955.
-Amanda Erickson
60 minutes. July 7, 8, 21, 22 and 23 at Shopkeepers, 1231 Florida Ave NE.
"Ready to Serve: Remember the Nurses"
First came the sound of the ambulances rolling up to the hospital entrance. Then, the shouted alert to medical staff: "Gas! Gas! Gas!" It was a heads-up that the ambulances had brought victims of a gas attack on a World War I battlefield. The nurses would see the soldiers shuffle into the hospital, coughing, with bandaged eyes, each man holding on to the shoulder of the man in front in a kind of macabre conga line.
Those images are among the vivid details that surge up from "Ready to Serve: Remember the Nurses," storyteller Ellouise Schoettler's solo piece about Maryland nurses serving in France during World War I. Drawn from nurses' letters and other documents, the 70-minute piece eschews performative polish: Dressed in contemporary garb, Schoettler talks casually, plopped on a stool, like a grandmotherly acquaintance recounting anecdotes over tea. But she has curated her material deftly, and the monologue is often moving and searingly specific.
Told in the first-person, through the eyes of a composite nurse character, "Ready to Serve" contains many scenes that are more upbeat or prosaic than the gas-attack sequence. The narrator recalls a pile of hand-addressed envelopes sent by nurses eager to volunteer; a dismaying first look at the bathrooms in the nurses' residence in France (no shower curtains!); a hospital ward's Christmas tree, festooned with ornaments that wounded soldiers had crafted from shiny candy wrappers. Through such glimpses comes a portrait of resourceful, mutually supportive, fiercely committed medical pros coping with harrowing circumstances they hadn't foreseen.
"Ready to Serve" follows a previous World War I-themed show that Schoettler performed at the Capital Fringe Festival: "The Hello Girls," about military switchboard operators. This newer piece gains added resonance from timing, arriving at the Fringe in the centenary year of America's entry into the war.
—Celia Wren
70 minutes. July 8, 9, 15, 18, 20 & 22 at the Eastman Studio Theatre, Gallaudet University.
Fringe tickets $17, plus one-time purchase of a $7 Fringe button. Available online at www.capitalfringe.org, 866-811-4111 and at Fringe venues.


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With the votes in from all 9 of Monroe precincts in the two top vote getter's in a very close race were incumbent councilwomen, Suzi Rubin and Lora Stillman.
Tracy Shell, new candidate was the third top vote getter, beating incumbent, Bob Kelley by just 19 votes. (Source: Butler County Board of Elections)
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Equations were never my strength. Even before ME/CFS I couldn't remember the common ones, like how to find an area of something. If someone looked at me funny because of it, I reminded them that Albert Einstein never memorized his phone number. He didn't want to crowd his brain with information that could easily be found. That usually shut them up. 😉
Anyhow, here's an equation that even I can remember.
Saving Money=Sustainable Nutrition=Healthier Body
It's not news that we are living in a nation of quick and easy meals from a box, freezer or the bag handed through a drive-up.
It isn't easy to eat healthily and sustainably, especially on a budget. Here's how I manage it.
Starting with produce, I check organic prices and if there is a good conventional produce sale. Most of the time the loss-leaders are on the Dirty Dozen list, so I don't buy them. Once in while I can snap up a great bargain–like a couple of months ago when organic avocados were selling 2/$1 because they were all ripening too fast.
You don't know about the Dirty Dozen list (not the Steve McQueen movie)? Each year the Environmental Working Group looks at all the pesticides applied to all the crops grown for sale in the US and assigns each fruit or vegetable a rank in comparison to each other. The top 12 "winners" are called the Dirty Dozen.
Summer fruit and veggies I don't grow myself are bought at one or more of the local Farmers Markets. Here I can talk directly with the grower and be certain no pesticides were used–especially glyphosate (RoundUp®).
While I'm at the Market, I also buy pastured pork products from a family farm where the pigs roam about and don't receive antibiotics to grow faster. My beef is grass-fed and raised on a friend's farm where the cattle receive excellent care.
I used to do public relations for the top crop seed breeder in the US. As part of this, we spent time in Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska where a whole lot of feedlots hold a whole lot of cattle. These steers spend the final months of their lives, sometimes up to their knees in manure, in a crowded feedlot with cattle they never met before. No wonder grass-fed tastes better. Just think of the stress those feedlot animals are under!
If you want to eat better for less, these are good ways to cut your food budget:
Even when bought in bulk, meat from animals that have the freedom to wander pastures is expensive. Organic is not as necessary to purchase as beef that is 100% grass fed. Why is this important? First, grass-fed cattle are on pastures all spring, summer, and fall here in Wisconsin. They can remain outdoors even during winter in many other areas of the country so you know they are as close to having a good life as it's possible for cattle to have.
Second, grass-fed beef has a very good nutritional profile compared to conventionally raised steers. This meat has less total fat, more omega-3 fatty acids, more conjugated linoleic acid and more antioxidant vitamins, such as vitamin E (Source).
Although my freezer is still full of freezer paper wrapped roasts, steaks, hamburger, we don't have meat at every meal. You could try observing a Meatless Monday for a few weeks. Then look at the difference in your grocery budget. There are lots of vegetarian main dishes you can find online
If you are interested in some of my recipes, let me know in the comments. I was a good cook when I was working. However, I didn't really have time for something that couldn't go in the crockpot or on the table in less than an hour.
When I started getting better I began to change my eating habits. This inevitably leads to learning how to cook all over again. I love that I now know the most nutritious ways to prepare meals and snacks, but I know I would find it more difficult if I were still working. Soaking beans and grains, making sourdough bread, and accounting for the time my Instant Pot needs to naturally release before opening all take more planning than I was up to when working.
The obvious solution is a multi-generational home. Grandparents would be the traditional cooks and childcare providers for their children's families. Sadly, I don't see that happening much around me or with me. Sometimes I dream about what it would be like living with my daughter and her family (husband, 2 girls, dog) and it's all good. Until I remember they live in the Washington DC/Baltimore Metroplex.
Now, where was I?
Ah, yes. Here it is.
Grocery stores are offering more and more healthy choices. Frequently, they will have a bulk foods department that may or may not contain organics. Conventional granola, trail mix and sesame sticks bought in bulk are an environmentally responsible choice even if they aren't all that healthy. If you want to be super PC, buy from the local health food cooperative, natural foods store or buyers club.
I buy in bulk whenever possible because of things like steel cut oats at half the price of the imported can. For example, splitting a quarter of a cow. I have a small chest freezer, but my friend who split the purchase with me got everything from her half of a quarter into her side-by-side freezer.
Out-of-season fruits and vegetables are more expensive, not to mention less sustainable, because of the fuel and other resources used in transport from other areas with different growing seasons. Buying local is, by definition, buying seasonally. It's good for you in several areas. Traditional medicine, like Ayurveda from India and Chinese Medicine, stresses eating seasonally because of the way our bodies have evolved. When we are in tune with the environment, we can heal and then maintain our wellbeing. Most importantly, eating locally grown food in season is much less expensive at both ends of the marketplace transaction.
For example, my friend, Mary, who milks cows and raises grass-fed beef and pork, has few to no marketing expenses. I see her at the Farmers Market where I and many others buy individual cuts and put in orders for bulk beef. Before selling directly to the consumer, Mary had to settle for what cattle futures were the day she shipped steers to the feedlot. Now she can sell at a price that keeps her profitable. Would you believe Mary sold bulk beef for the same per pound price this fall as in the autumn of 2015? (No special favors. The price was the same for everyone buying her beef.) What other food has remained the same price over the same period?
Fruits and vegetables reach their nutritional peak at the same time they are harvested. This, conveniently, is also when they taste best. According to the University of California-Davis, as a bell pepper progresses from green to red it gains 11 times more beta-carotene and one and a half times more vitamin C.
Once a fruit or vegetable is harvested it begins to lose nutrients and taste within the first hour. The USDA's Table of Nutrient Retention Factors shows frozen fruit, in most cases, is more nutritious than fresh fruit that was picked before ripening and transported from who knows how far away.
If you're not familiar with Farmers Markets, call the local reference librarian and ask. If your community has 211 phone service you can use them, too. Most often, you'll find something if you ask around. Local Harvest is a clearinghouse for small farms raising healthy plants and animals. You pop in your zip code and nearby farmers who register with them pop back at you.
With all the new things in the produce department these days it can be hard to tell if a certain fruit or vegetable is in season. You can find a produce person at the store and ask them. And don't forget to make room in your budget to purchase organic produce on the Dirty Dozen list. I've read you can break down some pesticide residue with a brief (10 min) soaking in a sink full of cold water and about a quarter cup of white vinegar.
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Recipe requests? Let me know below.
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Managing Light with a Variable ND Filter
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Our Variable ND2-400 Filter can be adjusted to block 1 to 8.66 f-stops of light, giving you more flexibility in bright variable light.
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Cinematographers can use our Variable ND2-400 Filter to create more cinematic effects in bright light.
For best results, only rotate within the MIN and MAX markings on the rim. For wide-angle and telephoto lenses, we recommend our Variable ND2-32 or ND8-128 or fixed ND filters. With wide-angle and telephoto lenses, rotate only halfway or until you begin to see vignetting. Lens caps and sun hoods need to be one thread size larger (ie. 62mm NDX uses 67mm lens cap).
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Search your lens and find the diameter symbol Ø followed by a number (e.g. Ø58 or Ø58mm).
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There are a couple of reasons your images may show a slight colour cast when using an ND filter. Check your white balance settings. By restricting the light entering your camera, it may throw out your white balance settings. Manually adjust your white balance settings to reduce any colour cast.
What's the best Variable ND filter for wide-angle lenses?
This one – or our Variable ND8-128 filter.
Our ND2-32 and the ND8-128 are both specifically designed for use with wide-angle lens' super-wide field of view. Variable NDs with a broader f-stop range, such as our ND2-400, have limited application with wide-angle lenses because the field of view is so broad. Variable ND filters consist of two polarizing filters, which can cause issues because the polarizing effect varies so much across the broad field of view of wide-angle lenses. This isn't a quality issue rather it's a physics restriction.
What's the best ND to use with a telephoto lens?
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Because telephoto lenses use such high-quality optical glass and typically have so many layers of glass, we recommend you use our 3Peak professional range, because of its exceptional SCHOTT optical glass, on any lens with a focal length >100mm.
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I use this mainly for shooting video. I use it on my 50mm 1.8 Canon lens. Since I like shooting 24fps, the shallow depth of field on this lens would be unusable without it as I have to keep my shutter at 50. I just keep it on all the time. When twisting the two layers of the filter, the action feels smooth and firm. There is no discernible color shift - maybe just a hint of a brownish tinge when higher settings are used. It fit my lens perfectly and screws on and off without getting stuck or squeaking. So far, I am very happy with this filter.
Pretty good quality ND filter. As far as people who are getting black X's, that is because there are certain positions in every variable ND filter where it will produce that pattern - the higher end ND filters will be less noticeable. I believe that there are several factors which gang together to produce the effect. Partly it has to do with the fact that variable-ND filters are 2-stacked polarizing filters, and often they use a linear polarizer in front of a circular polarizer arrangement. (I believe this order preserves AF and proper metering.) Some variable ND filters are also made of 2-circular polarizing filters, stacked together. Most of the complaints about the x-effect occur with wide-angle and super-wide-angle lenses, and even a single polarizer can yield uneven skies with those lenses. The effect is most pronounced in scenes with strong and direct sunlight with lots of clear sky (which is a highly polarized scene). Indeed, you can make your own variable-ND filter just by stacking 2-polarizing filters. The trick is that while this is easy to do, you have to be exceedingly careful about the filter choice in order to preserve color neutrality. In fact even the best, and most costly, variable-ND filters have "some" shift in color as they get darker. There is also a loss in sharpness with any polarizing filter, and stacking 2 polarizers together will almost certainly visibly degrade the image, especially around the periphery of the image. While variable-ND filters offer…
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FRICASSEE:  When applied to the dish itself, fricassee usually refers
to poultry, veal, or lamb, cut up, stewed, and served in a sauce of its own gravy.
To fricassee is to prepare meat by this method. See Stew or Fricassee.
FRIED RICE:  A Chinese dish of rice sauteed in bacon fat or oil with eggs,
onion, soy sauce, and bits of chicken, beef, pork, ham, or shellfish.
FRIJOLES:  Literally,
beans in Spanish; specifically, a Mexican dish consisting of beans cooked with oil,
tomatoes, and chili.
small cake of fried batter usually containing fruit, meat, vegetables, etc. It is
usually cooked in deep fat and served as an entree, a luncheon dish, a vegetable,
or a dessert, according to the material used.
FRITTO MISTO (Italian):  A fried or sometimes pan-broiled mixture of delicate
meats and vegetables.
FRIZZLED BEEF:  Dried beef sauteed in butter or margarine.
FROMAGE (French):  Cheese
FROMAGE À LA CRÉME (French):  A famous French dessert, cheese cream served with fresh strawberries
'or other fresh berries or fruit.
mixture of sugar, water, or other liquid, flavoring, and sometimes whites of eggs
etc., for covering a cake. The terms "icing" and "frosting" are used interchangeably.
FROZEN CUSTARD:  A form of ice cream with a custard base.
FROZEN PUDDING:  A frozen mixture containing fruits, nuts, and originally
an alcoholic beverage.
FRY:  Fry
means to cook in hot fat or oil in a pan over direct heat; however we must make
a distinction among the several methods of frying.
Pan-Fry:  (Also
called sauťe.) This means to brown food lightly in a little hot cooking fat or oil.
It is often the first step in braising or stewing. It provides the brown basis you
need for most gravies.
Shallow-Fat Frying:  This means to cook food in a medium amount of cooking fat
or oil, about enough to half cover the food. Frying this way in semi-deep fat is
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brown but don't care about gravy.
Deep-Fat Frying:  This means to cook foods in a lot of hot cooking fat or oil,
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text: Aldaros 10 Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Is it intentional that soldiers performing buddy aid never pick up a Thompson? They're always good about grabbing BARs, bazookas, sniper rifles, and rifle grenade launchers, but I've yet to see one pick up a Thompson from a dead squad leader, even when the squad leader had ammo for it, and the medic is just carrying a normal Garand or carbine. Seems like it'd be a favored weapon to take, since it's one of the few automatic weapons in a squad. Link to post Share on other sites