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You can read The New York Diary part I here and part II here
Being the experiences and adventures of a young, single, appallingly poor, surprisingly clean, twenty-something magazine proprietor and philosopher in Gotham.
By Daniel Tippens
July 2014
After graduating from NYU, I began working in a cancer research lab. Those in the know will understand that this means essentially living in poverty, despite putting in long hours of work. So, even though my apartment was essentially a walk-in closet, the monthly rent would make me cringe every time I wrote the check.
"Hi Kevin, will yoo be staying here when yoor lease ends?"
The speaker, Frank, was the superintendent in my building, who had been living and working there for some 20 years. He had immigrated from Poland and still spoke with a thick accent. His bald, shiny head was lined with long thin hair on the sides, which tended to drip sweat, leaving a dark stain around his collar, and he gave off a rather creepy vibe. The bathrooms in my building were shared by the floor, and frequently I would venture to the shower in nothing but my towel. Somehow, Frank would always manage to appear just when I was leaving, stopping me to talk, his eyes seeming to count every drop of water on me that hadn't yet dried.
One time I locked myself out of my apartment, and called Frank to let me in. As was often the case, he didn't answer, and I left a voicemail asking for help, hoping I wouldn't be left standing in the hall in a towel for too long. After an agonizing ten minutes of waiting with no response, I decided to improvise. I had learned in real estate how to break into apartments with a Metro-Card, and so I asked a neighbor to lend me one. I ran the card along the crack between the door and the wall and found the lock. After applying pressure on it with the card, I gave the door a hard pull while pushing the card forward. The lock gave way and I was in. Safe at last!
Of course, in my relief, I forgot to lock the door, and not a moment after I took off my towel, I found myself stark naked, facing a very pleased looking Frank, who immediately struck up a conversation, asking me how my day was. Indignantly, I wrapped the towel back around myself and demanded he get out. "Are yoo shoor?" he asked. An optimist, Frank believed that one shouldn't let a good opportunity go to waste.
This time we were in front of the building, and I had all my clothes on.
"No, Frank, I'm not staying here. I can't afford the rent anymore. I'll be moving out at the end of next month."
"I can heyalp yoo find a place to stay, if yoo want?" Frank replied, smiling.
"Nah, I'm okay Frank, you have enough on your plate. Thanks though."
Given my poor income, when I searched for apartments, my cursor always found the filter on craigslist that said "search by lowest price." A building in Chelsea stood out. It had the same layout as my current building — shared bathrooms and closet-rooms — but was conveniently located on 29th street, which was in walking distance from the lab. The agent who showed me the apartment assured me that the superintendent cleaned the bathrooms and hallway daily, and that all utilities were included for a manageable price. (I considered asking him whether the Super was from Eastern Europe or had a penchant for leering at young guys in towels, but I thought it might give the wrong impression. ) The room itself was clearly built for efficiency, with a twin-sized loft bed area close to the ceiling and a small ladder extending down the side. Beneath it was a 6×8 "living area," where I could fit a kid-sized futon and a small desk or coffee table.
"Any problems with mice or roaches?" I asked, noting the grime on the apartment's hardwood floors.
"No of course not, we have an exterminator come in regularly. The building is well-maintained despite the superficial mess you're seeing."
"Alright, let's do it."
The agent brought me to his broker's "office," which was what looked like a rent-controlled apartment occupied by a 60 year old, porcine woman who wore thick glasses. Smoking a cigarette, she greeted me with her free hand, and asked me if I had a girlfriend.
"Yeah, she lives in Maryland right now." I replied, noting that this geriatric broker had a remarkably tight grip.
"Too bad, I can never find a meal like you that's free." Her eyes squinted slightly and she lightly licked her lips. I wondered if Frank and this woman were friends.
Shortly after moving from my old closet to this one, I found that the apartment had some pretty unpleasant … features. Since the loft was near the ceiling, with the air conditioner sitting beneath it, the sleeping area was like an oven. I would toss and turn trying to sleep, sweat dripping off my body, and when I touched my drenched hair I wondered whether it was living in a place like this for twenty years that had made Frank the man he was. The agent who showed me the apartment had also clearly lied, for in the middle of the night I would wake to the sound of mice shopping for dinner in my trash, and when I peered over the edge of the loft little shadows would dart across the room, exiting stage left through tiny cracks in the wall.
In my efforts to solve the heat problem, I ended up killing two birds – or in this case, mice – with one stone. I placed a large fan at the base of the ladder, which would blow the conditioned air up to my bed. The mice, it turned out, liked to access the trash by climbing on the fan. Unfortunately for them, their tails would fall through the spaces in the blade-guard and get caught in the vortex, and every few weeks, I would wake up to find several fricasseed mice in the fan.
Another problem was that despite the just-above-homeless-shelter level of my accommodations, the rent was still too high, and I was barely making ends meet. So I began to consider my alternatives. Part time job? Impossible, due to the hours I have to put in at lab. Playing the stock market? If only I had taken some classes on the subject. Prostitution? I mean, at least I'd have Frank and the porcine, chain-smoking broker to start with.
After searching the internet, I came across some advertisements from NYU's psychology department. LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS FOR A MILD SHOCK-STUDY INVESTIGATING LEARNING WITH PUNISHMENT. COMPENSATION $50 AN HOUR, EXPERIMENT WILL REQUIRE APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS, AND WILL INVOLVE FMRI EXAMINATION.
I emailed the post-doc in charge and after filling out a quick questionnaire that ensured I wasn't pregnant, set up an appointment. I approached the familiar NYU psychology building, which is located directly across the street from the philosophy department on Washington Place. The post-doc, Sarah, greeted me at the door. Her blonde bangs covered her forehead, a hair-style that resembles a bowl-cut in the front, and when she spoke her bangs would swish back and forth, like some anime character.
"Hi Kevin, Thanks for coming in! Just fill out this consent form and we will get started."
I filled out the form slowly, hoping to tack a few extra dollars onto my pay at the end, and when I finished Sarah led me to a small room with an fMRI scanner at the center. Extending out of the scanner was a retractable table on which I would lie. Sarah gestured for me to hop onto the table, and placed a plastic cage around my head, which would prevent me from fidgeting while she observed the interior of my skull. I watched as she found some small suction cups which were connected to wires that led to a table in the front of the room, and stuck them to my left forearm. In the meantime, she explained the study.
"You will be looking at a series of images of different faces. Some of the images will be accompanied by a mild shock, which we will calibrate with you shortly. After a few trials where you simply view the faces and experience the shocks, you will be asked to categorize the faces as negative or positive while experiencing a shock with the faces that previously had no shock. Understood?"
"Yep, let's calibrate this electrocution." I said with some excitement.
Sarah smiled and skipped over the a table which connected to the suction cups. "So, I'm going to start with the lowest shock setting, they range from 1-5. Tell me if it's too mild to really disturb you, and tell me to stop when it is too much."
The machismo in me flared, and I smirked, confident I would be able to handle the highest setting.
"Ready?" Sarah asked, cautiously.
"Hit me."
The first shock was indeed quite mild. It felt like a small pinch that a grandmother might place on your cheeks. When we hit setting 4, though, the shock no longer felt localized to the area under the suction cup, but spread out a good 5 inches in all directions. It felt like my skin was physically jumping up, as though something beneath it were pushing to get out.
"There, we can stop at 4. I think it's unpleasant enough."
Unfortunately, I overlooked one simple fact — the pain from electric shocks is much less severe when you know that the shock is coming than when you don't. After I was slid into the fMRI scanner and began the study, the unexpected electrocutions began. The shocks caused the muscles in my arm to contract and contort, and my skin felt as though it were about to burst. I began to wonder if I really had met the conditions for giving informed consent to being shocked like this, and if the pay I had been offered, given my situation, qualified as exploitation. Can't some offers be considered "too good to refuse," and effectively force someone in a bad situation to do something against his will? As the random jolts continued, my mind wandered to the case of Armin Meiwes, the German cannibal who had found someone to volunteer to be killed and eaten. Just as I was wondering whether it would have been any better had he offered money, my thoughts were interrupted as my arm jerked up from another wave of electricity. I realized I had been comparing Meiwes to Sarah … and that my earlier rush of machismo had waned.
The money I earned from that study wasn't going to carry me far, and wasn't something I could regularly count on, though I would continue to volunteer for studies as often as I could. As it happens, a friend of mine, Devin, was looking for an inexpensive apartment, and a room had just opened up in my building.
Devin reminded me of a young version of Seinfeld's Kramer. A well-kept beard lining his face, and a short almost military haircut residing over his thick eyebrows, Devin was constantly looking for ways to hustle for money on the side. An autodidact by nature, Devin had brewed his own beer in his basement when he was in high school, worked in real estate with me (and surpassed my bullshitting abilities, as indicated by his paychecks), and found odd-jobs ranging from signing up to test apps on phones to partaking in shock studies with me. He would cut his own hair to trim down on expenses and probably even found a way to write off the clippers from his taxes.
"Kevin, I have a proposition for you. We both need money, and I think I've found a way to bring us some steady revenue. We live in a desirable area, and our rooms are small but perfect for tourists. I've found that I can rent out my apartment on Air BnB for about $100 or so per day. Since my daily rent is $30, I can make a profit of $70 for each day I rent the place out, probably more if I can rent it out for extended periods of time. If you want in on this, then you can make a share of the profits by letting my crash with you whenever I rent the place out. Financial and spatial symbiosis." Whenever Devin was explaining or attempting to rope you into his plans, his eyes would grow wide with excitement.
"Dude, how the hell are we going to fit in my apartment? What are we going to do, sleep on each other?" I asked, assuming that he already had an answer.
"I've got a hammock. I've already eye-balled the measurements of your room, and I can totally hang it from the ladder attached to your loft and the pipe that runs through the corner of the room. I'll swing beneath you while you sleep, and can fold up the hammock after I wake up. It's perfect, man!" Devin was clearly was proud of his plan.
I envisioned how the room would look: Two people essentially sleeping on top of one another, one in a hammock, in an 6×8 room, with no kitchen. Well, at least I'd know what is like to live in overpopulated areas in the world. In my lab, mice pile on top of one another when they sleep. I wondered whether I could declare this little scheme "work-related" and write off whatever expenses I incurred on my taxes. Devin was rubbing off on me.
For three months, Devin and I crammed into my room, smoking hookah and drinking beer as tourists filled up his apartment. We shared everything, and our schedules were intertwined. If he was away, I would let guests into his apartment, and tidy it up, and he would do the same when I was at a lecture or a shock study – or my actual job. Our lives were so entangled that I wondered what would happen if I held a black light up to the room – would I find that Devin had brought his girlfriend over for a quickie while I was at work? Financial brothers, spatial brothers, and blood brothers or at least, sort of.
Eventually I was given a raise at work. Not because I was such a stellar employee, but because NYU Medical Center discovered that they had been grossly underpaying me since I started, when they looked at the average salary for research technicians in NYC. Since then, I've been able to coast comfortably. But the experiences I had during that time living in poverty gave me a sort of comfort; a personal confirmation that if I had to, I could survive with very little. I could always manage to acquire my daily bread (or Ramen), even if that meant living in conditions not too different from the mice I studied in the lab. An ironic fact, I think, that the more industrialized and technologically advanced a society becomes, the more driven to primitive forms of living some people become. There may be shock studies and skyscrapers, but there will also be people sleeping on top of one another in closets.


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Dharmādhyakṣa: Nowadays they're actually realizing their error and they're studying death more, trying to prepare people for death more. But the only thing they can tell them is, "Accept it." The only thing they can do is say, "You are going to die. So just accept it with a cheerful attitude."
Prabhupāda: But I do not wish to die. Why shall I be cheerful? You rascal, you say, "Become cheerful." (laughter) "Cheerfully, you become hanged." (laughter) The lawyer will say, "Never mind. You have lost the case. Now you cheerfully be hanged." (laughter)
Dharmādhyakṣa: That is actually... The whole goal of modern psychology is to make people adjust to the fact that they must stay in this material world and that if you have some desire to leave the material world, they will tell you you are crazy. "No, no. Now you must adjust more again to the material condition."
Bahulāśva: They teach you to accept the frustrations of life.
Prabhupāda: Why frustration? You are big, big scientist. You cannot solve?
Dharmādhyakṣa: They cannot solve because they have the same problems.
Prabhupāda: The same logic, "Cheerfully be hanged." That's all. As soon as there is some difficult subject, they give up. And they speculate on some nonsense thing. That's all. This is their education. Education means atyantika-duḥkha-nivṛtti, the ultimate solution of all unhappiness. That is education, not that after coming to some extent, "No, you can die happily." And what is duhkha, unhappiness? That is presented by Kṛṣṇa: janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi duḥkha-doṣānu... (BG 13.9). These are your unhappiness. Try to solve it. And that they are carefully avoiding. They cannot stop death, neither birth, nor old age, nor disease. And during the short period of life, birth and death, they are making big, big buildings, and next time he is becoming one rat within the buildings. (laughter) Nature. You cannot avoid the nature's law. As you cannot avoid death, similarly, nature will give you another body. Become a tree in this university. Stand up for five thousand years. You wanted to be naked. Now nobody will object. You stand here naked.

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Barcelona is one of the most beautiful cities in the world; the city attracts a lot of tourists who are curious to know everything about this magnificent city. And, what better way to learn everything about a place than mingling with locals and speaking their language?
Spanish is one of the most spoken languages in the world (around 330 million people speak Spanish as their first language), and Barcelona is clearly one of the best destinations to learn this beautiful language. In Barcelona there are two official languages (Spanish and Catalan) and people in Barcelona have a perfect accent that will help you to speak Spanish perfectly.
Here we will list some of the best language schools in Barcelona, where you will be able to learn Spanish while mixing with locals:
This school is one of the best options if you want to combine fun with studies, since it's located in the center of Barcelona and has the best teachers. The classes have few students so you can practice and interact more with the professors in order to improve your speaking skills.
Address: C/ Diputació 92, 08015 Barcelona
How to get there: Metro L1 (Rocafort)
Contact info: (+34) 915 943 776 / www.enforex.es
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Here you will be able to experience a new language with flexible timetables and native teachers who will do their best to help you learn Spanish with fun tactics. You can choose between group lessons, one-to-one classes, tailored courses… They've got 5 campuses throughout the city: Gràcia, Example, Sants, Sagrada Família and Joanic.
Address (information point): Plaça Gal·la Placídia 16-18, baixos, 08006 Barcelona
How to get there: Metro L3 (Fontana) or L3/L5 (Diagonal); FGC (Gràcia); Bus 16, 17, 24, 27, 28, 31, 32
Contact info: 932 384 516 / firstname.lastname@example.com
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Don Quijote Barcelona is one of the largest Spanish schools in Europe and offers a wide range of courses to choose from, Located in a stylish and luxurious building in the heart of the city.
Address: C/ Mallorca 27, 08029 Barcelona
How to get there: Metro L5 (Entença)
Contact info: 923 277 200 / http://www.donquijote.org
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Speak Easy BCN
At Speak Easy BCN you will find both native and foreign high qualified teachers who will guarantee the best methods at reasonable prices. They are always taking their students feedback seriously in order to improve their performance and give you their best.
Address: Ronda Universitat 7, 1er 3a, 08007 Barcelona
How to get there: Metro L1/L2 (Universitat)
Contact info: 933 427 197 / email@example.com
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Olé Languages
This school offers a wide range of courses taught by highly qualified native speakers at very competitive rates, this way you can learn Spanish at a relatively low cost.
Address: Avinguda Mistral 14-16, local 6, 08015 Barcelona
How to get there: Metro L3 (Poble Sec) or L1 (Rocafort)
Contact info: 931 851 518 / email@example.com
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Camino Barcelona
Camino Barcelona is located in the very center of the city, just ten minutes away from Plaça de Catalunya, and offers you the best Spanish courses in a friendly environment with qualified teachers.
Address: C/ Comte d'Urgell 78, 08011 Barcelona
How to get there: Metro L1 (Urgell)
Contact info: 934 676 841 / email@example.com
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And if you want a more visual display, here is a very usefull Spanish schools map in Barcelona.
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Where has Sterling K. Brown been for the past 43 seasons of Saturday Night Live? The This Is Us star hosted the Saturday, March 10, episode — with musical guest James Bay — and honestly, it was hard to narrow down the list of highlights.
Robert Mueller, America's Bachelor
The cold open fused together two of the most captivating topics in the U.S. right now: Robert Mueller's Russia investigation and The Bachelor finale. It was basically a word-for-word reenactment of Arie Luyendyk Jr.'s shocking breakup with Becca Kufrin, but in this scenario, Arie was replaced by Kate McKinnon's Mueller, who was breaking the bad news to Becca (Cecily Strong) that he might not have Trump on collusion.
"So that's it? He's just gonna be president?" Becca asked a disappointed Mueller. And in true Becca fashion, she told him, "I was ready, Bob. I was ready to do the damn thing."
A Very Heavy Monologue
Brown used his This Is Us — "the saddest thing you can watch on TV other than the news" — roots during his monologue as he tried to keep his emotions in check. We knew he was good at fake crying, but dang, he is good!
This Is U.S.
A This Is Us star couldn't host SNL without the sketch comedy sending up the NBC hit drama. "This Is U.S." featured all the White House impressions we've come to know and love, but Brown's Ben Carson was so spot-on we couldn't help but laugh when he recreated the HUD secretary's signature squeak.
Shrek vs. Coco
Brown led this sketch as a diehard Shrek fan meeting his fiancée's parents. He couldn't let go of his intense love for the animated film when his future mother-in-law claimed Coco was the best animated movie of all time. Brown's charisma carried this potentially juvenile outing into home-run territory.
Vanessa Bayer Returns
Former cast member Vanessa Bayer stopped by Weekend Update to reprise her bumbling meteorologist role, Dawn Lazarus. Dawn has always been one of our favorite silly regulars, so it was lovely to see her — and hear her ramblings — again.
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The Alachua County Wage Theft Task Force held a press conference Thursday to urge State Sen. Rob Bradley to reconsider sponsoring a bill which would block all anti-wage theft ordinances, including those for Alachua County.
An employee who isn't being paid for the work they've done is a victim of wage theft, and one working after clocking out or working on days off without pay also qualifies.
This issue is one that affects many workers, including some in Alachua County. Recently, the Alachua County Commission passed an ordinance that protects wage theft victims.
Bradley is working to pass a bill in the Senate which would overturn this.
Senate Bill 1216 would not only remove these ordinances, but would also prevent future ones from being created. Jeremiah Tattersall, a representative for the Alachua County Wage Theft Task Force, said passing a bill like this moves the county backward.
Tattersall, who spoke with Bradley, said he thinks the senator is doing everything he can to ensure the bill, which has to go through two committee meetings in the next week, passes.
Alachua County is the third county in Florida to pass wage recovery ordinances, behind Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
Tattersall said 40 activists from numerous organizations throughout the state including clergy, local business owners and victims of wage theft are gathering in Tallahassee to fight the bill. He said calls to Bradley's office — about 60 a day — mostly go unanswered.


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Next stop: Atacama desert. The driest desert in the world. You can take a bus from Santiago to San Pedro in the north for 24 hours or you invest 40 Euros more and take a flight for 1.5 hours. That's what I did. Even though I hated to do it.
Flying while backpacking is cheating. That's my opinion. When you're not in a rush it's so much better to travel slowly. You have to experience the distances to understand the country you're travelling in. But damn, Chile is pretty long.
Since my flight was in the late afternoon I arrived shortly before sunset in the little desert village. The bus driver from the airport to the village was so kind to stop for a short first stunning viewpoint. The impressive view over the desert with its red colored mountains was promising. I'm looking forward to see more of this unique area the next days.


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Toxins/Poisons – chocolate, mushrooms, onions, plants, household cleansers, pool chemicals, human medications, coins, bones, rat poison, anti-freeze
Disease/ Illness – profuse vomiting or diarrhea, vomiting blood or passing blood in stool or urine, seizures, listlessness, allergic reactions, inability/difficulty to urinate, refusal to eat, collapse, difficulty breathing
Emergency Surgery – cesarean section, tracheotomies, urinary obstruction, abdominal/chest exploratory surgery, endoscopies, chest tube placement, bloating
Your pet will be closely monitored as we provide the following advanced life support procedures as needed:
- Fluid therapy
- Oxygen therapy
- Pain management
- Blood Pressure monitoring
- Nutritional management
- Blood analysis and monitoring
- Cardiac resuscitation, defibrillation and post resuscitation care
- Continuous electrocardiogram
- Blood transfusions
What to expect when you come in for an emergency:
- Call ahead if possible; our staff is on site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- If you suspect your pet has been exposed to a toxin; please bring us the container and/or a sample of the suspected toxin
- Bring your pet's medical records if available
- At the hospital you will be greeted by a receptionist who will then have a trained technician evaluate your pet
- If your pet needs to be admitted to the hospital the admitting doctor will discuss the projected diagnostics and/or therapeutic services and fees with you
- Availability of board certified specialist for consultation when needed.
Our staff doctors confer daily on all hospitalized cases, and your pet may be under the care of more than one doctor.
You may call the hospital after 10:00AM Monday through Saturday and after 1:00PM on Sunday to check on your pet's progress. Although the doctor may be unable to receive a phone call at that time, a summary of your pet's condition will be available from the telephone receptionist.
Before any patient is admitted to the hospital (unless it is an emergency situation), we ask that all vaccines be current and that the patient be free of ticks and fleas. If these requirements are not met, we must satisfy them at the owner's expense. This is for the protection of your pet and hospitalized patients as well.
Visitation Policy: Although we realize you may be anxious to visit your pet while hospitalized, visitation is done on a case by case basis. Visitation may not be recommended in order to avoid anxiety caused expectations of going home. In some cases these visits can lead to psychological or emotional trauma in your pet.
In some instances the advantage of visitation outweighs the disadvantage and your veterinarian may permit you to visit your pet. These visits must be restricted to 10 minutes in length since we do not wish your pet's treatment schedule to be interrupted or delayed by prolonged visitation.
Visiting hours that are pre-arranged by your pet's doctor are as follows:
Monday – Friday
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
5:30 pm – 6:15 pm
9:15 pm – 9:45 pm
Visitation is not available on Saturday and Sunday unless special arrangements are made between you and your doctor.
Communication with Your Veterinarian
A brief report will be faxed to your veterinarian when your pet is seen for emergency care. Your veterinarian will be updated through progress reports during your pet's hospital stay as well as a detailed summary report upon discharge.
Please follow up with your local veterinarian for continued care.
Our technologically advanced equipment and the highly developed skills of our staff serve us in diagnosing and caring for critical and challenging cases. We are prepared to assist your veterinarian in the treatment of your ill or injured pet at any time.
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Emerald will say it all
Most often associated with brilliant, precious gemstones, the perception of Emerald is sophisticated and luxurious. Since antiquity, this luminous, magnificent hue has been the color of beauty and new life in many cultures and religions.
By J.A.
FAREWELL tangerine; welcome emerald…Cassandra, happily, is not colour-blind, but as 2012 turns into 2013 I am suddenly taken by the PR blurbs that come from Pantone, a company that produces a "matching system" for colours to ensure that industries from printing to fashion can agree on what any particular colour should actually look like (humble DIYers come across Pantone when they examine a fan of colour swatches in their local paint store).
I don't want to belittle the importance of all this (once you start noticing these things, you see the Pantone influence in everything from TV soap operas to car interiors), but it is hard to suppress a chuckle at the words that accompany the annual announcement of the "colour of the year". The colour for 2011 was honeysuckle (code Pantone 18-2120), which apparently "is a captivating, stimulating color that gets the adrenaline going – perfect to ward off the blues". To my untutored eyes, it looks simply like a shade of purple, rather like a couple of sweaters I bought that year…
But honeysuckle, unlike the world's economic blues, could last only 12 months. Allow Leatrice Eisemand, executive director the Pantone Color Institute, to explain the choice of an orange colour for 2012:
Sophisticated but at the same time dramatic and seductive, Tangerine Tango is an orange with a lot of depth to it. Reminiscent of the radiant shadings of a sunset, Tangerine Tango marries the vivaciousness and adrenaline rush of red with the friendliness and warmth of yellow, to form a high-visibility, magnetic hue that emanates heat and energy."
Sadly, after today all that vivacious heat and energy will be passé. Tomorrow, the first day of 2013, it will be a shade of green that will carry the standard of the colour-spectrum. As the Pantone wordsmiths point out,
Most often associated with brilliant, precious gemstones, the perception of Emerald is sophisticated and luxurious. Since antiquity, this luminous, magnificent hue has been the color of beauty and new life in many cultures and religions. It's also the color of growth, renewal and prosperity – no other color conveys regeneration more than green. For centuries, many countries have chosen green to represent healing and unity.
So there we are (and not a single reference by Pantone to the Irish and the "emerald isle") and congratulations to my prescient wife for buying me a green sweater some weeks ago—though I can't help thinking that the most durable colour in the fashion stakes is black. Whatever colour Cassandra's readers may choose, I wish them a happy, sophisticated and luxurious 2013...


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Today in our feature we have: Brigade Models Release 6mm Research Base, Frosty Plain: Pwork Wargames Fantasy Gaming Mat Now Available, Bonuses Added to Elemental Village Kickstarter, and Algoryn Drop Capsules head down to Xilos.
Brigade Models Release 6mm Research Base
Our 15mm Research Base buildings have been some of the most popular we've released, so it's natural that
we'd want to produce them in 6mm as well. We have five buildings in this release, including the new (in 15mm)
Although we've designated them as a Research Base and we've painted ours up as an cold-weather centre
in bright orange colours, there's no reason why they couldn't be used in other climates or settings. The
buildings also make a very good barracks set with their resemblance to Nissen or Quonset huts.
B300-501 – Accomodation Block – £0.75
B300-502 – Command Centre – £1.00
B300-503 – Small Garage Block – £0.75
B300-504 – Storage Hut – £0.50
B300-505 – H-Block – £1.50
Frosty Plain: Pwork Wargames Fantasy Gaming Mat Now Available
The Game Mat Frosty Plain is a PVC or CLOTH made rollable terrain mat, ideal for wargames, in size 4x6' (122x183cm), 4x4' (122x122cm), 3x3' (92x92cm), 3x6' (92x183cm), representing the scenery of an icy plain, whose snow-covered ground with sharp-edged rocks is inhospitable to anyone who wants to cross It.
The Wargame Mat Frosty Plain offers the possibility of setting battles between armies of miniatures on a bare and impervious landscape, where the environmental conditions of iciness can be more dangerous than any enemy. The mat is a perfect fantasy setting for deploying vast armies, and also ideal for historical fights or science-fiction settings! Are you ready to battle?
Bonuses Added to Elemental Village Kickstarter
We want to make pledging to the Elemental Village a little more interesting, so it's Bonus Time!
Anybody who pledges $50 or more to the Kickstarter will receive a Free 3D printed item, chosen from one of the four options below.
- Water Dwelling (Normally a $45 Add-On)
- Earth Dwelling (Normally a $50 Add-On)
- Fire Dwelling (Normally a $50 Add-On)
- Mini Verdant Pack (3 Trees, Not Available as an Add-On)
Algoryn Drop Capsules head down to Xilos
With a special scenario and rules from page 12 in the 'Battle for Xilos' campaign, and the first chapter in the forthcoming online campaign, these capsules will illuminate the skies giving you a tactical advantage unlike any Antares battlefield has yet seen!
With 2 distinct variants you'll have the ability in the 1st scenario to confuse your enemy as to what is about to land in front of them. Will it be troops or a devastating fusillade of weapons fire?


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Motherhood is amazing but let's be real – you don't really understand it until you experience it. People love to give advice and there's tons of books but do they really dish all the dirt? Of course not! So here are few "keeping it real" mommy facts. Brace yourself!
Prior to having children, you see these beautiful images of women nursing their babies. Then you give birth to a beautiful, hungry baby. All you have to do is stick a boob in your baby's mouth, right? NOT! Nursing is an incredible gift but you're not a cow. Here's what they didn't tell you:
- Your child will suck with a vengeance! Think vacuum type suction.
- You will get bit and it will hurt. Just don't bite back.
- At times you will feel cow-like. Just shake it off. It's all good in motherhood.
- And last but not least…it is all absolutely worth it. I promise!
Children love tape in an "I must use all of it" type of way. They will use tape (layers upon layers of tape) on any and everything. Seems fairly harmless until you purchase packs of tape and every time you need a piece you're out! When you resort to using remnants peeled off of chairs, beds, toys, tables, floors etc – you'll understand exactly what I mean.
Evil loves company and stickers are tape's partner in crime. When you're at your wits-end stickers and tape are lifesavers; with a consequence. Ever tried to peel a label off a jar? Imagine your house is the jar and your children have wrapped a label around it. Now, go hide the tape and stickers!
The days of closing the door to relieve or cleanse yourself are over. You will pee, poop, shower, pray, and hide in the bathroom with an audience. It is what it is. Sing a song. Do a dance. You don't have much of a choice so embrace it. Who says performance art is dead?
Have you learned and tips, tricks, or fun facts you wish someone told you prior to motherhood? Please share them in the comments below, and join the community of single ladies and mommas alike at Hey! VINA!
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Bellmouths consist of multiple cones of various diameters. Our engineers work this out in a clear drawing. Due to a clever layout of the sheet material multiple parts can be cut from a plate. This limits material wastage. The cutting is done on our cutting machines. During the process the cone patterns are immediately provided with bevels.
The cone patterns are rolled, welded on the longitudinal seam and rolled again. The potential excess length is removed using a robot. Then the various conical sections are welded together at the circular seam.
For a complete J-tube construction that is ready to be built in, we weld a guiding ring to the end of the bellmouth and the bellmouth is mounted to the J-tube.


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Print #7 from Utamakura ("Poem[s] of the Pillow") by Utamara
Gelatin silver print, from the early 1900s (based on the "silvering" present), mounted on thin [rice?] paper, and then cardboard, image has some soiling in places but good condition despite age, cardboard is soiled in places, some foxing on rice paper mounting.
"A pair has sex on the floor by an open veranda. By the threshold of the veranda sits a sake set on a tray with sakazuki sake cups and a chōshi sake decanter on it, suggesting the scene follows a Budhhist memorial service.
"The woman's eyebrows are shaved, indicating a married woman, but her black kimono suggests she has recently been widowed. She covers her face, perhaps in shame, and her emotional state is expressed in her tensed toes. The black of her kimono contrasts with the white of her skin.
"The man's grasps the woman's leg from behind to facilitate penetration. Though difficult to see at first glance, through the woman's translucent silk kimono appears the lusty face of the man. Utamaro made frequent use of printing techniques giving materials the appearance of translucent."
Print is from France.
Utamakura (歌まくら, "poem[s] of the pillow") is the title of a 12-print illustrated book of sexually explicit shunga pictures, published in 1788. The print designs are attributed to the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Kitagawa Utamaro, and the book's publication to Tsutaya Jūzaburō.


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Gavin McInnes' "10 Facts About Brooklyn Natives":
Breezy Point in Queens was a vacation getaway in the 50s but became home base for white flight when Brooklyn became multicultural. However, they still intermarry and hang out with blacks way more than anyone who reads The New York Times. To them, blacks are like Polacks or punk rockers. They don't dislike them. They merely see them as different.
One day you'll hear some guy complaining about how "Da niggas, dey always late" and the next day he shows up two hours late with his black wife yelling, "Guess why we're late? Guess whose fault it is! These people, I tell ya. They're unbelievable."


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Getting ready!
I got my wedding dress today!
It was a pretty fun experience. My mom, Nate's mom, and I all went down to the David's Bridal in Calgary and spent my hour and a half appointment time looking at probably six dresses total. I had a tough time choosing between two of the dresses in the end, but I think I chose the right one. It'll need some alterations (I'm short as hell; plus, they didn't have my dress size in that style), but it'll need fewer alterations than the other dress I would have chosen and seems more appropriate to wear for an outdoor summer wedding.
We (Nate, Nate's brother Curtis, my mom, and I) also went and saw Captain America: Civil War. It was freaking great. Go see it if you're into that stuff, but don't go if you're not caught up on your Marvel movies. You'll be VERY confused. Just ask my mom.


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Flames host spring camp
Ridge Meadows Junior B squad recruited seven players from past camps
Flames swept from playoffs, bring back young team
The Ridge Meadows Flames were swept by the Aldergrove Kodiaks in their second-round Pacific Junior Hockey League series.
Flames out in second round
Kodiaks sweep second-round junior B playoff series.
Junior B playoffs: Kodiaks up three games to none on Flames
The Ridge Meadows Flames lost game three in their best-of-seven junior B series 4-2 on Sunday.
Flames fall in Game 2 to Aldergrove
Game 3 is Sunday at Planet Ice in Maple Ridge, 3:45 p.m.
Flames fall in Game 1 to Aldergrove
Kodiaks take the opening game 4-1.
Flames advance in junior B playoffs
Open against Aldergrove on Wednesday.
Flames set to eliminate Pilots
The Flames beat the Pilots 3-1 on Wednesday night, and have a lead of three games to one in their best-of-seven junior B playoff series.
Flames host Pilots in game four of PJHL playoff series tonight
The Ridge Meadows Flames took game three by a score of 3-1 in their playoff series with the Pilots on Tuesday night in Abbotsford.
Ridge Meadows Flames take game four and a 3-1 series lead over Abbotsford Pilots
The Ridge Meadws Flames beat the Abbotsford Pilots 3-1 on Wednesday night.
Flames blanked in Game 2
Abbotsford evens playoff series with 3-0 win.
Flames ready for jr. B playoff war
The local junior B team opens the PJHL playoffs Friday against the Abbotsford Pilots at MSA, 7:30 p.m.
Junior B Flames earn consecutive shutouts
Blank both Richmond and Port Moody.
Flames win big game over Outlaws, four points ahead
Junior B team avoiding a first-round playoff matchup with the tough Aldergrove Kodiaks.
Flames in playoff mode vs Mission Outlaws
The playoffs loom, and the Ridge Meadows Flames have a big game tonight, with playoff implications.
Ridge Meadows Flames win big over Knights
Prior to meeting the Surrey Knights on Friday night, the Ridge Meadows Flames had just five points to show for their previous eight...
Ridge Meadows Flames getting reeled in by Outlaws
The Mission City Outlaws are just two points back of the third placed in the Harold Brittain Conference, after beating the Flames 3-1
Four Flames chosen for PJHL prospects game
The Pacific Junior Hockey League's annual Prospects Game will feature four players from the Ridge Meadows Flames.
Ridge Meadows Flames lose to Aldergrove Kodiaks in last minute
The Aldergrove Kodiaks, first place in the Pacific Junior Hockey League, beat the Ridge Meadows Flames 4-3 on Friday night.
Flames up against the PJHL's elite teams
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Usher in Spring 2013 with this charming floral crop top. This top features a contrasting peter pan collar and comes in spring's hottest pink hues. Beat the heat with a pair of high waisted denim cut offs and sandals.
Made of woven polyester (non-stretchy). Features a cropped fit, contrasting peter pan collar and keyhole closure at back.
Size S measures 16.5" pit to pit, 18.5" length.
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Endless summer vibes
I don't know if it's a positive mind, an unforeseen amount of good luck or just reality, but I have had the best summer. I keep hearing people talk about what shitty summer it has been, with bad weather and cold temperatures, and I simply hasn't experienced it? Did I misunderstand something or are people […]Continue Reading


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In this quick 10 minute preview of our upcoming live webinar, "Understanding Disability in the Workplace," we will explore the types of regulations and programs that provide pay and/or job protection to disabled employees. We'll also discuss "stay at work" and "return to work" programs, and red flags for delayed or sustained productivity. We'll close with the 5 things you can do today to improve your disability-focused workplace program.
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Published by Guests, on 17/04/2015
By John Zappe
The geeks have arrived in HR, declares Josh Bersin. "Statisticians, mathematicians, and engineers have entered the people analytics space."
Writing in Forbes, the noted industry analyst and consultant outlines the development of the use of "big data" or, as he calls it, "people analytics" in the hiring and management of talent. "Human resources departments are getting serious about analytics. And I mean serious."
Just how serious? Wanted Analytics coincidentally just came out with some numbers detailing the growth in human resources jobs asking for "big data" skills.
Although the numbers aren't big — only about 400 recruiter jobs in Q4 of 2014 mention data skills — Wanted says it's a year-over-year 54 percent increase.
More frequently, big data skills are appearing in job postings for HR generalists, comp and benefit specialists, and trainers.
In the last quarter of 2014, some 1,500 HR generalist jobs required some knowledge or use of big data tools, more than a one-third increase over 2013. The 770 jobs for training and development specialists or managers mentioning big data was an even larger 46 percent increase. Comp and benefit positions have always entailed some understanding and application of big data analysis, whether or not those words were actually used. In the fourth quarter, Wanted found over 1,000 benefits positions mentioning big data as a job requirement.
According to Wanted, across all HR jobs appearing online, demand has increased 41 percent.
(This article originally appeared on ERE.net)
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In 2016, Fluor was granted full notice to proceed on Dominion's combined-cycle, natural gas-fired power station, which will be the largest and most efficient natural gas-fueled power station in Virginia. This project follows the successful completion of Dominion's Bear Garden and Brunswick power stations in the state.
Dominion is building the 1,588-megawatt Greensville County Power Station, which will produce enough electricity to power 400,000 homes in Virginia at peak demand. The new power station is located on a 1,143-acre site on the Greensville and Brunswick County line in southern Virginia.
This new approach to clean energy also serves as a cost-effective and reliable step toward achieving the federal clean-air standards.
The power station will be a major boost for the region's economy. In its first year of operation, it is expected to provide up to $8 million in property taxes for Greensville County. Post-construction economic benefits are projected to amount to about $36 million annually, and about 166 jobs will be supported, with roughly half of these in Greensville County.Over its expected 36-year life, the station will save Dominion Virginia Power customers about $2 billion as a result of the company not having to purchase power from market sources.
Image: Courtesy of Dominion Virginia Power (Dominion)
Fluor provided mechanical boiler and turbine inspections and repairs, along with performing repairs and replacements on air preheaters, fans, pumps and other plant equipment during outages. Between outages, Fluor was responsible for coal handling system maintenance and other miscellaneous maintenance and capital projects. Capital work performed included low NOx overfire air ductwork and burner modifications, precipitator SO3 injection system, feedwater heater replacements, boiler tube/element replacements and air preheater basket replacements.
Fluor provided an average of 22 base crew staff personnel between outages and 300 to 380 total personnel during outages under an open-shop labor posture totaling more than 220,000 craft manhours. This work evolved from the original construction and construction management of the plant.
Unit 1 began commercial operation in December 1976.
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Saddler Johannes Palmgren founded Palmgrens in 1896 with address Sibyllegatan in Stockholm, a location that was to become the residence for both the family and the company. Since its inception 120 years ago Palmgrens has consistently developed the range with respect to both raw material and craftsmanship, with a clear imprint on the basis of our history. The vegetable tanned leather with the preservation of a genuine craft tradition is the basis of all production.
Johannes Palmgren established early in his career a very high reputation and received in 1903 the title by Appointment to H.M the King of Sweden.
The store was at that time located at Sibyllegatan 17, one block away from our current address.
Already there stood the large leather and wooden counters that are presenting our products today, accompanied by the majestic grey wooden horse, the horse that is recognized and appreciated by generations of customers and visitors to Stockholm. The story told us that it belonged to the Master Saddler Jacob Fagerberg (1769-1830), one of his era's most prestigious Saddlers in Stockholm.
The horse, initially used for try-outs of saddles and harness, has become our most loyal employee.
When launched in 1896, the brand offered customers a range where all types of riding and horse equipment such as saddles, bridles, driving harness and trappings was presented, a time when we were traveling by horse and buggy or saddle in Stockholm. Palmgrens soon expanded its product line successfully with handbags, briefcases, suitcases, desk accessories, jewellery boxes and trunks. All products were produced in Palmgrens own atelier, located in the courtyard houses at Sibyllegatan and Grev Turegatan.
Palmgrens offered bespoke pieces for private homes and public space and eventually interiors for cars and airplanes. Palmgrens interest in combining leather with other materials such as wood, glass and silver would evolve into collaborations with highly renowned craftsmen of varoius fields. The tradition of collaborating between artistic fields is a tradition we proudly carry on.
In 1950 Palmgrens launched the Classic Rattan Bag, the ateliers swedish version of the woven baskets women around the mediterranean wore. Our Rattan bag has kept a strong position in the product range and has been interpreted and updated into several models and colour combinations. Through its unique combination of material and shape it has attracted generations.
Our collection is in constant development and in recent years we are proud to have launched collaborations with both companies and swedish designers of various fields such as House of Dagmar, Maria Nilsdotter, Save the Children, Beckmans College of Design, Thomas Sandell and Monica Förster
Our latest colloboration with the creative adviser and designer Emma Olbers was launched in spring 2017 and was her interpretation of our signature combination of rattan and leather.
Sibyllegatan 7
SE - 11451 Stockholm
Monday - Friday 10.00 - 18.00
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Palmgrens, with its 125 years of heritage, is one of Sweden's most established producers of leather goods. The company first opened its doors in 1896 as a saddlery and became a Royal Warrant Holder servicing booth the Royal Court as well as military and private customers. The company has developed over time, keeping the focus on solid crafts in natural tanned leather. In particular handcrafted handbags, suitcases, travel requisites and interior pieces. The essence of Palmgrens has always been functional products in classic designs for the quality conscious consumer. The Rattan Bag, first launched in 1950 and now a Swedish classic, is exclusive in its design and craftsmanship combining tanned leather and rattan. Our assortment of jewelry holders, storage and boxes are unique in their exquisite finish and luxury detailing. We also carry an extensive offering of leather accessories - wallets, purses, key holders and passport covers.
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The List of Streets maintained at the public expense and the Definitive Map and Statement of public rights of way
Under the Highways Act 1980, the City Council has a duty to keep up to date a list of all the streets and other highways (including grass verges) that are adopted and maintained at the public expense. Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, the City Council has duty to keep up to date a definitive map and statement showing all known public rights of way (footpaths, bridleways and byways). The List of Streets and the Definitive Map and Statement can be viewed here.
Highway Searches information
The City Council provides information on highways and public rights of way to solicitors, conveyance and search companies, amongst others. This information is then used by their clients when deciding whether to buy or lease a property. The information includes details on the extent of the adopted highways around the property, any nearby traffic management schemes, any land held for future road building and widening schemes, future highway adoptions and any public right of way affecting the property.
Typical format of a plan supplied by the City Council showing the extent of the adopted highway and public rights of way network.
Charging for Highway Search information
Under the Local Land Charges Act and Rules of 1977 and the Charges for Property Searches Regulations 2008, a Council may charge a fee for this information. As of 1st January 2017, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs have imposed the standard rate of 20% VAT on fees for Local Search requests, including Highway Searches.
Nottingham City Council fees for Highway Search information
|Information requested
|Service Provided
|Standard Response (including one A4 plan)
|A standard response includes a written statement (either by email or letter, please state your preference on your initial enquiry) confirming whether the relevant highway(s) is / are adopted and one A4 size plan showing the extent of the adopted highway(s). Any public rights of way (both adopted and un-adopted) affecting the property will also be included. This charge covers one property search only.
|£50.00 (includes VAT)
|Additional Information
|If you request additional information on the same property, which was not included in the original property search enquiry, and/or the request seeks information on traffic regulation orders, parking restrictions, road building or improvement schemes and/or street works, an additional fee of £20 per hour (including VAT) shall be applied. We will advise you of the estimated charge before undertaking the additional work.
|£20.00 per hour (including VAT)
|A3 plan sent to you via email
|Due to the size of the property, an A3 size plan may be more appropriate. If this is the case, we will supply one A3 plan at the standard fee of £50 per property search.
|No fee
|A3 plan sent to you by royal mail / post
|If you require the A3 plan by royal mail / post an additional fee of £5 will apply per A3 plan supplied.
Please note: all fees must be paid in full before the Highway Search is carried out and information provided.
Contact details and payment options
Please forward email enquiries and Highway Search requests to email@example.com
Payment by cheque: please make cheques payable to "Nottingham City Council" and forward to the address below.
Payment by debit or credit card: please contact Clair Thurman on 0115 8764602 or email email@example.com
Please forward postal Highway Search requests to:
Highway Searches
Nottingham City Council
Traffic and Safety
Loxley House
Station Street
Please report anomalies or other queries on the extent of the adopted highway and/or alignment of public rights of way to John Lee on 0115 8765246 or by email email@example.com or email@example.com
Local Land Charges information is available here or email firstname.lastname@example.com or by post to Local Land Charges, Loxley House, Station Street Nottingham NG2 3NG.
The information provided at the time of the Search Request is to the best of our knowledge correct. Changes are made to the adopted highway network and to the public rights of way network on a regular basis. To ensure that no changes are made to the adopted highway network and/or public rights of way network between the date of your Highway Search enquiry and the date of sale / lease of the property, you are advised to carry out your Highway Search as near as possible to the date of sale / lease of the property.
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Herbalista Medica
A personalised 3-in-1 consultation provides holistic advice and comprehensive treatment planning with Medical Herbalism, Clinical Nutrition, and Mycotherapy. Additional complementary therapies offered are Aromatherapy, massage and NLP Coaching.
I was born in Venice and I grew up with a family interest in herbal medicines. At 21 year old, I moved to the United Kingdom to study English and, after a few years working in multicultural environments, I took up and completed a degree in Modern Languages (BA, Hons), only to return to study Health Sciences: Herbal Medicine (BSc, Hons) just three years after the birth of my only daughter, who has grown up in optimal health with great help from healthy Organic nutrition, herbs and mushrooms.
I have been preparing treatment plans and natural prescriptions for patients since the completion of my three-year long clinical training at the Polyclinic of the University of Westminster in 2007, when I immediately joined the National Institute of Medical Herbalists.
In 2011, I was fortunate to became a Member of the International Myco-Therapy Institute as Researcher, Technical Product Consultant and later as Myco-Therapy Practitioner Trainer.
Over the years, I have skillfully blended and integrated my different holistic strategies for general health maintenance, disease and stress prevention, as adjunctive support for my patients' wide spectrum of acute and chronic infections, endocrine, chronic and degenerative clinical presentations.
As a Medical Herbalist and Myco-Therapist, I offer support to women of every age, from teenagers to younger adults and mothers, before, during and after conceiving a baby, to more mature ladies throughout and after menopause and during advanced age as well as their accompanying partners and children.
A portfolio of talks and presentations has been delivered to community libraries, health stores, cultural associations and, occasionally, to web-based TV and local radio shows.
For further information, please take a look at the "Contacts" page of my website and write in a message or make a request to be called back.
Elena Renier BSc (Hons), BA (Hons), ITEC, MNIMH, IMI
The Medical Herbalist's holistic approach is keeping abreast of scientific research and blending in traditional medical world knowledge.
Western Medical Herbalism blends both modern medical and holistic diagnoses from the Greek, Ayurvedic and Oriental Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan Taoist traditions into one eclectic style. In the UK, there are degree level courses teaching Western Medical Herbalism, differential diagnosis, clinical nutrition, phytochemistry, pharmacognosy, botany, pathophysiology and how to evaluate clinical studies.
In Europe, standard medicine courses do not include any of the subjects, which are essential in Phyto-Therapy or Myco-Therapy: namely, Botany, Phytochemistry and Pharmacognosy. These subjects are infrequently included in degrees dedicated to Agriculture and Pharmacy. The fact that traditional Herbalism is still the most important traditional method of treatment worldwide is generally disregarded in the academic Western world.
Traditional medicine includes various modalities of treatment, first and foremost, prayer, which has always been and still is the most common demonstration of the power of body, mind and spirit. This is also clearly recognizable in the practice of hypnosis, especially clinical hypnosis during surgery, although its efficacy takes a very lucid Practitioner and ordinary patients cannot usually be expected to rely on hypnosis or prayer for general healthcare.
The second most widely spread modality of healing is chicken broth, due to its low-cost antiviral activity but of limited value when compared, for example to the activities of herbs such as Echinacea, Elderberry, Ginger or many distilled essential oil concentrations or medicinal mushrooms. The latter possess pharmacokinetic activity, which has been classified and proved to be analogue to Biological Response Modifiers (BRM) drugs and can afford the significant immunomodulating activity.
The third most widely spread traditional medical cure is, therefore, Medical Herbalism, which is also the most complete form of traditional medicine, not just a modality, such as a prayer or one single remedy, such as chicken broth, but which comprises virtually infinite cures within. Medical Herbalism has always been ubiquitous worldwide from East to West with its spiritually diverse inspirations. Medical Herbalism traditionally also includes medicinal mushrooms therapy, although mushrooms belong to their own very kingdom, since they are heterotroph, which means that they cannot produce their own food like plants do by producing chlorophyll, rather, mushrooms must feed on other types of organisms, similarly to animals.
Today, just 600 million out of 7 billion people worldwide can afford synthetic drugs, while the rest of peoples have almost always ever only used traditional plants and mushrooms rather than drugs. Plant and mushroom medicines should not, therefore, be regarded as medical alternatives or compared to other innovative natural techniques amongst other alternative therapeutic modalities.
Medical Herbalism continues throughout the ages until now to be accessible anywhere on the planet, whilst patenting its genetic wealth remains illegal and unprofitable to large investment corporations.
Apple, carrot, ginger and prevention
Apple, carrot, ginger and prevention
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away" provides adequate content of vitamin C and its very low acidity and allergenicity suit virtually everybody, next to a fresh carrot for its betacarotene as vitamin A and vitamin C, plus a piece of fresh or dried ginger up to maximal quantity and up to personal taste. Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is antioxidant and stimulates blood flow. Ginger contains essential oil, which is very mildly anticoagulant, antibiotic, antifungal and antiviral, besides being sudorific, warming of hands and feet, lowering of fever and inflammation.
2-4 cups of ginger and lemon hot infusion (steeped-in for as long as possible) with raw honey should be taken to manage colds and influenza at the first symptoms and to help during convalescence, in order to prevent chronic fatigue, besides raising any low mood and ginger you up!
If your symptoms do not improve within two or three days at most, please seek both herbal and medical consultations by the third day at the latest, in order for you to request your personalised prescriptions of herbal or standard antibiotics and other anti-inflammatory and anticoagulant medication from your GP, as required for your individual clinical case and circumstances.
In case of breathlessness, for example if you suffer from asthma and/or experience sustained high fever, you may need to have your own oxygen bottle and mask at hand as well as a finger pulse oxymetre, which may reveal whether you need to call an ambulance or emergency service (Please read the instructions on how to operate your device). Your local emergency service may well provide you with the best quality of such equipment for your home use.
Nutrients Review, Ginger on Human Health: A Comprehensive Systematic Review of 109 Randomized Controlled Trials: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/.../pdf/nutrients-12-00157.pdf
Please request a FREE 10 minutes call to talk about our therapies by completing the Contact form. You may put specific questions in the comments area and request the organisation of conferences and courses, workshops or Skype video calling. We provide medical interpreting and translation assistance into English from Italian, German and Russian. Services in other languages may be provided by third parties.


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A new study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found that preschool/darecare settings may be the most effective places to limit sugary beverage consumption in kids.
-Regular consumption of sugary beverages at a young age promotes a persistant desire for sweetness
-Nearly half of children 2-5 are drinking sugary beverages daily
-Successful interventions included installing water foundations and offering education materials to parents
Read the full article here: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/curbing-kids-sugary-beverage-consumption/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Chan-Twitter-General&utm_source=Twitter


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Lisa Pinkerton is a contributing author to Responsive Literacy: A Comprehensive Framework.
My favorite literacy practice is Interactive Read-Aloud (IRA), which I view as the foundation of any literacy block. IRA is a daily instructional practice that takes only 15-20 minutes and complements any literacy curriculum or program. Teachers who wish to foster book joy and promote strategic thinking need look no further than this highly engaging and responsive artform.
General Setting and Structure
Sitting together on the floor near the teacher, students listen to the teacher read aloud, most often from a picture book. She uses her voice, gestures, and expressions to bring the story alive through her genuine love of the book. Stopping at two or three places, the teacher invites students to engage in deep thinking and conversation. These stopping points are planned and purposeful; they provide students with the opportunity to build conversation and share their thinking about the text. Questions such as What are you thinking? What are you wondering? and What are you noticing? invite students to think broadly and deeply. It is most beneficial if students can sit in a circle. When students can see each other's faces, they are able to respond to each other in a more authentic manner.
Benefits of Interactive Read Aloud
Because the teacher reads the book aloud, students are freed to think inferentially and analytically about the text, which fosters deep meaning-making. IRA creates a collaborative literacy environment, one in which students are actively engaged in constructing meaning together with their peers. IRA also helps to promote a shared language for talking about texts as well as responding to the thinking of others. Thus, the literacy community supports each individual in creating a deeper understanding of the text than they could create on their own. Whole-group IRA experiences build students' ability to think and talk critically about texts during other reading contexts, such as guided reading and independent reading.
The aim of Interactive Read-Aloud is to engage readers in the creation of a shared reading experience, one that fosters relationships between students, books, and teachers. Walking in the shoes of characters with experiences unlike their own can help to expand students' understandings of what it means to be human, building empathy for others. Rudine Sims Bishop, Professor Emerita of Education at The Ohio State University, created a powerful metaphor that helps guide how teachers might think about the selection of texts to read aloud. Bishop conceives of books as windows and mirrors: window books give readers access to lives and experiences different from their own; mirror books allow readers to see themselves reflected in the books they read. Teachers have a responsibility to ensure that all students have access to both window and mirror books in their classroom reading experiences. IRA has the power and potential to give students access to books that both validate their own lived experiences and expose them to experiences outside their own.
Book Joy
When a teacher shares a book that she loves with her students, she nurtures book joy, providing opportunities for students to grow a love of books and reading. My students, from preschool to college age, have felt that same read-aloud joy. Interactive Read-Aloud brings the magic of stories alive in vibrant classroom communities. The benefits from this highly supportive classroom practice, one that takes just 15–20 minutes a day, are exponential.
Learn More: Read Is There a Silver Bullet for Literacy? by Pat Scharer, editor of Responsive Literacy.
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If You Want to See a Whale
Title: if you want to see a whale
Author: Julie Fogliano
Illustrator: Erin E. Stead
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press (May 7, 2013)
Audience: 4-7 years (preschool-grade 2)
Summary: A young boy, accompanied by his dog, wants to see a whale but keeps getting distracted by all the other things that come along. Keeping his focus is hard, but once he settles down and is willing to wait for it, the whale appears.
Literary elements at work in the story: Written only in lower case and illustrated with a simple linoleum printing technique, this book begs to be read slowly and softly. With only a few words on each page, the reader has to be patient (as does the boy) and learn to wait for the goal to be realized. Anticipation builds as each page is turned, pulling the reader into the boy's quest in a subtle way that is most captivating.
How does the perspective on gender/race/culture/economics/ability make a difference to the story? Simplicity and focus is the key to this story and both the author and illustrator have done an excellent job in keeping both in the forefront. A simple boy and his dog lead us on a journey that isn't far from home in any setting.
Theological Conversation Partners: The prophet Elijah was a man full of fire and zeal for the Lord who found himself alone in a cave arguing with God near the end of his ministry. "I have been zealous for the Lord," Elijah pleaded as he begged God to end his life because he felt defeated, alone and without a clear focus. God's answer came in a resounding way. A mountain splitting wind was followed by an earthquake full of fire! But God was not in the wind, earthquake and fire. Then came "a sound of sheer silence" and Elijah knew he was truly in the presence of the Almighty. (I Kings 19:3-18). So often we get caught up in the calamity of what is surrounding us, allowing distractions to take our eyes away from where our focus should be. The Psalmist reminds us to "Be still and know that I am God!" (Psalm 46:10). When did the little boy finally see the whale he had been looking for? When he got still and waited. What a beautiful lesson for all of us to remember. Be still and know…
Faith Talk Questions:
- Name a time when you got distracted from something you were doing or looking for. What was your distraction? How did you regain your focus?
- What keeps you busy most of the time?
- How do you make time for stillness in your life?
This review was written by regular contributor Krista Lovell.
If You Want to See a Whale by Storypath is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.


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The appetite of the young for religious experience is leading along exotic paths these daysdemons and gurus, mandalas and myths. Syracuse University Religion Professor David L. Miller encountered the phenomenon two years ago when he set out to teach a course on ancient Greek religion: his students asked him what application the Greek gods might have to their lives today. Miller mulled over the question while attending a scholarly symposium, where he heard Radical Theologian William Hamilton say that today's students' spiritual search "looks like polytheism," that the young want "total access to all the gods of men." Now Miller, 38,...
Religion: Invoking the Gods
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DANIA BEACH — — There was laughter as well as tears — lots of laughter — as a standing room-only audience celebrated Jose Wejebe's life Sunday afternoon.
Wejebe, the popular host of the "Spanish Fly" television show on the Outdoor Channel, died April 6 when the small plane he was piloting crashed shortly after take-off in Everglades City.
Disbelief and shock were the words used to describe the reaction to Wejebe's death at the age of 54 by his family, friends and fans who gathered at the IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum. But those who spoke also talked about how humble and modest Wejebe was, how much fun he was to be with and how he connected to everyone he met.
"He had that quality, I don't know what the word is for it, but he could make you feel that you were a big part of his life," said Tommy Sanders of JM Associates, which produced "Spanish Fly
which first aired on ESPN2 in 1995.
"He was so down to earth, when you met him, you felt like you'd known him for 20 years," said Gary Ellis, the founder of the Redbone Celebrity Fishing Tournament series, which has raised millions of dollars for cystic fibrosis research.
Ellis said that when he was asked to create the SLAM tournament in Key West to go along with the Redbone in Islamorada, he went to Key West to ask fishing guides if they would be interested in participating.
"Jose was one of the first guides who raised his hand," Ellis said.
"He did so much for Redbone."
That was Wejebe: Always helping others, whether it was donating his time or money to a charity, loaning one of his boats to another guide or signing autographs for fans of his show.
"He never told a fan 'no' for an autograph," said his friend Ken Davis, echoing an earlier story of how Wejebe was supposed to make a brief appearance at a store and ended up staying for hours to chat with those who had lined up for his autograph. Davis also said that the newly created Jose Wejebe "Spanish Fly" Memorial Foundation will continue Wejebe's charitable efforts.
"I was so lucky to have such a special dad," said Wejebe's daughter Krissy, "and to share him with so many people who loved him."
Whether they knew him personally or just watched him on TV, people felt a bond with Wejebe. The day of Wejebe's death, Mike Myatt of the IGFA said the organization would help any way it could. Asked the following morning if a memorial service could be held there, Myatt immediately said yes and had the facility closed on Sunday so people could share their feelings and stories about Wejebe.
Ellis told how he was partly responsible for Wejebe getting a TV show. Jerry McKinnis of JM was televising the Mariner Outboards Tournament Trail, which Ellis was involved with. Ellis invited Wejebe to be one of the guides and told McKinnis that he should put a cameraman with him. The footage of Wejebe was a highlight of the episode that resulted.
"Everyone at the company could tell this guy was special," Sanders said.
Wejebe's fellow fishing show hosts Rick Murphy, Blair Wiggins, Peter Miller, C.A. Richardson and Mark Sosin were there to honor Wejebe Sunday, along with industry representatives from Hell's Bay Boatworks, Shimano, Mercury Marine, SeaVee Boats, Raymarine electronics and Costa sunglasses. Numerous fishing guides were there, along with greats such as Stu Apte, who told how Wejebe wrote the IGFA Hall of Famer a letter when he was 12 asking if he could call Apte. Apte called Wejebe and gave him his phone number, which he said he almost came to regret because the young angler, who lived in Miami at the time, was so into fishing that he called all the time.
Those who sponsored "Spanish Fly" said working with Wejebe was a pleasure because he became so involved in their products.
"He never thought of his sponsors as 'them,' it was always 'us.' He was part of our family, part of our team," said Larry Rencken of Raymarine.
Chris Peterson of Hell's Bay said Wejebe was in the Titusville company's factory the Tuesday before he died. Wejebe, who owned four Hell's Bay skiffs, often shared suggestions on how to tweak the boats.
"He had a lot of input into the boats," Peterson said, "particularly with how the boats were rigged out — the lighting, the poling tower. He was re-rigging his boats and found a lithium ion battery that weighed only 11 pounds to replace a battery that weighed 60 pounds.
"He was always trying to make the boats better and better and helped us push the envelope."
Then there were those like Beverly Murray, of Fort Lauderdale, who was a fan of "Spanish Fly" and later got to fish with Wejebe in Islamorada and in Costa Rica thanks to a birthday present from her husband, John.
"John had a fly fishing trip set up and he wanted me to learn to fly fish," Murray said. "I said, 'I'll go fly fishing when you get Jose Wejebe to teach me.'"
John Murray, who did not know Wejebe, arranged a lesson through mutual friend Sandy Moret and surprised his wife on a trip to Islamorada.
"Jose was unbelievable," Murray said. "He was the most patient soul, very explanatory, fun to be with. He was spectacular.
"That was the best birthday present."
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text: Jean Joseph-Xavier Bidauld painted this landscape while on a five-year sojourn in Italy, where he developed his distinct style by making studies directly from nature. This southern Italian view encompasses many features common in his work; a stretch of fertile terrain, picturesque architecture, a source of water, and a majestic, craggy mountain in the distance. Silvery morning light dances across the undulating planes, rendered in soft blues, greens, and browns, and highlighted with autumnal yellows. The extraordinary freshness and precision that characterizes this painting conveys the immediacy of nature's impression on Bidauld, and explains why, upon hearing his name, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot was moved to exclaim: "Bidauld! Ah! But gently, now, he wasn't just anybody, he was at times truly a master, and one of the finest. Certain of his small canvases are masterpieces, and full of fine example and sound counsel for all of us, young and old alike."


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Two advanced power management integrated circuits (ICs) from Freescale Semiconductor are available now to help designers of telecommunication and networking equipment reduce board space and cut system costs.
Freescale's MC34652 and MC34653 single-chip hot swap controllers provide the load current control and protection needed to help prevent severe and permanent damage that could result from power surges. This is important for users of telecom and networking systems, servers, electronic circuit breakers and central office switching equipment who need the ability to insert or remove circuit boards in live -48 volt back planes without powering down the system. These devices also are designed to provide system protection by intelligently limiting any inrush current that might damage equipment.
The MC34652 and MC34653 hot swap controllers also minimize the need for external components by integrating the power metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) required by most applications. This integration, with compact packaging, may reduce the board space required by most other hot swap solutions by more than 60 percent. These features can assist system designers in creating small, cost-effective boards or provide new or enhanced system features in existing board space.
Both the MC34652 and MC34653 integrate a power MOSFET to control the load. Other features include:
* Maximum output current of 2.0 Amps on the MC34652, 1.0 Amp on the MC34653
* Input voltage operation range from -15 volts to -80 volts on the MC34652, -39 volts to -74 volts on the MC34653
* Over-current limiting with auto retry (default or programmable)
* Charging current limit independent of load capacitor (default or programmable)
* Start-up and retry delay timer (programmable option on the MC34652)
* Over-voltage and under-voltage detection (programmable option on the MC34652)
* Active high- and low-power good output signals
* Disable input control
* Thermal shutdown
* Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliant
Production quantities of both devices are available now. The MC34652 is in a 16-lead small outline integrated circuit (SOIC) narrow body package for a suggested resale price of $2.15 (USD) in 1,000-piece quantities. Housed in an eight-lead SOIC narrow body package, the MC34653 has a suggested resale price of $1.82 (USD) in 1,000-piece quantities.
To learn more about Freescale's hot swap controllers, visit: www.freescale.com/files/pr/hotswap.html


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Ash vs Evil Dead is an American comedy horror television series developed by Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, and Tom Spezialy for the Starz network. It is set in Raimi's Evil Dead universe, with Bruce Campbell reprising his role as Ash Williams, and acts as a sequel to the original trilogy.
Jill Marie Jones, Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo, and Lucy Lawless also star. The series is executive produced by Campbell, Raimi, Craig DiGregorio, and Robert Tapert, who originally produced all four Evil Dead films. The series premiered on October 31, 2015. Three days before the series' premiere, Starz renewed it for a second season.
The series is set 30 years after the first three Evil Dead movies. Ashley J. "Ash" Williams works at the "ValueShop" mart as a simple salesclerk. His life has gone nowhere and he now lives in a trailer, drinking at night bars and having occasional sex with various women. After having inadvertently read the incantation from the Book of the Dead again, he unleashes the Kandarian Demon one more time. A new set of events brings him to assume his former fighting persona and face the new Evil Dead plague in order to save human race.
The events of the third Evil Dead movie, Army of Darkness, are "hinted at" through the series although not directly referenced.