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Words, Ignorance, And Casper The Friendly Ghost!
Words, ... and Casper The Friendly Ghost!Do your best to accept this or do your best to fight it: but, "You are a mind with a body". Because you are, you have ... powers. And, the Spirit
Words, Ignorance, and Casper The Friendly Ghost!
Do your best to accept this or do your best to fight it: but, "You are a mind with a body". Because you are, you have spiritual powers. And, the Spirit man (person) inside you contains powers known and unknown. Discover what they are!
Ignorance, who me?
Anything that seems logical to a person, who is ignorant of the facts, may seem stupid to the person who knows how to do it and does know the facts. If you make decisions because you refuse to learn the truth, that is called ignorance. But, none of us would ever do that, would we?
You just might be surprised how many grow fat on ignorance. And the biggest cause of ignorance is…..you guess? Ok, it is Inertia. A person may not know the facts but he should understand that truth is truth and never false regardless of his lack of knowledge.
An open minded person will continue to learn and not succumb to immobility. He will base his conclusions on the knowledge that he has. But, always ready to change them as he becomes more enlightened.
It's time to explore the powers of your mind.
These powers can help you to achieve success, wealth, happiness, love and all you desire. Learn to use these powers. Don't be afraid of them. And, it is not at all difficult. No more difficult than turning on your computer for the first time.
Consider this. When you turn on your computer, you may not understand all the intricacies that make it do what it does. You don't have to. You just need to know how to flip the switch.
The same thing goes for the most intricate machine that has ever been conceived. Although this machine is the Divine work of God, you can learn to use it very easily.
The Wild Wild Brain!
This machine is; your brain. Your brain is made up of two parts, your conscious and sub-conscious and they work together. We know a lot about the conscious, but the sub-conscious is still a vast unknown territory.
One of the greatest powers of the sub-conscious is its ability to use the power of auto-suggestion. You can become rich by learning the power of and employing auto-suggestion.
Conscious suggestion is the mechanism of feeding the sub-conscious mind thoughts of a creative nature. I.e. Positive affirmations that make their way into the deep fertile ground of the sub-conscious. Or, through neglect and inertia
When you read out loud a written statement of your desire for whatever you want, everyday, several times everyday, and do it with emotion and concentration on your desire, and, see and feel yourself already in possession of what you want, then you are communicating (self-suggesting)your desire directly to your sub-conscious.
What? Brain Food!
When you do this through repetition you create a thought pattern that will voluntarily feed your sub-conscious the food it wants to eat. Foods that will help your sub-conscious translate your desire into reality. And, I'm not talking about thanksgiving turkey.
The Food that the sub-conscious feeds on is: WORDS! Words are the only food that the sub-conscious is capable of digesting. You say "yes", it knows what that means and doesn't care what the results become. You say "no", it knows what that means and doesn't care what the results become.
It is VERY important to note; the sub-conscious does not pay attention to wishy-washy-wimpy-words. Your sub-conscious is the hardest mechanism there is to slap a snow-job on. And, it won't pay any attention to wussy statements that you make while going tip-toeing through the tulips talking like Casper the friendly ghost.
Your effectiveness in learning and using auto-suggestion will depend largely on your determination to concentrate on your desire with emotion and strong feelings.
Well, how do I get there?
The most direct route to the sub-conscious is through your emotions. The most effective route to your emotions is to visualize what you desire.
The visualizing will help the emotions to feel the reality and truth of what you're are self-suggesting. Without conscious or unconscious auto-suggestion, then you are ignoring
Someone said to me, "I can't go around saying I have something I don't have." Why not? You do all the time. Every time you sneeze, you say, I coming down with a cold.
And, then you get one. Every time something goes wrong at work, you say, that's just my rotten luck. And, then the bottom falls out.
You ever heard this? "Next time we buy those tickets to go on a vacation, I guarantee you those kids will get sick and we'll lose the money for those plane tickets". And, then it happened and you said, "See there I told you so". And, you go around patting yourself on the back so everyone could see how smart you are just like you prophesied it. Duh, need I say again
You mean I have to lie?
Remember, the sub-conscious does not know the difference between truth and lie. It just uses it's unknown and unexplainable powers to bring to pass the "words" that come out of your mouth. That's what it was made to do. That's all it knows how to do.
Start saying this out loud everyday; multiple times everyday; "Day by Day, in every way, I'm getting Prettier and Prettier!" or, richer and richer; or, whatever. Now I hope I don't have to tell you this, but, don't go around saying I'm getting Dummer and Dummer.
After you've said that several hundred times, you will begin waking up saying it. You'll be walking down the street and it will just pop in your mind. That is auto-suggestion. When it comes up from somewhere down inside you, and you didn't even have to think it up, then you are learning the powers of your mind.
An Example: True Story!
It was 3 am in the intensive care room of a local hospital. Two nurses were keeping close watch over their patient whom had had a massive heart attack. The nurses noticed his vital signs had stopped. They were frantic and one said to the other, "Do you have a pulse"? She said no.
The patient, being a student of auto-suggestion and the powers of his mind, heard everything they were saying but he couldn't communicate with them and tell them he was ok.
He then remembered an affirmation he was taught. "You can do anything, if you believe you can". He forced his eyelids open and the nurses then knew he was ok.
He recovered and here is the interesting part. He later testified he felt it was so amusing at how frantic the nurses were. You see, his mind could not be influenced by their fearful suggestions. He had trained his brain to only be influenced by what he fed it. Go Thou and do likewise!
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Grandiose visions of CRISPR's ability to change! revolutionize! transform! the world recently reached a zenith of absurdity in a WIRED cover story titled The Genesis Engine. The article triggered the Twitter hashtag #CRISPRfacts, which for days was devoted to poking fun at the overly optimistic tenor of CRISPR's press. But the financial world is viewing CRISPR dreams as no laughing matter.
On August 10, Editas Medicine announced that Bill Gates, Google Ventures, Deerfield Management, and other investors have funded CRISPR to the tune of $120 million. In what seems to be a case of self-fulfilling prophecy, the tech press declared that money changes everything, or as one headline put it, "CRISPR: Editas' $120M proves it isn't a bunch of hype."
The $120 million investment takes place amid a CRISPR patent fight between two Editas co-founders: Feng Zhang (Broad Institute) and CRISPR's celebrated innovator Jennifer Doudna (UC Berkeley) who has since left Editas. It's the largest round of financing yet for CRISPR, though as Xconomy noted, it's only a fraction of the private biotech financing record set by Moderna Therapeutics earlier in 2015, when it raised $450 million for messenger RNA drug development.
So there's a lot going on behind the scenes. Bill Gates and Google, of course, have their hands deep in their own pies of sexy research funding for projects including Gates' Wi-Fi activated birth control (promised to arrive in 2018) or Calico's "longevity research."
One of the striking points of the recent funding announcement is the condition Editas is targeting, a rare form of genetic blindness called leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) that affects roughly 1,000 people in the United States – well under the 200,000-person number that qualifies as an "orphan disease."
The views, opinions and positions expressed by these authors and blogs are theirs and do not necessarily represent that of the Bioethics Research Library and Kennedy Institute of Ethics or Georgetown University.


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I can't think of a more perfect marriage between eating utensils than this Spoonplus by French designer Aissa Logerot. After nearly two years of living in Korea, a pair of chopsticks and a spoon are the only utensils that make it to my table.
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Fed Up With Dealing With Your Acid Reflux Disorder? Find Out How To Get Rid Of It!
If you suffer from acid reflux, you may not realize it! Finding out the symptoms is the first step, and you also needs to be properly diagnosed by a doctor. However, if you would like investigate the nature with this condition, you might have come off to the right place! Please read on for additional information.
Slow! Once you eat slower, your whole body has the ability to take care of what is being deposited inside your stomach. Consequently it is going to know that it is full when it truly is full, and you will probably consume less. If you overeat, you'll find your acid reflux disorder goes crazy.
In case you are experiencing acid reflux disease issues and acid reflux there is no need an antacid accessible, you should use baking soda to ease the problem. One spoon of baking soda blended with a cup of water is an easy and cheap antacid. You will start to feel relief within minutes of taking it.
Raise up your bed to where your top half is higher up. Use anything from books to bricks to increase the incline. Your head of your bed should be six inches more elevated than the foot of your bed. This keeps acid in your stomach where it belongs.
You would like to avoid foods that have a very high amount of acid so that you can reduce acid reflux attacks. Samples of foods that are known to have a superior acidic content are grapefruit, tomatoes, and pineapple. If you do have a medical history of issues after food these food types, it may be best to avoid eating them late at night, or entirely.
Try shedding pounds. The better fat around your middle, the better acid will probably be pushed upwards. The additional fat round the stomach increases pressure wear the stomach, increasing the probability of acid reflux disease. Even shedding just a couple pounds can bring quite a lot of relief.
Try a spoonful of honey. Nevertheless there is no hard evidence that honey treats acid reflux disorder, it is extremely useful to soothe and relieve the painful burning linked to it. Honey will coat your esophagus in the protective and soothing layer, and help neutralize several of the acid. If you are looking for some relief until you can identify and treat the main cause of your heartburn, a little honey can be just what you ought to get back to sleep.
Try some natural strategies to reduce the outcomes of acid reflux in the body. There are numerous medications that one could take to aid in your acid reflux disease, why drive them when you can control it naturally? Try to eat foods which are alkaline. Foods including milk, bananas, almonds, tofu and avocados are alkaline foods.
Acid Reflux
Attempt to avoid drinking anything while acid reflux you eat. Once you drink, your stomach fills up and expands, which can cause distension. This puts pressure about the sphincter towards the bottom of the esophagus, sometimes causing food to successfully pass back through it. When this happens, acid reflux has started, as will your suffering.
Always maintain gravity under consideration. Understand that acid is now being held down, when you position your whole body in ways where down isn't towards your feet, problems will ensue. Maintain your head up along with your stomach uncompressed, then you certainly should certainly find relief from acid reflux disease the entire day.
Believe it or not, your clothing can impact how frequently you will get acid reflux disease. Clothing that fits too tightly throughout the midsection will put excess pressure on the stomach, making reflux occur more frequently with more pain. Opt for clothing having a loose fit. Only wear pants and belts that happen to be tight enough to stay up without pressing too much on the midsection.
Acid Reflux
Consider stopping smoking if you suffer from acid reflux disease. Once you smoke, nicotine stimulates the creation of stomach acid, exacerbating the issue. Still, don't try and stop immediately. This could cause your acid reflux to acquire worse, as your body is going to be going through withdrawal. Try quitting slowly.
Does your voice crack now and then? When you have a hoarse voice, it might be brought on by stomach acid rising into the throat. No, you happen to be not receiving a cold. It is actually acid reflux. Medications, altering your daily diet and staying upright when you eat may help you get your voice back. If the problem persists, watch your doctor.
Interestingly, the acidity or alkalinity of food is not going to necessarily predict the pH level it holds. Foods you believe are acidic, including lemons, are exceedingly alkaline after they are digested. This is often confusing once you have acid reflux disease. Studying the pH of numerous foods can help you to avoid reflux symptoms.
Instead of hoping that there is no need acid reflux disorder or neglecting to take preventative measures, do what's great for yourself and find out more. You've taken the steps within the right direction, but don't allow it to stop here! Remember these pointers and educate yourself further so you don't ought to suffer the results.


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Happy New Trump!
I should have put this up two weeks ago, but perhaps we can say it's in time for the assumption. I wish now I'd made the drool blob piss yellow instead. All the best for the new year everyone!
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In praise of the universal banana
How many uses for a banana are there? I can think of a few. mimikaki for people with large ears if tied to the bottom of feet they are a cheap alternative to roller blades by virtue of the slippy … Continue reading
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — China's consumer inflation rose more slowly than expected in January, even with a reweighting of the index, but wholesale prices outpaced forecasts, according to data released Tuesday.
China's consumer price index rose 4.9% in January from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said, with the result matching a figure leaked on Monday, but still below an average forecast of 5.4% from a survey of economists reported by Dow Jones Newswires.
However, the producer price index measuring wholesale inflation rose a faster-than-expected 6.6%. The consensus from the Dow Jones survey Average had tipped a 6.3% rise.
In December, consumer prices rose 4.6% year-on-year, while wholesale prices were up 5.9%.
Chinese authorities face a difficult job wrestling inflation back to its target level, analysts say, with consumer prices likely up heat up further before cooling in the second half of the year as the impact of policy tightening takes effect.
And even for the end of the year, the CPI — which should nudge 6% in coming months — may not soften all that much, especially in the event of weather-related crop failures, according to RBC analyst Brian Jackson.
"The risk is that inflation will stay stronger for longer, particularly if serious drought conditions in the north of the country persist or worsen," Jackson said in a note.
The bureau also unveiled changes in the way it calculates the consumer price index, increasing the weighing of property, which it said added slightly to the January inflation figure.
It said it recalculated the gauge of consumer outlays to reduce the weighting of food to 30.2%, down from 32.4% previously, while housing was increased to 19.2% from 15%.
"Contrary to what the market had speculated, the reweighting actually raised the year-on-year CPI," said BofA Merrill Lynch analyst Ting Lu in Hong Kong.
The Statistics Bureau said the change had added 0.024 percentage point to January's CPI.
The Merrill analyst said the 10.6% rise in food prices from a year earlier was also below consensus expectations, and that "the implication here is that inflation pressure might be smaller than the market had thought."
Lu also said the CPI would likely ease moderately in February, though not enough to forestall further interest-rate hikes, which could come in April. He said increases to banks' reserve ratio requirements were possible as early as next month.
Food inflation pressures, however, may actually be building up in the system, according to Deutsche Bank Economist Jun Ma in Hong Kong.
He added the current situation is understating the severity of owing to lag effects whereby "the pass-through from agriculture prices to processed food prices are being delayed," Ma said in a note.
He expects food inflation will return with vengeance in February's CPI, with prices set to surge 3% from levels in January.
Meanwhile, other data showed Chinese financial institutions extended 1.04 trillion yuan ($157.7 billion ) in new loans in January, the official Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday, citing figures released by the People's Bank of China.
The result represents loan growth of 18.3% from a year earlier, and compares to December's 19.9% rise, when banks extended 480.7 billion yuan.
Broad money supply as measured by M2 was up 17.2% at the end of January from a year earlier, compared to a 19.7% on-year rise at the end of December. Analysts had expected 1.2 trillion yuan in new loans for the month and M2 growth of 18.8%, according to a survey by Dow Jones Newswires.


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It looks like Microsoft isn't the only browser maker adopting the Google Chrome add-on model: Mozilla revealed this past week that it will deprecate support for its current add-ons and go the Chrome route.
"The strategy announced here necessarily involves a lot of trade-offs," Mozilla's Kev Needham writes in a new post to the Mozilla Add-Ons Blog. "Developers who already support Chrome extensions will benefit since they will have one codebase to support instead of two. Developers of Firefox-only add-ons will have to make changes. Those changes may require considerable development effort up-front, but we feel the end result will be worth that effort for both Firefox's users and developers."
According to Needham, this "foundational" change to Firefox is required in order to modernize the browser. The firm has been working on two separate projects, Servo and Electrolysis, which will modernize Firefox's web browser engine, and security and performance profiles, respectively. And it is working on in-house spyware and adware protections for Firefox as well. Switching to an existing, modern (and now de-facto standard) add-on model will help it make these other changes more quickly as well.
Likewise, this move should benefit Mozilla's developers, though some are naturally upset about the change. This should help it realize its other goal of making add-ons easier to create, since developers will no longer need different add-ons for each browser. And it should help speed time to market for add-ons, Mozilla says.
Firefox's embrace of Chrome-style add-ons will happen over time, of course. Mozilla is calling the new extension model WebExtensions and has rolled out experimental support in the developer-oriented Firefox Nightly builds. (Versions of Firefox that support new Electrolysis-based multi-process underpinnings are coming soon as well.)
As you may know, Mozilla isn't the first browser maker to announce such a change.
In 2013, Opera announced that it would switch to Google Chrome's WebKit rendering engine, and when Google forked WebKit to create the Blink rendering engine, Opera followed suit. In doing so, Opera was able to piggyback on Chrome's successful market for add-ons, which is important since so few people use the browser, and there were few native add-ons available for it.
This year, Microsoft announced that it would support Chrome add-ons in Edge, its new Windows 10 web browser. (Edge uses its own rendering engine, however.) This support is not present in Edge today, and it will most likely debut in the October "TH2" release of Windows 10.
Neither Opera nor (yet) Edge have an appreciable user base. But Mozilla's news is a big deal because Firefox is the second most-frequently-used desktop web browser, with about 18 percent usage share. Market leader Internet Explorer, which has been hampered by its own lack of add-ons, still commands over 58 percent usage for desktop web browsers, while number three Chrome has about 17 percent. (Opera is under 2 percent and is outstripped by OS X-only Safari, with a bit under 6 percent.) With this announcement, all three of the top three web browsers will soon support the same add-on model, as will four of the only five web browsers that matter at all (on the desktop, where add-on support makes the most sense).
For a variety of reasons, I recently switched from Google Chrome (back) to Mozilla Firefox. Please check out my article Firefox 40 is Designed for Windows 10 for information about the newest Firefox version, and A Few Tips for Using Firefox 40 with Windows 10 for, um, a few tips for using Firefox with Windows 10. Suddenly, Firefox is cool again.
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Broward Health holds special public meeting to review House Bill 711 healthcare study
Broward Health holds special public meeting to review House Bill 711 healthcare study
By Charles Moseley
The North Broward Hospital District (NBHD) Board of Commissioners conducted a special public meeting on Dec. 19, 2012 to review a study conducted by Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP. House Bill 711 signed into law by Governor Rick Scott last year, mandates that publicly run hospital systems in counties across the state of Florida, conduct an independent review of their operations to determine how they stack up to privately run hospitals.
House Bill 711 as amended by Florida Statute 155-40 stipulates among other things that public hospitals contract a firm with expertise in valuating hospitals to conduct a study to assess the hospital's fair market value, conduct a public hearing, and compare publicly run hospitals with other hospitals which provide similar health care services which are either not-for-profit or for profit hospitals. The law further states, "The comparison must also determine whether there is a net benefit to the community to operate the hospital as a not –for profit or for –profit entity and use the proceeds for the sale or lease for the purpose described in the statute."
The study also took into consideration a number of variables in reaching its conclusion, including whether the hospital would be profitable in the future under its current business model.
Secondly, it considered how the hospital compares with similar businesses which are privately held and have been subject to similar investments or assets that have been sold or offered for sale.
Thirdly, so-called "cost approach" factors in what it would cost to replicate the assets of an entity with one which closely resembled the operation in question.
Deloitte representative Adam Sorenson presented the study before the NBHD Board of Commissioners during the special public meeting in which he discussed the healthcare industry, its economic trends, and how Broward Health compared with a number of other hospitals in areas which included; cost per day patient stay, patient satisfaction, outcomes of care, and cost and quality of care. Sorenson encouraged the Commission to be proactive in the face of future changes in healthcare legislation which would impact all healthcare operations whether they were public or private.
Commissioner Clarence McKee expressed some reservations regarding the possibility of having hospitals come under the jurisdiction of either a county commission or city council which he said may not have the level of expertise necessary to make the decisions to properly oversee a healthcare operation. He pointed out a scenario in which that might happen. His concern was whether healthcare decisions should be left up to city officials?
"The danger is when you give a city commission a quarter of a million dollars or half a million dollars; you'll have a line of lobbyists outside their door to help them with what health needs need to be served."
McKee offered his analysis of the current manner in which the North Broward Hospital District was being run by saying he saw no need to alter the basic operating status of Broward County's public healthcare system. He noted that the system had either met or exceeded its objective of providing quality healthcare at an affordable rate. As far as he was concerned, he favored maintaining the status quo into the foreseeable future, regarding the North Broward Hospital District, remaining a publicly run operation.
"I see no public interest benefit in the sale or lease of our hospital system at this time. We are an 'A-rated system' by our rating agencies. I also am not convinced that a sale or lease would provide the indigent with any better access to quality healthcare or that our community health care efforts would be maintained."
Finally, there are still many uncertainties regarding how Obamacare will impact patients as well as hospital and physician reimbursements to change at this time. "If the wheel isn't broken don't fix it." BH's wheel is in good shape as to cost effectiveness, productivity and patient care measures—we compare favorably with our peers. So, no need to change."
Broward Health President/CEO Frank Nask painted a relatively rosy picture regarding the current state of the member hospitals and community out-reach clinics overseen by Broward Health. He cited the recent approval for two additional outreach centers and two urgent care facilities approved by the NBHD Board of Commissioners. He also felt that there was little if no difference in the quality of healthcare among the various hospitals studied by the firm, which evaluated those that are located throughout South Florida.
"I see no discernible difference between quality and cost per peer groups in the tri–county area. I think that we have been performing well," said Nask.
Not all the NBHD Commissioners were happy with the way things were going and at least one discussed the possibility of closing one of the NBHD facilities. Commissioner Paul Hus indicated that although he sympathized with residents who lived near the Broward North Hospital he said that it might be in the interest of the NBHD to close the facility down. He said that Broward North was in dire need of improvements and that the facility had lost between $70 and $75 million over the last five years.
"Broward North operates at 52 percent bed capacity. It has cost $70 million to put bandages on Broward North."
Edith Lederberg, executive director of the Aging Disability Resource Center of Broward County pleaded that Broward North Hospital remain open.
"We all know that when we start cutting costs it slashes services and quality of care. If it's not broken don't fix it. I urge and strongly support the current system which has been effective and efficient."


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Crawford County To Discuss Employee Vacation Time
The Crawford County Personnel Committee will meet Thursday to try to establish more clarification on employee vacation time.
The committee will meet in special session to discuss the issue, which has been tabled twice, for county employees who want to donate their unused vacation time to other employees who have experienced a catastrophic event and have exhausted all of their vacation time, or create a new ordinance authorizing the donation of unused vacation time. County attorney Chuck Baker will be present to assist in proceedings.
Crawford County Judge John Hall said he is optimistic that the committee will resolve the issue at the meeting.
"They'll either come out with something or the issue will be done," Hall said. "The ordinance had enough support to pass last time, but they'll just try to establish a little clarity on it."
The meeting will begin 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Crawford County Circuit Courtroom No. 2 at 220 S. Fourth St. in Van Buren.


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If you find yourself facing police charges it is obviously a very scary and confusing time for you. Naturally, you'll want to engage the services of a defence solicitor so that you have someone to defend your rights, prepare your case and advocate for you in court.
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We've got questions, and you've (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, here are some queries we are going to throw at you, from shows including House, Fringe, Castle and Glee!
1 | So now this Olivia on Fringe is into Peter, too? Man, Lincoln Lee just can't catch a break, in any timeline. Meanwhile, Olivia's bladder has the worst timing, doesn't it? (Then again, using a truck-stop restroom, she probably got off easy with a simple abduction.)
2 | Assuming that August tampered with the Once Upon a Time storybook, wouldn't Henry be quick to notice? Aren't we to believe the kid has read and re-read the tome, like, 815 times?
3 | Um, how long exactly did The Walking Dead's Rick and Hershel hover over those Philadephians' dead bodies? Because that initial bar fight took place in broad daylight. And should we be worried that the show is turning Shane into a one-dimensional psycho stalker/killer?
4 | Is Desperate Housewives' Juanita Solis the funniest kid currently on TV (outside of Modern Family)? On the not-so-great side, did the show forget that Bree's already been down the "romantic involvement with a controlling psycho" path (i.e. pharmacist George in Season 2), or have they simply stopped caring?
5 | Did the Pan Am finale wrap up everything far too cheesily?
6 | Is anyone else expecting Shameless' Grammy Gallagher to pop up on Breaking Bad next season?
7 | Did House's Dominika magically endear herself to us with this week's encore, in part by aerobicizing to Amy Grant?
8 | On Gossip Girl, didn't the description of Dan's second novel, Monarch of Manhattan, sound a little too much like NBC's short-lived Kings? And do you agree with Caroline Lagerfelt that CeCe deserved a more fabulous sendoff?
9 | Who out there got irrationally emotional when How I Met Your Mother's Robin moved out, with Florence and the Machine playing in the background? (On the flip side, enough with Robin and Ted already!)
10 | For two Februarys in a row now, Castle and Beckett have prevented global threats. Next year, will they crack a case on the International Space Station, Moonraker-style?
11 | Wasn't it about time that one of these Alcatraz inmates got all golly-gee-whiz! over their exposure to something like a smart phone streaming Internet video?
12 | Didn't the dial-up Internet on Hart of Dixie seem unrealistically fast?
13 | Is there any scenario other than The Bachelor where it would be considered a negative for parents to be skeptical of their daughter getting engaged to a guy who's openly dating three other women?
14 | The rain-soaked reconciliation for Parenthood's Crosby-Jasmine — while sweet — came way too easily (and sorta outta nowhere), right? That said, where does the support group meet after next week's episode?
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15 | On Glee, wasn't Mr. Schue's story about contemplating suicide in high school the rogue hair floating in an otherwise poignant winter finale stew?
16 | Could you tell that White Collar's Peter and Neal weren't really having a catch there on the Yankee Stadium infield? (That's the one scene the show had to fake.)
17 | Has Raising Hope's Sabrina always been so make-up-y?
18 | Hey, girllll… isn't it nice to see the full New Girl credits again?
19 | Was there any funnier 30 seconds on TV this week than Dalia's wickedly specific revenge fantasy directed at Tessa on Suburgatory?
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20 | Which was the bigger Happy Endings crowd-pleaser: Bear Max, or Jane and Brad fake-fighting?
21 | Can the TV Academy go ahead and announce Grey's Anatomy guest star Loretta Devine's Emmy nomination for this year? And while they're at it, should they pencil in Private Practice's Anika Noni Rose as well?
22 | Has Amy Farrah Fowler all but turned into The Big Bang Theory's version of Betty "I Say Incongruously Naughty Things" White?
23 | Who else caught that awesome Arrested Development Easter egg on Up All Night? If you missed it, here's a hint: It involved Will Arnett and a certain chicken sound.
24 | Why is Parks and Recreation still trying to make Tom and Ann happen? It's just weird.
25 | Didn't Kenley's dress on Project Runway All Stars look more like the American flag than Chile's?
Hit the comments with your answers — and any other questions you care to throw out there!


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Afraid of dying? ... Afraid of living!
Over the years, I've heard many people voice their concerns of death and dying. It wasn't that they had any maladies that would cause them to die any time soon, but they were "afraid of their own immo
Over the years, I've heard many people voice their concerns of death and dying. It wasn't that they had any maladies that would cause them to die any time soon, but they were "afraid of their own immortality." The basic idea of death, or the potential of death, created a mind-numbing fear that, in some cases, forced them into isolation to avoid anything that could increase their chances of dying.
Although this might sound like a gruesome topic, it is important, as one of the most common situations associated with a fear of dying is actually a "fear of living." One fears death because they've not learned how to live. They are afraid that there won't be enough time to live a full life and in the process waste the time worrying about not living. Believe it or not, this is more common than you might think.
One of the other, underlying, reasons for fear of death is the ingrained parental voices of society and religion that, indeed, we will perish in the afterlife. One needs to evaluate the realities of their spiritualism to ensure that those beliefs provide comfort and support throughout life. However, why must one examine spiritualism externally since we are our own gods and our own spiritual essence?
From some of the situations I've noticed in my work and studies, many of my clients, and others, have a distinct belief in something outside that creates their essence --- or on which their essence is based. By believing and honoring this "thing", "being", "organization", etc., they feel as though they are part of something greater. It also provides them with "softer answers" to the "larger questions" --- otherwise known as faith. Indeed, there are no soft answers and it is in those realities that we can grow and eliminate fear.
Of course, I can't blame these individuals for feeling and believing the way they do as their ideas have been handed down over the generations by society and religion. If these ideas were to be ripped from them, it would throw them into a whirlwind of confusion and instill hatred that they were misled all these years.
It is seen by society that control is easier to maintain on fearful "lost sheep", or "cattle", that have faith in a supreme being --- "authority". If people believe in themselves and their own internal gods and spiritualism, then they no longer belong to a group and can no longer be swayed to the will of those in power.
In fact, by allowing people to believe, and teaching such beliefs, in their inner gods and spiritualism, they do indeed belong to a group --- a much larger group consisting of everyone and everything --- this instead of segregating groups by concocted, shaky, and fear-inducing beliefs. Could this be the answer to many of today's problems? Instead of pointing to a multitude of greater beings and dictating what these beings tell each group of believers simply to create a rift at the political and religious levels, perhaps by believing in oneself as the creator and understanding that we are all creators that the turmoil might decrease or desist.
Of course, that would eliminate the separations of political and belief-based organizations. Of course, this could also eliminate the desire to move forward in life as the idea of competition on many levels would change. Instead of working to win, become rich, and attain power, we would work for the betterment in ourselves, of ourselves, for each other, and to increase our own internal power.
The idea of using external influences and deities is primarily based on one's belief system and as such is necessary for many to establish a spiritual side. As noted, it is easier to offload one's own responsibilities and destiny on to a faith-based entity than to accept that we choose and define our own destinies. But, to resolve, it is essential to replace that belief with a sense of reality; however, that is a slow and laborious process that will take centuries to unravel as it took centuries to instill.
In the long run, your internal beliefs and desires are the only things that can provide you with a life of wonder and excitement that overshadows the inevitability of death. As they say, the two things you can count on are "death and taxes." So, such circumstances are inevitable and cannot be avoided. Therefore, they should not be planned into your life! Taxes will happen every year on April 15th and death will occur when it occurs. But, sitting and waiting in the interim for the "inevitable" won't make it go away, nor will it make it easier to manage. Life is the only thing that you have control over, so your only options are, sit quietly and die inside until your physical death catches up to you. Or, you can live life to its fullest and not worry about what will happen in 40 or 50 years. Just worry about how well you can live right now and create something solid for the "memory banks."
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The size of the Russian submarine force will begin going up by five starting in 2015, with the pace of construction resembling the Cold War days more than the lethargic shipbuilding rate that has prevailed ever since the Berlin Wall fell. But although the number of U.S. nuclear submarines will only increase by two this year, experts are already questioning the effectiveness of the Russia's submarine fleet.
In a related report by the Inquisitr, there have been allegations of a purported Russian submarine spying near Sweden and Scotland, but all efforts to find the elusive submarine have thus so far failed. One of Russia's submarines being tested out, the top secret AC-12 Losharik, may have been outed in a recent photo.
The Russian Navy is currently working on building Borey-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, Yasen-class nuclear attack submarines, and Kilo- and Lada-class diesel electric attack submarines. As a comparison, the United States submarine fleet construction rate only increased to two subs per year recently. A new class of ballistic U.S. submarines will begin construction in 2021, and it's expected the construction rate will pick up to three subs per year.
The increase in the pace of construction has experts making comparisons to a new Cold War. But some of these Russian subs are being built to be sold to other countries like China. There's also the issue of modernization, since many systems have been retired or are reaching the limits of their effectiveness in the modern age.
Although the increase in the Russian construction rate sounds impressive, experts question whether Vladimir Putin will be able to keep up this pace with the fall of oil prices. So while these five Russian submarines may be laid out in 2015, it's possible there may be delays that will stretch into years before they are finished. Some of the recently finished subs even used significant hull components from previous decommissioned Russian submarine designs.
Regardless, Russia's submarine fleet is known for being tough and innovative, and an increase in numbers alone could pose a problem for the U.S. Navy.
"The Russians have put their money where their mouth is with regard to submarine construction and development," said Bryan Clark, a former U.S. Navy submariner and strategist, now an analyst with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. "They see that as a way to generate an asymmetric advantage over U.S. forces. If they can develop a really high-end submarine force like they did in the Cold War, it would create a problem for U.S. naval planners and strategists thinking through how to deal with a potential Russian threat — one that could emerge without a lot of warning."
According to Defense News, Clark still questions the combat effectiveness of these Russian submarine designs, claiming that Russia's best submarines are the equivalent of the oldest U.S. submarines still in service with the U.S. Navy. But it's believed they could still pose a concern since even a small number of subs can pose a threat when it comes to intelligence-gathering and a surprise nuclear first strike.


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Jack Walsh uncovered one of those secrets on the third floor of what's called the Magale Building, now 140 years old, when he found an attic no one alive today knew existed.
"When they were cleaning up, they stumbled across it and went up there and saw there was a big area and they found all these things," Walsh explained.
They are things from another time, when this block of the Strand was dotted with hardware stores serving a growing prosperous community. When the ceiling was stripped from the rafters, it revealed an attic storage area for lumber and a very rare commodity -- original, unused antique windows.
"You could call this treasure being found upstairs," said Matt Farragher with the Galveston Historical Foundation. "People find historic documents behind picture frames. These, I think, were just forgotten as the building traded hands over the years."
Records show a sash and door warehouse was once housed here. It vanished years ago, but plenty was left behind -- more than a hundred windows many of which are at least a century old, crafted of old growth woods no longer found. Some are simple windows. Others are large and arched, the same kind seen in so many historic Galveston homes and buildings. Destined now for restoration projects, they've been donated to the Galveston Historical Foundation's salvage warehouse.
"These can be used all over the island," Farragher said. "I'm excited to get a few of them down here on the Strand because these are commercial sized windows."
So the windows will live on, but it's a message for anyone with an old house or building -- try exploring it someday.
Walsh said, "You never know what you can find in someone's attic."
For more information on those rare antique windows, and Galveston's historic structures, visit the Galveston Historical Foundation's website.


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Roosevelt Park
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1st Mon of Month 6:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Roosevelt Park has been around for decades however the most recently upgraded is it's best reinvention yet. Deep in the heart of the Texas neighborhood, at the base of Alabama hill the park offers no shade, making it a great place to go in early spring when direct sunlight it needed to keep the kids warm, however the park can become hot in the late afternoon of summer. The park is an ethnically diverse as the people living in the apartments and houses in the neighborhood, and it is not uncommon for children of all ages to be hanging out in the park.
This park has plenty of parking, restrooms, and two children's play areas. One is designed for younger children 1 year old to 3 year's old and the other is designed for much older children, 5 to 10 year olds. Outside of the Elementary schools Roosevelt parks older children's play area is probably the most challenging play area in Bellingham. Along with the play area is a big hill of dirt -- which might not have the sophistication of the high tech play equipment; however it is equality as fun for a game of king of the mountain or dirt bike riding. The park was also designed for skateboarding, including a long low wall of concrete, and a paved area with mild jumps.
Since the beginning, Roosevelt Park has always had a big soccer field, and this iteration is no different. Along with the soccer field is a secluded basketball court in the far corner, away from the park. There is also a circular paved walking track that is good for young children to practice their bicycle riding.
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Although there was some hope that Pittsburgh forward Chris Kunitz (lower body) would return on Sunday, that won't be the case.
Penguins coach Dan Bylsma reported that Kunitz is "feeling well, but not well enough to be in today's lineup," according to NHL.com. This is his second straight game on the sidelines.
Pittsburgh is also missing James Neal and the absence of two of the team's top-six forwards might encourage Bylsma to pair up Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin more often than normal. For the most part though, it's projected that Taylor Pyatt will be playing alongside Crosby in Kunitz's place.
Philadelphia earned a 4-0 victory in the first half of this home-and-home series on Saturday. Today's contest will start at 12:30 p.m. ET and air on NBC. You can also watch it online by clicking here.


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Position: I am an assistant professor (U.D.) in the Anthropology of Health. I received my Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology (Human Ecology) at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC-CH, USA), and an M.A. in Social & Organizational Psychology from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. I have been part of the programma group Anthropology of Health, Care and the Body and am affiliated to the Center for Social Sciences and Global Health (SSGH). I am a steering committee member of Share-Net International, a Dutch knowledge platform on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I also am a senior reseacher at UvA's Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD) working on mobilising social sciences against epidemic treats trough the EU funded Sonar-Global Project, where I co-lead the Training and Capacity building work package. Over the past years I also have been working with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Through AIGHD I will continue this collaboration until at least 2023 through a ECDC framework contract. Before coming to the UvA, I lived in North Carolina and Tennessee for 13 years, where I worked for NGOs in environmental activism and public health.
Surprise Ecologies & Temporal Vulnerability: Building on Carole Curmley's historical ecological approach, I conducted multisided PhD fieldwork in the United States on the ethnohistory of surprise and expectations among floodplain residents and mitigation officials. I have explored the relationship between temporality (seen as our human being in time) and emergency preparedness and early warning. Out of this I have neen developing the concept of "temporal vulnerability", which integrates objective, hazards perspectives with an emic focus on meaning and interpretation.
Health systems and medical anthropology: Combining anthropology, historical ecology and social-demography, I am keen to focus on the interdisciplinary interaction between socio-ecological transformations and expressions of health and wellbeing. This includes research concerning the mediating role of community health workers linking neighborhoods or villages with clinical or public health care, health system resilience in the face of disasters, preparedness and response to infectious treats, human resources for health, and concepts and practices of care outside biomedical contexts. I have been collaborating with the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labor Studies (AIAS) on wage relevant analysis of human resources for health using the Wage Indicator websurvey.
Community health resources and engagement: As a postdoctoral researcher I participated in a 5 year NWO funded project "Developing Sustainable Community Health Resources in Poor Settings in Uganda" in the District of Luwero. This project studied how indigenous roles and networks self-orgnanize health services and care. As a result of this, I have continued to study community health resources and engagement, through projects with for example the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) emergency preparedness section and the Malaria Zero consortium in Haiti. I have been leading the development of a European guidance on communtiy engagement for preparedness and response against infectious treats for all member states.
Human rights to health and SRHR: I have long been involved with HIV research. Most recently I worked with the global human rights to health program "Bridging the Gaps" led by the Dutch Aids Foundation. This project focuses on the human rights to health for drug users, sex workers and LGBT populations in 16 countries and is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I have been Chair of the Share-Net International operational research group and am currently a steering committee member of this SRHR knowledge platform.
Teaching: I am currently teaching the undergraduate research methods classes for Anthropology students. I have taught the core course for the interdisciplinary undergraduate minor (and ASW domain) "Global Health, Care and Society", facilitate global health student internships, and coordinate the Global Health, Development and Care master course at the Masters Medical Anthropology and Sociology (MAS). I have also taught courses in UvA Anthropology undergraduate program--such as the Anthropology of Disasters, Introduction to Medical Anthropology, and various writing seminars. I supervises students from various departments in topics related to global health, medical anthropology, human resources for health, historical and human ecology, disasters and emergency management, and program evaluation.
Applied research: Previous to working at the UvA (since 2010), I worked as coordinator for an Eastern Tennessee environmental NGO alliance, Research Associate at UNC-CH's Center for Urban and Regional Studies doing mostly applied research on disaster risk mitigation (e.g. buyout programmes). After obtaining my PhD, I worked as Monitoring, Evaluation, and as Research Manager for the $450 million USAID's Human Resources for Health Capacity Project at IntraHealth International. During my doctoral studies I was a predoctoral socio-demographic trainee at UNC-CH's leading Carolina Population Center where I conducted studies on Turkana herd demography and Indian masculinities.
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Derivan's range of Matisse Painting Mediums are complementary products designed to make acrylic paint more versatile. They can be used with the Matisse Structure and Flow formulas, Matisse Inks and Matisse Background ranges.
Our acrylic paint technology has achieved a much higher level of specialisation in the last decade, resulting in superior quality acrylic paints and mediums that have set the current standards.
Use MM16 Faux Finish & Marbling Gel with Matisse Flow Formula Acrylic colours for a thicker and more transparent consistency. Also can be used for additional painted finishes and various marbling techniques.
For painted finish techniques, mix MM16 Faux Finish & Marbling Gel with acrylic colour and apply with a stiff brush. Very effective patterns can be created by the use of sponges, erasers, combs, squeegees, rags, stencilling brushes, plastic wraps etc.
MM16 Marbling Gel may also be used in marbling processes to keep the colours from mixing together whilst at the same time creating colour effects from opaque to transparent. This medium is also called a scumble glaze or scumble medium.
MM20 Water Based Patina is a glazing medium designed to slow the drying time of the paint but keep the binding and waterfast capacity of the paint intact, no matter how little paint is used. MM20 Water-Based Patina will allow time for the free movement of the paint and contains extra binder so that only small amounts of paint can be used (as little as 5% paint) in a glaze form whilst still remaining waterfast once dry.
A great way to antique without the hassle of oil-based mediums. MM20 Water-Based Patina only takes 4 to 6 hours to dry.
MM26 Transparent Gesso is similar to MM10 Gesso and MM25 Black Gesso only without pigmentation; therefore, giving a transparent (although not altogether clear) flexible primer for canvas, board or even paper with an excellent tooth for easy paint manipulation. If working on canvas, Matisse MM26 Transparent Gesso will tighten the canvas, making a firmer ground to paint on.
MM3 Surface Tension Breaker is a dispersant and is used to break down the surface tension of the acrylic paints.
It acts as a powerful penetrating agent. It is also known as "watercolour medium" or "flow medium".
Used correctly, it will make Matisse paint more "runny" by increasing its flow properties. Its presence within a water and paint mixture will greatly facilitate colour penetration into absorbent paper or fabric grounds, e.g. raw canvas.
It is a very valuable additive in stain painting techniques and water wash applications when working on hand-pressed watercolour paper or absorbent, bleached but unprimed canvas.
For correct results, MM3 Surface Tension Breaker is always pre-diluted with the quantity of water to be used for thinning the paint. It is wise to prepare a stock jar of water with 5-10% MM3 Surface Tension Breaker and use this water for the overall painting.
The purpose of MM8 Spreader Medium is to spread large volumes of colour over selected areas while maintaining a controlled paint viscosity.
It is customary to add MM8 Spreader Medium to Matisse Colours until the required volume of paint is attained. Inversely, Matisse Colour can be added in small or large increments to the MM8 Spreader Medium but, because of the heavy-bodied consistency of Matisse Structure, lumping could occur and it is advisable to pre-dilute the Matisse Structure with a little water.
MM8 Spreader Medium is a transparent flowing paste. It dries fairly "flat" and, when dry, can hardly be discerned on a painted or unpainted area, i.e. it leaves almost no stain. Its main application is for glazing where it imparts fine flow and controlled spreadability and lubrication to the paint. Used on its own, the medium does not dry waterproof and can therefore be used as an intermediary between two partially dried paint films if some water-sensitivity for wash areas is desired. Applied over a dried paint film, it gives a wet upon wet effect but will recede to an almost invisible film when dry.
Matisse MM34 Brush & Hand Cleaner was created in response to requests for a gentle cleaner that can remove paint from both brushes and hands. By using MM34 you can be safe in the knowledge that you are using a product that is a naturally derived and made from replenishable natural resources and contains no hazardous toxic or polluting ingredients. It is grey water and septic tank safe, and completely biodegradable without effluent treatment processes.
GOLDEN Mediums and Additives offer artists infinite control of changing acrylic colors. They range in consistency from pourable to moldable. They may be used to create glazes, extend paints, build texture, change finishes and work as a gluing agent for collages. Because there are so many to choose from, an artist first needs to determine which characteristic(s) they are looking to change.
GOLDEN Fluid Mediums offer artists infinite control of changing acrylic colors. Use Mediums to control transparency, viscosity and surface sheen. GOLDEN Mediums can be thought of as colorless paints, as they are composed of similar polymers as are the acrylic paints. They are the "glue" or binder that dry to form continuous, durable films. They are made of 100% acrylic polymers, which have proven to have excellent flexibility and chemical, water and ultraviolet radiation resistance.
Admittedly, such a large number of mediums can often seem staggering and can confuse artists. However, with at least a general understanding of the various products available, and an inclination to experiment, artists can create new ways in which to express themselves, and probably apply materials in a way that GOLDEN has not thought about.
GOLDEN GAC Special Purpose Polymers (short for Golden Artist Colors) Specialty Acrylic Polymers are based on 100% acrylic polymer emulsions. The GACs are useful as mediums or modifiers of acrylic paints. GACs can be blended with GOLDEN Acrylic Paints to extend the paint, regulate transparency, create glazes, increase gloss, reduce viscosity or improve adhesion and film integrity. The GAC polymers can also be used for binding pigment solids for various effects and surfaces. Unlike the other GOLDEN Mediums and Gels, GAC Acrylic Polymers have only a minimum amount of thickeners, levelers, defoamers and surfactants to ensure good film formation.
The consistency of the GAC polymers is very fluid and thinner than other GOLDEN Mediums. Since they do not have thickeners added, these polymers will reduce the thickness of most GOLDEN Acrylic Paints. GOLDEN Fluid Acrylics are slightly thicker than the GACs, but will be the color line least changed in viscosity with any addition of a GAC polymer.
Each GAC product represents a unique polymer that offers certain specific attributes. Therefore, each GAC will have its own unique benefits and applications. Refer to the individual product description of each GAC below to find the proper medium to use for a particular application.
GOLDEN Gel Mediums offer artists many ways to build texture. They range in consistency from pourable to moldable with varying degrees of sheen and transparency. They can be used to create glazes, extend paints and change finishes. Some gels incorporate pumice, glass or acrylic granules that impart unique reflective, rough or absorbent surface qualities.
Gels can be thought of as colorless paint, as they are composed of 100% acrylic polymers similar to acrylic paint. They can also act as adhesives in collage and mixed media that dry to form continuous films with excellent flexibility with chemical, water and UV resistance.
GOLDEN Pastes are tools that artists can use to achieve a variety of effects and expressions. Pastes used in conjunction with acrylic colors broaden working properties and expand creative possibilities.
Pastes differ from most gels in that they are opaque and may contain Marble Dust, Diatomaceous Earth, fibers, clays or other fillers resulting in a white or clay-tone finish with a variety of textures and properties. Pastes can also be used to create textured foundations for painting.
GOLDEN Gessos and Groundss offer artists a variety of ways to prepare substrates for acrylic paintings or other art media such as oil, alkyds, charcoal, pastels and watercolor.
Gesso can be thought of as the bridge between the support and the paint. GOLDEN Gesso is designed to penetrate a support and provide a surface for the adherence of paint. Proper preparation of the support with GOLDEN Gesso can increase the life span of the artwork. GOLDEN Gesso is formulated to be flexible and is highly pigmented for opaque coverage.
A Ground is a product that provides a desired surface on which to paint. Grounds can provide a surface to apply pastels, watercolor or other products. GOLDEN makes two specialty grounds: Absorbent Ground and Acrylic Ground for Pastels. Absorbent Ground is applied to any gessoed support and mimics the absorbency of watercolor paper. Acrylic Ground for
Pastels contains a gritty solid to allow pastels and other drawing media to adhere to the surface. Many other GOLDEN products can be used as effective grounds.
GOLDEN Varnishes offer several advantages to artists concerned about the longevity of their artwork. First, they are removable. Problems such as smoke damage, handling blemishes and dust or dirt accumulation on the surface of the painting can be removed along with the varnish. Second, GOLDEN Varnishes offer protection from UltraViolet (UV) rays generated from the sun. Third, varnishing consolidates the artwork with an even sheen. Gloss Varnishes can intensify colors while Matte or Satin Varnishes soften the color and minimize glare.
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Flow-Aid Fluid Additive Increases the flow, absorbency, and blending of any water-based paint, ink, or dye. Minimizes brushstrokes. Use with Liquitex Soft Body color to create very fluid washes without hard edges; create staining effects on raw canvas and produce a fluid spray when mixed with acrylics in airbrushes or air guns.
Gel Mediums add dimension to paint, extend drying time, create thick transparent glazes, enhance colors and textures and can act as an archival adhesive.
Modeling Paste Extra Heavy Body and very opaque. A marble paste made of marble dust and 100% polymer emulsion. Used to build heavy textures on rigid supports and create three-dimensional forms. Dries to the hardness of stone. It can be sanded or carved when thoroughly dry. Can be handled like clay if the top of the container is removed and some of the water is allowed to slowly evaporate until it reaches a clay-like consistency. Adheres to any non-oily, absorbent surface. Drying too quickly causes mud cracking that is usually cosmetic, not structural. When mixed with acrylic colors will act as a weak tinting white, while increasing thickness and rigidity. Excellent substrate for acrylic paint, oil paint, oil pastel, oil bars, watercolor, graphite or dry pastel.
Matte Varnish is will not crack as surface expands and contracts during temperature and humidity changes. Applicable for any acrylic painted surface (flexible and rigid) on canvas, paper, wood, stone, Plexiglas, etc. Not for use over oil paint. Flexible, archival, non-yellowing and water resistant when dry. For interior use only. This product is an essential for any collection of acrylic painting supplies.
Slow-Dri Gel Retarder retains brushstrokes and adds body when added to to lower-viscosity colors such as Liquitex Soft Body Artist Color and Soft Body Mediums. Add no more than 25% to paint, as the absence of a binder may weaken the stability of the paint film if too much is added.
Basics Acrylic Gesso is formulated to produce an absorbent, smooth, finely-textured ground for painting on most porous surfaces, including canvas, paper, fabric, wood, or plaster. This gesso does not require thinning for proper consistency. It dries in minutes to a non-yellowing, brilliant white. Its suitable for use with Liquitex Basics and other student-grade acrylic paints.
Super Heavy Gesso An innovative, impasto acrylic gesso used to prepare painting surfaces for acrylic and oil paint.Create thick sculptural applicationsExcellent ground for acrylic and oil paint.Mix with acrylic color to have a tinted ground.Flexible, non-cracking and non-yellowing when dry.Provides the perfect "tooth" and adhesion to a wide variety of supports such as canvas, paper and woodExcellent base coat primer for many applications such as muralsOne coat is usually enough.
Liquitex White Gesso The classic white sealer and ground for absorbent surface, such as canvas, paper, or wood. Provides the proper surface sizing, tooth and absorbency for acrylic and oil paints. One coat is usually enough. Traditional gesso is meant to be opaque titanium white for good coverage. Two coats are recommended under oil color.
Acrylic medium is the same formulation as acrylic paint, minus the pigment. It can be used as a paint additive, an adhesive, and a texturizer. It also can be used to create image transfers. It comes in three basic weights (medium, gel, and paste) and two finishes (matte and gloss). The different weights and finishes are inter-mixable, so you if you cannot find exactly what you need, or you are on a budget, you can create it using two or more products.
Medium is the thinnest of the acrylic mediums. It is easily pourable, with a consistency like that of cream. It works well as an adhesive and for creating image transfers. It can also be added directly to acrylic paints, to extend them or to alter the consistency, transparency, and finish.
Gel is thicker than medium. It is pourable, with a consistency like that of thin yogurt or kiefer. It works well as an adhesive and for creating image transfers. Gel can also be added directly to paint to alter consistency and transparency. It can also be applied to the surface prior to painting, to create texture.
Paste is the thickest of the acrylic mediums. It is too thick to pour, with a consistency like pudding. Depending on the manufacturer, it may be called either molding paste or modeling paste. While mediums and gels dry clear, paste may contain fillers that make it opaque. Paste is a good way to build up surface texture, prior to painting. It can also be mixed with acrylic paints, though be aware that its opacity will alter the look of the paint.
White Gesso Perfect background preparation for Maimeri Acrylic colors. Dries in about 30 minutes.
Gloss Gel Transparent acrylic gel. Increase the brightness and transparency of colors.
Gloss Heavy Gel Transparent acrylic gel. Ideal for thick techniques. Increase the brightness and transparency of the colors.
Coarse Natural Pumice Dense paste of natural color. Contains coarse-grained pumice. Ideal for thick techniques and special effects.
Fine Natural Pumice Dense paste of natural color. Contains fine-grained pumice. Ideal for thick techniques and special effects
Gloss Final Varnish High viscosity acrylic varnish. Protects the painting. Increase the brightness of the colors. Apply in a dry color, diluting slightly
Iridescent Paste Iridescent white acrylic paste with coarse scales. Applicable with a brush or spatula. Mixed with colors it increases its volume and iridescence.
Coarse White Pumice. Contains coarse-grained pumice. Ideal for thick techniques and special effects
Light Modeling Paste. Mixable with acrylic colors. Tents to whiten, tone down the color. Ideal for thick techniques
Heavy Modeling Paste. Dense white paste mixable with acrylic colors. Curtains to whiten. Attenuates the tone of colors. Ideal for thick techniques
Glassy Gel. Very glossy and hard gel for acrylic colors. Added to colors makes them harder and more resistant
Gel Matte Opal acrylic gel, not glossy. Increase opacity and color transparency
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Sakura Acrylic Gloss is great for adding Gloss effect on your Mixed Media Projects or even on your Acrylic Paintings. You can even use gloss to adhere your embellishments on your craft projects. It gives a shiny effect (Glossy) when the paint dries.
Sakura Gesso is to prime surface, of canvas, wood panels, gives textures on painted surface. A semi- liquid layer (more paste) and aims to cover the pores on the canvas, thereby blocking the paint through the painting backward. And more save the use of paint painting. In addition to helping to save the use of paint painting, gesso can also coat the top of the wood into a white, so the paint color that will be used more visible bright.
Sakura Modeling Paste is great for adding textures to your mixed media products. with white color that can be mixed by other acrylic color, used to make texture on canvas surface, with economical price.
Create a beautiful and functional white painting surface for your encaustic paints with our encaustic grounds.
If you are looking for a quick and easy way to create a white ground for encaustic painting we have great news for you! R&F has produced a ready to use white ground for encaustic painting. This is a modern version of the traditional, but painstakingly laborious, rabbit skin glue/chalk gesso. It is also an alternative to the time-consuming mounting of paper on panel.
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GALERIA ACRYLIC GLOSS VARNISH A unique removable gloss varnish for the protection of finished artwork. This product can also be mixed with Galeria Matt Varnish to vary the final finish.
GALERIA IRIDESCENT MEDIUM Suitable for a variety of surfaces and developed to provide pearlescent effects when added to colour. Most effective when used with transparent colours over dark under layers.
GALERIA BLACK LAVA TEXTURE GEL A granular paste containing fine particles of black flint allowing the artist to achieve a heavier and more pronounced effect than can be achieved with Mineral Texture Gel.
GALERIA GLASS BEADS TEXTURE GEL This medium is composed of small, spherical glass beads suspended in a thick, clear acrylic gel. When used with a transparent colour, the effects are arresting and jewel-like.


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Set Up Research Budgets
Departmental Resources
Orthopedic Surgery Research Committee
The Research Committee has funds available for orthopedic surgery faculty and resident research projects. These funds are commonly used for pilot studies, statisticians, mailing costs, etc. Project and budget proposals are reviewed monthly by the committee. Once projects are approved for funding by the Research Committee, investigators should work with Erica Stangeland and Tanya Doble to set up a chart string and manage study spending.
Research Conducted Within Fairview Health Services or University of Minnesota Physicians
OnCore Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS)
OnCore offers comprehensive features for managing studies, electronically capturing data, creating custom reports, and supporting financial activities. PIs or delegated research staff should use OnCore financial functions for managing clinical research at UMMC. OnCore provides pricing and manages billing for all Fairview Health Services and UMP services including budgeting, pricing, and billing compliance. For help entering your study into OnCore, please contact Chris Wright.
Clinical Trials Financial Services (CTFS)
CTSI's Clinical Trials Financial Services (CTFS) team supports clinical trials by providing staff skilled in understanding and negotiating contracts, as well as providing financial management and oversight of clinical trials. CTFS works with researchers to negotiate contracts with sponsors and provides this service free of charge. CTFS can also manage budgets for approved trials if funds for this service are budgeted into the contract with the sponsor.
CTSI Forms, Templates, and User Guides
This CTSI page includes user guides for invoicing and managing project chart strings in OnCore, the University's CTMS. There is also a useful Clinical Research Budget Template.
Fairview Research Administration
Fairview Research Administration is the first point of contact for research occurring within Fairview Health Services.


text: Flew into Christchurch late last night. The following photos are mostly from my hike around Halswell Quarry Park, and then a few at the bottom from my drive into Auckland yesterday morning! Tomorrow I'm going to test out the public transit system here, and see where I end up. Won't be anywhere the main city centre, as it's still in ruins from last years quake. It's beautiful here though! I managed to find enough for a bus fare in my wallet.. reminded me of searching for change so I could take the bus last year at Uni. Too bad I can't pull the old "put your hand over the date on the 3 day old transfer ticket and see if the driver notices or cares" trick. That worked a few times for me in Winnipeg.. Only got kicked off once. Anyway. There will be more on my South Island adventures, no doubt. For now- enjoy these shots!


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In response to recent reports that the New York Police Department kept track of Muslim students at Yale, a group of students has launched a "Call the NYPD" photo campaign on Facebook.
The campaign's Facebook page features photos of Yalies holding handwritten "I am…" signs in various campus locations, including Cross Campus. Some students used the signs to declare their religious and ethnic affiliations. Others described their sexual orientation or political perspective. The signs range from "I am a Muslim" and "I am a woman" to "I'm sexy and I know it" and "I'm secretly a unicorn."
"Together, these Yalies refuse to endorse profiling based on race, religion, or status as a history major," the group's description read.
The students who participated in the photo campaign are not the only Yalies opposed to the New York Police Department's recent investigations. University President Richard Levin said in a Feb. 20 email that "police surveillance based on religion, nationality, or peacefully expressed political opinions is antithetical to the values of Yale, the academic community, and the United States," adding that he wanted to assure members of the Yale Muslim Students Association that "they can count on the full support of Yale University."


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The Music Man (2003)
Directed by Jeff Bleckner / Jeff Breckner
Genres - Musical | Sub-Genres - Americana, Musical Comedy, Musical Romance | Run Time - 180 min. | Countries - United States | MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
A hit Broadway musical in 1957 and an equally successful Hollywood film in 1962, Meredith Willson's The Music Man was again brought before the cameras in this lavish made-for-TV adaptation. Standing in for the original's Robert Preston is Matthew Broderick as "Professor" Harold Hill, a glib traveling salesman who descends upon the town of River City, IA, in the weeks just prior to the Fourth of July celebration of 1912. Persuading the populace that the youth of River City is in great danger of being corrupted by the presence of a new pool table, Hill convinces them that their only hope for salvation is the organization of a boy's band, with himself as a leader. Naturally, this will require the parents to shell out good money for band instruments and uniforms, and in exchange, Hill promises to teach the kids how to make music by utilizing his revolutionary "Think System." There's only one problem: Harold Hill is an out-and-out con artist, who doesn't know one note from another. Even so, he manages to win over everybody in town except local librarian/music teacher Marian Paroo (Kristin Chenoweth) and thick-eared Mayor Shinn (Victor Garber). Ultimately, however, Marian joins Hill's camp -- mainly because he has brought her sullen brother, Winthrop (Cameron Monaghan), out of his shell -- but as July Fourth approaches, Hill faces exposure and arrest thanks to a vengeful anvil salesman named Charlie Cowell (Patrick McKenna). A meticulously faithful rendition of the Broadway original, The Music Man happily includes all of the show's wonderful songs, among them "Ya Got Trouble," "Seventy-Six Trombones," "The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl," "Lida Rose," "Marian the Librarian," "Pickalittle," "Til There Was You," and "My White Knight" (which was not used in the 1962 movie adaptation). Though some critics found Matthew Broderick a bit too lightweight and Jeff Bleckner's direction a tad gimmicky, no one could fault the full-bodied vocal renditions, nor the consistently inventive choreography of Kathleen Marshall. Produced by the same team responsible for the 2003 movie smash Chicago, The Music Man debuted February 16, 2003, as an "expanded" episode of ABC's Wonderful World of Disney anthology.
con-artist, marching-band, music-lessons, music-teacher, small-town, traveling-salesman
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