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I've downloaded many health apps, and the two that work best are MyFitnessPal and RunKeeper. MyFitnessPal allows me to keep track of what I'm eating (with a barcode scanner for those preprocessed foods), and I can't seem to get enough of all the numbers and graphs that it makes for me. I mean, I'd never … Continue reading


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Check out this week's aerial photo of North Square from 1956. You'll notice the famous Paul Revere House and the Pierce–Hichborn House are both visible in this photo. The fenced area in the foreground is Rachel Revere Park. Farther up the street, you can see cars parked in North Square, which is now roped off from vehicles with marine bollards and chains (and more recently construction equipment).
This area will begin to look a lot different in the coming months, as the city has approved a $2.5 million reconstruction project for North Square. A rendering from the project is shown below.
Read more on our coverage of the North Square reconstruction here.
Tune in on Thursday's to view our featured neighborhood photo from back in the day! Submit your historical photos using our Submit a Post form or tag @northend.waterfront on Instagram. Please include a caption or story telling about your photo.
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If you're a firm that's simply hired a large number of new people, among your main concerns now is potentially exactly just how to create team connection in the staff. That's given that connection in the company can make a significant distinction in precisely just how well your company runs.
Team with strong connection task much better with each other. They have a tendency to get in touch with you and also each other more readily as well as are additionally better at a gathering when there's a dilemma.
This is why many huge companies spend loan on Laura Burdo hideaways and also business parties. The recommendation is to create an ambiance of involvement that can only benefit the company in the future.
Today, we'll mention specifically how to develop Pilate's group rapport. We'll reveal you a few of the means you can try to prompt your staff to bond with you in addition to each other.
The Most Effective Ways to Develop Team Connection
As currently noted, a group with a better relationship with each other frequently tends to work much more efficiently. It additionally suggests better employees– which suggest higher performance.
Every one of these indicates you need to take into consideration the service management team relationship vital to your company. It's not an "extra cost" or "task". It's a demand, in addition to financial investment. Actually, it's an investment with possibly high returns.
So if you can browse to in this way of reasoning, you prepare to invest core house Pilates Cincinnati in approaches to developing team relationship. Below are Pilates Cincinnati Ohio numerous of the greatest ones you can make use of.
1. Prepare Non-working Team Events
We already mentioned these before; however, it does not hurt to barre Cincinnati Ohio position them in the listing. They're definitely amongst the most effective means to develop team partnership in a firm.
A retreat, firm picnics, team baseball video games … every one of these is circumstances of this technique to create a team link. Keep in mind that the "non-working" element is extremely crucial, by the way. Do not make employees operate in any way during these! Otherwise, you might stilt their communications, which isn't practical for your objective in arranging these tasks.
2. Stay Clear Of Making Individuals Complete in the Business
This might not apply, relying on your service or organization kind. However, usually, it needs to help a lot of business.
To create a group link, you need to focus on the partnership between the people within the group. That means lowering the factors of rubbing in between them– and also competitors is definitely an aspect of rubbing.
While you should certainly make up people that do well, remember that you plan to promote cooperation higher than anything else. Why? Due to the fact that a dependable team is constantly far better than a singular effective staff member.
Inspire employees to work well with each other by highlighting the relevance of each of their payments. When applauding them, attempt to applaud the whole group.
3. Get In a Charity Activity
Collaborating for an excellent factor can be a wonderful way to create a group connection. It makes everyone actually feel that they get on the very best side of something.
Try trying to find charities in your area for this. For instance, if you reside in the Ohio location, you can have a look at M25M's tasks, which typically invite volunteers. You as well as your group may be used on food drives, aid plan prep work, as well as more.
4. Get Company Wellness Efforts
This is an added activity you can begin within your company for each individual's benefit. Not only does it offer all of you one more thing in common yet it's additionally terrific for your cumulative wellness and wellness.
As an example, you can begin an activity for the firm participants to execute basic warm-up (wake-up) exercises when they are readily available throughout the early morning. Furthermore, you can welcome service participants to join some sort of fitness and health training course completely.
To advise them, tell them the event will be counted in their working hrs. You can also bargain with the fitness and health course service provider for a group rate cut and also afterward invest for it as a firm price.
As an example, you can invite your team to build a team relationship by taking part in Pilates together. Say you reside in Cincinnati. All you have to do is find a Pilates Cincinnati workshop with a Pilates training Cincinnati service provider going to provide you a team price cut rate for your group.
Final Ideas Regarding Profit of Your Group Connection
The above techniques require helping you build a group connection in your group. As soon as you accomplish that, you'll have the capability to take pleasure in the fruits of your labor. Particularly: enhanced teamwork, communication, performance, and likewise ideally, efficiency.
On top of that, your task environment needs to be a lot boosted by all your initiatives to establish a group connection. That advantages everyone because of the fact that it makes every one of you likelier to truly feel positive concerning being available into the function. Job-related tension and anxiety can lead to a host of mental in addition to wellness worries that nobody wishes to deal with. Additionally, you can be subject to it, as a matter of fact.
That's why needing time to develop group connection is certainly useful for any type of sort of company. So attempt any as well as also each of the techniques we've discussed to develop group rapport in your company. The benefits you receive from them might amaze you.
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Urban Ladder wants to convert into a single brand retailer
The move makes Urban Ladder the first foreign-funded ecommerce marketplace to capitalise on new regulations that allow foreign-funded single brand companies to sell directly through online portals.
E-commerce cos like Urban Ladder, Yepme, others plan to turn into single-brand retailers
India allows 100% foreign investment in ecommerce marketplaces but such marketplaces cannot stock or sell on their own.
What the Jabong sale to Flipkart means for the 800 odd smaller online fashion retailers
The Indian apparel and fashion market is worth around $150 billion and online retailers have merely scratched the surface.
YepMe to open 400 stores by the end of this financial year
"Most of the stores in metros will be company owned and operated while those in tier II towns will be franchisee owned and operated."
Ola Money has partnered e-comm platforms including eBay, YepMe, AskmeBazaar
With millions of customers on its platform, Ola Money is already one of the top mobile wallets in the country by average size of wallet.
Yepme aims to have 400 offline stores by fiscal end
The company opted for omni channel growth by recently opening four stores in Gurgaon, is aiming to have its presence in around 550 district of the country.
Women absent from startups; only 2% startups have women COOs
"Startups are prone to instability and constant changes, especially in their formative years," said FabFurnish cofounder Ankita Dabas.
Yepme launches its first brick and mortar store in Delhi NCR
Customers can touch and feel the products, try them on to understand their best fit and buy them from the store or online and get them delivered.
Dynamic pricing is the only constant for e-commerce companies
In order to hedge their risks and revise the sweet spot for customers, marketplaces themselves rely on third-party data providers.
ET Roundtable: Are copycats leading the Indian startup boom? [Video]
Investors prefer ideas that can be benchmarked with similar ones that have gained scale or are making waves in other markets in the current scenario.


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All-round Rashid takes SRH into finals
Sunrisers Hyderabad have made themselves into their second final of Indian Premier League after a thrilling 13-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the second qualifier at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
The Knight Riders elected to field first in the knock-out game. Sunrisers made three changes to their playing XI including the debut of left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed.Also Read - Thank you everyone: AB de Villiers
Wriddhiman Saha and Shikhar Dhawan made a commanding start for SRH. They put on 56 runs. Kuldeep Yadav brought Kolkata in the game with the crucial wickets of Dhawan and skipper Kane Williamson in the eighth over.
Dhawan made a brisk 24-ball 34 with 4 fours and 1 six. Shakib Al Hasan came in and anchored the innings. Saha was then stumped for 35 off Piyush Chawla.
Shakib was set for a big score in the all important match and just at that moment an unfortunate run out called his end. Deepak Hooda struck very hard straight which ended up in dismissing Shakib as Kuldeep got his fingers on the ball.
The all-rounder departed scoring 28 off 24 balls hitting 4 boundaries. Carlos Brathwaite could not go hard in this match. It was Rashid Khan who gave a blistering finish to Hyderabad's innings.
He smashed 2 fours and 4 sixes in his 10-ball unbeaten 34 runs. SRH posted 174/7 on board.
Openers Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine gave KKR a flying start as Williamson didn't introduce any spinner in the powerplay. Narine hit 13-ball 26 runs. Nitish Rana contributed 22 off 16.
Shakib struck in his second over with the wicket of KKR skipper Dinesh Karthik. Rashid dismissed Lynn to get SRH back on track. Lynn left scoring 48 runs off 31 balls including 6 fours and 2 sixes.
Andre Russell was sent back by Rashid, who was his third wicket. KKR collapsed to 1/87 to 6/118. Shubman Gill still kept his team's hopes alive but all were done as he was dismissed by Brathwaite in the last over for 30.
The Sunrisers restricted KKR to 161/9 to seal a 13-run win to go through to the Final against Chennai Super Kings on May 27.
Rashid was the star with the ball as well with his three wickets for 19 runs. Shakib was cheap for his 1/16 in three overs.
Watch Shakib's bowling performance against KKR
Brief scores:
Sunrisers Hyderabad 174/7 in 20 overs (Saha 35, Rashid 34*; K Yadav 2/29, Chawla 1/22)
Kolkata Knight Riders 161/9 on 20 overs (Lynn 48, Gill 30; Rashid 3/19, Brathwaite 2/16)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 13 runs
Man of the Match: Rashid Khan


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Mel B Has Debuted A Shock New Hair Style - See It Here
Fans have compared the Spice Girl's new look to Barbie
Mel B debuted a shock new look on America's Got Talent last night... a Barbie blonde hair-piece, that has divided fans and her fellow AGT judges.
Simon Cowell had to double take when he arrived on set with the Spice Girl, prompting her to ask, "Do I look that different?"
The Mr Nasty judge just continuted to star, which clearly annoyed Mel B, when she asked again, "What's your problem? Either you like it or you don't!"
To end the awkward conversation, Simon Cowell said, slightly sarcastically, 'I love it!'
Fans, however, are divided.
Some have tweeted their support...
@AGT Mel B do like blonde hair but your choice— Kaye Cole Thornton (@Kayetx4gran) June 6, 2018
Others have vocally spoken out against it...
Mel B and Tyra are competing to see who can wear the worse wig #agt— Ty $sign (@_YouloveTY_) June 6, 2018
#AGT Mel B looks horrible in that blonde wig— Christine Rush (@Crush1329) June 6, 2018
@AGT someone tell Mel b not to wear that blonde wig again...not good— Rhonda Carter (@gammaangel) June 6, 2018
I'm watching AGT and I hate Mel B's blonde wig/weave.— LA (@Luv2Purple1) June 6, 2018
Mel B needs to fire her stylist for allowing that blonde wig.... #agt— J A (@jswarley29) June 6, 2018


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A Mini Guide for Expats: Rotterdam Architectural Highlights You Must See
As an expat in Rotterdam (or one of the other Dutch cities) you might have noticed that tall skinny houses facing canals zig-zagged by bridges are an architectural sight you will find throughout the Netherlands, but not in the city of Rotterdam.
Visit the Dutch city of Rotterdam, and you will find a modern city with a handful of medium sized skyscrapers, minimalist bridges, and buildings that twist and turn in all directions. But there was a time when the city looked similar to its more traditional counterparts—that all changed in 1940. On May 14th, 1940 the German Luftwaffe obliterated Rotterdam in a 13-minute raid. The attacks and the ensuing fire left only a handful of buildings standing and destroyed 258 hectares.
When it came time to rebuild the city, it would have been perfectly acceptable for the city to rebuild in the traditional style. Instead, they decided to do something different. From the rubble of destruction grew a futuristic and contemporary city —one with a famous skyline and a whole range of notable buildings to explore. Rotterdam is the ideal city to stay a little longer.
Here are seven architectural highlights that you won't want to miss:
Erasmusbrug – Connecting the north and the south of the city is the cable-stayed bridge known officially as the Erasmusbrug, and unofficially as The Swan. The 802-metre long bridge spans across the Nieuwe Maas and even featured in the 1998 Jackie Chan film, Who Am I?
Euromast – One of the best ways to appreciate the city to its fullest is from atop the Euromast. This observation tower, built in 1960 for the international and garden exhibition known as Floriade, has been a listed monument since 2010. Originally 101 metres (331 feet) in height, a Space Tower was added to the top in 1970, giving it an additional 85 metres (279 feet).
Cube Houses – The yellow and white cube-shaped houses, designed by Piet Blom, balance on top of a hexagon-shaped structure with windows that angle both skywards and down towards the street. Each cube was intended to represent an abstract tree, turning the whole community (51 cubes) into a forest.
Markthal – The Markthal, located where Rotterdam was founded in 1270 when a dyke was created in the river Rotte, was opened by Queen Maxima in October 2014. However, the upside down horseshoe shaped covered market hall is more than just a place to buy your fruits and vegetables. Inside there are 4,500 artwork panels that cover the ceiling and sides of the market. The image, consisting of 400,000 megapixels, features fruit, vegetables, and other fresh produce to make up a massive Horn of Plenty.
Van Nelle Factory – The Van Nelle Factory which used to process coffee, tea, tobacco and later chewing gum, cigarettes, instant pudding, and rice, stopped operating in 1996. Nowadays, it is home to several media and design companies. Named as one of the most beautiful factories in the world, the Van Nelle Factory is considered a prime example of the International Style and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2014.
Sonneveld House – Built in the early 1930's for Albertus Sonneveld, a director of the (above mentioned) Van Nelle Factory. The house, light and spacious, is considered one of the best-preserved examples of the Dutch Functionalist style. Modern and luxurious in many ways, even by today's standards, the house and its furnishings are an appreciation of luxury and comfort.
Rotterdam Central Station – An estimated 110,000 people pass through Rotterdam Central Station, the main station of the city, each day. Not only is it a useful location for a catching a tram, bus, metro or train to other parts of the city and country, it is also great to look at. The station went through a major renovation, finishing in 2014, to accommodate an anticipated increase in traffic. You'll find pointy lines, wooden ceilings, a gigantic LED screen, and more than 3,000 solar panels on the roof.


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I've been using a text to book to make notes and getting friends who also do food tech to test you on the key things, also, testing them :) Also, I find that making brightly coloured posters helps and sticking around my bedrrom. If you have SAM learning then I would recommend that as well :)
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Ah thanks:) i haven't tried the sticking things in my room yet so ill try that :)x
That's okay. I find that the more brightly coloured they are the better as you tend to look at them more :) Also, if you click on my name then it shows you the resources I've put on here and about 4 of them are food tech related, two of which are powerpoints, hope they help aswell :) This website is also quite good aswell http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/food-technology. :) x


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Last Stop on the Reindeer Express
Mia misses her Daddy. Without him, Christmas has lost its magic. But when Mia discovers a world within a mysterious post box, she is whisked away on a truly wonderful adventure over sparkling seas and streets of paper stars. But what will Mia find at the end of her journey?
A magical tale of love and adventure, brought to life by peep-through pages, lift-the-flaps and breath-taking illustrations. Last Stop on the Reindeer Express is a wonderful way to help children articulate their feelings when spending Christmas away from a parent, grandparent or sibling.
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Title: Program Director
Company: Lubbock Lighthouse
Location: Lubbock, Texas, United States
Terry McEldowney, Program Director at Lubbock Lighthouse, has been recognized by Marquis Who's Who Top Health Care Providers for dedication, achievements, and leadership in the health care industry.
The program director of Lubbock Lighthouse since 2011, Mr. McEldowney has amassed more than 40 years of professional excellence in his areas of expertise. A drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, Lubbock Lighthouse offers rehabilitative services to recovering addicts while providing intake evaluations, medication management, and counseling. Prior to this appointment, Mr. McEldowney was the program director of children and adolescence services at Lubbock Regional MHMR Center in 1994, a counselor and supervisor of the methadone probation program at Lubbock Regional MHMR Center in 1988, and a meditation teacher in the states of California and Florida from 1976 to 1982.
To prepare for his celebrated career, Mr. McEldowney pursued a formal education, receiving a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University in 1971. He followed this accomplishment with a Master of Education in counseling psychology from the university in 1974. Since 1980, he has been a licensed chemical dependency counselor, offering aid to recovering heroin addicts prescribed to methadone programs within the Lubbock region.
In recognition of his exceptional contributions to health care, Mr. McEldowney received the Jim Kimmel Distinguished Service Award for Lifetime Achievement in Substance Abuse and Addiction by the Annual Institute on Substance Abuse and Addiction in 2003. Looking toward the future, he hopes to continue making strides in his industry while making a difference in other people's lives.
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By operation of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Establishing the Australian Digital Health Agency) Rule 2016, on 1 July 2016, all the assets and liabilities of NEHTA will vest in the Australian Digital Health Agency. In this website, on and from 1 July 2016, all references to "National E-Health Transition Authority" or "NEHTA" will be deemed to be references to the Australian Digital Health Agency. PCEHR means the My Health Record, formerly the "Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record", within the meaning of the My Health Records Act 2012 (Cth), formerly called the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Act 2012 (Cth).
PCEHR Integration Toolkit - Release Note v1.0
The eHealth integration toolkits are a collection of integration tools and sample code resources available in both .NET and Java. The sample code and integration tools are used within the eHealth Reference Platform, forming part of the code library for tools and simulators. Access to sample code and the eHealth Reference Platform's online simulator services is supported by suitable right-to-use licenses and terms and conditions regarding the eHealth Reference Platform.
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'My Jazzy Valentine': Reserve early dinner at Iannucci's for Saturday
Todd Holder practices on a Perzina piano
By Pete Zamplas-Spicing up the romantic holiday with a special meal then concert, My Jazzy Valentine enables some diners at Iannucci's Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant in Hendersonville or South Asheville to hear for free a local jazz concert hosted by Freeburg Pianos.
Concert tickets go only to those who reserve for the My Jazzy Valentine event, to dine at 4:30 p.m. at either Iannucci's and who of course buy dinner then. Early response was strong. Late last week, 25 of the 70 seats were reserved, John Iannucci said. Most remaining tickets are expected to get claimed this week. Tickets are handed to patrons after dinner. They then go to Freeburg Pianos, for a reception at 6 p.m. then the show 6:30-8 p.m.
The jazz trio concert's playlist suits a romantic mood. Jazz-R&B standards include "Unforgettable" by Nat King Cole, Ray Charles' "Georgia on My Mind," "Ain't Misbehavin'"(by Fats Waller in '29) in Art Tatham's 1949 version, and "The Way You Look Tonight" crooned softly by Todd Holder a la Tony Bennett.
Keith Freeburg said his trio will also perform Rodgers and Hart's "My Funny Valentine" show tune from 1937, and pop hits such as two penned by Van Morrison — "Crazy Love" (covered by Michael Buble and Rod Stewart) and Grammy-winning "Have I Told You Lately" that Stewart sang into a mega-hit.
"These are three professional, classically-trained people playing stylistic jazz," Bob Tavernier said of the ensemble. The forestry commodities broker volunteers for Freeburg, as a marketing consultant. He did much to set up the dinner-concert. He said, "Keith is a concert string bass player. Morgen Cobb's drumming precision is phenomenal. Their performances are fantastic."
Freeburg will play a German 1984 Wilfer double bass, using a bow on one song. He performs with the Symphony of Rutherford County and in jazz ensembles, and subs for the Hendersonville Swing Band.
Cobb drums for Southern rock band The Lonesome Three, and in many musicals. He is a protege of River Guerguerian. Cobb's father, Dr. John Cobb, is an acclaimed pianist and instructor including for Bob and Kim Tavernier's eldest son Christopher. The lad is affiliated with Freeburg Pianos, as a Perzina (piano brand) performing artist.
Holder plays piano, and sings, in the unnamed jazz trio he calls Hearts in Jazz for the event. He eagerly helps "connect the music community with performers." He is a piano specialist at Freeburg Pianos, which is managed by the Freeburgs' son Levi who also handles marketing. Levi drums in some gigs. Elise Pratt will sing on two songs, on Saturday.
The venue is the Master Works Theatre, Freeburg Pianos' small concert hall. "It's great acoustically," said Keith Freeburg, and others agree. He and his wife, Dr. Joann Freeburg, own the store. She coordinates events. They brainstormed with piano client Tavernier about joining with a restaurant for a dinner-show.
This theater is like a very large living room, thus showcasing how a piano can sound in a customer's room and along with other instruments, Keith Freeburg said. "We give the feeling of an intimate theater space, with acoustics of a smaller area."
Freeburg Pianos emerged last August, at 2314 Asheville Highway (25 North) in Blue Ridge Plaza where Stan's Electronics is. This is about a mile northwest on 25 from Iannucci's, in Hendersonville.
The restaurant is at 1508 Asheville Hwy., near the Beverly-Hanks Centre entrance. It opened four years ago, as of Feb. 1. Iannucci's has also been at 1981 Hendersonville Road in Skyland, since 1988. It opened in '78, off Tunnel Road.
Tavernier is a regular Iannucci's customer. He chose the restaurant for its Italian meals more than proximity to the Freeburg studio. "When I first ate there, I said 'my gosh, this is good!'"
The Iannuccis put their mouths where their business is. "We eat a lot of pizza," John said. He was age two, when his father John Iannucci started the first restaurant. Elder John retired a dozen years ago. His son John said, "We're a very family-oriented restaurant." Dropping by each day are John and Tiffany Iannucci's four-year-old triplets, including the third-generation John.
Running the Asheville restaurant are the second John's brothers. Nicholas and Danielle Iannucci have two daughters, and Michael and Meredith have a son and daughter.
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John Iannucci said the music perk is new. "We're providing a service with this entertainment to make our friends happy on Valentine's Day weekend, and a place for Freeburg guests to gather and dine." He added, "I'll be more than happy, to do it again." Keith Freeburg said another free show might be near July Fourth.
Tavernier calls the dinner-concert a "reciprocity program" for both businesses. "Iannucci's is fantastic to work with. Iannucci's gets an earlier crowd. In turn, they explain about the show and give the tickets. This introduces patrons to the Master Works Theatre, and exposes new prospects to Freeburg Pianos. A couple can enjoy a delicious romantic meal for 30 bucks, and then a (free) show."
Keith Freeburg said "part of our vision is to reach out, increase musical awareness, promote the piano and bring people in." As for a Valentine's concert, "I'm excited. It's the theme of love. It's rich. It'll be a great date night."
In its Hearts for the Arts, Freeburg Pianos lets piano teachers use the theater for free to stage recitals and enables local youth to play on concert pianos.
Freeburg has been a registered piano technician and master tuner for over 35 years. He tunes by ear, hearing up to 12 beats per second on about 230 strings. "Tuning requires precision. A well-tuned piano resonates throughout the scale, by itself," he said. "If it's even slightly out of tune, it sounds coarse." Bob Tavernier said Freeburg sets concert pianos impeccably, to "bring out the deep rich bass, resonant midrange and sparkling treble tones." For the concert, Freeburg will tune the piano to classic, slower-beat Equal Beating Victorian Temperament (EBVT) for a "warmer and more pure sound."
Holder will play a Perzina 5-foot-3 piano Saturday. Christopher Tavernier has played with Dr. Cobb on 6-1 Perzinas in four recent concerts, and on seven-foot handcrafted Mason & Hamlin grand pianos with the Asheville Symphony.
The Taverniers bought twin 6-1 Perzina grands. Perzina costs half as much as some brands, but "equal in quality and sounds fabulous," Bob Tavernier said. Its keys have a soft touch — easier on fingers, and enable "extremely fast repetition of Christopher's flying fingers." He said, "I saw the value in the Perzina piano, and realized Keith had an exclusive on the N.C. market." Freeburg's brands include handcrafted Mason & Hamlin, which outperformed Steinway at a recent exposition, Holder noted.
A bonus to the dinner-concert Saturday is a half-hour reception, which the Freeburg and Cobb families will attend. Christopher Tavernier hopes to make it, after a concerto competition accompanying the Charlotte Symphony. This is for grades 7-12; Tavernier is a Hendersonville Middle seventh-grader. He is up against youth as old as 21, as a finalist in Fayetteville Sunday then Augusta, Ga. Feb. 23. On May 5 he turns 14, the minimal age to compete in Charleston, S.C. a week earlier (April 25-27), but is considered for an age exemption.
He performs publicly with Freeburg for the first time, May 4 in Rutherfordton, playing baroque chamber music on harpsichord. Last fall at age 13 in Rocky Mount, he became evidently the youngest to ever perform publicly as a concert pianist in the state.
Christopher Tavernier headlines a free annual classical music concert by 13 local students (including his younger brother Nicholas) this Sunday afternoon, Feb. 16, in First United Methodist Church at 204 Sixth Ave. W. in Hendersonville. WTZQ 1600 AM will broadcast the show live.
To reserve the My Jazzy Valentine dinner-concert, call Iannucci's in Hendersonville (693-4300) or South Asheville (684-5050). Call the Methodist church at 693-4275, regarding the free concert Sunday. For more about Freeburg Pianos including using its theater for free for Hearts for the Arts, call 697-0110 or check freeburgpianos.com.


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Christmas carding last year with a warm chai.
Let's talk traditions. Traditions are some of my favorite parts of the Christmas season. The cheer is automatic the second I pull out my grandma's Christmas plates & mugs (the same ones I ate off as a little girl at her house). Traditions are filled with memories of years past and dreams of years to come. Served with a side of goosebumps, traditions can be the best part of the holiday season; the part we look forward to all year long.
With a little one on the way, our traditions might change a little (going to a movie Christmas Day may not be all that easy the next few years) but one thing is for certain, there will be new traditions. New memories, and new dreams. It's an exciting Christmas in our house this year. The anticipation of this little dude is at an all time high, but the excitement to spend one last holiday just the two of us, with our very own traditions, is just as high. Some traditions I wait for all year long include:
1. Turning on the Christmas music the day after Thanksgiving – and singing along all month long.
2. Decorating a live tree with my love. Filling every bough with ornaments that mean something to us – many of which, are snowmen.
3. Baking cookies. All kinds, all season long. We love to give them to everyone, especially Santa.
4. Eating our Surf & Turf (steak & lobster) Christmas night off the aforementioned Christmas plates. And we can't forget about the cinnamon rolls Christmas morning!
5. Picking out one BIG present for the two of us every year (last year was a trip to the UK, the year before a new camera).
6. Snuggling up with something warm to drink in our new Christmas PJs Christmas Eve. Usually with a movie, always with each other.
7. Finding a spot for all our Christmas swag in a (most likely, or so it seems) new house.
8. Writing our Christmas letter (short & sweet is the way to go for us) for our Christmas card – and sending them to the people we love.
9. A Christmas walk.
10. Many nights listening to Bing Crosby on the couch, snuggled up and admiring our beautiful tree.
Those are just some of the many traditions we have going on, and we're beyond excited to add a few more in the years to come (advent calendars, mistletoe and wreath making, Christmas stories in bed on Christmas Eve perhaps?) as our little family grows. What are your favorite Christmas traditions?
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Spoiler alert. The Red Wedding is a massacre during the 'War of the Five Kings', an episode shot in gruesome detail and chilling speed to be the season three finale of the hit HBO fantasy series, Game of Thrones. In it, Lord Walder Frey, a cynical wheeler-dealer, takes revenge against the robust contender King Robb Stark for breaking the marriage pact between House Stark and House Frey, kills young King Robb, his pregnant wife, mother, bannermen and soldiers at a family wedding. Caught by surprise but convinced of their noble intent and entitlement till their last-drawn breaths, almost all the Starks are wiped out, in one violent, coordinated master move. In the game of thrones, writes author George R.R. Martin, you win, or you die. There is no middle ground.
If you're a Pakistani, the plot line isn't merely ironic. But unfortunately for him, Nawaz Sharif is no Game of Thrones fan, or he would have sensed what was coming. He's never read the fantasy books, either, and is not in a position to predict any form of screenplay. In fact, it is said that Sharif doesn't read much at all except for the summaries that have already been recited to him, and the op-ed section of an Urdu rag firmly allied with his party, the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) PML(N). His consequent myopia in the Panama case too-including the tardy media planning, pushing the army's buttons, flirting with India, bungling the equilibrium with the Arab states, a legal strategy that wouldn't survive a day in a law school moot court, and a money trail more creative than an Ocean's 11 heist-has been largely self-inflicted.
Yet, despite what he and his clansmen have been through since last week -- their very own political massacre of sorts -- Nawaz Sharif continues to be Nawaz Sharif: defiant, static, ready to hit the sack at 10 pm, and still the leader of the longest ruling political dynasty the Islamic republic has seen.
The only elected prime minister in the world to have been dethroned three times -- by a constitutionally-elected president in 1993, a military usurper in 1999, and an inquisitive supreme court last week -- it's most probably Sharif's lack of dynamism which may have done him in for good this time.
In retrospect, the case could have been better politically managed. By mid-2016, when the Panama leaks started dripping into his family quarters, Sharif had multiple plays at his disposal: protracted negotiations with the opposition, empowering the accountability investigators to go on a wild goose chase, letting Imran Khan get bogged down with another long-drawn protest, even asking the military for help by cutting the right deals on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (the army wanted to be on a commission to manage the project) and, of course, behaviour on India.
Instead, Sharif miscalculated. Rather than stalling a scandal that was clearly headed for the courts, Sharif actively inspired the inquisition. As his kids went on chat show after chat show, he made a haphazard national address, and even followed it up with an apologetic speech on the floor of parliament, all while his information machine-read, his daughter and sponsored trolls took to Twitter and tried to manage the same-old-same-old media and political allies with the same-old-same-old patterns of patronage: junkets, advertisements and a juicy story or two about the army and/ or Khan.
Disturbingly unfazed, Sharif continued as if it was business as usual: inconsequential international visits, hours of ribbon cuttings, showing off for months about some new Moody's ranking or the stock exchange, chafing the ISI with the internally-engineered leaks to the press (the entire Dawn leaks saga), a dossier on Kashmir that never saw the light of day at the UN, zero cabinet reshuffles, cracking down on an insurgent Imran, even the meeting with Indian tycoon Sajjan Jindal. It was as if nothing had happened, and that Panama was a hat, or a canal, rather than a mortal threat.
Moreover, so disorganised was his entire legal defence game, and so badly managed his optics, that after barely surviving the first verdict in April by 3-2, the formation of the same joint investigation team (JIT) that brought upon his damning end was celebrated with laddoos by his ministers.
On the last day of the hearings, as his newly-hired lawyers -- some of the best in the business but clearly not up to speed with the complexities of the months-long case and JIT ambush -- bumbled like nervous schoolboys. The most exciting piece of news his information ministry could put out was a statistic, and a plea: that the Panama case had enjoyed over 2,600 hours of prime-time news programming, and that 'rumours' about the PM's oldest comrade, the powerful and pro-establishment interior minister Nisar Ali Khan, should be ignored.
A day before the disqualification judgment, Nisar resigned anyway, moving away from the calamity that the rest of Team Nawaz was, till the morning of the verdict, still spinning it as some peculiar international conspiracy against CPEC, if not a home-brewed one. Meanwhile, as his hometown of Lahore suffered a massive suicide bomb attack, and copies of the undisclosed iqamas (work permits of the Gulf states) issued to him and his top ministers-and possible replacements-embarrassingly appeared, Sharif left for the sinking islands of the Maldives. Nero, thy name is Nawaz, wailed Pakistan. Thus, the mainstream was lost.
NEXT STEPSYet, so complex and esoteric are the legal precedents set in the April 28 judgment that the air isn't yet clear about the status of Sharif's disqualification. Is being charged for not being sadiq and ameen -- essential merits for a good Muslim enshrined within the Pakistani Constitution by Sharif's own friend and mentor, the late dictator General Zia ul-Haq, as a prerequisite for parliamentary membership -- a temporary or a permanent scar? Here, his party claims he will be back, but his lawyers seem to have hung up their boots.
Also not clear: the fate of the pending cases against him, his heir-apparent daughter, sons, son-in-law and deputy/brother-in-law, the wily finance minister Ishaq Dar, which will now be heard over the next few months by the accountability courts.
Legally, their Red Wedding is well laid out. The Supreme Court of Pakistan isn't a trial court, so it has passed a verdict about Sharif's moral standing in principle, based on constitutional grounds for not disclosing income. The more dramatic criminal proceedings, on ghost mills and fake fonts -- open hearings, packed courts, arrest warrants, and details from the clandestine Volume X of the JIT report, which is rumoured to show even more of the Sharifs' financial underbelly, replete with damning inputs from other countries -- are yet to come, and is to be monitored by an SC judge from the same panel that disqualified him. And that doesn't count the unending amount of leaked documents and disclosures which keep on mysteriously appearing on all media. Thus, the next phase of trials isn't going to be the Sharifs' Starks versus the judicial Freys or the armed Lannisters. Soon enough, even the common Wildlings will have breached the Wall.
As for business as usual, it's now the army's turn to act nonchalant. The last politically loaded statement by General Headquarters was weeks ago, on the same day the JIT findings were released, when the blood was in the water.
Then, the army had vowed to "continue supporting and enabling national efforts to play [a] positive role in line with Pakistan's national interests". However, within days, a new counter-insurgency operation was launched in Khyber, General Qamar Javed Bajwa vowed to make CPEC a success ("come what may", he said), Balochistan was announced as a top national security priority, attacks on the Frontier Corps were thwarted, the Indian DGMO "warned", ceasefire violations "repulsed", and the Americans and Afghans cautioned about their "blame game" and cognisance reiterated about the pending Afghanistan policy brewing in Washington. There was even a visit to a tank factory by the chief. In a heady July, it was as if Pakistan's soldiers existed on another realm altogether, nowhere close to the chaos of Panama.
The firewall was deliberate. On the day Nawaz Sharif was disqualified, 110 square kilometres of the treacherous Rajgal Valley on the Af-Pak border were claimed cleared. Most ironically, the day Sharif left the Prime Minister House for his favourite hill station Murree, the army chief put on his Blue Patrol ceremonial dinner dress, and vowed to fight and die with the People's Liberation Army at a Chinese embassy gala. After running for almost a month, the GHQ's plotline finally became clear: the Pakistan army wants nothing to do with the Panama bedlam. But the firewall is not necessarily permanent, especially if the Sharifs decide to play rough.
Of course, given their institution's history with the former PM, individual accounts by serving and retired officers relay relief, even glee, about Sharif's plight. Also, a mysteriously hyperactive social media is churning out memes, projections, poetry, music videos, even potential constitutional amendments for a presidential system (which would favour Imran, of course), and maps for smaller provinces, all celebrating the fall of the Sharifs and their takht Lahore.
Tellingly, no PML(N) functionary or partner has managed to produce a shred of credible evidence to date, directly or indirectly linking the military with the madness. But one good read of the JIT report, and it's pretty obvious: much of the digging and drafting of the court-sanctioned investigation was conducted with a fervent warrior ethic: thinker, lawyer, soldier, spy.
The future of Pakistan's newest superhero itself is increasingly murky. In daylight, Imran Khan is the King Slayer; the Kaptaan has singlehandedly led the Panama charge against the Sharifs for 16 months, and has never been more politically powerful. But in the dark, his demons arise. An hour after the interim PM was sworn in, his party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) saw the departure of an important party-member, the young Ayesha Gulalai, who claimed that Khan sexually harassed her via text messages. By the next morning, references for disqualification had been filed against Khan. Last month saw another PTI defection, as well as the beginning of Khan's own sadiq and ameen hearings (petitioned by the Sharifs, targeting his own financial disclosures linked to his London and Islamabad properties). For now, yes, he is favoured by a middle-class establishment as an upper-class hero and antithesis to the mogul mindset of the Sharifs. But, no, the military will not be a good Samaritan and go on a limb if Khan is disqualified.
If Khan also goes, the floodgates will open. The Zardaris, with a slowly maturing Bilawal and a near invisible Asif, will also have to face the courts. There's enough data out there against many prominent members of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) for a political bloodbath in Sindh. Thus, Bilawal's admission that he did not eat mithai on the day of the Sharif verdict was poignant. The PPP has no reason to celebrate, only to plan: how, as the projected third largest vote-getter in the next elections, can it play the role of a coalition partner and/ or kingmaker? In the current scheme, the PML(N) and Khan's PTI will vie for nothing but the Punjab. The PPP will have to weaken and support both sides just enough so that they don't slay the PPP itself, but each other. And yes, Machiavellian as they are, the Zardaris will continue to play ball with the military.
The transition so far has been smooth. Many consider the interim prime minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, a good guy. But the straight-shooting, number-crunching, former minister of oil and gas, a geeky UCLA engineer from the mountains of Murree who prefers to meet friends at hip coffee shops, has a problem bigger than the accountability investigation he himself is facing in an energy deal-in an increasingly polarised polity, he's a Sharif loyalist.
The more he plays Nawaz up, as Abbasi did in his inaugural speech on August 1, the harder it will be for him to govern. His party's longer play is also complex. To keep loyalties intact and stem defections, the family was forced to leak their succession plan merely hours after the verdict. In it, the younger Sharif-Shahbaz, the efficient CM, ultimate wingman, and watcher of Fortress Punjab, would take over from Abbasi after the 45-day interim period. The progressives will scream nepotism, but who cares? It all stays in the family.
At first glance, the plan makes sense. Shahbaz has a more pliant relationship with the military, is far more dynamic and energetic than his brother, and can probably micromanage the federal and remote control the provincial set-up the Sharifs have built their house on, till the general elections next year. He's got less than a year to go, anyway.
But a legal trap has been laid. The damning Hudaibya Paper Mills case, and less important Model Town killings incident-the only two scandals the younger Sharif could be tainted with-stay unresolved. If his brother and party stray away and stop playing nice, Shahbaz and his ambitious son, Hamza, too could get slammed. Thus, all the Starks would go. But that episode is yet to play out. For the Sharifs, winter is coming. Perhaps it is already here.
Take Nawaz, turn him inside out, chuck out a few years, throw on some headgear, and you get the younger brother. Shahbaz Sharif is always up at 6 am, functions on four or less hours of sleep, never misses his morning swim, speaks fluent German and Arabic, is even considered a ladies man, but unlike his big bro, he ain't no Nero.
Known for his celebrated 'Punjab Speed' brand of governance -- now local jargon for a quick turnaround of developmental projects -- Shahbaz is the permanent running back to Nawaz's quarterback. Although announced, it's not clear if he will take over from Nawaz in Islamabad: his aides think if Shahbaz leaves Lahore, the Sharifs might just lose Fortress Punjab.
His play during the Panama investigation signals his intentions. The JIT report says he 'distanced himself' from the story about the Gulf Steel Mill tailored by his family. And in the middle of the Dawn leaks debacle, when his brother's office arranged for a story detailing an argument between Shahbaz and the ISI chief, he was the first one to reject it and move away from the crime scene.
The brass likes him for his no-nonsense sense of governance and his ability to always keep the backdoor open with GHQ. Shahbaz's survival will be the ultimate litmus test of what remains of the Sharifs' power.


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"How do you feel?" - this was the first question of a professor from Yale, David Caruso, when I was at his master class. Practically each of us answered not as it would be expected by the model of emotional intelligence created in Yale and New Hampshire. But it was quickly resolved .
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Then the professor told us that this was not an accident: it was confirmed by an experiment conducted by scientists at the University of California at Berkeley.
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Fed judge dismisses suit by states seeking control over gun rights within their bordersBy Matt Gouras, AP
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Fed judge dismisses states' gun suit
HELENA, Mont. — A federal judge in Missoula has dismissed a lawsuit by gun rights advocates and states seeking freedom from federal gun laws, a move that the advocates promised to appeal.
The decision Wednesday from U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy was expected since his magistrate a month ago recommended tossing out the lawsuit because Congress has the authority to regulate firearms with its constitutional power to regulate interstate commerce.
Molloy sided with the U.S. Department of Justice, which argued Congress' ability to regulate guns and other items through the "commerce clause" of the U.S. Constitution had long ago been decided in courts.
The lawsuit involving Montana, Utah, Alabama, Idaho, South Carolina, South Dakota, Wyoming and West Virginia argued that states should decide which rules, if any, would control the sale and purchase of guns and paraphernalia made inside their borders.
The 10th Amendment of the Constitution assures that the federal government only has those powers that are specifically given to it by the Constitution, the states said.
Gun control advocates who joined in the case welcomed the decision.
"We are pleased that the court rejected this dangerous, misguided and unconstitutional law," Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, said in a statement. "It is already far too easy for dangerous people to get deadly weapons. There is no reason for Montana or other states to allow gun sales without the Brady background checks that help keep guns away from criminals."
The issue was launched last year with "firearm freedoms act" laws backed by the Montana Shooting Sports Association first in Montana. That gun group led the court battle.
"We've believed all along that the federal District Court cannot grant the relief we request. We seek to overturn a half-century of bad precedent," Gary Marbut, MSSA president, said in a statement. "Only the U.S. Supreme Court can do that. In that light, the pending dismissal by the District Court means little except that we are now free to move to the next step of the process."
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WASHINGTON — Hours after Admiral Ronny Jackson withdrew from consideration to become secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Rep. Tim Ryan of Niles criticized President Donald Trump's decision to nominate Jackson as "irresponsible."
In a sharply worded statement on Thursday, Ryan, D-Niles, said Trump's decision to tap Jackson to replace ousted VA Secretary David Shulkin was a sign the president was not taking the nominating process in a serious manner.
"The president's inability to take this process seriously is a slap in the face to our nation's veterans," Ryan said. "Nominating your personal physician to run the VA, without proper vetting and experience, is irresponsible."
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Critics charged Jackson was unqualified for the job of directing an agency with 360,000 employees and this week allegations swirled that Jackson had been drinking during working hours.
In a statement announcing he would withdraw, Jackson dismissed the charges as "false allegations."
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, a member of the Senate Veterans Affair Committee, said Trump needs to quickly nominate a new secretary, charging "this chaos caused by the White House has gone on too long already, and we can't let it get in the way of the VA's critical mission."
In an interview on CNBC, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said Jackson "probably made the right decision," saying "it wasn't clear he had the votes."
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More than two months after the pipeline gas explosions and fires, the Merrimack Valley is still struggling.
More than a thousand homes remain without gas.
"I feel that Lawrence is in crisis," said resident Luz Pena. "There are still people going through hardship."
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As the repair work continues, the search for answers is really getting underway.
Democratic Sen. Ed Markey says the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will convene a full committee hearing Monday where they'll be taking testimony.
The hearing will focus on responses to the Sept. 13 explosions and fires in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover that killed one, injured about two dozen, and damaged more than 100 structures.
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My sister-in-law has inspired me by following the theme of 'Ageing' today.
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HBO has released the first teaser for The Deuce, its latest series from The Wire creator David Simon. Set in 1970s New York, the show takes as its subject the seedy wonderland of pre-Guiliani Times Square, as exemplified in the mulleted, mustachioed face of a leering James Franco. The trailer offers up a few shots of Franco playing twin bartenders working in a Mob-adjacent bar, along with Maggie Gyllenhaal as Candy, an ambitious sex worker looking to move off the street and into the growing world of '70s porn.
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The lives of two very different families in the posh neighborhood of Solsidan in Sweden.
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"Most of my life I have been a student of ancient texts, western and eastern. It seems to me that most people pray wrong. This may be a controversial statement but from everything I know and understand praying is not begging it is celebrating. Hang with me on this. I am not professing to be an expert but I am sharing my insight and experience.
Prayer is an attitude of gratitude and blessing. In an English translation of a paraphrased Bible verse it states, 'Ask, believing you shall receive, and you will receive'. It makes sense then that the key to receiving is not in the asking but in the believing you will receive.
It seems begging and pleading hasn't done much for many people. Now I could be wrong, but it seems many ask for prayers when something is wrong. They focus on getting a solution to what is the problem, lack of health, wealth, well-being for self or loved ones. They beg, really asking and hoping when something is wrong. I don't blame them it makes sense. Just as little kids plead with adults for things we plead our case for a hoped for result. The focus ends up being on the problem and that IS the problem with how most may be praying.
I think prayer is being thankful for everything. It is knowing and trusting that all good things come to those who trust. It comes to those who have faith. Another verse states, 'every person has already received a portion of faith' so it isn't something you have to muster up. You already have it within you. Exercise it.
Faith that you receive means you see it as already done. Your answer is already provided. It is accomplished you don't have to keep asking. It is the full imagining in your heart and mind that you already have what you want instead of continuously asking for something to happen sometime in the future. The promise seems to be 'believe it and you will see it'. Your thoughts and words and actions should be only those that bless, heal and prosper self and others.
If you keep asking for a result to happen in the future you are putting everything off in the future. Now is the eternal moment. You have to declare it completed now. 'You stand on the word' and the promises made in that word. You own the victory. You truly believe in the promise so you don't have to beg. Even if you can't yet hold it in your hand you have to imagine it completed in your heart and head.
I think many of us just have it in reverse. Our religious teachers have taught us incorrectly. Maybe they themselves don't know. I realize that I only paraphrased a few Bible verses. If you are really interested you can search this out in the Bible and just about every other ancient or even modern spiritual text and practice. They all say essentially the same thing. This information seems to be all over the world in texts from isolated groups and people from all times on the planet. You can find it when you seek it out.
Celebrate what you ask for as already accomplished! Be grateful, be thankful that this or a better outcome is in store. Don't try to push your plans or your agenda learn to accept whatever will be. Have faith, trust, expect the best, plan for the miracle. Receiving the miracle seems to be the toughest for people. You have to let go and accept it at some point. Allow it.
'If you have the faith of a mustard seed'… It doesn't take lots of faith apparently but it takes some. It takes enough to declare it and believe it as already accomplished. It takes enough to be appreciative of everything and live joyously. Live and celebrate, ask and be thankful for however it turns out. There can be hidden blessings now and later in whatever outcome arrives.
'Ask and you will receive'. It all seems to boil down to what you believe in your heart. If you pray desperately, pleading, hoping, that is not the same as praying, asking, declaring, believing and accepting that it is done. Birds of a feather flock together is one of my pet phrases. So if you are anxious when you prayer you seem to stay anxious. You need to relax, let go, trust and rest in the promise.
Asking others to pray celebrating the completion of what you requested is sound. 'When two or more agree…' Again, the key is to celebrate. To celebrate having your wants already heard and delivered. You step out on faith, in your heart and mind and act as if. You claim it! Ask people to join you in celebrating receiving.
Feeling positive, feeling gratitude, feeling deep in your heart that what you want IS already done, is different than waiting and hoping for the outcome you want. Believe it and you will see it. Be thankful and loving in all things. I believe prayer is feeling joyous while convinced your prayer is already answered. It is not hope, it is the feeling you are complete and you delight in all. I believe we can all live prayerfully and when we do life is miraculous." Rex Sikes
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Considered by many to be an All-American game fish, it is actually widely distributed in subtropical and temperate oceans. South of the equator, it is found in Australia, where it is called a "tailor," and on the East and West Coasts of southern Africa and up the entire West Coast of the African continent, where it is known by the name "elf." Across the Atlantic and north of the equator, the species inhabits the Gulf of Mexico and the East Coast of North American where we call it by a variety of names the most common of which is bluefish. In U.S. waters, small-to-medium size bluefish are found in the Gulf of Mexico throughout much of the year. Large numbers of adults winter off the coast of Florida during the colder months, with two-to-five pound specimens making frequent feeding forays into coastal rivers and the Inter Coast Waterway. As spring approaches, these fish begin a migration north arriving off the Mid Atlantic states as early as April, and off New England by June. In years of high abundance, they travel as far north as Maine and Nova Scotia. Although the National Marine Fisheries Service classifies them as a "coastal migratory" species, they can range far offshore and anglers have encountered them trolling for tuna and marlin in the marine canyons off the edge of the Continental Shelf over 100 miles out. Late every fall, bluefish are caught on the bottom by anglers fishing for codfish in water as deep as 275 feet. What this tells us is that bluefish are highly adaptable, and capable of going pretty much anywhere in their search for prey. This adaptability is seen in its penchant for eating pretty much anything nearby when the dinner bell rings – and it rings regularly. Adults will feed on almost any fish, large or small, from tiny sand eels to full grown menhaden. Alewives, herring, butterfish, mackerel, small weakfish and even young striped bass can fall prey to a big hungry bluefish, and anglers even catch them on worms and clams. Much is not known about their spawning cycles, but it is believed that the fish off the U.S. coast spawn in numerous areas over a several month period in the late spring and early summer, coming together in large aggregations on the ocean surface 15-to-30 miles offshore. The mass spawning event produces billions of fertilized eggs that hatch quickly, leaving the larval bluefish at the mercy of the tides and currents. But even under less than ideal conditions, millions of these baby bluefish find their way inshore and into Mid Atlantic estuaries where many are eaten by other predators like summer flounder, weakfish, striped bass and larger bluefish. The ones that survive grow rapidly and can be six inches long before they leave the estuaries in the fall. The blues typically caught by anglers range from young-of-the-year snappers to choppers in excess of 20 pounds. The world record was caught off Hatteras, N.C. in January, 1972. It tipped the scales at just shy of 32 pounds. There have been wild rumors of bluefish as larger than 40 pounds being caught off the West Coast of Africa, although none that large have ever been verified. A teen-size bluefish is a handful on typical 20-pound class tackle, and a 20-pound bruiser will test your gear and angling skill. On light tackle bluefish are one of the gamiest fish in the sea, and they will scar up your lures and cut through you leaders with their formidable dentures. Blues have a heavily-muscled, elongated body with a deep-forked tail, which helps them attain the speed needed to successfully pursue and attack baitfish in open ocean waters. They are extremely aggressive, and use their razor-sharp teeth and powerful jaws to chop large baitfish into pieces, hence the nickname "chopper". If you've ever seen a bluefish feeding frenzy, where hundreds of them attack a hapless school of menhaden near the surface, it is a scene you won't soon forget. They become so aggressive they have been known to gorge themselves, regurgitate their stomach contents, and immediately start killing and feeding again. This can also attract flocks of sea birds from above and less aggressive predators from below who also want to get in on the action or just pick up the leftover pieces. Along much of the Atlantic coast, bluefish are starting to make their initial inshore appearances of the season so break out the light tackle, poppers and jigs and get ready to enjoy some of the fastest fishing of the year between now and late fall. And be sure to watch out for your fingers when you handle them.


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(Italy, ~1400 - Ariane Helou, trans.)
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