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A History of the Moravian Lovefeast
December unwraps the spirit of the season in a medley of holiday traditions. For those seeking a diversion from the abundance of common holiday feasts and festivals, North Carolina offers an alternative unique to the southeast – the Moravian Lovefeast. This custom of celebrating special occasions by sharing a simple meal with friends brings to life the true meaning of unity, liberty and love for all who participate. It's a tradition with beginnings rooted in the Moravian Church and appropriately named for the essence it embodies – Lovefeast literally translates to "agape," the purest love, spiritual and selfless. The first Lovefeast took place in Germany in 1727 following the renewal of the Moravian Church. November 17, 1753 marks the arrival of the first Moravian colonists to Wachovia, North Carolina – the area known today as Winston-Salem. It was on this evening in the settlement of Bethabara that the Lovefeast tradition was celebrated anew in America. The Lovefeast has managed to maintain its dignity and grace for 270 years and has been embraced by many denominations to celebrate events appropriate to its original intention – as a symbol of unity, equality and brotherly/sisterly love. Early Moravians adopted the feast as a celebration event, adding prayer, religious conversation and hymn singing. Today, Lovefeasts are song services opened with prayer, where children and members of any denomination are welcome. Over the years, elements such as location, timing and menu have varied depending on the denomination and region of the celebration. One might drink tea in the Caribbean, or eat peanuts in Africa, but in America, the traditional Lovefeast consists of a sweetened bun and coffee. A typical Moravian Lovefeast begins with baskets of Moravian buns, slightly sweetened dinner roles. Take one and pass them along for all to share. Next, cups of coffee laced with sugar and cream are passed down one cup at a time. Whether within the sanctuary walls of a church, in a park, or on an illuminated main street, one will always have the constants – purity, love and togetherness. Oh, and of course, good food and drink. Once everyone has been served, the Pastor leads the Moravian Blessing. One might enjoy one's Lovefeast meal with the backdrop of a choir singing hymns and anthems, or speaking quietly with one's neighbors about spiritual journeys. Lovefeasts are celebrated for a variety of occasions other than Christmas – Great Sabbath, church anniversaries, Epiphany, Christian Family Sunday – but it is the Christmas Lovefeast that has touched hundreds and thousands. Year after year the worshipping community arrives, eager for the moment when the lights are dimmed and the trays of candles are unveiled. Made of pure beeswax – symbolizing purity – for 200 years, the illumination of these candles washes over one like a cleansing wave.


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Welcome to June's Market Update.
Let's take a look at residential real estate activity in the Park City UT during the month of June. The number of active listings was down 12% from 1 year earlier, and up 5% from the previous month. This recent increase reflected a larger selection of homes for buyer to choose from.
As you can see, the median listing price for the month was just under 1.2 million dollars. Compared to last year the average number of days that units spent on the market before being sold was down 14%. This lower number of days may signal a positive trend in the local inventory turn over rate. The median sale price was just under 730,000 dollars. The number of units sold increased 24% year over year and increased 20% month over month. These figures may indicate that buyers have been taking advantage of opportunites in this market.
Thanks for watching. We hope you use this information to make smart informed decisions in your up coming real estate transactions.

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No one tells you this when you start drinking Chinese teas, but the good ones make you burp.
There's an idea in tea-drinking called qi, which literally translates to 'breath' or 'energy flow,' and refers to the somatic effects that sometimes accompany a quality brew. It's a rare thing—the vast majority of teas aren't powerful enough to summon it—and a personal one, but the feelings are hard to ignore. Think sudden sweat on your palms. Tingling along the back of your neck. A wave of relaxation down your spine, like the relief of a well-placed acupuncture needle.
The more tea you drink, the more qi squirrels its way around your body. Eventually, all that breath needs somewhere to go. So you burp.
As etiquette goes, burping at the tea table is perfectly acceptable, and as a taster, it's surprisingly instructive. That tea-flavored air you encounter on the exhale tells you a lot about the quieter aspects of the drink you may have missed on first sip. But tea also lowers your blood sugar, and after a recent burptastic marathon session with a couple of friends, I found myself ready for something more hearty. Since Theresa and Wooju were generous enough to share from their stash of costly vintage teas, I wanted to return the favor by treating them to a meal at my favorite nearby sherry bar, Donostia in New York's East Village.
Theresa and Wooju know a lot about tea but not much about sherry, so as the bartender poured glasses of Manzanilla, Amontillado and Palo Cortado, I explained each style's character in tea terms. "Fino is a lot like a green or white tea because it's snappy and fresh; think of Palo Cortado like yancha—there's more oxidation and darker, sweeter flavors." Soon, a dozen glasses stood before the three of us, along with some ham and cheese to keep the burps at bay.
As we drank, the tea talk continued. Theresa and Wooju kept the empty glasses close to sniff their lingering aromas. They fell silent at one point, letting the taste of their new favorite wine play out on their tongues. "I can see why you compared this to yancha," Theresa said. I figured she was picking up on the wine's nutty and chocolate flavors, but before I could say anything, she gestured to her throat. "There's a similar heavy base. And that throat feeling."
Three hours later and another dozen glasses between us, Theresa and Wooju had hardly uttered a tasting note. There was no talk of noses or legs or what a sherry tasted like. Instead, this glass exhibited expansive warmth; that one was cozy and familiar. Imagine: a discussion about wine without a single reference to fruit or minerals. It's as refreshing as cold seltzer.
There's another idea in tea-drinking: Flavor and aroma are only the beginning. Taste is fleeting. But the way the aftertaste manifests in your throat or down your gullet, how the tea makes you feel, where the qi activates your senses—these are lasting hallmarks of quality for which connoisseurs pay dearly. Some of my favorite teas don't taste like much at all. The drama happens from the neck down.
Like tea, most drinks containing alcohol don't exhibit qi. You taste them and enjoy them and they're gone. But at a base, almost wordless level, we seem to understand what it means to drink with our bodies, as some tea people call it. It's what we mean when someone says tequila turns them into a monster, or that absinthe makes them weepy. It's what sommeliers talk about when they describe a wine's length or backbone.
That throat feeling of yancha is like a coil of air that tunnels down to your stomach. It's fast and direct and leaves a thin column of sweetness in its wake. My favorite bottle of slivovitz affects me the same way. The ripe, almost resinous taste of plum bucks against my front teeth as I swallow the slick brandy. The coil gathers its strength on my tongue and darts downward. My breath feels fresh and clean and comfortably sweet. When I burp, the taste of the plum is transformed. It's golden and sunny and brings a smile to my lips.
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Dodgers draft Hofstra LHP Rooney on Day 2
LOS ANGELES -- With a limited bonus pool budget, the Dodgers took what the 2018 MLB Draft gave them on Tuesday's second day of selections.• Draft Tracker: Follow every Dodgers Draft pickAfter taking right-handed pitchers J.T. Ginn and Michael Grove in the first two rounds on Monday, scouting director Billy
LOS ANGELES -- With a limited bonus pool budget, the Dodgers took what the 2018 MLB Draft gave them on Tuesday's second day of selections.
• Draft Tracker: Follow every Dodgers Draft pick
After taking right-handed pitchers J.T. Ginn and Michael Grove in the first two rounds on Monday, scouting director Billy Gasparino took pitchers with three of his first four selections on Tuesday, then shifted the emphasis to position players, focusing all day on college players (seven of eight and the last four).
"We felt going in the depth of this Draft was college position players," said Gasparino. "With what the high school players wanted in the way of money, we were out on a lot of them. It was their choice, not ours."
The Draft concludes on Wednesday, with exclusive coverage of Rounds 11-40 beginning on MLB.com at 9 a.m. PT.
Here are the Tuesday picks:
Round 3: LHP John Rooney, Hofstra
Gasparino said he liked Rooney's "pitchability and deception, with the stuff to go with it." At 6-foot-5 and 225 pounds, Rooney has the size, but his best pitch is a slider and MLB Pipeline's Jonathan Mayo projects him as a back-of-the-rotation starter with "three average pitches," making him a "high-floor, low-ceiling" pick that could "move quick." He was a Golden Spikes finalist.
MLB Pipeline ranked Rooney as the No. 181 prospect, and the Dodgers took him as a starter with the 104th overall pick. He was 8-2 with a 1.23 ERA and 108 strikeouts in 95 innings this season. He was undrafted out of high school, but hit the radar playing in the Cape Cod League.
Round 4: RHP Braydon Fisher, Clear Falls (Texas) HS
Although he took a high school pitcher in Ginn in the first round, Gasparino sounded almost as pleased with Fisher in the fourth.
"He's exciting, athletic and young [only 17]," said Gasparino. "He was kind of new to the scouting scene and he made a big jump this year. Our scouts got on him early and I think that's one of the factors in getting him."
Fisher is already 6-foot-4 and 180 pounds, with a fastball that ranges from 90-96 mph. MLB Pipeline ranked him as the No. 80 prospect going into the Draft, and the Dodgers got him with the 134th overall pick. He has a commitment to Lamar University.
Round 5: SS Devin Mann, Louisville
As MLB Pipeline's Jim Callis said, "It will be interesting to see how this plays out." The Dodgers announced Mann as a shortstop, although he played second base in college. Gasparino said he's confident Mann can play shortstop and that's where he'll begin. This year, he hit .303 with seven homers, 52 RBIs and 52 walks in 64 games. He's 6-foot-3, 210 pounds and 21 years old.
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The Dodgers' second pick in the first round in 2016, catcher Will Smith, also played at Louisville, as did pitcher Kyle Funkhouser, who they took with the second pick in the first round of 2015 but did not sign.
Round 6: LHP Bryan Warzek, University of New Orleans
The 21-year-old Warzek is a durable lefty, 6 feet tall and 205 pounds, who went 5-2 with a 2.82 ERA this year. His ERA went up, but his opponents' batting average went down this year. He had 127 strikeouts in 95 2/3 innings, relying on a sinking fastball that touched 95 mph, according to MLB Pipeline's Jim Callis.
Gasparino said he likes Warzek's aggressiveness and deception. Because of his size, some scouts believe he will be a reliever, but Gasparino said he will begin as a starter.
Round 7: RF James Outman, Cal State Sacramento
The Dodgers considered Outman one of the better athletes in the Draft, Gasparino said, and he was a high school football star. A left-handed hitter and right-handed thrower, Outman was the MVP in the Cal Ripken Summer League last year, which put him on the map. The 21-year-old is a power hitter who has not hit for average in college as he did last summer. In 2018, he hit .253 with 11 homers and 40 RBIs. He's 6-foot-3 and 213 pounds.
Gasparino said Outman's strikeout rate is "an issue" that the Minor League staff will work on, but "I love the upside."
Round 8: 2B Luke Heyer, University of Kentucky
A typical multi-position Dodgers pick, the 22-year-old Heyer has played third base and outfield but is listed as a second baseman. He hit .348 with an uptick in power for 18 homers and 57 RBIs this year. He is a junior college transfer who played with Outman last summer in the Cal Ripken League.
Gasparino said Heyer "found it this year" while playing in a tough conference. The Dodgers drafted two Kentucky players on the second day last year, pitcher Zach Pop and outfielder Zach Reks.
Round 9: CF Josh McLain, North Carolina State
The Dodgers get a second chance at McLain, whom they drafted last year in the 14th round but didn't sign. Now he's a senior, so he'll be very signable. The 21-year-old is 6-foot and 165 pounds, with "plus-plus speed," according to MLB Pipeline's Jim Callis, and has gap power. McLain hit .344 in 60 games with 40 RBIs, 51 runs scored and didn't make an error in the outfield.
Round 10: 2B Deacon Liput, Florida
The Dodgers get a second shot at Liput as well, as they drafted him in the 29th round last year. Gasparino said the tools that made the Dodgers target Liput a year ago hadn't changed, even though Liput was suspended by the school for the first quarter of the 2018 season for undisclosed "off-field issues." Once he returned, he played mostly shortstop, but the Dodgers selected him as a second baseman. He was selected in the 39th round by the Yankees out of high school.
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Curiouser & Curiouser: When did you start playing drums? Tell me some things about that hobby/your drumming adventures.
Gayle: I started playing drums probably about five years ago. It was one of those things that I had always wanted to do, secretly, but felt like for some reason it wasn't an option (because drums are loud and I'm supposed to be quiet and inconspicuous). But after marrying my husband I started to feel secure and liberated in my adulthood and realized there was no reason why I couldn't do whatever the heck I wanted. So I started taking drum lessons from someone at the college where I teach, and then got a set of drums over Christmas that year. Then I took more rigorous lessons from another dude for a while, and after several months of that he suggested I look into joining a band. So I perused craigslist and landed upon a post by Adam Loewen looking for someone to join his band, Stein. He mentioned he was also a writer and he sounded intelligent and interesting, so we emailed back and forth, then got together and made music. Other members came along, and soon I was playing gigs. Which was super awesome. I got to be a rock star. But about a year ago I gave up the band because I had taken on so many things my life was becoming impossibly busy. I still keep in touch with my band friends and hope to drum again sometime when those 50 hour days start happening.
C&C: Kids. Minecraft. Mine loves it, too. What do you think about this video Legoland Minecraft stuff?
G: I think it's great. It encourages creativity, spatial reasoning, collaboration, and so on. And any time kids can play with a "toy" that doesn't leave a mess is always a plus. I've never played it myself (that whole number of hours in the day thing again), but I love seeing what the kids do with it. My husband is a computer nerd and has this array of computers in the basement and the kids all have their own and can play together. My almost-four-year-old has developed scary coordination with the mouse and keyboard. It's one of those things where, you didn't watch your kid pick up the skill, and then you see it in action and it looks like a magic trick. See this video here:
C&C: Did you celebrate Christmas as a kid? What's your most memorable holiday, either way?
G: Christmas, it just so happens, is my birthday. I come from a Catholic background, though my parents were never super religious and seemed to abandon religion altogether at some point during my childhood. But we always celebrated Christmas, just not really as a religious event. The standard Santa visit, presents, and eating lots of food with relatives, which is the same thing I do with my kids. I've always had mixed feelings about my Christmas birthday. You want your birthday to be about you, but on that day pretty much everyone is celebrating something else. That said, if I had a nickel for every time someone saw my license and said the words "Christmas baby," I could retire.
C&C: What do you have in your pockets?
G: At this very moment, absolutely nothing. But any other time there might be keys, cellphone, hairclips, garbage handed to me by a child, candy I'm secretly eating while trying to not let the kids see, or wadded up pieces of paper with either math or writing on them.
C&C: Do you have any tattoos?
G: No tattoos, and no piercings. I begged to get my ears pierced as a kid. My parents made me wait until I was twelve. Got it done. Decided I didn't care for it shortly thereafter. I'm not the least bit opposed to body modifications, but just don't feel the drive to do anything to my skin. Part of it is because I can't imagine coming up with something I would feel represented me in some permanent way that I'd want it on my body for my entire life. I like to leave room for myself to change completely as a person.
C&C: Do you wear shoes and socks inside the house? Why?
G: Shoes, no. Socks, only if my feet are cold. As a general rule I'm barefoot whenever it is appropriate. Though I did get in the habit of wearing socks and non-sandal-like shoes on a more regular basis when I tore a ligament tripping over one of my kid's toys, and the doctor suggested keeping my feet super warm to promote healing. Because apparently ligaments take a million years to heal. This is very true, I learned.
C&C: Do you dream regularly, and do you have any recurring or especially vivid ones?
G: I do dream regularly. I can't think of any recurring dreams off the top of my head, but I do recall it seeming like I visit similar places in some of my dreams. My dreams are really all over the place, often super epic adventures, or post-apocalyptic scenarios. Or they're about having to pee and never finding a private place to do so. But here is a summary of a recent epic adventure dream:
I was suddenly thrust into this post-apocalyptic world when visiting a nearby town with my daughters. I had separated from the older one because, being 11, I was allowing her new independence, and I was riding a bike with the little one when everything started getting weird. I couldn't find my way back and suddenly realized I had no way to reunite with my older daughter. As night fell we were warned to get inside somewhere/anywhere. Mutant buffalo and apes apparently roamed free at night, savagely killing people. I somehow ended up in a meadow inside some makeshift houses with some other people, and we only had tarps for doors which wasn't great protection from the mutant buffalo. There was a lot of running in terror and making sure you were always in a crowd because other people around you created a buffer—the buffalo would eat them and not get to you. Right when a herd was about to trample our makeshift house, a band of warrior people came charging at them with weapons. They killed the animals by skinning them alive. Why that was the method of choice, I have no idea, but the animals would scream horribly during the process and there was always blood everywhere. So I'm roaming around in this world trying to protect my youngest child, all the while not know what might be going on where my husband and son are, and feeling like the world's worst mother for separating from my oldest child who was very likely dead by now. Right before I woke up, I was attempting to take refuge in the side of a building with a passageway too narrow for me to fit while the band of warriors were skinning a giant mutant ape alive.
C&C: For awhile you entertained using a pen name, but ultimately decided to go with your own – was there significance behind that decision, or did it just prove easier/more logical to be one person in regards to being connected to your work?
G: A little of both. There were several reasons I was looking into a pen name. One was that it would separate my everyday life from my writing work. I have a lot of conservative extended family, and have often felt unsure if I really want any of them aware of what I write. Another was that I noticed when I wrote that I naturally gravitated towards writing male POV. I thought having a male pen name would be more true to the identity I often felt while writing. I'm not sure when I made the decision not to bother with a pen name. Part of it was because I decided I didn't need to be influenced by my fear of the opinions of others. No more crouching in fear of judgment. After all, writing for me had become about NOT caring about what other people think and just going all in with reckless abandon. Part of it was a result of coming to a clear picture in my head of what gender identity meant to me internally and externally after a long and awesome conversation with my husband about it on an anniversary weekend getaway. (That sort of boiled down to him completely understanding and recognizing where I am in my head and me feeling validated enough that I didn't care that I have a female encasing. Now I pretty much consider my gender identity to be a mix of everything. There are ways I can express different parts at different times. But the fact that my brain happens to be in a female body is sort of arbitrary. I go with it out of convenience and ultimately don't care a whole lot either way, most particularly, I think, because I feel valid as a person in ways I didn't used to.)
C&C: Do you like to color, or doodle? If so, what?
G: Not really. There was a time when I was younger that I was interested in generating visual art and I took a drawing class as an undergrad to explore that a little. But it's just not something I invest any time or effort into, nor do I feel any particular drive to at the moment. This may change some day. But at present I don't feel the tug of it as a needed outlet. That, and my hands and wrists tend to cramp up from holding writing utensils and using them for more than five minutes.
C&C: You read with Chuck Palahniuk. He's a legit celebrity. Did it awaken any celebrity aspirations in you, or the opposite, or anything in between?
As I like to tell people, the reading was utterly terrifying, but I think it went well. I definitely felt awkward and unsure of how to interact with Mr. Palahniuk, but I brought my A game to my reading and people clapped and said happy things afterward. As for celebrity aspirations, I fully intend on being famous. It's a work in progress. I feel like I'm sitting on a balloon full of brilliance and am about to explode all over the world. This is the delusion that keeps me pursuing my goals.
C&C: You're sort of an example of "There's no excuse" when it comes to getting a freakish amount of things done….
G: I frequently get asked "How do you find time to do it all?" like I'm some magic superhuman. So to address that, as well as how I'm destined for greatness:
This is what I've got going on: I'm married, I have three kids and I teach physics full time at a local community college (though with an awesome schedule that only requires me to actually go to campus 2 days a week). My son is on the gymnastics team, which practices 6 hours a week, my youngest takes a gymnastics class once a week, and my oldest is in choir. I write novels and short stories—I can produce a novel in a span of 3 months to a year depending. I edit a weekly Microfiction magazine, I recently cofounded Blue Skirt Productions, which is an artists' collective that has regular website content, local shows/readings, offers editing and writing services and (soon)classes, and most recently has ventured into indie publishing, which has led me to learning all about book formatting, cover design, and marketing and publicity. I consider life to be an elaborate game of Tetris and multitasking is the only way I survive. Laundry is never really done—just sort of exists in a clean pile and a dirty pile and when the clean pile gets low, we send some dirty pile through the machines. But I clean the kitchen enough that we rarely have an ant problem. I have to watch myself because when I'm in the right mood I seem to get the idea that I can take on more projects and it won't be a problem. There are so many things I want to do, so I just do as many as I can all the time. Every once in a while I burn out for a few days, and then I'm right back in the thick of it. I'd say it's all by choice, but a big part of it is obsession. Writing is much less a past time, or a hobby—it's a complete and utter obsession. I'm addicted. I can't help it. I can't make it stop. I have far more ideas for novels than I have time to pen them all. One day when all of the kids grow up, I'm going to be crapping out like a novel a month, because it's all backed up and pressing on the flood gates. But someday very soon the world is going to recognize my brilliance and the 7 figure book deals will come raining down. My husband will be able to retire and play minecraft with the kids all day every day, and I can write to my heart's content because we'll be hiring a maid, who will totally fold the clothes and put them away. It will be amazing.


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Members must read, and agree to abide by, the Code of Conduct. Any member reported to be in breach of this code will be investigated.
If the ASAP Advisory Board concludes that there has been a serious breach, membership may be revoked.
Members: –
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- Must list properties accurately (if Agent member) and in accordance with the property providers' instructions
- Will not misrepresent ASAP
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- Must pay invoices issued by both ASAP and ISAAP within the payment terms of the invoices. Failure to do so may cause membership to be revoked
- Must successfully complete ISAAP Compliance prior to membership
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- Will promote ASAP membership and the ISAAP recognition awards process and their benefits
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National Pharmacist Day is honors pharmacists, and recognizes their important role in medical care. A Pharmacist must be knowledgeable of the chemistry of all medicines. They can inform you of a drugs' side effects, and all aspects of prescription medicine. Very importantly, they understand and recognize the inter-action of drugs together...many people take numerous drugs.
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White Paper
The developers who create digital currencies usually provide white papers for these innovative assets. These documents generally offer comprehensive information on the digital token in question, as well as its underlying technology.
Shorting an asset, also known as taking a short position, means making a bet that the asset will fall in value. Traders can use several methods to short digital currencies, including futures, options and margin trading.
Investors considering this method should keep in mind it involves a lot of risk, especially with cryptocurrencies because of their volatile nature.
Long/Long Position
Going long, also known as taking a long position, means making a wager that an asset will rise in value. If a trader purchases a digital currency like bitcoin, for example, they are making a bet that the cryptocurrency will appreciate.
While simply buying digital currency is one example of taking a long position, there are other methods available. For instance, traders can leverage options and futures.
Public Key
A public key is an address where an investor can receive digital currencies. This public key, like the private key, is a combination of numbers and letters.
Private Key
A private key is a piece of information presented as a string of numbers and letters that an investor can use to access their digital currency.
Mining Incentive
The mining incentive is a reward that miners get for confirming transactions and mining them in to blocks. Verifying the transactions of the bitcoin network, for example, requires specialized hardware and substantial electricity, so miners are, compensated with a mining incentive.
Mining is the process for creating new units of a digital currency. For example, the bitcoin network releases new bitcoins every time a block is, mined. In this instance, mining involves confirming transactions and combining them in to blocks.
This verification requires hardware and electricity, and miners are, rewarded with digital tokens for contributing these needed resources.
Market Cap
Market cap is short for market capitalization, which is a term for total market value. The market cap of bitcoin, for example, is the number of BTC outstanding multiplied by the digital currency's price. The term can also be, used to refer to a group of digital currencies.
Exchanges are, just marketplaces where traders can make digital currency transactions. If a person wants to buy bitcoin, going to an exchange is the fastest way to accomplish this objective.
Distributed Ledger
A distributed ledger is a system of recording information that is simply distributed, or spread across, many different devices. The blockchain, for example, is a distributed ledger that was originally, created to keep track of all bitcoin transactions.
Escrow refers to a third-party holding financial resources on the behalf of other parties. A third-party would hold funds in escrow when the other entities involved in a transaction may not trust each other.
Cryptography is the process of encoding and decoding information so that would-be observers are unable to understand the information being, sent.
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Honour for Dr Amy Richards- an Invited Speaker at the Functional Foods Conference-we wish her our congratulations
Dr Amy Richards is tackling one of the big challenges for the food industry – working out how to replace bad fats with good fats to develop healthier food products.
And with Australia surpassing all other countries with respect to obesity levels, Dr Richards' research into fats and oils has never been so important.
The CSIRO postdoctoral fellow based at Food Science Australia is one of six young Victorian scientists to win a prestigious 2008 Victoria Fellowship. She received the Fellowship on Wednesday 13 August at a gala function at Government House from the Governor of Victoria, Professor David de Kretser, AC.
The Victoria Fellowships, worth $18,000 each, were first awarded by the Victorian Government in 1998 to recognise young researchers with leadership potential and to enhance their future careers, while developing new ideas that could offer commercial benefit to Victoria.
She will use the Fellowship to travel to the Unilever Research and Development Centre in the Netherlands to learn new techniques that will help the Victorian food industry understand the physical properties of alternative fats.
She will also visit the USA to present her research at the American Oil Chemist Society meeting.
"Consumer awareness of the need to use healthier and alternative fats and oil blends is at an all time high in Australia," says Dr Richards.
"They are also, understandably, demanding healthier food that tastes good and is convenient."
"For the food industry, providing a high quality food product in terms of taste, texture and shelf life, while at the same time altering the fat content, is often a complicated research and development challenge," she said.
"Increasing good polyunsaturated fats, like the omega-3s, is very difficult because of their tendency to oxidise and produce off-flavours and smells," she added.
Dr Richards said she hoped her research would contribute directly to the development of new food products in Victoria, as well as tie in with current initiatives such as the traffic light food labeling system within the Go for your Life program targeting Australian children.
Dr Richards studied her Bachelor of Applied Science at RMIT and her postgraduate studies at the University of Melbourne. She is a member of the American Oil Chemist Society, the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, and the Dairy Industry Association of Australia. She lives in Hillside.
Attention performance in children
The effect of omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA) fed as phosphatidylserines for three months has been compared with the same acids fed as triacylglycerols and with a placebo fed to children suffering from attention disorders. Test of Variables of Attention increased with both EPA/DHA diets but not with the placebo. The phospholipid preparation had a more positive effect than the triacylglycerol sample indicating the importance of the chemical and physical structure of effective bio-actives. One can say that the phospholipid fraction more resembles the nature of fish lipids.
This is taken from a recent publication entitled "Correlation between changes in blood fatty acid composition and visual sustained attention performance in children with inattention: effect of dietary n–3 fatty acids containing phospholipids"
AM.J. Clin.Nutr. (2008), 87, 1170-1180
Lipidomics gets a boost !
Europe-wide investment in lipid research will help tackle disease, says new report
Leading scientists today called for Europe to invest more funds into the study of lipids–the 'fatty' molecules that play a crucial role in the function of human cells and which are implicated in a range of diseases from obesity and diabetes to Alzheimer's.
Common lipids such as cholesterol are known to play an important part in the normal functioning of cells and tissues, but human cells contain thousands of different lipids that are also vital for functions that include storing energy, maintaining the structure of the cell, and sending biochemical signals. Scientists are discovering that if the biochemical pathways that regulate the metabolism and transport of these lipids become disturbed, this can result in disease.
A report* published today by the European Science Foundation (ESF) urges greater cooperation among researchers and more investment in the field of "lipidomics"–the term given to the identification and analysis of the full complement of lipids in cells, tissues, and body fluids, together with associated molecular structures such as enzymes and genes. The document is the output of a science policy activity led by the European Medical Research Councils (EMRC), the medical section within ESF.
The ESF science policy briefing document, drawn up by an international panel of experts led by Professor Gerrit van Meer of Utrecht University in The Netherlands and Professor Friedrich Spener of the University of Graz in Austria, says that the study of lipids has been largely neglected because until recently technology did not exist to analyze this complex class of molecules comprehensively. However, the application of an analytical technique called mass spectrometry now allows large numbers of lipids to be analyzed rapidly. "This remarkable technological breakthrough will make it possible to better understand the cellular machineries that are responsible for producing and storing energy in cells, for the transport across and between cell membranes and for the signaling in and out of cells to name but a few examples," the report states.
A concerted research effort in lipidomics would help shed light on conditions ranging from obesity and heart disease to cancer and Alzheimer's, the report says, while pointing out that the number of European researchers with expertise in lipidomics is low and that increased funding is needed to help Europe to catch up with the level of research in countries such as Japan and the United States.
The science policy briefing makes several key recommendations that would boost lipidomics research in Europe:
Investment in research programs aimed at training biomedical scientists in lipid-related fields
Investment in further development of technologies for studying lipids, while establishing and maintaining strong links between technology developers and researchers
Development of a strong, coordinated and interdisciplinary research effort across Europe to understand lipid function and the roles of lipids in health and disease
Integration of European lipid databases and the facilitation of their communication with other databases worldwide. This would allow the holistic interpretation of lipid data and provide a greater understanding of the role of lipids in health and disease.
NB. we have an update on Lipidomics by Rufus Turner at the conference in November.
Chocolates with omega-3
Ocean Nutrition Canada have announced that Maramor chocolates have been launched in the USA with their MEG-3 ingredient.
The new product which is dark chocolate contains 315 mg. of total long chain omega-3 from fish oil in a single serve. Whatever next?
Weight management and satiety utilizing lipids
According to the leading journal for functional foods business, New nutrition Business two lipid products are now hitting the news. Fabuless, an emulsion based on oat and palm lipids is becoming incorporated into commercially successful yoghurts and conjugated linoleic acid is fast becoming a successful ingredient.
There will be presentations on the these lipids plus the science of satiety and weight management at the conference.
The global market for weight management products is estimated to be more than €7bn
Oxidation of DHA is dependent on triacylglycerol position
C.Wiejesundera , C.S.I.R.O. and Food Science Australia, another speaker at the conference in November has just published a very interesting paper in J.A.O.C.S, showing that the position of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in the triacylglycerol molecule, greatly affects stability under temperature controlled conditions.
J.Am.Oil Chem.Soc. (2008), 75, 543-548
Mid-Winter dinner and AGM
30 members and guests had a great evening at the Royal New Zealand Yacht squadron and as usual after plying members with NZ wines, the current committee was re-elected.
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Our bookings and profit are more than double the same period in 2018.
What does that mean? Is Cashel Travel the exception, it certainly doesn't appear to be. Talking to colleagues in the industry everyone is very busy and the much discussed drop in numbers does not seem to have materialised.
Certainly, some markets are under pressure but it is nothing like the feared collapse a lot of operators feared.
Why is this? - no one seems to be sure.
Could it be no publicity is bad publicity?
Certainly there has been no lack of journalists and TV crews in the UK recently and presumably, once the main topic is exhausted they must be looking for some light relief. I was doing a sales presentation in Mexico a couple of months ago to about forty agents and showed a spoof video of our Prime Minister to explain the state of play in Britain. I have to say it fell completely flat. Most of them hadn't even heard of the EU never mind any problems Britain may have with it.
Maybe we need to bear in mind that 90% of the world couldn't care less about our passing problems with Europe. I know we think Brexit is fascinating and horrifying but for people outside of Europe, it is really not that relevant in making holiday decisions.
I suspect the drop in the value of the pound is of more interest.
What about the mass exodus of European staff heading home with their kids and belongings. Well, I certainly have seen no sign of it. Out of our twenty EU staff members, not a single one has mentioned returning home and in fact we just welcomed back an Italian colleague after nine months.
So here's to a royal baby and a record-breaking 2019!!


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"Naruto Live Spectacle" Stage Play will Return in May 2017
Soon after the last performance of its second world tour in China yesterday on December 18, the official website for Live "Spectacle Naruto," the stage play adaptation of Masashi Kishimoto's internationally popular action manga series, announced that its second play titled "Live Spectacle Naruto- Akatsuki no Shirabe (The Melody of The Dawn)-" is set for May 2017.
The first stage play was performed 62 times in Japan, Macau, Malaysia, and Singapore from March to June in 2015, then its re-run was held in Japan from July to August of this year and its second world tour ran in China and Malaysia from October to December.
All of the main cast, including Koudai Matsuoka as Naruto Uzumaki, Ryuji Sato as Sasuke Uchiha and Yui Ito as Sakura Haruno, are scheduled to return. 33-year-old Shinji Rachi (ex-Johnny's Jr. member) is confirmed to join as Sasuke's brother, Itachi Uchiha.
"Live Spectacle Naruto- Akatsuki no Shirabe" main visual
【本日情報解禁!】2017年5月、ライブ・スペクタクル「NARUTO-ナルト-」新作公演決定!タイトルは『ライブ・スペクタクル「NARUTO-ナルト-」~暁の調べ~』。詳細は公式HPで!https://t.co/6iZo1fYsmy pic.twitter.com/ECAbQnvPKd
— 舞台「NARUTO-ナルト-」公式 (@naruto_stage) December 17, 2016
CM for the 1st play DVD released in August 2015
CM for the 2nd play
Chinese tour main visual
Source: "Live Spectacle Naruto" official website
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(c) Live Spectacle "Naruto" Production Committee 2016


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A cyclist has died after colliding with a truck in Sydney this morning.
Emergency crews were called to New South Head Road at Rose Bay after the 50-year-old man had become trapped under the garbage truck near the intersection of Kent Road.
He died at the scene and is yet to be identified.
The driver of the truck has been taken for mandatory blood and urine tests.
Causing further chaos for Sydney commuters, a motorbike and car collided on the Pacific Highway at Turramurra causing traffic to queue for 9km.


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The lovely Debz has awarded me this sweet award.
I have to pass it on to my favourite blogs, time to get my thinking cap on!
Wednesday, 5 March 2008
New Award
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Dream Street Papers
Gosh, they are lovely! Seven new ranges, all double-sided. There is something for every taste there, from classic and sophisticated "Rue", "Art Nouveau" and "Remember the moments" to fun and frivolous "Birdie Bits", "Hugs 'n Kisses", "Quilted Garden" and "{miss}Fit". You can see the ranges here.
I had these in a couple of weeks ago and made a card using a paper from the "Birdie Bits" range for one of my forum members, Kelly, birthday. I popped it onto our design Team pages, you can see all the projects here.
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Monday, 3 March 2008
Flowers in the Attic
How you ever read this amazing series of novels by Virginia Andrews? A light read perhaps but the first one touched the core of my heart when I read it as a young girl. I therefore chose this as my favourite book in an entry I did yesterday for the UKS retailers CJ .
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Sunday, 2 March 2008
Walk of Shame!
Oh I hang my head in utter shame! What AM I like? I have totally neglected my blog and haven't posted for months! But hey, life tends to get in the way of the things we would like to do and we end up doing just the things we have to do.
I have been awarded an "E for Excellent" by the lovely Lou. This was tongue in cheek obviously and designed as a much needed kick up the backside!
I have been awarded an "E for Excellent" by the lovely Lou. This was tongue in cheek obviously and designed as a much needed kick up the backside!
Thank you Lou, it worked! I'm back!
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IKEA plans to invest over RM900 million into establishing its regional distribution and supply chain centre for ASEAN in Malaysia. The project is facilitated by the Malaysian Investment Development Authority.
According to the press statement, Malaysia has "always been a significant market" for the company, with its retail stores being one of the most visited stores globally. The new centre will enable the country to strengthen its role in supporting IKEA's growth in ASEAN, serving 12 retail stores in the region. IKEA plans to increase the number of stores in ASEAN to 20 by 2026.
The new 100,000m2 centre will adopt the structure and technology of IKEA's largest regional distribution centre in Germany, and will be among the top 10 largest regional distribution centres of IKEA Group worldwide. To reduce dependency on manpower and boost the efficiency and accuracy of its inventory management processes, IKEA's new centre will adopt integrated ICT systems and automation.
According to YB Dato' Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade & Industry, the new regional distribution centre "adds momentum" to the National Logistics and Trade Facilitation Masterplan and National E-Commerce Strategic Roadmap, which strives to transform Malaysia into a regional distribution hub and preferred logistics gateway to Asia.
"IKEA's decision of selecting our country as a base to support retailers in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines and India underscores the strategic fit of this country in supporting IKEA's overall growth strategy in the ASEAN region," Mohamed said.
"Deployment of technology in the logistics chain has been identified as the key factor in strengthening the capabilities of logistics service providers towards enhancing trade facilitation mechanisms. Thus, IKEA's high-flow and automated warehouse is certainly well-aligned to this agenda," he added.
Earlier this year, IKEA Southeast Asia's head of marketing Tze Kuen Yeong left the company to take on a new marketing role at H&M Singapore. A+M understands that she is to replace Caroline Fersing, head of marketing of H&M Singapore and Malaysia, who is taking a new role internally. IKEA Group also named Jesper Brodin as its new president and CEO, replacing Peter Agnefjäll. Currently based in Älmhult, Sweden, Brodin will take up his new position in Leiden, The Netherlands, effective 1 September 2017.
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Everyone Whose Heart Was Stirred
by Jhos Singer
Shalom, Chaverim—
Fair warning: Once again, this week's musing is a biblically inspired pitch, not entirely unlike like last week's teaching which, due to technical difficulties, wasn't widely read.
That said, I could have written the pretty much the same drash for either of these two portions (Ki Tisa Exodus 30:11 – 34:35 and this week's portion, VaYakhel Exodus 35:1-38:20) because they are remarkably similar to one another—and they, too, are pitches, albeit ancient ones.
So, following a long description of what is needed to create a spectacular community ritual space, or Mishkan, the Torah delves into examples of what motivates community support for the project.
God says to Moses who says to the Israelites:
"Let you take from amongst you an offering to The One—all whose hearts are willing, let them bring the Divine offerings: gold and silver and brass; and blue, purple, and scarlet fine linen and goats' hair; and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins and acacia wood. …And let every wise-hearted person among you come and make all that has been Divinely commanded… And they came, everyone whose heart was stirred and everyone whose spirit was willing, and brought Divine offerings. They came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted and brought nose-rings and earrings, and signet-rings and other golden ornaments and jewels—every person brought an offering of gold to the One." (Exodus 35:5-22)
This goes on until finally, Moses has to tell them to stop; they had more than enough precious metals, fine woolens, high-quality pelts, gemstones, fancy oils, and on and on and on, to build a mind-blowingly beautiful and spacious sanctuary. (It's an enviable position for the head of any community to have to tell people to stop bringing donations!) With heaps of resources, and an excited, wise, and willing-hearted community, the building, weaving, carving, and forging can begin.
Last week I unpacked the phenomena of pledging support out of excitement versus fear. This week, I'm more concerned about what the text means by chocham lev (literally, wise-hearted), since that is the quality that is being identified as necessary, even before any donation is made. So, I looked up the Biblical word and found that it has six meanings, which are given in the following order: 1) skillful, 2) wise in the administration of affairs, 3) shrewd, crafty, cunning, 4) learned, 5) prudent, and 6) wise.
This is the Torah's prescription for what moves us as individuals to generosity for the sake of building a community that is far bigger than any one of us.
At this moment, Chochmat HaLev really needs your wise-hearted financial support, resources, and willingness to help out with the myriad updates and clean-ups, repairs and refreshing that will be going on in the next months. We're going to all need to ask ourselves how we can show up for each other and our community – how we can give of ourselves to support this effort. Maybe you are a reader who lives far away—if you enjoy these posts, ask your wise heart if it's possible to send in a small monthly donation as a way of sharing your appreciation. If you are local and come to a particular service or meditation practice, how about offering to come in once a month to help keep our space clean and tidy? If you are a long-time member, it would be awesome if you made an offering on behalf of a fellow congregant, or a beloved teacher, or musician. If Chochmat Halev has been a refuge for you in a time of loss, perhaps you are inspired to lift up the name of a loved one by offering tzedaka in their memory.
Together, may our willing and wise hearts ensure that all who enter our doors find an abundant and beautiful home.
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New UCLA, UC research highlights experiences of youth in poverty
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 30, 2010
LOS ANGELES -- College-educated women earn less than men without similar training, students graduate high school unable to pursue college or a career, and more than 65,000 undocumented youths graduate high school each year only to face uncertain educational futures.
These are among the findings recently released by a multicampus endeavor spearheaded by the University of California that focuses on low-income youth's access to and completion of college degrees.
Much of the research on students and poverty has focused on students as a monolithic group, ignoring the differences in barriers and opportunities across various subcultures. To better understand poor students and why reforms to help them are inadequate, researchers from UCLA, other UC campuses and universities in Arizona, Iowa and New York collaborated on a multidisciplinary special issue of the Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR).
Coordinated by the UC All Campus Consortium on Research for Diversity (UC/ACCORD), experts in public policy, sociology, race and ethnic studies, and education contributed conceptual and empirical articles on various student populations. The issue features work by UC/ACCORD director Daniel Solorzano, a professor of social sciences and comparative education at the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies (GSE&IS); Michael Stoll, professor and chair of public policy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs; and Tara Watford, director of research for Pathways to Postsecondary Success at GSE&IS.
The JESPAR special issue is part of Pathways to Postsecondary Success, a five-year study funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance research.
Solorzano said the project is trying to reconceptualize the frameworks that drive current thought on the relationship between poverty and youth.
"What makes Pathways unique is that it examines the experiences of youth from many of the subpopulations that are overrepresented in poverty— Latinas/os, African Americans, undocumented immigrants and young single mothers," he said.
Pathways will soon conduct national analyses and local surveys documenting opportunities and obstacles for the target population; conduct case studies of three separate communities in Los Angeles, San Diego and Riverside to provide in-depth portraits of student experiences; and produce a set of statistical indicators that can monitor outreach efforts in this population.
Statistics on low-income youth give a disturbing view and suggest efforts to reach them are not as successful:
- Only 13 percent of low-income youth nationwide complete a four-year degree by age 28.
- 77 percent of low-income youth between the ages of 19 and 22 are not in school, and 35 percent are neither in school nor working.
- Two-thirds of African American mothers between the ages of 19 and 22 in California are low-income, and nearly half live in poverty.
UC Irvine researcher Leisy Abrego, who co-wrote one of the articles on undocumented students' difficulties attending college after graduation, said she was shocked to discover very little research focusing on the K–12 experience of undocumented youth.
"Most of the research focuses on students who are in college right now, but that's a small minority of all undocumented students," said Abrego, a UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow. "It's really limiting our understanding (of this population), given that the vast majority don't make it to college."
Abrego's work, along with that of the other contributors, has helped reshape the thinking of youth in poverty and the institutions that serve them.
"We want a better understanding of the institutions, the students and the factors of poverty that shape youth experiences beyond school walls," Solorzano said.The JESPAR special issue is available online. You may also contact PATHWAYS directly at 310-206-8725 or email@example.com
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Some duty solicitors face two related problems.
First, those of us who have been targeted by a local duty solicitor committee know what a lonely and harrowing experience it can be, as there is nowhere to turn for help.
Is it not time for the formation of a duty solicitor defence organisation?
Second, there is an urgent need for fundamental changes to the duty solicitor arrangements, under which the regional committees appoint and re-appoint themselves, and so see little wrong in local committees doing the same. This encourages abuse of power. Indeed, one regional committee chairman wrote:
"I am not aware of any reference in the duty solicitor arrangements to the eligibility of potential candidates for the local committee depending on their perceived suitability. That is no doubt something that must be left to the democratic process."
Thanks to the current arrangements, there is no democratic process, only clique dynamics.
I will be pleased to hear, in confidence, from anyone who has views on these subjects, or considers they were unfairly treated by a local committee.
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Living like the UPS man
Traci and I just attended a weekend seminar on the topic of generosity. We enjoyed an awesome time with old friends, made some new friends and were challenged by the biblical teaching and practical lessons on generosity. I'm sure there … Continue reading
I'm naming-names.
I'm not usually one to name-names, and call people out publicly for their actions. Today, I'm breaking my own policy because I think it's time people knew what's really happened these past six months. I'm sorry if this offends you…actually…I'm really not. Continue reading
#tbt: I won a $1,000 in a box of cereal!
I know I've already written past the 4th grade years a week or so ago, but on #tbt (Throwback Thursday) it seemed an appropriate time to share a story from that glorious age: the day I won $1,000 out of … Continue reading
4 Things to do every day
On of my favorite books in the Bible is 1 Peter. I think I find myself relating most to him in Scripture, so I have a special affinity for his writings. Peter was impulsive, often spoke before he thought, was … Continue reading
A Parable
Many years ago, there was a nation with great prosperity. It was ruled by a good and generous king, who started worrying that the prosperity of his people was causing them to become lazy and demanding. In fact, it appeared … Continue reading
Just enough
It's funny how God teaches us lessons in unexpected ways and places. One day last week I decided to sneak out of the office a few minutes early and play a quick round of 9 at a nearby golf course. … Continue reading


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This content is going to cover the fundamentals of gender identity and Dr. Mosser's surgical techniques he has used with non-binary identifying patients. It's a broad introduction that's important to read prior to getting into the specifics of each procedure type.
What Does Non-Binary Mean?
In order to understand what non-binary is let's start with basic definitions and distinguishing factors between assigned sex and gender identity:
It is important to note that non-binary gender identities are not 'new identities' or new concepts and have been recognized throughout the world for a very long time. Folks who identify as non-binary may use pronouns outside of the binary such as they/them. However, there are many other gender-neutral pronouns and pronoun combinations (such as he/they, she/they) that people use so it's always best to ask what someone's pronouns are when initiating a conversation for the first time.
Transitioning/aligning as a non-binary person can be medical (taking hormones, getting surgery) or non-medical (using different pronouns, binding, changing hair or clothing style). Since gender is a spectrum someone who identifies as non-binary, genderqueer, agender etc. may express their gender neutrally, masculine, feminine, a combination of all or some of these. Despite current standards of care, there is flexibility in one's medical alignment which is what Dr. Mosser wants to shed light on.
What does a non-binary surgical result look like?
Technically all aspects of anatomy are non-binary if someone identifies as such. What we're exploring is finding congruence between one's non-binary identity and a physical presentation to the world through a gender affirming surgery. There's no one answer to this question, what Dr. Mosser can provide are examples of all available surgical options. This way the patient can make an informed decision on what surgical options may fit their needs.
With over 1,500 top surgeries completed as of March 2020, Dr. Mosser has a great deal of perspective on the variance of body types and the different outcomes patients may desire. With this knowledge comes a deeper understanding of what people may consider as having a binary (male or female) or non-binary (not strictly male or female) appearing surgical result.
You can think of gender-neutral top surgery results like we think of non-binary. There are a huge number of valid expressions of gender which fall within the broad category of non-binary. Similarly, there are a number of top surgery features where the result could be modified to a patient's liking so they hold the results toward whatever it is that they personally consider to be non-binary.
It can get a bit confusing to think about all the different things in a top surgery result which can be modified and what it means to have a particular result look more male or more gender-neutral. Due to this the best way of discussing gender neutral results is to start with what might be considered the 'ideal binary male' top surgery result. From there we can discuss its binary features and then how those features could be modified to an individual's preference to express a more non-binary appearance.
Incisions and Chest Contours as well as Nipple and Areola Options content is a great starting place in learning more about non-binary top surgery. It's important to note that this content has been developed around the identities and surgical needs of the non-binary and gender-neutral patients that Dr. Mosser has seen at his practice and are not a representation of what all gender-neutral individuals may want.
While exploring non-binary and gender-neutral content it's important to keep in mind the following:


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Masterkraft – Turn Me On DOWNLOAD MP3
Nigerian popular music producer, Masterkraft releases a brand new tune entitled "Turn Me On".
'Turn Me On' serves as Masterkraft's fifth single for the year, it comes after the release of his previous record titled "Enter" which featured Ushebebe and Tomama.
The new song "Turn Me On" was produced by Masterkraft himself, mixed and mastered by Mark Gabriels.
Download, Listen to Masterkraft – Turn Me On share your thoughts Below.


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About Us
Kenyngton Manor Primary School is an academy situated in Sunbury-on-Thames serving the local community. It caters for children from Nursery to Year 6, and has a Sure Start Children's Centre on site. This means that Kenyngton Manor Primary School can offer support and education to all its children's families from birth to 11 years old.
In December 2013 Kenyngton Manor Primary School came under the umbrella of The Howard Partnership Multi-Academy Trust. This ensures that the school and community have the excellent support of partnership schools, including the Outstanding Howard of Effingham School. Our school was removed from Special Measures in November 2013, after only two terms of partnership working with THPT, as a result of radical progress and strong leadership.
At Kenyngton Manor, the promises we make to you are that all teachers deliver Good or better lessons, ensuring that your child thrives in an environment that encourages a thirst for learning, which will develop into life-long learning.
Selecting a school for your child is one of the most important decisions you are required to make. As with most decisions it is easier to make the correct choice if you have the necessary information available to you.
Our school provides the kind of educational environment and learning opportunities you would like your son/daughter to experience. This website provides information which will help you make an informed decision before you choose Kenyngton Manor Primary School.
We aim:
- To provide a caring, secure and stimulating learning environment in which every child can develop as an individual intellectually, socially, morally, emotionally and physically;
- To provide as a minimum entitlement access to the National Curriculum for each child and extend further the broad balanced relevant and differentiated aspects of this and the wider curriculum;
- To provide opportunities for every child to feel part of a community where they can develop respect for themselves and the feelings, gender, culture, belief, views and ability of others; and
- To develop self-esteem, self-discipline, self-respect and confidence to meet the changes and challenges in their life ahead.


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Someone should extract the audio from the European Common Lisp Meeting videos and make that available for download in an attempt to salvage something worthwhile from the effort. There's no way I'm going to download 4 gigs of video, shot from the very back of the room, with a tiny little presenter visible off in the distance.
I've seen videos shot secretly by people fearing prosecution and confiscation of their equipment if they were discovered that looked better. Since I can't see what the presenter is doing, just give me the straight up audio, which would be a 200 MB download at most.
It's too bad, I would have loved to have seen what was going on in the SLIME talks.
Update: Markus Fix has the audio from Luke Gorrie's SLIME talk. Yay! Though it does seem possible that in most of the videos it's not possible to either see or hear what's happening. Oh well.Posted by jjwiseman at May 13, 2005 01:34 PM
Audio extracts are now available thanks to Kevin A. Smith.
Edi.Posted by: Edi Weitz on May 15, 2005 11:06 AM


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Culinary Arts
Phone: 609-593-3560 x-4094
Degrees and Certifications:
B.S. Culinary Arts Johnson & Wales University
Mr. Travis Sansevere
Welcome Back from the Summer to Chef Sansevere's webpage! Mr. Sansevere has been cooking with the Cedar Creek family since 2011. He teaches Culinary Arts 1 and Culinary Arts 2/3, and is the executive chef for "Argh...J's," the Creek's very own catering service ! Mr. Sansevere is also the Head Swim Coach and the adviser for the Culinary Arts Club.
He graduated from Johnson and Wales University with both an Associate of Applied Science in Culinary Arts and a Bachelor's of Science in Culinary Arts. In his spare time he enjoys fishing, boating, snowboarding, and tasting many different types of cuisine.