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At Meadowview, we believe All Hawks Soar to Success through empowering all students to thrive academically and socially in a safe environment. Meadowview's dedicated staff provide a nurturing atmosphere where all students can discover their full potential and develop a passion for learning. We believe that through developing meaningful teacher/student relationships, students will enjoy their experience at Meadowview, unlocking that passion where true learning takes place.
Another goal of Meadowview is to establish excellent partnerships with our families and friends of the Eau Claire community. We could not ask for a more involved PTO that supports our school to the highest standard. Our stakeholders understand that a strong collaboration between family and school is a reason for Meadowview's strong academic success.
As principal, I am truly humbled to be a part of such an excellent learning community. Through classroom interactions, I witness students eagerly engaged in learning and watch Meadowview's excellent staff instruct with that same passion. This thoroughly impresses me every day.
I thank all of those who continually support Meadowview in all our endeavors. If you are new to the Eau Claire Area School District, I invite you to take a tour of Meadowview so you too can discover how we can support your dreams and aspirations for your child.
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If you haven't looked at our Second Life space, please do visit (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Outreach/218/215/28). Still in progress, we have the basic campus setup, with a floating campus center, an homage to the raised Metro campus (without the parking underneath LOL), composed of three lobes, representing the three campuses. The three spaces are set up for a variety of uses: presentations, meetings, information. On the ground underneath the center is open ground with teleporters to faculty sandboxes. We may add more content there, but we are trying to save prims to allow faculty to practice building. Next to the campus center is an informal gathering space, comprised of three seating areas on the ground, with water views, and a more-private floating pod. I hope you notice that the campus has a futuristic design in white and glass–why would we want to replicate real life in a virtual world? I have been influenced by models from the 1964 New York World's Fair, specifically the Futurama display, and I even included a little of what is called Googie Architecture–the architecture that gave rise to those tailfins on cars and the skewed geometric designs of some early drive-in restaurants and motels. The original, and more traditionally designed sandbox, with wrought iron fencing and lamp posts, still resides on the far end of our space–not sure what we will do with that.
We recently conducted three workshops, two for beginners, and another for building basics. Everyone built a replica of the pavilion and flagpole you see here. It seems like a small, uncomplicated item, but it required learning most of the basics of the SL building tools. You can still see the original on the Eastern Campus sandbox.
The campus sandboxes are in the sky, BTW, to keep the main campus area neat. Keep an eye out for more workshops, including repeats of the originals.


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(This was written by Frank Reed and originally posted here)
For Husbands Only –
And for the men who want to be –
If your wife committed a crime; would you do the time for her?
What if her crime was a capital offense?
What if her sentence was death?
Would you die for her?
What if the method of execution was crucifixion?
What would you do?
Meanwhile – Do you love your wife enough to live for her?
What did Jesus do?
His bride was guilty.
He died for her.
The method of execution was crucifixion.
He died for her.
He not only died.
He died an excruciating death.
For her.
And now – He lives for her today.
Husband, love your wife as Christ loved the Church
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You can call a brand is the backbone of an organization. It is an identity that shows the digital presence of a business. The stability and consistency are more successful features to grow business reputation in all the spheres. Get to know promising facts of financial advisor branding that is realistic in nature. Go forward to read about the stats and facts that make branding an important part of a financial website.
Dive into the categories and capture chief information on how branding helps to raise up the financial business.
- Branding basics
- B2B branding
- Maintaining your audience
Let's get to know all three categories in a more detailed format.
Branding basics
- The brand signifies the overall image of a business. It includes name, sign, and symbol used to create an alluring brand identity.
- Brand recognition can be boosted up by 80% with the use of specific color contrast.
- It is not something that lies inside an organization or business, in fact, it stays in the mind of a customer when it puts a good impression on an individual's mindset. In this way, the client shares an interaction with your business and your services.
- Out of 100 best brands, 72% are named with words and acronyms.
- 90% of dealers are impressed with visual factors like the color scheme.
- As online content matters a lot, so 69% of marketers prefer quality content over a website instead of direct mail.
- 33% of brands use the blue color in their brand logo design.
- For effective results, mobile ads are more preferable over desktop ads.
- On a monthly basis, 67% leads are generated for the companies who prefer blog posts.
B2B branding
- B2B marketers have a goal to create a brand awareness which they are following for the last few years. And 89% of marketers think brand insight is a major fact to promote your products and services at a greater extent.
- 77% of marketers think creating a brand is the most critical part of the business world.
- 75% of buyers demand branded content to explore the business ideas more deeply but 93% of brands are more focussed on self-promotion instead of general subject or any kind of moral lecture.
- 91% of B2B marketers are more engaged to create brand awareness using content marketing.
- 77% of B2B marketing leaders announce branding is critical to growth.
Maintaining your audience
- Maintaining the audience for your business is essential.
- On a calculated record, 5 to 7 brand impressions are most substantial before a customer will memorize your brand.
- The consistent presence of a brand will experience 3 to 4 times of brand visibility.
- 64% of customers shared value for a reason that they have a relationship with a brand.
- Half of the total means 50% of people follow more than 2 or less than 4 brands on social platforms, 26% follow 5 to 9 brands and 22% of people follow 10 or more brands and at last 3% of people not in the favor to follow any brand.
Hope this post is sufficient to make you realize how important a brand is for your existing as well as for new start-up business.


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I spoke on behalf of Research Studios at the Apple Store on Regent Street (London) as part of the launch event for Granimator's new creator packs. Granimator is a creative iPad app that allows you to create artworks using elements supplied by renowned designers and illustrators. I gave some insight to the working practices of Research Studios, explained the concept and process of creating our pack, concluding with video previews of the pack in action. Other speakers included: Kate Moross; Airside; Creative Review; and David Henckel.
This is 'Floating Buffalo'––a manipulated version of Neville Brody's 'Buffalo' typeface––one of the five new typefaces developed for our pack entitled 'Double-Dip'.
This and the following two images show example compositions we created using an iPad.
Video 01: A sped-up demo showing how you can create your own nonsense headline.
Video 02: This shows how mashing the iPad is just as rewarding. The awesome sonic palette is by Thomas Le Beau Morley of Suffer Like G Did.
Photos courtesy of Jeff Knowles and Guy Stephens.
For hi-res example compostions using our 'Double-Dip' pack, visit the Research Studios blog post.
To read the concept behind the typography and imagery created for our pack go here.
For more info on Granimator go here.
To see what the public are creating with our pack, go here.
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Created this "Label container" to hold my fridge labels. I use theese labels to mark my food boxes.
Instead of keeping them in a drawer, I made this box that could hang on the refrigerator using magnets.
I made some holes behinde the box. This is where the magnets should be glued on.
The measurement for the magnets are 1mm thick with a diameter of 10mm.
The size of the label sheets are 120mm x 76mm and the pen has a diameter of 10mm.
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Busting A Move
For the uninitiated, it can be difficult to understand why people love a cappella. Heck, even for those of us who do actively enjoy it, it can be difficult to put into words why we enjoy this art form so. While we'll never have a truly comprehensive list of everything cool about a cappella, 200 Reasons to Love A Cappella is our best attempt at assembling a list of what makes it great.
Reason #74: Busting a Move
I'm not sure when the transition came, and purists may curse me for lauding this shift, but there's a critical point at which a cappella groups transitioned from collections of singers to troupes of stage performers. Some of it's a matter of emoting or stage presence. Some of it's transitions and blocking and some of it's flat out choreography.
No, there is little inherently musical about choreography, and yet movement can make a cappella performance so much more palatable—it bridges a gap between a cappella aficionados and the layperson to give us all the same visual show to understand and engage with. Sure, some groups would be better served to think a little less about dancing, and a little more about their sound, but when it comes to being all-around entertainers, visual presentation is crucial to engaging an audience. Choreography is not only one of the most obvious, but one of the most fun, and potentially most creative ways to go about doing it.
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The Norval Foundation, opening to the public on April 28th, 2018, is a new centre for the research and exhibition of 20th and 21st century visual art from South Africa and beyond. Located in the Steenberg area of Cape Town, adjacent to Table Mountain National Park, the Norval Foundation combines the experience of art with an appreciation for nature.
Its sculpture garden, outdoor amphitheater, purpose built exhibition spaces, and research library are situated within a unique setting that will offer visitors a multisensory experience. This is complimented by a sophisticated restaurant and bar, a bespoke shop, and a children's playground.
We aim to create high quality exhibitions and public programming to broaden our understanding of the visual arts. The Norval Foundation is honoured to be the custodians of the Gerard Sekoto Foundation, Edoardo Villa Estate Collection, and the Alexis Preller Archive. We believe that art has the power to enrich our lives and that artists contribute to our communities in a profound way.
Louis Norval and the Norval family are the founders and principal funders of the Norval Foundation through which they aim to make art widely accessible to local and international visitors. The proceeds from capital donations will be used to secure the foundation for future generations.
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Four consecutive victories in the last four games has definitely subsided the ire of Red Devils across the globe. However in the last four victories ,what is more positive is the the manner in which they have won. Three clean sheets in last four tells you that the shaky defense of Man United is stablising. De Gea has already been a standout player and Dave's saves have done trick for the devils. Phil Jones has had a great run of form recently in any area of the field. He infact scored United's winner against Donestsk making them the group winners. Wingers Ashley Young and Danny Welbeck have found a new life. Both have scored twice in last four games. Young was in line of fire after the derby loss and had a dormant 18 month period. His spectacular two goals have rejuvenated his confidence. Teenage sensation Januzaj has continued to sparkle scoring his first Old Trafford goal. Welbeck's good run of form has compensated for van Persie's injury. Ashley Young's revival is most opportune with Valencia out of form and Nani sidelined. It seems like Moyses hairdryer has finally started to show its effect.


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This is your brain on time-bending
At Intuitive Being, we deal a lot with the subject of time. How emotions and beliefs manifest over periods of time, and how that in turn creeps into our physical and energetic bodies as imbalances, diseases and pain. In some cases, how experiences over the course of large expanses of time – we've gone back over a thousand years – affect our present reality.
We also deal a lot with things that appear, from the outside, to be like magic, but really aren't. In fact, they are simple techniques for accessing information and "powers" that are available to every single one of us, if we choose to apply some time and focus to it.
So how about time-bending? The power to slow down time? To have more hours in your day?
That sounds like magic, doesn't it? Like something straight out of stories about Professor X or Hiro Nakamura?
It's possible, apparently, but not for any magical reason; simply as a function of retooling what your brain focuses on. And the great news is that the areas of focus that help you slow down time – or at least how your brain perceives time – are things that are fun anyway: Keep learning, explore more places, meet new people, try new activities, be spontaneous. (As a Gemini, personally this sounds like one of the most excellent therapies ever!).
Neuroscientist David Eagleman explains how "brain time" works, stemming from the cerebral cortex, the basal ganglia, and the cerebellum:
"When our brains receive new information, it doesn't necessarily come in the proper order. This information needs to be reorganized and presented to us in a form we understand. When familiar information is processed, this doesn't take much time at all. New information, however, is a bit slower and makes time feel elongated."
This excellent article on bufferapp.com explains the concept in much greater detail, as does this article in The New Yorker on David Eagelman. But in short, despite sounding somewhat counter-intuitive, when the brain is constantly being given new information to focus on – new experiences, new sensory information, new faces, new places – it has to slow down in order to process that new information, which in turn slows down the duration of time that the brain peripherally perceives while working on all that new information.
Conversely, if the brain is experiencing the same information over and over, it takes less and less time to process that information, and thus it has more capacity available for watching the time fly by.
It sounds paradoxical, and my initial reaction was to think, "Sure, but my day is packed with processing of information, and I always feel like there's simply never enough hours in the day." It's probably my number one complaint, in fact. But as I thought about it, much of that information – particularly as I reflected back on the "multi-tasking" that I spent so many years of my life grinding through inside office cubicles; that particular skillset for pounding through endless lists of tasks and to-dos that employers actively seek and encourage in employees – is simply not new to me, not intellectually challenging, doesn't make my brain stop and process it very much. Though I'm personally no longer beholden to an employers' demands for ever-yielding volumes of new tasks with which they can measure my output, I still inflict upon myself a never-ending list of tasks and projects, many of which are things that simply need to be done but are not actually of any particular challenge to me.
And thus, my brain just moves rapid-fire from one mental processing to the next, over and over, all day long, until the day is over, my brain feels exhausted from all the processing, and my time-perception tells me that the day just flew by and is now over. Sound familiar?
Social media is also, of course, a major contributor to this phenomenon. A plague on the brain's perception of time, in fact. Masses and masses of new information every single day, but hardly any of it particularly challenging. How many of us feel that small sense of "success" at scrolling all the way from the top of our Facebook news feed to the last part of the new feed where we left off to start the madness all over again? How much of all of that new information was actually new to us? Conversely, how does time feel to you when you sit quietly and read a book on a set of particularly challenging intellectual issues? Does it feel any different?
What do you think about this theory? It's implications for much of the plague of stress that inflicts itself upon so many of us are pretty significant. What if we could re-train our brains by focusing on new and challenging sources of information? What if we could slow down the rate at which our brain perceives the minutes and hours passing by? Perception, as they say, is reality. What if, in our perception, we could bend time? That sounds like "magic" to me.


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Winter is a great time to cozy up and read. Here is what some of our staff is reading at the moment:
Lisa H., Reference Librarian, "I had read great reviews about The Ex by Alafair Burke before I started reading and so far I haven't been disappointed. I can't wait to find out if Olivia's ex is guilty or not."
Agreeing to defend her long-ago ex-fiancé when he is arrested for a triple homicide involving his wife's murderer, a top criminal lawyer confronts formidable doubts in the face of mounting evidence.
Barney, Reference Librarian, "I am currently finishing up two series – The Gray Man series by Mark Greaney – five action/thrillers that I happened upon by chance. And Robert Harris has finally published the conclusion of his Cicero trilogy – the most recent book, Dictator, follows Cicero during the final years of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Empire."
Returning to Washington to uncover the truth about why the CIA betrayed him, former elite agent-turned-Gray Man Court Gentry discovers that the case is still very much under discussion and that he has stumbled onto a secret that powerful enemies will kill to keep.
With his life in ruins, an exiled Cicero plots a comeback to become Rome's supreme senator.
Karen, Library Director, is reading The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende.
In 1939 San Francisco, Alma falls in love with Ichimei, the gardener's son, who is sent to an internment camp, but although they reunite, they must hide their love, until in old age her caregiver and her grandson learn about their secret passion.
Pam M, Assistant Library Director, is reading Outlander by Diana Gabaldon "on my Kindle".
Hurtled back through time more than two hundred years to Scotland in 1743, Claire Randall finds herself caught in the midst of an unfamiliar world torn apart by violence, pestilence, and revolution and haunted by her growing feelings for James Fraser, a young soldier
Evelyn, Readers' Services Librarian, is reading Eleanor By Jason Gurley.
Years after an accident claims her twin's life and triggers her father's abandonment and mother's ascent into alcoholism, Eleanor begins to experience supernatural dissociations that reveal her parents' unhappy pasts and her role in helping them heal.
Jackie, Head of Readers' Services, "I just finished The First Order by Jeff Abbott."
Two brothers. One dead, executed by extremists on a grainy video. The other forged into a top undercover agent. But now, Sam Capra has reason to believe that his brother, Danny, may be alive. Sam Capra is on a one-man mission to find his brother . . .and to stop a war.
Sonia, Health Reference Librarian, "I'm reading The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. I have a thing for reading books like this, all about why we do the things we do. This one presents its information in a very easy, not at all dry style and is fascinating."
Identifies the neurological processes behind behaviors, explains how self-control and success are largely driven by habits, and shares scientifically-based guidelines for achieving personal goals and overall well-being by adjusting specific habits.
Pam S., Teen Services Librarian, "I am reading Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham."
A nomadic lawyer because of frequent death threats, Sebastian Rudd takes on a case involving a brain-damaged young man accused of murdering two little girls.
Betty T., Consultant, is reading The Relic Master by Christopher Buckley.
Pressured by an ambitious patron who would buy a cardinalship, a 16th-century relic hunter and his reckless artist best friend unsuccessfully forge a shroud before being placed in the custody of loutish mercenaries to steal the celebrated Shroud of Chambéry.
Ed, Head of Reference Services, is reading Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys – YA book about refugees fleeing Prussia during WW II, Into Oblivion by Arnaldur Indridason – prequel to the Erlendur mystery series set in Iceland and The Big Knockover by Dashiell Hammett – short Pulp Mystery (1920s-1940s) stories, primarily in his Continental Op series."
Frantically racing to freedom with thousands of other refugees as Russian forces close in on their homes in East Prussia, Joana, Emilia and Florian meet aboard the doomed Wilhelm Gustloff and are forced to trust each other in order to survive
Detective Erlendur, who works for the shadowy Marion Briem, investigates the case of a man who may have been thrown from an airplane and a cold case disappearance of a young girl.
Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op was the prototype for generations of tough-guy detectives. He is also the hero of most of the nine stories in this volume. The Op's one enthusiasm is doing his job, (which) entail taking on a gang of modern-day freebooters, a vice-ridden hell's acre in the Arizona desert, and the bank job to end all bank jobs, along with such assorted grifters as Babe McCloor, Bluepoint Vance, Alphabet Shorty McCoy, and the Dis-and-Dat Kid.
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Botox for Migraine Treatment
If there's one thing migraine sufferers have in common, it's the 'I'm-willing-to-try-just-about-anything-to-get-rid-of-this-pain' mentality. Migraines are listed as one of the top 20 most disabling conditions according to the World Health Organization (WHO), yet are still one of the most mysterious conditions according to health care professionals.
What is Botox?
Botox is made from a neurotoxin called botulinum toxin. While Botox gained popularity for cosmetic wrinkle reduction in the early 2000s, it wasn't long before scientists realized the potential for it to treat other conditions. It is now used medically to treat certain muscular conditions by temporarily paralyzing muscles.
Botox is a prescription medicine that is injected to prevent headaches in adults with chronic migraine who have pain 15 or more days each month with headache lasting four or more hours each day. Botox treatments for migraines are generally given once every three months over the course of a 15-month period.
Unfortunately, it's not uncommon to go 10-14 days before seeing any improvement. Some people may not even experience relief with their first set of injections.
How It Works
In 2010, the FDA approved Botox as a treatment for chronic migraine. Unfortunately Botox has not yet been proven effective in treating other types of headache, including episodic migraine, tension headaches, or cluster headaches.
Botox works to change chemical endings on nerve endings. To treat chronic migraine, Botox is injected into muscles of the forehead, the side and back of the head, and the neck and shoulders to produce a partial and temporary chemical paralysis of the muscle. This causes the muscles to be too weak to contract. The dosage used for the treatment of chronic migraine is very low because of the size of the muscles being injected.
Currently the success of Botox injections for migraine treatment can give migraine sufferers hope. In a migraine trial, when used on chronic migraine sufferers, Botox was said to reduce up to 9 days of headaches each month.
Side Effects
As with any migraine treatment, there are several risks and side effects associated with Botox, including:
- Numbness
- Headache
- Nausea
- Neck weakness
- Flu-like sickness
- Bleeding
- Blurred vision
- Drooping of the eyelids
- Decreased eyesight
- Dry mouth
- Fatigue
- Hives
- Rashes
- Wheezing
- Swelling
While the cost of Botox injections vary depending on where you live and who is administering the injection, the good news is that many insurance providers now cover the cost of Botox if it is being used in the treatment of chronic migraines and you have a prescription from your doctor.
Is Botox Right for You?
Have you tried several different migraine treatment options without success? Do you have a minimum of 15 days with migraine headaches every month? While doctors may not recommend Botox as a form of treatment until other treatment options have been unsuccessful, Botox may be a better option if you don't tolerate migraine medication well.
Because Botox hasn't been proven effective in the treatment of generic headaches or episodic migraines, you must meet the criteria of a 'chronic migraine sufferer' to be considered for Botox treatments.
Alternative Treatment Options
Botox is often a last resort for migraine sufferers. Have you exhausted all of your treatment options? Medicinal and alternative treatment options for migraine include:
- Preventative medication to prevent migraine pain and symptoms
- Pain medication to alleviate migraine pain and symptoms
- Acupuncture
- Acupressure points for headaches
- Chiropractic
- Massage therapy
- Craniosacral therapy
- Supplements (ie butterbur and feverfew)
If you have tried several of the above migraine treatment options without success, Botox might be something worth trying. After all, when migraine-free days are possible, you've got nothing to lose!


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A recent paper published by scientists from the International Potato Center examines how processes of scaling up technologies to promote adoption can reinforce or reduce gender inequalities.
The article, entitled 'Scaling up of sweetpotato vine multiplication technologies in Phalombe and Chikwawa districts in Malawi: A gender analysis', is based on a gender analysis in those districts which took place in 2013 and 2014. Technologies discussed in the paper include orange-fleshed sweetpotato varieties and sweetpotato vine multiplication systems. The paper looks at research that is being done and how the resulting methods or models to improve agricultural practice are then scaled up for wide adoption beyond pilot villages.
Findings illustrate that scaling strategies to promote technology adoption by women should go beyond the technology itself to restructuring both the technical and non-technical aspects of agriculture. This will ensure women can fully benefit from improved technologies.
Thus there is a need to understand the physical and institutional context in which the technology is implemented in order to develop scaling strategies that ensure men and women are able to adopt and benefit.
Key issues highlighted in the study include:
- Technology scale-up may exclude women, or include them in positions subordinate to men.
- Gender blind technology scale-up may worsen gender relations and constrain the ability of women to engage in positive and empowering ways.
- Technology choice is influenced by the resources that men and women within households have access to and control.
- Benefits from technology adoption may be skewed in favor of men while women's labour increases.
- Men and women's needs should be integrated into technology development for technologies to be adopted and retained.
The paper also analyzes how gendered institutions may discriminate against women and prevent them from participating in technology development and scaling up processes. Further areas explored by the researchers include how the interaction of institutions, technologies, socio-economic rules, images, ideologies influences the ability of different people to adopt technologies.
The research was undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) Flagship project 5 on 'Improved livelihoods at scale', and supported by CGIAR Fund Donors.
Blog contributed by Netsayi Mudege (CIP Gender Research Coordinator) with contributions from Vivian Atakos (CIP-SSA Communication Specialist).
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- The Infinity Gauntlet in terms of Marvel Laws can't and wouldn't work outside the Universe it came from (Example: Infinity Gauntlet from the Earth-616 CANT work in the Earth-99999). The Infinity Gauntlet is universe in power but it isn't powerful enough to destroy the space-time continuum by itself or anything on a Multiversal level and is also incapable of being used to destroy itself, unlike the entity Nemesis. It only has Universal power itself and nothing far as multiverse or multi-universe.
- Beyonder can disable it.
- The Living Tribunal can disable it.
- The-One-Above-All can disable it.
- The Mad Celestials together managed to overcome Infinity Gauntlet users.
- User needs the full mental capacity to wield such "Infinite" Power.
- In-Betweener/In-Betweeners are all immune to the infinity gem's power due to duality.
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- Time Gem: Universal control over all aspects of time itself this includes time travel, stopping time, slowing down or speeding up flow of time and to accelerate or slow down aging.
- Space Gem: Universal manipulation of space, allowing for teleportation, dimension manipulation, the creation of wormholes and or and much more with space.
- Soul Gem: Universal manipulation of souls both alive and or dead also has shown to be able to evolve or devolve a beings physical self as well as their mental capacities.
- Reality Gem: Universal reality warping that will cause wielders the power to change the fabric of reality with their mere will and imagination whatever they imagine turns into reality.
- Power Gem: Universal control of all power and energy that ever has ever existed, and can dramatically boost the gems power and can boost the control but also grants the user unlimited Strength and stamina which allows the user to duplicate practically any physical superhuman. It can also be used as an unlimited power supply for any machine.
- Mind Gem: Users taps into the universal consciousness, allowing for unlimited manipulation of psionic powers including telepathy and telekinesis.
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Coverage, information, results and highlights of national caliber performances from major high school indoor track & field meets in the South region of the United States during the week ending on Sunday, February 2nd.
Running Events Entry List for Saturday's meet
Tomorrow brings the annual opening big event in Kentucky, the Wildcat Classic. The event which will bring together many of the best returning runners in the state should be another great day of track viewing.
Projected Time Schedule
Live Results for the Wildcat Classic
KYtrackXC.com's Zach Hudspeth & Tyler Karnes will be Live On-Site at the Wildcat Classic tomorrow.
Heat Sheets for tomorrows Wildcat Classic
Action from the Wildcat Classic in Lexington
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Below is the Wildcat Classic scored below to get unofficial team finishes.
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Some time today, a chap who I've never heard of called Mackelmore (which sound to me like a new mackerel burger at that Scottish fast food restaurant with the goofy looking clown), sang a song which I've never heard of, at the Grand Final of a sport that I don't like, and thanks to the miracle of digital television I can not watch because the reception here is non existent.
The song "Same Love" is apparently the NRL's attempt to weigh in on the same sex marriage postal survey; which is daft considering that most people have already received their survey and sent it back already.
What I've found somewhat baffling is the comments being made by the political cultural right about all of this. Queensland Senator and repeat enfant terrible Pauline Hanson, came out and said that she objected to Mr Macklemore's song before adding that she like me hadn't a clue as to who he was and wouldn't be watching anyway. Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott complained that Mr Mackelmore's song would be politicising sport; Attorney General George Brandis pointed out that in a civilised society where the right to free speech exists, if the NRL wanted to make such a statement then even though he disagreed with it, he was fine with them voicing an opinion.
Tony Abbott's comment about sport being politicised although completely valid and true, actually misses one rather obvious fact - history. Probably since the invention of sport it has been politicised and this is but one of a very long chain of sport which has been wedded to politics.
The ancient Greeks with their Olympic Games, certainly married politics and sport. The winning of wreaths acted as yet another propaganda piece as the various city states vied for power and glory. The Mayans tied sport and religion together, with the winner of some of their games winning all the clothes of everyone else present in the stadium. The Romans were far more organised, with various arenas and colosseums used as very public displays of the power of the empire; with undesirables being made to face each other in combat for the entertainment of those in the grandstands.
More recently, the revived Olympic Games were first run in conjunction with World's Fairs, to show off the technical prowess of various nations; with Hitler wanting to host the 1936 Olympics as a monument to the might and power of the Third Reich. The 1980 Olympics were held in Moscow and the 1984 Winter Olympics were held in Sarajevo, for pretty much the same reason. Formula One Grands Prix have been held in countries who were formerly on the dismal side of the Iron Curtain to show that those countries had arrived as a power in the modern world.
Equally, you can point to the boycott of South Africa because of apartheid by a lot of sporting teams as being so for political reasons, as was Tommie Smith's and John Carlos' black power salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics also done as a very visible political statement. Colin Kaepernick's simple protest against police brutality against black people, by kneeling while the national anthem is playing has become an issue which has gone straight to the top, even drawing the ire of the President himself.
Indigenous rounds in the NRL and AFL are political in tone, with the sporting bodies wanting to paint themselves as heroes for their inclusion of indigenous peoples. Of course, when someone like Adam Goodes actually took a stand against systemic racism in the AFL, he found that the actual support from those sporting bodies fell well short of the image that they were promoting. When the suggestion that a statue of Nicky Windmar be put up just outside the MCG, of that famous incident when he lifted his jersey and pointed with pride at the colour of his skin, the AFL also turned that down, in yet another show of how hollow their whitewash of history is.
Given that the NRL is primarily in the business of selling tickets and advertising space, with sport being the vehicle by which they sell these things, it surprises me not that they have taken a position which they see as popular. I have no problem whatsoever with the inclusion of an overtly political message at a sporting event because probably since the beginning of organised sport, there has always been politics lurking around in the change rooms. This is no different and no matter what the cultural right says, fine. It takes something pretty odd for me to agree with George Brandis but here we are.


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I am currently reading the book by Dolores Cannon, The Three Waves Of Volunteers And The New Earth and I am fascinated by the ideas and information it shares.
I will not tell everything contained in the book but I will give just a little review of it. The book says, ever since the creation of the earth, higher beings are helping to seed the earth with life form, they created human being. They helped human by providing various ideas and information through different means like dreams or just by ideas from no-where. In the process of development human made various invention and lately during World War II they developed nuclear bomb and used it against humanity. These nuclear bombs were not only capable to destroy the earth but the energy produced could effect the vibration of distant star system and reverberate through out the galaxy. So, the council of higher being decided to send the pure soul and some from directly the source to help the people of earth. The first waves of souls came during the end of World War II and now are in their 60s or 70s, second waves of volunteer are now in their 20s or 30s. They had a very hard time to survive in this world chaotic world of violence and negativity, most suffered from depression and suicidal thought and thought they don't belong here. These two waves of volunteers were not so enough to help the human of earth. So the third wave of volunteer were sent, who are in their teenage years. (Note: This book was published in 2011) Their DNA is highly sophisticated and made to survive in this world of struggle. The main purpose of these all volunteers is to increase the vibration of people through their activities and to bring peace in this world.
She also says that earth is changing its vibration. So those who are able to increase their vibration will enter into the new earth and those who are not will have to stay in the previous one of low vibration.
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The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) has launched its United for Homes Campaign. The campaign will reshape U.S. tax policy to make affordable housing more available to the nation's 10.1 million extreme low-income renter households.
At it's center is a proposal to modify the mortgage interest deduction for higher income Americans and invest the savings in the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) which was established to serve low-income housing needs. NJ could receive $33.3 million a year if the NHTF is funded!
The number of campaign endorsers has climbed to 961 and Monarch Housing Associates is proud to be one of those endorsers. Please help the NLIHC get to 1,000 endorsers! Click here to make your organization an endorser.
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The task before us now is to convince other Members of Congress to co-sponsor H.R. 1213. Monarch Housing plans to share the NLIHC call–to-action which is expected next week.
You can also join the next monthly webinar for campaign endorsers, which will be held on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. The webinar brief you on the details of H.R. 1213 and the findings of their recent public opinion poll, and to answer all of your questions.
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This month marks the recognition of ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, childhood cancer, leukemia, lymphoma and thyroid cancer. But, did you also know that tomorrow is a day of awareness and recognition for a rarer group of cancers?
Each year, about 14,500 people are diagnosed with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), a group of rare blood cancers originating in bone marrow. Tomorrow, September 11, 2014 is recognized as MPN Awareness Day. Living with a rare cancer like an MPN comes with a unique set of challenges that make raising awareness, tomorrow and every day, crucial—so that no one faces cancer alone.
What exactly is an MPN?
An MPN is a disease in which the bone marrow creates too many red blood cells, platelets or certain white blood cells, which can cause complications such as anemia, infection or fatigue as the extra cells build up in the blood and/or bone marrow. Types of MPNs include polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia and primary myelofibrosis.
Challenges of living with an MPN
- Getting an accurate diagnosis can sometimes be difficult.
- Unlike the other types of cancers being recognized this month, few people have heard of MPNs, causing those living with this diagnosis to feel isolated
- People living with an MPN don't always look sick
- Treatment for MPNs is often just to "watch and wait" or is symptom management only.
What you can do
If you are impacted by an MPN, there are several things you can do to feel empowered and live well with your diagnosis.
- Build a support network of friends and family you can count on.
- Communicate your emotional and physical concerns to your health care team so they can help you find support.
- Try to stay relaxed through stress-reducing activities such as yoga, meditation, light exercise or journaling.
- Take care of yourself by eating well, and getting plenty of sleep and exercise.
Want to learn more about this rare group of cancers and how you can help raise awareness of the challenges of living with this diagnosis? Check out this week's episode of Frankly Speaking About Cancer, and download this fact sheet on understanding MPNs. If you or a loved one is impacted by an MPN, you're not alone.
Take part in our MPN Awareness activities on social media during the entire month of September by following #MPNAware2014.


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Scandals and blunders threaten to leave charred remains of the multi-billion world of professional services. Can consultants get customers to keep the faith - and keep billing?
You wouldn't be able to tell at first glance, but the world of professional services – management consultants, advisors, chartered accountants and especially auditors – is under silent siege.
All it takes is Googling the right things to see: a management consultancy apologising to the people of South Africa for alleged graft and being unable to fix rolling blackouts in the country; another facing inquiries into nearly $33m in billings for a hospital in Sweden two years overdue and plagued with operational failures; an audit firm curiously placed amid the wreckage in Dubai of the largest private equity fund in the developing world; another that bungled the envelopes so badly that the wrong movie was announced 'Best Picture' at the Oscars.
That last one in 2017 might have been an honest (and embarrassing) mistake, possibly not in the same vein as the others. But it's hard to ignore it when considering the long line of costly controversies that have been cropping up in the news lately.
Trust is the only commodity you can really own with a client and it takes decades to build
One of the world's four most important professional services firms, KPMG hasn't been immune to controversy.
From the United States to the Arabian Gulf, its audit function has missed high profile collapses, including Carillion in the UK and Abraaj in Dubai, drawing the ire of regulators questioning why, to echo the words of Britain's Financial Reporting Council, the quality of its audits have registered an "unacceptable deterioration."
KPMG is the smallest of the major accounting firms, but shares a common denominator with them in that it too offers management consultancy - aka advisory services.
By internal standards that KPMG adheres to, the company's head of advisory in Dubai, Vikas Papriwal, says its management consultants are restricted "from taking on any management responsibility or do anything that might impact" any work that the firm might be doing with a client of its audit services. "I look after consultancy," he says, "and we're very proud that we follow those strictly."
However, the impact of scrutiny isn't lost on the 27 year veteran of the game. "The industry is under severe scrutiny on the audit side of the business," acknowledges Papriwal. "[But] when things like these happen, they impact the brand, regardless of which side they happen on."
The way the word 'transformation' has been bandied about, I think trust has been lost with some management consultancies
Compounding the trust deficit facing consultants is another issue, according to PA Consulting's Adam Hughes: "I think some of our competitors have taken a lot of money and not delivered the results."
London-headquartered PA Consulting employs 2,600 professionals around the world. In 2008, the firm had to face the prolonged ramifications of its own blunder – a consultant accidentally lost a USB containing data on some 84,000 of the UK's worst criminal offenders.
Fortunately, and almost uniquely, the firm has spent the last decade relatively keeping trouble-free. It continues to be a partner of choice for the public sector, including the government in the UK as well as Saudi Arabia. In the Middle East, nearly 50 percent of the firm's work in the region is for government clients.
Among the senior-most directors at the firm, Hughes has been in the business for nearly two and a half decades. It's what allows him to be candid when he says that clients at some firms aren't necessarily mistaken in feeling "fatigued" from employing consultants.
"People say that we'll come in and increase your internal capabilities and knowledge transfer but none of it materialises," he says.
We wouldn't do a piece of work for two months and then give it to client to figure out what to do about it
It also doesn't help "when a lot of consultants overstay their mark, keep billing and building on. It may have worked in some places but in others there's been a lot of failure," he says. "The way the word 'transformation' has been bandied about, I think trust has been lost with some management consultancies."
Papriwal isn't unaware of the criticism either. "At KPMG we co-create the solutions with the client. We wouldn't do a piece of work for two months and then give it to client to figure out what to do about it. So I imagine that's where some of this perception is coming from."
Industry 4.0 is going to be revolutionary. Management consultants, a professional class associated with suits crunching numbers, delivering powerpoint presentations and racking up airmiles, are now spending time hanging out with engineers.
Among the results of PA Consulting's partnership with Cambrdige UK-based Skipping Rock Labs is a possible edible alternative to plastic packaging and the re-invented Kitchen Towel. The latter is called Ora and "is among the best-selling products in it's class in the UK," says Hughes.
We cost a lot of money and people are not going to spend money to waste their time. You can't build a firm on that basis
Similarly, KPMG has built 12 'Digital Villages' around the world, including one in Abu Dhabi. They are places where businesses, entrepreneurs and technology developers can pilot prototyped digital solutions and test them outside closed environments.
Meanwhile, the company also advises clients in banking, financial services and aviation on how to adopt blockchain. "Fantastic," is how Papriwal describes the technology. "It is here to stay."
Besides geopolitics and market conditions, consultants are working hand in hand with engineers to understand and control the impact technology can have on business results. It helps illustrate an answer to a pertinent question: Why do businesses need management consultants?
"There is clearly a requirement," says Papriwal. "Companies are facing high levels of complexity... and they might not have all the skills in-house that they need to navigate those complexities."
In a complex world where companies like Google and Amazon are challenging other businesses to think differently about metrics, and new players haven't found processes calcified by legacy, tying a tangible business result to a cost could help set an equation between increasingly demanding customers and margin-hungry consultancies.
An increasingly prevalent practice, it's called outcome-based pricing, and found in service lines such as mergers and acquisitions, where a successful buy or sell triggers a cost, "thus tying the consultants fate to the company's success," says Papriwal.
I think some of our competitors have taken a lot of money and not delivered the results
Yet while it could alleviate some of the cost concerns around hiring consultants, it's hard to tangibly measure the result of some work that consultants do, "such as compliance, risk and reputation management," says Papriwal, "where the outcomes aren't always measurable in dollars."
There's a long-standing joke about consultants: A consultant is someone who borrows your watch to tell you the time, and then keeps your watch. The joke is so old that according to the BBC, even after hearing it countless times, McKinsey's now managing partner Emeritus, Dominic Barton, still gets riled by it.
"We cost a lot of money and people are not going to spend money to waste their time. You can't build a firm on that basis," he roared in an interview in 2016.
But while hiring a consultancy can bring tremendous financial results, Hughes and Papriwal, both multi-decade veterans of the industry agree that it's relationship and trust that get a firm hired.
"Over 25 years, a lot of my business, and therefore PA's business, is through referrals. So a lot of repeat business," he says. And when giving advice, Hughes employs what he calls "the red face test."
"If I give someone a piece of advice I'd like to be able to look myself in the mirror and not be embarrassed," he says, half in jest, the rest in earnest. "That puts the onus on us as consultants, to showing real capabilities, such as pace, agility, and ingenuity, and leave when the job is done."
"There is a perception that consulting firms can be expensive. But if you step back and look at the value well-executed projects can bring, they are enormous to the costs they incur," says Papriwal.
However, key to his firm's business in the region, and globally will be assuaging new customer concerns while continuing to build trust, slowly and steadily.
"Trust is the only commodity you can really own with a client and it takes decades to build. And these are not things that are happening for the first time. They might not even be the last time," he says referring to the issues the company is currently facing.
"But it's upon us, as KPMG and how we respond to it to restore that trust with our actions. And that's the journey we're on."


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MSI Launches ER710 (Turion64 X2) Notebook
MSI Launches ER710 (Turion64 X2) Notebook news post from TweakTown's online news computing and technology content pages.
MSI make headlines today with the launch of their new ER710 notebook. This little beast based on the AMD Turion64 X2 platform sports plenty of bells and whistles incl. a 17" WS, built-in 1.3MP webcam, a 4-in-1 card reader, HDMI and heaps more.
Grab the announcement here for full details on it.
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, Mar 15, 2007 - MSI today announces a new model to its line of notebook, the ER710. ER710 features in 17" ACV widescreen display, which can display multiple windows, so you can work and watch movie with your family at the same time. With impeccable video quality from HDMI interface, the ER710 offers your family the best way to enjoy their favorite movie titles and TV programs. Equipped with a built-in 1.3 mega pixel webcam right on top of the LCD, you can create amazing videos, shoot still photos or add live videos your instant messages while you chat. Other multimedia functions include 4-in-1 card reader, IEEE1394 connecting interface and a Muti-DVD burner, and more. With these tools, you can easy to edit or save high-quality photos and videos of your family. In addition, the ER710 uses the AMD Turion64 X2 Processor to deliver truly high performance computing power. The ER710 is ideal for you and your family to enjoy time together.
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… as well as The Hobbit, The Silmarillion and his other works.
This applies pretty much to any kind of book and book lover out there.
What really compels one to read the same book time and time again, when they already know the outcome?
Since this post also serves as a kind of self-reflective examination, I thought best to write it down as a monologue between myself, to try and understand what moves one to re-read a favourite piece of literature over and over. It reminds me of Galileo Galilei's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, in which three individuals discuss differing views on the orbit of the Earth and the Sun.


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Details: "Stay chic throughout your pregnancy with the ASOS Maternity collection. Flatter your bump with gorgeous maternity dresses, jeans, tops, pants and more, cleverly designed to accommodate your new curves. Combining the stylishness of our mainline collection with pregnancy-friendly features such as soft ruching, adjustable fastenings and flexible waistbands, our versatile maternity wear is the perfect fusion of fashion, comfort and a flawless fit."


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The Design and Prototyping Group of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing has developed a unique hybrid 3D printing process that allows electrical, optical and structural elements to be introduced throughout an additively manufactured component during the build process.
'THREAD' is a patent-pending process, which means components can now be manufactured with in-built, continuous connectivity and additional functionality passing through the X, Y and Z axes.
The fully automated THREAD process is suited to a variety of additive manufacturing (AM) platforms. It has so far been successfully demonstrated on machines used for 3D printing polymer components.
THREAD will be an advantage in the manufacture of components requiring encapsulated electronics. Components such as those used in medical prosthetics, consumer electronics or structural components that require electrical connections would have been secured externally to the component.
The AMRC is further developing the THREAD process and technology for various commercial markets.


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Hayley Carpenter thanks Our House for family support
Year 10 Tenterfield High School student Hayley Carpenter was so impressed with the care that Our House Lismore provided her grandparents that she initiated a fundraiser at the school with all proceeds going to the accommodation house.
Hayley calls her grandmother Helen Carpenter the 'rock of the family', but it was the extended Carpenter family that was rocked when Helen was diagnosed with breast cancer last year.
Thankfully Helen's long four-week stint in Lismore for treatment, along with lots of shorter stays, was made a little easier thanks to the convenience of Our House, just across the road from Lismore Base Hospital, giving patients and family members a temporary home.
Hayley said the family was already familiar with Our House after using it when her grandfather Keith needed treatment. The Carpenters are far from being the only Tenterfield people making use of the facility. Our House's Rebecca Battista said 23 per cent of all residents come from Tenterfield, and there's been a big jump in the past 12 months.
The facility is not only for patients but also carers and family members, and stays range from overnight to several months. It caters not only to those undergoing cancer treatment but also other medical conditions or even just with an early pre-op appointment, and rooms are usually available when required.
"It's takes the worry out of travel, and there's onsite parking," Rebecca said.
Those from more than 100 kilometres away can apply for an IPTAAS (Isolated Patients Travel and Accommodation Assistance Scheme) allowance so they're only $20 a night out of pocket, although they can also apply for assistance through the Our House Hardship Fund for some of this fee to be waived.
The fund is replenished through community donations, and often from past guests on a 'pay it forward' basis. Hayley can opt to have the proceeds from her fundraising go towards this fund, or to a current project to upgrade the microwave and seating in each of the rooms.
The purpose-built home-away-from-home is now six years old and needs a little refurbishment, but it that time it has provided shelter for 6000 visitors.
Along with juggling her studies Hayley decamped to her grandparents' place to look after Keith Monday to Friday while Helen received her treatment. It was at school that she had the idea to do what she could to show her appreciation to Our House, and found that the school was right behind her.
"I was so nervous approaching the principal (Sandra Rosner), but she said it was 'a lovely idea', and it snowballed from there," Hayley said.
The school celebrated an out-of-uniform day, encouraging students to come dressed in the yellow-and-blue theme of Our House. SRC (Student Representative Council) members collected a gold coin donation from participating students, and the Year 11 students helped out at a sausage sizzle which raised more money, for a total of around $400.
Hayley thanked the school community for its support. With Helen now finished her treatment, Hayley hopes the family won't be as regular guests of Our House as in the past.
"But it's good to know it's there," she said.
Helen is one proud grandmother, full of praise not only for Hayley but for the care she received at Our House.
'They just treat you so well," she said.
Various community organisations come in on Tuesdays and Thursdays to provide dinner, with other days self-catered. Helen said the complex is just like a big motel with 20 rooms, along with a communal kitchen, gardens and a playground, provided at minimal cost to guests.
"That's what you need when you have so much else going on," she said.
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Physician Lecture Series – Mark R. Kutyla, DPM
Lexington Medical Center is pleased to present Mark R. Kutyla, DPM from Lexington Podiatry for his lecture "Healing Heel Pain".
Lexington Medical Center is pleased to present Mark R. Kutyla, DPM from Lexington Podiatry for his lecture "Healing Heel Pain".
The Zika Virus has become a major concern for the the World Health Organization. The mosquito-borne illness may be linked to birth defects including microcephaly in newborns. Dr. Samantha Morton of Carolina Women's Physicians, a Lexington Medical Center physician practice, was a guest on WLTX to talk about what moms-to-be in South Carolina need to know about this virus.
Here are some notes from Dr. Morton's interview:
1. The Zika Virus is transmitted by a mosquito that has previously bitten someone who has the virus.
2. While the mosquito that can carry the Zika Virus is in South Carolina, no patients have been diagnosed with the Zika Virus from a mosquito that has bitten them in the United States.
3. There is some evidence that the Zika Virus may be responsible for causing some birth defects including microcephaly. Microcephaly is a condition where a baby's brain does not grow properly during pregnancy. But so far, there is no definitive link.
4. The only people who need to be concerned right now are individuals who have traveled to areas that are endemic for the Zika Virus, including South America, Central America and Mexico. for this particular virus. If you have symptoms, talk to your health care provider.
5. Pregnant women should avoid travel to the countries where cases have been diagnosed.
For more information about the Zika Virus, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.
With our fast-paced lives, losing weight can be easier said than done. Between keeping up with busy work schedules, children's activities and daily housework, eating healthy and exercising can become an obstacle and challenge.That's where a new weight-loss procedure at the South Carolina Obesity Surgery Center, a Lexington Medical Center physician practice, comes in. It's called Orbera, and Lexington Medical Center is the first hospital in the Southeast to offer it.
"Orbera is ideal for people who are 25 to 60 pounds overweight, and who need a jump start to begin to lose weight and improve their health," said Marc Antonetti, MD, FACS, surgeon with the South Carolina Obesity Surgery Center.
Orbera is a soft, silicone balloon with saline that's designed to fit comfortably in your stomach. Its volume and shape are meant to take up space in the stomach, which encourages portion control by making you feel full and giving you the edge to finally lose weight.
This video shows how it works.
Doctors place Orbera in the stomach through a simple, non-surgical, outpatient procedure completed under sedation. There is no incision and patients can go home the same day. In fact, the FDA-approved procedure only takes 20 to 30 minutes.
Orbera is a tool that will remain in place for six months. During that time, patients receive comprehensive education from clinicians and dietitians at the South Carolina Obesity Surgery Center about healthy eating, including information about nutritious foods, portion size and meal planning. They are monitored on a routine basis."About 60 percent of the United States population is a candidate for this procedure – because they need to lose between 25 and 60 pounds," said Dr. Antonetti. "Our goal is to reach out to teach people about appropriate nutrition and prevent them from becoming morbidly obese."
In addition to making patients feel full and causing weight loss, Orbera will condition patients to eat smaller meals and require less food. After six months, the balloon is removed. By that time, patients have established healthy lifestyle choices to continue to lose weight and keep it off.
Losing weight is important for cardiovascular and overall health. There are many options available at Lexington Medical Center.
For more information about Orbera, visit SCObesity.com.


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NPR Examines Likelihood President-Elect Trump Will Reinstate 'Mexico City Policy'
NPR: Will Trump Reinstate Reagan's Abortion Rule For International Charities?
"…In 1984, then-President Ronald Reagan imposed an antiabortion rule — known as the 'Mexico City policy' after the city where he announced it. The rule blocked federal funding for international family planning charities unless they agreed not to 'promote' abortion [as a method of family planning] by, among other actions, providing patients with information about the procedure or referrals to providers who perform it. Since then, every time the U.S. presidency has changed party hands, the incoming leader has reversed his predecessor's position on the ban. … Will President-elect Trump continue the pattern by reimposing the policy? Trump hasn't taken a public position thus far. … [W]hen it comes to the Mexico City policy, 'it's widely expected that President Trump will put it back in place,' says Jennifer Kates, vice president and director of Global Health & HIV Policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation…" (Aizenman, 12/6).


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HOUSTON, Texas: US President Richard Nixon gave moon rocks collected by Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 astronauts to 135 countries around the world and the 50 US states as a token of American goodwill.
While some hold pride of place in museums and scientific institutions, many others are unaccounted for — they have either gone missing, were stolen or even destroyed over the decades.
The list below recounts the stories of some of the missing moon rocks and others that were lost and later found.
It is compiled from research done by Joseph Gutheinz Jr, a retired NASA special agent known as the "Moon Rock Hunter," his students, and collectSPACE, a website which specializes in space history.
• Both the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 moon rocks presented to perpetually war-wracked Afghanistan have vanished.
• One of the moon rocks destined for Cyprus was never delivered due to the July 1974 Turkish invasion of the island and the assassination of the US ambassador the following month.
It was given to NASA years later by the son of a US diplomat but has not been handed over to Cyprus.
• Honduras's Apollo 17 moon rock was recovered by Gutheinz and Bob Cregger, a US Postal Service agent, in a 1998 undercover sting operation baptized "Operation Lunar Eclipse."
It had been sold to a Florida businessman, Alan Rosen, for $50,000 by a Honduran army colonel. Rosen tried to sell the rock to Gutheinz for $5 million. It was seized and eventually returned to Honduras.
• Ireland's Apollo 11 moon rock was on display in Dublin's Dunsink Observatory, which was destroyed in a 1977 fire. Debris from the observatory — including the moon rock — ended up in the Finglas landfill.
• The Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 moon rocks given to then Libyan leader Col. Muammar Qaddafi have vanished.
• Malta's Apollo 17 moon rock was stolen from a museum in May 2004. It has not been found.
• Nicaragua's Apollo 17 moon rock was allegedly sold to someone in the Middle East for $5-10 million. Its Apollo 11 moon rock ended up with a Las Vegas casino owner, who displayed it for a time in his Moon Rock Cafe. Bob Stupak's estate turned it over to NASA when he died. It has since been returned to Nicaragua.
• Romania's Apollo 11 moon rock is on display in a museum in Bucharest. Romania's Apollo 17 moon rock is believed to have been sold by the estate of former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, who was executed along with his wife, Elena, on Christmas Day 1989.
Spain's Apollo 17 moon rock is on display in Madrid's Naval Museum after being donated by the family of Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, who was assassinated by the Basque separatist group ETA in 1973.
Spain's Apollo 11 moon rock is missing and is believed to be in the hands of the family of former dictator Francisco Franco.


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Just got back from my second ABT Kayak round at Paynesville and all I can say is what a disaster. Broke a rod , my phone took a dip and did not land a Bream.
I am really disappointed as my usual Bream fishing tactics (Camo worm and a few lures) did not work and have realised by observing others in the comp (the amount of different lures they had) that I really need to change things like getting to know someone that can teach this old fella what lures he needs and how to use them. Also someone to go on trips and learn a few things that will help me in competitions
Is there anyone out there than can assist me please?


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We are currently offering free delivery on all orders over £40 to help to minimise unnecessary travel.
Pricecheck is an award-winning family business supplying branded excess consumer goods throughout the UK and worldwide.
With their exciting move to bigger and better premises, Pricecheck came to us to design new business stationery for them. We designed a range of stationery for Pricecheck including business cards, letterheads, compliment slips and sales invoice. Keeping the design simple, we used Pricecheck's blue colour palette with clear white space to make the stationery look high quality and professional.