CHATSWORTH, Calif. — Pipedream has unveiled 12 new additions to the Neon collection of vibrators.
The entry-level collection is phthalate-free, perfect for beginners, and comes in bright, colorful packaging designed to shine in any retail environment.
The Neon Gems feature lifelike textures recognizable from its sister vibes, the Neon Lil' Gems. The slender PVC vibes feature an easy-access multi-speed dial at the base that controls whisper-quiet vibrations.
Both additions are available in the traditional Neon color palette of pink, purple, blue, green, yellow and orange. Totally waterproof, they can be taken to the shower or hot tub to turn bath time into playtime.
View the complete list of Pipedream's latest new galley. For customers who haven't already received them, all Pipedream catalogs are available by request from a distributor. Online catalogs are available in multiple formats, including the Neon PDF. Product videos are also available to download for in-store or online use from PDTV.


The route has been revised and is slightly different from last year. This a club social ride, there will be no dividing into two groups. Members need to stay together through the lanes…….or you will get lost! We will proceed through Baglan , Port Talbot, Pyle and Laleston. After a short stretch of the A48 we fork left for Merthyr Mawr continuing through St.Brides and onto Macross and St.Donats. We should have our first stop in the bike shop at Llantwit Major. We then proceed to St. Athan, Llancadle and up to Bonvilston. We then cross the A48 and take the road to Welsh St.Donats and on to our second stop at Oscars in Cowbridge. We then follow the lanes back via Llandow to Castle upon Alan and continue to Southerndown and Ogmore and Merthyr Mawr again retracing our route back to Pyle and Margam etc,. The distance is around 90 miles or more depending where you live. Please make your family aware that you are going to be out longer than usual. Bob H, club captain.
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My true heart will always be with Italy, but I am considering taking a mistress. Her name is Rioja and her siren's song is Lopez de Heredia.
I first read about the wines of Lopez de Heredia in Alice Feiring's first novel, The Battle for Wine and Love: or How I Saved the World from Parkerization. I was so intrigued by her description of these dusty, rich reds and slightly oxidative, honey-colored whites, that I went out and picked up a couple of bottles.
The 1991 Tondonia was golden- almost orange. The aromas of this wine are fun to describe- warm, beguiling and complex- certainly hints of herbs like rosemary and thyme, with the fruitiness of dried apricots, caramelized sugar and the indescribable saline smell of the ocean at low tide. 90% Viura and 10% Malvasia grapes.
the wine that cements Rioja's place in my wine cellar. This wine is aggressively mineral, but does not lack the fleshy ripe plum you'd expect. Aeomatically complex, this wine reminded me of Burgundian Pinot Noir in all the right ways- slate, red fruit, a little bit of bog funk and petrol- this is definitely a new favorite for me. 80% Tempranillo, 15% Garnacha, 5% Graciano and Mazuelo grapes.
I found both wines at Hi Time Wine Cellars, for much less than you'd expect to spend on bottled happiness. We decided to crack them open with a bunch of old friends- does life get any sweeter? A big thanks to our fabulous "photographer" for the evening, Lee Wright.
Some of the best matches for these wines- various cured meats and cheeses.
Enjoying the company, and the vino.
Uva Autoctona di Piemonte… Nebbiolo di Dronero!
If they made wine on Mars… to Infinity and Beyond!


Here's the brand new version of the Welcome to San Antonio video! This is shown to the more than 8 million peeps that pass by San Antonio International Airport every year! Yikes! That's a lot of peeps!
A TON of work went into the post-production and production in getting all the different and cool shots all over town. From all the different events and places, it's a lot of fun revisiting and updating a video that has a massive impact to the City of San Antonio. One key member of the Mayor's team said it was a "Masterpiece".
What we try and do, is bottle the tremendous energy of San Antonio into one video that'll inspire people to really visit these super cool places and events and have a great outlook on what San Antonio really means.
Much thanks to the Aviation Department and the Mayor's Office in trusting us. Special thanks to Bobby Salluce and Cat Velez for organizing everything.


"In early August the sport and high technology are combined with greek mythology in an event that sounds extreme ..."
Sea, air, currents, wind, waves to tame, the memories of an ancient past that still lives in the modern sports using ultra hi-tech from 1st to 5th August in Reggio Calabria.
Everything turns around some very "cool" sport, as so exclusive as so spectacular: kite surfing, sailing, windsurfing groove the waves of a deep-sea, in the same strait of water where Ulysses tamed the elements, between sea and mythological monsters, between nature and mystery, adrenaline and fear, between pride and the thrilling challenge against themselves.
To film all that the helicopter, used to coordinate the race and the TV/movie, will not be enought to cover the 5 days of competitions, training, and simulations/show. Clearly, for organizing this 5th edition of the Continent-Island GPS Green Crossing Race 2012, it was still necessary some news to share with the others all the emotions experienced by the participants.
For this the NewKiteZone's team, the IKO Kitesurfing Center of Pellaro (Reggio Calabria, Italy), event's organizer, decided to track athletes in the water with a GPS software, usnig the high technology of Android smartphones and projecting the positions and the race on the videowall of the SurfVillage, set on the central seafront in Reggio Calabria, and let enjoy the match live on comfortably in the bleachers of the Arena Franco Ciccio.
Crews and men coming not only from all over Italy, will offer an extraordinary sight, driven only by wind, reliving and reviving old feelings in challenging the limits for reasonableness would unattainable.
Instead, fast kite-surfing and windsurfing are capable of speeds of up to annihilate us and let us able to bet for one or the other in a war that lasts less than we might think to cover 23km (13Nautical Miles about), the path you need to go from Reggio, touching the shores of Sicily near Tremestieri, south of Messina and retuning to Reggio.
The previous editions of the first brave did that in just about 34 minutes!
Driven by and only the pure wind, force of arms, legs and a big dose of courage.
We seen different races in Europe but this, actually, is so extreme and spectacular this is why it unquestionably attracts and involves the audience so much.
Weather permitting, the sailing / races will be different: kitesurfers against windsurfers, lasers, and the majestic Yachts (that will compete for the first time), all under the satellite tracking system that will involve the public, even when the race will be away from the coast, and so they can cheer their favorite teams and athletes.
GPS Crossing The Continent-Island GPS Green Crossing Race, or simply "Traversata", is now a consolidated and prestigious Sail Classic Event and an exciting challenge of sea and wind, and for this reason, every year, revives interest and curiosity, stimulating approach to the sports involved.
Over fifty competitors this year, another about full booked, from everywhere, remain affected by the changing landscape offered by unusual scenery and a war of emotions.
The modern challenge so high-tech is exciting. The audience follows from the amphitheater / arena, photographer, fans, admire the performances, the flights and acrobatics with breathtaking high jumps in water and let willingly involving themselves personally from the attractions of the fitness activities or simply sistening to the music of surfvillage.
The Kite, new entry in the next Olympic of Rio 2016, will battle until the last breath of wind .
The 2012 edition is rich of news, not just the new site, in English and Italian (www.traversata.it), and celebrates a mirage in which heroes of mythology come alive in modern kite's-tamers, reviving an ancient link between epic, sports, culture, tradition and reality.
To act as masters of the whole "festival of the sea" will be just the "warriors in flight", during the five day, will color the skies and will be reflected in the waters of Reggio Calabria with their kite along with the windsurfing sails.
During the event the performance of athletes impress the audience with a series of shows and races, different every day and that will be the subject of shooting a in a photocontest, for photographers, artists, film makers. They will compete in the production of artistic elaborate that will be voted on Facebook and by a jury.
On the land, next to the water-area, every day till night, the animation and music drive the fitness activities of the surf-village, managed by professionals and leaders, integrated perfectly with new wellness area.
In short, there are all the ingredients for another successful event that every year sees to grow: audience, partecipants, visitors, athletes, sponsors of international prestige.
All that remains is to suggest to all, sailing enthusiasts and not, to take commitments from 1st till 5th August and visit Reggio Calabria for one of the most interesting events of the Italian Summer; it promises to reserve five days of absolute fun.


The Trebles of The St. Luke's Choir, children aged 8 to 15, will receive scholarship to travel to England to sing Evensong in summer residencies at Gloucester and Lichfield Cathedrals. This life-changing experience of singing for worship every day in resplendent acoustical settings will help to develop the kids' musical and spiritual growth. During our stay we will tweet, blog-post, and send pictures and video to our donors and followers, our "1000 People to England."
For well over a century, St. Luke's Episcopal Church of Evanston has enriched the cultural and spiritual life of Chicagoland through its music programs. Long recognized a leader in the teaching and performance of church music, St. Luke's today continues its rich tradition of praising God through expertly performed Anglican choral music. The St. Luke's model of choral singing, in which children sing the soprano (or treble) part, follows the ancient tradition of cathedral choirs in Britain, but updated to include girls as well as boys. This model provides unique opportunities for children to participate fully in Sunday morning worship. Young trebles are equal musical partners with their adult colleagues in the alto, tenor and bass sections.


Beat those post-holiday blues with the Candy plan and start the year right!
Ready to run away at the sight of another endless buffet? Can't stand the thought of another festive late night? If you're down with the holiday hangover—eyebags, extra pounds, and all—we've got some tips to get you back on track!
The perfect way to cleanse your system is to drink water—lots of it! Go beyond the recommended eight glasses and do your body a favor. If you want something with flavor, think before you reach for another soda can! Tea is a healthy alternative. Or try making some fresh dalandan juice instead.
The tip to detoxifying is to go back to the basics—have a bowl of fiber-rich cereal or oatmeal for breakfast instead of an entire plate of oily beef tapa and eggs. It's guaranteed to cleanse your system and leave you feeling light the rest of the morning. The idea is to eat small quantities spread throughout the day, instead of filling yourself up at each meal. Next time you hit the nearest fast food joint with your buddies, choose garden salad over fried chicken, and orange juice over a large coke. Add some greens to your daily diet! You'll feel the difference in no time.
Was the couch your best friend this Christmas vacation? Get up! Although it definitely isn't easy to rush into your regular exercise schedule right away, start slow by walking around the house. Walk to the kitchen to get your own glass of water the next time you're thirsty. Find reason to get out of your room and use the stairs more often—whether it's just to get some fresh laundry or fix a snack for your parents. Pretty soon, you can start jogging around your village!
This article originally appeared in the January-February 2006 issue of Magazine.


Death is scary. Whether it's the death of a pet, death of a loved one, or the death of a dream caused by the loss of health, or home, or relationship, or relevance, death is scary and confusing. It can leave us feeling lonely or maybe even feeling unnecessarily guilt. It can leave an empty feeling inside. It can punch us in the gut and take our very breath away. It can render us speechless, immobile, and numb. Death when it strikes at just the right (or wrong) time it can even cause us to question our faith, question the very reality of God. Death can shake the very foundations of our own lives, leaving us wondering if anything will ever be the same again.
The death of Jesus shook the very foundations of the earth. When Matthew tells the story of the crucifixion of Jesus it's a cosmic affair. There is no doubt left in anyone's mind that the death of Jesus of Nazareth matters to the creator and Lord of all the universe. The curtain of the temple was torn in two. The earth shook with grief, and the rocks were split. Even strong tombs were opened by the earth-shattering reality that God had died.
Yes, death can shake the very foundations of our world, like the earthquake that shook the ground as Jesus breathed his last breath on the cross. Death topples mountains into the sea. Death swallows up the living in tidal waves. Death sneaks in the night when we barely expect it.
Death is scary. Death is unavoidable, even for the Son of God, and yet we all want to believe that there's somebody out there who can defy it.
In Matthew's gospel, it seems that the women among Jesus' followers do believe, that maybe, just maybe the One whose death caused the earth to shake could possibly have been telling the truth about his life after death. The women come to the tomb in Matthew's gospel empty-handed; they come with the sole desire "to see." The women who were there throughout his ministry, providing for him in body and spirit, the women who were there when he foretold his death and resurrection, the women who were there when he took that last earth shattering breath, the women who were there when his body was laid in the tomb show up with nothing but expectancy, nothing but hope.
And when they arrive, just as the first day of the week was dawning, the earth quaked again. As an angel of the Lord descended, as he rolled back the stone right before their eyes, as he perched himself triumphantly on that very stone, a proud messenger from God, the earth shook from its very foundations, this time with unbound joy, because Jesus lives again. The geological event points again to the source of the miracle – – only the Sovereign over all the earth, only the one who began creation on the first day of the week with the separation of the light of day from the dark of night, could again cause the earth to quake early in the light of a new day, with the good news of new life, the good news of Jesus' resurrection.
Yes, death is scary, and the two women named Mary aren't exempt from the fear that caused the guards at the tomb to drop like dead men. And the angel, recognizing this natural reaction, says what angels often say, "Do not be afraid!" Even as they left the tomb, having come and seen and now following the direction to go and tell, the women left with fear. But it wasn't fear alone.
Friends, we have come here this morning for all sorts of different reasons. Some have come with what looks like from the outside an unshakable faith. Some have come, let's be honest, because mom or grandpa asked. And I imagine a whole bunch of us, if not all of us, have come because even though death is scary and this story seems far-fetched there is something that is kindled inside of us, some curiosity, some expectancy, some seed of wonder that is planted when the organ swells, and the choir sings, and the familiar words are proclaimed that makes us think there just might be something worthwhile here. There just might be someone death-defying, someone life-giving, someone true.
That's how the women went to the tomb on Easter morning, and ultimately what they found was joy. In the midst of their grief, in the midst of the confusion, in the midst of even their fear, they found joy.
This morning as the dawn was breaking in Eastern Africa, worshipers began to gather at Christian churches in Kenya to worship the Risen Christ in services of prayer dedicated to the 148 men and women who lost their lives on the night of Jesus' betrayal and arrest. Not just in Nairobi, not just in the countless towns and villages where Christians live across that beautiful country, but even in the town of Garissa where the faithful believe what the angel said, "Do not be afraid. He is not here; for he has been raised, as he said." When they gathered there was mourning and the collective sharing of sorrow, but there was also singing, the clapping of hands, and even dancing, because in the Risen Christ these saints have found, we can find, the one who defies death; we can find joy.
And when we find joy we are blessed with courage, the courage to face death, the courage to breathe again ourselves, the courage to go quickly and tell, "Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!" Alleluia! Amen!


Welcome home to this MOVE-IN-READY cozy 3 BR, 2.5 bath Cape. FRONT OF HOME FACES COMPLETELY SOUTH! Enjoy your time on the spacious porch looking out at the beautifully landscaped backyard. Private master BR & Bath upstairs. CLOSE TO NYC TRANSPORTATION, SHOPPING MALLS & SUPERMARKETS! In 2016 the skylights, windows and front door were all installed with a lifetime warranty and transferable to new owner. The roof has a 50-year warranty. AC compressor & hot water heater also installed in 2016. Laundry facilities are located in the basement. ELECTRIC SERVICE WAS UPGRADED TO 200 AMPS IN 2010.


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Q: React Material Modal TransitionProps not firing onEntering So I am working to update Material UI to v5, and I first got an error that onEntering is deprecated and to use transitionprops.
I have a method, let's call it doSomething, that I want to fire when the modal opens.
If I do it like this, I don't have any errors, but doSomething is not called when the modal is opened:
<Modal
   TransitionProps = {{ onEntering: (): void => doSomething() }}
>
...
</Modal>

On the other hand, if I do the following, there is an infinite loop of doSomething being called, as well as an error about void is not assignable to type ((node: HTMLElement, isAppearing: boolean) => void) | undefined
<Modal
   TransitionProps= {{ onEntering: doSomething() }}
>
...
</Modal>

I have checked the material upgrade documentation, and it has no good examples of what to do on the assigning of the function/method to be called during the transitions.
It just shows that instead of onEntering={doSomething} to use TransitionProps={{ onEnter, onEntering, etc. }} which does not help in regards to how to set onEntering to call the function.

A: Your issue may stem from the fact that TrasitionProps exists on the Dialog, not the Modal (Dialog inherits from Modal, which in turn inherits from @mui/base's headless Unstyled Modal).
Modal
If you're attempting to handle these events on a Modal, you'd pass the handlers to your own transition component (in my example, I used Fade):
import Modal from "@mui/material/Modal";
import Fade from "@mui/material/Fade";

...

<Modal open={open}>
  <Fade
    onEntered={handleEntered}
    onExiting={handleExiting}
    onExited={handleExited}
    in={open}
  >
    ...
  </Fade>
</Modal>

Working CodeSandbox: https://codesandbox.io/s/spring-field-sw9fxq?file=/demo.js
Dialog
If you're attempting to handle these events on a Dialog, you'd  pass the handlers via TransitionProps to the Dialog:
import Dialog from "@mui/material/Dialog";

...

<Dialog
  open={open}
  TransitionProps={{
    onEntered: handleEntered,
    onExiting: handleExiting,
    onExited: handleExited
  }}
>
  ...
</Dialog>

Working CodeSandbox: https://codesandbox.io/s/jolly-sanne-0t5mks?file=/demo.js

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation will air on a new night this season and now have a new star as well.
CBS surprisingly announced Tuesday night that Ted Danson will be a series regular, replacing the already departed Laurence Fishburne.
Danson will be playing the yet to be named supervisor of the "grave shift" after heading a CSI crime lab in Portland.
"From the moment we all started talking about the role, it was clear he couldn't be more perfect," executive producer Don McGill said in a publicity release. "Intelligence, wit, warmth, depth of character and emotion. He brings it all."
Danson is best known as a comedy actor, primarily for Cheers and lately on HBO's Bored to Death, where he'll remain in the cast. But he also effectively played a ruthless billionaire on FX's Damages.
CSI is shifting to Wednesdays at 9 p.m. (central) in the fall, with the Season 12 premiere scheduled for Sept. 21st. CBS says that Danson's character will debut in that episode.
***Meanwhile, Damages begins its fourth season on Wednesday, July 13th, but on a new network. The hard-edged legal serial drama, starring Glenn Close, will be the exclusive property of DirecTV. And unlike that network's deal with Friday Night Lights and NBC, there are no current plans for FX or any other network to then air the reruns.
***Back on FX, Rescue Me will air directly opposite Damages, with its seventh and final series also launching on Wednesday, July 13th at 9 p.m. (central). Nine episodes are scheduled, with the series finale set for Sept. 7th.


Maximize your comfort and protection from hazardous airborne irritants with the Stanley Disposable N95 Welding Respirator Mask with Exhalation Valve and Boomerang Nose Seal. The exhalation valve on this lightweight, disposable respirator mask eases breathing by expelling warm air. The adjustable boomerang nose seal provides a snug and secure fit. Latex-free and humidity-resistant, this breathing mask is N95-approved for solid and liquid particulates, including oils. This covers hot/dusty operations like sanding and sweeping, and also metal-working applications like welding, soldering, brazing, torch cutting, metal pouring and grinding. The durable two-strap construction fits most faces and provides added comfort and security.


Jeff Scofield is quickly becoming a household name – that is, if your household revolves around fast cars, lifted trucks, custom builds, and performance. A few of his creations have already graced these very pages in the recent past. Remember the F-250 named "Impulse"? One of the latest beasts to roll out of Scofield Performance is pictured here: a 2017 Ford F-450 Super Duty. In case you aren't yet familiar, allow me to fill you in! Scofield Performance is a venture born about a year ago.
Scofield Performance specializes in both Ford cars and trucks, but its forte is custom designs. Jeff says that the shop's focus is one-off transformations, rather than simple bolt-on projects.
So back to this sweet F-450, Jeff knew for a while that a dually was in his future, and when he saw the White Platinum Metallic Tri-Coat '17 sitting on the Brandon Ford lot, it was a match made in heaven. The truck was destined to become the promotional vehicle for Scofield Performance, so Jeff knew it would have to be the ultimate attention grabber. It was also going to be tasked with hauling his GT500 and the aforementioned F-250, so the build was going to have to be equal parts show and go.
The F-450 is powered by its original 6.7-liter Power Stroke turbocharged diesel engine, which has been left untouched, save for the GDP Tuning Engine Management system, which boosts power ratings to 470 horsepower and 925 lb-ft of torque.
Jeff decided on Advanced Flow Engineering (AFE) 5-inch straight pipes to give the truck a powerful growl, while the transmission and rear end have retained their stock status.
For this build, Jeff decided on a Kelderman 5-6-inch lift suspension paired with the AccuAir e-Level Air Management Package. The Kelderman system features upper and lower air bag mounting brackets with industrial strength air bags, air lines, and fittings all around, along with radius arm drop brackets, a pitman arm, a dual steering stabilizer bracket, and a track bar drop bracket in the front of the truck. In the rear, Kelderman's 5-6-inch 4-Link Rear Air Suspension design includes axle clamps, adjustable trailing arms, trailing arm mounts, panhard bar mount, adjustable rear panhard bar, rear crossmember, and accumulator tanks. Meanwhile, the AccuAir e-Level system features a controller, VU4 4-Corner Valve Unit, Viair 480C Compressors, and dual endo 5-gallon aluminum air tanks.
The Kelderman kit is designed to create clearance for the massive 37-inch tires that Jeff has decided to roll on. Speaking of those tires, they're Toyo Open Country M/Ts (37X13.50R20), wrapped around red American Force Bruiser SD Series wheels (22x8.25), and secured by CNC-machined True Spike lug nuts.
Because the truck was designed to turn heads, the exterior modifications are plentiful. Kelderman Alpha Series bumpers have been fitted onto the front and the rear, while an Overkill Fabrications grille was chosen for an aggressive front end appearance. For attention, even in the dark, Rigid Industries lighting elements and color-changing Bullseye Retro headlights were chosen. A Warn Zeon 12 Platinum winch was installed to allow for towing capabilities, along with a Royal Hooks tow hook.
There was no way that the stock paint was going to grab enough attention on its own, so Jeff employed the help of James Anderson for custom paint work, and Anderson Performance Coatings (APC), of Inverness, Florida, created the powder-coated finishes. The combination of the stunning paint and the wheel choice turns heads constantly.
With somewhere around 5,000 miles currently reading on the odometer, Jeff says he really has no plans in mind for the F-450's near future. When asked if there was anything he would have done differently knowing what he knows now, he said absolutely not. We can't blame him – this F-450 is a stunner.
Lighting: Rigid Industries lighting, Bullseye Retro headlights.
This was a short generation, but it was no less sweet because of it.


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Oukitel K10 smartphone comes with 11000 mAh battery & 5V/5A high-speed charger!
Home Phones Oukitel K10 smartphone comes with 11000 mAh battery & 5V/5A high-speed charger!
Since this popular Chinese company has appeared on the smartphone market, in the meantime they introduced several mobile phones with a large capacity battery like the Oukitel K10000 Pro. Nothing is different today.
In fact, they will at the beginning of next year introduce a new smartphone called Oukitel K10 with even stronger battery which will have 11,000 mAh battery capacity. Also new information you can read on the Oukitel official site.
The new Ouktel K10 will have a large 6 inch display with FHD + resolution which is 2160 x 1080 pixels with 18: 9 ratio. Unlike regular 2.5D curved glass including high polishing, the K10 has some new tech edge cutting method, followed by plate polishing.
The Oukitel K10 boasts a lithium-polymer battery with big capacity of 11,000 mAh, which is signed by BAK, a known name among battery company in the world. This is a high-density battery and thanks to an intelligent energy-saving system specifically designed for large batteries, the Oukitel K10 will last up to a week of use.
To make things better, the company has also prepared a special charger for quick charging 5V / 5A. For now, it has not been officially confirmed how much battery will be charged quickly.
Unlike the other company smartphones with strong batteries, the Oukitel K10 will have a strong hardware because it comes with 6 GB of RAM, and 64 GB of internal memory. In other words, this smartphone could easily be the top model among other smartphones with large capacity battery.
It is expected that the Oukitel K10 will be available for sale in early 2018, and until then more information can be found on Oukitel's official site.


Seattle: Amazon.com Inc. is cutting hundreds of jobs at its headquarters in Seattle, paring back older departments focused on selling goods online while hiring in newer lines of business like cloud computing and its Alexa platform.
The reductions are part of a broader reorganization at the company, but some see the moves as a shift toward using more robots and computers for functions once performed by humans.
Amazon is automating tasks such as forecasting demand for new products and negotiating their prices, said Michael Lagoni, chief executive officer of Stackline, an e-commerce data analytics firm that helps brands and manufacturers sell on Amazon.
For instance, someone selling televisions would have to call an Amazon buyer, show them the product and negotiate terms for selling it on the platform. Now, those functions have been mostly automated, Lagoni said. Amazon is also making manufacturers and suppliers do more work—such as coordinating marketing and promotions—things that Amazon used to handle internally, he said.
"Amazon's business is growing, not declining," said Lagoni, who spent a year at Amazon before launching his company. "They are either automating the work or passing it back to manufacturers to do themselves."
The reduction in positions is modest for Amazon, which counted 566,000 total employees at the end of 2017, up 66% from the previous year due largely to its acquisition of Whole Foods.
Amazon didn't comment specifically on the use of automation.
"As part of our annual planning process, we are making headcount adjustments across the company—small reductions in a couple of places and aggressive hiring in many others," the company said in an emailed statement. "For affected employees, we work to find roles in the areas where we are hiring."
Amazon has 3,900 corporate jobs open in Seattle, part of 12,000 such positions open worldwide, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Amazon has been expanding in e-commerce categories such as groceries, fashion and furniture while also building its cloud-computing division Amazon Web Services and finding new uses for its voice-activated Alexa service.
Amazon said last year that it planned to create 100,000 jobs in the US as it bulks up fulfilment centres and adds more customer service representatives. The company is also in the process of choosing a city for its second headquarters, dubbed HQ2, where it plans to create 50,000 jobs in the next 10 to 15 years.


Any home and also company holder recognizes that traditional tile cleaning, as well as ordinary grout washing solutions don't have the desired effect. Most especially if you're striving to take out uncooperative dirt and grime that are contained inside tile floors and grout. That's since grout, which is actually porous material, gathers dirt, soot and leaks, always discoloring the image surface. Everyday cleaning absolutely don't reach the non-visual dust which positioned deep inside the grout outlines.
Most of man-designed ceramic tiles hold low porosity and they are also for this reason very immune to dirt and grime. For sure, it is usually technologically easy to use a high-class impregnating solution sealant to man-designed ceramic tiles that may deliver a minor levels of protection, but it can be really not beneficial. In addition, the grout could be extremely permeable and should get covered to remain far more resistant to filth and soiling.
That is why Mclean Carpet Cleaners does look at your current floors before anything else.This particular inspection will guide our team to find out certainly the top rated process and solution for your tile flooring. After that our qualified professionals uses high-pressure tools specially created to clean tile floor surfaces. And with this, our employees does make use of distinctive cleansing agents as required, for cleaning almost any dust accumulated.
Mclean Carpet Cleaners specialized activity for tile cleaning and grout cleaning returns the sparkle to your floors, causing them to be like brand-new.


Ketosis has been shown to be very beneficial for our bodies and minds.
Help with type 2 diabetes, improved exercise performance, appetite suppression, and help for neurological disorders are just a few of its positive effects on our health.
The most important benefit of ketosis for the majority of people is probably weight loss.
You've seen you coworkers do it, your friends shed fat, and online bloggers gain a six-pack, all from scratch.
And now you want to hop on the bandwagon of lost weight, clear focus, and free energy !
But! To reap all the incredible benefits of ketosis, you have to enter it first.
Unfortunately, no magic pill would kick you into a state of ketosis right away. There are, however, certain tricks that help you get you and your body into ketosis quickly.
And I've prepared only those that always work for me as well. Ready? Let's have a look at how to get into ketosis fast and stay there as well!
Plain and simple, ketosis is a metabolic state when your body starts breaking down fat for fuel instead of carbs.
Ketones are compounds that become your source of energy, the primary fuels, the ultimate fuel source.
They occur naturally in our bodies when switching to a low-carb, high-fat diet.
There are various ways of how to get into ketosis fast.
While these can help you burn fat in the long run, I've found the absolute fastest way that helps me induce ketosis in one day.
I've prepared a list of my personal favorite effective tips that will help you on your way to reaching ketosis without supplements.
Number one factor that can help you achieve ketosis is a low-carb diet.
While you can still eat a small number of carbs even on the ketogenic diet, they will do more harm than good when you're trying to get into ketosis fast.
When your body is out of its usual fuel (glucose), it turns to a different energy source.
By burning ketones for fuel, you can experience weight loss and many other health benefits.
In short: how many carbs are allowed if you want to enter ketosis as soon as possible?
Well, I'd suggest cutting them down to an absolute minimum or zero, for the optimal result.
In my experience, this is probably the quickest way to get into ketosis!
Healthy fats are one of the best ways to get into ketosis. Forget about the myths that fats and weight loss are enemies.
It's quite the opposite! Think healthy fat, such as butter, coconut oil, avocado oil, olive oil, and many others.
Last but not least, your MCT oil is your new companion, even when you travel!
Which brand to take with you? Read to find out which is the highest rated mct oil available.
Keep in mind that all these fats have to be premium quality, forget about the heavily processed cheap fats.
Healthy fat can help you boost ketone levels and reach ketosis.
After all, on the keto diet, 60% - 80% of calories come from fat, compared to 20% protein and only 5% carbs.
What's more, make sure to choose fats that are both animal and plant-based. Even if you're vegetarian or vegan, healthy fats are easy to get!
The more active you are, the more likely you'll enter ketosis. Workouts and regular exercise help your body reduce glycogen levels.
The liver then boosts the ketone production which then serves you as the source of fuel for your muscles.
There are two types of exercise I'd recommend that can help you elevate the ketone levels, depending on your experience and physical performance.
If you're already a seasoned keto dieter, think HIIT (high-intensity interval training).
This type of training enables you to reach ketosis faster with its aggressive techniques.
With short bursts of exercise combined with a short period of rest, you can make the most of your exercise and burn max sugar with minimum effort.
However, if you're entirely new to the keto diet, try to go easy on yourself and let your body adjust to the new lifestyle.
Go with TUT workouts instead. These workouts are known as "time under tension," and you can easily combine them with easier slow cardio exercises (hiking, walking, easy jogging).
In any case, this study showed that exercising before a meal is more beneficial regarding elevated ketone levels that after a meal.
This is an excellent way to reach ketosis, but make sure that you listen to your body while you do it.
Also, you might lose some muscle mass during this fast, and it simply may not be for everyone.
In short, while on water fast, you basically avoid all foods for 12 to 24 hours.
You are only allowed to drink water, and your body will take care of the rest (namely sugar stores).
This type of fasting allows you to balance the cycle of eating and fasting.
There have been some studies that confirm many benefits of this type of fasting, including weight loss, cardiovascular and metabolic health.
A popular form of intermittent fasting is the 16/8 method, which means that you fast for 16 hours and eat during the 8-hour window.
It may sound difficult, but it's actually an easy thing to do.
For example, you can stop eating at 8 PM, skip breakfast the next morning and start eating at 12 PM the next day.
While you fast, you should avoid all food, but liquids without any calories are allowed.
Fat fasting means that you stick to 1,000 calories a day max, but 85% to 90% of these come from healthy fats.
The combination of high fat and low-calorie intake can induce ketosis quite quickly.
It's advised that you stick to the fat fasting method only for a few days at a time, ideally two to four.
I wouldn't recommend you to try fat fasting any longer than that unless you want to put your body into starvation mode and begin to lose muscle mass.
There has only been one study that reported a huge increase in weight loss on this fast, but it seems a bit unrealistic.
There isn't enough official evidence to scientifically support the fat fasting method, but there are numerous keto dieters online that beg to differ.
Reducing carbs to a minimum is not enough if you want a quick escape into ketosis. You'll have to work on your protein intake as well.
It's a bit of a slippery slope, our protein intake. Eating too much of it can make it more difficult for you to enter ketosis.
At the same time, eating too little can affect your muscles, causing muscle mass loss.
There are different ideas of how much protein you should consume to get you into ketosis.
But there have been several studies that concluded the ideal protein intake is 0.45 gram per one pound (1 gram per kg) of your own body weight.
That would make 70 grams per day for 70 kg of body weight.
Apart from all these tips, it's a quite common practice to enter ketosis with supplements.
Take exogenous ketones supplements and MCT powder, think about your diet.
The exogenous ketone supplements (ketone salt supplements)can also ease the whole keto flu process and help you burn the calories faster.
They also help you get back into ketosis after carb up.
So you've followed all of the above tips, and you're ready to make the change and lose weight. But how do you know when your body is in ketosis?
Some signs can tell you you've reached the fat-burning stage.
The easiest ways to check is to test your ketone levels. You can measure blood ketone levels, breath, and urine ketone levels.
While the urine is the very popular method, the blood measurement might be the most reliable one.
Once you've reached ketosis, ideally, you want to stay there and reap all the benefits it has in store for your mind and body.
With a careful and well-organized meal plan, enough liquids, electrolytes, and a kick of ketone supplements, you'll easily maintain ketosis and make the most of it!
Ketosis can be reached quickly but you need to be disciplined. That involves a strict meal plan, good workout schedule, and fasting.
You can additionally boost your weight loss with ketone supplements as well! Make sure to track your carb intake and don't overdo the protein.
Calories matter and so do the ketone levels in your blood and urine.
Learn to constantly track these to get a confirmation on whether you're in ketosis or not. In case you're not, you might be doing something wrong, so change your plan.
With a proper planning, you'll be burning fat in no time, enjoying your new lifestyle, becoming healthier and more self-conscious!


Just like our training that we rotate around to forestall boredom, you need to rotate your food choice. Usually, you will eat whatever is in your own home, so the most effective strategy to consuming a healthy selection is to buy different meals every week. This may assist balance out your eating regimen and enable you to measure the response a variety of foods. Don?t go for the boring and easy route.
Throughout the initial session interval, the surgeon needs to evaluate the health state of the patient and his medical history, with blood evaluation and different tests being performed to make sure the person is an effective candidate for the procedure. The surgeon can also be responsible with discussing all of the relevant details associated with all stages of the procedure, ensuring the patient has ample expectations of the surgical procedure.


Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (POAG): Progresses slowly with gradual loss of vision. Patient is often unaware as the straight ahead vision and reading vision might remain unaffected initially. Some patients have POAG but have normal eye pressure this is called as Normal Tension Glaucoma. This type of glaucoma responds well to treatment with anti-glaucoma eye drops. If they fail, surgery to reduce eye pressure may be necessary.
Angle Closure Glaucoma(ACG): An acute angle closure attack of the eye may present with decreased vision, haloes around lights, eyeache, headache, nausea and/or vomiting. The initial intraocular pressure is reduced by medical treatment, laser treatment(Peripheral Iridotomy/PI) is done. If these fail then surgery is necessary. A laser treatment in the fellow eye is done to prevent the chance of similar attack.
Congenital Glaucoma: This type of glaucoma is rare and occurs at birth or soon after. Enlargement of the eyes, watering, unusual sensitivity to light or haziness. Surgical treatment is the only intervention and should be done as early as possible.
Secondary Glaucoma: The pressure of the eye rises because of conditions in the eye like eye surgery, injuries, inflammation, advance cataracts, tumours etc.


As I was preparing to leave on my yoga journey to India, a part of me felt guilty for going. The practical side of my brain was telling me that it would be risky to walk away from my ten-year legal career without a solid plan for what I would do when I came back to the States. I was not used to taking vacation, let alone sabbaticals of undetermined length. I had no idea what lay before me. I felt like I was at the top of a roller coaster ride about to plunge forward into the great depths of the unknown. As terrified as I was, it also felt liberating to be able to finally let go and to simply trust what my heart was telling me. I felt a deep yearning within pulling me to India, and I could ignore it no more.
What I now know is that I was learning to trust in the unknown and in my own intuition. There are many things we can plan for in our lives, but the truth is most things are not in our control. Regardless of what we choose to do, the sun will rise, the winds will blow, the rain will fall, the seasons will change, and life will gently carry us along in its magical flow. We are part of a much greater cosmos, so much of which is completely unknown to us. If we think we have control of the way our lives unfold, we are thinking too small and deluding ourselves. The reality is every day we are trusting in the unknown. Whether we understand our own biology or not, our heart automatically knows how to beat and our lungs know how to take in breath. When we fall asleep, we let go and trust that our body will know what to do as we drift into unconsciousness. We are great miracles of being connected by a greater intelligence. The very fact that we were given life is beyond the grasp of what our logical minds can truly comprehend.
Trusting in the unknown is recognizing that there is a greater intelligence orchestrating the magic that is constantly happening all around us. We cannot always know what the outcome of a particular action will be, but we can learn to connect to our own hearts to guide us through the mysterious flow of life. We can learn to discern when something resonates with us and when it does not. We can learn to trust our own intuition and higher wisdom. Oftentimes, however, our minds can become so clouded in worry, self-doubt, and other negative thought patterns that our heart shuts down and we can no longer hear its gentle messages and guidance. This is where yoga and mediation can help. These are two practices that can take us beyond thoughts and into the quiet that exists between the thoughts. It is in this space of stillness that we can access our higher wisdom to show us a path and trust where it is leading us even when we do not know what the outcome will be.


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BC Sports Hall of Fame Recognition
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It's great to get news from various sources that concern the sports community and while news is news, some seems more pressing.
I just received this from the BC Sports Hall of Fame regarding a prestigious honour given to the Hall.
Thanks to the BC Sports Hall of Fame for sending the info over to Sportswave Media Productions.
They have been honoured with the Canadian Museums Association Award of Outstanding Achievement for its Indigenous Sport Gallery – a new and permanent fixture at the Hall – and the largest exhibit ever devoted to Indigenous sport in Canada.
The Canadian Museum Association made the announcement at its annual awards banquet in Toronto last evening, the first such honour in the 53-year history of the BC Sports Hall of Fame.
The Indigenous Sport Gallery is a 1,500-square foot permanent gallery honouring the contributions and achievements of indigenous athletes, teams, communities and events in BC and Canadian sport history.
"With over 500 artifacts celebrating more than 40 of British Columbia's most decorated Indigenous athletes from 20 different sports, the Indigenous Sport Gallery at the BC Sports Hall of Fame is a testament to the power of sport as an essential part of our heritage and culture," said Lisa Beare, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture for the Government of British Columbia. "We are so proud to be a founding partner in this initiative to recognize some of the most inspirational stories in the history of sport in B.C."
The Government of BC, the City of Vancouver and the Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity & Recreation Council (ISPARC) collaborated with the BC Sports Hall of Fame in the funding of the project that officially opened September 25th, 2018, before more than 200 guests.
Approximately $200,000 has been invested in the gallery from conception to construction.
"The BC Sports Hall of Fame has established an international leadership position in celebrating Indigenous sport since the opening of our first Aboriginal Sport Gallery in 2008, and it is a huge honour for the Hall and our gallery funding partners to be recognized by the Canadian Museums Association," said Tom Mayenknecht, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the BC Sports Hall of Fame. "Recognition of this kind will help expose more British Columbians to this cornerstone gallery and further support our efforts to deliver outreach and educational programming throughout the province, based on the many layers of inspirational story-telling that are part of the Indigenous Sport Gallery."
The CMA award for outstanding achievement is presented in the exhibition category for museums with operating budgets under $1 million and recognizes effective and distinctive contributions to increasing public understanding nationwide.
The award was accepted on behalf of the BC Sports Hall of Fame by its curator Jason Beck.
"It is an honour to be part of the team that envisioned the Indigenous Sport Gallery as a meaningful showcase of indigenous athletes – from Tom Longboat and Terry Fox to Carey Price and Justina Di Stasio – in sports such as lacrosse, hockey and soccer, along with traditional games such as slahal and knobby ball," said Beck, who has been with the BC Sports Hall of Fame for 16 years. "We share this CMA recognition with all of those who have helped shape the Indigenous Sport Gallery, including funding partners and representatives from the Four Host First Nations, the North American Indigenous Games, and ISPARC.
The Canadian Museum Association award for outstanding achievement will be officially received by the BC Sports Hall of Fame in a public ceremony to be held next month in the days leading to the Class of 2019 Induction Gala presented by Victory Square, Thursday, May 23rd, at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
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Reichwing -- er, I mean "right-wing" -- crazies are up in arms again, this time making a stink about the recent renovation of the Oval Office. They've keyed in on one particular element, and apparently think it's as damning as any GOP hypocrisy. Nay, worse, in their minds.
The charge? That the a quote on the rug, attributed to Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, isn't correctly attributed, and thus a subject for controversy. The hate-mongers on the right claim that the quote originates with nineteenth-century Unitarian minister, Theodore Parker.1 That claim isn't wholly without merit -- anyone who reads Parker's words can see that the quote draws upon the words and meaning of Parker's work.
But it is not a quotation from Parker's piece. It's a paraphrasing of his words, and a summation of the point made in a paragraph.
For those who can read and make actual judgements on their own, here are the words of King and the words of Parker for comparison, in the context in which they appeared.
"I come to say to you this afternoon, however difficult the moment, however frustrating the hour, it will not be long, because truth crushed to earth will rise again.
King paraphrased Parker's words, making it his own within the context of his speech and creating the actual quote "The arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice." That's King. It's what Parker was driving at, but compare the words -- King's quote is a summation, a paraphrasing and contraction of the point Parker was making. King made the words short and memorable, creating a quote in the process that can be attributed to his words, his context, and yet providing a hat-tip toward Parker's thoughts.
Parker made the point, but did not provide the quote.
Hat-tip Pilkington on DailyKos for providing and linking to both original quotes, thinkexist for the Parker quote and Arthur Howe on Salon for the King quote.
1 phrase identifying Parker's name and position taken from here.


Southern Miss social work graduate Brian Henrie, his daughter and granddaughter are pursuing social work careers. Past struggles shaped their destiny.
As a 54-year-old "nontraditional" student at the University of Southern Mississippi, Brian Henrie has company from a couple of other students — his daughter Sam Henrie and his granddaughter, Hayley Smith. All three are pursuing careers in social work, and each shares a painful background that propelled them to their destiny.
Brian Henrie, a Gulfport native, will earn his master's of social work — one year after he graduated with his bachelor's in the same subject. Henrie took classes at both the Southern Miss campus in Hattiesburg and the Gulf Park campus in Long Beach.
Though he didn't attend this year's ceremony in Biloxi Saturday because of a family commitment, he can look back at last year's graduation ceremonies, which were a family affair. Not only did Brian Henrie receive his bachelor's degree, his daughter Sam Henrie received her master's in social work.
Now granddaughter Hayley Smith may become the family's third-generation social worker. She graduates from Biloxi High School this spring and plans to follow in her grandfather's and aunt's footsteps after attending community college.
Family history played an important part in Brian and Sam Henrie's decisions to pursue social work degrees.
"My father died of addiction when I was 23," Brian Henrie said. "I experienced that whole process.
"Shortly after (my father's death), my older brother contracted the HIV virus in 1987 and died in 1990."
Those incidents had a profound impact on Brian Henrie.
"That was probably the most impactful thing in my life," he said. "This was at a time when there were no social services and there was a lot of stigma with HIV.
Brian Henrie also became a board-certified addiction counselor, but wanted to broaden his skills to provide more services.
"I was so limited with the social services I could provide," he said. "I was very good on addictions, but limited on mental illness and behavioral problems.
Brian Henrie credits the social work program, particularly the master's degree, with reshaping his career path.
"What I've learned in this program … I don't know if you can even measure it," he said. "It's just been an incredible journey.
"My cohort and I talk about this all the time. If we had stopped at the bachelor's of social work, we would have really cheated ourselves. We've learned so much more — infinitely more."
Sam Henrie was the first in her family to earn a four-year degree. She is a children's therapist in Bay St. Louis at South Hancock Elementary, which contracts with her agency — the state-run Gulf Coast Mental Health Center. She wanted to be a counselor — in part because of her father's addictions.
"I grew up going to AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) meetings," she said. "I was used to that kind of environment.
But Sam Henrie wasn't sold on what it took to become a counselor. One of her high school teachers recommended she get a social work degree.
"I hated that idea," she said. "I didn't want to be a social worker.
She changed her mind at a career fair her senior year in high school, deciding that with a degree in social work, she could engage in any kind of helping profession.
Sam Henrie used her helping instincts even before she got her degree. By starting college before her father, she was able to aid him in navigating the process.
"Whenever he needed help with an assignment or talking to a teacher, I could help him," she said. "We pretty much do the whole social work thing together.
Sam Henrie's niece, Hayley Smith, also brings a troubled history to her pursuit of social work. She has struggled with addiction along with her parents.
"She's doing great, steering clear of bad decisions she's made in the past," Sam Henrie said. "Talking with me and my dad about our careers and goals, she says it's really helped her to try and find something she enjoyed that much.
The bonds the Henrie family share extend to Brian Henrie's social work family — his classmates.
Not that Sam Henrie should feel left out.
Brian Henrie said he and his family may have found a calling they enjoy and where they can fill a need in this state, especially in their region.
"We need good professional social services and social workers to stay here on the Coast," he said. "I believe Mississippi and the Gulf Coast are the front line for social workers."


Drama... decried by many, disliked by most. What is it? Why does it happen? Is all of it bad? Can it be avoided? In this brief article, I will attempt to offer some answers to these questions.
In this context, drama usually refers to an expression or behavior that is "over the top" emotionally. The common emotions involved are anger, jealousy, and sadness. Someone expressing a great deal of joy is rarely described as a "drama queen", but sometimes even moderate levels of sadness may be so labeled. Perhaps the most common "drama" in SL relates to relationships, usually romantic or sexual in nature. Even there, different people will see things in different ways. One person may identify emotions as drama where another sees reasonable levels of emotion. For the purposes of this article, let's assume we are describing emotional expressions and behaviors that are so intense as to be likely to be seen as "drama" by most anyone in SL.
Why do people get so emotionally bound up? What could lead someone to experience that kind of distress in SL? SL is an interesting place in that it affords a combination of intimacy with anonymity and physical safety. People (and it IS always people behind the avatars) are able to engage in activities and relationships that would, in RL, be far beyond their comfort zone in terms of risk and potential harm. Under these conditions, it is easy for people to underestimate how mentally and emotionally involved they can become. The signals and RL conditions that might otherwise prevent them from getting too caught up in a situation are not present. Every avatar is the expression of a RL person who comes to SL loaded with all of their RL intellectual and emotional baggage. Add to all of this the fact that communications within SL are not as robust as RL communications (lacking as they do so many elements of verbal and non-verbal communication routine in RL) and the potential for someone getting into a deep hole of emotional pain and misunderstanding looms large.
There are many ways that drama can develop. It might be a misunderstanding and a perceived insult leading to anger and a desire for retaliation. It could be an emotional attachment to someone who decides for whatever reason not to start or, if started, not to continue the relationship leading to hurt, anger, jealousy and sadness. It could even be someone coming to SL in the hope of achieving something missing from their RL existence who becomes frustrated, depressed and discouraged in the attempt. There are at least as many ways for someone to get caught up in an emotional storm in SL as there are for them to do so in RL. Losing control in an emotional storm is not a sign of mental deficiency or weakness, but rather an indication of how profound their experience is for them. Sometimes the best response to someone's drama is compassion and understanding. If that fails, then avoiding the drama is a next option.
What might someone do to avoid drama in SL? Many strategies are used. Some feel that there is a measure of safety achieved by removing aspects of the anonymity of SL. They may insist on some kind of proof that the other is a known entity. Others feel that safety is achieved in precisely the opposite manner, by reinforcing the anonymity of SL, the barrier between the RL person and the SL avatar. Both are right, and both are wrong. The methods may reduce some of the risk of drama, but neither will eliminate it.
The simple method of putting "NO DRAMA" in one's profile is often used, and disregarded by some, respected by some and mocked by some. You can put a "Please do not walk on the grass" sign on your yard, but it still requires the other person to honor the request. Some, ironically, respond to any perceived drama with anger and hostility, thus creating some additional drama of their own. Personally, I believe that the single most effective and functional way to avoid drama in SL is to both practice non-drama in one's own behavior and to "walk away" from unwelcome drama that appears in others. Unlike RL, SL offers its users a "mute" option... the ability to neither see nor hear an unwelcome other. Sadly, there is no equivalent option for muting our own emotional outbursts, but we can try.


I found my 2 year old Yorkie at my door step several months back. She was infested with ticks and fleas. I got her cleaned up, but about a month ago she got some hairless spots on her back. I was thinking that it could be hot spots or mange.
The thing is that she does not scratch excessively. She is tan with gray and had a small black patch on her back. Her hair started to regrow, but it's black. This black hair looks like it is spreading. It started as 3 round bald spots, to having this black hair from neck to tail. If any one knows what this could be, can you let me know?
It could be that she is allergic to some of the ingredients in her dog food, we had this problem with one of our dogs. Try giving her a dog food with more "natural" ingredients and see if the problem clears up.
I agree with the previous writer, my dog would get bald spots because of corn in his dry food. He was allergic. I think corn is a common allergy.
Could it possibly be ringworms?
This could be an allergy to flea bites. Check the dog over for teeny; tiny black specs. The ones that move are fleas, the specs could be the flea eggs or droppings. When you wash the dog, the water will be black or red from the dried blood of the fleas biting the dog.
Thank you all for your input. It was very helpful.
Dr. Marty, a Vet, was on Martha Stewart today and said Fish Oil is the best thing for dry skin. Add some to your dog's food and/or give them some with a dropper. He has a Sirrus radio show and talks about foods that can heal. Wal Mart also sells brewer's yeast in dog aisle to help skin/coats. Good luck. I have a soft spot for lil yorkies with those tootsie roll eyes that steal your heart.


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David Maile & Maria Eugenia Peltzer just prior to meeting Ambassador Mark Kent in Buenos Aires
Hereward the Wake in Argentina
In September 2019 David Maile and Maria Eugenia Peltzer of the WakeHereward Project had the great pleasure and honour of meeting the British Ambassador to Argentina, in his residence in Buenos Aires.
Mark Kent has been ambassador to Argentina since 2016 and is well versed in the Hereward legend as he hails from Hereward country, the county of Lincolnshire.
Maria and David spoke at length about the WakeHereward Project in the United Kingdom and how Hereward could be utilised as a cultural heritage icon to forge links between the United Kingdom and Argentina.
This had been exemplified by the pair when they lectured on Hereward in at the Universidad Nacional des Artes in Buenos Aires (National University of the Arts) on International Folklore Day in August. The event was organised by Dr. Maria Ines Palleiro, head of the department of Folklore at the university.
David and Maria spoke about Hereward´s resistance against the Normans at the time of the Norman Conquest and analysed similarities in the resistance of Argentinian folklore heroes of the 19th century. This ´we tell you about our folklore heroes and you tell us about your folklore heroes´ approach, met with a fantastic response from the students of Folklore at the university and a follow up talk is being scheduled for 2020.
Hereward was also the lead topic of conversation when the two Hereward champions were invited to talk at the British Institute in the city of La Plata, Argentina´s second city and the hometown of Maria, who also works at the Universidad de La Plata as Professor in Chair of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and is the Director of Arqueologia Historica de La Plata (Archaeology History of La Plata).
The talk was built around the monthly 'Tea-Time' event and was an overview of six separate talks to be scheduled in 2020 that, as well as Hereward, include the stories of English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh immigration into Argentina, the legacy they left and the cultural connections that still exist to this day. David and Maria were well received by the guests and dignataries present and the event has opened up the door to similar talks in towns and cities across Argentina.
A further important development on Hereward in Argentina will be made in due course...


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Tom Carper isn't unbeatable. Ask Joe Biden or Christine O'Donnell about Delaware politics
Tom Carper's hasn't lost an election in 40 years, but he is taking a primary challenge seriously.
Tom Carper isn't unbeatable. Ask Joe Biden or Christine O'Donnell about Delaware politics Tom Carper's hasn't lost an election in 40 years, but he is taking a primary challenge seriously. Check out this story on delawareonline.com: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/opinion/columnists/harry-themal/2018/08/09/no-delaware-politician-unbeatable-ask-joe-biden-christine-odonnell/944607002/
Harry Themal Published 9:06 a.m. ET Aug. 9, 2018 | Updated 10:46 a.m. ET Aug. 9, 2018
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Tom Carper: Be wary, and beware a Democratic primary.
There once was a young Democratic New Castle County councilman who was barely known but who took on a former governor, senator and representative — and won. Joe Biden can tell you all about the possibility that veterans can be beaten, as J. Caleb Boggs found out in the 1972 election.
Remember Christine O'Donnell, whose name I had vowed never to use again in my column? But we must remember how Delaware lost one of its favorite officeholders in her successful primary bid in 2010 to be the GOP's senatorial candidate.
After 44 years of government service, Mike Castle sure remembers.
Most recently, a largely unknown Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez turned the Democratic Party upside down by routing a 20-year incumbent in a New York representative district primary.
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Now we can add the name of Kerri Evelyn Harris to the list of long-shot candidates running against a Delaware officeholder who hasn't lost in almost 42 years. She is challenging Tom Carper in Delaware's Sept. 6 Democratic primary with the same left-leaning platform that some national Democrats feel could be their winning combination in 2018 and 2020.
Carper, who has made it a point to attend nearly every Delaware traditional event, large and small, is not taking Harris' candidacy lightly. The Washington Post says he has amassed $3 million in campaign funds as of July 1. Harris had raised $46,650, the Post reported this month in an article that asked, "A test in Delaware: Can an old-school Democratic politician succeed in a campaign season defined by tumult?"
Carper was lightly challenged in his own party before. As Celia Cohen tells it in her valuable political history, "Only in Delaware," the state experienced some ugly politics as Dan Rappa sought revenge in 1990 for Carper's breaking up a corrupt system of party bosses. Carper went on to rout Rappa with 90 percent of the small primary vote.
If you believe polls — and after 2016's presidential poll disaster, who does? — Carper led Harris in the primary by 32 points at the end of last month, according to Gravis Marketing, which asked 384 registered Democrats and had a margin of error of 5.5 percent.
Who will be the most enthusiastic primary voters to turn out?
Since the poll, Democrats favoring Ocasio-Cortez's liberal and activist politics have been reported flooding Delaware looking for support for Harris, who seems to be made out of the same mold.
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The voice vote in the U. S. Senate was unanimous on Aug. 1 for Delaware's two new federal judges, Colm Connelly and Maryellen Noreika. The two attorneys were recommended to President Trump and the GOP-controlled Senate by two Democratic senators, Carper and Chris Coons, to succeed Sue L. Robinson and Gregory Sleet on the District Court for Delaware.
Charles (Chuck) Lewis, a Macarthur Fellowship winner whose journalism career started at the News Journal, won the 2018 I. F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence, administered by the Nieman Foundation. Lewis is a founder of the Center for Public Integrity, which has published many investigations, the Investigative Reporting Network and the Institute for Nonprofit News. A University of Delaware graduate, he is a tenured professor of journalism at the American University School of Communication in Washington.
Harvey B. Rubenstein is the latest Delawarean to receive the Governor's Heritage Award. He has served for 44 years on the state Heritage Commission, for whose creation he wrote the legislation. He has written or edited many books on Delaware history and on the law, and is currently working on a book of recollections by Holocaust survivors and liberators from Delaware.
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I visited this beautiful small town Salento in Quindio, Colombia. With so much colors and textures it was beautiful photographing Salento.
View of the Space Needle from Queen Anne in Seattle, Washignton.
The road, the weather, the architecture, and even the motorcycle in this intersection in Vancouver, Canada has an European touch besides the name of building 'Hotel Europe'. The building is a former hotel built in 1908, it reminds of the Sentinel Building in San Francisco. It's a nice spot to hang out, eat, drink, and photograph. I used my wide angle lens to bring a cool perspective to the building and ground.
Hermosa Beach Pier – Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles, California. I went for a walk this morning at the beach and of course I had to take my camera. It was overcast, chilly with good waves and a family of dolphis swimming back and forward. I used my Canon s100 for this shot and the black & white process in Analog Efex Pro.
Alki Beach, Seattle, Washington. Two minute exposure shot taken during sunset.
Clear day in Vancouver. View of the Lions Gate Bridge and the Mountain Fromme from the Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
I've been having fun lately using the Lensbaby filters lately. It was tricky the first couple of times I used them. I've learned it's not about perfection, which makes me like the Lensbaby filters even more. I'm happy as long the photograph looks cool. I took this shot while I was having a cup of tea in Seattle at the Cherry House Coffee House (about two blocks from the Space Needle).
I took this 80 second exposure photo 3 hours after sunset at the Pleasure Point Marina located in Big Bear, California. I had to be patient since it was 35° Fahrenheit (1° C).
View of 3rd Ave & Burn St in Downtown Portland. It was extremely cold I had to make a coffee stop to warm up a bit because I couldn't handle the cold, so I had the opportunity to do some street shots from inside Via Tribulani restaurant.
Cigarette break – 4th Ave in Downtown Portland, Oregon.
I was feeling inspired yesterday by these great photos I'm showing in this post, they even made me go out and shoot. I ended up being at the surfer city of Huntington Beach. The lighting was perfect and I came up with good results (See photo). For today's post I'm featuring these amazing photographers: Max, Евгения Рогачева, Oscar Jettman, Romie Stanley. D.Guns, Alfon No, Josh Tarr, David Hobcote, Mike Davies, Jaewoon u, and Dima Chu.


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When I want to fill in the form I just focus on the field and my onscreen keyboards of android gets added to the screen.
So far so good, but when I want to scroll to the submit button there is a problem. As you could have seen in the first picture there was a "nice" submit button, and when I want to scroll I can't reach it.
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Since I just began I just started messing arround, and foud the problem lay with the androud:theme.
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U.N. Says Authorities, Locals In Myanmar Killed Dozens Of Muslims
By Eyder Peralta
Published January 24, 2014 at 10:22 AM CST
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights says her organization has credible evidence that dozens of minority Muslims in Myanmar were killed in the northern state of Rakhine.
Here's how Navi Pillay described what took place in a press release issued on Thursday:
"The United Nations has received credible information that, on 9 January, eight Rohingya Muslim men were attacked and killed in Du Chee Yar Tan village by local Rakhine. This was followed by a clash on 13 January in the same village in which a police sergeant was captured and killed by the Rohingya villagers. Following this, on the same evening at least 40 Rohingya Muslim men, women and children were killed in Du Chee Yar Tan village by police and local Rakhine. The information received by the United Nations has been shared with the Government."
Pillay is asking Myanmar's government to launch an investigation.
But, as The New York Times reports, when the AP first broke news of the massacre, the government of Burma, as the country is also called, has pretty much denied that such a massacre took place.
The Times adds:
"The Myanmar government has been criticized for its failure to aggressively investigate and prosecute the killings of Muslims ever since sectarian violence in June 2012 triggered a series of attacks across the country. But human rights groups say that with this latest round of anti-Muslim violence, the government now appears to be trying to cover up the problem.
"The area where the attacks occurred, northern Rakhine State, has been rived by tensions between its Buddhist population and a group of Muslims known as Rohingya, with frequent bursts of violence driving more than 100,000 Rohingya from their homes and leaving at least 200 of them dead. The majority of Myanmar's population is Buddhist, but Muslims outnumber Buddhists along the border with Bangladesh, a demographic trend that is partly behind the tensions."
If you remember, the U.S. has opened up diplomatically, since the government held democratic elections.
Still, the current government has remained mostly silent on the attacks against the Muslim minority. As the Times notes, that includes Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the former opposition leader considered a top contender for president.


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Dave Bidini: An icon of Canadiana comes to Bayfield
April 20, 2012 April 20, 2012 Sarah Stright2 Comments
(Disclaimer: This post is unlike any other I have ever written. Bear with me–it's worth it.)
Have you heard of Dave Bidini? I hadn't before last week.
Shame on me for not discovering him before. Or on whomever knew about him and didn't tell me.
Dave and the BidiniBand are performing at the Bayfield Town Hall tonight (@ 8 pm–get your tickets at TicketScene.ca), and while I have loved every performer I've ever seen on that stage in the Bayfield Concert Series, I'm more excited about Dave Bidini's appearance at The Village Bookshop before his show (@ 6 pm–casual book signing) (sorry, Pete).
Mr. Bidini is a musician. More than that, he's a rocker. He's a founding member of the Genie Award-winning Canadian band Rheostatics, a group that was together from 1980 to 2007 and which Wikipedia tells me was called both "iconic" and "iconoclastic." Four of Dave's ten books are about music. He and music have been inseparable for much of his life. But it's not Dave's music that fascinates me.
He has been performing longer than he has been publishing, but he has been writing longer than he has been playing guitar. When I asked him if one of these two intertwined vocations held more meaning for him than the other, he says "the two have been very close in terms of their evolution." So no. He's a writer and a rocker.
And a filmmaker and a playwright and a National Post columnist and a family man and a hockey player…
This man is ironically difficult to put into words. I say ironically because he is so prolific with words. So prolific that I hesitate to believe anything I write could even do him justice, let alone commend him to my community. I will give you my impression, and then encourage you to read what others have written, as well as Dave's own words.
D: I think the pursuit of songwriting is a little bit deeper for me in that the reasons for creating, really simply, are reasons to stay alive, to keep moving. You almost write more out of fear, I think, than anything, when you have a sort of legacy or whatever.
The highest praise I can give Dave is to tell you that every article and book excerpt I have found convinces me to read another. He has a way with words, a voice like I have never seen before. He is at once frank and intellectual, silly and smart.
S: Fear of what?
D: I think the fear of artistic mortality, really. Also, the fear of one's own achievements, the specter or the shadow of one's achievements. It's great that they exist, but also, as you get older, you want to try to do better, get stronger.
His deep, gravelly voice booms through my iPhone's speaker, warm and rich and personal.
This man does nothing by halves, from attempting to redefine Canadian music with the Rheostatics, to relating sex and hockey in his project The Five Hole Series, to following our favourite sport around the world to Dubai, Transylvania, and Mongolia for his documentary film Hockey Nomad.
I can't imagine this artist's mortality getting in his way anytime soon.
D: I'll be 49 in September, and …when it sort of comes to the realization that you're closer to death than to birth, and [you think] of all of those miles and all of those words you've written and all of the art you've created, you're aware of the weight of it. When you're 24, you're splashing around in a pool and you don't really have anything to stand on. Now, I have something to stand on.
He has ten books, at least sixteen albums, a documentary, two plays, a column, and a brief stint as a CBC radio show host, to say nothing of a long history as a music and sports journalist, to stand on!
Today, I'm honoured that this icon of Canadiana will be standing on Huron County soil, in one of the best places to experience the best artists our country has to offer: Bayfield, Ontario.
D: Bayfield is one of those big small places. You would never really know it when you pull into town. That's what makes it a super place.
The BidiniBand's latest record is In the Rock Hall (2012).
Read this fantastic Toronto Star article about Dave and the BidiniBand.
Dave's book Baseballissimo is being made into a movie co-written with Jay Baruchel, who co-wrote the screenplay for the recent hockey movie Goon, and whom you might know as an actor from How to Train a Dragon, Knocked Up, and
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Check out Dave on CBC's Strombo show.
Watch Dave's hockey documentary Hockey Nomad (follow the links for the rest of the parts).
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Mary Brown says:
Super posting, Sarah! Can't wait to meet Dave tonight at The Village Bookshop!
Thanks, Mary!


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Night and dreams: Alice Coote & Julius Drake
It's hard to believe that Wigmore Hall's 'Complete Schubert Songs' recital series is finally coming to end, with the final concert in the sequence falling on the composer's birthday, 31 January. I've not been keeping strict count - but overall, I think the whole enterprise has involved some 40 gigs, and an extraordinary roll call of singers and accompanists. However, it's likely that the performance given by the mezzo Alice Coote and pianist Julius Drake earlier this month will be remembered as one of the very best.
It's always a joy to hear AC and JD together: a regular partnership, they seem to have reached that telepathic stage where you almost sense there's one unified mind operating on stage through two agents. I had two key reference points that had been making me look forward to this recital for months. First, there was the duo's CD of 'Winterreise', recorded live at Wigmore Hall for the venue's house label - and a desert island art song disc for me. Second, I had been fortunate to hear them play a while ago at Middle Temple Hall, where they included not only some Schubert selections but an astonishing rendition of the piano/voice version of Elgar's 'Sea Pictures'.
(Photo copyright Benjamin Ealovega, used on Wigmore Hall website)
This time, of course, we had full-on Franz. The programme was something approaching perfection, with almost the feel of a Schubert 'greatest hits'. Many of the selections are well-loved, and frequently performed - but all the more welcome in their inclusion here for the chance to hear this pair's intepretations. I've tried to describe this quality before - and I'll keep trying: Alice Coote is so fundamental an actor-singer, so able to absorb herself into the personalities and actions in the songs, that to hear her perform lieder is a little like watching a series of self-contained four-minute operas. An obvious place for her to shine is 'Erlkönig', featuring three characters: the rider, his son, and the devilish sprite who steals the boy's life away. AC gives each one their own distinct voice, using lightning changes of timbre and volume as the story builds to its dreadful climax. And while everything we need to experience the thrill-ride is all in the voice, she allows her face to cloud with terror one moment, menace the next - utterly transfixing in such an intimate recital environment.
AC is surely one of classical music's great communicators, with passion for every note of the material audible in her singing. A good number of my own (and no doubt many others') personal favourites featured in the set-list - including 'Nacht und Träume', 'Du Bist die Ruh', 'Auf dem Wasser zu singen' and in particular, what I think must be one of the most beautiful songs ever penned by anyone, 'Litanei auf das Fest aller Seelen'. Yet even after the hundreds of times I must have played or heard these by so many performers, for these couple of hours I felt I was in a suspended animation where I could listen to the familiar as if it was for the first time. AC could place me inside the songs, whether playful, tragic, romantic, horrific - the voice is rich, generous, able to hold my attention as if in a cradle.
(Photo copyright Marco Borggreve, used on Wigmore Hall website)
And just as Schubert wrote his piano parts to be on an equal footing with the voice, so JD matches AC's virtuousity and versatility with his own, providing a wide range of colours and dynamics - often within a single song. From the joyful bounce of 'An Silvia', through the visceral powerhouse of 'Erlkönig', to the gliding runs of 'Auf dem Wasser zu singen', he is every bit as vital to creating the worlds these songs inhabit.
Of course, both AC and JD work with plenty of other people - but relative to their history of performing live together, I think their special partnership is a little under-recorded (I only know of their collaboration on AC's debut CD, and the 'Winterreise' I mentioned before). However, I understand - with unchecked glee and off-the-scale levels of anticipation - that they have recorded a Schubert album together for release in the near future. If this concert in any way represents what we can expect from the disc, it will be one for the ages.
The recital itself is already one of my indelible muscial memories: everything I love about my favourite composer brought to life by two of my favourite musicians, at my favourite venue. So fine that if I only had one lieder concert to try and show someone 'the complete Schubert', instead of 40, I would point to this one.
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