Discovering writing inspiration is not easy. Most days I stare at my computer hoping that something comes to mind and BAM! I'm filled with writing ideas. That's rarely the case and yet that's typically how most of us write. We expect writing inspiration to appear out of thin air, envelop us in its glory, and take us on an amazing imagination-filled ride. Certainly, that can happen, but nine times out of ten, I've found that I have to actively search for writing inspiration. Thankfully, I just had a unique opportunity.
This last week was difficult and fun. Starting on Wednesday, I traveled with my husband to NYC for an extended weekend. He was going for business and I was tagging along—one of the best parts of being a Freelance Writer. This travel presented some great opportunities and some challenges I never expected. Here are five things I learned about writing inspiration from my trip.
1. Travel can make things more difficult and not easier.
I had many grandiose ideas about working from Manhattan for two days. I was going to write from Central Park and allow the ambiance of the city to drive my creativity. The New York Library was also on my visit list and I was going to sit inside of its quiet and creativity-filled sanctuary and create beautiful words. Instead, I ended up sitting in a hotel room and trying to punch out as much work as possible with an 11-inch laptop compared to my usual 27-in Mac. Truthfully, I was far less productive and I had no time to find a source for my writing inspiration. This Monday, I actually have a lot of work to make up because my short trip put me so far behind.
2. Thought provoking tours are great for writing inspiration and reflection.
This was my third trip to Manhattan, but my very first trip visiting the 9/11 memorial. It was an incredibly powerful and humbling experience. I was blown away by not only the effort that the memorial creators put into creating the stunning tribute, but the amount of information, history, video, audio, and stories they had gathered. It's impossible to describe the impact of the memorial. I shed a few tears and for the two days after our visit, my husband and I have talked about it. The memorial was amazing for generating writing inspiration. While my stories are set in fantasy or urban fantasy settings, the ambiance of the memorial and the reminder of the heroic acts of so many individuals in the midst of such horror, made me realize that my heroine needs the same type of opportunity to shine. While my fake heroine will never match the depth of sacrifice, humanity, and fortitude that the NYC firefighters, cops, Port Authority, and everyday heroes showed, we can all learn from them.
3. Leave yourself open to adventure.
One thing that my husband and I always do when we travel is randomly explore. Sure, we'll look at maps and try to make plans, but then after we plan, we'll just start walking. The evening after the 9/11 Memorial, we decided to walk back toward our hotel in Midtown. It was going to be a long walk, but we wanted to see what we could of the city. Without any set plan, we ran into Chinatown, Little Italy, the Ghostbuster's Firehouse, Castle's Loft, New York University, and Washington Square Park. It was a blast and honestly, a wonderful reminder that set paths aren't always the best.
In our writing, we can get so focused on the outline and the plan that we forget to allow for the journey. If we had hopped onto the Subway like the GPS said, we would have missed seeing so much of NYC and feeling the heartbeat of such an amazing city on a Saturday night. This meandering also provided a huge dose of writing inspiration. I got to see the outside loft inspiration for one of my favorite TV shows. I had a chance to enjoy the loud and exciting atmosphere that is Little Italy. Throughout the entire walk, I had the opportunity to view different worlds and see how those worlds fit within my writing.
4. Reality does not match up with fantasy.
A good dose of reality is surprisingly good for your writing. Whenever a TV show or movie shows Manhattan, it's clean, fairly empty, and I've never seen construction. In reality, all of Manhattan seems to be under construction. It's almost impossible to walk down a street without a building, street, or sidewalk undergoing some type of improvement. This is a fabulous reminder that your stories don't have to show or talk about all the nitty-gritty details. It's enough to give the best parts, the things that everyone wants to see, and to leave out the unnecessary pieces that would distract from the story. For example, there's nothing more distracting that reading that someone is peeing. You can say they use the restroom, but there's no need to go through all the motions. At the same time, this juxtaposition of fantasy and reality also reminded me how important it is to add a healthy dose of realism. The real world is as interesting as the fantasy world and it should get its own recognition.
5. Seeing new things is essential to writing inspiration.
At the end of the trip, no matter that I barely got any writing done, it was important to explore a world different from my own. Manhattan is filled to the brim with hundreds of thousands of unique individuals. From vacationers to New Yorkers to business executives, NYC has it all and that level of diversity presents all sorts of writing inspiration fodder. Coming back, I have so many ideas swirling in my head about different characters, city streets, and situations for my story. Now, I just have to put it all down on paper before it's gone.


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Nicki Minaj Calls Out Travis Scott After 'Queen' Debuts at No. 2
Travis Scott's Astroworld will remain No. 1 for a second week on the Billboard 200, edging Nicki Minaj's Queen out of the top spot.
The Houston rapper sold 205,000 equivalent album units, with 78,000 in traditional sales. Meanwhile, Queen debuted at No. 2 with 185,000 units, of which 78,000 were traditional sales.
But the Queen is not having it. Taking to Twitter, she called out Travis for inflating his numbers by selling "season pass" bundles for his upcoming "Astroworld: Wish You Were Here" tour. "Travis sold over 50K of these," tweeted Nicki along with a photo of Travis' tour pass. "With no requirement of redeeming the album! With no dates for a tour, etc. I spoke to him. He knows he doesn't have the #1 album this week."
She also acknowledged Kylie Jenner's influence in helping boost Travis' numbers. "I put my blood sweat & tears in writing a dope album only for Travis Scott to have Kylie Jenner post a tour pass telling ppl to come see her & Stormi. lol. Im actually laughing. #Queen broke the record of being number 1 in 86 countries. Thank Jesus & thank you to my fans."
During the series of tweets, Nicki also addressed Spotify's big push for Drake's Scorpion and claimed that she was being punished for debuting her album during her Queen Radio show on Apple Music. "Spotify had to teach me a lesson but rewarded the man who has had an Apple radio show the longest; inadvertently helping the Apple platform the most," she said. "My label didn't want to defend me for fear of Spotify trying to teach Ariana a 'lesson' too."
Travis sold over 50K of these. With no requirement of redeeming the album! With no dates for a tour, etc. I spoke to him. He knows he doesn't have the #1 album this week. I love my fans for the #1 album in AMERICA! I'll explain on #QueenRadio 4 albums in, #1 in 86 countries ♥ pic.twitter.com/CiYEuczgm3
— QUEEN (@NICKIMINAJ) August 19, 2018
I put my blood sweat & tears in writing a dope album only for Travis Scott to have Kylie Jenner post a tour pass telling ppl to come see her & Stormi. lol. Im actually laughing. #Queen broke the record of being number 1 in 86 countries. Thank Jesus & thank you to my fans.
Spotify put drake's face on every playlist but told me they'd have to teach me a lesson for playing my music 10 mins early on #QueenRadio. Even tho they've been giving away my music for free for years & I am one of the top Spotify artists of all time.
Spotify had to teach me a lesson but rewarded the man who has had an Apple radio show the longest; inadvertently helping the Apple platform the most. Oh I can't wait for #QueenRadio on Tuesday. They took away my promotion they had promised for the 1st cpl days b/c of this. #Queen
My label didn't want to defend me for fear of Spotify trying to teach Ariana a "lesson" too! https://t.co/1dAdbcbWVd
But despite the serious nature of her tweets, Nicki was quick to point out that she was not upset. "People are calling me thinking I'm huffing & puffing," she tweeted. "Omg y'all this is sarcasm/dry humor. Yikes. I'm having the most iconNIC time. Come let me kiss you."
People are calling me thinking I'm huffing & puffing. Omg y'all this is sarcasm/dry humor. Yikes. I'm having the most iconNIC time. Come let me kiss you. 😩😘😘😘 Who's coming to the secret show? When people call me & hear me crackin up laughing they seem so puzzled. Loosen up 😅
Following the release of Queen, Nicki added her platinum 6ix9ine and Murda Beatz collaboration "FEFE" as a bonus track to the project. Queen becomes her fourth album to debut at No. 1 or No. 2 on the Billboard 200, extending her reign for the most of any female hip-hop artist. She previously hit No. 2 with 2015's The Pinkprint, while both 2012's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded and 2011's Pink Friday debuted at No. 1.
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Fairmont Grand Del Mar resort debuts Fireside Lounge
The new Fireside Lounge layout at the Fairmount Grand Del Mar resort in Carmel Valley.
By Pam Kragen
April 9, 2021 6 AM PT
The Fairmont Grand Del Mar resort has introduced a new open-air, socially distanced dining and drinking program called Fireside Lounge.
Diners can reserve one of 10 cabanas with firepits or eight separate firepits that are positioned on a grass lawn at the Carmel Valley resort. The cabanas comfortably seat six people and the firepits seat up to four. There's no fee to use a cabanas or firepits, or a minimum food order, but reservations are required.
The Fireside Lounge menu features small plates like hangar steak tartare and a cheese and charcuterie board priced from $16 to $32, and desserts like a s'mores kit for two or chocolate marquise pastry, priced from $10 to $16.
There are also specialty cocktails, wines, local craft beers and Champagne. The resort is at 5300 Grand Del Mar Court in Carmel Valley. For menu and details, granddelmar.com.
Kragen writes about restaurants for The San Diego Union-Tribune. Email her at pam.kragen@sduniontribune.com.
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Pam Kragen is the arts and entertainment editor, as well as the chief theater, dining and opera critic, for the San Diego Union-Tribune. She joined the Union-Tribune staff in October 2012 after 27 years at the North County Times, where she served as the Arts & Features Editor, as well as the paper's longtime arts writer and theater and opera critic. She is the co-founder of the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle. She holds a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from San Diego State University and completed fellowships in theater criticism at the University of Southern California and opera-classical music criticism at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. And in 2022, she was chosen as one of the fellows in the prestigious National Critics Institute, run by the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in New London, Conn.
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December's Macquarie Minds Showcase will bring together a compelling group of visionaries, researchers and experts to discuss how we can shape a brighter future. In the lead up to this exciting event, we will be bringing you insights from Macquarie Minds presenters. We kick off with Katya Numbers from the Department of Cognitive Science.
While lifespans are increasing, attitudes to the aged and ageing have not kept pace, with incorrect and often harmful stereotypes colouring public perceptions and potentially contributing to cognitive decline in older people. At the Macquarie Minds Showcase, Katya Numbers will be discussing common myths around ageing and how we all benefit from a re-think on growing older.
"My research broadly aims to describe and understand the process by which ageing stereotypes are internalised in younger adults and then later become harmful self-stereotypes in older adults.
Numerous examples exist in the literature of a general tendency to dismiss information believed to have come from an older adult, even if that information is mostly correct. This is likely due to pervasive negative stereotypes of ageing, which characterise older adults as mentally slower than the general population. Thus, if we believe a source is less credible or untrustworthy, we are more likely to dismiss information they are providing.
Not only is this stereotype incorrect, it negatively impacts older adults' perceptions of their own memory abilities, and in some cases, can disrupt their actual memory performance. My other area of research explores how older adults view the ageing process, and in turn, how they embody or reject negative age stereotypes. For these studies I visit older adults in their homes, and collect data on a series of subjective and objective memory measures. This allows me to assess the difference between older adults' beliefs about their memory abilities and their actual memory performance.
Of all of the stereotyped and sub-stereotyped groups that exist in our culture, "senior" is the group we are most likely to join during our lifetimes. That is, we are unlikely to change our race, gender, sexual orientation or even religious affiliation during our lives. However if we are lucky, we are all likely to become old.
Consider the harmful effect of belonging to a group that is discriminated against on a daily basis, and the urgency to change negative beliefs about ageing become obvious. I hope my research is a small step towards this change."
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Hey there, it's Melissa from The Happier Homemaker back again and I have something I think you're going to love this month. I love to cook and I especially love creating fun new recipes in the fall-everything about autumn is so inspiring!
It seems that when September rolls around I start trying to add pumpkin to everything-like my Skinny Pumpkin Spice Latte or Pumpkin Pie Pancakes! This tasty fruit dip is the perfect combination of pumpkin flavor with classic peanut butter satisfaction. Serve this peanut butter pumpkin dip with sliced fruit, cinnamon sugar chips, or spread on a muffin or toast for a perfect fall treat.
In a small saucepan heat pumpkin puree and brown sugar over medium heat, stirring constantly, until blended (about 4 minutes). Remove from heat. Allow to cool 5 minutes then add yogurt, pumpkin pie seasoning, vanilla and peanut butter. Blend in a food processor, blender, or mixer until uniform. Refrigerator dip for at least one hour prior to serving.
Serve this up for a healthy snack when friends come over. Or whip it up for a quick bite to eat on your way to after school activities.
Are you a pumpkin addict like I am? What are you favorite pumpkin recipes to make in the fall?
Sounds like the perfect little snack this time of year. Thank you for posting this little gem of a recipe.
Just wondering what size can of pumpkin puree you used?
It's a 15 oz can Jessica!


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This award-winning creative homage, illuminates the life of German Jewish Expressionist architect Erich Mendelsohn. The visionary Mendelsohn, a contemporary of Walter Gropius and Miess van der Rohe, produced works that have influenced generations of architects. His story unfolds through the letter exchange with Louise, a beautiful young cellist , who became his wife. The director, Duki Dror, gently breathes life into the correspondence of two passionate artists who helped each other weather a turbulent time in history. Mendelsohn's career followed the jagged trajectory of many German Jewish émigrés fleeing Nazism; he worked in England, Israel and finally, in the USA. Mendelsohn's drawings pulsate with energy and his buildings are stunning. His earlier work, the Einstein Tower, is one of the most important exemplars of modern architecture. Dror deftly juxtaposes the architect's original designs with contemporary images, weaving in reflections from architects and locals who use these unique buildings today - a testament to the integrity and timelessness of his visionary design.
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Many MPS's include a service where supplies are automatically delivered. Whenever one of your machine's ink or toner levels are below a certain level, the MPS will be immediately alerted.
The supply will be delivered as soon as possible so that your office will not have to worry about a machine being temporarily out of order.
With this service, you will not have to keep a stockroom filled with supplies. You will save storage space and have enough money for more important business expenses.
Perhaps the most compelling argument: with MPS, you will save your company money.
Each MPS works differently, but most will do an initial overview of your current work environment.
Then they will come up with a plan that will optimize your printing processes.
The costs (usually determined per page) will be affordable because of their access to supplies such as ink and toner.
They will also come up with standards that prevent excessive printing.
They will also determine how to integrate your old devices and if you need any new equipment. The latest printers are often the ones that work most efficiently.
If you do need new machines, your MPS will be able to sell you them at great prices.
They get most of their products wholesale, so you most likely won't be able to find the equipment cheaper anywhere else.
Also, there are almost always financing and leasing options to accommodate your company's budget.
The new devices you get will not only be more efficient but also beneficial to the environment. "Auto On/Off" features and similar components help conserve energy.
Your power bill will also be noticeably less, further saving you money.
The supplies are already cheap and will remain the same price throughout your MPS contract.
Even if the market price of a supply goes up, you will continue to pay the initial agreed upon price.
This is a great benefit to your company because you will not have to worry about adjusting your expenses in the future.
Now that your employees no longer have to deal with printer inconveniences, overall morale should be improved. They can now focus on the tasks they were hired to do instead of fiddling with problematic printers.
Additionally, your IT department will be especially grateful.
They will not have to deal with as many minor printing issues because your MPS will handle them.
They will come out for repairs and service calls, which are all included as part of your initial payment.
With the newfound time, your IT department can focus on more pressing technical problems that will greatly benefit your company.
If printing is a crucial part of your business, definitely consider hiring an MPS.
You will optimize your office's productivity, save yourself the stress, and be able to focus on what really matters.


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Hacking the Constitution
A vote for the President of the United States is actually a vote for an "elector" who pledges, but is not legally obligated, to vote for a specific candidate in the Electoral College. Forty-eight states then allocate all of their electoral votes to the popular vote winner in that state. This means that a candidate receiving the most votes nationwide is not necessarily the one that receives the most electoral votes and becomes President. If the popular-vote loser many states by small margins, and loses some of the others by large margins, they can win the electoral vote, despite losing the national popular vote.
This winner-takes-all system of allocating electoral votes also has the side effect of making a few "battleground" states the primary focus of election campaigns. Candidates descend on these states, funneling money and advertising into them, and tailoring their campaigns to win over voters there. Voters, of either party, in the remaining "spectator" states are effectively disenfranchised, and the small percentage of voters in the battleground states elect the president.
This isn't even how the electoral college was intended to work. The framers intended that the electoral college would usually fail to choose a clear winner, instead nominating the most popular candidates for election by Congress. This hasn't happened in over two hundred years.
Programmers have a term for something that's neither operating as originally intended nor guaranteed to do what their users ask it to do. The Constitution is buggy.
Yet the Constitution is notoriously hard to change. A programmer might use the term legacy.
How would a programmer fix this? Find a way to hack1 a bug fix into the legacy system.
What should the goal of the fix be? We should elect the president in the same way that every governor, mayor, senator, representative, city council member and dog-catcher2 is; by popular vote. If popular vote is good enough for every single other elected office in this country and in many other democratic countries around the world, it should be good enough for the President of the United States of America.
How do we change the Constitution? Turns out we don't have to. The founders left the allocation of electoral votes up to the states:
Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors…
-U.S. Constitution
The appointment, and mode of appointment, of electors belong exclusively to the states
-U.S. Supreme Court
And the fix? The National Popular Vote Plan allocates all of a state's electoral votes to the national popular vote winner. It only goes into effect once enough states pass it to command a majority of electoral votes. The electoral college won't go away, but it will become obsolete. In programming terms, this plan ensures a buggy legacy system will never (again) get fed the kind of data that triggers the bug.
The National Popular Vote plan has been making its way through state legislatures for the last few years. I've brought it up in conversation a few times recently (because of my Visualizing the National Popular Vote plan project), and I'm surprised how many people don't know about it. There should be a huge grass-roots movement behind this plan to re-enfranchise the electorate, but even smart, well-informed, thinking people haven't heard of it. So please, if you agree with me and think the National Popular Vote Plan is a good idea, forward this page or NPV's website to your friends, bring it up at parties, or support it with a donation. And if you don't agree with me, forward this page or NPV's website to your friends, bring it up at parties, or… well I guess I can't expect you to support it with a donation.
Let's get rid of this obsolete, broken, idiotic electoral college system once and for all.
Note to non-technical readers: Among programmers, hack generally means a quick, clever, "outside-of-the-box" solution to a difficult or intractable problem. That is the sense in which I am using the term hack here. If you think the National Popular Vote plan is about subverting or circumventing the constitution, you have misunderstood it. [↩]
My thanks to Hendrik Hertzberg, National Popular Vote's bulldog, in whose writings in the New Yorker I first heard about this clever plan. I believe the inclusion of dog-catcher in this list is due to him but I cannot find the exact quote. [↩]
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The Heart's Appeal. Isn't it gorgeous!!?
The heroine, Julia Bernay, is standing in front of the Royal Courts of Justice. Very fitting since the hero, Michael Stephenson, is a barrister. The Royal Courts of Justice looks a bit like a cathedral, doesn't it? But it's another example of lovely Victorian architecture.
Julia Bernay has come to London to become a doctor–a glorious new opportunity for women during the reign of Victoria. When she witnesses a serious accident, her quick actions save the life of barrister Michael Stephenson. He rose above his family's stigma, but can he rise to the challenge of the fiercely independent woman who has swept into his life?
Look for it on March 8, 2018!
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Book Signing for "The Captain's Daughter"!
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I'm excited to be part of this upcoming Romance Writers Tea along with Sabrina Jeffries and Erin Knightley at the Wake County Northeast Regional Library on Sunday, March 26.
Address is 14401 Green Elm Lane, Raleigh, NC 27614.
If you are in the area, I hope you will join us!
I'm so excited to share this cover with you!
I'm so happy to announce the sale of my new 3-book series to David Long at Bethany House. The trilogy follows the stories of three orphaned sisters, now young women, who each find a new life—and love—in London. The book is scheduled for release in 2017.
As I love to do in my books, I've placed this series against the backdrop of real places and events. The first book, THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER, is set backstage at the original production of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta "HMS Pinafore" in 1879.
If you like Pinterest, I've made a board here that will give you a "sneak preview"!
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It's a Virtual Cookie Exchange!
I am a few days late on this, but there is still plenty of time to enjoy this during the holidays!
For your snacking pleasure, I now present my best cookie recipe, which came down to me, as good recipes generally do, from my mother.
You may balk at one of the ingredients, but I assure you it is the SUPER SEKRIT thing that makes these cookies extra special!
*I'm pretty much of a purist, and if you are like me, you are instantly thinking, "Well, I'm not going to use that. I'll replace this with REAL butter." But if you do, I warn you they will not be nearly as good. I don't know why. It's just one of those mysteries of the universe.
In a large bowl, beat butter, sugars, and vanilla until creamy. Add eggs; beat well. Gradually add flour mixture, beating well with each addition. Dough may be soft; stir in a little more flour if needed. Stir in chips, then nuts. Drop by teaspoons onto lightly greased cookie sheets, allowing room for the cookies to spread as they bake.
Bake 9-12 minutes, depending on oven and how brown you want the cookies to be. The nuts will brown quickly, so you may want to turn the trays at the halfway point in baking.
If you prefer, you can replace the flour, baking soda, and salt with 2 1/2 cups self-rising flour.
All drop cookies work better if dough is chilled. If you don't have time for that, keep the macadamia nuts in the freezer (which is best anyway because of their high fat content), and stir them in frozen to chill the dough.
These cookies freeze well, if you want to make them ahead of time for a special occasion.
So there you have it! The secret recipe is out. If you make them, be sure to tell me how they turned out! And enjoy!
Wishing you a very happy holiday season and a happy new year!
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A Lady Most Lovely is currently on sale for $1.99 on ALL eReaders! Now is a great time to get a copy of this award-winning book, or to give as a gift!
Find all the eBook buy links here.
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Ever wonder what really goes on in a character's head? What they like to do when they are not being read? Well, today, Miss Lucinda Cardington answers these questions and more in an exclusive interview at Harlequin Junkies blog.


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Jupiter brush fire 30 percent contained
Wind biggest challenge for firefighters
Whitney Burbank
Kenneth Young smelled the smoke before he saw the bright orange flames through the woods across from his Jupiter home Sunday night."At first I thought it was a house or something on fire," said Young who would soon discover a brush fire burning close to his front yard.Click here to watch report"There was a lot of smoke in the area, you could see the flame out east -- kind of scary for a while," admitted Young.Reports of thick smoke and flames near I-95 and Indian Town Road brought fire crews out to Commerce Park around 8 p.m. Sunday.According to Florida Forest Service fire mitigation specialist Scott Peterich, Monday the fire had burned through 10 of the park's 50 wooded acres and was just 30 percent contained.Peterich said blustery conditions and dry brush made extinguishing the flames difficult for Palm Beach County fire rescue and Florida forest service"The wind is the biggest challenge and of course for the firefighters it's hot out here too," said Peterich. "Rain will really help put the fire out but until we get that we'll just have to try and contain it where it is."According to the Florida Forest Service, weather was not a factor in the fire.Peterich said two campsites were discovered within the brush.The cause of the fire still under investigation.
Kenneth Young smelled the smoke before he saw the bright orange flames through the woods across from his Jupiter home Sunday night.
"At first I thought it was a house or something on fire," said Young who would soon discover a brush fire burning close to his front yard.
Click here to watch report
"There was a lot of smoke in the area, you could see the flame out east -- kind of scary for a while," admitted Young.
Reports of thick smoke and flames near I-95 and Indian Town Road brought fire crews out to Commerce Park around 8 p.m. Sunday.
According to Florida Forest Service fire mitigation specialist Scott Peterich, Monday the fire had burned through 10 of the park's 50 wooded acres and was just 30 percent contained.
Peterich said blustery conditions and dry brush made extinguishing the flames difficult for Palm Beach County fire rescue and Florida forest service
"The wind is the biggest challenge and of course for the firefighters it's hot out here too," said Peterich. "Rain will really help put the fire out but until we get that we'll just have to try and contain it where it is."
According to the Florida Forest Service, weather was not a factor in the fire.
Peterich said two campsites were discovered within the brush.
The cause of the fire still under investigation.


Extended weekend in the Twin Cities, involves discovering your role in reaching the nations. During the weekend you will be in a classroom setting learning about the major religions of the world, discovering what they believe and why. Once you learn in a classroom, you get to go out to one of the biggest hubs for refugees who have come the states. You will learn the many roles of reaching the nations, from mobilizing, to going, and everything in-between.
This trip is intended to help our field partner, SETECA, and to mobilize our people to be engaged in God's plan to reach the nations with His gospel. SETECA is a seminary in the heart of Guatemala City which trains students to share the good news of Jesus with those who have never heard. This trip may include a project on the grounds of the seminary to help the SETECA staff. While in Guatemala, you'll see people living out the gospel and being the hands and feet of Christ, while getting to lend a hand yourself!
This trip is intended primarily for those who attend our Burlington Campus.
If you're interested in joining this trip, please register below by December 25!
This is a trip for Freshman and Sophomore high school students. This will be our Level 1 trip to Durango, Colorado. During this week, we will be focusing on being with God and seeing His heart for the nations! This is a time of reflection and building a foundation with Christ. Fun activities include hiking, rock climbing, and white water rafting.
This trip is for Junior and Senior students in high school. This extended weekend in the Twin Cities involves discovering your role in reaching the nations. During the weekend you will be in a classroom setting learning about the major religions of the world, discovering what they believe and why. Once you learn in a classroom, you get to go out to one of the biggest hubs for refugees who have come the states. You will learn the many roles of reaching the nations, from mobilizing, to going, and everything in-between.
This trip is for Sophomore and Junior students in high school to help our field parters SETECA. SETECA is a seminary school in the heart of Guatemala City. Here, they help students learn more about how to share Jesus with those who have never heard. This trip may include a project around the grounds to help the SETECA staff. While in Guatemala, you'll get to see people living out the Gospel, being the hands and feet of Jesus, all while getting to lend a hand.


My tax accountant has a very dry sense of humor, as evidenced by the fact that he works in a high-rise office tower, yet somehow managed to land himself in Suite 1040 on the building's 10th floor. He also has a bit of a maritime fetish, and every time I go to visit I'm impressed by the huge model submarine he's got perched above his filing cabinets. He says it was a gift from a now-deceased client.


Kath Murray is an SCCJR research associate at the University of Edinburgh.
Stop and search hit the headlines over a year ago, and the controversy shows little sign of abating. Following the recent revelations by the BBC that officers are continuing to search children aged eleven and under on a non-statutory basis, despite a clear commitment to ban the practice, the use of non-statutory, or suspicionless stop and search is now squarely under the spotlight. There are also clear signals that this unregulated tactic will soon be abolished, although it's not yet clear by what means.
In many respects, the controversy boils down to the imprecise understanding of stop and search in Scotland. Here the tactic is viewed variously as a tool for detection, a deterrent and a tool for intelligence. It's an all-round sweeping policy – rather than the legal power that it was intended to be. This vague interpretation is reflected in high rates of non-statutory stop and search, which carry a far lower detection rate than their statutory, suspicion-based counterparts; and in the disproportionate targeting of young people in some areas, which likewise lowers the probability of detection. It also means that the use of stop and search can be legitimated irrespective of the outcome. Detection demonstrates targeted policing; whereas non-detection shows that the tactic is working. A win-win policy, if you will.
It's worth noting however, that the right to search people without legal authority wasn't given to the police in the first place . . .
It's been stated that the Chief Constable is currently considering the abolition of non-statutory stop and search, and that 'alternative measures' are under consideration. It's worth noting however, that the right to search people without legal authority wasn't given to the police in the first place, and that it's not really in his gift to remove it. The Scottish Human Rights Commission has argued that the legal framework of stop and search should be strengthened, which is a matter for the Scottish Parliament. Non-statutory stop and search needs to be abolished in statute, as per the proposed amendments announced by the Scottish Liberal Democrats. I'd also suggest that existing and future stop search powers are regulated by an overarching Code of Practice, akin to the detailed directives set out in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
Also, we need to proceed cautiously around any proposed new powers. It has been stated that non-statutory stop searches are being used to plug a gap in the legislation, and it's true that 38% of non-statutory searches in 2014 were in relation to alcohol: but another 38% were in relation to drugs, and a further 19% in relation to weapons. In fact, equivalent statutory powers existed in relation to 62% of recorded non-statutory searches. Also, the police already have confiscation powers for alcohol. If the Scottish Parliament does proceed with search powers for alcohol, this needs to be in consultation with legal and human rights experts. Given that Scotland's approach to youth justice is premised on minimal intervention and contact with criminal justice agencies, we should be wary of widening the net.
Finally, the use of police powers in Scotland – not just stop and search – needs to be made accountable. In England and Wales, statistics on the use of detention, arrest and other police powers are routinely published by the Home Office and accredited by the UK Statistics Authority. There's no equivalent in Scotland. We may be up to date with officer numbers – but we're in the dark on the considerable powers that are conferred upon the police. The current stop and search stooshie not only demonstrates the need to regulate police powers; but also to address the larger democratic deficit that persists in Scottish policing.
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this is the most intelligent article which I have ever read in relation to stop and search in Scotland. The police in Scotland have been unregulated for a great many years and the time for change was many years ago. It is a great pity that the casualty toll has been so high before anyone was prepared to recognise this simple fact. People have been left traumatised and clueless as to why for years and these incidents have been simply swept under the carpet, the victims bullied into silence. The only reason Police Scotland have gotten away with what they have been doing for years is the innocent people they have targeted are either too trusting or too afraid to make "too much of a fuss about it". Some are made to feel dirty and ashamed, accused of things they don't even understand. It is disgraceful. SNP are just as much to blame as Police Scotland are.
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Activation Ideas: How do you get Honda Indy Toronto fans excited about dinnerware and deodorant? Here's how event sponsors William Ashley and Unilever got race day fans interacting with their brands for the ultimate tweetable moments.
Tableware retailer William Ashley, sponsor of the Honda Indy Toronto trophies, engaged race fans with a display showing an Indy racecar supported only by four Wedgwood teacups. Event goers could enter a contest to win a set of Wedgwood china.
During one of the hottest weekends of the summer, Unilever promoted its Degree and Dove deodorant brand by encouraging people to snap and share photos of each other lifting a giant barbell as part of its #MarkOnLifeContest. Kids couldn't get enough of it.


It appears that the conclusions of this experiment are incorrect, that it has not proved that the higher temperature reached in a container at a constant higher pressure, relative to an identical container at a lower constant pressure, is in fact simply due to the higher pressure. Such a result would be contrary to the Gas Laws, which have been successfully applied by physicists and engineers for a very long time. After musing on the details of this experimental set-up for some days I have come to the conclusion that the humble hot water bottle is the culprit.
A large amount of cloud formation and much of the dynamic behaviour of the atmosphere depends upon vertical movements of air. The tendency of air masses to move up or down is termed its stability. Unstable air masses are prone to vertical movements, while stable air resists vertical motion. The stability of air is a function of its buoyancy with respect to the surrounding air, which is in turn dependent on their relative densities. In Lecture 2 we saw that density is related to both pressure and temperature: for constant temperature, density increases along with pressure; and for constant pressure density decreases with increasing temperature. In other words, warm air will tend to expand and become less dense, making it more buoyant than cooler, denser air, and causing it to rise. Conversely, cool air will tend to contract and become more dense, decreasing its buoyancy and causing it to sink. A huge amount of atmospheric behaviour follows from these simple relations.
OK, I think we have more clarity on the difference between N&Z and Harry Dale Huffman's interpretation of Venus and Earth data.
>the Sun (and not for any other reason).
> Is this something you would agree with him on? If so, we can tell him that, and move forward together.
The ongoing world protests against SOPA, PIPA, and ACTA have helped inspire a revolt among scientists over the role of academic publisher Elsevier and its business practices.
British mathematician Tim Gowers kicked-started the campaign with a scorching blog post outlining numerous complaints against the publisher, which sells over 2,000 academic journals such as The Lancet and Cell. Gowers claims that Elsevier charges unacceptably high prices and forces libraries to subscribe to bundles of publications en masse – some of which have little, if any, scientific credibility.
He also noted the company's involvement in lobbying for SOPA, PIPA, and the Research Works Act (RWA) currently going through the US Congress, which would introduce charges to access publicly funded scientific research.
I am not only going to refuse to have anything to do with Elsevier journals from now on, but I am saying so publicly. I am by no means the first person to do this, but the more of us there are, the more socially acceptable it becomes, and that is my main reason for writing this post.
Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System. Named for the Roman god of the sea, it is the fourth-largest planet by diameter and the third largest by mass. Neptune is 17 times the mass of Earth and is slightly more massive than its near-twin Uranus, which is 15 times the mass of Earth but not as dense. On average, Neptune orbits the Sun at a distance of 30.1 AU, approximately 30 times the Earth–Sun distance.
We've not had a solar activity thread recently so when Vuk points at spitzundsparken it seems a good idea.
Where have we claimed that we replace the greenhouse effect with gravity?
Let's see if we can help Ned get the message across in terms everyone can understand. We'll start with a potted history of the gas laws in this post.
Internet freedoms under attack again: Act now!
Representatives of 21 of the EU's member states, including the UK, have signed off on the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) – the European version of the US SOPA and PIPA rolled into one and cranked up to 11.
Only Cyprus, Germany, Estonia, Slovakia, and the Netherlands have held off on signing the treaty, which will give authorities even more power to enforce copyright than was contained in aforementioned online-piracy legislation currently on hold in the US.
With our renewed understanding of the omnipresent force of gravity, and its profound effect on the heat distribution in planetary atmospheres via the pressure gradient it causes we can start to appreciate the numbers involved. If there was no gravity and we wanted to change the pressure of our atmosphere from its mid altitude value of 500Hpa to the near surface value of ~1000Hpa for the lowest kilometre, the force we would have to exert is vast. Our power stations churfing out enormous volumes of carbon dioxide 24/7 to power the compressors required would soon deplete all our fossil fuel reserves to hardly begin keeping up with the task.
Nikolov and Zeller have shown that by far the greatest influences on the surface temperature of a planet with an atmosphere are their distance from the Sun, and the pressure generated at the surface by gravity acting on atmospheric mass. Planets with more GHG's relative to their surface pressure, like Mars, are cold relative to their distance from the Sun. Planets with less GHG's relative to surface pressure like Earth and Venus are warm.
Well! After a week which started with a bit of a laugh over something funny Gavin Schmidt said (more on that soon), things went rapidly downhill, with Wyatt Erp Willis Eschenbach getting "a bit gruffy" about my decision to prevent Joel the AGW phantasy phixated physicist from making the threads here "a bit ragged and Shore worn". What this self proclaimed "climate heretic" wants with the sheriff's job is beyond me. Who ever heard of heretics getting into law enforcement? Is it a case of "If you can't beat em, join 'em, and beat someone else up"?
The following day, the "reformed cowboy" let fly with another blast against Nikolov and Zeller, the two scientists who have wandered casually into the climate blogosphere with their interesting and promising 'Unified Theory of Climate' first published here at the end of last year. They thought they would get a welcoming reception from the sceptical side of the climate community because their theory shows that 'greenhouse gases' don't have a whole lot to do with warming planetary surfaces up. They didn't expect that some of the most prominent lukewarmers guest posters on the world's biggest climate site would completely misrepresent what they were saying and try to strangle the newborn babe and bury it pronto. Why would this be? they wondered. Don't we all?
The "static" dry adiabatic temperature lapse rate is derived for a hypothetical energetically isolated model atmosphere lacking advection and convection. The method of derivation is to investigate the energetic situation for two small equal atmospheric air masses at different altitudes in a vertical column of air. The difference of total energy between these masses is calculated. The ideal gas law is assumed to be valid. This derivation is just one version of several others but might be easier to understand for laymen. The adequate theory needed should have been learnt at high school in natural sciences.
Note that the tropics are net absorbers of energy, and hence radiating at a temperature well below their SB Law equilibrium temperature for the amount of radiance they receive.
Note that the high latitudes are net losers of energy, and hence radiating at a temperature well above their SB Law equilibrium temperature for the amount of radiance they receive.
[UPDATE} better formatting now in place – Thanks a million Tim!
The idea of ??heating the earth's atmosphere by greenhouse gases was first expressed in the late XIX century, the famous Swedish scientist Arrhenius S.  and since the obvious is taken for granted, with little or no verification [2-5]. This view is now completely dominates the conclusions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Greenpeace, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), as well as the withdrawal of Russian environmental and scientific organizations. The same view was fully supported by the decisions of international environmental conventions, in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in 1992 and in Kyoto (Japan) in 1997 is projected proponents of these ideas, by 2100, warming could reach 2.5 -5 ° C and cause sea level rise of 0.6 m -1, which already may be a problem for densely populated areas of the continental coasts, as well as for gas and oil production in lowland areas and most of the coasts of northern Russia. Projected, and other harmful consequences for the nature of global warming (the expansion of deserts, the disappearance of permafrost, soil erosion, etc.).
Fears of similar catastrophic events, the pressure of environmental organizations, and often simply speculation on this subject makes governments of developed countries to allocate huge resources to fight the effects of global warming, allegedly linked to anthropogenic emissions to the atmosphere of "greenhouse gases". And how justified are these costs? Not if we're fighting "quixotic"?
On closer acquaintance with this problem it turned out that the theory of greenhouse effect as such until the 90s. the last century did not exist, and all calculations of the effect of CO 2 and other greenhouse gases in the Earth's climate was carried out on different intuitive models with the introduction of numerous and not always stable parameters . In this case the uncertainties in the estimates of various parameters of the model adopted (and they number at least 30) actually make the solution of the problem incorrectly. We decided to use a synergistic approach [6, 7] and an analysis of the most common positions, representing the Earth's atmosphere as an open dissipative (scattering power) system described by nonlinear equations of mathematical physics.
In the first of its kind, the American space agency has built the 12-tonne "Extreme Environment Test Chamber" to simulate the burning temperatures and intense pressure experience on the planet's surface.
Scientists hope the new state-of-the-art chemical chamber, which includes two "Sapphire glass windows", will recreate the toxic, probe-destroying atmosphere of Earth's closest neighbouring planet.
In turn, they hope it will lead to better understanding of climate change on Earth based on experiments of a planet baked of its water and suffocated by greenhouse gases and sulphuric clouds.
Many thanks for allowing me to present the results of my basic empirical experiment into the Nikolov and Zeller hypothesis at the Talkshop.
The Nikolov and Zeller hypothesis has generated thousands of comments across several climate sites, but sadly little in the way of empirical evidence. After the first few hundred comments I decided to check the basic concept with a physical experiment as the web discussion seemed to be making little progress.
The basic idea of the experiment was to expose two transparent test chambers to the same amount of shortwave radiation. Inside each chamber would be identically sized black surfaces and a probe thermometer shielded from the incoming light. The only difference between the chambers would be that one would be at standard atmospheric pressure, while the other would be held at an elevated internal pressure. If Nikolov and Zeller were correct, if both chambers started at the same temperature before illumination, then the chamber with the higher pressure should rise to a higher internal temperature when exposed to the shortwave radiation.
Art. I.—General Remarks on the Temperature of the Terrestrial Globe and the Planetary Spaces; by Baron Fourier.
Translated from the French, by Mr. Ebenezer Burgess, of Amherst College.
The question of terrestrial temperature, one of the most remarkable and difficult in natural philosophy, involves very different elements which require to be considered in a general light. I have thought it would be useful to have condensed in a single essay, all the results of this theory. The analytical details here admitted, are found in works which I have already published. I was specially desirous of presenting to philosophers, in a concise table, a complete view of the phenomena and the mathematical relations which exist between them.
OK you lot, sit up and pay attention. It may look like a dull title, but the conclusion, if correct, is groundbreaking. My head is too stuffed full of adiabats and Gibb's energies to tell, so help me out. My thanks to Greg Elliot for a nicely presented piece of work, and good luck to him in comments!
In the late '60's the world was gripped by a seemingly unsolvable puzzle. "Instant Insanity" was similar to the better known Rubik's cube, but with a difference. Unlike Rubik's, there were multiple versions of "Insanity" shipped. The solution to one set of cubes only worked on a sub-set of cubes. Countless hours were devoted to finding a solution.
The solution to the problem emerged in graph-theory and representational-theory. Powerful yet often overlooked branches of mathematics. With publication of the solution interest in "Insanity" quickly waned until it was lost to history.
A decade later the world was gripped by another seemingly unsolvable puzzle. Software complexity was increasing exponentially as computers grew in capacity. "Spaghetti code" was an all too often end result of massive development efforts. If trends continued everyone in the world would soon be programmers.
What emerged was the concept of Data Flow Diagrams (DFD) as part of "Structured Programming". DFD's are strikingly similar to the solution to "Instant Insanity". DFD's abstract and encapsulate complexity in a representational form that is easily understood through the use of graphical notation. This allows us to take complex, seemingly unsolvable problems and reduce them to simple, easily understood solutions.
Flow diagrams are found in many practical applications outside of puzzles and computer science. The examples presented here are intended by way of introduction; to the concept of flow diagrams as a means to reduce complexity and increase understanding.
This paper examines the use of flow diagrams in understanding the planetary energy balance.
My Thanks to Ned Nikolov, who has just sent the first part of the 'Response to comments on the Unified Theory of Climate' to us.
We've decided to split our expanded explanation into two parts, so that we do not overwhelm people. From what we've seen on the blogs so far, there appear to be 2 main areas of confusion: 1) the size of the GH effect. Most people have a hard time wrapping their minds around the fact the atmosphere boosts the surface temperature by well over 100K; and 2) the physical nature of the pressure-controlled thermal enhancement. Although, this follows seamlessly from the gas law, most people (including PhD scientists) appear to be totally confused as to how precisely the effect of pressure works or is even possible. So, this will be topic of our reply Part 2.
WUWT has now got a bigger story surrounding this item.
Until the season of glad tidings the matter of Norfolk police, UEA and so on were of little direct interest at Tallbloke's but it has now become a matter of curiosity.
This is an alert that Andrew Montford of the Bishop Hill site has posted he has won his FOIA appeal about emails to do with the security company who dealt with one of the CRU backup servers.


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Champ-du-Moulin railway station () is a railway station in the municipality of Rochefort, in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Neuchâtel–Pontarlier line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Services
The following services stop at Champ-du-Moulin:

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Railway stations in the canton of Neuchâtel
Swiss Federal Railways stations


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b. ?1734, 1st s. of William Glanville† (formerly Evelyn) of St. Clere by 2nd w. Bridget, da. and h. of Hugh Raymond of Langley. educ. Westminster 1744-51, aged 10. m. 2 Aug. 1760, Susanna, da. and coh. of Thomas Barrett of Shoreham, nr. Sevenoaks, 2s. 3da. suc. fa. 1766.
Lt. Kent yeoman cav. 1794.
For all this, he was probably a poor attender of the House, where he is not known to have spoken in this period. He was absent from calls of the House, 24 Nov. 1795, 3 Apr. 1797 and 17 Mar. 1801, and on 29 Apr. 1797 was granted two months' leave for the recovery of his health.6 He retired from Hythe in 1802 and tried unsuccessfully to secure the election of Alexander Evelyn, the husband of his only surviving child and heiress, Frances. He died 3 Nov. 1813, aged 79.
1. Ginter, Whig Organization, 81.
2. Morning Chron. 13 Apr. 1791; Debrett, xxix. 155.
3. NLS mss 11196, f. 94; Morning Chron. 6 Mar. 1793.
4. PRO 30/8/133, f. 245.
6. CJ, li. 104; lii. 450, 519; lvi. 180.


It's been a little while since I've created one of my metal, decorative birdhouses. I had to get back to my roots and where I started! I created this one almost entirely out of silverplate found items. It started with a beautiful pitcher and candlestick holder topped with a glass doorknob. I ground and carved some silverplate spoons into rose leaves and modified the forks and brought them around to connect to the copper napkin ring. A silverplate casserole dish handle/finial serves as the perch. An upside down candlestick holder and bowl for the pedestal that mounts to a beautiful serving tray.
suewhitney writes: Another stunner! Adore this one, Brian!!!
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CottageElements writes: Brian, another stunning creation! You attention to detail is amazing! Just beautiful!


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Iran condemns any terrorist act targeting security of Turkey
TEHRAN, Nov. 14 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman strongly condemned any terrorist act that targets the security of Turkey and its nation.
In reaction to the explosion incident at Istiklal Avenue in central Istanbul which resulted in the death and injury of a number of innocent people, Nasser Kan'ani said, "We strongly condemn any terrorist act that targets the security of the country and the nation of Turkey."
He also expressed sympathy with the government and people of Turkey and wished for a speedy recovery for those who were injured in the blast. "We stand by the side of the friendly and brotherly government and people of the Turkish Republic."
Six people were killed and 81 others wounded on Sunday when an explosion rocked a busy pedestrian street in Istiklal Avenue in central Istanbul in what Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called a bomb attack that "smells like terrorism".
The person who left the bomb that caused Istanbul's explosion was arrested by the police, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Monday according to the state-run Anadolu agency's English-language Twitter account.
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Everyday Health Diet & Nutrition Obesity
Obesity Causes and Risk Factors
By Ingrid Strauch
Medically Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD
Obesity is a complex condition that's influenced by work habits, commute patterns, and technology.
At the simplest level, obesity is caused by consuming more calories than you burn.
Obesity, however, is a complex condition caused by more than simply eating too much and moving too little.
The environment you live in and your community's social norms surrounding food, eating, and lifestyle strongly influence what, when, and how much you eat.
Similarly, your environment affects whether, where, and how you are able to be physically active.
Diet and Lifestyle
Changes in American dietary habits and lifestyle have contributed to today's high prevalence of obesity.
Those changes include:
More adults in the workforce, combined with long work hours and commutes, have led to fewer meals prepared at home.
More Americans eat more meals in restaurants, which often serve oversized portions of calorie-dense foods.
Portion sizes of packaged foods, such as snacks and soft drinks, have gotten larger over the years.
Children spend more hours watching television, using computers, or playing electronic games and less time engaging in active play and recreation.
Adults have gotten more sedentary as fewer perform physical labor on the job.
The way communities, workplaces, and schools are structured in much of the United States has contributed to the country's high rate of obesity.
Some of the changes seen in the past few decades include:
Food (especially junk food) is now sold in places such as gas stations and office supply stores that historically did not sell food. The end result is that food is available almost constantly.
Food products and restaurants are marketed intensively on television, radio, online, and elsewhere.
Many communities have no safe routes for walking or bicycling, or safe places to play outdoors.
Most jobs present few opportunities for physical activity.
Many schools provide little or no recess periods or gym classes.
Poor neighborhoods are often "food deserts," with no purveyors of fresh, healthy foods.
There are many television shows dedicated to food, restaurants, and cooking that show no regard for the health consequences of the food being featured.
Stress contributes to obesity in a few ways:
People who are stressed tend to make bad food choices and to eat too much.
Stress causes the release of stress hormones including cortisol, which triggers the release of triglycerides (fatty acids) from storage and relocates them to fat cells deep in the abdomen. Cortisol also increases appetite.
Some people have a genetic predisposition to being overweight or obese.
However, in most cases, those people do not become obese unless they also have an energy imbalance — meaning they consume more calories than they burn.
A genetic tendency toward obesity often becomes apparent only when a person's or group's lifestyle or environment changes significantly.
Genetic syndromes such as Prader-Willi, Alstrom, Bardet-Biedl, Cohen, Börjeson-Forssman-Lehman, Frohlich, and others can also lead to obesity.
Such syndromes are rare, however, and they typically include other abnormalities besides obesity.
A variety of medical conditions are associated with being overweight and obese, including:
Cushing's syndrome (a rare syndrome that results from excess production of cortisol by the adrenal glands)
Eating disorders, especially binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, and night eating disorder
Hypogonadism (low testosterone)
Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid)
Insulinoma (a tumor of the pancreas that secretes insulin)
In some cases it's not clear whether obesity causes the medical condition, or whether the condition causes obesity.
Drugs That Contribute to Obesity
Certain drugs have been shown to encourage weight gain — often by increasing appetite — and contribute to obesity.
These drugs include:
Diabetes drugs, including insulin, thiazolidinediones (Actos and Avandia), and sulphonylureas (glimepiride, glipizide, and glyburide)
Drugs for high blood pressure, including thiazide diuretics, loop diuretics, calcium channel blockers, beta blockers, and alpha-adrenergic blockers
Antihistamines (used for allergies), particularly cyproheptadine
Steroids, including corticosteroids and birth control pills
Psychotherapeutic medications, including lithium, antipsychotics, and antidepressants
Anticonvulsant drugs (used for epilepsy and some other conditions), such as sodium valproate and carbamazepine
In some cases, other drugs can be substituted for those that encourage weight gain, or a lower dose can be used.
However, don't stop taking prescribed medications on your own.
Discuss your options with your doctor, and make a decision together about what's best for you.
If you must take a medicine that increases your appetite, behavioral measures such as learning to count calories and eat slowly can help to limit weight gain.
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Obesity Risk Factors; Mayo Clinic.
Obesity-related Diseases; Obesity Action Coalition.
Can Prescription Drugs Cause Weight Gain? Drugs.com.
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Leading Africa Scholarship 2019
Are you a young leader from Africa? You could attend the One Young World 2019 Summit in London from 22 - 25 October via our flagship Scholarship.
About the Leading Africa Scholarship:
The Leading Africa Scholarship is an initiative designed to ensure that outstanding young people from Africa are represented at the One Young World Summit 2019 in London.
Africa is host to the largest population of young people in the world, with over 60% of its population under the age of 25. With 72% of its labour force in "vulnerable" employment and several countries experiencing challenges of governance and violent extremism, the Fourth Industrial Revolution could provide a lifeline to this young, eager population. Given their sheer numbers, they have the ability to transform their regions, whether it be in governance, energy, infrastructure, medicine and beyond.
In the midst of these challenges and opportunities, it is young leaders who are devising meaningful strategies to build a more sustainable region. Are you one of those leaders? If so, One Young World is looking to bring you to the next annual Summit in London.
What does the Leading Africa sponsorship pay for?
Access to the One Young World Summit 2019 in London, the United Kingdom.
Hotel accommodation on a shared basis between 22 October and 25 October 2019.
Catering which includes breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Transport between the Summit accommodation and the Summit venue.
Summit handouts and support materials.
The cost of travel to and from London. Your flight to and from London must depart from and return to one and the same international airport.
Please note that if you are ultimately selected for a Scholarship and require a visa to enter the UK to attend the One Young World Summit 2019, you will be required to pay the UK visa fee yourself. The UK visa costs £93 GBP plus the applicable service charge of your local visa application centre. The costs of the visa and the applicable service charge as well as any further costs associated with the visa application (including travel to and from the visa application centre) fall on you as the participant.
You are eligible for sponsorship if you:
Are between the ages of 18 - 30
Have an evidenced commitment to delivering positive change
Demonstrate capacity for leadership
Are addressing key local and/or global issues in your work
Have a track record of generating impactful and innovative ideas
Are a national (passport holding citizen) of one of the countries listed below:
Algeria Angola Benin Botswana
Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde
Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
Congo, The Republic of the Cote d'Ivoire Djibouti Egypt
Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia eSwatini, Kingdom of
Gabon Gambia, The Ghana Guinea
Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia
Libya, State of Madagascar Malawi Mali
Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique
Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone
Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan
Tanzania, United Republic of Togo Tunisia Uganda
The selection process:
The strongest applicants will be shortlisted by the end of May. You will be contacted individually by a member of the One Young World team if you have been shortlisted.
We cannot guarantee any applicant that they will be shortlisted or that we will secure sponsorship for any shortlisted applicant.
Priority will be given to applicants from countries that have been less represented at previous One Young World Summits.
Priority will also be given to first-time Summit attendees (not OYW Ambassadors).
Due to the overwhelming amount of applications we receive, One Young World is unable to respond to individual emails enquiring about the outcome of the Leading Africa selection process.
We do not provide feedback as to why candidates are not selected.
Tips for applying: check out our helpful guidelines for submitting a successful application.
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Since 1994 more than 5000 farms were bought by government for land expropriation.
Driefontein was approved for #narysec during 2011. The freedom Charter emphasised that government must help all those who work the land with implements, seeds, irrigation infrastructure and other material support. It has been proven by the research done in Africa especially in Kenya and Mozambique and other countries that small holder farmers need to be supported for them to grow and improve production, the failure of small holder farmers was attributed to the lack of support.
The RECAP Programme was initiated in 2009 to assist land reform beneficiaries' who are distressed who need post settlement support to maximise production. RECAP programme provided technical support, skills development and infrastructural development, from 2010 to 2014 (1 459 farms) were recapped to bring all the land reform farms into full production, to guarantee food security and create jobs in the agricultural sector and enable emerging black farmers to be fully fledge commercial farmers.
Driefontein Farm was approved for purchase in terms of the Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy (PLAS), in 2011. To ensure that the farm produces optimally it was decided to recapitalise it to the tune of over four million rands. This money also helps to make sure that capital assets are in place and that there is access to implements.
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform currently supports 14 000 NARYSEC students for a 4-year period. These rural youths emerge from their training with the ability to play a significant and strategic role in the transformation of rural communities. But they need support in order for them to establish themselves after graduation. This is where an Exit Strategy comes in, and this goes hand in hand with the establishment of a mega rural youth co-operative.
The allocation which will increase in the MTEF period will create jobs, for the rural people and reduce poverty and improve the standard of living of rural people through service delivery in areas where it was implemented in Muyexe, Diyatalawa, Driefontein and Ntunda to mention but a few, the CRDP intervention will reduce the fragmented rural service delivery interventions.
It is the ANC that can improve the lives of all the people. Irrespective of their colour, race and gender.
In 2014/15 financial year the department was able to train 2 211 community members and 3 145 rural youth through NARYSEC Programme. We welcome the increase of the NARYSEC budget to R425.9 million for 2016/17 which is expected to increase to R451 million in 17/18, The increase will assist the department to recruit 2 700 young people compared to 2 500 intake in 2014/15 which is an increased by 200, through the NARYSEC programme young people will acquire skills which will make them employable or to be able to start their own business.
As the department is working together with other departments and SETA'S to make sure that young people get the skills which are required by the country. The number of corps intake is expected to increase over the MTEF period to reach a total of 15 000.
This programme has a positive impact in changing the lives of the young people, the only concern to be addressed is the delay in the issuing of statements of results or certificates, which deprives the NARYSEC graduate from seeking job opportunities as this programme is aimed at addressing the challenges of poverty and high rate of unemployment especially the youth sector. The exit strategy must be developed to enhance employability prospects of the youth.
As the department is the facilitator, and the coordinator of the CRDP which was initiated in 2010 to ensure that there's intergrated and comprehensive rural development, and to bridge the gap that exist between urban and rural people with regards to service delivery.
The Challenges which requires the intervention of the community members is the vandalisation of infrastructure like in Muyexe, whereby all computers were damaged, in other areas theft it's a major challenge especially in rural schools. Communities have to work together with police to ensure that those involved must be brought to book. It is the responsibility of communities to protect and prevent any infrastructure from being damaged or stolen. The department has therefore being able to exceed most of the targets set for rural development which is the right thing to do. As the 52nd Conference has identified land and rural development as a priority.
The nine point plan talks about the revitalisation of agriculture and agro processing value chain, this has led to the establishment of Agri-Parks in the 44 districts, and the intergrated approach by various departments is mostly welcomed. The R2 billion that has been set aside for Agri-Parks will go a long way in mentorship, in the development of farm infrastructure and marketing.
Furthermore this Agri-Parks will bring under utilised land into full production.
Will develop rural economy by assisting small holder farmers to be part of the commercial stream by providing market for their produce.
District Agri-Parks Management Council and National Agri-Parks advisory council be established on time for the structures to be able to function as expected.
We appreciate progress that has been done in all identified areas as 10 566 people will benefit from this Agri-Parks.
Involvement of small holder's farmers in the development, it's an indication that the department is using the bottom-up approach in development, people must speak for themselves what is it that they want. Agri-Parks is one way of strengthening support to cooperatives in marketing and supply activities to enable small scale producers to enter the formal value chain.


NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Nola was an All-Star in every facet of the game Monday.
"I guess the seven innings on the mound, but more shocked about the bases-clearing double," he said. "I definitely wanted to win a little more today."
The teams combined for just four hits in the nightcap, two by Flores. After Flores' RBI double off Tommy Hunter with two outs in the ninth, Victor Arano struck out pinch-hitter Devin Mesoraco with runners at the corners for his third save .
Arano served up Flores' decisive homer in the first game.
"He just kind of lost command there for a second," Mets manager Mickey Callaway said.
"Yeah, I could hear them," Nola said. "They were probably shocked, too."
"I didn't think he was going to throw me a first-pitch heater, and he did," Nola said. "Put all the joking aside, I was just trying to put a good swing on it."
On the mound, Nola matched his major league high for wins. He reached double digits in strikeouts for the sixth time in his career and fourth this season. He hasn't lost since May 20 at St. Louis.
"I'm really glad he's on our team," outfielder Rhys Hoskins said. "Nobody more deserving."
"It did hit him. We saw it on the replay and then I just talked to him," Mets starter Zack Wheeler said with a chuckle. "Glad they didn't overturn it."
The ruling stood following the review — but Flores did one better. He drove the next delivery from Arano (1-1) off the screen attached to the left-field foul pole for his fourth career game-ending homer and second this season.
"It's almost getting to the point where you expect it," Wheeler said. "I know when the game's on the line, that's the guy you want to have up there."
That gave Flores four of New York's five walk-off RBIs this year and 10 in his career, three more than anyone else in the majors since 2014 and one better than David Wright for the most in Mets history. Flores' four game-ending homers are tied for the team record.
"I can't tell you why. I don't know. All I know is that I got in a good hitter's count and I got the pitch I was looking for. I was being aggressive so I can hit one out of the ballpark," Flores said. "I'll tell you though, this time I was thinking about a walk-off, because I know that everybody was."
"We didn't get the big hit in the big moment," manager Gabe Kapler said. "We've had that happen from time to time."
Despite pitching pretty well lately, Wheeler is 0-5 in 13 starts since his last win April 29 at San Diego. That's the longest stretch without a victory for a Mets starter since 1998.
Phillies: RHP Vince Velasquez (bruised right forearm) is expected back from the disabled list to pitch Wednesday night against All-Star ace Jacob deGrom in the finale of the four-game series. ... RHP Luis Garcia (strained right wrist) is getting "really close" to returning, Kapler said.
Mets: 3B Todd Frazier was placed on the 10-day DL with a strained muscle in his left rib cage. ... The team is optimistic RHP Noah Syndergaard will rejoin the rotation this weekend against Washington, Callaway said. Syndergaard has been sidelined since late May with a strained ligament in his right index finger. ... LHP Jason Vargas (strained right calf) allowed one hit over six shutout innings in a rehab outing for Class A Brooklyn. He struck out nine, walked none and threw 49 of 64 pitches for strikes. Vargas also could return to the big league rotation this weekend.
Philadelphia recalled LHP Hoby Milner from Lehigh Valley and added RHP Jake Thompson as the 26th man for the doubleheader. ... Between games, the Mets reinstated LHP Jerry Blevins from the bereavement list and designated RHP Chris Beck for assignment.


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