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NO DEPRESSION PREMIERES JAMES LEG'S NEW TRACK" HUGGING THE LINE"
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The Incomparable James Leg Returns With Blood On The Keys, Exclusive Song Premier Too!
James Leg – Blood On The Keys
by Scott Zuppardo
One third of the eternally awesome Black Diamond Heavies and akin to personal favorite the Immortal Lee County Killers, John Wesley Myers aka James Leg returns with his 3rd solo effort on the great, Alive Naturalsound Records, Blood On The Keys. If you've ever heard a James Leg record or better yet have never seen the man perform live, blood is the last thing to leave on the keys of that Rhodes piano, everything else has been poured out by record and/or shows end. Not a terribly big man in stature but fire up the PA and set him on a keyboard stool and you're best to find the nearest bomb shelter. Stacked high with voracious punk blues with his piano at center stage, Leg stands 90ft tall and rising.
Recorded yet again at whats become homebase recording-wise, the Masonic Lodge in Dayton, KY with engineer/producer deluxe Jason Soda at the helm, Blood On the Keys picks up where Leg's last effort, Below The Belt left off. Chunky, rowdy, classy come clanky piano progressions with Leg's satanic howl bouncing around the mix like Howlin' Wolf's third white cousin. The tracks are fleshed out with plenty meat on the bone for this effort, fiddle fills and strings, guitars aforementioned, and copious if not deadly doses of gravel punk rock. Polarized by soul numbers like "I'll Take It" and jumpy blues the likes of record closer, "Should've Been Home With You".
Leg sounds like no one, and writes like no one. That's his beauty. If you're looking for a soundalike pack it in and head home, you're clearly barking aside the wrong tree. If you're a fan of gunnite gypsy punk with a rocksteady back beat, James Leg is your eternal ediface. There is nothing like a Leg record and there never will be, no one plays like him, no one growls like him, and certainly no one rocks like him. He's a world travelled stalwart and will be forever a gem in the Blues crown. Enough waxing poetic, here's the premier of "Hugging The Line" in all its clanky glory. Blood On The Keys is available on September 30th here, don't sleep.
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HIGH TIMES PREMIERES M ROSS PERKINS' NEW SINGLE "HUMBOLDT COUNTY GREEN"
M ROSS PERKINS TO RELEASE SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM OCT. 14TH VIA SOFABURN RECORDS!
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO M ROSS PERKINS' NEW SINGLE "HUMBOLDT COUNTY GREEN" VIA HIGH TIMES!
HIGH TIMES SONG PREMIERE: M ROSS PERKINS' "HUMBOLDT COUNTY GREEN"
By Dabbie Reynolds
Tokers, this Tuesday special is for you. This brand-new track from M Ross Perkins, "Humboldt County Green," is the kind of good old-fashioned psychedelic-tinged rock & roll that the world could use right now. The inspiration, as told by Mr. Perkins, is equally as enchanting.
"During a period of time when I was broke as hell, my best friend spotted me a bag that he said had just come off the bus from Humboldt County," recalls Perkins. "I went back to my house, got stoned, and wrote 'Humboldt County Green' sort of as a double tribute: partly as an ode to Humboldt County itself and partly as a way of showing gratitude to my buddy for letting me slide on the money I owed him for that bag. I gave him a nod right at the beginning of the first verse: 'I've got a friend and he's got the money / He's gone to get a jar of California honey.'
When it was done, I sent him the demo, and he shared it with our friend from Humboldt who had couriered the stuff back to Ohio for us. She wasn't wild about it. She said it's annoying when non-Californians talk about the place like they know something about it. I said, 'I guess we should scrap all those old love songs about Paris, then.'"
http://hightimes.com/culture/music/song-premiere-m-ross-perkins-humboldt-county-green/
POPMATTERS PREMIERES DYAN'S 3RD SINGLE "LOOKING FOR KNIVES"
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DYAN – "Looking For Knives" (audio) (premiere) By Will Rivitz
DYAN's synthpop recalls the period just past that glorious boom earlier this decade, when bands like the Naked and Famous, Passion Pit, and CHVRCHES burst through to mainstream appreciation with bombastic, joyful synthpop. After this time, the music from these bands became more sedate, less hurried, even more somber, culminating in the Naked and Famous' 2013 album In Rolling Waves, one of my personal favorite releases in the genre. "Looking For Knives" sounds a lot like the more chilled-out tracks on that album, which I can always appreciate, but which more importantly makes for a compellingly drawn-out six-minute affair. Tremulous synth and steady voice function as bedrock, electric guitar and wild horns haphazardly dropped on top to inject a shock of energy. It's synthpop in its most toned-down sense, the kind of music that reminds you that taking off the accelerator can provide a sumptuous result too. "I wanted out of a relationship with a good man. And there was no explaining why. It was the opposite of what I expected from myself, breaking a promise so easily," says Alexis Marsh, who records under the DYAN moniker. "And it all felt very dark – anger, impatience, but sorrow above all. So we went after a sound to reflect that – keeping the arrangement clear up until the saxophone solo sort of explodes to finish the song." Looking For Knives comes out July 29. Until then, stream the title track below.
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Would you like to volunteer to help survey habitats or species in Oxfordshire and Berkshire but lack the skills?
TVERC(Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre) is running a further 7 training courses in 2016 to help train volunteers to improve identification skills and knowledge of a range of priority habitats and species.
These one day introductory training courses are run by expert ecologists and aimed at beginners.
Courses will cover basic ecology, relevant legislation, identification features and survey techniques. This will involve both an indoor session and a practical session outside.
Please refer to the TVERC website for further details.


We don't have hurricanes over here on the left coast, but that doesn't mean the wind doesn't blow a bit every now and then. Rogue Ales Public House, Astoria, located where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean, got a first hand look at the power of the Pacific when winds hit 126 miles per hour on Dec. 3.
Housed in the historic pier 39 Bumble Bee Tuna plant building, Rogue Ales Public House Astoria lost its roof to the storm which also closed Interstate 5 in Washington, caused widespread flooding and mudslides, and killed at least 7 people in the Northwest. No injuries were sustained by their staff, thank god, and in true Rogue fashion, their people had generators humming and debris cleared so the residents of Astoria could come in share their storm stories and commiserate over a pint of fresh beer 48 hours after the storm ended.
Sure, patrons had to sit under umbrellas instead of a roof, and rubber boots were recommended since there were a couple inches of water on the floor, but by god they were OPEN and ready to serve our public!
Limited hours are currently being maintained with a skeleton crew, displaced Rogue employees have been offered temporary positions in Rogue locations outside the damage zones to minimize the financial impact on their families while they wait for FEMA's arrival.
Considering how hard Vernonia, Oregon, Centralia, Washington, and some other communities were hit that might take a little while. Whenever FEMA does arrive, they'll be there, ready with a beer, to welcome their help, roll up their sleeves and get down to the business of getting Astoria back up and running.
The Olympic Club of the Mcmenamin's chain in hard hit city Centralia, Wa., weathered the storm and came out unscathed.
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And, in today's digital-obsessed society, those friendly mentions or recommendations at the hair salon, post office, or in line at the grocery store that people relied on in the past have transformed into something else entirely: online reviews.
Rest assured, while online reviews aren't quite as personal as a recommendation from a friend over coffee, they still carry some weight.
In fact, 88% of consumers trust reviews just as much as personal recommendations.
Even further? A whopping 92% of people read online reviews when making purchasing decisions.
Needless to say, securing reviews for your product or business is imperative. But, that doesn't necessarily mean it's easy.
Google reviews, Amazon reviews, app store reviews, Yelp badges—the list goes on and on.
It seems like the moment you've finally figured out how to get reviews on Facebook, a new platform or requirements swoops in and has you feeling lost all over again.
Getting people talking about your product presents a unique challenge. But, fortunately, there are a few simple tips you can implement to start generating some buzz.
Here's how to get more reviews for your product or business.
This first tip might seem painfully simple. However, it's also irrefutably effective.
Unless people have a really bad experience that they feel the need to rant and rave about, they just aren't that inclined to take the time to share their thoughts on a product or service.
It's human nature—yes, even for you. Need an example?
Think about the last time you witnessed someone in a restaurant request to talk to the manager after a mistake was made or some other negative situation occurred.
Now, try to picture a time when you saw someone ask for the manager in order to compliment him or her on a phenomenal meal.
You can probably think of plenty of scenarios that fit into that first category—but, that second one is a lot tougher.
One poll found that participants were 50% more likely to share a bad customer service interaction on social media than those who had positive experiences.
Put simply, there are likely plenty of people out there who love and enjoy your product. But, they probably won't be inclined to spread the good word unless they're explicitly asked to do so.
Asking your customer for a review sort of feels like you're begging them to say nice things about you—which is enough to inspire some awkward and uncomfortable feelings.
However, there's one important thing to note here: You should never explicitly ask your customers for a positive review. Instead, the goal of this conversation is simply to ask them to share their own experience and opinions—without you dictating what exactly those are.
Of course, you don't want to stockpile negative reviews for your product. So, with that in mind, if you know a customer had a poor experience, they shouldn't be someone you approach for a review at all.
Exactly how you ask for a review can vary depending on a lot of factors, such as your specific product, your relationship with your customers, and the method of purchase (was it made in-person or online, for example).
Many businesses have implemented a follow-up email campaign—sent several days to a week after purchase—that asks customers to share their own review.
Thanks for your recent purchase of our widget. We certainly hope you're enjoying it!
We really value feedback from our customers. So, if you have the time, we'd love if you'd leave us a quick review to share about your experience with our widget so far.
Thanks so much, Julie. And, as always, please reach out to our customer support team at any time if we can assist you with anything!
TIP: Don't want to be so forward as to reach out and explicitly ask a customer for a review?
Consider placing a few calls to action on your website where people can click over and leave their thoughts—without you needing to personally get in touch.
After all, more than 90% of visitors who read your headline will also read your call to action copy.
Reviews are far more important to you than they are to the customer that you're hoping will leave one.
Think about this: What do you get out of the exchange?
Increased brand recognition, positive testimonials, an improved reputation, and many other beneficial things.
But, what does your customer get out of taking the time to leave you a review? Honestly, not a lot—besides the knowledge that they're helping to inform other consumers.
We all have a notorious "what's in it for me?" attitude, which means that consumers aren't going to be willing to jump through hoops just to do you a favor and leave you a review.
For that reason, you need to make it as easy as possible for them to leave a review of your product.
As a matter of fact, they should be able to do it with almost the single click of a button. When you send an email or ask for a review, your customer should be able to click a link and immediately leave a review—no multiple pages, passwords, or lengthy account setups required.
Additionally, there are numerous platforms where people could review your product. But, in the interest of not overwhelming your customers, be selective and focus on only the sites that matter most to you.
People won't take the time to leave six reviews on varying sites and platforms. So, if you're most concerned with how to get Yelp badges, push your customers there—and nowhere else.
3. Appreciate, but don't incentivize.
As we mentioned, we all approach tasks or exchanges with a more selfish attitude.
For that reason, it's tempting for brands to incentivize reviews from their customers—meaning, they offer them something in exchange for their review. But, here's a lot of ethical (and even legal!) gray area around this tactic.
But, here's a lot of ethical (and even legal!) gray area around this tactic.
Many people tend to believe that it's only illegal to ask for a positive review. However, in reality, offering a reward in return for any sort of review can actually get you into some hot water.
This is undeniably frustrating because incentivizing can be an incredibly powerful tool for increasing your customer reviews.
But, to avoid any trouble, it's better if you flip your perspective and offer genuine appreciation for an action that's already been taken—rather than presenting a reward for an action you're hoping they'll do.
When you receive a great review, share it on social media. You'll spread the word about your positive review, while also giving that customer a friendly shoutout and some free promotion.
On a regular basis (such as once a month) roundup all of the people who have left you a review and randomly select one (or even a few of them!) to receive something special. That's not an incentive—it's just an expression of your gratitude.
There are plenty of other similar methods you could implement to appropriately thank people for taking the time to leave their thoughts.
The important thing to remember is that you absolutely shouldn't offer a customer a prize or reward in exchange for a review.
4. Respond to negative reviews.
Unfortunately, not every customer review you receive will be glowing and positive.
And, if you're like most people, there's one thing you're tempted to do at the first sight of those few choice words from an unhappy customer: delete that review.
However, while it might make you feel better to get those not-so-nice things off your page, deleting negative reviews really isn't the best strategy.
So, what is? It's simple: responding to them.
We know—the very idea of needing to swallow your pride and address the issue (rather than sweeping it under the rug) has your stomach doing backflips.
But, even so, responding to negative reviews can have some great benefits for your business.
First and foremost, it demonstrates to your customers that you're listening to them—even if you don't necessarily like what they have to say. Beyond that, if you take the information shared in that review to take action and improve or even make the situation right?
You have the opportunity to turn an unhappy person into a lifelong customer.
In addition to making a good impression with the one customer that left the review, you'll also impress other prospective customers. In fact, 26% of consumers say that it's important that a business responds to its reviews.
Think of it as another way to engage your customers. The more that they see that you actually value (and even utilize!) those comments, the more likely they are to actually leave some of their own.
This last tip won't necessarily help you get more reviews, but it will help you to maximize the ones that you already have.
When you do manage to get a number of customer reviews under your belt, what should you do with them?
Let them sit there on your Yelp account or Facebook page in the hopes that people look at them?
Your reviews provide awesome testimonials about your product and your business. So, it's far smarter to repurpose them in other ways.
Perhaps you want to create quote graphics to share on Instagram or another social media outlet. Or, maybe you'll post those testimonials on your website or occasionally share them in your newsletter.
There are tons of things you can do with customer reviews—aside from just letting them sit there.
So, brainstorm some innovative ways you could leverage those testimonials to your advantage, and you're sure to get a lot of life out of the reviews your customers leave you.
Reviews are powerful. But, that doesn't mean that it's easy to get your customers to leave them.
Fortunately, there are some tactics that you can put into play to encourage your customers to share their thoughts and spread the word about your product, and ultimately get reviews for your business.
Making it as easy as possible for customers to leave reviews.
Expressing gratitude, without incentivizing reviews.
Additionally, you can get the most mileage out of your customer reviews by repurposing them in different ways and places. That way, you'll get the most impact out of those positive things your customers have to say about your product or service.
And in the meantime, track your progress with Toggl and get more productive.
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North America surges as pandemic eases elsewhere
Pandemic has been gaining ground since mid-June largely due to the highly contagious Delta variant. Cases continued to surge by 11% in the United States and Canada this week. Mozambique saw the biggest drop with 36% less new cases, followed by Argentina with 34% less.
Guests attend the Iowa State Fair on August 19, 2021 in Des Moines, Iowa. The fair, which runs from August 12-22, typically draws between 80,000 to 100,000 people each day. The fair was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP
The Covid-19 pandemic continued to surge in North America this week even as it eased elsewhere.
The average number of new daily cases stabilised globally at 643,100 according to an AFP tally to Thursday. The pandemic has been gaining ground since mid-June largely due to the highly contagious Delta variant. The confirmed cases only reflect a fraction of the actual number of infections, with varying counting practices and levels of testing in different countries.
North America under the cosh
While most regions of the world saw an improvement this week, cases continued to surge by 11 percent in the United States and Canada. There were seven percent less new cases in Africa, six percent less in Latin America and the Caribbean and three percent less in Asia and Europe. Cases jumped by a fifth in Oceania, although from a low base. In the Middle East the situation also worsened by four percent.
Biggest spikes
Kosovo was by far the country where the pandemic picked up most speed with 189 percent more cases every day. Azerbaijan followed with 82 percent more, Serbia 75 percent more and Switzerland and Germany 61 percent more each.
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Biggest drops
At the other end of the spectrum, Mozambique saw the biggest drop with 36 percent less new cases, followed by Argentina with 34 percent less, Colombia and Turkey 32 percent less each and Algeria 28 percent less.
Most new cases
The US saw by far the biggest number of new cases last week, up by a tenth at 139,100 per day. Iran followed with 38,200, an increase of two percent. On a per capita basis the country that recorded the most new cases this week was Georgia with 877 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Kosovo with 586 and Israel with 572. Israel stands out as it has one of the most advanced vaccination drives, having already completely inoculated more than 60 percent of its population and having started to give booster doses to seniors.
Indonesia most deaths
Indonesia again recorded the greatest number of daily deaths, with 1,281 per day, before the US (859) and Brazil (821). At a global level the number of daily deaths increased by three percent over the week to 9,787 per day.
Malaysia led the vaccination race among countries with more than a million inhabitants, jabbing 1.54 percent of its population every day. Panama followed with 1.51 percent and South Korea 1.39 percent. While they are vaccinating more slowly, among the countries with the most advanced vaccination drives are the United Arab Emirates which has given out 178 first or second doses per 100 habitants, followed by Israel and Singapore (145 doses each) and Denmark (142).
– AFP
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Clermont Comic Con returns on Nov. 18
CLERMONT — The annual Clermont Comic Con returns for its fourth year from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 18 at the Clermont Performing Arts Center, 3700 S. Highway 27.
The convention includes comic book artists, writers and other guests, tournaments, lots of cosplay, over 130 vendors and more. Food trucks on-site include West Orange Creamery, Wild Bills Old Fashioned Soda Pop Co. and the Big Hot Box.
Comic books artist and writer guests include Jose Marzan Jr., known for his work on DC Comics' The Flash and Y the Last Man; Sergio Cariello, known for his work on Marvel Comics' Captain America; Athena Finger, granddaughter of Bill Finger, co-creator of Batman; John Crowther, creator of the Rochelle series, and more. On hand from the WWE will be Hall of Famer, Rocky Johnson, father of Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson, former WWE star Adam Rose and the Warlord.
Admission is $12 per person and children 3 and under are free.
For more information go to www.clermontcomiccon.com or call 352-394-4800.


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Canada Meet some of the Canadians on the front lines of mental-health care
Meet some of the Canadians on the front lines of mental-health care
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and The Globe and Mail honour change makers in the field
MORGAN BOCKNEK
Published October 22, 2017 Updated November 12, 2017
One in five Canadians experience mental-health or addiction problems. By age 40, the statistic shrinks to one in two Canadians who have, or have had, such an impairment.
But the question of how best to conquer the particular challenges of mental-health care is one that Canadians are still grappling with. Whether it's about improving access to care or destigmatizing stereotypes, Canadians have been working to improve the lives of people living with a mental-health issue.
To celebrate these acts of leadership, The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, partnering with The Globe and Mail, held a campaign to honour change makers in the field. Nominations were open to everyone. More than 3,700 names were submitted and, this fall, 150 Canadians were chosen as honourees. These recipients include officials and everyday individuals.
Here are four of their stories.
Kirt Ejesiak
Kirt Ejesiak, pictured here with his wife Madeleine Cole, who is also a recipient of the 150 program, has worked to increase economic opportunities for young people living in Canada's North.
Kirt Ejesiak/Madeleine Cole
City: Iqaluit
Job: Chairman & chief executive officer, Arctic UAV Inc.
For Kirt Ejesiak, there's a deep connection between an individual's mental health and the health of a community.
He has been advocating for more mental-health services in Northern Canada since his time as a former Iqaluit council member and deputy mayor.
"Having grown up in the North, you see it every day, the challenges people are having. It is really hard to imagine unless you're there," he said, explaining that the lack of housing, education and opportunities in the North negatively impacts the population's mental health.
"People are stuck and they can't see how to get out of there. That's why there's a huge crisis," he said.
Mr. Ejesiak says one way to improve mental health in the area is by encouraging young people to finish school. Through Arctic UAV, a startup offering aerial imagery services through drones, Mr. Ejesiak and his team recruit recent graduates into their business.
"I've come to realize knowledge is power. This is part of this idea of, 'Let's give people the knowledge and the power so they can make good decisions.' If we can give people better information, it improves the lives of the community," he said.
He said providing meaningful opportunities for young people – allowing them to do the things they want to do – is the biggest factor in improving their mental health.
Mr. Ejesiak has also worked to help the overall prosperity of communities in the North. His past projects include building prefabricated homes, in part because he believes there is a link between homelessness and mental illness in the North. Mr. Ejesiak said the idea to use prefab housing was to demonstrate there's a more accessible way to address housing needs in Northern communities.
"There's an underlying tension because many people up north don't aspire to own homes," he said. "They just want a safe place to go to sleep."
Since 2009, Mr. Ejesiak has been involved in developing an independent Northern university, one that would be relevant to the Arctic and Inuit. He said young people need to try new things that can lead to success and help others.
"We think it's critical to have young people openly debate some of the challenges in our communities. It all comes back to empowering people," he said.
Mr. Ejesiak says his professional journey is really a personal one. "Coming up with something that could improve not only my family, but give others an opportunity to follow in my footsteps, that's really my goal," he said.
Dr. David Gardner
David Gardner, right, co-created the Bloom Program, an initiative that taps pharmacies to bolster mental-health care.
City: Halifax
Job: Professor of psychiatry and pharmacy at Dalhousie University in Halifax
Distance is one of the biggest barriers to accessing mental-health care, even in a smaller province such as Nova Scotia.
"The [mental-health] difficulties in Nova Scotia are not different from those in Ontario and elsewhere in the country," Dr. David Gardner said.
Dr. Gardner is a professor at Dalhousie University and co-developed the Bloom Program with Dr. Andrea Murphy. The program provides mental-health care to Nova Scotians through their local pharmacies.
Once enrolled in the program, a person who takes medication for a mental illness gets more time with their pharmacist "leading to more comprehensive evaluation and management of their medication and health issues," Dr. Gardner said. The initiative also promotes more communication between the patient, their pharmacist and their doctor.
In addition, pharmacists in the program also work to help educate their patients about how best to navigate the sometimes complex mental-health care system, including how to get access to services that may be available in their communities.
Since pharmacies are present within five kilometres or fewer of the vast majority of the Canadian population, the program provides unparalleled access to care, Dr. Gardner said.
"Several people who have participated in the Bloom Program did not have a regular physician or had lost touch with their physician," he said. "In some cases, pharmacists were successful in helping the patient to reconnect with their physician and in other cases they worked closely with the patient to ensure that their treatments were able to continue in the absence of a regular prescriber."
The project was developed after years of discussions and research by Dr. Gardner and Dr. Murphy.
"A major influence on me over many years has come from the many discussions I have had with people at mental-health and addictions support groups," he said. "Through those experiences, I have learned much about the day-to-day challenges people face in getting the care they need and the health outcomes they deserve."
At the end of 2016, the program was green-lit by the Nova Scotia government and has received more funding. The federal government has also expressed interest in the program after former health minister Jane Philpott was briefed about it in early 2017.
"As a physician, she quickly recognized the important role and unmet potential of pharmacists in the care of people in their communities," Dr. Gardner said. "She asked about our ideas for how to expand this to other regions of Canada."
Dr. Gardner and Dr. Murphy have also recently launched the Headstrong project this fall. The initiative looks to raise awareness and access to care for men who are struggling with mental-health issues, including anxiety, depression, insomnia, suicide, tobacco use and problematic alcohol use.
Dr. Pushpa Kanagaratnam
Dr. Pushpa Kanagaratnam's work focuses on supplementing Western models of mental-health care to better serve refugees.
Job: Clinical psychologist; PhD, C.Psych.
Through her practice, clinical psychologist Dr. Pushpa Kanagaratnam has worked with refugees and immigrants in need of support for the past 21 years.
"I've been interested in these areas of war and violence since I started as a student of psychology in Norway," she said.
"Coming as an immigrant from a war-torn country [Sri Lanka], I was well aware of issues that people were struggling with."
Dr. Kanagaratnam's PhD was on the cognitive impacts of war and political violence. During her schooling, she also wrote a thesis on child soldiers. When she came to Toronto in 2003 as an international fellow, she did a research study on the cultural effects of war trauma in the Tamil diaspora.
"War trauma in itself it doesn't seem to exist as a condition requiring treatment. But when you experience trauma within the context of migration and resettlement, it may contribute to illness," she said.
As Canada has taken in a large influx of new refugees, there needs to be a way within the mental-health-care system to work with them systematically, Dr. Kanagaratnam said.
In her years in Canada, Dr. Kanagaratnam has worked on these issues in a variety of roles, including as a family-violence councillor and as an external mental-health consultant in an international post-tsunami project in Sri Lanka. She gives presentations on issues faced by refugees, both on television and in print, as well as for legal and educational panels.
Her goal is to both educate Canadians about refugee communities and also speak with refugees themselves about integrating into Canadian mainstream society.
Recently, Dr. Kanagaratnam has been part of an independent team that worked on development of a framework for refugee mental health, which was presented at CAMH.
"You can't start developing a treatment approach or model for every community. We don't have evidenced-based research as much as we have in other areas of mental health," she said. "The solutions need to be applicable to all refugee communities."
She said the framework is meant to supplement Western-developed models of mental-health treatment that may not apply to refugee communities. By helping educate the clinician about the refugee community's perspective on topics of mental health, Dr. Kanagaratnam expresses hope they will then apply the knowledge to provide the best support possible for patients.
Dr. Perry Kendall
B.C. Provincial Officer of Health Dr. Perry Kendall is working on building an integrated response in health, political and public spheres to combat the province's opioid crisis.
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City: Victoria
Job: Provincial Health Officer
Throughout his career, Dr. Perry Kendall has long championed changes to the health system that were at first considered controversial, but eventually became common practice.
"It's a passion. It's a thing I enjoy doing," he said of his work.
Dr. Kendall was a former medical health officer for the City of Toronto and the former CEO of the Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario. Among his many career highlights, he has supported the ban of smoking in public spaces, pioneered programs to avoid the spread of HIV, contributed to the development of the First Nations Health Authority and helped steer the political process that resulted in the opening Canada's first supervised injection site in Vancouver.
Today, Dr. Kendall is the B.C. Provincial Health Officer and is working on building an integrated response in health, political and public spheres to the opioid crisis. His goal is to inform the NDP and Green parties on how to proceed with the response to opioid overdoses.
"This is a very complex problem that doesn't lend itself to a simple solution," Dr. Kendall said.
The opioid crisis affects groups in Canada so differently that there is no simple solution, he added.
"There is no magic bullet for addiction. We also know that some people don't want these treatments either."
Dr. Kendall attributes the crisis in part to the pharmaceutical industry for overselling and misrepresenting the safety of opioids. According to him, when people are cut off from their relatively safe supply, they fill this gap with illegal substances, such as fentanyl, which is far stronger and deadlier than heroin and morphine.
"You only need a very small amount to come through the mail to create thousands of doses. This has completely changed the drug market," Dr. Kendall said.
One obvious answer, Dr. Kendall said, would be to provide safe drugs, such as methadone, to those who are dependent, but this treatment does not always work. There is a program in Vancouver through which roughly 100 people receive heroin as a treatment, but it is very politically controversial, he said. Expanding hydromorphone injectables, a opioid painkiller, is another option that is being looked into.
Dr. Kendall has twice announced his plans to retire, but so far has not followed through.
"There seems to be a place for me to do it and there seems to be a lot of work that's left that could still be done," he said. "I think I'm very privileged to be able to do what I do."
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Historic Barça Femení break two league records with victory in Logroño
Lionel Messi came on from the bench to rescue Barcelona's men's team, while Sabadell extend unbeaten run to eight
FC Barcelona Femení in action in their record-breaking win away to Logroña (image from FC Barcelona) / Cillian Shields
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First published: February 8, 2021 02:54 PM
Barça Femení continue to break records in this truly historic season.
Their 2-0 win away to Logoño means their record now stands at 15 games played and 15 wins. Their lead at the top of the table has now been extended to seven points, and that's with three games in hand over second-placed Levante.
Barça's women's side have let in a mere three goals in the league all season and have netted 78 - an average of 5.2 goals scored per game.
With the win in La Rioja, Lluís Cortés's side broke two records - one for the best start to a league campaign with 15 consecutive wins, and another for the most successive victories, which stands at 19, stretching back to last season.
Jenni Hermoso's brilliant backheel assist set captain Vicky Losada through to open the scoring in the first half, while Kheira Hamraoui made sure of the points converting a corner in the second half.
It has now been more than a calendar year since Barcelona's women's team dropped points in a league meeting - a 0-0 draw with Atletico Madrid on January 25, 2020.
The win sets Barça up excellently for next weekend's Copa de la Reina final, to be played in Málaga against the same opponents as this weekend's record-setting win.
2:22 minutes for Messi
Lionel Messi started a rare game for the blaugrana on the bench in the Benito Villamarín against Real Betis on Sunday night, and his side went into half-time duly trailing 1-0 thanks to a goal from former Espanyol forward Borja Iglesias.
However, Ronald Koeman didn't wait around too long to get his star man on the pitch, introducing the Argentine in the 57th minute. A mere 2 minutes and 22 seconds later, Messi had the ball in the back of the net.
The captain put on a leader's performance to dominate the second half and despite being pegged back for 2-2 late on, Barça still had enough to find a winner thanks to Francisco Trincão's first goal for the club.
The win is Barcelona's sixth in a row, putting them in their richest vein of form all season in the buildup to the crucial Champions League clash with Paris Saint-Germain this month. With Atletico Madrid seemingly running away with the league title, Europe and the Copa del Rey might be the easiest avenues for success for Barcelona this campaign.
Ansu Fati injury complications
The bad new for Koeman's side is the news that was revealed this week surrounding the injury progress of Ansu Fati.
The young star had to undergo knee surgery in November and was expected to miss four months of action, but the recovery has not been going as planned, and the winger has already had another operation while a third hasn't been ruled out.
Fati had a fantastic beginning to the campaign, cementing his place as one of the first names on the teamsheet, coming up with important goals and impressive performances before his injury.
Sabadell eight unbeaten
In the second division, recently promoted Sabadell are fighting for their lives. They haven't been able to play one game in the second tier in front of their fans, and are hoping for survival this campaign to hopefully play in the professional division in front of their crowd next season.
A win away to Las Palmas over the weekend will have gone a long way to helping ensure that, especially as Cartagena, sitting just below the Catalans in the standings in the relegation zone, also found victory this weekend.
The win means Sabadell are eight league games unbeaten, although five of those games have been draws.
Higher up the table, Girona's prospects of reaching the playoff spots are getting slimmer each passing week.
The north Catalans have only one win in their last six outings - a Catalan derby against Espanyol. Girona now sit seven points behind Leganés in the final playoff spot.
Manresa capitulate in final quarter
In Spain's top basketball league, Manresa were the only Catalan side not to pick up a win this weekend, despite dominating most of their encounter with Gran Canaria.
Manresa will be disappointed to lose to a side that were coming off the back of three consecutive defeats, but islanders showed heart to rally back from 14 points down.
The defeat means they just about sit inside the playoff spots, with Málaga breathing down their necks with the same record of 10-12.
Ante Tomic y Xabier López-Aróstegui were in sparkling form once again for Joventut de Badalona, leading their side to a 91-84 win over UCAM Murcia. With 18 points, Tomic dominated the opponents' area, while López-Aróstegui found form shooting from the perimeter on his way to 17 points.
Barcelona kept the pressure on Real Madrid at the top of the standings with a 90-73 win over Bilbao Basket. Despite the win, Barça remain two wins behind los blancos.
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Q: Pause video progress bar with .animate() [JavaScript] I'm trying to make my own video controls (as a learning exercise). I have the following code, which animates a progress bar when #play is pressed:
http://jsfiddle.net/tmyie/TJB7r/
var video = $('video');
var duration;

$('#pause').on('click', function () {
    video[0].pause();
// lets pause the animation too!
});

$('#play').on('click', function () {
    video[0].play();
    duration = video[0].duration;
    $('#timer').animate({
        width: '100%'
    }, duration * 1000);
});

This then slowly increases the #timer width to 100%. However, if I press pause, the timer still progresses.
What is the best way to pause .animate(), and then start again if required?
Sidenote: I'm not sure if this is even the best method. Would something like setInterval() be better?
Any help would be great.

A: You should use  < input type="range" >
You can add an "timeupdate" event listener on the video and update the value of the input, as the video plays.
Also add a "change" event listener to input, so you can jump through the video by clickng on the seek bar, etc.

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Q: How to define regex for portia I'm trying to build a regex so i can enter this in Portia as a link follow rule
the url structure in question is : https://www.whoscored.com/Regions/252/Tournaments/2/Seasons/5826/Stages/12496/TeamStatistics/England-Premier-League-2015-2016
All the number parts are variable.. + the last bit of the url
is there a way to clearly define this in link following rules?

A: I think the correct structure using regex could be:
(https:\/\/www\.whoscored\.com\/Regions\/252\/Tournaments\/2\/Seasons\/5826\/Stages\/12496\/TeamStatistics\/England-Premier-League-2015-2016)+


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Major national park expansion for South America's other big forest
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Great news for the Gran Chaco, South America's second largest forest and home to a host of rare and threatened species. This year, a major national park in Argentina will expand its size by almost 50% – benefiting both wildlife and local livelihoods.
Traslasierra National Park – located in the northwest of Córdoba, Argentina and created in March 2018 – will add 17,000 hectares to the 27,000 it already has. This significant milestone will help protect an important part of the Gran Chaco, a hot, semi-arid forest which is home to immense biodiversity and historical heritage. After the Amazon, it is the biggest forest area left standing in South America, but is threatened by deforestation, cattle production and other human activities.
This habitat acts as natural refuge for about 200 species of birds, 34 mammals and 30 reptiles, some of which are rare and globally threatened with extinction. Traslasierra National Park plays host to threatened birds such as the Crowned Solitary Eagle Buteogallus coronatus (Endangered) and the Andean Condor Vultur gryphus (Vulnerable), which was moved to a higher threat category in the last year's update to the IUCN Red List. Other rare species that will call this new paradise home include the Yellow Cardinal Gubernatrix cristata (Endangered), Turquoise-fronted Amazon Amazona aestiva and Chaco Owl Strix chacoensis (both Near Threatened).
Hernán Casañas, Executive Director of Aves Argentinas, mentions that expanding the territory of a national park is a "transcendent" step towards achieving the biodiversity conservation goals that should govern Argentina's environmental policy. It will also help local people to earn a more sustainable living: "With the implementation of the Traslasierra National Park… an auspicious panorama opens up for Cordoba in terms of tourism, not only locally but also internationally… Córdoba can demonstrate that nature conservation and development go hand in hand," says Casañas.
Through our partner Aves Argentinas, which has been part of the promotion and management of this project from the very beginning, the Wyss Foundation provided the necessary financial resources for the creation of the National Park, as part of a joint effort led by the Province of Córdoba and the National Parks Administration.
This majestic landscape can now be preserved for future generations © Aves Argentinas
Why this wildlife sanctuary in Cambodia is in danger – along with hundreds more worldwide
Of the 13,000 lmportant Bird & Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) identified by BirdLife worldwide, 277 are most severely under threat. Vital sites, such as Cambodia's Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary, are home to globally threatened birds such as Giant Ibis and other IBA 'trigger species'. They face the most intense pressures and need our urgent help.
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Sift the flour with the salt into a bowl and add the oil, remaining water and then the yeast mixture. Mix together to make a soft dough. If the dough is too wet, add a bit more flour.
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#BTINTB: Multiplication Rock
Maths (or math if you're reading this in North America) has never really been a great passion of mine. My brain works in a way that just goes blank whenever I try to do multiplication and I struggle to feel motivated to make a good go of it. I did, however, work out that in order to pass my GCSE maths exam, when you write down your workings (regardless of whether or not you know the answer) you get a mark, and I reckon that scribbling random numbers on every answer just about tipped me over the pass mark.
A great teacher makes a hell of a difference, and while I am sure my teachers did their very best, I went to school during a time where teachers had been in their careers for 30-plus years, and had got to a point where they just weren't particularly inspired or inspiring. The best teachers were the PE staff and the English department, mainly because they at least showed a bit of passion for what they did, but probably because they weren't yet that long in the tooth. They were still quite young, in spite of all the collective knee operations they'd between them (not sure why I remember that particular detail).
Most of you will have never heard of Bob Dorough, especially if you live in the UK, but I guarantee that 99.9% of you will have heard his music somewhere. I only recently discovered him, and learned how he is almost single-handedly responsible for two American generations learning maths without realising that they were learning. Three is a Magic Number is his biggest and most well-known hit, known ubiquitously from the De la Soul sampler, used by the National Lottery in their advertising campaign and also covered by Embrace in 2000 (less well-known, but still not bad). Bob Dorough has an energy and enthusiasm for maths that I have never observed in another human, let alone any of my maths teachers. If any of them had had a fraction of Dorough's joy for maths, I might have been inspired to pay a little more attention to the subject. Don't read that as me blaming my teachers for my being shit at maths - I have to take the largest portion of responsibility for that.
Multiplication Rock is something that I think might have made me better at maths if I'd heard it before the age of 35, because it makes maths interesting. It certainly paved the way for programmes like Numberblocks (also #BTINTB) because it's a collection of music that makes maths fun and easy to remember and also creates champions out of would-be-static numbers.
Why is Multiplication Rock Better Than It Needs To Be?
I guess you have to have spent some time with children to fully-understand that to be "just about as good as you need to be" all you really need to do is set whatever you're doing to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star. This is lazy, and would have been a bit of a cop-out if Dorough had decided to set the times tables to that tune. You'd be surprised at how often this cop-out occurs in children's entertainment though - look up Cocomelon for some annoying examples.
When you listen to the whole of the Multiplication Rock album, your ears are taken on a journey through the multiplication tables in a way that is designed to stick with you - you learn maths without realising it. Dorough is a Texan native which comes through in his accent and his general singing style, but he weaves different genres throughout the album so you don't get bored and the lyrics make up a series of beautiful love letters to mathematics. This is a guy who genuinely enjoyed maths and wanted to share his love for it, and this love really positively seeps through into my consciousness and makes me want to like maths, which is definitely an improvement on my school days.
What I also love is how this album doesn't treat children like they're stupid. Bob Dorough clearly wasn't targeting adults when he wrote the album, but adults are able to listen to and enjoy it because the music quality is so high, varied and interesting. One might compare it to how adults also love to read Harry Potter. I do find grown adults playing Quidditch with broomsticks between their legs takes it to another level of strange though (but each to their own).
This album also has such a positive energy. Every time I listen to it, I'm reminded that there is still room to learn even though maths was a real chore for me at school. The melodies, the chords and the complex drum beats really make this album a work of genius, hence why he's been sampled so many times on Three is a Magic Number and it's surprising that he hasn't been sampled more. All of the tracks on this album are music of a quality that is good enough to top any chart - De la Soul proved that.
It was written in 1973 and was accompanied by a cartoon - again, giving children more content than they actually needed which simply added to the quality of their learning (going the extra mile and giving them more than the required minimum). This just wasn't expected in the '70s, and still isn't really that important to some producers of childrens' learning content (see Fireman Sam for examples of lazy writing which uses the same thread in every episode - it's always Norman either setting things alight, putting others in danger or doing something idiotic).
In Summary: You're never too old to learn your times tables
I tend to crack this album out on a long car journey because it makes for a great singalong, children don't realise that they're learning something new and the music is of such a high-quality that everyone can enjoy it without complaint. The only downside is that it's quite hard to find on CD in the UK and it is quite pricey. The best place to look is probably HERE on eBay, or, if you happen to be in the States or have some nice American friends, ask them.
Below is a video of Bob Dorough performing Three is a Magic Number aged circa 91. If that's not Better Than It Needs To Be, I'm not sure what is...
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I'll be performing the tunes from my first solo project release, Empty Highway. I'll have a fantastic group of players with me, and our pals, Math Club will grace the stage beforehand. It's going to be an important night for me and I'm looking forward to celebrating with y'all, a project I'm very proud of.


cotyledons. These sprouts are usually slightly opaque and have a crunchy texture.
but are sown less thickly to give them room to grow to a larger size.
purple cabbage, peas or radish. Here's how to get started.
trays (make sure to cut drainage holes into the bottoms) are great choices.
when you water. Then level and smooth the surface without compacting the soil.
to be in a sunny location.
they're not showered gently when watered.
they've sprouted, depending on the plants and the stage at which you chose to eat them.
sealed plastic bag or container.
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for microgreen production and readily available at garden centres.
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Ben Pile: A study published in Nature last week has found that the effects of climate change on Himalayan glaciers have been overstated. But rather than facing up to their alarmism, those who have been guilty of exaggeration remain as unreflective as ever. Perhaps they are intent on continuing to make political and moral capital out of the possibility of climate catastrophe.
In a letter to the Radio Times, Nigel Lawson of the Global Warming Policy Foundation rebutted many of the series' claims, including the one about the polar bear population falling. In truth, Lawson wrote, it is rising. Environmentalists were apoplectic. Polar oceanographer, Dr Mark Brandon from the Open University, issued a rebuttal after claiming that Lawson's article had been 'patronising, wrong and the usual tired obfuscation and generalisation'. Yet a closer examinationof Brandon's research suggests a very different picture. In fact, there is only sufficient data to say that one out of 19 sub-populations of polar bears is in decline. Polar bear populations had been estimated as being in decline in spite of evidence to the contrary. Overall, and based on actual population studies, there is good evidence that polar bear numbers have increased, as Lawson said.
So how come scientists and environmental journalists are so often 'stunned' when data from the real world turns up to challenge the view of the world that exists within their heads? Tom Chivers of the Telegraph graciously informs us that 'when we learn something unexpected about climate change, it's because the much-derided climate scientists have found it'. So it's not thanks to the sceptics interrogating the alarmists' claims - no, never! But Chivers' haughtiness was premature. What needs explaining is not who discovered what – the scientists or the 'deniers' – but how alarmist claims about climate change always seem to precede the evidence, such that researchers believe the negative picture before the science has delivered a verdict.
After all, scientists - as much as environmental activists - emphasise dramatic stories, and they often do so on the scantest evidence. Expertise does not preclude the reproduction of hysteria about the imminent collapse of the world's glaciers, ice caps or polar bear populations and the subsequent inundation of all the world's cities by floods, the drying up of resources, the creation of 'climate refugees', chaos and war. These are the views produced and reproduced uncritically by experts.
Once you presuppose that climate change is happening, it doesn't take a leap of faith to incorporate the assumption into models to estimate the health of polar bear populations, the progress of glaciers, and the vulnerability of Arctic sea ice. There was no data showing polar bears and Himalayan glaciers to be in terminal decline. Even measurements of Arctic sea ice only extend back to 1979. And so knowledge which is patchy, based on sparse data, estimates and guesswork is fitted into an encompassing storyline of climate change. Really, they ought to remain disconnected stories, at least until more robust studies can show otherwise.


SO REAL and SO SCARY!
Many of these things have actually happened to us and they do ruin the photos and many times there is nothing we can do about it. Having somebody step in front of us just as the couple has their first kiss or a tender moment with the bride and her dad ruined by somebody that was taking a photo that is less then good.
This past weekend we were busy with two weddings. Friday Laura our associate shot this lovely wedding at the Lake Rabun Hotel. I am a big Golden Retriever lover so when I saw the photos while I was editing them I got so jealous that I did not shoot that wedding, but Laura did a fantastic job and I get to enjoy all the photos while I work on them.
Tammie and Don came up to our beautiful mountains to get married and they chose this romantic hotel as their venue. It was the perfect setting for what they had planned. All Occasions Floral did the beautiful bouquet for Tammie.
Old Edwards Inn and Spa Highlands, NC wedding of Jennifer and Brandon!
Who is to say that you can't have a beautiful wedding in the rain. It rained the entire time we were shooting this lovely elopement but we believe the couple had a lovely time anyway. I have to say Jennifer was a real sport and did not loose her good spirit.
Professional Photographer's of America award from the South Eastern Region.
We are very proud to have received this award for one of our album designs.
Glen Ella Springs Inn Wedding Details by North Georgia Photographer!
Our associate Laura shot this lovely wedding for us at the Glen Ella Springs Inn. The couple Michelle and Paul had such lovely country details. We loved everything including the cake by Wendy Tedder and the flowers by Blue Willow Floral.
North Georgia Trash the Dress Session!
What is more fun then shooting a Trash the Dress Session in a cold mountain waterfall.............NOTHING! Each and every time we do this kind of shoot we love it and so do our couples.


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Crunchy roasted almonds hidden in a sensuous sun-ripened date submerged in outrageous rich and dark chocolate!!!
Our 100% Sweet Mangos are pureed into balls and frozen into ideal mouth-size bites. They are a perfect refreshment on a warm day, a great palate cleanser when enjoying a wonderful meal , enriching in a fruit smoothie and way too much fun in your favorite cocktail!
It's a Date In Heaven(tm) , see above, that ran into a snow storm of unsweetened dried Coconut: a buxom medjool date, stuffed with dry roasted almonds, plunged into dark chocolate and rolled into a cloud of unsweetened coconut. It's Outrageaous!
This gastronomically rowdy gift from the Tropics, Passion Fruit, (Maracuya in S. America) has a distinctive tart and sassy taste signature of its own, and a hearty nutritional profile as well. We tame our tarts and pies with organic banana, and avocado and wrap it in our signature date-almond-orange crust. If you are a gastronomical adventurer you too will become passionate about this lively tropical gift!
A tart and tangy tango on your palate.
A dairy, gluten and egg free celebration of Key Limes, Coconut Creme, Florida Key's Key Lime Honey, or Raw Organic Agave, and the surprise -- a nutrition rich, sensuous Avocado base, all wrapped in our signature Date-Almond Orange Crust.
Say adios to condensed milk, and all of its intense sugar and cream. Say Hello to nutritious deliscousness!
A Berry Explosion; Raspberry, Blackberry and Blueberries, pureed together and ignited with agave and lime, frozen and then plunged into a warm pool of outrageously delicious chocolate.
Can you believe THREE antioxidant rich berries; Razz, Blacks and Blueberries tickled with agave and lime and then frozen into tear drops.
Robust in flavor, nutrition, and fun. Great as a dessert, on desserts, in smoothies or in your favorite cocktail!
Raw Blueberries, the power berries, blend beautifully with our Avocado based Key Lime Pie making this delight not only a planetary first, but simultaneously, a nutritional and gastronomical Grand Slam! Two great power fruits join forces, Avocado and Blueberry. It can't get any healthier than this!
Ingredients; key lime, avocado, organic coconut cream, raw whole blueberries, raw organic Florida Keys, key lime honey, or raw organic agave, sea salt , vanilla, and, a date, almond, orange crust. Every element contributing to your nutritional well being.
No Sugar, No Dairy but loads of Taste!
So refreshing!!!..not only for kids...but, in little people sizes.
$ 2.00 each if you recycle the pop stick with us or $2. 50 if you don't.
$3 chocolate and mango/pomegranate when available.
Our sweet frozen Mango Puree Balls, plunged into our 60% dark and delicious chocolate!
 1) Mango Mamas described above. 2) Mayan Mango Mamas with Ginger and hint of Cayenne Pepper. WOW..an explosion of flavors!!!!
Discover nutritional Nirvana when you taste this unique pie. It blends velvety Organic Banana, Dark Rich Chocolate (60% cacao), Organic Coconut Oil, a kiss of Lime, and our silent partner, local Avocado. The Avocado is gastronomically silent but remains steadfast in its nutritional contribution. It's a powerball pure and simple!
If you like Chocolate and Banana, this pie ROCKS!
We embrace this Delight with our Date-Almond-Orange Crust.
4" individual Tart - $8, please order 8" pies- $30, serves 8, in advance.
Nothing says Autumn like crisp Fall air filled with aromas of Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Ginger, Allspice and Pumpkin Pie. This All American classic, however, just got lighter and tastier. We whip Organic Coconut Cream into our beta-carotene rich pumpkin and then baptize it with organic apple juice, natural maple syrup and blend these nutritious ingredients into a lively combinations of those great harvest spices we love. Available in 4" tarts, 8" Pies please order in advance.
But you don't have to wait until Fall. Order one today!
4" tart $ 8.00, 8" Pie $30.
Real ice cream, BUT, not cream from the cow. This means no dairy. We use cream from Organic Coconuts. That's right! In Your Face Delights blends raw tropical fruit with Organic Coconut Cream and Organic Raw Agave. We call them coladas.
Warning: amazing if rum falls into your favorite tub of tropical fruit colada. be careful!
Price $ 8 a 5 oz tub.
Three outstandingly delicious purees, Mango-Ginger, Strawberry, Blackberry, uniquely assembled and wrapped in a our Date-Almond-Orange cover, rolled into a hearty log of celebration. Every bite is refreshingly unique . .
Pecans play with the semi-dehydrated plums and dark chocolate until the crunch of the coffee bean wakes you up and takes your palate to a new discovery or crunchy chocolate deliciousness!
sold in 1/4 lbs and 1/2 lbs, $8 and $15 respectively.
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Nothing (almost) more seductive then the hearty CRUNCH of a Dry-Roasted Almond, that has been bathed in boiling hot, 100% Pure Maple Syrup and then sprinkled with Sea Salt. The salty sweet crunch will trumpet your taste buds into action.
Our exquisite Mango-Ginger Puree non-dairy sandwiches are individually sandwiched between two layers of tasty Date-Almond-Orange wrap. Robust with flavor and, no cream, no sugar, no sugar cookie, or gluten. Its raw and outrageous, frozen and refreshing!
Nothing says Hello Spring, Hello Summer better than a glistening dew- drenched Strawberry. In Your Face Delights now offers as deliciously Sweet Strawberry Pie without dairy, gluten or egg, just like you wished your mother would make. 80% fresh strawberries, 20% blend of organic bananas and Avocado, kissed, as needed, with either organic honey or raw organic agave and lime juice...... and all of this delicious nutrition, embraced by a Date-Almond-Orange Crust.
A Gluten, Nut, and Milk free celebration of Deep Dark Chocolate.
Discover these organic gems; Dehydrated Goji Berries, Cherries, Raisins and Blueberries buried in a vein of hearty, dark, milk free Chocolate (70%+ Cacao).
Also available with sea salt. please specify when ordering.
Dry Roasted Almonds, Sweet, Semi-dehydrated Succulent Plums, Dried Unsweetened Coconut Flakes, optional-Barley-Wholewheat Nuggets and our luxurious 60% Dark Chocolate make this Bark, distinctly hearty, healthy, nutritious and crunchy. We add no additional sugars to the listed ingredients making this invigorating potassium rich Bark, almost unique to the world of Chocolates Delights. This is the only product in our product list that contains gluten, All other In Your Face Delight products are Gluten Free. Black Gold and Apple Jerky below are also nut free. This Chocolate "may contain milk" as it is prepared in a facility that also manufactures milk chocolate. We add no lactose ingredients to this Bark however, or to any other product.
All Fruit Pies and Tarts are Free of Gluten, Dairy, Egg and Cane Sugar.
Three forms of coconut, organic coconut cream, raw organic coconut palm sugar, and unsweetened coconut flakes are merged into one coconut clump and then dropped into a pool of dark chocolate. This is bliss for coconut and chocolate lovers!
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Q: How to randomly select two strings from an array without duplicating I am working on a console app that randomly selects 2 exercises from an array of exercises and uses them later in a tabata workout. I keep running into issues and the 2 selections are always the same.
Please keep your answers pretty simple as I am a beginner.
string[] tbExercises = new string[] { "Pushups", "Pullups", "Situps", "Mountain Climbers", "Burpees", "Goblet Squats", "Kettlebell Swings" };

List<string> randomExercises = new List<string>();

Random rnd1 = new Random();
string ex1 = tbExercises[rnd1.Next(0, 6)];
randomExercises.Add(ex1);
Random rnd2 = new Random();
string ex2 = tbExercises[rnd2.Next(0, 6)];
randomExercises.Add(ex2);

randomExercises.ForEach(Console.WriteLine);


Congratulations to the new Portola Dining Commons, which received LEED Platinum certification on December 4th, 2017; making it one of the first dining commons in the UC System to receive such a distinction. LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council to promote the construction of sustainable and energy-efficient buildings. Within the certifications, there are four rankings: Certified (40-49 points), Silver (50-59 points), Gold (60-79 points), and Platinum (80 points and above). Some of the factors that are considered when assessing a building for certification are: proximity to public transportation, water use reduction, on-site renewable energy, and innovation in design - all elements that Portola demonstrated to earn a score of 84 points! UCSB holds an impressive thirty-three LEED certifications, and has over 2 million sq. ft. of building space under the LEED rating system. We are proud of Portola's contribution to UCSB's core value of being a sustainable campus!


These specious and well-appointed new build apartments are available under the shared ownership scheme for a minimum share of 25%.
Plot 19 is a first floor two bedroom apartment that offers open planning living accommodation with Juliet style balcony a fully fitted kitchen area complete with integrated appliances and two allocated parking space.
Living/Dining/Kitchen - 25'3" x 13'9"
Bedroom One - 12'7" x 9'0"
Bedroom Two - 12'8" x 7'1"
To arrange an appointment please check the steps below and once completed call 02085025758.
Newbury, is a busy bustling place, with its historic architecture and many 17th &18th Century buildings retained amongst the vibrant Northgate Street shops.
The development is within 10 minutes walk, of the Parkway Shopping Pall, located across Victoria Park. Home to major stores, like John Lewis, Debenhams, M&S Joules, Monsoon etc.
There are a plenty of restaurants coffee shops and eateries located throughout the Town, which hosts a twice weekly market, selling a range of locally farmed, fresh produce.
The also town boasts a thriving arts and culture scene with The Corn Exchange known for its range of theatre music and comedy events throughout the year.
Well located , Newbury is approximately 18 miles from Reading, 16 miles from Basingstoke and 28 Miles from Oxford.
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I recently ordered some new toys off of Amazon for my toddler. It'll take a couple of weeks for the toys to arrive but I decided to tell him that I ordered them anyway. Not because I enjoy listening to a toddler whining for new toys but to use this opportunity to teach him about patience. The line I keep repeating to him is "patience is waiting without whining". I've come to realize that this message is for myself just as much as it is for him.
Being a mom is difficult in many ways. One of the most challenging aspects is the feeling of being trapped. I find it very difficult not to feel sorry for myself and dwell on the fact that I miss the freedom I had before having kids. I've made it a habit to resent this lack of freedom and complain about it, sometimes only to myself.
Just like my 3-year-old, I need to learn how to wait without whining. This is the phase of life I am in. I know this phase will pass and things will get easier. My children will get older and become more independent. But there's no point in living miserably and ungrateful until that day comes.
I need to remind myself that someday soon my package will arrive with all the freedom I am missing in this stage of my life. For now, I will wait. Living to enjoy the things I do have right in front of me, everyday.
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This guide has been updated for accessing American Netflix on your Playstation in 2016.
Can you get Netflix on PS3? Yes. Can you get Netflix on PS4? Yes. Even better, this guide teaches you how to set-up your PlayStation to access the USA version of Netflix from Australia and unlock all that great American Netflix content.
The best way to set-up the American version of Netflix on your Playstation in Australia is to set your router to appear as if it's in the USA. That way any device that connects to it (e.g a Playstation) will automatically have access to the US version of Netflix. Check out our guide on setting up your router to do this.
You can also set-up your actual device to access Netflix, rather than changing your router. Read on for our guide on setting up Netflix on PS3 and PS4.
The first step is to sign up for an Express VPN account. This is the service that makes you appear as if you're in the USA. It is essential to make this work, so do it (30 day refund so there's nothing to lose).
1. You will need to create a new PSN account to use with Netflix. This needs to be an American account. Head to the Playstation USA site and create the new account.
2. Once you have the account created you will need to add a new user to your PlayStation– you can't assign a new PSN login to an existing user on the Playstation, so create a new user. I named my user "Netflix" and sign in as that user whenever I want to watch Netflix.
3. Now set the Playstation to use the Express VPN DNS servers. Now when Playstation speaks to the Netflix servers you will appear as if you're in America, tricking Netflix into giving you all that juicy USA content.
1. Select (Settings) > (Network Settings).
2. Select [Internet Connection Settings].
3. Select [Yes] when a confirmation screen is displayed stating that you will be disconnected from the Internet.
4. Select [Custom]. Leave all settings as is until you reach [DNS Settings].
5. Select [Manual] and fill the DNS server fields with the Express VPN values from their website.
7. Restart the PS3.6. Check connection to save the new settings.
Yes you can get the Netflix PS3 experience. The information above is specifically written for accessing Netflix on the PS3 in Australia.
The PS4 can also access American Netflix in Australia. Just use the same set-up steps as above. There is an app for the PS4 too.
This webpage is no longer relevant due to Netflix having a VPN Blocker is there any way around it that you know of?
Yes, As of April 2016 ExpressVPN is still working.


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Fire damage in East London
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059O
Scope and Contents A collection of three panoramic views each composed of two joined prints mounted on card and with extensive handwritten captions identifying locations and buildings, which have been recorded as found. They were taken by Fox and Son (or G. Fox and Son), a commercial photographic firm based in East London, South Africa, circa 1902.'On Sunday afternoon, November 9, 1902, East London's greatest fire broke out behind Messrs. Dunn and Co.'s wool store on the Flat Street side of the Market...
Found in: Cambridge University Library
Palmerston Hotel, Port Elizabeth
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059K
Scope and Contents 177 x 146 mm. An albumen print mounted on card bearing the letterpress: 'J.E. Bruton, Photographer, Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope' (thus certainly dating the print to before 1874 when Bruton left Port Elizabeth to set up a studio in Cape Town). The print shows the front facade of the two- storied stone built hotel with a group of men and women posed on the verandah for the photographer. The name of the proprietor, James R. Rumsey, can be read above the entrance. The hotel, situated...
The Boer War Memorial, Grahamstown
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059W
Two prints, mounted on card stamped 'Hepburn and Jeanes' with captions which have been used as titles and recorded as found.
Views in Port Elizabeth
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059N
Collection of loose prints measuring approximately 105 x 80 mm., with extensive typewritten captions on a separate sheet. The captions have been used as titles and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of their creation. The captions from the album have been removed, and the longer descriptive extracts taken from the typewritten sheet (dated April 10 1898) are inserted with the photographs.
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059V
An album containing prints measuring approximately 190 x 130 mm without original captions. Most of the identifications were made with the aid of J.J. Redgrave's 'Port Elizabeth in bygone days,' (1947). Photographer unknown.
Views of Port Elizabeth and Cradock
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059Q
A collection of loose prints measuring approximately 210 x 155 mm or 150 x 105 mm, with handwritten captions on the reverse. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Photographs probably by Revd. Alfred Hall.
Subject: South Africa (nation) X
Subject: Eastern Cape, Province of (province) X
Port Elizabeth (inhabited place) 4
Cradock (inhabited place) 1
East London (inhabited place) 1
Grahamstown (inhabited place) 1
Bruton, James Edward, 1838 -1918 (photographer) 1
Hall, Alfred, fl. 1906 (clergyman) 1