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Every summer when I was a kid, the rugged east coast village where I lived with my four brothers and our parents, would announce what to me was the most exciting news of the year: the opening date of the town's one and only outdoor community swimming pool.
It signalled the end of the school year, the promise of warmer weather, and well, swimming lessons. It also meant the return of what a 9-year-old palette craves – piping hot salt-and-vinegar french fries, fresh from the canteen and inhaled after hours of play in frigid water. The pool was a 15 minute walk from my house, and sat in the shadow of the brick school that I attended from kindergarten through graduation.
Waiting for the Whistle
So it began. Every year, on the first day of Pool Season, kids in bathing suits would push to the front of the queue to claim bragging rights to being the first to plunge into the deep end of the ice cold water, pumped in courtesy of the volunteer fire department. It would be days, even weeks before the capricious summer sun would start to warm it.
The doors would open and we'd file in, speed walking along the rough concrete deck to get into position.
There I stood, punier, paler and younger than the rest, staring into the highly chlorinated shimmering water in nervous anticipation; silently wondering if I'd forgotten how to swim in the last 10 months. We waited, shivering pre-teens, lined up along the edge, legs cocked for push off; impatient for the the lifeguard to blow the first whistle of the season.
Before the whistle had finished we'd throw ourselves from the ledge, head first into the water, and emerge screaming from the cold water and the excitement.
Summer had begun.
How Not to Lie About Your Age
By the time I was 38 I was already obsessing about turning 40. Like many others, my notion of middle-age, especially for women, pointed to a loss of relevance, impending social invisibility and fading sexiness. I knew women in their 40s, 50s 60s and beyond who were relevant, brilliant and sexy. But, I was convinced they were outliers. It was that number, and a lifetime of unconscious judgments that I projected onto it that left me crippled with fear. If I couldn't figure it out before forty, surely, I was doomed.
Blinded with determination, I devised a solid plan. I would throw a huge party for my 39th birthday. This would divert attention, so no one would notice when I turned 40 the following year (because, everyone was paying close attention to my age, obviously). The party fell on a warm October Friday night; a band played under a tent, there was dancing, a cocktail (the "Frantini") was launched in my honour. I was surrounded by friends and, aglow on the love of friends and a few Frantinis.
Of course, I'd failed to see the hole in my master plan. Everyone assumed it we were celebrating my fortieth and that I was joking about still being 39. To this day friends who went to that party think I'm a year older than I am.
What followed in the next inspired soul searching, research, interviews and now, this blog.
Not Your Mama's 40
Turning 40 induced a mid-life a panic attack. As a single, kid-free, otherwise confident, successful woman it took a toll on my self confidence and made me question my identity. The kid who couldn't wait to dive into the deep end was in way over her head. In the thick of it I was too proud or confused to admit how deep my fears and sense of failure truly went. I was having a crisis. I think it felt…ashamed. I didn't want to talk about it, and when I did, it was impossible to convince me that it was all going to be okay.
Of course everything did turn out okay – great, actually. Now, safely on the other side, when I talk to women approaching 40 I see the fear on their faces. When I tell them what I'm writing about their eyes widen, their shoulders soften, and they confess they are afraid of the very same things – being single, failure, irrelevance, unattractive…old.The singular reaction I get when I tell women I'm writing a book is, "How soon can I buy it?
Turning forty in 2017 is not like it was in pre-Google 1994, or 1974, (the year Gloria Steinem hit the same milestone). Women are in need of guidance, a mentor, some smart advice, warm encouragement and hard data as they approach their 40's. Fortyology offers some new points of view, some scientific data on the subject and stories from real women on both sides of the 40 year old divide.
what science has to say about your forties
The data of people, let alone women, in this age group is sparse. We had to dig deep and ask a lot of questions to real people. Some scientists I've interviewed lamented that there wasn't much study of this age group because it, well, it just wasn't interesting. The consensus has been that during your 30s and 40s there wasn't much going on in the brains, biology or psychology of women. Under the age of 25 and over 65 are groups that have a lot more data, as thats when things would show most change in our lives and bodies. Of course, it's also more studied, so the absence of data is as much about the absence research.
For advertisers, the 35-50 demographic is lumped in with others – e.g. Moms, Menopause, Career Girls – despite the fact that they are a unique group, and hold immense purchasing power. One statistic shows that upwards of 75% of women feel misunderstood by marketers. Click to Tweet this.
Research has started to creep slowly towards closing that gap, but for the most part finding research that specifically applied to women in the 35-50year category tested our skills.
It inspired me to do my own research to find out the feelings, struggles, health and mindset of women of all ages, looking forward to 40, or reflecting on it from a safe distance.
We talked to experts in various fields of studies – Psychology, Biology, Neurology. Since the study of this age group is still growing, it seemed this field of study deserved it's own designation, and to create more visibility and a language around which we can frame this stage of our lives. After speaking with dozens of 'ologists', it seemed like a no-brainer, and I gave it a name Fortyology. As the worlds first self-appointed 'Fortyologist' I realize we need to know more because knowing more is how we help ourselves and each other. It is a form of mentoring those around us when our mothers' wisdom on aging sadly doesn't apply because of vastly different worlds, life experiences or values.
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Юрий Александрович Щербук (род. 25 марта 1952 года, Лида, Гродненская область, БССР, СССР) — российский нейрохирург, генерал-майор медицинской службы, действительный государственный советник Санкт-Петербурга 2 класса, член-корреспондент РАМН (2011), академик РАН (2016).

Биография

Родился 25 марта 1952 года в г. Лида Гродненской области Белорусской ССР.

В 1969 году — поступил в Гродненский государственный медицинский институт, в 1973 году — переведён на военно-медицинский факультет при Куйбышевском государственном медицинском институте, который окончил в 1975 году.

В дальнейшем с отличием окончил факультет руководящего медицинского состава Военно-медицинской академии имени С. М. Кирова, специальность «нейрохирургия».

С 1973 по 2007 годы — состоял на военной службе, где прошёл путь от врача-ординатора-хирурга военного госпиталя до заместителя начальника Военно-медицинской академии имени С. М. Кирова (по научной, а затем клинической работе), было присвоено воинское звание генерал-майора медицинской службы.

С 2003 по 2012 годы — председатель Комитета по здравоохранению Правительства Санкт-Петербурга, действительный государственный советник Санкт-Петербурга 2 класса.

С 2012 года по настоящее время — работает в Санкт-Петербургском государственном университете — советник ректора, декан факультета стоматологии и медицинских технологий и одновременно заведующий кафедрой нейрохирургии и неврологии медицинского факультета.

В 2011 году — избран членом-корреспондентом РАМН.

В 2014 году — стал членом-корреспондентом РАН (в рамках присоединения РАМН и РАСХН к РАН).

В 2016 году — избран академиком РАН (Отделение медицинских наук РАН).

Научная деятельность

Специалист в области нейрохирургии.

Осуществил фундаментальные исследования по научному обоснованию и внедрению в клиническую практику малоинвазивных эндоскопических технологий в нейроонкологии, нейротравматологии, сосудистой и спинальной нейрохирургии; научную разработку и внедрение инновационных технологий диагностики и лечения опухолей функционально значимых зон головного мозга; научное обоснование и создание высокоэффективной системы оказания помощи при черепно-мозговой травме, снизившей смертность пострадавших в 2,0-3,3 раза.

Провёл научную разработку и создание высокоэффективной системы неотложной неонатологической помощи (в том числе при родовой ЧМТ), позволившей достичь самого низкого в России уровня младенческой смертности, сравнимого с лучшими международными показателями. Научно обосновал и создал высокоэффективную систему оказания помощи детям с острой перинатальной ВИЧ-инфекцией (нейро-СПИД).

Под его руководством защищено 6 докторские и 7 кандидатские диссертаций.

Автор более 650 научных работ, из них 43 учебных и методических пособий, 15 монографий, 7 руководств и учебников по нейрохирургии, справочников для врачей, получено 4 патента.

Научно-организационная деятельность
 член редколлегий журналов «Российский нейрохирургический журнал имени профессора А. Л. Поленова», «Нейрохирургия и неврология детского возраста», «Вестник хирургии им. И. И. Грекова», «Вестник Российской Военно-медицинской академии», «Скорая медицинская помощь», «ВИЧ-инфекция и иммуносупрессии», «Neurosurgery» и «World Neurosurgery» (США);
 председатель Экспертного совета по здравоохранению при Межпарламентской Ассамблее СНГ.

Награды
 Орден Почёта (2008)
 Премия Правительства Российской Федерации в области науки и техники (в составе группы, за 2010 год)
 Почётная грамота Президента Российской Федерации (2011)
 Заслуженный врач Российской Федерации

Примечания

Ссылки

 Его статьи в РИНЦ

Выпускники Самарского медицинского университета
Нейрохирурги
Генерал-майоры медицинской службы (Российская Федерация)
Деканы Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета

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Green Oak Village Place is a retail lifestyle center located in Green Oak Township, serving Brighton, Michigan, United States. The mall, opened in stages between 2006 and 2008, includes six anchor stores: Barnes & Noble, Dick's Sporting Goods, DSW Shoe Warehouse, HomeGoods, JCPenney, Pier 1 Imports; Five Below; TJ Maxx and more than forty inline tenants. It is managed by REDICO.

History
Prior to the construction of Green Oak Village Place, the only shopping mall in Brighton was Brighton Mall, a 20-store complex originally anchored by A&P and Grant City, which was demolished in 1996 for big-box stores, including Marshalls and Best Buy.

Following the construction of several new homes in the area, as well as increase in traffic along US-23 and Interstate 96, plans were made in 2004 to build a new lifestyle center called Green Oak Village Place at the interchange of U.S. 23 and Lee Road southeast of town. A small shopping center featuring Costco and Kohl's had already been built at the southwestern quadrant of this interchange. In December 2004, a preliminary approval was granted to build the center, which was developed by Lormax Stern in association with REDICO and Quadrants, Inc. The city's officials formed a task force to determine the impact that the mall would have on the city's downtown business district. Construction began in June 2005, ahead of schedule. At the same time, the Lee Road interchange with U.S. 23 was rebuilt to include three roundabouts, leading one local resident to create a board game based on the roundabouts.

Three of Green Oak Village Place's anchors — DSW Shoe Warehouse, Dick's Sporting Goods and Old Navy — were the first stores to open, doing so in mid-2006. Barnes & Noble opened as the fourth anchor on October 25, followed by a grand opening of the mall on October 27. Inline stores began opening in October as well. Two months after the mall opened, a display at the Victoria's Secret store led to boycotts and protests from members of the community.

A  JCPenney department store opened in March 2007, and HomeGoods opened as a sixth anchor in September 2008. TJ Maxx opened in 2016 In 2020, Pier 1 Imports will close after the company filed for bankruptcy in February.

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I was in the Lower Eastside today and decided to check out a friend's store on a whim. It's called 3sixteen and their showroom and office are on Orchard Street. I was impressed with the presentation and the quality of the clothes. It's pretty inspiring to see how far 3sixteen has come along, starting out just as a tee-shirt shop a few years ago. Now they design great denim jeans (unfortunately out of my price range) and they also have footwear and cut and sew. Check them out!
Interesting area of the city. We were in that area last spring and went to the tenement museum. Ate at a Cambodian restaurant, though it was good, it was a bit like overpriced pho.


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O (Schuylkill) Christmas Tree!
Some historians hold that the first White House Christmas tree was brought by President Franklin Pierce in 1856. Others dispute that stating that Christmas was not a national holiday until President Grant declared it so in 1870. Most White House historians however agree that in 1889, President Benjamin Harrison's family did trim and decorate a White House tree with popcorn, candles and tinsel.
Electric string lights (single bulbs, hand strung) adorned the White House tree in 1895 under the watchful eye of President Grover Cleveland. Conservationist Theodore Roosevelt attempted to halt the tradition; not because he was a Grinch but rather due to his conservationist views. He firmly believed that this tradition was contributing to deforestation and wanted to set an example for the rest of the nation. After his son Archie secretly brought a tree into the White House, Teddy Roosevelt finally eased his opposition but not until after receiving counsel from his Chief of Forestry Gifford Pinchot, who informed the President that thinning out trees was good for the overall crop. Later, in the early 1920s, President Calvin Coolidge held the first national tree lighting ceremony at Capitol Ellipse without saying a word.
A Schuylkill County tree was selected by First Lady Hillary Clinton as the official White House Christmas tree in 2000, the last year of her husband's presidency. It was an 18 ½-foot Douglas fir grown on Evergreen Acres in West Brunswick Township, near Auburn. That tree farm is operated by Paul Shealer and his wife Sharon and was started by Mr. Shealer's grandfather in 1936.
The tree farm is located near the area where Fort Lebanon once stood. That fort was a colonial Pennsylvania military post erected in 1755 by order of Benjamin Franklin to protect these early wilderness settlers from Indian attacks during the French and Indian War. It now remembered with a state historical marker.
In colonial Pennsylvania, if one belonged to the Episcopal Church, Christmas was observed but not so for Quakers, Mennonites or Presbyterians. But it was the early German settlers in Schuylkill County, including Moravians who established many of the Christmas traditions that we still hold to today, such as the Christmas tree, candles in the window, and music.
Was there some low key Christmas observance at the garrison by the 53 soldiers stationed there? There is no written documentation but perhaps there was. What we do know is that there was no USO Christmas Show at the Fort as the "United States" was still but a gleam in Thomas Jefferson's eye.
Three White House staff members ventured to Schuylkill County to examine and select the presidential tree. Mr. Shealer told the press that the 700 pound tree had been planted twenty years ago as a three year old sapling. The Shealers had the tree cut and personally delivered it to Washington in a converted boat trailer towed behind their pick-up truck. Arriving in Washington, bomb-sniffing dogs and a security team greeted the family and the evergreen.
For the official photo-op ceremony the security-cleared Schuylkill tree was carted up the presidential driveway in a green horse drawn wagon and carefully carried into the White House to be displayed in the Oval blue room. As it was the eighth and last year of the Clinton Administration, the holiday theme was "Holiday Reflections" with the tree decorated with ornaments that reflected the past seven years, as well as 2700 lights. Mrs. Clinton welcomed Mr. and Mrs. Shealer and their two teenage children, Briana and Paul, Jr. into the White House for tea and cookies. Briana was surprised with a thoughtful personal birthday cake as it was her 18th birthday.
The Schuylkill County tree that graced the White House was taken down in January 2001. In a few weeks, with the recent presidential election decided, the Schuylkill Douglas fir tree was gone from the White House and a Bush moved in.
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Yes, of course. You can make a reservation for any service you want, mentioned on our website. There is no minimum of services you need to book, everything is possible.
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In the Contact section, you can find all the necessary information to reach us. If you are in Quetzaltenango, we can even help you out on location.
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10. Is knowledge of Spanish necessary to travel in Guatemala?
In tourist areas, it's possible that English is spoken, but the more local and remote, the less English you will find, so some basic Spanish will be very useful then. Also, knowing some Spanish will make your experience different, as you will be able to interact with the local people without language limitations.
11. Can I travel to Guatemala with children?
Guatemala generally is a very suitable destination for children. Tours, transportation and language courses for example are all accessible for children. In case of (volcano) hikes and volunteering, we will advise you what is best to do, as not all of these activities are suitable for children.
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In Aristotle's teleological view of the world, natural things come to be and are present for the sake of some function or end (for example, wings are present in birds for the sake of flying). Whereas much of recent scholarship has focused on uncovering the (meta-)physical underpinnings of Aristotle's teleology and its contrasts with his notions of chance and necessity, this book examines Aristotle's use of the theory of natural teleology in producing explanations of natural phenomena. Close analyses of Aristotle's natural treatises and his Posterior Analytics show what methods are used for the discovery of functions or ends that figure in teleological explanations, how these explanations are structured, and how well they work in making sense of phenomena. The book will be valuable for all who are interested in Aristotle's natural science, his philosophy of science, and his biology.


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Australian Government sources indicate that there were 2.2 million temporary residents in Australia as of 31 March 2018 – most of whom have some kind of work rights. However, this number excludes provisional visa holders (such as temporary partners, provisional skilled and business skills) and also unlawful non-citizens.
This article looks at the different types of temporary resident work visas and trends between 2012 and 2018.
The table below summarises the total number of temporary residents in Australia, including these extra categories. Our figures indicate that there are 2.4 million people in Australia who are not permanent residents or citizens.
These are people who are in Australia without a valid visa. The Department of Home Affairs can estimate the number of overstayers in Australia based on the difference between people arriving in Australia and those leaving.
As of 1 July 2017, the Department estimates that there were 62,900 overstayers in Australia. Many of these have been living in Australia for a considerable amount of time and are presumably working to support themselves.
The risk for the employer is that a long-term overstayer may appear to be Australian – unless the immigration status of each employee is checked as part of the recruitment process, the business could easily employ an overstayer accidentally.
The number of visitor visas has increased by 80% since 20198. Visitor visas in the tourist stream do not allow any kind of work in Australia – these form the bulk of visitors in Australia with 384,487 holders in Australia as of 31 March 2018.
There is also a "business visitor" stream which allows certain activities, such as attending conferences, but do not allow employment in Australia. There were 10,252 business visitors in Australia as of 31 March.
Employers should be careful not to make employment offers to business visitors, and should also use caution when moving staff to Australia on business visitor visas as the work they can do in Australia is very limited.
Bridging visas allow a person to stay in Australia lawfully whilst they are undergoing another visa application process – such as waiting for a visa application to be processed or an appeal to be heard, or departing Australia.
Often, bridging visas have work rights, but the Migration Regulations are more complex regarding this than for substantive visas. Often, bridging visa holders need to specifically apply for work rights.
The main risk for employers is that bridging visa holders are generally required to depart Australia within 35 days if their visa application or appeal process is refused.
The number of bridging visa holders in Australia has been increasing rapidly in the last few years and there are now more bridging visa holders than employer sponsored visa holders in Australia.
There were over 530,000 student visa holders in Australia as of 31 March. This is an increase of some 56% from March 2012.
The biggest increase has been in the number of students in Higher Education, and these students now make up 63% of all international students in Australia.
Vocational education students make up 22% of all students. Numbers have also increased, but not as strongly as higher education students.
Students generally can work for 40 hours per fortnight, but PhD and Masters by Research students can work full time. Student dependents, of which there are some 56,000 in Australia, usually have work rights as well, but the amount of hours again depends on the type of course being taken by the main student.
Previously, 7 different student visa subclasses were issued depending on the type of course being undertaken. In 2017, these were replaced by a singled subclass 500 student visa – this makes it more difficult for employers to determine the type of course being undertaken and hence more difficult to determine work rights.
The number of working holiday makers in Australia has not grown significantly since 2012. However, the composition of the program has changed.
Whilst the number of backpackers from the UK has stayed more-or-less the same, there has been a significant drop in the number of Irish and South Korean working holiday makers. Taiwan is now the second most common nationality for working holiday makers, followed closely by France.
Most are familiar with the Subclass 417 Working Holiday Visa. However, there is also a Subclass 462 Work and Holiday visa which has different requirements. A number of countries have been added to the list of 462 countries and this has meant a significant increase in the number of 462 holders in Australia. For instance, there are over 4,300 Chinese nationals in Australia on 462 visas as of March 2018, almost the same as US nationals. Other countries now contributing significant 462 visa holder numbers include Chile, Indonesia, Spain, Argentina, Thailand and Israel though there were 23 countries represented in total.
The number of Graduate Temporary Subclass 485 visa holders has more than doubled since 2012. With 65,246 Graduate Temporary visa holders in Australia as of March 2018, this is a significant number of workers – all of whom have full work rights.
The Post Study Work stream (PSW) of the 485 visa was introduced in 2012. The PSW stream is only available to higher education students, but is more beneficial and more straightforward for most applicants. Along with the increase in higher education students in Australia, the new PSW stream may be contributing to increased numbers of 485 visa holders in Australia.
The main risk for employers hiring 485 holders is that the visas are only valid for 2 years in general, and that holders generally move onto a new visa which may not have as favourable work rights during this time.
The number of 457 visa holders has actually declined since 2012. The 457 visa was abolished in March 2018, and replaced by the TSS visa which will probably be less favourable for most employers. Accordingly, we expect number of employer sponsored visas to continue to decline. As of 31 March 2018, there were only 5 TSS visa holders in Australia.
Sponsored visa holders often have dependents – as of March 2018, there were 66,918 dependent 457 visa holders in Australia. 457 dependents can work full time, but can face cancellation if the main visa holder finishes their employment in Australia or if a spousal relationship breaks down.
There are a wide range of temporary visa categories – with varying levels of work rights. These are generally called the "400 series" as the subclasses usually start with 4. Since 2012, the 400 series has been compressed into a smaller number of visas, making comparisons between 2012 and 2018 difficult, but overall this category has increased by 63% since 2012.
Overall, the number of temporary visa holders is increasing over time – there's a 29% increase between 2012 and 2018.
However, employer sponsored visas have been in decline and we expect this trend to continue.
Numbers of working holiday visa makers have been steady – but there has been a bit change in the nationalities of working holiday makers.
There have been significant increases in unsponsored and largely open ended visa programs – such as student visas, bridging visas, graduate temporary visas and "other temporary residents".
For employers, temporary visa holders are a rapidly growing pool of largely skilled workers. However, tracking visa work rights and visa expiries for these visas are much more complex as compared to employer sponsored 457 and TSS visas.


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CU's Balch Field House doesn't lend itself to great times. Whether it's the tighter turns or some other factor, the indoor track at the Air Force Academy tends to produce slightly faster times. That and the fact that there were some missing big names and some other big names running a reduced set of events meant fewer spectacular marks than we might otherwise have expected from a meet of this caliber.
The girls' 60 meter hurdles was a continuation of a season-long battle between Dior Hall and Kami Mendez. Once again, Dior Hall got the best of it. Once again, not by much, 8.67 to 8.75. Dior Hall would later finish second in the 200, showing some speed at longer distances as well (Note: I may need some help for the readership here. I would very much like to add Dior Hall to the MileSplit rankings, but I need a high school to associate her name with. I fully realize athletes do not represent a school in indoor track and field, but I need a school name--preferably the one she will run track with this spring--to get her record properly into the database). The boys' 60 hurdles final was even a shade closer with Jakoby Baker edging Alex Jordan, 8.57 to 8.62.
While MaryBeth Sant did not take down her season-best time of 7.50 in the 60 meters, she did win easily in 7.58. She doubled in the 200 with a time of 25.97 around two turns.
Marcus Harris continued his domination of the indoor 60 (6.88), but also noteworthy was the appearance of Trent Ireland in second. We haven't heard much from Ireland, track-wise, since his injury in last spring's outdoor state meet.
Chris Ganem smashed open what had been a season of lethargy in the boys' 800, clocking a well-under-2-flat time of 1:58.39. It was more or less a solo effort as second place was eight seconds back.
Going up one more distance, Connor Winter posted his best, and the state's best, indoor mile of the season at 4:27. Slowly, but steadily, Winter seems to be resuming the form he showed last spring. Like Ganem, Winter's effort was all his own, winning by 18 seconds.
GinAsia Hamilton and Chris Sterling won the 400s, but both have posted much faster times this season on the indoor track at the Air Force Academy.
In the field events, most of the excitement centered around the boys' jumps where both titles were decided by tie-breaking rules. Gunnar Haynes won the high jump with a leap of 6-4. Tony Carodine did the deed in the long jump with a leap of 20-4. Brittany Lewis dominated the girls' long jump at 17-7, but nobody in either of the long jump events was approaching PR territory.
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For nearly two years, supporters of POTUS Donald Trump have been waiting patiently — and, increasingly, impatiently — for something that resembles justice to be meted out to the Deep State conspirators who devised "Spygate" as a means of deposing our duly elected president.
For several months ahead of the 2018 midterms, conservatives and some Republicans in Congress pleaded with the president to release classified documents pertaining to various aspects of the scandal, particularly the applications James Comey's FBI used to obtain Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court warrants to spy on Carter Page, a one-time member of the president's 2016 campaign.
And when Democrats retook the House last year, many of the president's supporters gave up all hope that Comey, James Clapper, John Brennan, Peter Strzok, Andrew McCabe, Bruce Ohr, Lisa Page, James Baker, Rod Rosenstein — even former AG Loretta Lynch and perhaps President Obama himself — would ever be held liable for the coup attempt.
All that may be about to change, however.
In recent weeks, House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) has been teasing that he was preparing a number of criminal referrals for the Trump Justice Department involving Deep State figures allegedly tied to Spygate.
On Sunday during an interview with Fox Business Network's "Sunday Morning Futures" host Maria Bartiromo, Nunes said he's got eight referrals he's preparing to make to the DoJ, which is now led by AG William Barr, who is Jeff Sessions' straight shooter replacement and said to be intimately interested in cleaning up his department and the FBI.
"We're prepared this week to notify the attorney general that we're prepared to send those referrals over and brief him if he wishes to be briefed," Nunes said.
As Infowars reported, Nunes was expected, by some, to have delivered those referrals last week. But he told Bartiromo that others had been identified as being intimately involved in the coup attempt, which delayed action.
He said Sunday that up to two dozen people have been identified by his team of investigators who could eventually wind up being referred to the DoJ for prosecution.
Because his team's work is highly classified, Nunes did not give Bartiromo any names. But he did discuss three categories into which the suspects fall.
"Five of them are what I would call straight up referrals, so just referrals that are, that name someone and name the specific crimes. Those crimes are lying to Congress, misleading Congress, leaking classified information," Nunes said, according to the Washington Examiner.
Three others are a bit more complicated, he explained, noting that they could be charged with committing a conspiracy to lie to the FISA court.
"So on the first one, is FISA abuse and other matters we believe there is a conspiracy to lie to the FISA Court, mislead the FISA court by numerous individuals that all need to be investigative and looked at," Nunes added.
He said his team has identified about a dozen "highly sensitive, classified information leaks" that were provided to just a few reporters over the past two-and-a-half years, noting that he wasn't sure if there are any active investigations involving those.
"We do believe that we've got pretty good information and a pretty good idea of who could be behind these leaks," said the California Republican.


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Kay Wilson and Neil Masterson (who viciously beat up an MP) at al-Quds Day 2017
{jathumbnailoff}The far right and Zionist Jews have always made strange bedfellows.
Historically, the Christian Zionist right in America, estimated to form anything up to a third of the country's voting population, has supported Israel tooth and nail viewing it as the fulfilment of a Biblical prophecy that will herald the second coming of Christ, even if the ensuing rule of that same figure will result in the destruction of the 'Jewish state'.
To date Zionist Jews in Britain have managed to avoid any such associations. British Jewry, Zionist or otherwise, has instead positioned itself at the forefront of the anti-fascism and anti-racism movements seeing such opportunist alliances as the thin end of a dangerous wedge that could come back to bite the community.
All that may be changing however. Recent years have seen the seeds of an alliance being sown, most notably on the common ground of Islamophobia. The strategy of Zionist Jews to stain the Palestinian solidarity movement with accusations of Islamic extremism has converged with the far right's identification of Muslims as the enemy within and the substitution of anti-Semitism with Islamophobia.
The dovetailing of interests is leading increasingly to a collaboration on the issue of Palestine where neo Nazis are lending their support to Zionist activists who are in turn acquiescing if not openly encouraging their participation in Zionist pickets and demonstrations.
At this year's Al-Quds Day demonstration in London in June, far right and Zionist activists openly heckled and abused the peaceful procession as it wound through the city centre. Although the two groups marched and stood in separate locations during the event they were clearly observed talking and laughing with each other after the event.
The two groups were again standing shoulder to shoulder in August when they picketed the Palestine Expo in the capital. Photographs show the former vice president of the Zionist Federation, Jonathan Hoffman, next to Paul Besser, the so-called "intelligence officer" of the neo-Nazi group Britain First. Zionist picketers seem to be perfectly comfortable with the presence of a known fascist in their midst.
Indeed, Britain First has made active efforts to win the support the UK Jewish community. In January 2015 the group undertook a "solidarity patrol" in Golders Green, a northwest London neighbourhood famous for its sizeable Orthodox Jewish community calling on Jews to join forces against what it calls 'the Islamization of the UK'. Britain First leader Paul Golding has openly said that his organisation supports Israel against "the encroachment of Muslims on their territory." Although Jewish community leaders officially rebuffed the overtures it has not stopped some activists from standing together, let alone adopting the rhetoric of the far right.
This year the Zionist counter protest to the Al-Quds Day demonstration was spearheaded by an organisation called StandWithUs (SWU), a pro-Israel advocacy group that enjoys charitable status. One of the conditions of this charitable status is that it does not promote extremist views or provide a platform for their expression.
Yet, both before, during and after the Al-Quds Day demonstration SWU was engaged in a political smear campaign against the organisers and attendees that was loaded with racist and Islamophobic rhetoric. SWU's UK's publicity for the event was centred on labelling law abiding citizens who attended the march, an event that has not seen a single demonstrator arrested since its inception some 30 years ago, as terrorists, extremists, anti-Semites and hate preachers.
In the counter-demo, attendees continued with this theme. Among the slurs they used were:
-you're all terrorists. Get out of our country. This is England.
-You've raped them all.
-You teach 4 year olds how to murder Jews on Palestinian TV.
-Are you supporting Isis as well today?
-Child killers, Child killers, Child killers, Child killers. Stop killing people wherever you go.
-You kill Jews, you kill Christians, you kill everyone in your path.
-remember the dead in Manchester and London…and Israel by your hands.
-Muslim terrorist, Muslim terrorist, Muslim terrorist, Muslim terrorist, Muslim terrorist.
-F&@k Palestine. F&@k Palestine. F&@k Palestine.
-Your Ayatullahs are peadophiles.
These are just some of the comments that IHRC has drawn to the attention of the police and the charity regulator, the Charity Commission.
IHRC has also demanded action against the charity's hiring of the Israeli 'educator' Kay Wilson. While on the one hand Wilson claims "it is both hateful and untrue to say that every Muslim is a terrorist" she has little compunction in being pictured alongside Neil Masterson, a Zionist extremist who was sentenced to prison in 2014 for a frenzied attack on the anti-Zionist MP George Galloway that left him requiring hospital treatment. Masterson later had an indefinite restraining order imposed on him for continuing to threaten the MP. The picture, which was taken at the Al-Quds Day demonstration, was subsequently posted on social media by both Wilson and Masterson (pictured above). Wilson has also defended the EDL leader Tommy Robinson and retweeted messages emanating from a Twitter account that has repeatedly promoted racist and Islamophobic messages.
The far right's philozionism is also a growing phenomenon on the continent. Geert Wilders, the leader of the Netherlands' Freedom Party was investigated between 2009/10 by Dutch intelligence officials who suspected his ties with Israel posed a threat to his loyalty to the Dutch state. Wilders, who in his youth lived for two years on an Israeli moshav in the Jordan Valley, has called Israel a "canary in the coal mine", "the West's first line of defence against Islam." In Tel Aviv in 2010, he declared that "if Jerusalem falls today, Athens and Rome, Amsterdam and Paris will fall tomorrow."
Filip Dewinter, leader of Belgium's Vlams Belang (Flemish Interest) party, an offshoot of the Vlaams Blok Flemish nationalist party, some of whose members collaborated with the Nazis during the Second World War, calls Judaism "a pillar of European society", yet associates with anti-Semites, while claiming that "multi-culture … like Aids weakens the resistance of the European body".
Heinz-Christian Strache of Austria's Freedom Party which is now in power as part of the ruling coalition government has likened foreigners to harmful insects and regularly consorts with neo-Nazis. Yet in December 2010 he was in occupied Jerusalem alongside Dewinter, supporting Israel's 'right to defend itself'.
While most Jews will not be fooled by the opportunist alliance being cultivated by the far right there are clearly some Zionists in Britain and elsewhere who believe that their political interests lie in embracing the same kind of fascism that gave rise to the Holocaust. If they have not already done so, Jewish leaders must heed the advice of those in their own community such as Michel Warschawski and resist these efforts at dancing with the devil for ultimately in shielding Israel in the here and now, in the long term they imperil every single Jew everywhere.
"Some Jewish leaders using this fallacy of (a common) Jewish-Christian civilisation to put the Jews at the front line of the racist anti-Islamic campaign in Europe, especially in France… I warn them….don't be stupid…"
"The blindness of some Jewish leaders or leaderships here in Europe is terrible…not only unjust towards history (and) the Jewish-Muslim relationship, unjust about the reality and part of a racist global campaign but absolutely self-destructive for the Jews themselves." ~ Michel Warschawski
Further reading material on this topic can be found in the following articles / websites:
Against Zionism: Jewish Perspectives
Israel in the context of the "clash of civilizations" by Michel Warschawski
EXCLUSIVE – We Name the Gang of 31 Zionists Whose Purpose is to Disrupt Palestinian Events in London
Israel's anti-Semitic friends
Far-right Britain First fosters ties with Zionist movement
The warped logic of pro-Israel bully Jonathan Hoffman
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Arzu Merali
Zionist extremists convicted after targeting pro-Palestine event
Letter to the European Commission
IHRC accuses Charity Commission of Islamophobia
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Fans of the game crave and cheer the imagination and moves of a creative playmaker in the center of the field and Manchester United and France have the answer for those fans…Paul Pogba.
The23-year-old was part of a record transfer back to Old Trafford over the summer and is not featured in adidas Football Needs Creators film series.
It follows the midfielder from his youth in Roissey-en-Brie with inspirations garnered from his time playing pick-up on the blacktop to juggling a ball while watching French legend Zinedine Zidane on the TV while juggling to being the focus of recruiters and the media to playing for Juventus to finally returning to Manchester United.
The video was released ahead of Monday night's 0-0 draw with Liverpool.


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The Goddess as Cat
Statue of the Goddess Bastet, 26th Dynasty, Egypt
(Louvre Museum)
Extracts from:
The Goddess as Cat: From Deity to Demon
by Susan Dawson
"It is in Ancient Egypt where the cat flourished. This was the time when popular religious belief was that the gods manifested themselves through animals. The animal was not worshipped per se, but it was viewed as a divine incarnation of their gods. It was during this time that the lion-headed Sekhmet and the cat–headed Bastet were paired together.
The two, as one, represented and came to be thought of as dual aspects of both goddesses.
Statue of the Goddess Sekhmet, 18th Dynasty
(The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Sekhmet, was deemed fierce and dangerous, while Bastet was regarded as gentle and protective.
Figurine of the Goddess Bastet, 26th Dynasty
The reasons behind the sacredness of the cat in Egypt at this time were several.
Firstly, the cat is an incredibly fertile animal. A mother cat is able to reproduce as early as five months of age and on average has four kittens in a litter. This alone was reason enough for reverence by any ancient people. Maintenance of high birth rates was of great importance to early societies. Bastet's greatest role was as goddess of motherhood and fertility. Mother cats also were willing to sacrifice themselves to save their kittens from harm.
Another reason the cat was so revered was as hunter and protector. Cats are hunters instinctually. As such, they protected the grain of these agrarian societies and its people from disease by keeping the rodent population at bay. As a killer of snakes and scorpions, the Egyptian cat embodied divine forces and protected them from evil, as well as supported fertility.
Additionally, the cat's eyes with their reflective nature and their own waxing and waning pupil, made them associate of the sun-god Ra as well as moon goddesses. This is a very important association for the male cat. As such, every night Ra, in the form of a cat, would journey to the underworld and fight the snake-demon Apophis to ensure his return as the sun god.
"The Great Cat of Heliopolis" killing the enney of the Sun, Apophis
(credit: kairoinfo4u )
In addition, Bastet was known as goddess of music and dance. She was welcomed into Egyptian homes also as goddess of the hearth and pleasure and protector of pregnant women.
Another indication of the cats' popularity as well as its sacredness, are the thousands of cat mummies and statuettes that were discovered. The multitudes of cat mummies reiterate its value and importance in Egyptian life. Preparation for the afterlife extended to the temple and the family cat. One did not want to be found out as the killer of a sacred cat, as it was punishable by death. Clearly, the cat was held sacred to the Egyptians.
Cat Mummy
(Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities)
The cat outside of Egypt Though the names of the goddesses changed, some of their associations did not. The Greeks identified their most popular goddess, Artemis with Bastet. Artemis was also a fertility goddess and goddess of the hunt. These two aspects perpetuated the link between she and the cat.
As noted earlier, Artemis was linked with Diana as Lady of the Animals. Diana of Rome was also a fertility goddess and both she and Artemis was said to have been able to change into a cat and take refuge in the moon.
The statue of Artemis/Diana at Ephesus is known as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. She is depicted as a many breasted, mother goddess figure.
Artemis (Diana) of Ephesus
(National Archaeological Museum, Naples)
She is covered in many of her animal associates, including the cat. This is an important link for the perception of the cat. As an associate of the goddesses, the cat remained a protected and revered member of pagan religions, but later, when Diana became identified with the witches of Europe, both the women and the cats would suffer the wrath of the new religion.
The sacred sistrum would link Bastet to Isis, and Isis would link the cat to the color black. Some myths say Bastet is the daughter of Isis and Osiris. Isis represents the link to the underworld and the dark of night, not as an evil association, but one filled with the moon and natural progression of the cycle of life. The black cat is sacred to her.
Bastet holding a sistrum in her right hand
(Credit: (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Hervé Lewandowski)
It is worth noting other fertility goddess and their cat associations, as they all contribute to the rejection of the cat as a positive symbol. Initially positive, these goddesses were also subjected to reversal of the pagan understanding of them and were deemed negative.
Cybele, another Roman goddess of fertility, and noted Lady of the Animals, is pulled by a pair of lions.
Cybele in her chariot, drawn by lions
(Engraving, 1636)
The Norse fertility goddess Freyja is pulled in her chariot by a pair of cats.
The Goddess Freyja, riding in her cat-pulled wagon
(Ludwig Pietsch, 1865)
In association with Freyja, the cat is again seen linked to the underworld and death. Like Isis, Freyja was known for escorting the dead to the underworld. She was a popular and positive fertility goddess that was subject to Christian manipulations and her actions were used as demonstrations of "the evils of paganism".
Hecate, though not a major goddess, was associated with cats via her link to Artemis. This made her an associate goddess of the moon and fertility. However, Hecate was also the goddess of magic and witchcraft.
As a "triple" goddess, she was representative of women of three different ages.
Hecate, inv. 1922, Roman after Hellenistic original
(Museo Chiaramonti - Vatican Museums)
Though her followers believed she could bring both good and bad fortune, her magic was not believed to be evil. Later, Christian tradition would focus on the negative and would dub her "queen of the witches" ("Hecate").
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"people like me, namely White Nationalists who feel what I call 'the burden of Hitler'"
By The New Inquiry February 25, 2013
The real question is: now that Krafft is outed, what happens to his art, especially the works owned by museums? The San Francisco curator told Graves the museum would likely keep its piece — "he [the curator] values the perspectives brought by artworks." In other words, we need to parse the art from the artist, at least to the point where we can still display and engage with it. On the one hand, I want to be open-minded enough to agree with this, and some of Krafft's work is undeniably powerful, for instance, his Delftware guns. On the other hand, the whole "the creator isn't the work" thing strikes me as pretty flimsy here, since the art seems to be very much a representation of the artist's skewed views. How do you show a Nazi teapot now, knowing that its creator is a Holocaust denier (and that the man who bought it didn't know)?
"The line on separating the man from the art feels to me in this case like a diversionary tactic our brains do to us to make the simple less simple because simple is dull and in this case kind of horrible," Graves wrote to me. "The fact is, he's selling World War II satire portraits where the satire turns out to be a tactic to fool a world full of dumbshits."
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We've released an update to ALK2 and Solo which includes major improvements to CPU usage and fan speed/GPU temperature. You can read our full press release below. By adding the option to remove a few graphical tricks, we're hoping that we've significantly improved the experience of using zenAud.io ALK, both live and in the studio. Our sole purpose of creating a live performance DAW was to make it usable for live performance, and we're hoping now that this update, along with a number of other major features and optimisations we have planned, will make that even more possible and plausible. If you wish to switch back to the original graphical look of ALK, the switch now exists in the preferences.
zenAud.io has released a major update to its looper DAW, zenAud.io ALK2 and ALK2 Solo.
Most notably, graphical adjustments in v2.1.1 allow for significant performance enhancements including lower buffer sizes (less latency) and CPU improvements of up to 30%. Users will now find a "High Definition Graphics" toggle switch in ALK's preferences pane, switched off by default. This disables glow FX and limits frame-rate to 30 FPS. Those who wish to retain ALK's original graphical look can re-enable this option at any time. Users can also expect significant reductions in GPU temperature and fan RPM.
New graphics toggle in preferences results in up to 30% CPU improvement.
Grid numbers change with zoom level when time signature numerator is an odd number.
Graphical level meters now decay consistently at all buffer sizes.
Will these graphical adjustments allow ALK to run on earlier versions of MacOSX that don't run Metal Api (i.e. Mavericks)?
I may be in the minority, but I have an older Macbook Pro used almost exclusively for audio production, and based on the user experiences I've read through, I'm better off keeping my machine on the older (less bloated) operating system.
ALK actually runs using OpenGL these days.
At this time we have no plans to support operating systems older than 10.10.


The second largest number of refugees in the world are in sub-Saharan Africa with almost 6.6 million displaced people.
African leaders are meeting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa to look for lasting solutions to the pressing issue of displaced persons on the continent.
The leaders are attending an African Union summit which this year focuses on refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons.
Sub-Saharan Africa hosts more than 6.6 million refugees, according to UNHCR, the UN agency for refugees.
Across the world, at least one person is forcibly displaced every two seconds as a result of conflict or persecution, according to the UNHCR.
That figure has recently been rising because of ongoing crises in the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi.
The continent hosts about 37 percent of the world's 19.6 million refugees and 39.1 million internally displaced people, according to UNECA.


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Police: Ohio University student made up anti-LGBT threats
An Ohio University student is charged with making false alarms after she claimed notes were left for her using homophobic references and threatening her life, officials said.
Police: Ohio University student made up anti-LGBT threats An Ohio University student is charged with making false alarms after she claimed notes were left for her using homophobic references and threatening her life, officials said. Check out this story on cincinnati.com: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/crime/crime-and-courts/2018/10/10/police-ohio-university-student-made-up-anti-lgbt-threats/1589621002/
Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer Published 12:38 p.m. ET Oct. 10, 2018
Students walk along the paths of College Green at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio Friday, September 21, 2018. (Photo: The Enquirer/Meg Vogel)
Anna Ayers, 21, a member of the student senate at the Athens school, will appear in court Thursday, Ohio University police said.
The school's newspaper, The Post, reported that Ayers said she received three notes in late September and early October. She said they referenced her sexual identity and one threatened her life, The Post reported.
"Subsequent investigation by OUPD found that Ayers had placed the messages herself, prior to reporting them," police said in a press release Monday.
The Post said Ayers is a senior studying journalism, a member of The Post Publishing Board and a previous Post columnist.
Making false alarms is a misdemeanor.
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Q: Azure DevOps Boards with on-premises Git I have wired up CI/CD of my on-premises Git server with Azure DevOps Pipelines using self-hosted agent.
Can I utilize Azure DevOps - Boards for end to end to WorkItem tracking or is it not possible when using on-premises Git?

A: Is not possible. Azure DevOps can link to work items only commits from Azure Repos or from GitHub and not from an external on-premise Git server.
(to Jira have a tool that connect commtis from any git server, but I don't know about a tool for Azure DevOps).

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Create the kind of technical content developers love to see.
In this video with the rad Christina Warren, cloud developer advocate for Microsoft, we walk through about seven tips for creating technical content in a kind of rapid-fire back-and-forth of ideas. Recording this was great, as the way we did it presented us with a chance to put these ideas together like this. Both of us have presented and helped people out presenting a few more times than we've been able to keep count, so the crew leading this endeavor basically said to "start brainstorming" as if the show were live. We did that, and it worked rather well. Then the artists, animators, and crew went to work splicing and dicing the video into this watchable format! Lotsa fun — enjoy.
For each of these, I've elaborated on in the past.
Backup, backup, backup your presentations.
Write continuously, regularly, and tell yourself a story.
Try tutorials on a fresh machine.
Observe how people create and present content.
Even more details on all these in the future.


This cabbage and bell pepper salad was an instant favorite; refilled my bowl 3 times! I picked up this recipe on our recent trip to California while visiting my hubby's family. My mother-in-law is a fantastic cook. She just "made this up" with my sister-in-law. Someday I too will just "make things up." I guess I feel like I don't have enough time to be ultra creative with recipes.
Back to this salad; it's very easy to make, especially if you have a Mandoline for shredding the cabbage. You can prep the salad and dressing several hours ahead of time and combine everything just before serving.
1. For the dressing: In a small bowl mix together juice of 1 small lemon, 3 Тbsp of sunflower oil, 1 Тbsp mayo, 1 Тbsp sour cream, 1 tsp sugar, 1/2 tsp garlic powder and 1/2 tsp salt (or just 1 tsp garlic salt), 2 heaping Тbsp chopped dill and 2 heaping Тbsp chopped parsley. Refrigerate dressing and start on the salad.
2. Wash your veggies. Using a Mandoline or a knife, thinly slice 1 small cabbage and place it in a large mixing bowl.
3. Chop 1 small head of broccoli into small peaces. I used the Vidalia Chop Wizard with the larger blades.
4. Cut bell pepper lengthwise into 4 slices or mini peppers in half and than slice them across into small strips.
5. Dice half a bunch of green onions, about 1/2 cup. Add everything to the mixing bowl with cabbage.
This cabbage and bell pepper salad was an instant favorite; refilled my bowl 3 times! It's very easy to make, especially if you have a mandoline for shredding the cabbage. You can prep the salad and dressing several hours ahead of time and combine everything just before serving.
For the dressing: In a small bowl mix together juice of 1 small lemon, 3 Тbsp of sunflower oil, 1 Тbsp mayo, 1 Тbsp sour cream, 1 tsp sugar, 1/2 tsp garlic powder and 1/2 tsp salt (or just 1 tsp garlic salt), 2 heaping Тbsp chopped dill and 2 heaping Тbsp chopped parsley. Refrigerate dressing and start on the salad.
Wash your veggies. Using a mandoline or a knife, thinly slice 1 small cabbage and place in a large mixing bowl.
Chop 1 small head of broccoli into small peaces.
Cut bell pepper into small strips.
Dice half a bunch of green onions, about 1/2 cup. Add everything to the mixing bowl.
When ready to serve, pour the prepared dressing over the salad and mix well until all of the veggies are evenly coated with the dressing :).
First of all, I would like to Congratulate you and your husband as you're expecting a new addition into your beautiful family!
Hi, I was looking for salad ideas when i chanced upon your blog. Can I ask if all the veggies are eaten raw in this recipe? no steaming/scalding required?


Do you want to maximise your chances of conceiving naturally, before booking into a fertility clinic?
I support women who are having difficulty conceiving or experiencing recurrent miscarriages, and those who want to optimise their chances of IVF success. Wherever you are on your fertility journey, you will benefit from a tailor-made nutrition programme.
You may have been told that there is nothing you can do to improve your egg and sperm quality. But this is simply untrue! There's a huge body of research that shows how even small changes to your diet can increase your chances of success.
In my experience, most women in their 30s and 40s have a good understanding of diet, but very little understanding of nutrition. We are all used to planning what we eat to ensure we maintain our perfect dress size but the body has very different nutritional requirements for conception and pregnancy as compared to fitness and weight management.
I am not interested in diets that keep you a size 8, I am interested in diets that help you get pregnant.
Without a doubt, nutrition is the key to laying down foundations for fertility and healthy pregnancy; small changes can make a BIG difference. I support clients of any reproductive age, with or without a conventional diagnosis. My clients are often older, and have failed IVF or had recurrent miscarriages.
I offer a full range of diagnostic testing, including DNA analysis where appropriate. I work closely with a number of internationally renowned experts in the fields of fertility and pregnancy to ensure that I deliver the highest possible level of integrated healthcare to each of my clients. You can be sure you will receive a sympathetic, non-judgemental and holistic approach, along with an easy-to-follow programme, because I recognise that everybody makes changes at their own pace.
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This New Balance 6 Panel Curved Brim NB Classic Cap is cotton canvas with adjustable buckle closure. It features a curved brim silhouette and raised 3D embroidery Flying NB logo.
This New Balance 6 Panel Curved Brim NB Classic Cap features cotton canvas with adjustable buckle closure, a curved brim silhouette and raised 3D embroidery Flying NB logo.
This New Balance 6 Panel Curved Brim NB Classic Cap features cotton canvas with an adjustable buckle closure, a curved brim silhouette and a raised 3D embroidery Flying NB logo.
This New Balance 6 Panel Curved Brim NB Classic Cap features cotton canvas with an adjustable buckle closure, curved brim silhouette and a raised, 3D embroidery, Flying NB logo.
This New Balance 6 Panel Curved Brim NB Classic Cap features cotton canvas with an adjustable buckle closure, a curved brim silhouette and a raised, 3D embroidery, Flying NB logo.
This rugby t-shirt takes inspiration from the All Blacks home jersey. Cut for a fit that's wider at the body with a straight silhouette, this offers a soft cotton hand feel.
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This New Balance Girls Essentials 90's Boxy T-shirt is made with a soft hand feel cotton jersey. It is a boxy fit and features a plasticol logo.
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Soft hand feel cotton jersey.
Featuring a boxy fit with standard length and NB stacked logo at centre front chest with a pearlescent colour shift.
This New Balance Girls Sweat Pant features a cotton poly brushed back fleece with open hand pockets, ribbed cuffs and waistband with draw cords.
This adidas Women's Sport ID Tank features a fabric mix between cotton single jersey on front and mesh on back.
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Venezuela and Noam Chomsky's "We Own the World."
If Guaidó comes to power and privatizes PDVSA, U.S. oil companies — with Chevron and Halliburton leading the pack — stand to make record profits in the world's most oil-rich nation, as they did in Iraq following the privatization of its national oil industry after U.S. intervention. | The post Regime Change for Profit: Chevron, Halliburton Cheer On US Venezuela Coup appeared first on MintPress News.
It's encouraging to hear that Agnes Callamard, the UN's execution expert, is at last in Istanbul to lead the "independent international inquiry" into the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. Better late than never, perhaps, but the old UN donkey clip-clops upon the world stage according to the politics and courage of the panjandrums beside the East River in New York.
VA brings you a collation of local voices opposing US-efforts to topple the government.
It is true that some of Venezuela's economic problems are due to the ineptitudes of the Bolivarian government's "socialist command" economy, but this overlooks the role played by the United States, the United Nations, and the European Union. | Over the … | The post John Bolton's Plan to Starve Millions of Venezuelans into Submission appeared first on Global Research.
Jorge Martin looks at the prospects that Guaido's coup d'état has at achieving its goals.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and more appear bent on appeasing American oil interests, even if it means violating international law. | The post The U.S. Is Orchestrating a Venezuelan Coup in Plain Sight appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
A total of 1,196 social media accounts based in Venezuela have been closed accused of "influencing domestic audiences."
What should the leader of Canada's left wing party say about what's happening in Venezuela? Here are a few suggestions: "Canada should respect international law in its dealings with Venezuela." Or, "Canada shouldn't select the president of Venezuela." How about, … | The post Canada's Left Party Blinks at US-led Coup in Venezuela appeared first on Global Research.
In a desperate attempt to cover its tracks, the propaganda network linked to Britain's security services, the Integrity Initiative (II), has wiped its website and locked its Twitter account "pending an investigation into the theft of data." | The decision was … | The post Britain's Secret Propaganda "Integrity Initiative" Targets Russia appeared first on Global Research.
Anti-bear fever has again gripped Wyoming politicians in the wake of Judge Christensen's restoration of endangered species protections for Yellowstone grizzlies. Last week's press was peppered with hostile rhetoric from people in high places. Several inane bills are being debated in the state legislature that presume to strip federal grizzly bear protections and institute a grizzly bear hunt with the stated goal of "ensuring public safety."
Are Politics Getting Worse, Or Are We Getting a Better Handle on How Bad It Has Always Been?
One would have to have had his head in the sand for the past two years not to know that Donald Trump is committed to the idea of building a wall between the United States and Mexico. | Trump famously said … | The post Wall or No Wall appeared first on Global Research.
Cutting to the chase, if you consider yourself to be 'On the Left' then you have to be a Socialist. Period! | Now, there are many different levels under the banner of Socialism. Some may be Marxist, Trotskyite, Syndicalism etc. Yet, … | The post The Real Left, Phony Left and What's Left appeared first on Global Research.
On the subject of the Islamic State's weaponry, it is generally claimed by the mainstream media the Islamic State came into possession of state-of-the-art weapons when it overran Mosul in June 2014 and seized large caches of weapons that were … | The post Tracing Islamic State's Weapons Back to Western Capitals appeared first on Global Research.
Selected excerpts of article published in the South China Morning Post in April 2018. | Recent US foreign policy initiatives led by Trump's National Security Advisor John Bolton corroborate the statements of Lawrence Wilkinson, former chief of staff of Colin Powell. … | The post John Bolton: "The Most Dangerous American". Would Risk Military Conflict with China to Achieve Goals appeared first on Global Research.
As the Climate Collapses, We Ask: "How Then Shall We Live?"
On Saturday, January 26th, members of the Sudanese community gathered outside of San Francisco City Hall demanding Freedom and Justice for protesters in Sudan.
Over and over again US media outlets make the claim that Venezuela was the "jewel of Latin America" before Hugo Chavez was elected in 1998 and that his election marked the country's downfall. In part 1 of this Venezuela primer, on the 20th anniversary of Chavez first taking office on February 2, 1999, we look… | The post Venezuela Primer Pt. 1: Why Did Venezuelans Elect Hugo Chávez? appeared first on The Real News Network.
The Institute for Statecraft and Integrity Initiative's work is overseen by military intelligence operatives and run in service to the Ministry of Defence on behalf of a network of pro-British and US imperialist outfits.
TRNN Correspondent Dimitri Lascaris reports from the ground in Caracas about Saturday's pro- and anti-government marches, highlighting their peacefulness and equal size | The post Evenly Matched Pro- and Anti-Government Marches in Venezuela appeared first on The Real News Network.
A military intervention in Venezuela–population 30 million–could kill hundreds of thousands or even millions of people and transform Latin America into an imperialist slaughterhouse.
Senator Bill Dodd introduced the bill at a critical time for the future of the Delta and West Coast fisheries. Following the news that the Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Authority had selected the Jacobs company to be the engineering design manager for the Delta Tunnels, the DCA last week awarded Fugro a contract for a major geotechnical investigation to support the California WaterFix project.
Venezuela's US-appointed coup leader Juan Guaidó plans to privatize state assets and give foreign corporations access to oil, the Wall… | The post WSJ Confirms: Trump-Appointed Venezuela Coup Leader Plans Neoliberal Capitalist Shock Therapy appeared first on The Grayzone.
On February 2, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Defense Minuster Sergey Shoigu briefed Vladimir Putin on the history of US Treaty breaches — since the Clinton co-presidency. | It's nothing new, ongoing for the past 20 years or longer. In … | The post Russian Foreign and Defense Ministers on US Treaty Breaches appeared first on Global Research.
European Union representatives will meet in Montevideo on February 7 to discuss the political situation in Venezuela, Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez confirmed Sunday. | RELATED: | Trump Admin Pressured Spain Gov't to Support US-Backed Coup in Venezuela: Report | On January 31, Federica Mogherini, head of the international delegation, gave eight undecided EU member countries and its South American partners a deadline of 90 days to "reach a positive decision"
Posted on February 4, 2019 by Admin.


Emma & Matt's Belle Epoque Wedding was a wintry delight! On a mild January day they chose the stunning Belle Epoque in Knutsford for their Wedding with a handful of family and friends.
Emma & Matt first met when they were children as Matt used to visit his Grandma who lived a few doors away from Emma, but it wasn't until years later that they met again and got together. Matt proposed whilst they were on holiday in Greece using love heart sweets to ask Emma to marry him and they started planning their big day.
Belle Epoque Wedding's are among my favourites, this beautiful venue makes the perfect unique, intimate Wedding Venue set right in the centre of Knutsford. Belle Epoque is a gorgeous Grade II listed building steeped with history and packed with beautiful features. It has several rooms upstairs perfect for the wedding ceremony and wedding breakfast and even has it's own accommodation. Most importantly, the staff are wonderful and the food is out of this world! John and his team make sure every wedding is just seemless.
This gorgeous Belle Epoque Wedding was filled with laughter and joy as everyone came together to celebrate Emma & Matt finally tying the knot after 13 years together. They had an intimate daytime celebration followed by busloads of evening guests who really got the party started as Hudson filled the dancefloor.
Here's a few of my favourites from Emma & Matt's Wedding at Belle Epoque, along with their Highlight Slideshow.
If you're planning your very own Belle Epoque Wedding or getting married anywhere else in the North West, you can find more information about my packages here or find lots of inspiration from all my recent weddings over on the blog.


A panel discussion on Afternoons with Jim Mora suggested that fraud in the 'Māori sector' is often treated differently to other fraud. The Authority declined to determine the complaint that the programme breached standards because the panellists should have made reference to the '2004 Feltex IPO fraud' as an example of 'non-Māori fraud'. The complainant's concerns were matters of personal preference and editorial discretion, and the Authority's decisions on previous complaints should have put him notice of the likely outcome of this complaint.
 The item was broadcast on Radio New Zealand National on 25 October 2013.
 Allan Golden made a formal complaint to Radio New Zealand Ltd (RNZ), alleging that the statements claiming that non-Māori fraud is 'open to be scrutinised' and 'well exposed' were inaccurate as they failed to acknowledge a 'major cover-up' involving the '2004 Feltex IPO fraud'.
 The issue is whether the complaint raises any issues under the standards contained in the Radio Code of Broadcasting Practice, which warrant our determination.
 We have reached the view that it is appropriate for us to decline to determine this complaint under section 11(a), on the basis it is trivial. Mr Golden's complaint is trivial because it relates to matters that were not discussed in the broadcast, namely, the collapse of Feltex Carpets Ltd.
 We also think this complaint is bordering on vexatious, as he continues to refer complaints about similar matters to us, despite the Authority's previous rulings. Mr Golden's concerns are based on his personal views of Feltex, and are matters of personal preference and editorial discretion, not issues of broadcasting standards.2 Our decisions on two of his previous complaints relating to Feltex,3 ought to have put him on notice of the likely outcome of this complaint.
 We therefore decline to determine the complaint.
2See section 5(c) of the Broadcasting Act 1989.