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If you watched the Kennedy Center Honors last night, there are a couple of tidbits worth passing along about the tribute section for Shirley MacLaine. The segment was an homage to Broadway, a notable though somewhat odd choice considering that she's really only known for two musicals -- a chorus part in The Pajama Game which led to her Hollywood career, and the movie version of Sweet Charity.
They performed songs from those two shows, but also from two others, the songs "Irma La Douce" and "It's Not Where You Start, It's Where You Finish." There are reasons for those two numbers, though.
The first is somewhat obvious if you know Shirley MacLaine's career, since she starred opposite Jack Lemmon in the movie, Irma La Douce. However, if you know her career and that movie, you also know that there are no songs in the movies, and there's certainly not that song. However, the movie is based on a stage musical of the same name, and when they made the film, co-writer/director Billy Wilder cut out all the songs, and make the movie as a straight dramatic comedy. But that number performed on Sunday was the title song of the original musical. (Some of the music from the stage show was, at least, included in the film's background.)
The second song is from a stage musical called Seesaw, with a score by Dorothy Fields and Cy Coleman. The connection to Shirley MacLaine is that the show is based on the movie, Two for the Seesaw. And that starred Shirley MacLaine and Robert Mitchum.
So, now you know.
By the way, moving in a different direction, but connection, that musical, Irma La Douce, didn't begin life on Broadway. Previous to that, it played on London's West End -- and before it, it originated in 1956 in Paris, where it was a huge hit and ran for four years. The original French lyrics were written by Alexandre Breffort, with music by Marguerite Monnot.
And that's the reason for bringing this up. Marguerite Monnot was a renowned French composer who's best known for writing many of the great songs performed by Edith Piaf, including most famously "Milord," one of Piaf''s two most renown songs..
(Another especially big song that Monnot wrote for Piaf was what was known in the U.S. as "The Poor People of Paris," which ultimately took on a life of its own and got recorded by many artists, including Maurice Chevalier and Yves Montand)
For those of you who saw Marion Cotillard's Oscar-winning performance as Edith Piaf in the film, La Vie en Rose, I thought you might like to see the real deal.
Here then is Edith Piaf herself with a tremendous performance of that same "Milord" (with music by Marguerite Monnot) on The Ed Sullivan Show. Stick around to the end -- not only does the song build to a roof-raising conclusion, but you'll get to see why Ed Sullivan really means it when he refers to her in his introduction as "the diminutive French star," when he calls her over afterwords. But all that explanation is unnecessary. I suspect you'll want to stick around to the end, period.
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In fact, I once heard that the big Hollywood movie studios love paying him whatever he wants — estimates are his salary has been $20,000,000 per film since 2001 — and the studios gladly fork over this money because they earn $10 for every $1 they pay him when his movies hit the box office!
Now, if you've read any of my stuff, you know I don't think running is appropriate for most people. It can have some negative effects on your body.
"Running" is simply a physical challenge that helps you build the "NEVER GIVE UP" voice and habit in yourself. Read that again.
"Reading" is because anything you want to accomplish, someone else has written HOW to do it already. Simply follow their guide!
The good news is, if you're a customer of mine, you're already using this powerful process! You invested in the education — you're doing the reading — to get the plan you need — and because my plan contains exercise — you can build your willpower at the same time!
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That is sooooo true. I am alive because when I had cancer I never gave up. No matter how hard it was. And I won! I just went in for my 5 year check up today and everything was good. They were really shocked that I have lost 36 pounds since the end of July 2012. I am going to lose about 30 more and I will be back where I want to be. I am 64.
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Hungarian parliament approves tax changes
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Parliament approved a package of tax changes on Friday, the last day of the summer session, that introduces a levy on funding to promote immigration, exempts some retail bank transfers from the financial transactions duty and raises late payment penalties, among other tax and related changes.
The package was passed with a vote of 131 in favour, 33 against and 23 abstentions.
The law introduces a 25 percent levy on "material support for the operation of NGOs whose activities support immigration".
It would subject NGOs to the levy that provide assistance to the immigration of non-EU nationals or foreigners without residency permits either "directly or indirectly". Such "programmes, operations [or] activities" that "are designed to promote immigration" may be in the framework of "conducting or participating in media campaigns and media seminars", "organising education", "establishing or operating networks" or "propaganda that paints immigration in a positive light".
All proceeds from the levy would go towards protecting the border.
The law exempts retail bank transfers up to HUF 20,000 (EUR 606) from the financial transactions duty.
The change aims to "strengthen electronic payments and reduce the use of cash at the same time", the law's authors said. At present, the financial transactions duty makes it more costly for households to pay their bills with a bank transfer than to queue up at the post office and pay by postal cheque.
The law raises the benchmark for late tax payment penalties from double the central bank base rate, or 1.80 percent at present, to five percentage points over the base rate, or 5.90 percent.
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The law eliminates an exemption from the public health tax for fruit distillates, such as pálinka, the national eau de vie, and for herbal liqueur.
The change seeks to "end a legal dispute with the European Commission", "avoiding a situation of legal uncertainty, bad for both taxpayers and the tax authority, that could drag on for years", the law's authors said.
As we wrote today, parliament also approved the government's 2019 budget bill. The bill was approved with 128 votes in favour and 56 votes against, read more HERE.
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This month's round-up of great content to share with your members including some challenging burpee variations, workouts to improve your mood and a great, hotel room friendly workout.
2. Protein rich broad beans are in season this month. Why not make the most of them and try this tasty salad recipe?
9. Want to target your quads, chest, back, triceps? Try these burpee variations.
10. Everyone loves a pudding. How about doing them the healthier way?


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Over the recent years, there has been an immediate demand on producing low and zero emission car. In order to accomplish this, other fuel sources such as solar and electric powered vehicles have been the main research focus of many car makers to replace the use of hydrocarbons. Now, most of their efforts are a reality by the introduction of electric car, hybrid car and drive-by-wire car. Some can already be seen on road, and more advance model is yet to come. However, the very basic workings of a vehicle remains largely the same. To understand this, I had to start from the very basic car engine construction and by dissembling Proton Saga 4G13 engine model. It is a four cylinder engine that uses gasoline as its fuel. From there, I familiarize myself with each parts, studied each function and the process flow. Chapter one is mainly about the background of the engine, reasons of choosing that particular model as a datum, what I hope to achieve from this study and how I was going to achieve it. Chapter two is a continuation of the previous chapter focus is on other car systems that complement the engine operations, the chemical processes and the corporate profile of Proton. In chapter three, the classification of engines is discussed in details together with types of IC engines. The following chapter four, the function, work principle and construction of each part and other parts that make up the engine is further explained. Due to time constraint, chapter five will only touch on certain terminologies that is normally encountered when purchasing a car, oil and filling the fuel tank . Chapter six is step by step account of the overhauling project. In discussion, the categories of 4G13 engine model is stated, factors that determines an engine design and my recommendation of increasing the performance of 4G13 engine. While in conclusion, the engine function and process is explained as a whole and the present scenario of IC engines.


The first 3 months…sucked. Almost immediately, I stopped feeling like myself in workouts. Keeping pace with my training partners ended after warm up. Since I wasn't ready to tell people my news, making up fake excuses for my "lack of fitness" became the norm. I'm lucky that I never had to deal with morning sickness or nausea. But I did get hit with fatigue. Since training full time makes you feel tired all the time, it wasn't too much of an adjustment, but it was frustrating. At the end of each day, I'd think, how come I feel like I can't make it to 8 o'clock and I've done "nothing" all day. Of course, nothing wasn't nothing, but when you are used to pushing yourself in workouts, an easy swim , ride or run feels like nothing.
Things started to improve in the second 3 months. With the help of Dr. Jennifer Ashton, I was able to come up with a realistic idea of what worked for me training-wise. We settled on doing 2-3 hours of exercise a day, all at an easy to moderate effort, broken up into one hour sessions. To keep things interesting, I started taking The Bar Method classes. The challenging exercises in Bar allowed me to have the feeling of pushing myself that I wasn't getting out of easy runs, swims and bikes. Meanwhile, I was getting slower in slower on the roads and in the pool. One day I called Julie Ertel (training partner, mom of twins, triathlon champion), distraught about not being able to hold a 1:20 interval in the pool. All the books and articles go on about how swimming is the perfect way to exercise while pregnant, but here I was throwing my goggles across the pool out of frustration at the end of every swim. Contrary to what people may think, the extra buoyancy does not equal instant speed. Julie filled me in on what isn't written in the books: that if you are a competitive swimmer, swimming may still be one of the best ways to exercise while pregnant, but be prepared to move down a few lanes in the pool. Julie set me straight and gave me week-by-week guidelines of what intervals to expect to be able to hold—adding 5 to 10 seconds a week is totally acceptable. She also assured me that after the fact, the reverse happens and each week, times will drop, without even "getting in shape." I'm waiting for that to happen but first I have to get through the final 3+ months.
Now that I'm into month 6, I'm finally starting to get used to things. It helps that I actually look pregnant now and not just like I've had a really, really long off-season. Not that that's an excuse, it's more of a reminder that my number one priority is not getting in a good workout. If I don't break a sweat in my easy workouts, that's ok. I've replaced jogging with 2 hour long powerwalks. Running started to hurt at around week 20. It wasn't comfortable on my back or stomach or legs and I wasn't comfortable thinking the aches and pains were somehow not good for the baby. I decided it was better to take this time to allow my body to recharge (and not get injured) so that I could be fresh come January. This is my approach, but everyone is different. My sister, Sarah, who is due with her 3rd kid on the same day (crazy!) just ran the Fifth Avenue Mile in 6:25 and felt great. I'm in awe of that, but have harnessed my competitiveness enough to stick to the daily powerwalks, plus swimming 3-4 times a week, spinning, doing elliptical and lifting weights. I'm also helping coach Laurel through her key workouts and assisting her at races. I've gotten to witness several big triathlons, including the London Olympics. Don't think I was sulking on the sidelines, instead I was taking in, studying and cheering for the amazing athletes I got to watch.
My plan for the next few months is to keep to keep exercising in whatever forms are comfortable, watch a bunch of local races, and keep dreaming about running, swimming and biking fast again.
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"Stop child marriage and continue to study": empowering the African girl child in Kenya
Ruth Koshal, school girls, and participants at the Day of the African Child celebrations at Migori Primary School. | Photo credit: Girls Not Brides
By Ruth Koshal, Senior Officer for Africa Engagement on Thursday 30th Jun 2016
"Stop child marriage, stop female genital mutilation and continue to study!" This was the message dozens of girls heard at Migori Primary School last week.
On 16 June, I joined these girls, the East Africa Child Rights Network, Girls Not Brides member Nyanza Initiative for Girl's Education and Empowerment (NIGEE), and the Canadian High Commission, to mark the Day of the African Child.
The plane touched down in Kisumu at 7:30 am, and I embarked on a scenic three-hour journey to Migori Primary School. I saw the dark blue rolling hills of Nandi, and the sparkling view of Lake Victoria. The land is fertile with different hues of green thanks to the vegetation such as maize, Grevillea trees and lots of sugar cane. It must be wonderful being a girl in such a picturesque setting.
I saw children on their way to class or playing in the school compounds, their uniforms announcing loud and clear their school affiliation. Yes, this is where the African girl child should be, in school and learning about maths, literature, science and life skills.
Yes, this is where the African girl child should be, in school and learning about maths, literature, science and life skills.
Though the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child sets the minimum age of marriage at 18, 26% of girls in Kenya are still married before that age. Child marriage prevents them from completing their education, and leads to a downward spiral of disempowerment.
That is why, this year, Kenya celebrated the Day of the African Child under the theme 'Empowering the African girl child to reach her full potential by delaying marriage and staying in school'. Regionally the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) had set the theme of Conflict and Crisis in Africa: Protecting all Children's Rights.
Celebrating girls' rights at Migori Primary School
The Govenor of Migori County and the High Commissioner of Canada unveiled a colourful mural, one of several across Africa, about the importance of education and the need to stop early marriage.
The Canadian Embassy revealed a mural on child marriage as part of their #WallsCanBloom campaign on Day of the African Child | Photo credit: Girls Not Brides
We played the Girls Not Brides anthem to end child marriage.
It was an incredible moment to witness, as the girls from Migori Primary School heard the song written, composed and sung by girls from Lusaka Girls School in Zambia.
Working together to end child marriage
I spoke to Godfrey Okumu, the Director of NIGEE, about the amazing work their organisation does to protect girls from early pregnancy and child marriage, and support them to continue their education.
We also watched a powerful documentary by the East African Child Rights Network on female genital mutilation (FGM) and its impact on girls, who are then usually married off and forced to say goodbye to their education. The film stressed the role of religious leaders in engaging the local community to protect girls and enable them to complete their education.
I made a few comments on behalf of Girls Not Brides and emphasised the importance of empowering girls, mobilising families and communities, providing social services, as well as establishing and implementing laws and policies.
Events like these are a good example of collaboration and the multi-sectoral approach that we advocate: bringing local and national government, civil society organisations, donors, and traditional and religious leaders together to find solutions to end child marriage.
Ruth Koshal, school girls, and participants at the Day of the African Child celebrations at Migori Primary School | Photo credit: Girls Not Brides
Empowering children beyond Day of the African Child
Empowering children in Kenya needs to be part of a long-term vision. In his speech, the Governor emphasised the need to implement the Constitution of Kenya which protects child rights. He also stressed that all children should be empowered to reach Vision 2030, a sentiment echoed by the Deputy High Commissioner of Canada whose message was simple, yet powerful: stop FGM, stop child marriage, and please continue to study.
Civil society in Kenya will continue to lead efforts to end child marriage. The East African Child Rights Network is collaborating with the Anti-FGM Board on the launch of the African Union Campaign to End Child Marriage.
Hopefully, following in the footsteps of Mozambique and Zambia, this will lead to the development and implementation of a national strategy to end child marriage that can deliver results for the girl child in Kenya.
About the Author: Ruth Koshal, Senior Officer for Africa Engagement
Ruth is the Senior Officer for Africa Engagement at Girls Not Brides.
Ruth plays a central role in informing, supporting and influencing selected regional processes pertaining to child marriage in Africa.
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Vaishno Devi Pilgrimage to Resume from Tomorrow After 5 Months of Suspension, Caps Placed on Footfall
Pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Vaishno Devi in the Trikuta Hills of Jammu and Kashmir' Reasi district will resume from Sunday after remaining suspended for nearly five months in view of the coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Saturday. The yatra was suspended on March 18.
Ramesh Kumar, the Chief Executive Officer of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVSB) said the pilgrimage will resume from tomorrow, and in the first week there shall be a cap of 2,000 pilgrims each day of which 1,900 would be from Jammu and Kashmir and the remaining 100 from outside. The situation will be reviewed thereafter and decisions will be taken accordingly, he said.
"People will be allowed to undertake the pilgrimage after registration only through online in order to avoid any assembly at the yatra registration counter." The pilgrims will be required to install Aarogya Setu App on their mobile phones. Wearing face masks and face cover is mandatory and they will have to undergo thermal scanning at yatra entry points, the SMVSB CEO said.
Children below 10 years, pregnant women, persons with comorbidities and those above 60 years have been advised to avoid the pilgrimage, he said, adding the advisory for this group will be revisited when the situation normalises. Kumar said traditional routes — from Katra to Bhawan via Banganga, Adhkuwari and Sanjichhat — will be used for going up and Himkoti route-Tarakote Marg will be used for coming back from Bhawan.
COVID negative report of the pilgrims from outside Jammu and Kashmir and also from the red zone districts of the Union Territory will be checked at the helipad and yatra entry points at Darshani Deodi, Banganga, Katra. "Only those with negative reports will be allowed to move towards Bhawan. Ponies, pithus and palkis will not be allowed to ply on the tracks initially," he said.
"For the ease and comfort of pilgrims, all supplementary facilities set up by the Board like battery operated vehicles, passenger ropeway and helicopter services will ply by strictly following social distancing norms and other precautionary measures," Kumar added. Booking and sitting of pilgrims in Atka Aarti area and Shradha Suman Vishesh Pooja will not be allowed till further orders.
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Continuing their partnership with Tommy John, Stewart-Schafer was commissioned to design and produce Tommy John's second retail store at SouthPark Mall in Charlotte, North Carolina. Stewart-Schafer created a visual manifestation of the brand's ethos, and enabling the thoughtful design to showcase Tommy John's current product while simultaneously highlighting their new women's collection. The design team created a functional space with touches of luxe materials to elevate the brand. The concept behind the store's design is a slight evolution from the original, with a focus on increasing the merchandising capacity and flexibility. Similar to the original location, the design features a cool blue and tan color palette echoes the brand's contemporary edge and allows for instant brand recognition.


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Celebrating women's health and looking to the future
A guest blog by Dr. Amy M. Miller, President and CEO, Society for Women's Health Research
The Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) has spent the past 30 years promoting and improving women's health through science, policy, and education. As we prepare for National Women's Health Week, which begins May 12, it's a good opportunity to celebrate all that we've accomplished — and to acknowledge how much more needs to be done.
One of SWHR's foundational goals is to advocate for more women to be involved in clinical research. It was just 26 years ago in 1993 that the NIH Revitalization Act mandated women and minorities be included in clinical trials funded by the federal government. Until that point, women were almost entirely absent from clinical trials — even though they would ultimately be using the medical therapies being tested — because researchers felt their frequent hormonal changes would complicate study design and potentially cloud results.
This led to a tremendous shortage of data on how diseases and drugs affect women, which continues to put women's health at risk even today. According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, 80 percent of drugs pulled off the market from 1997 to 2001 because of unacceptable health risks were found to be more harmful to women than to men.
The Revitalization Act aimed to change the harmful status quo on women in research, and it has had a remarkable impact. By including women in research and then looking at sex differences, studies have found examples of diseases that present differently in women and men, conditions for which women's risk is higher than men's, and treatments that have differing effects based on sex. For example, research shows that women are more likely than men to develop lung cancer, that women are more susceptible than men to many sexually transmitted diseases, and that women respond differently than men to immunotherapies used to treat certain advanced cancers.
We've seen increased investment in research focused on women's health, resulting in new therapies for conditions that exclusively or disproportionately affect women. In 2018, the FDA approved a drug to treat endometriosis pain, making it the first approved oral treatment in more than a decade for this condition, which affects an estimated 10 percent of reproductive-age women. In the same year, the FDA also approved the first-ever drug designed specifically to prevent migraine, which is three times more common in women than men. With three new drugs for migraine, one for endometriosis, one for breast cancer, and one for pregnancy prevention all in 2018, it's not surprising that the FDA reported the number of women in U.S. clinical trials jumped to 56 percent, compared to 49 percent in 2015-2016.
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Dr. Amy M. Miller, President and CEO, Society for Women's Health Research
While great strides have been made, there is still much more work to be done. The Revitalization Act increased the number of women in human research, but it wasn't until 2016 that the NIH made the same requirements for vertebrate animal studies, for which scientists had been using almost all male animals in early phase research to avoid the effects of hormonal fluctuations. That means all clinical research in the decades prior to 2016 is based on a foundation of scientific knowledge that does not consider the unique biological makeup of the female cells.
The entire research community — academia, government, and industry — needs to invest more time, money, and resources into better understanding female-dominant conditions and creating noninvasive diagnostics and treatments for them. We also need to encourage more open dialogue about these conditions and women's issues like menstruation, painful sex, and menopause. When these topics are perceived as awkward and even shameful, many women won't discuss them with their doctors, which delays their access to treatment options and may also cloud industry perspective on how widespread these conditions are.
It is time for health care industry professionals to dismantle the stigma associated with women's health and to address these needs head on. National Women's Health Week encourages women to take steps to improve their health, and as industry professionals, it is our duty to help them take these steps to live healthier, more productive lives.
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Six months before the pandemic, Bill Gates negotiated a $100 million contact tracing deal with a democratic congressman
Four months before SARS-CoV-2 began infecting the people of China; Bill Gates was busy negotiating a $100 billion contact tracing program to be implemented by governments and forced on all Americans. On the week of August 12th to 19th, the Gates Foundation met privately with U.S. Congressman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) in Rwanda, East Africa. The week-long event was underwritten by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
At the meeting, they discussed the rollout of wide scale contact tracing and negotiated which companies would get to cash in on the plan. They discussed how to contact trace all Americans, how to force them to submit to medical tests and accept vaccination passports in order to go about their lives. (Related: Airline industry pushing for medical testing, thermal screening, digital IDs and vaccination passports.)
Bill Gates was making plans to trace people months before the pandemic was released
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation were preparing to test, track, trace, mask, isolate and corner Americans into forced vaccinations four months before SARS-CoV-2 arrived in China and six months before Bill Gate's friends at the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a worldwide "pandemic."
Bill Gates is the number one funder of WHO and has been parading media outlets calling for government surveillance of human movement and the need for elaborate contact tracing programs to enforce it. Among these tracing efforts, Bill Gates wants to enforce medical requirements and a "new normal" medical police state, complete with temperature checks that serve as a foothold into forced medical testing and isolation orders. This "new normal" also includes monitoring where people travel and who they interact with, while forcing their contacts into isolation. It all leads to the rollout of vaccination passports that will serve as permission slips for people to gather, meet, travel, and interact. Corporations will be incentivized to participate or be threatened with litigation if they do not go along with a "safe, new normal."
These shocking revelations were revealed on the Thomas Paine podcast by John Moynihan and Larry Doyle — two undercover investigators who testified in Congress in 2018 about the $2.5 billion tax evasion and fraud schemes employed by the Clintons. Now the investigators are sounding the alarm — how Bill Gates planned to contact trace Americans long before a pandemic was ever declared.
The newly introduced TRACE Act was negotiated long before the "pandemic" was declared
Now, just nine months after the Gates Foundation met with democratic congressman Bobby Rush, there is a bill introduced in the Congress called H.R. 6666, the COVID-19 Testing, Reaching and Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act. The $100 billion bill was introduced by none other than Bobby L. Rush himself. The TRACE act gives the CDC absolute power over the country and people's lives, making nasal probes, surveillance tracking, and isolation orders, among other obscene medical edicts, a requirement into the future.
It should be noted that Congressman Rush is from Illinois, a state that is under strict controls put in place from Governor J.B Pritzker. This governor has a financial stake in covid-19 testing companies. This governor also has family connections to Microsoft and Bill Gates and has echoed Bill Gates by saying that the state will not be able to fully open until a vaccine or pharmaceutical is ready to be deployed. The medical coercion in Illinois is very real; Illinois is currently a concentration camp, where citizens, restricted of their liberties, are being conditioned to accept a "new normal" in order to prepare for tracking, tracing, medical requirements everywhere they go, which will likely include coerced, experimental injections by year's end.
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Located within the Salisbury United Church, Mr. Cake's offers up the most reliable child care services in the area. We have many years of experience and we know how to handle pretty much any situation. We'll take care of your child's unique needs and provide them with a place to play, learn, and grow. We have homemade snacks and meals for nutrition, being careful to accommodate any special dietary or allergy instructions regarding your child. Contact our day care by phone or by the email form provided on this page. We'll do our best to answer any questions you have.


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"Bingo with the Lutherans" – Clip
This week's clip combines Bethany Simpson's memory of an unexpected blessing with soaring music and beautiful images of fall.
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Founder of CNI and The Worship Network Lowell "Bud" Paxson Has Died
We are sad to receive the news that Mr. Lowell "Bud" Paxson has passed away. Mr. Paxson was founder of the Christian Network, Inc. which became more commonly known as The Worship Network. It was his life being interrupted by a Godly vision that caused him to launch Worship in 1992 and to generously provide the PAX TV platform as a powerful distribution method.
Over the years, millions of people have been touched by the beautiful nature footage, uplifting worship music, and reflective scripture that is the hallmark of Worship television. This programming provides alternative television for people from all walks of life and religious backgrounds who are struggling in their life and find themselves channel surfing in the middle of the night, looking for hope and encouragement.
"The ministry that Worship has had was profoundly impacted by Mr. Paxson's vision, commitment to Worship, and the desire for Christian television to have an alternative to only preaching and teaching. The current and past Board of Stewards and past leadership, and all of the staff who has served Worship over the years is saddened by this news, and we express our condolences to Marla and the family," said Bruce Koblish, President of CEO of CNI. "We will continue to do our best so that Bud's vision can live on, by airing Worship online at worship.net and through a number of television affiliates around the world."
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Founder of CNI and The Worship Network, Lowell "Bud" Paxson, has Died
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All-natural blonde beauty Brittany Myers started her modeling career with us in this Glamour Girl pictorial when she was 18. She was one of our favorites right away and she's one of the models we've photographed the most over the years. She returned in a killer Blast from the Past shoot with some great sports cars and then a Featured Model shoot. She looks amazing in all three shoots and you can see a wide variety of beautiful looks in all these shoots as she shows off that killer body.


It took us two years, but we finally gave the Mac version of Chanalyzer some love. Chanalyzer for Mac now supports the latest models of Wi-Spy 2.4x, DBx and 900x and boy, does it look beautiful on one of these slim silvery MacBooks!
MetaGeek updated the color schemes to support Color by Density, Color by Amplitude and Color by Utilization. We really like the color by utilization and we think it will help you determine the best Wi-Fi channels for you iPad-ready WLAN.
We re-organized the menu to allow the user to quickly change the display options similar to Chanalyzer 4 or Chanalyzer Pro.
Chanalyzer works well in a Virtual Machine but when you need to scan the spectrum quickly, just open Chanalyzer for Mac and get the job done quicker!
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Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – August 28, 2016: Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) announces that it has started up its mixed feed cracker (MFC) on August 28, 2016. The MFC is the only one of its kind in Saudi Arabia and will allow Sadara to produce a diversified range of plastics and chemical products.
The MFC is made up of 12 furnaces, of these, seven will be used to crack ethane (gas), while the remaining five will be used to crack naphtha (liquid). Three of the five liquid furnaces are designed so that they can switch between gas and liquid feedstock.
The MFC is one of 26 manufacturing units located in the $20 billion Sadara chemical complex in Jubail Industrial City II. Of these units, 14 will deliver products that are completely new to being produced in the Kingdom.
"Sadara's products will help fill a significant gap in a regional chemical industry dominated by commodity products, with less than 1% of petrochemical production currently defined as specialty chemicals. The introduction of the specialty petrochemicals and chemicals will help support the drive to broaden the secondary and tertiary petrochemical manufacturing landscape in Saudi Arabia, thus making the Kingdom a leading cornerstone to meet the growing demand for specialty products locally and regionally," Al-Labban explained.
In addition to supplying international markets, Sadara's products will be utilized for downstream applications by investors located in the adjacent PlasChem Park, a collaborative effort between Sadara and the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu. Located adjacent to the Sadara chemical complex, PlasChem Park offers the advantages of the strong industrial and regulatory infrastructure in Jubail, secure feedstock, proximity to growing and emerging markets, and a qualified local workforce. Collectively, these factors offer investors unprecedented growth and development opportunities, the potential to create thousands of sustainable jobs, and make a positive and lasting impact on the Saudi economy.


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A petition from the campaign to
Ban sell of tiger cubs
5,235 people have helped this campaign
5,238 signed
762 more needed
WE ARE THE VOICES FOR TIGER CUBS EVERYWHERE. I APPRECIATE ALL SIGNING. WE HAVE 5,143. NEED 856.
Update #11 · over 5 years ago
NEED MORE SIGNATURES HAVE 4,675NEED 1,325https://www.causes.com/campaigns/73978-ban-sell-of...
Sign the Petition to
Barack Obama President of the United States
Significantly more tigers are in U.S captivity than are left in the wild. In fact, as many as 10,000 tigers, lions and other endangered big cats are privately owned in the United States, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).
In the case of big cats owned as pets, i.e. not exhibited to the public, there is no federal regulation governing how they are kept. State laws vary from no restrictions, to simply requiring registration, to some states banning ownership as pets. But, the bans are often ineffective because the states that ban ownership as pets often do so by exempting those who hold USDA licenses as commercial exhibitors. According to a 2010 audit of USDA by OIG, 70% of private owners with four or less cats were actually pet owners simply using USDA registration to evade the state law. So, individuals buy cute cubs that grow up to be dangerous, unmanageable and expensive to feed. They end up in tiny, barren cages in back yards, abandoned to sanctuaries that are struggling financially to support the steady flow of unwanted cats, or in the illegal trade for their parts. Cats owned by exhibitors do fall under the regulations promulgated by USDA under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), but they fare no better. The USDA sets minimum standards that allow these cats to spend their entire lives in small, concrete and chain link cages that in effect are prison cells. And even these minimal standards are totally impractical to enforce. USDA has about 100 inspectors to police over 2700 exotic animal exhibitors and thousands of other animal facilities. Horrible facilities are cited year after year and only a few of the very worst are ever shut down. As a result, the vast majority of big cats live in conditions that any compassionate person would view as cruel and inhumane.
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This petition closed over 5 years ago
How this will help
THIS PETITION SPEAKS OUT FOR TIGERS. TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS TO LIVE FREE, AND NOT AS A PET OR BEING USED AS ENTERTAINMENT. TOGETHER WE CAN CHANGE TIGERS LIVES FOR THE BETTER!


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Allyson Felix
Olympic Champion and President & Co-founder
Saysh
Allyson Felix is the most decorated American Track & Field Olympian of all time after winning her bronze and gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics - her fifth and final Olympic games. Ms. Felix closes this chapter of her life with a mind-blowing, twenty-seven global medals at the Olympics and World Championships and titles as both a World Record Holder and a Master's World Record Holder.
Ms. Felix continued to make history in Tokyo by sporting racing spikes created by her company Saysh – becoming the first athlete to race in their own spikes. Launched in June 2021, Saysh not only aims to create a supportive community for women, but it also makes athletic-inspired footwear made for and by women, unlike most brands whose shoes are created based off of men's feet and footwear. Ms. Felix exemplified that she is about more than just medals – she was running for change, equity, and acceptance for women and girls everywhere. Saysh sought out women-led, women-funded partners for their recent Series A fundraising round, which brought in $8 million and was led by the Gap Inc.-owned Athleta brand.
Off the track, Ms. Felix is a fierce advocate for maternity rights for all women; she gave birth to her daughter Camryn in 2018. In 2019 she wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times that called out Nike, her former sponsor, for not providing guaranteed protections for pregnant athletes and new moms. The public reaction to the piece put pregnancy discrimination in athletics in the spotlight. During the 2020 Olympics, Ms. Felix, alongside her new sponsor Athleta, created the Power of She Fund: Child Care Grant – a fund to assist mom-athletes with childcare while competing at the games.
Ms. Felix serves as a member of the Right To Play board hoping to raise awareness for underserved children in developing regions.


United Methodist Men (UMM) promotes the spiritual growth of men through effective discipleship and models the servant leadership of Christ in our daily lives. We currently have two UMM groups at First Church.
The Tuesday group gathers between 8 & 9 am at Juarez Restaurant on South Mays for food and fellowship. Contact: Rich Thompson at 512.694.6729, or Ben Watson at 512.623.0025.
The Wednesday group meets for breakfast and fellowship at 6:15 am on Wednesdays in the Family Life Center. Contact: Steve McCord, mccords1007@yahoo.com.
Both groups participate in UMM special events and activities. We love to serve! Several times a year, we spend the weekend cooking either brisket, chicken, or chili, making cobbler, and then showing up on Sunday morning to sell them during the worship services…all of the proceeds to benefit the ministries of First Church. You'll find us making breakfast for the youth during their retreats, hot dog lunches for the preschool, taking care of our wonderful church property and any other time that we can help!
The 2019 UMM Spring Retreat will be March 27 – 29 at the Lakehouse at Willow Point Resort on Lake Buchanan, 1400 RR 261, Buchanan Dam, TX 78609.
All men are invited! The retreat is a come and go event with charges only for the time actually spent, so please plan to come even if you are not able to participate the full number of days. Activities include eating, domino playing, fishing, reading, napping, tall tale telling, and yard games. There are nearby golf courses as well.
Cost: $50/night stayed at the Lakehouse. Those under 16 may come at no charge, so bring a future UMM member with you!
Meals: Some are provided. Some are YOYO (you're on your own).
To register: Sign up sheets will be available at UMM Breakfast meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday. You may also register by contacting Steve Oltmanns, soltmanns42@gmail.com or 512.636.6299.
Contact Steve Oltmanns for details, directions or other information.


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Bake Coat of Arms / Bake Family Crest
This German surname of BAKE was an occupational name, and may have been used for someone whose special task in the kitchen of a great house or castle was the baking of bread, but since most humbler households did their own baking in the Middle Ages, it may also have referred to the owner of a communal oven used by the whole village. The right to be in charge of this and exact money or loaves in return for its use was in many parts of the country a hereditary feudal privilege. The name may also occasionally have been used by someone noted for baking particularly fine bread or by a baker of pottery or bricks. Occupational surnames originally denoted the actual occupation followed by the individual. At what period they became hereditary is a difficult problem. Many of the occupation names were descriptive and could be varied. In the Middle Ages, at least among the Christian population, people did not usually pursue specialized occupations exclusively to the extent that we do today, and they would, in fact, turn their hand to any form of work that needed to be done, particularly in a large house or mansion, or on farms and smallholdings. In early documents, surnames often refer to the actual holder of an office, whether the church or state. The first hereditary surnames on German soil are found in the second half of the 12th century, slightly later than in England and France. However, it was not until the 16th century that they became stabilized. The practice of adopting hereditary surnames began in the southern areas of Germany, and gradually spread northwards during the Middle Ages. The name is also spelt as Baak, Bakker, Baeck and Bakke. Leo BAECK (1873-1956) was the German-Jewish religious leader, born in Lissa, Prussia. He was rabbi (1912-42) in Berlin, and when the Nazis came to power became the political leader of German Jewry, and spent 1942-45 in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. After the war he lectured in Britain. His chief publications were 'The Essence of Judaism' (1936) and 'The Pharisees and Other Essays' (1947). In the Middle Ages heraldry came into use as a practical matter. It originated in the devices used to distinguish the armoured warriors in tournament and war, and was also placed on seals as marks of identity. As far as records show, true heraldry began in the middle of the 12th century, and appeared almost simultaneously in several countries of Western Europe.


I had the pleasure of receiving several emails, links, and assorted RSS feeds letting me know that the Senate passed a budget and the Medical Device Excise Tax was voted out. Unfortunately, this tidbit of information was more spin than anything. Just to clarify exactly what the President, House of Representatives, and Senate have been doing on the United States budget and the 2.3% Medical Device Excise Tax created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPA") on March 21, 2010. I will summarize some key events and the correlating outcomes.
There has been no budget passed and signed by the President since the he took office January 20, 2009. There have been numerous budgets introduced in the Republican controlled House of Representatives over the last four years and none have passed the Democrat controlled Senate. On the three year anniversary of the PPA the Senate took the budget to heart and passed Ms. Patty Murray's (D) Budget Resolution by a vote of 50-49. The Medical Device Excise Tax was addressed in amendment no. 297 (commonly referred to in the press as the Klobuchar-Hatch Amendment) and was just one of 75 amendments that the Senate passed of 573 proposed amendments. The Klobuchar-Hatch Amendment passed by a margin of 79 to 20, the 20 voting against and the single no vote were all from Democrats. Some of these Senate amendments were just full of pork, for example amendment no. 239, Senator Udall of Colorado got a bump for the Forest Service. Even the oil and gas lobby got into the act with amendment no. 409.
Was the Senate's budget legitimate, a farce, an attempt to get out in front of President Obama's budget? The Budget Act of 1921 requires the President to provide a budget to Congress by February 1 every year. While the President has been late four out of the last five years on his budget many are joking that his NCAA bracket is always filled out on time.
To put this in context we really need to understand the budgetary process. Under Article 1, Section 7 of teh U.S. Constitution "All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills." The Senate may make proposals so Senator Murray's resolution was not illegal. And, the House of Representatives did vote on Senator Murray's un-amended resolution on March 20, 2013 and voted it down by a vote of 154-261. To be fair the House of Representatives have introduced three other resolutions. The Congressional Black Caucus budget was voted down in the House 105-305 a poor showing compared to Senator Murray's budget resolution. And, the Progressive Caucus budget was voted down 84-327 what could only be seen as a resounding defeat.
The third budget put forth by the House of Representatives is the Paul Ryan budget that passed 221-207 on the PPA's third anniversary. Not one of the four proposed amendments to the Ryan budget were passed by the House. The Ryan budget was submitted to the Senate on March 22, 2013 and has been calendared. The Ryan budget also gets rid of the Medical Device Excise Tax, no amendment necessary there. The Medical Device Manufacturers Association and AdvaMed have press releases based on the Klobuchar-Hatch Amendment but no reference to the Ryan budget.
In summary, the Medical Device Excise Tax has already caused the loss of thousands of jobs in the US. The IRS has no complaints, it has already received payments in excess of $380,000,000. And, the tax is going to remain in effect unless a simple by-partisan legislation can be introduced focusing solely on the excise tax. Otherwise, the excise tax is just a bargaining chip in a broken down budget process.


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Тренер року у світі — спортивна нагорода, яка з 1982-го вручається англійським місячником World Soccer. Перед тим, у 1974—1981 роках, за референдум відповідало американське інформагентство United Press International. Рекордсменом конкурсу є шотландець Алекс Фергюсон, в якого 4 титули.

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Birth of a Series Part - 1 "It All Started With Dreams"
By Allan Krummenacker - March 02, 2018
Having just recently passed the 5 year anniversary mark of the release of our first book "The Bridge", we thought it might be nice to share with you all just how this journey began. Where did the ideas for the Para-Earth Series come from? Who and what inspired the concept? And finally, for those who haven't had the opportunity to actually read any of the books but are curious to know more, what IS a Para-Earth? To answer all these questions, let's begin with a familiar opening from a very familiar television show from the 1960's...
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"Submitted for your approval…" these are the opening words written and spoken for the Twilight Zone by its creator Rod Serling. In that place, people found themselves facing death, adventure, revelation, terror, or even worse… themselves. So in the spirit of the late Mr. Serling, today's entry is submitted for the approval of all our readers (whoever and wherever you may come from) as I guide you through the process of how the Para-Earth Series came into being.
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In the early 1900's Mr. Howard Phillip Lovecraft (often referred to as HP Lovecraft) created a series of stories that would come to be known as the Cthulhu Mythos. In these tales, the audience was introduced to beings from not only outer space, and some cases out of time. Some of these creatures were here on Earth long before man ever took his first breath. Yet as familiar as the names of Great Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth, Nyarlothep and others, these were actually only a part of his fantastic imagination.
Wizards, alchemy and magic also played a large part of his writings. So did tales where human nature reverting to something more primitive and sinister, without help or influence from Cthulhu and his kin.
Mr. Lovecraft also dabbled in tales of science such as the ultraviolet wave machine that revealed things of such malice and horror that it was only by the saving grace of a barrier neither we nor they saw, that kept us safe.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, more well-known for his famous detective Sherlock Holmes, also dabbled in tales of the incredible. In one story he created a jungle in the air where beings existed among the clouds (mind you this was the time of bi-planes and early mono-planes when aviation was still taking its early steps into adulthood). In this setting, many of these creatures were merely curious, while others seemed almost playful. But like any jungle, this setting had predators. Luckily these 'air jungles' were in pockets scattered above us, which was why most flying machines of his day passed untouched and safe. But occasionally… well you get the idea.
All of these stories, along with many others were floating in my head when I first conceived my fictional reality. I knew I wanted to create something that had numerous possibilities for expansion, yet still have a thread that connected all the stories that were to come. There were to be intrusions into our reality, but why and where from eluded me.
My brain kept going back to Mr. Lovecraft's tale of the ultraviolet wave machine that revealed beings existing side-by-side to us, just out of sight by laws of reality we never suspected. This held a lot of promise, but I felt as if I were intruding upon the works of a great man who cast a shadow as large, or even larger, than Great Cthulhu himself.
Then I read an introduction in one of the Lovecraft collection of stories, by Robert Bloch, another great writer I truly admire. I quickly learned that Mr. Bloch was not only a contemporary of Lovecraft, but a friend. And in this introduction he extrapolated upon the various aspects of Lovecraft's own life and how they became part of his writing world. One of those aspects was dreams.
In that instant, I thought about some dreams of my own.
Now I don't know if I'm an 'experienced dreamer' like Lovecraft's Randolph Carter or just an average one. But time and again there are certain types of dreams we all seem to share at some point. Those are dreams where we are living a very different life from the one we know in our waking hours. In these dreams, family and friends are readily recognizable to us. We'll even meet some who were merely part of our childhood, and long since parted ways. Yet in these dreams they can show up and we know everything about them as if we never parted. In fact, an entire life's history is known to us in these dreams where we are single, married to our real-life partners, or to someone you never would have thought of as a love interest. In other cases you might be in love or married to someone you've never even met, but in that dream and in that moment, you know everything about them. Then we wake up, back in our beds in this reality. Naturally the dreams fade from memory and we're sometimes left with feelings of having lost something, while at the same time we wonder, 'Where did all of that come from? Was it the burrito? The pizza and the late night talk show circuit?'
In my case I began to wonder if maybe it was something more…
The realism in those dreams, at least in my case, were so remarkable that I could wake up with a feeling of having had a breathtaking experience, or even a terrifying one. Sights and even touch seemed so real to the point that if something unexpected or unnerving happens I would react physically and jolt myself awake.
I then began to wonder aloud about the theory of parallel realities. One school of thought is that for every choice we don't make here, it's made elsewhere. So I began to wonder, what if a part of our mind (which is still vastly uncharted) had slipped over to one of those parallel worlds and we were inside the version of ourselves that lived there. This would explain why we seem to have a full set of memories in the dream and know those who appear, even though in 'the real world' we've never met those people. In short, what if we were getting a chance to see and know what had happened if we had made those other choices.
At this point, my imagination was really getting fired up. Some kind of parallel reality setting held a lot of possibilities for me. However, it is also an area that has been explored so many times in books, short stories, movies and TV. What could I bring that would be knew and fascinating for readers? If I were to aim in this direction it had to be something new and different, something audiences had never encountered before.
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Home / Craft ideas / What is Carnival and how is it celebrated?
Carnival is a festive season occurring before lent, usually around February or March. In this event people wear colorful masks and costumes and participate in a parade, which contains elements of a circus and a street party.
Items prohibited during lent are often consumed in vast amounts and it is usually encouraged to go wild during a carnival, satirising or celebrating things that are seen as unacceptable in everyday society.
The most famous carnival is the one in Rio. With up to 2 million people in its streets per day. The parade contains breath taking floats, revellers and adornments made by various samba schools. A samba school is a collaboration of neighbours who want participate in the carnival.
Celebrate carnival! Carnaval de Rio is one of the biggest in the world!
The motive for celebration varies depending on its location. For example in Rio de Janiero the carnival is celebrated in honour of the gods and the great waters, whereas in other places it is more of a decadent blow-out before Lent.
The Carnival is celebrated with a grand parade of festivity, merry-making and excess. The costumes are designed and made by the samba schools, and are famous for their vast amounts of color, outlandish accessories, wonderfully over the top headpieces and the common use of feathers.
The parade is divided into what is known as wings. Each school's wings represent a specific theme which is reflected in their costumes. The ground wing is reserved to dancers and musicians that surround the float, the float wing is for the performers on the floats themselves. The samba schools take these very seriously, and their costumes often cost as much as 1000 USD to make.
Make DIY carnival crowns inspired by Carnival headdresses around the world.
You are sure to have a great time!
The printable Carnival crown templates include black and white versions to color in.
Each Carnival headdress template comes with a paper necklace too!
When: 40 days before Easter, in February or March.
An estimated two million people turn out on Rio's streets every day of the Rio Carnaval to watch performances from around 200 samba schools and 300 neighbourhood street bands.
When: The two weeks leading up to Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday.
The festivities draw three quarters of a million people to The Big Easy each year.
When: The week before Ash Wednesday.
The carnival has performances from more than a hundred music groups, including murgas, comparsas, rondallas.
When: The two weeks leading up to Ash Wednesday.
Thousands attend public and private events and parties.
When: Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.
300,000 people pack into Queens Park and the national stadium.
When: The two weeks leading up to, and a handful of days after, Shrove Tuesday.
World's biggest winter festival, drawing around 500,000 visitors.
When: The week leading up to and including Shrove Tuesday.
Draws over a million visitors to the city every year.
When: The week leading up to Shrove Tuesday.
Mazatlan has the oldest major modern Carnival tradition in Mexico.
When: Last Sunday and Monday in August.
Around one million people attend the carnival to see 50,000 performers.


Mastersfantasyfootballleagues.com has a Bronze ($122) Live draft tonight and every night. We have been running live re-draft leagues since April and will fill well over 1000 leagues again this year.
Just posted 19 fresh orphans these are all in excellent shape.
Our 9th Annual "Great Orphaning" this year is Sunday June 24th starting at 10:00 am, scroll down for complete details.
We are currently filling our 25th Dynasty league of the season, the next to fill is Copper #4 ($131)..


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Ever since Microsoft introduced Windows 8 last fall people have been grumbling about a couple of things concerning the new operating system.
First, because it's so radically different from previous versions of Windows, some users think the learning curve involved in figuring out how to use it is too steep. Personally, I disagree with this notion. When I bought my Lenovo Ideapad 13 a few months ago (a superb machine if you're looking for a touchscreen Ultrabook), someone in Best Buy's Geek Squad spent 20 minutes showing me around the OS and I was well on my way to capably using Windows 8.
Second, a lot of people have a huge issue with the fact that Microsoft did away with the Start button—you know, the little icon on the bottom left of your screen in older versions of the OS that when clicked on lists apps you frequently use and gives you quick access to things like recent items, Control Panel and the ability to power down or put your PC to sleep.
Since then, rumors have been floating around that Microsoft will add the Start button back into the next major update to the OS, Windows 8.1, expected to be released by the end of the year for consumers, although developers will get their hands on it at the end of June.
If you're someone who recently migrated to a new PC and misses the Start button, there are ways to get it back. Some developers have created apps that try to resurrect it, such as Start8 and Pokki Start Menu. I'm using one called Start Menu Reviver, created by Reviversoft, a company that develops products to help you repair, optimize and maintain your computer. It's different because lets you customize an area you can fill up with tiles of the Desktop and Modern apps you use most, as well the usual start button options, including Settings, Network, Search, Run, and the ability to power down your computer.
In this way it's helpful, like the old Start button, but it's even better because it's touch-friendly and it makes use of the Modern style interface, which features tiles. While I like Windows 8 and appreciate the aesthetic of tiles, it can seem like you have to do too much clicking or tapping to flip back and forth between the Desktop, where you might be using apps such as Evernote and Skype, and the tile-based Modern Start screen, where you can access things like SkyDrive and the Windows Store. Start Menu Reviver does a good job of meshing the Modern interface with the more familiar Desktop.
That said, it's important to note that people who spend enough time figuring out how to use Windows 8 properly won't need an app like Start Menu Reviver. The Windows 8 Charms Bar gives you access to things like Settings (which includes Control Panel and power options) or Search, which you can use to find any app on your machine. You can also easily switch from the tile-based Modern Start screen to the Desktop by hitting the Windows key on your keyboard. And you can already pin any Desktop app to the taskbar that hangs out at the bottom of the Desktop screen by right clicking on it on the Modern Start screen; by doing so you can keep apps like Word, Evernote or the Snipping Tool always at the ready if you're working on the Desktop.
But for folks who primarily work on the Desktop—people like me who like to have Chrome or Firefox open alongside Word or Excel—Start Menu Reviver is an interesting alternative that gives you quick access to lots of functions that are already included in Windows 8, but found in different locations.
It's a free app worth trying out if the missing Start button bugs you, but Windows 8 pros and anyone familiar with the plethora of keyboard shortcuts that make using Windows 8 easy will likely feel it doesn't add anything Microsoft's latest OS doesn't already offer.
I can live without the start button, and don't mind the flow of Windows 8 after using it a few weeks, but I do HATE the way it opens your docs in completely useless programs! If you open a photo, it basically opens it in a viewer with no options to do anything with it, same with videos, music files, etc. And all the apps on the start page are crap, they assume you are a complete idiot that doesn't want any options. I am regretting switching from my Apple already..
With Windows 8 (or earlier versions), you can easily change the default programs for any type of file. Usually, you'll be given the option when you install a new program (for instance, if you the install VLC player it will ask if you want to use it as the default program for movie files). But you can change these associations at any time.
To do so, go to "Default Programs" (just use the Windows Search to find it). Pick the new program you want to use to open a specific category of file and choose "set this program as default" (to open all associated file types) or "choose defaults for this program" (to custom select file types.
FWIW, this is the same way Macs operate. Photos on the Mac open in the equally useless "Preview" program unless you change it to open using iPhoto or Photoshop. But this isn't necessarily a bad thing. For quick previews, those "useless" programs often open much faster than the more full-featured programs.
Well honestly, Classic Shell is the best free and open source one.


Over the last few months, I had an opportunity to try a number of wines. What I didn't do in timely fashion, however, is to share the tasting notes with you – and this needs to be corrected, which I'm doing with this post.
While I call this post a "holiday edition", this is strictly due to the fact that this post is coming out during the most festive time of the year. It might be too late to use any of these wines for the gift giving, but you know what – these wines will be perfect for any day, whether it is cold or warm outside, and whether you need a gift or just want to reward yourself (yep, you always deserve an award for just being you).
P: Restrained palate, good acidity, clean, touch Of yeast, hint of Granny Smith apples.
N: intense, fresh-cut grass, touch of lemon, fresh meadows, you can smell this wine forever.
Closed up while cold, white ripe fruit once warmed up, good balance, medium body, medium-long finish.
V: 8-, good rendition of Shiraz. The wine completely reversed on the Day 2, closed up.
We are done here. Have you had any of these wines? What do you think of them? Cheers!


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The Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts to Present Second Annual Award for Sustainable Production at Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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LOS ANGELES/EDINBURGH — The Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts (CSPA) announces the 2011 Fringe Festival Award for Sustainable Production at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August. The CSPA Fringe Festival Award for Sustainable Production is designed to reward ecologically sustainable practice in the production of a fringe show. The winner will be announced Monday, the 22nd of August. The winner will receive a plaque and a feature article in an upcoming edition of the CSPA Quarterly, the CSPA's print publication highlighting the most exciting work being done in sustainability and the arts.
The award, which debuted last year at the inaugural Hollywood Fringe Festival will be adjudicated by the CSPA Directors, Ian Garrett and Miranda Wright, along with a number of CSPA affiliates. It will be looking at public communication/education, resource use, and transportation in support of presenting a fringe show based on methodology developed by the CSPA itself and San Diego's Mo'olelo Performing Arts Company, who have created a comprehensive Green Theater Choices Toolkit with a generous grant from the Theater Communications Group.
For the Edinburgh Fringe, Mhora Samuel and Tim Atkinson from The Theatres Trust's European Regional Development Fund-backed Ecovenue project have helped the CSPA adapt the criteria for a UK audience, providing guidance on UK equivalents to US name brands, as well as providing insight on measuring conventions and policy. The award simply would not have been complete with out their assistance.
Last year's winner was The Pantry Shelf a satirical comedy that takes place in any ordinary pantry shelf, was produced by Team M&M at Sweet Grassmarket, . Characters are food items most of us have readily available. The story follows the addition of a revolutionary new snack to the shelf: Queenie, a quinoa, date and bark bar. Queenie discovers that her healthy branding doesn't accurately represent what's actually inside. The comedy explores branding, consumerism and the corporate control of our diets. It's also a "love story between a quinoa bar, a bag of Scottish porridge and a sexy block of dark chocolate," about staying true to yourself.
"We chose The Pantry Shelf as the award winner based on its comprehensiveness," comments Ian Garrett, Executive Director of the CSPA. "The show raised valid questions that are relevant to everyone's daily lives, without being heavy handed. Team M&M took great care to ensure the production was produced as environmentally sustainable as possible, and the content of the play was both entertaining and informative."
"We've been working since we started the CSPA on how to provide resources and guidelines for sustainable production to the theatrical community. Both Miranda and myself come from theatrical backgrounds and it is important to us. The fringe festival model provides an ideal platform to introduce these ideas and the award due to the expectations and scale of the shows. It is easier to start the conversation at a fringe level of production than Broadway. By starting with the Hollywood Fringe, our local and the newest fringe festival, and immediately moving to the Edinburgh Fringe, the largest and oldest fringe in the world, we are looking to create the greatest visibility and excitement around the introduction of ideas of sustainability to the largest number of theatre artists at home and away," says Executive Director Ian Garrett.
To be considered for the award, a production fills out an online questionnaire. Questions range from an inventory of materials used, to what public transportation lines run close to venues, to how themes about sustainability are addressed in their shows. To accommodate the widest variety of productions, sections of the questionnaire that are not applicable to a show, will be omitted from consideration. Shows are encouraged, but not required to provide a CSPA affiliate with tickets to their production to allow a trained eye to look at shows and projects as they exist in the real world.
"Even more so thanwe want someone to score perfectly on the questionnaire we use to evaluate shows, we want theatre artists to look at the questions and think about how it helps to guide their thinking about sustainability in the their art. There may be questions asked in ways they hadn't thought, and we hope they ask these questions of their next project and the project after that."
To apply, fringe show producers can head over to the CSPA's website at http://www.sustainablepractice.org/fringe or email fringe@sustainablepractice.org. Applications for evaluation will be taken up until the end of the festival, though it is encouraged to apply while it is still possible for a CSPA affiliate to view the show. All questions regarding the award by also be be directed to fringe@sustainablepractice.org.
The CSPA was founded by Ian Garrett and Miranda Wright in early 2008 after individually working on each of the programs that now make up the multi-faceted approach to sustainability separately. It provides a network of resources to arts organisations, which enables them to be ecologically and economically sustainable while maintaining artistic excellence. We support the infrastructure of this network by supplying artists with the information, education and intellectual community they need to make the best choices for their sustainability. We do this through three independent programs: CSPA Online Resources, annual CSPA convergence and the CSPA Institute's curriculum building. We extend these efforts with key partnerships with like minded organisations. Past and Present partnerships have included the University of Oregon, Ashden Directory, Arcola Theatre, Diverseworks Artspace, Indy Convergence, York University, LA Stage Alliance and others. Under the umbrella of the CSPA, each program and partnership uses different tactics with their own mission to create a comprehensive and cooperative synthesis in artistic sustainability.
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When I have been at the festival in the past, my iutoarfve types of shows are the ones in the smaller veneus, where there is perhaps an audience of 15-30 people. I find such shows such an amazing buzz.A problem I have had in the past is trying to decide what show to go to and what bars to frequent because there are so many great ones to choose from.


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Stella Diaz (born December 14, 1984) is a Puerto Rican fashion model and former contestant on the NBC reality television show Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search. Diaz was the only Latina to participate on the program, which premiered on January 5, 2005, on NBC and ended with the season finale on February 9, 2005. She was eliminated on the second episode and was the sixth model eliminated out of 12 contestants.

Since her appearance on the show, Diaz has continued to work as a professional model in Puerto Rico. She has received three Paoli Awards for Model of the Year: one in 2006 and two in 2005, Orlando Edition and Puerto Rico Edition.

She is a 2007 magna cum laude graduate of Universidad del Sagrado Corazón.

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External links
Official Website

1984 births
Living people
Puerto Rican female models
Reality modeling competition participants
Universidad del Sagrado Corazón alumni


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Warren Central teens fighting gun violence find they are suddenly part of a national movement
Before Florida school shooting, a group of Indianapolis teens saw the cruel cost of street gun violence. And they began a campaign for peace.
Warren Central teens fighting gun violence find they are suddenly part of a national movement Before Florida school shooting, a group of Indianapolis teens saw the cruel cost of street gun violence. And they began a campaign for peace. Check out this story on IndyStar.com: http://indy.st/2pgAskG
Dylan Peers McCoy, dmccoy@chalkbeat.org Published 11:27 a.m. ET March 14, 2018 | Updated 11:45 a.m. ET March 14, 2018
Students at Herron High School in Indianapolis take part in the National School Walkout on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. The walkout lasted seventeen minutes to honor the seventeen students killed during the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida.(Photo: Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar)Buy Photo
Note: This story was produced by Chalkbeat Indiana, a nonprofit news website that covers education.
More than nine months before the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, ignited student protests across the country, a group of Indianapolis teens saw the cruel cost of street gun violence. And they began a campaign for peace.
For students at Warren Central High School, the deadly consequences of gun violence touched their lives last spring, when two of their classmates were killed in a shooting on the city's west side.
"It was like, no one could believe it," said Ramatou Soumare, 17, a senior. "People were always crying. … The classes were just, morose. … It was a really sad time."
The tragedy inspired students from the school to start We LIVE, a group dedicated to ending street violence. Now, they are part of a national movement.
Because Warren Central administrators are concerned about safety, We LIVE members did not plan on walking out of school Wednesday as part of a national protest on the one-month anniversary of Parkland, said Soumare. But the school did allow students to walk out of their classrooms for a moment of silence, a choir performance about social justice, and a panel discussion.
The group is sponsoring a rally against gun violence that leaders expect to draw thousands of people on March 24 at 11 a.m. at the Indiana Statehouse.
While students across the country are protesting gun violence, the dangers are different for teens in high crime areas. In addition to worrying about school shootings, they face the constant threat of street violence. In Indianapolis, homicides reached an all time high in 2017.
Because of that, it can be concerning to see comparatively rare but deadly school shootings getting so much attention, said senior Brandon Warren, 18, who founded We LIVE.
"I don't want the school shootings to overshadow the youth violence shootings that happen every day," he said.
But, ultimately, Warren said that his group shares the same priorities as the students from Parkland — increasing gun control and reducing gun violence. "This is something we need to focus on as a country," he said.
Soumare, who is vice-president of We LIVE, said that she is not concerned about whether it is suburban teens who jump started the national conversation because if students are successful at pressuring politicians, there will be stricter gun laws.
"I think the students at Parkland who have started this movement, they have inspired people, and they have opened other people's eyes," Soumare said. "It's starting to make changes, and I am glad to be a part of it."
Dylan Peers McCoy is a reporter for Chalkbeat Indiana, a nonprofit news website that reports on educational change in Indiana.
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Originally I had a handful of pieces in my hand when I was shopping at Topshop last weekend. But when I saw this playsuit I stopped dead in my tracks, dropped the other items and whisked this off the rack. At first glance I thought it was a dress and was slightly disappointed and elated when I found it was in fact a romper (possibly the most fabulous romper I've ever seen..). I immediately bought it, ran home and tried it on, it was love. I felt it was on the mod side of things so I have to of course play with that feeling, adding the hair, liner and some tights to keep me warm (it was in the 60's, eep!).
Now, to fully winterize it...Stay tuned.


I sold my first original work today. It was "Nine Ladies Dancing" and was purchased by a church member who is going to give it to her daughter as a graduation present.
Believe it or not I have mixed emotions about this. It was exciting to make the sale but at the same time, I am mourning the absence of a piece that has been in my house for over two years. Granted I have photographs and scans for reproduction but it's not the same.
I've said this many times but the art you create really is a part of you and I often refer to my originals as my children. And so here I am selling one in return for money that will go into my bank account one day and come out the next. The piece that I've carted around for a long time is now gone forever.
Am I being weird? I know I have to build a business and this is one of the ways to make some money. I'll get over it and in the meantime, I hope her daughter enjoys her graduation gift. In the end it's all worth it if it brings joy to someone else.
So the dust has finally settled after completing the arts festival, and all manner of art, scraps, and tools have retreated to their respective closets, corners and walls. Now it's back to working on these cards. This work, "Nine Ladies Dancing" was completed almost two years ago which is hard to believe. It was one of the first pieces that came out of the starting blocks from the Twelve Days of Christmas project.
As you can see, the dancers are footloose and fancy-free and they look glorious in their bright colors. I relied on my comic book brain to create different poses so fortunately I didn't need any references.
Drawing and coloring on that paper was quite a task. It's cold-pressed watercolor paper, and I used both watercolor pencil and watercolor crayon for the subject matter and background. This type of paper which is typically not smooth required a lot of work from a color blending standpoint.
As I painfully discovered, Nine Ladies was difficult to photograph, edit, AND print. In person it looks great and it is one of the most asked about pieces in my collection from potential buyers. So now I HAVE to do something. You will probably see me hanging around a Kinko's somewhere in the near future hoping that they can scan the artwork and provide me with a decent image. Wish me luck!


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Lizzo – Good As Hell
We look forward to "Juice" hitting the top 40 sometime in 2021..
Katie Gill: It is infinitely amusing that with Lizzo's career trajectory, her songs that are 2-3 years old are getting the radio play instead of her current work. Granted, "Good As Hell" is an absolute banger. But it's an absolute banger that is obviously a product of Lizzo's earlier work, especially when compared the the musical evolution she shows on Cuz I Love You. It's also an absolute banger that seems tailor-made for inclusion in movie trailers or makeover montages but hey, get that bread Lizzo.
Wayne Weizhen Zhang: Lizzo singles don't expire after three years; they're just like chardonnay, get better over time.
Thomas Inskeep: Goddamn, Lizzo can wring every bit of strength out of a female empowerment lyric, can't she? And she nails the rapping/singing combo like no one since — I dunno, Lauryn Hill? In fact, maybe she's the rightful heir to L-Boogie's throne? And she does it all so damn joyfully to boot. Talk about fresh air on the radio.
Joshua Copperman: After enjoying Big GRRL Small World, I remember hearing that Lizzo signed to Atlantic, working with the insufferably goofy producer Ricky Reed. It felt like a classic "sell-out" moment even if the term has lost all meaning. This song felt destined to blow up, but went nowhere. Neither did "Phone," and neither did "Truth Hurts." Cuz I Love You could incorporate her earlier, more political work in ways that felt authentic… but then "Truth Hurts" got massive, and "Good As Hell" is well on its way. There's a sense that Lizzo will go further in the shouting party anthem direction. She's a great interview, and a fantastic live performer, but it's disappointing to foresee a Bruno Mars-style trajectory when there's so much more to offer. At this rate, Big GRRL Small World could see a rerelease as the darker, more ambitious follow up, but she's still clearly happier making mindless party music. If she saves the thoughtful political commentary for when Terry Gross calls her "brave", that's okay.
Stephen Eisermann: It is so hard to fault Lizzo's older material. While it's very easy to be cynical about self-empowerment anthems today, Lizzo has consistently shown that she excels at putting herself, a plus-size black woman, first and showing other people how to put themselves first. It's hard to separate her past hits from whatever current story she is involved in (like that horrid Postmates debacle), but, fuck, you are full lying if you say you don't smile on even your worst day when you play this chorus. The background vocals, the energy, the personality — no part doesn't hold up. There is no chorus like a Lizzo chorus, no matter how long it has taken people to notice.
Alfred Soto: Lizzo released a terrific album this year, you know, on which her sense of rhythm and how a star in waiting presents her material meshes wit the body-positivity messages.
Tobi Tella: Sometimes the strength of a song is enough to push past any factors trying to stop it from entering the public conciousness. "Good As Hell" is a little corny, sure, but it's also empowerment without pandering, an uplifting song that doesn't feel the need to insert generic platitudes. Most of all, it's fun, which is something I think 2019 music totally misses most of the time.
Kayla Beardslee: Personally, I'm looking forward to a couple singles from now, when Lizzo's team will be looking so far in the past for singles to push that they'll arrive at a point before her music career began and encounter a time paradox. If "Truth Hurts" can go #1 two years after its release, anything is possible, and why can't that include Lizzo deconstructing our understanding of time as a linear concept? Oh, and I'm supposed to review the song, too. Yeah, "Good As Hell" bops, will bop, has bopped, bops in the subjunctive, etc. The vocals are fantastic, and the piano riff gives the song a constant feeling of forward motion. It's the kind of track that makes you want to sing along, and even if (like me) you fail at imitating Lizzo's attention-grabbing vibrato, "Good As Hell" is so relentlessly fun that you'll feel happy about it anyways.
Kylo Nocom: The power of hindsight is very strange. I used to see talk go around about how "Good as Hell" sounded like it could have been a hit, and now that it is one, is that underdog appeal still here? I used to think that her being compared to Natasha Bedingfield in Pitchfork's review of Cuz I Love You was unfair, but in hindsight, it's not really that far off. Values PSAs had "Where Is the Love?" then, and the soundtrack to them would be "Good as Hell" now. That's not a condemnation: corny stays in fashion, and with sounds as lovely as the ones Lizzo selects (namely, the drum kit of the chorus and the sampled vocal belts) it's easy to ignore how ultimately juvenile the message feels.
Jackie Powell: Right now as we speak, "Good as Hell" sits at number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was featured in the third film in the cult series "Barbershop," which starred fellow women in hip-hop Eve and Nicki Minaj, both whom Lizzo currently eclipses in relevance. Like the film, this track came out three years ago. This sleeper hit, along with Lizzo's career, has emerged from the ashes. They are a collective rising like a phoenix but with slightly more swagger and chock-full of sass. How is all of this possible? Lizzo's entire being defines what it means to be living in 2019. Self-care, inner strength, and an IDGAF attitude. That's why "Good as Hell" hit harder in 2019 rather than three years earlier. Zane Lowe has referred to this track as an "instant vintage vibe" and that's due to clean but predictable production from Ricky Reed. Lizzo's delivery functions in between a bounce in the verses and sweeping call and response in the pre-chorus and the hook. Her magic remains in the way she works to make her raps more digestible for listeners who live on the throwback playlists on Spotify. She's creating a similar product to Mark Ronson in that they both aim to bring sounds from then and now together in a triumphant union. Thank goodness for Lizzo, someone who has the secret recipe to make anyone feel "as good as hell," a task far from effortless.
Vikram Joseph: It seems kind of fitting that I'm writing this before work on a wet Monday morning, because "Good As Hell" is transformative in a way that's hard to resist. Taylor Swift might have recently claimed that she "want[s] your dreary Mondays" (ok, not yours, Joe Alwyn's), but "Good As Hell" simply will not allow them to exist — at least for 2 minutes and 37 seconds. It achieves this mostly because of the melancholy that lurks in the corners of the song, and because of the way that classic descending chord progression confers a sense of unconditional positivity in the face of chronic adversity. The delivery of "baby, how you feeling?" should win awards — most singers would sell it as uncomplicated celebration, but Lizzo sounds incredibly empathetic, concerned even, like she half-expects the answer might be "like shit, Lizzo, I feel like shit." And the song's instant meme — "hair toss, check my nails!" — is actually a performance piece in putting your best self out there when your heart feels bruised and tired. The strange, wonderful alchemy of "Good As Hell" is that, through method-acting feeling good as hell when all of your instincts tell you that you really don't, it actually makes you feel fucking incredible.
3 Responses to "Lizzo – Good As Hell"
oliver, on October 14th, 2019 at 5:40 pm Said:
Can't stop thinking about how this came out two months before Coloring Book and did Coloring Book better than Coloring Book did Coloring Book.
Also if any Lizzo song deserves its belated time in the sun it is undoubtedly Boys.
Kayla B, on October 14th, 2019 at 7:24 pm Said:
Or Water Me!!