I delivered this devotional at this past week's Christian Marketplace Network meeting.
I was walking through my neighborhood, amazed at the damage caused by those incredible winds from Hurricane Ike. Our house was lucky, but other houses on my street looked like, well, like they had just been through a hurricane. My parents lost nearly 30 other trees on their property.
Before the winds came, I could not have told you which trees would fall and which would stand. The Bible often uses this image of wind as a test that reveals our relationship with God. A person might appear to be strong and mighty, but when the winds come, we find out what they're really made off.
Psalm 1 says that a righteous person is "like a tree planted by streams of water." "Whatever he does prospers," writes the psalmist.
This Hebrew word "law" – torah – isn't just a list of rules that God wants us to obey. It's more like the teaching that we receive from a parent or a good mentor. The righteous person listens to that teaching, day after day.
God's word is the food, water, and fertilizer we need to grow deep roots. None of us can predict when trials will come, but they will always come.
By spending time with God, though, and filling ourselves with his word, we prepare ourselves to stand firm on that day of trial.
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Blue Dart accorded 'Customer & Brand Loyalty' Award second time in a row
Blue Dart Express Limited, South Asia's premier courier and integrated express package distribution Company, and part of the DHL Group, has won the Customer & Brand Loyalty Award in the Logistics Sector - Domestic Express at the 5th Loyalty Awards. The award, presented at a gala ceremony at InterContinental The Lalit, Mumbai on 1st February 2012, marks the second time in a row that Blue Dart won this accolade amongst a host of national and international players who were also nominated for the honour. The Loyalty Awards, a part of the 5th Loyalty Summit were presented by AIMIA and conceived & managed by Kamikaze B2B Media.
Mr. Anil Khanna, Managing Director, Blue Dart Express Ltd said, "We are overwhelmed to receive this award for the second time in a row. Accolades like this stand testimony to our ability to continuously raise the bar in driving innovation and operational efficiency within Blue Dart to ensure that customers get the best possible product and service. It also motivates us to try harder to build an organization that sets new benchmarks for the industry as a whole in driving customer delight in the logistics space."
The Loyalty Awards were the outcome of a combination of Consumer Research undertaken in 5 cities of India aided by nominations received from organisations. An accredited agency is appointed for the research of the awards nominees and winners.
Blue Dart received this prestigious accolade, for attaining the trust and loyalty of its customers and delivering consistent high quality services over the last 28 years.
About Blue Dart:
Blue Dart Express Ltd., South Asia's premier courier, and integrated express package Distribution Company, offers secure and reliable delivery of consignments to over 35, 902 locations in India. As part of the DHL Group (DHL Express, DHL Global Forwarding & DHL Supply Chain), Blue Dart accesses the largest and most comprehensive express and logistics network worldwide, covering over 220 countries and offers an entire spectrum of distribution services including air express, freight forwarding supply chain solutions and customs clearance.
The Blue Dart team drives market leadership through its motivated people force, dedicated air and ground capacity, cutting-edge technology, wide range of innovative, vertical specific products and value-added services to deliver unmatched standards of service quality to its customers. Blue Dart's market leadership is further validated by numerous awards and recognitions from customers for exhibiting reliability, superior brand experience and sustainability. Some of these include SUPERBRAND and 'Reader's Digest Most Trusted Brand Gold Award' 6 years in a row, one of 'India's Best Companies to Work For' by The Great Place to Workᆴ Institute twice successively, 'Organization that offers the best returns to consumers' - 6th Social & Corporate Governance Awards 2010, BSE Best CSR Practice Award and 22nd CFBP Jamnalal Bajaj Fair Business Practices Award - 2010 in the category of Service Enterprises (Medium) to name a few.
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Phil Jeffrey
Phil is a Chartered UK Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney with a First Class Honours degree in Physics and a PhD in laser physics and photorefractive materials. He joined Dehns in 1994 and became a Partner in 2002.
Phil is an experienced patent attorney with technical expertise across a wide range of high-technology physics and engineering fields including photonics, holography, optoelectronics, mass spectrometry, oil drilling and exploration, medical devices, nanotechnology, optical communication systems, endoscopes and aerosol provision devices.
Phil acts for several major corporations including BAT and FUJIFILM. He provides patentability, infringement, validity and other strategic advice and is a patent drafting, patent prosecution and registered designs expert with a high allowance rate.
He is recognised by IAM300 as being particularly experienced in IP strategy and he enjoys helping start-ups and SMEs develop and execute an IP strategy which seeks to increase VC investability.
Phil is a Business Development partner and is a regular visitor to the US, Japan and China.
Qualifications and Memberships
UK Chartered Patent Attorney, 1999
Professional Representative before EUIPO, 1999
European Patent Attorney, 1998
Certificate in IP Law, University of London, 1995
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys
European Patent Institute
PhD, Southampton University, "Holographic Information Processing", 1994
BSc Hons (First Class), Southampton University, Physics, 1991
"UK Patent Box Proposals", Intellectual Property Magazine, June 2010. Click here to read article.
Presentations:
"Evolution of IP practices and the emergence of new business models for IP firms" MIP Global IP & Innovation Summit, Shanghai
"UK and European IP Developments", Houston Intellectual Property Law Association Annual Conference, Houston
"Recent Developments in European Practice", Houston Intellectual Property Law Association Annual Conference, Houston
Phil was recognised in the 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 editions of IAM Strategy 300 – The World's Leading IP Strategists, which identifies those "shown to possess world-class skills in the development and roll-out of strategies that maximise the value of patents, copyright, trademarks and other IP rights". He was also recommended in the 2020 edition of The Legal 500 directory.
Phil is also a sub-4 hour marathon runner.
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I used a small rotary burr in a dremel to cut around the perimeter of the clear plastic from the outside. I think the factory covers have a fairly wide lip that is glued to the underside of the clam. No way I'd try to cut the headlight bucket and clear cover away from the clam! I recall a post from many years ago by a Noble owner who did so and said it was a miserable experience.


Are you tired of the same old cruise or guided tour travel experiences? Do you hunger for something more adventurous? Well, hold onto your heartstrings, because Eldertrek, based in both the US and the UK, offers some of the most exciting travel options available to the over fifty population. Eldertrek is the first travel company to plan trips exclusively for those over fifty. Established in 1987 Eldertrek offers off the beaten path adventures in over one hundred countries around the world.
Some of the unique characteristics of an Eldertrek adventure include the following: Comfortable housing with ensuite baths, all-inclusive package prices with no surprise charges, expert guides who know the local culture and remain in close contact with them, prices for only land days, not your travel times, water travel on expedition boats with no more than 110 passengers and land excursions with groups no larger than 16.
Another reason Eldertrek is so appealing to senior travelers, is there are options––lots of them. You'll find a destination that captures your imagination, you'll choose a style of travel and then you'll select a challenge level just right for you. Here's how it works.
Where in the world do you want to travel? What part of the world makes your heart beat a little faster and which continent have you always wanted to explore? Eldertrek has offerings in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, and Europe and the Middle East. It also offers Polar adventures, Sea Journeys and Hiking Trips. You can have your adventure in virtually any part of the world. How about a trek in Mongolia or Sri Lanka? Have you always wanted to see Transylvania or Libya? Get out your world map and start dreaming.
What Kind of Travel Adventure Do You Want?
This is where your adventure gets interesting. You aren't going to be walking around with a tour group seeing the usual museums and churches. You can tailor your adventure to your particular interests. What's your adventure style? Here are some of your choices: History or archaeology trips, diving or cycling adventures, tribal or wildlife experiences, sailing trips, jungle excursions or world festivals adventures. Maybe you want to experience the wildlife, flora and fauna of Madagascar and visit some of its seventeen tribal groups. How about an adventure in Tunisia on the back of a camel and a visit to the Roman amphitheater of El Jem? Or visit the Top of the World beginning in Nome, Alaska and going on to Wrangel Island and the Russian Far East where you'll meet the Siberian Yupic Eskimo people. The choices are nearly endless and every one of them is unique and exciting.
What Level of Challenge Do You Want?
Each adventure excursion comes with its own challenge rating. Adventures range in difficulty and challenge from a rating of 1 which is the least challenging to 5 which is the most challenging. An excursion rated a 1 will require participants to be able to walk at least one mile, walk or hike for one hour and climb a flight of stairs with no problems. An excursion rated a 5 will require 8-10 hours of walking or hiking per day for up to 8-10 miles. There will be a difficulty level and excursion just right for you.
The Eldertrek website offers you membership in Club Trek. Each time you travel you'll earn rewards. The more you travel, the great the discounts you will receive on your next adventure. They also sponsor an annual photo contest with prize money of $1500 to first place, $500 to second and $250 for third place. The Trek Talk Blog allows you to follow the adventures of other travelers and take note of adventures that sound interesting to you.


Good morning and welcome to the release of The Case of Where Is Marnie Wildwood? Book 4 Wildcat Crew. This latest adventure in the Wildcat Crew series places the team's leader in a dangerous position where she must use her wits to get away from the people who have kidnapped her.
Marnie Wildwood solves mysteries. Her friends are at her side while she seeks answers, assisting her every step of the way.
Until… vengeance comes for her "nosy" behavior. In terror packed moments, Marnie is kidnapped. Garth, Tish, Les, Suzie, and Brad desperately want to be part of the many police officers searching for the daughter of one of their own. They are told to stand down and let the professionals do the job. They have to look on and remain together under supervision while Marnie is taken far from them.
Minutes turn into hours, hours into one day followed by a second day without Marnie Wildwood being seen. She has vanished without a trace, along with her distinctive 1967 Ford Mustang.
Who can Wildcat Crew trust? Who can they depend on to help locate their leader? Where is Marnie?
Wildcat Crew takes on their toughest case. Time is running out to find Marnie. Can they accomplish the impossible?
Marnie Wildwood threw off her blankets and jumped out of bed. Their latest case, one she had yet to tell the rest of her crew about, had her eager to get started.
I can't believe Dante is part of a gang. I'm going to figure out why and set him straight.
She wondered why the other men paid attention to Dante's commands during the confrontation at Library Park. All of them had been great students and even better at sports.
He's in charge of those people. They did whatever he wanted done.
Worry over an old friend walking down the wrong path consumed her. Dante made one mistake and it had cost him his dreams. That he blamed her dad for his troubles bothered Marnie much more than anything else she'd ever experienced. Although not the first time she'd had someone important to her in trouble, Dante's attitude and angry outlook was far different from anything she'd experienced from the person she looked at as a friend.


OMP Co Driver Plus travel bag, refreshed for the new season. A lightweight dual function bag which can remain as one or the documents section can be detached and taken into the rally car if desired. Comes with a removable shoulder strap and useful compartments, with plenty of internal accessory pockets. Finished in black with fluro yellow detailing.


Pio Rambo is a Voice over talent, with a warm, clear and friendly voice, special for to do voice over for TV series, documentaries, WBT, e-learning, infomercials, IVR, audio-guides and instructionals. Pio Rambo's voice inspires credibility, agility and qualification.
All texts are analyzed extensively to construct an audio picture which displays proficiency and veracity in what's being marketed.
I am voice over talent since 1990 and work in broadcast radio since 1997. I work with all types of voice jobs, have no difficulty in speaking words in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian or any other languages. My voice can sound anywhere from a 25 year old all the way to a 80 year old. I have my own studio and can provide quick delivery.
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Zach Braff is back on TV. And even though he won't be donning his iconic blue scrubs, he's just as hilarious as ever. A trailer for new ABC show Alex, Inc. just premiered, and it looks like everything we'd hope it would be and more.
In Alex, Inc., Braff plays a podcast producer trying to start his life over again. He quits his less-than-fulfilling previous job with perfect comedic flair. Then he decides to start up a podcasting company. And, in doing so, he has to face all the challenges that go along with it.
But this is Zach Braff we're talking about here. He's not just going to face these challenges normally. Every step of the way will be filled with an equal mix of heartfelt and hysterical moments.
The story itself is inspired by what Alex Blumberg of This American Life went through when he quit the show to create Gimlet Media. And much of that story comes to life in Braff's new show. But, of course, it's filled with all jokes and perfect one-liners one would expect from the performer.
The trailer suggests the show is filled with tons of memorable characters. But we would expect nothing less from the man who brought us Garden State. There's also so much physical humor and playfulness packed into the trailer. So if you wanted more of Scrubs-style Zach Braff, it looks like this show will deliver.
We were already excited for this show. But now, thanks to the trailer, we absolutely cannot wait to enjoy every episode.


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Shure Captures Rainforest Recording
Producer Andres Levin took Shure microphones into the Brazilian rainforest to record a musical project celebrating Earth Day.
Niles, IL (April 30, 2014)—Producer Andres Levin took Shure microphones into the Brazilian rainforest to record a musical project celebrating Earth Day.
As the owner of creative content and social impact company Content-OS, Levin is an expert in developing content for cause-marketing campaigns. When presented with an opportunity to collaborate on an awareness campaign for The Rainforest Alliance, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving biodiversity, Levin knew he wanted to take the project to a new level. To offer viewers a true-to-life snapshot of the environment, he traveled to the depths of the Tijuca Forest to record a unique musical and cinematic production.
Faced with extreme temperatures, high humidity, limited space and less than four days to record, Levin packed a selection of KSM and Beta microphones to record his recently completed piece, I'm Alive—Rainforest Alliance Sessions—Foresta de Tijuca, with GRAMMY Award-winning artists Caetano Veloso and Lenine, and Brazilian artists Criolo, Emicida, and Pretinho da Serrinha.
Using the Beta 98/AMP, Beta 181/C, and Beta 181/S, Levin recorded the percussion instruments played throughout I'm Alive, also using them to record the natural ambience of the rainforest, including insects, animals and other environmental sounds. When it came to miking vocalists, Levin used Shure KSM42, KSM32/CG, and KSM32/SL Large Diaphragm Microphones.
"The combination of extreme environmental conditions, a very brief window of time to record some of today's top artists, and many moving parts, created a situation that had the potential of becoming a nightmare had we not selected the right gear," Levin said. "The Shure Beta and KSM mics were exactly what we were looking for—rock-solid and extremely reliable. There's not much more you can ask for, especially when recording in the middle of the rainforest."
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Friday Feature: Guest Post by Liz Filleul - YA Reality Check
I've been a big fan of author Liz Filleul ever since reading her work for the first time a few years ago. We knew each other slightly over the internet at that point but lost touch, so I was delighted to renew our acquaintance on Twitter a while ago, and even more delighted when she agreed to write a guest post for me.
In popular YA novels, many main characters lead miserable lives at the beginning. Harry Potter famously slept in a cupboard under the stairs and was generally treated like crap by the Dursleys until he discovered he was a wizard and set off for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Katniss Everdeen struggled to put food on the table in Panem's poverty-stricken district 12 until her survival skills helped her win the Hunger Games and transformed her into the symbol and leader of rebellion. Henderson's Boys and the CHERUB kids are neglected and often ill-treated orphans until they're selected to be part of the British Security Service.
Whether the hero/ine becomes a powerful magician, a secret agent or national leader, what happens to them reflects what most of us would like to happen when we're going through a bad patch – a magic wand waved over us or someone to intervene to make things better. The rags-to-riches and good-overcoming-evil themes have been around forever, and we never tire of them.
But what about the real teenagers out there whose lives really are miserable and for whom there is no life-changing intervention, magical or otherwise? Where are the gritty YA novels and characters that truly depict their lives?
The other day I read a powerful YA novel called Taste the Bright Lights by a Northern Ireland journalist, Laura Canning. The story is narrated by Lisa, a 14-year-old girl who is frequently and viciously beaten up by her 'stepda', Paul.
(PLEASE NOTE: MAJOR SPOILERS FOR TASTE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS START HERE)
She longs to run away from home, but every time she tries she's discovered by the police, returned home – and thrashed again. When her best friend Nicola discovers she's pregnant and the pair of them get expelled from school for hitting a girl who's been bullying Lisa, Nicola suggests they run away. They make it to Belfast, where they meet another girl, Karen, who lives in a squat, and move in with her and her friends.
There, Lisa and Nicola are taught how to steal wallets for money. They drink and take Es. They have sex with the boys who live at or turn up to visit the squat. Lisa doesn't want to steal or have sex, but feels she has no choice because the boys have said she and Nicola can live there.
When Nicola has a miscarriage Lisa summons an ambulance so the girls are discovered. Nicola is welcomed by her parents and happy to go home. Lisa's mum and Paul, however, don't want her back. Lisa is relieved about that, but dismayed to find herself in the care of the authorities. First, she's placed in a house with a caring couple, but because she's not from Belfast, she has to be moved nearer home and into a care home. There, she's smiled at and talked at by social workers and bullied by the other residents. The book ends with Lisa accepted by the other residents, but plotting her escape from the home, with a plan to earn her living from sex. You just know things aren't going to get better for her.
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Taste the Bright Lights reminded me of girls I knew in my own teens, whose terrible home lives resulted in them inadvertently making their lives ever more hellish. They got in with the wrong crowd, went from violent parents to violent partners, had babies when they were little more than children themselves. It saddened me that that was a few decades ago and, according to this novel, very little has changed for girls from abusive families.
Initially, Laura Canning approached agents and mainstream publishers with Taste the Bright Lights. They loved it – the style (an irresistible vernacular), the in-your-face characters, the gritty, sad and sometimes funny story.
But they knocked it back, saying it was too controversial for today's YA market.
So Laura went ahead and published it herself. And I'm glad she did, because a story like this needs to be out there. Back in the 1980s, it would probably have been snapped up by a feminist publishing house. Just as back in the 1980s, children's telly was way grittier than it's allowed to be today. (Bernard Ashley said his Break in the Sun, also about a girl who runs away from her abusive stepfather, couldn't be repeated on telly today because of the content.)
Historically, novels have been a catalyst for change – Black Beauty for example, and Dickens's social justice novels. So it seems strange to me that publishers don't think the YA market could stomach a book as grim as Taste the Bright Lights. Surely today's market is as interested in grim reality as it is in angels, secret agents and apocalyptic fiction?
Isn't it?
Liz Filleul lives in Melbourne, Australia, where she works part-time as a senior editor in a large publishing house and spends the rest of her time ferrying her son to school and various sporting activities, writing fiction and reading (mostly YA).
Liz won Sisters in Crime Australia's Scarlet Stiletto Award for short crime fiction in 2004, and was runner up in 2007 and 2011. She has been shortlisted again for this year's awards. She has had two novels published by Bettany Press in the UK – To All Appearance, Dead, a murder mystery set among collectors of girls' school stories, and First Term at Cotterford, a contemporary school story. She is currently writing a YA novel set during World War II.
Liz blogs at Story Spinner.
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BASKETBALL SPOTLIGHT NEWS: Basketball Spotlight Tip Off Classic Is Huge Success!
Basketball Spotlight Tip Off Classic Is Huge Success!
The Basketball Spotlight Tip Off Classic was a huge success and gave us a chance to set our sights on some new talent. Congratulations to all the players that competed and especially the champions. Here's a list of the champions and runner ups. Stay tuned tonight as we bring you the championship game recaps.


Disney Mickey Mouse Clubhouse workbooks feature kids' favorite classic Disney friends on every page! Full-color workbooks are great educational tools for your preschool-aged children… their Disney pals will motivate them to learn and create exciting lessons. Plus, pages are perforated for easy removal. Case includes workbooks evenly assorted between the following 2 titles: Alphabet (letter recognition and order) and Numbers & Counting (number concepts, recognizing and counting numbers 1-20).


Whether you are ready for it or not, the back-to-school season is here. You can't miss it! Walking into stores we are bombarded with reminders of the season. I put together a list of a few of my back-to-school favorites.
Let's be honest, our classroom is our home away from home. So, why not make it comfortable and cozy for you and your students. When I say comfortable and cozy, I don't necessarily mean to go and purchase all new furniture. I just think that having certain supplies will make you more comfortable in your teaching and learning environment.
Sony Bluetooth Speaker– love this! It connects with my phone and sounds great in the classroom.
Mr. Sketch Markers– these are great for making anchor charts. I let my students use them as a reward.
Chimes– chimes are a great way to get the attention of your students.
Pencil Sharpener– a good sharpener is key. I have had this X-ACTO sharpener for years now!
Student Dry Erase Boards– these are great for a quick check-in with students.
There are a few items that I call teacher favorites. These things make my life as a teacher easier. And when I am happy, I am a better teacher, which benefits my students.
It's all about cause and effect!
Laptop Messenger Bag– my new favorite bag! It fits my laptop, iPad and many more items!
Klean Kanteen– my go to bottles for coffee and water. They are insulated, sturdy and cute.
Keurig Maker– coffee is a must-have for me. Great for an afternoon pick me up.
Flair Pens– just because everything looks better when written in color!
Converse Shoes– comfy shoes are a must! Check Taylor's are one of my favorite go-to shoes.
I have a few favorite go-to resources for the beginning of the year. These are either packs I can start the year off with, or I get prepped to use throughout the year. Click below to read more about each one.
I have also scoured Pinterest for some fun back-to-school ideas. Check them out, you may find something that you like!
Follow The Teacher Bag's board Back-to-School Resources on Pinterest.
There you have it, my list of favorites for the upcoming school year. What are some of your favorites? Share out, I am always looking for new ideas.
Happy to find a great site for my school!


On our way home from our Minnesota trip (see the amazing food we ate here), we just had to stop at a few wineries. We were really hoping to try some Minnesota wines while we were up there, but unfortunately they weren't many and most weren't open during the week. We were thrilled to find out the Des Moines area, especially Indianola, has a large winery presence. I chose three to try out and was very happy with the ones we visited. One thing I will note is all three had limited tastings where you can only taste about 5 wines. Is it just a Missouri thing where you get to taste all the wines? I love that because I usually end up discovering something great I might have not normally tried.
The first winery we stopped at was La Vida Loca Winery in Indianola.
They had some of the most unique fruit wines I've seen so far, like elderberry and aronia. They also had a cinnamon wine, which I have never encountered. At first, that doesn't necessarily sound like it would be good, but it was delicious. Combined with their apple wine, it tasted like fall in a glass. I could definitely see sipping that combination on a cool day to warm the insides.
Next we headed to Two Saints Winery and were happy to discover they had live music. After our wine tasting, it was perfect to sit on their deck, look out over their pond and grape vines and enjoy another glass of wine in the sunshine.
The last stop on our self-made wine tour was Jasper Winery in Des Moines. This one was more of an urban winery and I loved their landscaping. Pretty flowers in wheelbarrows and prairie grasses made this feel like an mini escape in the city.
I realized as I write this, we came home with ALL sweet wines. We usually favor a semi-sweet or two, but apparently Iowa is killing it with their sweet wines!
Beautiful landscaping. Is that a miniature variety of purple fountain grass? I've only seen the massive 4 foot kind (which is too big for my current situation).


The TV blew up last week.
On the first night Mr B and myself found ourselves actually having to talk after the kids went to bed.
By the second night we gave up and hit the Margaritas!
Today is Gareths Birthday Party.
He decided on a pool party and invited 6 friends to join in the fun.
I think this one photo sums it up!
Gareth is still milking the gap between his actual birthday yesterday and his birthday party tomorrow.
It is a slab of vanilla cake with some cut out and covered in sugar icing.
He was so excited when we filled it with blue jelly and a plastic shark!
Roll on tomorrow so he can eat it!
For his birthday he got a scooter.
And a book of The Worlds 100 Most Disgusting things.
Tonight he went to bed the happiest boy in the world!
In the traditions of our family he gets to choose the menu for tomorrow nights family meal.
Following the last few months of Junior Masterchef he has been trying new and exotic foods. He has been open to tastes and flavours that he would have refused a year ago.
I wondered what he would choose.
Tandoori chicken and prawn pizza?
Rack of lamb with herb crust?
I arrived home from a long day at work and grabbed the mail from the letterbox and unlocked the front door to get in out of the rain. When I saw the square white envelope with the English stamp I threw the boring bills on the table with the car keys and sat down for 5 minutes with a smile on my face!
It was from a good friend in England. Four of us would get together at least once a week to chat and have coffee while our kids ran around our feet playing. We met 12 years ago at ante-natal classes while we were heavily pregnant with our first babies. There is a lot to be said for friendships that share the experience of those first few months of being a mum. Finding friends that share and empathise as you struggle with young babies and learn as you go how to be a mother. It's hard to be fake, to keep a mask of perfection as you sit sleep-deprived rocking a teething baby and watching your coffee go cold just out of arms reach.
I made some wonderful friends in those first few years of motherhood. Friends who passed the tissues and let me cry when things were hard. Friends that got as excited about my babies milestones as I did about theirs. Friends that made the decision to emigrate a hard one. Friends that still take the time five years down the line to write and even to put a little coffee stick in the envelope so I can "join-in" as I catch up on all the news about the kids, their families and all that is changed and all that is still the same.
Well Zoe if that is true here is to the next 28!
Our remaining little Guinea Pig Tigger has been very withdrawn and has been pining hiding in the bedroom of her hutch. She won't interact with us and is only eating small amounts. I encouraged the kids to cuddle her and give her lots of attention. Rhiannon took her role very seriously and climbed in to the grass run with her and brought her homework with her. She spent the next hour there keeping Tigger company while doing her school work.
Yesterday evening Byron came home from work a little later than usual. He had a cardboard box under his arm. Without consultation with anyone else he decided we needed a playmate for Tigger and so now we have a new addition to the family. She is a tiny 6 week old guinea pig that the kids have named Ivy. They are overjoyed to have this fluffy little fur ball to fuss over and it really has cheered up Tigger who runs up and down the ramp in her hutch with the baby following her every move. Her appetite is back and she is now scoffing carrots and grass again and looking perky.
Today I feel so sad, so flat inside. Like a weight is in my chest. My kids are upset and I can do nothing to change it.
We had a hot day yesterday. It was about 30 degrees in the morning and the kids wanted to swim in the pool. They put their three Guinea Pigs in the wire run on the grass to get some exercise and then they jumped in the pool. As I sat and watched the kids the sun got warmer and warmer and I threw a shade cloth over the Guinea pig run to take the glare off them. After about an hour and a half I got the kids out of the pool and we headed inside. The kids stopped to put the guinea pigs back in their hutch and found that their beloved Jaffa was dead. The other two guinea pigs were very limp. We carried them into the house and gently dampened them down with tepid water and tried to revive them. We held Splodge and watched her move around and thought she was going to be ok but over the next few minutes she died in our arms. The littlest guinea pig who was Splodges baby was also very weak. Over the next few hours we sat with her and cooled her down and tried to feed her drops of water from a syringe. She refused all food and drink over the next 4 or 5 hours before finally eating and drinking tiny amounts.
All through those hours we had tears and questions, sobbing and hugs. We searched for reasons why they had all been so badly affected by the heat. Most Australian summers days get to 30 degrees and more and yet these guinea pigs had been with us for almost two years without any problems. Maybe because it was the first warm day this spring and they were just not used to it? Maybe it was that they were getting a little older?
Watching the kids bury the guinea pigs in the back garden with serious red eyed faces was heart breaking. I know that they were "just" pets but to our kids they were very special. I know that it is teaching them about life and death, about the feelings that go with it and how to work through them. But right now I would pay any money to take that sadness out of their eyes. To have waved goodbye to them in the school yard this morning without watching tears spill over onto their cheeks again. Not to have had to give another big hug, whisper more words of "it's ok" into their ears. Not to be sitting here in the house looking at our one surviving pet hiding in the corner of her hutch, refusing to come out and be cuddled. Refusing fresh slices of apple that would normally cause a flurry of squeaking and jostling to grab them from my hand.
I'm dreading the school bus pulling up. I want to see smiles on their faces again. I will do what I resort to when I don't know what else to do. What Mums all over the world do when they want to make everything ok.
P.S: Three tiny fingernail sized paper guinea pigs made by Rhiannon last night.
The Masterchef Cook-Along was great! The program started at 7.30pm and we had everything laid out on plates ready to bake. The kids were on the edge of their seats watching the first half of the show and waiting for the real action to begin. When it did there was a flurry of mixing and taking turns, passing the mixing bowl from one to another. Licking spoons, talking over the tv, missing bits of instructions and having to shhhhh and catch up! It was fast paced and it took our 6 pairs of hands to work as a team until the puddings came out of the oven.
They smelt, good, they looked amazing, they tasted....like heaven! It was fun stopping to imagine all the other kids that were scattered around Australia and tucking in to this warm, chocolate, nutty delight at the same time as us. By the time the bowls were scraped clean it was gone past the kids bedtimes so they ran upstairs to brush teeth and jump into bed with the memories of hazelnut chocolate puddings still fresh in their heads.
I got left with this....!
TONIGHT there will be a celebrity chef in OUR kitchen helping our family cook up a storm.
I've spent all day preparing the list that George sent me earlier in the week. I've chopped and sieved, measured and whisked. Tonight at 7.30pm George will help me and my kids cook Hazelnut Chocolate Pudding with Dark Chocolate Sauce, Candied Orange Zest and Cream Chantilly.
My kitchen is gleaming (I even cleaned out my oven and then couldn't get the door to go back on but that's a whole other story) All I need to do now is go shower and spend a little time choosing a cute yet practical outfit for this evening.
My heart is all excited and my cheeks are a little flushed.
How has all this come about I hear you ask? Well I haven't been quite straight with you. George is going to be helping us whip up this chocolate delight this evening. Us and half of Australia. Tonight is a televised Cook-Along where thousands of kids around Australia will follow Georges instructions on tv and simultaneously cook and eat this dessert together!
Maybe you will even join in. If so Happy Cooking!
I will be back tomorrow to tell you all about it!
We have been having some pretty heavy storms here in Australia recently. There was a particularly loud thunder storm last night. This little fellow managed to hop up to our tv room window and hid between the shutter and the glass as the wind and rain howled around him!
I was working an early shift at the hospital today.
When I came home tired and needing a cup of tea in my red chair I found out I had been replaced.
...having a 12 year old who learnt how to cook "Apple Puffs" in school this week!
Here is a photo that got away. I found it when I was looking through some photos today. We had a picnic day with friends to celebrate 10:10:10. Even though it was still just Spring the kids all had their swimmers in the car and decided that it was a perfect day to swim in the lake. They were brave or foolish depending on your viewpoint!
This is one of my favourites as Gareth jumped off the end of the jetty with our friends!
There is a TV program that has taken Australia by storm. It is Junior Masterchef. A pint sized version of the original adult novice-wanna-be cooks. The contestants are aged between 8 and 12. They are amazingly confident in the kitchen and happily eat anything, many things that would be pushed away on my kids plates.
It was fun following the recipe with the kids and trying to let them take charge and do most of the steps with minimal input from me.
The best bit was watching them "Plate-Up" just like the kids on the tv show!
2. For lining moulds, brush two 350ml capacity shallow oval ceramic dishes with the melted butter. Sprinkle evenly with sugar shaking to cover. Shake out excess sugar.
3. For marinated cherries, combine cherries, sugar and orange juice in a medium bowl. Set aside.
4. For filling, combine flour and salt in a medium bowl; make a well in the centre. Whisk in egg, egg yolk, rind and vanilla bean paste until smooth. Combine milk and cream in a small jug and gradually whisk into mixture 1/2 at a time. Add sugar, orange juice, melted butter and chocolate and stir to combine.
5. Spoon fruit into prepared dishes and pour over batter until 3/4 full. Place in preheated oven and bake for 30-35 minutes or until tops are golden.
6. Meanwhile for cherry and rosewater compote, combine ingredients in a saucepan, simmer over medium-low heat for 8-10 minutes or until fruit is tender and soft and liquid is slightly reduced.
7. For mascarpone cream, beat ingredients in a mixer until soft peaks.
8. Serve clafoutis with cherry and rosewater compote and mascarpone cream to the side.


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Q: How to set TextField is empty using Text Utils in Android Studio?
I am having a problem with Edit Text empty text.

*

*If email and password textfield is empty, then the TextUtils gonna show on both edittext.

*If the user press the exclamation icon, then the message"This field is required" gonna show up. Other than that, its gonna be exclamation only.
Below is my code in ASIDE
    etEmail = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.etEmail);
    etPassword = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.etPassword);
    String email = etEmail.getText().toString().trim();
    String password = etPassword.getText().toString().trim();

     if(TextUtils.isEmpty(email)&& TextUtils.isEmpty(password)) {
        etEmail.setError("This field is required");
        return;
    }
    else if(TextUtils.isEmpty(email)) {
        etEmail.setError("This field is required");
        return;
    }
    else if(TextUtils.isEmpty(password)) {
        etPassword.setError("This field is required");
        return;
    }
    else{
    }

A: etEmail = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.etEmail);
etPassword = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.etPassword);
String email = etEmail.getText().toString().trim();
String password = etPassword.getText().toString().trim();

if(TextUtils.isEmpty(email)&& TextUtils.isEmpty(password)) {
    etEmail.setError("This field is required");
    etPassword.setError("This field is required");
    return;
}
else if(TextUtils.isEmpty(email)) {
    etEmail.setError("This field is required");
    return;
}
else if(TextUtils.isEmpty(password)) {
    etPassword.setError("This field is required");
    return;
}
else{
}

Now it shows in the both Edittext fields.

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the outlines of the project revealed
Microsoft is reportedly investing up to $10 billion in OpenAI to become the AI startup's exclusive cloud provider.
Valerie Soriano / Published on January 24, 2023 at 11:32 a.m.
The ambition of Microsoft and OpenAI: to develop artificial intelligence that is more powerful and useful to everyone. © gguy – stock.adobe.com
Microsoft is accelerating its breakthrough in AI
Microsoft has just announced in a press release: the IT multinational is extending its partnership with OpenAI and is investing several billion dollars in the startup behind DALL-E and ChatGPT.
This new multi-year agreement is the third part of a phase of investments agreed between Microsoft and OpenAI since 2019. It comes just a few weeks after the negotiations that took place between the two companies. Since then, neither Microsoft nor OpenAI have disclosed the exact amount Microsoft wants to invest. According to Bloomberg, the financing would reach 10 billion dollars.
This agreement has several objectives: to advance research on artificial intelligence and to develop a more secure, useful and powerful AI. In its press release, Microsoft specifies the outlines of its project.
Microsoft's goals and ambitions
Deploying new AI-powered experiences
With these investments, Microsoft wants to deploy OpenAI's models in its enterprise and consumer products. The software company also wants to offer new categories of digital experiences, such as Azure OpenAI, which allows developers to create applications based on cutting-edge artificial intelligence, thanks to direct access to OpenAI models. .
Large-scale supercomputer
After working with OpenAI to build an Azure-powered supercomputer, Microsoft is investing more with the goal of enabling those deployments and enabling OpenAI to accelerate its independent research. The company says it will continue to develop Azure's AI infrastructure to help customers build and deploy their AI applications globally.
OpenAI's proprietary cloud provider
Through this investment, Microsoft is on its way to becoming OpenAI's exclusive cloud provider. The American firm therefore announces that Azure will power all of the workloads of the startup specializing in AI in research, API services and products.
We formed our partnership with OpenAI around a shared ambition to responsibly advance cutting-edge AI research and democratize AI as a new technology platform (…). In this next phase of our partnership, developers and organizations across all industries will have access to the best AI infrastructure, models and toolchain with Azure to build and run their applications, said Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. .
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12 Of The Most Striking And Witty Banners From The Trump Protests Across The UK
'Feed him to the corgis'
Donald Trump's long-anticipated visit to the UK has been met with widespread protests and anger.
The US president touched down at Stansted airport on Thursday evening before having a meal at Blenheim Palace with the Prime Minister and business leaders. On Friday he held a meeting with Teresa May, before heading off to have tea with the Queen at Windsor Castle.
Rumblings of protests and demonstrations in the UK have been on the cards ever since he won the presidency back in 2016, so when his visit was confirmed, campaign groups sprung into action. The biggest protest took place on Friday through central London (more are planned for the weekend in cities including Cardiff and Edinburgh).
ELLE UK headed down to the #BringTheNoise demonstration organised by the Women's March London Coalition, which included charities like ActionAid UK, Amnesty International, Help Refugees and Stonewall.
Here are the most badass posters we saw along the march route and more from across the UK.
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'I thought it was funny that Donald Trump blocked Chrissy Teigen for this tweet' - Claire, 29, at London's #BringTheNoise women's march on Friday.
'There's too many things to put on one placard, I couldn't choose' - Becky, 30 at London's #BringTheNoise women's march on Friday.
'Why not use a Beyonce quote for everything?' - Emma, 33, and Hayley, 36, at London's #BringTheNoise women's march on Friday.
'The sign speaks for itself' - Emma, 29 at London's #BringTheNoise women's march on Friday.
Seraphina, 18 at London's #BringTheNoise women's march on Friday.
At the Drag Protest Parade LGBTQi March in London on Friday.
At the #BringTheNoise women's march on Friday.
Outside Winfield House, the US Ambassador's residence in Regent's Park, where Donald Trump and Melania spent the night on Thursday.
Outside the US Ambassador's residence in Regent's Park, where Donald Trump and Melania spent the night on Thursday.
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Q: Pegar array de json no ajax Boa tarde, estou com um problema pra exibir o resultado no json, eu faço um insert de um array no banco de dados com for, ele insere perfeito no banco de dados, mas não to conseguindo exibir no json a resposta de sucesso. Meu ajax está assim:
var recuperarResultado = function(){

    $('.btnCadastrarMensa').on('click', function(e){
    event.preventDefault();

         var form = $('#formMen').serialize();

         $.ajax({
           type: 'post',
           url:'admin/mensal',
           data: form,
           dataType: "JSON",
               success: function(res){

                       var div_concluido = '
'+
                                            '
'+
                                               '
' + res.msg + '
'+
                                                '
'+
                                          '
';
                               $('.mensalidade_concluido').removeClass('d-none');
                               $('.mensalidade_concluido').html(div_concluido);

            },error: function(res){

                  console.log(res);
             }
         });
    });
}

Minha função de inserção no banco está assim:
//Cadastrar Mensa dos Clientes
  public function mensal(){

     if ($this->form_validation->run()) {
        $retorno = '';

        //puxo a lista dos dados do cliente
        $cliente = $this->mensa_model->listarClientes();

     //coloco ele em um array
         $cliente = array_map(function($item){

            return $item->{'id'};

            },$cliente);

            echo"
";
            print_r($cliente);

        //insiro os dados um por um com o for
        $contador = count($cliente);
        for($i=0; $i < $contador; $i++){

            $mensa['id_cliente'] = $cliente[$i];
            $mensa['dt_mensal'] = $this->input->post('datas');
            $mensa['status'] = "1";
            $query = $this->mensa_model->doInsertMensa($mensa);
        }

     //E aqui exibo a mensagem de sucesso

          $retorno = [
            'erro' => 0,
            'msg' => 'Sucesso'
        ];

    }  else {

          $retorno = [
              'erro' => 10,
              'msg' => 'Erro ao inserir dados'
          ];
      }

      echo json_encode($retorno);
   }

No resultado do console em response ele vem mostrando que foi inserido com sucesso:
responseText: "
Array↵(↵    [0] => 1↵    [1] => 3↵    [2] => 4↵    [3] => 6↵    [4] => 7↵    [5] => 8↵    [6] => 9↵)↵{"erro":0,"msg":"Sucesso"}

Ou seja ele inseri no banco tudo certinho, mas não consigo exibir a resposta de sucesso, ele passa direto e vai pra erro mostrando a mensagem de erro.. Se puderem me ajudar agradeço.

A: Olá,
2 problemas!
1) Você não está retornando JSON puro!
echo"
";
print_r($cliente);

2) O Javascript precisa transformar o JSON em objeto!
success: function(retorno){

   var res = JSON.parse(retorno); // CONVERTE JSON EM OBJETO

   // res.erro e res.msg ficarão acessíveis

Espero ter ajudado!


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Lake OK's plan for migrant housing over neighbors' objections: 'They want to do it the right way'
By Martin E. Comas
A migrant worker picks blueberries at Southern Hill Blueberry Farms in Clermont. (Gary W. Green / Orlando Sentinel)
Lake County commissioners, seeking to stay true to the county's agriculture heritage despite worries expressed by neighbors, on Tuesday unanimously approved a controversial request by an ornamental nursery to build a two-story dormitory that would house up to 196 migrant workers from Central America.
Commissioner Wendy Breeden said helping the farm stay in business will preserve the open space of the area near Eustis. Otherwise, she said, the farm could close, with a residential subdivision taking its place.
"It actually helps protect against sprawl," Breeden said.
Officials with Liner Source near Eustis said they recently expanded their business and sorely need to bring in more workers to live and work for about eight months at their facility, just south of County Road 44A and east of Thrill Hill Road.
They pointed out that because of booming economy, there is a dire shortage of domestic workers statewide and have to turn to foreign laborers. According to a recent University of Florida study, there is a shortage of 718 farmworkers in Lake County.
Currently, there are 511 migrant workers with H-2A visas in Lake County, according to the labor department.
"Lake County prides itself on its agricultural history," said S. Brent Spain, an Orlando attorney representing Liner Source. "But there is a significant shortage of farmworkers."
That was of little concern to neighbors.
More than two dozen residents spoke out against Liner Source's request, saying that putting in a 50-room, two-story dormitory for migrant farmworkers is akin to putting in a motel room in an area surrounded by homes on 5-acre lots.
Residents are seated in the Lake County Commission chambers on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, waiting to hear a controversial request by a farm to build a two-story dormitory that would house up to 196 temporary farm workers from Central America. (Martin E. Comas / Orlando Sentinel)
"This massive structure doesn't belong in our community," said Lisa Walker, whose home on 10 acres sits adjacent to Liner Source's property. "The surrounding properties are single-family homes, not multi-family."
Commission Chairwoman Leslie Campione said Liner Source's proposed facility would be a vast improvement over past and existing migrant facilities in the county.
"They want to do it the right way," Campione said. "It's very innovative in its approach. It's high quality."
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Helping Liner Source stay in business will help keep the "beautiful" and "bucolic" area from being turned into homes, she said.
Campione and Breeden were joined by commissioners Josh Blake, Sean Parks and Tim Sullivan in support of the proposal.
Liner Source will fly in the workers from Central America, house them at its farm and then fly them back to their home countries after the season, officials said.
The H-2A visa program allows people from other countries to apply to come into the United States for temporary or seasonal labor in the agricultural industry. The special visas are granted by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and applicants are vetted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
A business must show that they anticipate a shortage of domestic workers before hiring workers with H-2A visas.
"It's designed to help farmers and to help farms to stay in the United States," said Chloe Gentry, vice president of Cherry Lake farm in Groveland, which hires workers with H-2A visas. "It's a matter of national security to not have to relocate farms to foreign countries. We believe strongly that farms belong in the United States."
Raquel Martin, Liner Source vice president, said workers would start out earning $11.24 an hour, the minimum wage mandated by the U.S. Department of Labor for H-2A workers in Florida.
Workers residing at the new facility must be adults, according to the Lake County permit. The dormitory will sit in the center of Liner Source's 105-acre facility and a length of about four football fields from the nearest home, according to plans. A 25-foot tall hedge will surround the property.
The facility would be inspected monthly by the Florida Department of Health.
Liner Source is a second-generation family farm with about 175 current employees that produces about 10 million plants, trees and shrubs a year. It sells its products to developers, theme parks and other nurseries.
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"This idea does not make sense," Allison Thomas of Eustis said in opposition. "It's a bad idea. It's not appropriate for the neighborhood being designated for. It's not logical."
Rick Pitts, who lives about a mile from the property, agreed.
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"We're going to have 200 people at night," he said. "What's it going to be like?"
But C.E. "Happy" Norris questioned what would happen if Liner Source was unable to hire the workers it needs to continue staying in business.
"That farm is going to end up closing and becoming a subdivision with a bunch of houses bringing in a lot of traffic," Norris said. "Is that what you want?"
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KODO, which means melody, has been inspired by traditional Aboriginal healing practices, sacred understandings and energy work from the Ya-idt'midtung (Jaitmathang) peoples of Southern NSW and N.E. Victoria.
This information has been shared willingly with the founder of Li'tya, with the understandings that the information was to be regarded with respect and integrity.
KODO is based on the understandings that energy moves through and around, inside and outside of the body, flushing, re-aligning, cleansing, balancing, healing and strengthening the body.
The movements incorporated in the technique are designed to facilitate this, establishing a state of healing based on the person's particular needs. It's a gentle, profound and healing technique, suitable to all ages as it is self-adjusting and connects to the individuals and the earths rhythm and energy.
The introductions are carried out with intention and respect by the therapist, oils chosen through "Wulima Yulu" an intuitive process where we ask your body to choose the most appropriate oil for your massage, followed by a smoking ritual which helps the person and the therapist come fully to the present moment, clear and ground the energies.
Some benefits of the KODO, while you are in the sacred space which you and the therapist have created, are that the body, mind, emotions and spirit have opportunities to release tensions, stress, toxins, to realign to the body's natural rhythm, connect to Mother Earth and to calm the mind and emotions.
People regularly say after their KODO, that they feel lighter, calmer and more settled, they often can't identify what changed but they have an overwhelming sense of peace and relaxation.
We call this " the space between breaths" when there is complete stillness and it is the best opportunity to let go and truly rest.


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Ben Carson On Fears That Opportunity Zones Will Create More Gentrification: 'Rich People Are Going To Get Richer Anyway'
This man clearly does not care about people who have lived in neighbors for years being displaced.
Ben Carson appears hellbent on destroying Housing and Urban Development. Now, after critiques about his so-called Opportunity Zones his response is seriously heartless: "Rich people are going to get richer anyway."
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While speaking at the Marriott Hotel in Brooklyn, an area that has been devastated by gentrification, Carson said about the the critiques of Opportunity Zones, "Some people have complained, and said, 'This is just a mechanism for rich people to get richer.' Um, news flash, rich people are going to get richer anyway."
Real estate web site RealDeal.com reported Carson's comments "drew scattered chuckles from the audience of investors and real estate industry players." One person in the audience allegedly said, "Can you believe he just said that?"
Opportunity Zones is a supposed plan to revitalize urban neighborhoods. The program has designated more than 8,000 census tracts across the U.S. as "distressed," RealDeal.com explains. Nonetheless, there are already signs this will only be a bonanza for the wealthy by allowing real estate developers to push out poor people. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reports, "This program runs a high risk of displacing low-income people living in communities from which government has historically and systemically disinvested. Low-income communities targeted by Opportunity Zones are overwhelmingly Black."
Areas for these so-called Opportunity Zones are "63 percent Black and only 28 percent white."
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy clearly "Opportunity Zones incent gentrification. Low-income communities can be defined by a comparison of income to the surrounding area and Opportunity Zones can also qualify if they are adjacent to a low-income community. Thus, Opportunities Zones are in communities already vulnerable to gentrification. The program lacks adequate protections to ensure capital investors do not push out current residents or businesses."
This should be no shocker from Carson. He assumes the worst from people who aren't wealthy like him. The former doctor thinks Black men sitting on porches in Baltimore are unemployed. He hired a documented racist. He also thinks the answer to affordable housing is throwing everyone in a trailer park.
Ben Carson is clearly making America worse.
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The belief that the human nervous system coordinates all the body's functions is the basis of chiropractic. Pressure on a nerve branching off the spine, therefore, is thought to lower the body's resistance to illness and pain.
The human body's spinal cord is enclosed by the 24 movable vertebrae of the backbone. Between each vertebra various nerves branch out to every part of the body. If a vertebra is slightly subluxed, or displaced, mechanical interference with the spinal cord and nerves can result. Chiropractors believe that this slight spinal misalignment may cause problems some distance from the back, such as leg pain. They try to eliminate such medical problems by manipulating the spine with their hands to realign the vertebrae. Chiropractic treatment is often effective for muscle spasms of the back and neck, tension headaches, and certain kinds of leg pain.
Chiropractors do not perform surgery or prescribe drugs. Chiropractors also do not treat cancer, heart disease, or other diseases but send patients with these problems to qualified physicians. Most chiropractors take X rays of the spine before treating a patient to be sure that no serious condition is present that would prohibit spinal adjustment.
A disagreement over treatment methods exists among chiropractors in the United States. Those who belong to the International Chiropractors Association believe that patients should be treated by spinal manipulation alone. Members of the American Chiropractors Association believe in an approach that combines spinal adjustment with physical therapy, diathermy, or electroheat therapy, psychological counseling, and dietary measures.
The American Medical Association (AMA) attacked chiropractic for years because of "substandard and unscientific education" and "rigid adherence to an irrational, unscientific approach to disease." Chiropractic responded by upgrading educational requirements and launching a political campaign to convince the AMA and others that the profession offered legitimate therapy. In the 1970s chiropractic began to be recognized as a respectable profession.
In 1972 the United States Congress amended the Medicare Act to include benefits for chiropractic services. In 1974 the United States Department of Education acknowledged the Council on Chiropractic Education as the national accrediting authority for chiropractic colleges. Finally, in 1978 the AMA removed its blanket criticism of chiropractic.
Modern chiropractic was founded by a Canadian-born grocer, Daniel David Palmer, who performed his first chiropractic adjustment in 1895. Three years later he established Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa. His textbook, 'The Science, Art and Philosophy of Chiropractic', was published in 1910. Palmer's son, Bartlett, and grandson, David Daniel, carried on the work of Palmer College.
The field of chiropractic has grown rapidly since 1960, when there were 14,360 chiropractors in the United States. By the mid-1980s there were more than 28,000.
There are 16 colleges in the United States that award the Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) degree. A minimum of two years of college is required for entrance into the program. The study to become a chiropractor takes four years and includes courses in medical sciences and chiropractic subjects.
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Babyshambles: Grow up, for Pete's sake
Fans deify Pete Doherty for his 'old school' hedonism. Actually, he's a tragic junkie du jour
I DON'T LIKE the look of Wolfman. The clue's in the name, I suppose. It's like when my sister said she was going to introduce me to "Claire Bastard". I somehow sensed we would not grow close.
It's Monday night, and Babyshambles, the band featuring Pete Doherty, the most famous drug addict in Britain, are playing their biggest gig to date — the 2,500-capacity Forum in Kentish Town. The stage is kind of chaotic, so it's not easy to ascertain when Wolfman first appeared. One minute Doherty was at the mike, in a white shirt, looking oddly innocent for a man who is addicted to both crack and smack. The next minute Pete disappeared, to be replaced by this small, spindly, malevolent-looking thing in black. When Pete stumbles back onstage, he and Wolfman stare at each other. There is a pause. They then start howling, like wolves.
In an evening of dark, uncomfortable moments — at one point Doherty had invited a small boy onstage to sing with him, and a drunken member of the audience threw a can at him — it was a particularly dark, uncomfortable moment. Wolfman came across as the kind of shadowy figure that turns up to presage the end days — like the Fenris wolf at Ragnarök. Or, at a more prosaic level, Courtney Love at an aftershow.
Against all odds Doherty's a man of the moment. Two weeks ago NME voted him the head of their "Cool List 2004". As if to underline the point, last week Doherty's debut single with Babyshambles entered the charts at No 8. This on top of his previous band's second album, The Libertines, going straight in at No 1 on its release in August. Not a bad result for someone who was kicked out of the Libertines for failing rehab four times, was convicted of possession of a flick-knife in September, regularly doesn't turn up to his own gigs, blows out interviews with text messages, sells lyrics in exchange for drugs and, this summer, attempted to buy curtains for his tour bus by giving a soft-furnishings shop his passport.
On the other hand, a great deal of why Doherty is so famous is exactly because of this kind of behaviour. The press, frustrated by the modern PR methods of closeting celebrities away from journalists, has tended to cover Doherty's life as if it is an occasionally regrettable, but nonetheless fundamentally more honest and vital, existence than that of, say, Will Young.
While one would half-expect the NME — a magazine written by excitable children — to believe things such as Doherty being "bruise-eyed street royalty", it is rather odd to see the grown-up papers join in, too. In July The Observer ran a huge piece on Doherty, in which they referred with a barely concealed regard to the "savage hedonism of the old-style rock'n' roller — a star that burns twice as bright and half as long", as opposed to the "sanitised pop star". Just in case the readers needed spelling out to them what this meant, this was accompanied by a picture of Doherty smoking a crack pipe. Just in case Doherty needed spelling out to him what it meant, it was also accompanied by a picture of the late Sid Vicious.
And that's before we even come to the Evening Standard ("Pete Doherty — My Crack Hell"), which shows little interest in other, non-junkie indie bands of a similar stature.
So much of what is written about Doherty now reminds me of what was written about Richey Edwards of the Manic Street Preachers ten years ago. I worked for the music press at the time, and I can remember how unprepared we were for someone who was simultaneously charismatic, intelligent and troubled.
I think we all thought that because Edwards was clever enough to quote Marx and Camus, and aesthetically fine-tuned enough to dress well and write poetry, all his other decisions were part of some well thought-out gameplan, too.
When he cut the words "4 REAL" into his arm with a razor, it felt as if he was moving the rock discourse along, and when he became a nihilistic, alcoholic anorexic, at the time it merely felt like a logical extension of his aesthetic. We didn't notice that he was actually in the process of killing himself.
When he eventually disappeared (it's widely presumed, throw himself off the Severn Bridge, although no body was ever found), there was a realisation that what he'd been saying and doing and what we thought he'd been saying and doing were wildly differing things.
The nature of fandom is that you buy into the whole package. You presume that the artist is motivated by some lifelong, inchoate instinct. It's not so obvious that he is, in fact, making a spontaneous mistake right in front of you, and one you could be making worse, either by writing about him, or simply being a fan and cheering when he comes on stage, off his face.
This is what is happening to Doherty now. He isn't part of some long, destructive, perversely noble rock lineage — he's a man making a mistake. When his previous band, the Libertines, first appeared, all their talk was of an alternative version of Britain, called Albion, which stood for literature and poetry and adventure and experimenting with drugs. But the long-term plan was never to be addicted to both smack and crack.
Doherty wanted to go on Top of the Pops, but not so off his face that he got into a fight with a member of the audience, as allegedly happened last week, and the programme had to broadcast his scrappy camera-rehearsal instead.
Doherty wanted to provoke strong reactions — but not the reactions at the Forum gig last week, when the audience, presumably taking their cue from Doherty's attitude to himself, alternately chanted "Peter! Peter!" or threw bottles and cups at him. Indeed, I doubt Doherty ever intended for half the people at the Forum to be his fans — meaty, drunk thugs slamming into the women as they danced, treading all over each other and going to the bar whenever Doherty tried to speak.
The most obvious mistake, however, is in Doherty's attitude to the philosophers and poets that he loves. Originally he used their works to set him free from a more prosaic life and allow him to become both a libertine and a Libertine. Now he uses their works to justify remaining an addict — an addict who has to put his drugs before his music. That's the saddest use of art imaginable.
What makes it even sadder is that, as he has become part of the perceived pantheon of rock's "predestined" wastrels, one day someone will use Doherty's art to do exactly the same thing. •
THEY LIVED HARD AND DIED YOUNG
Sid Vicious The ultimate punk nihilist, Vicious ditched the Sex Pistols to record 'My Way' — his "way" lay with girlfriend Nancy Spungen, who was found stabbed in their New York apartment. Vicious died from a heroin overdose, aged 21.
Kurt Cobain I Hate Myself and I Want to Die was the working title for the final Nirvana album, so it was no surprise when the grunge icon, having survived multiple heroin overdoses, finally shot himself, aged 27.
Gram Parsons You know it's bad when Keith Richard worries about your drug intake. Country rocker Parsons overdosed at 26.
Jim Morrison The Lizard King had been on a downward spiral of lewd conduct and dubious poetry when he died aged 27 in the bath.
© Caitlin Moran, The Times, 17 December 2004
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In the final part of the WWII Willys Jeep tutorial, I'll show you how I go about creating the interior details. It's not possible to show you the creation of every single detail, but hopefully this tutorial will show you everything you need to know to fully detail your own jeep model.
This tutorial series will teach you how to model a Willys Jeep from WWII in Modo 601. The tutorial is created for users new to modelling in Modo. It requires a basic knowledge in Viewport navigation and UI. We'll first go through the planning stage, and then we'll setup the blueprints and plan how we should separate the parts of the model.This tutorial will have five parts, and at the end of the fourth part. We'll have our Willys jeep modeled with the interior blocked out. In the fifth and final part we'll proceed to detail the interior.
The first thing we need to do is to refine our floor geometry. In the image you can see I added two loops with the 'Slice' tool. I will use those to create the transition between the different floor heights.
I moved part of the floor up to match the difference in height to the reference. As you can see I moved the part of the floor with its supporting polygons.
I slightly moved the edge more towards the front.
When we created the new edges to create our transition we created loops going around our mudguard, which are are messing up our mudguard curvature. So select the edges you want to remove and press 'Backspace'. In the image below I have selected the edges I left.
With symmetry turned On add edges like in the image below. We will use these to create an extrusion for the transmission and support for the chairs.
Now move the polygons we created with those new edges up as shown. You can use 'Geometry' snapping to align this plane to the floor plane.
Refine the extrusion by moving the front polygons back a bit.
Add support loops like those shown in the following image. Like before, I didn't create these loops all the way around (it would mess up the rest of our geometry.) Also I created a triangle and a 5 sided polygon at the top. Fixing it wasn't worth the time though, it still smoothed pretty good and any errors won't be visible.
Add support edges to the transition as well. You can use 'Loop Slice' with 'Slice selected' checked.
Now turn On subdivision ('Tab') and check if everything looks OK.
Using the Scale tool straighten the edges around the steering wheel. Align them on the dashboard until they're mostly in the center of our steering wheel as shown.
Inset those polygons with the 'Bevel' tool.
Now Move the edges in until you get something like what's shown in the image. Be sure to move them only in one plane and not sideways.
With the 'Edge Slice' tool create a support loop going around our shape. At the bottom you can see I just ended the new edge on the corner between the bottom of the dashboard and the front of the floor.
In the 'Edge' category you can fine the 'Collapse' command. It will collapse the edge merging two vertices into an average position. You can use it to collapse the edges selected in the image below. It's a good way of removing triangles. Move the merged vertices further up a bit after collapsing.
Add two new edge loops to refine the shape of the extrusion a bit. As you can see, I used 'Loop Slice' with 'Slice selected' checked.
Lets further refine the shape of our floor by scaling the extrusion. Choose 'Linear' falloff and activate the Scale tool. Using the properties in the bottom left corner to align the falloff to the vertical axis. Scale the polygons in the horizontal axis to match the reference.
Lets start adding pedals. I added a new 'Mesh' object for those. Use the 'Cylinder' tool but this time using the cube handles, create something like what's shown in the following image. Try to eyeball how big it should be. Later you can scale it to match.
Select the caps, and also select half + 1 of the polygons (on each side) of the cylinder and delete those.
Using the 'Thicken' tool add thickness to our pedal.
This time choose 'Cylinder' for a falloff (you can select the vertices on one side before doing that.) Activate the 'Move' tool and in the properties use 'Auto Size' with the proper axis. Since we want to move it in the top view we need to, using the cube handles, stretch the falloff also in the horizontal axis (our selection is on one plane which makes it flat, that's why we need to tweak our falloff.) Using the Move tool change the shape of the pedal to something like in the image below.
Select polygons on the top, bottom, and the polygons on the flat side. And Inset them with the 'Bevel' tool.
Now Create loops around the mesh with 'Loop Slice'.
Add 2 loops across our pedal as well.
Place the pedal in the right place and scale it looking at the reference. Sometimes you just need to eyeball things like that. Don't try to make it perfect, Make it realistic looking.
You can use the 'Pen' tool to create the arm piece under the pedal. Check 'Make Quads' in the properties before creating the shape. You can manipulate each vertex without dropping the 'Pen' by dragging them around. You can find the 'Pen' tool next to 'Tube'. Create a shape similar to whats shown in the image below.
Add thickness to our object with the 'Thicken' tool. Since the shape is simple the 'Thicken' tool shouldn't add any unnecessary geometry.
Move the shape to the center of our pedal, and then Move the top cap into the pedal shape.
Add support edges around the shape as shown.
Now Mirror the pedal geometry using the 'Mirror' tool. Move the mirror in the top view into the center of the steering wheel to make the pedals symmetrical around it.
To create a third pedal create a Box and match its proportions.
For now leave it where you created it, and add bevels to the corner edges.
To add support edges, first inset the top and bottom polygons. Also add edges around, between the beveled corners.
Duplicate the piece under the pedals and move it under the third pedal. Move the pedal into place and Rotate it to match the reference.
Lets start detailing the steering wheel by selecting our block-out and pressing 'D' which will subdivide and round our geometry.
When I blocked out the steering wheel, the cylinder in the middle had several segments. I can now use those to Extrude the top segments like in the image. If you didn't create the cylinder with those segments, just add new edge loops with the 'Add Loop' tool in the proper places.
Now add three new loops to our top segment. Use 'Loop Slice' with uniform mode.
Select the four polygons shown below on the steering wheel, and the four polygons on the steering wheel pole.
Using the 'Bridge' tool bridge those polygons. Add several edges and Scale them horizontally as shown.
We will need vertices in the center of our caps to align the 'Radial Array' gizmo. The best way to do this is to select the caps and use the 'Spikey' tool. Be sure your 'Spike Strength' is set to 0.
Lets now select the polygons connecting the pole with the steering wheel, and turn On 'Geometry' snapping. Activate 'Radial Array' (in the 'Duplicate' category.) Activate it in the viewport by clicking on the center vertex of our bottom cap. You will get a gizmo with 3 '+' signs. Be sure your middle '+' is snapped to the center vertex of the bottom cap. One of the two remaining '+' signs should be snapped to the center vertex of the top cap. Use 3 as a 'Count' value and 360 for the 'End Angle'.
Check where the copied connections meet with the steering wheel and pole. Hide those transitions and Delete the polygons where they meet.
You need to merge those together using the 'Merge' tool. I usually select the areas I want to merge. It constricts the tool in the places I'm interested in. It also deselects the vertices which have been merged.
Add support edges to the pole geometry. We don't need edges around the polygons connecting to the pole since we want a smooth transition like in the reference.
Copy and Paste one of the nuts into steering wheel object. Move it in place and Rotate it. Also Scale it up a bit as shown.
Add a Sphere into our object. Be sure to select its polygons and deactivate subdivision with 'Tab'. Move it into place and delete one half. Change the 'Action Center' to 'Local' and Move the edge loops around to get something similar to what's shown in the image.
I added an extrusion at the top of our edited sphere, and also added support loops.
Lets now create a new 'Mesh' object and create a simple Cylinder. Match the scale to the clock on the reference and Delete the back cap.
Add an outer loop around the clock. Also Inset the center polygon twice to make sure the transition between the outer extrusions and the flat plane looks sharp enough.
Duplicate the clock. Scale it down and move it to where the smaller clocks are placed. You can create one side, and then Select the two smaller ones and use the 'Mirror' tool to duplicate them onto the other side of the bigger one.
Create a new 'Mesh' object and create a Cylinder in it. We will use this to create the transmission lever. Scale it and move in the place and then Delete the bottom cap.
Using 'Bevel' tool create a shape like in the image below. You can find different types of bases for the transmission lever. Making a leather one would require taking some time to give it a leathery look. You can try to achieve it with Modo's sculpting tools. Also remember to add support loops to the bottom of the base.
Use the 'Tube' tool to create the lever. I just created a tube with 3 points in the side view and moved it into place.
Delete both caps from the tube, and add support edges as shown in the image. Also add a Sphere to the top. Remember to turn off subdivision for the ball polygons so you can subdivide the whole object at once.
Using the 'Tube' tool create a tube going around the seat. Since in the side view you can't really see the seat just look at the reference instead.
Move the tube next to our seat block-out. Using the 'Slice' tool, cut the tube polygons like in the image below.
Using 'the Mirror' tool duplicate the tube onto the other side of the seat.
By Double-clicking to select the edges you previously cut. Use the 'Bridge' tool to bridge the two together.
Now add support loops like in the image below. Be sure to not add them too close to the corners, we want a smooth shape for the transition.
Add basic support loops to the seat, but be sure to leave some space between them. We want a soft looking seat after subdividing.
Select the seat geometry and subdivide it with the 'D' key. Also duplicate it to the back of the seat.
You can of course mirror the seat onto the other side like everything before.
Also duplicate the seat and move it to the back. And Align it to our block out.
Select the back of the seat with the tube polygons. Be sure you don't have any action center selected (you can press the 'Esc' key a few times and it will clear any falloffs or action centers.) Activate the 'Rotate' tool and align the gizmo like in the image with the right mouse button. Rotate around this point until the back of the seat is straight.
Now Delete the block out geometry. Using the 'Move' tool, move the tube vertices to match the width of the space at the back.
We can't use the 'Scale' tool on the tube since it would flatten them a bit (they would loose the tubular shape.) We can do this on the seats though, so Scale those to match the size.
Select the bottom polygons of the back and move those up. You can also Scale the back to be thinner.
Lets also create some elements to attach our seats to the floor. So create a simple box next to the seat leg as shown.
Rotate it until it is oriented like in the reference. Add loops to our box like in the image below and Delete the box and cylinder caps. Be sure your box edges (selected in the image) match the amount of sides on the cylinder.
To support the boxy shape we need to add support edges. I've done that by selecting the center edge going around the box and beveling it. I chose that solution because I couldn't introduce more loops to our tubes without destroying its shape.
Beveling the edge gave us one triangle and two 5 sided polygons. We can use 'Drag Weld' to merge the triangle like in the image. By doing so we have one triangle and two 4 sided polygons.
Duplicate the nut geometry and place is on top of our boxy shape. You can select this newly created element (the boxy shape + nut) and duplicate it. Move this duplicate to the different seat legs and Bridge them. It will save you a ton of work to duplicate this part and weld it to other legs.
Below you can see my final product. There is still huge amount of things you can add to this model. I hope this tutorial gave you enough knowledge to continue refining you Willys. Thank you for sticking around till the end.


Deed of assignment is the transactional document drawn up by a real estate attorney between the current title holder for a particular property and the new buyer.
The deed of assignment document essentially says that the previous owner has transferred his title on the said property to the new owner for financial benefit (or at a price), which the new owner has paid in full and therefore all his interests (and that of his heirs and assigns) in the aforementioned property ceases from the date the contract was signed.
For example, if a property has a certificate of occupancy from the Lagos state government, it means that the government recognizes the person whose name appears on the title document as the bona fide owner of the said property.
When the title holder sells the property to Mr. XYZ, the real estate attorney prepares a deed of assignment that specifically states the seller has transferred his title to Mr XYZ.
The deed of assignment is usually signed on the date the buyer pays for the property and it is one of the documents required by the state government when the new owner goes to the government to perfect his title.
Note that the deed of assignment document is not the only document indicating transfer of owner.
The following documents are usually involved when you purchase a property.
. . . and any other applicable document.
P.S: Please note that this is not legal advice. Consult your attorney for legal advice.