Women who frequently dye their hair may be at greater risk of getting breast cancer, a new study has found.
Professor Kefah Mokbel, a breast cancer surgeon at the Princess Grace Hospital in London, reviewed studies on links between hair dyes and breast cancer and found a 14 per cent increase in the disease among women who coloured their hair.
"Although further work is required to confirm our results, our findings suggest that exposure to hair dyes may contribute to breast cancer risk," his study concluded.
He recommended that women dye their hair only up to five times a year, and use product with natural ingredients, such as henna, rose hip, and beetroot instead.
Professor Mokbel wrote on Twitter: "Women are advised to reduce exposure to synthetic hair dyes to two to six times per year and undergo regular breast screening from the age of 40.
"It would be preferable to choose hair dyes that contain the minimum concentration of aromatic amines suchas PPD (less than two per cent).
"Further research is required to clarify the relationship between hair dyes and breast cancer risk in order to better inform women.
In a separate study, Finnish researchers found that women who use hair dye were more likely to develop breast cancer, but the study conclude it's not clear if the products were the direct cause of the disease.
"We did observe a statistical association between hair dye use and risk of breast cancer in our study.
"However, it is not possible to confirm a true causal connection. It might be, for example, that women who use hair dyes also use other cosmetics more than women who reported never using hair dyes," said Sanna Heikkinen of the Finnish Cancer Registry.


text:
THE FIELD TRIP WHEN HEARTS GREW COLD -XXIV- BY DANIEL JAMES SUNDAHL
Dec 13, 2017 | Non-Fiction | 0 |
Another spot of time that should be rehabilitated lest it become forgotten, like the forgotten people in this narrative: Rose Freshette, she of the lovely name, and others: Ole Alfson, Gust Axberg, Charley Hanson, Dato Janick, Kaspar Ofstad, Hilda Sakada, John Skaw, names in that cemetery, Oak Knoll….
It was a leap year, 1960, history was what history is, scandalous with coal mines collapsing in Africa, but less with the Vikings expansion football team arriving in Minnesota to begin playing in 1961, outside, Metropolitan Stadium. Elvis came home to record, "Are You Lonesome Tonight" and I likely was; Lucy divorced Desi; 3500 soldiers were sent to Vietnam; Chubby Checker popularized, "The Twist;" and high school gymnasiums were never the same.
Grown-ups were not dancing to teenage music and in my little hometown the Baptists were upset about the dancing.
There were sixteen of us, eight boys and eight girls who would assemble every Saturday morning at Bethany Lutheran Church for confirmation instruction. Half were town kids; the other half were farm kids. Three hours every Saturday morning until Easter when the business would conclude with confirmation.
It's a public rite to help baptized young folk identify with the life and mission of their Christian denomination and comes about because Matthew, that gospeler, commanded that one should go out and make disciples by baptizing and teaching. That means baptism first, which gives the 'sinner' a new relationship with the church, the Old Adam being drowned, so to speak. Baptism makes one a member of the universal church what with the gift"of the Holy Spirit. As for me, darned if I remember; I do have a certificate and I had four folks who were sponsors. One is alive well into dementia. I'm not suggesting a connection.
If a church is doing its business and exercising concern for its members, it has to confirm its mandate to teach. Thus those otherwise good Saturday mornings. The purpose is something like this: Baptism is unilateral, is totally God's work in us, and is not denominational. It's not something one can wiggle out of after the fact. Confirmation is denominational and is understood in relation to sound doctrine and practice and again not to be wiggled out of, and is what makes a Lutheran a Lutheran, a Methodist a Methodist, and so on.
And so every Saturday morning, we sixteen confirmation few would gather in a large room in the building attached to the church proper—for instruction in what it means to be a Lutheran, of the Minnesota stripe.
I'm recalling this from years later but confess I don't remember much of what the minister taught. I should, because confirmation business at the age of discovery, sixth grade or so, maybe seventh, around age 13 or 14, was when adolescents develop a sense of morality and self-identity, a preparatory time before moving into adulthood.
The body grows, voices change, and things become functional. It's understood to be stressful since it involves new emotions, rapid growth spurts, and what Wordsworth calls moving, "Obstinate questioning and moving about in worlds unrealized." Wordsworth has something to say about this age of discovery in Intimations of Immortality:
Those whose exterior semblance doth belie
Thy Soul's immortality,
Thou best Philosopher….
Thou little child, yet glorious in the might
Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being's height,
Why with such earnest pains dost thou provide,
The years to bring the inevitable yoke?
Thus blindly with this blessedness at strife?
Full soon thy Soul shall have her earthly freight
And customs lie upon thee with a weight
Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life!
The thought of our past years in me doth breed
Perpetual benediction; not indeed
For that which is most worthy to be blest;
Delight and liberty, the simple creed of childhood….
But for this obstinate questioning
Of sense and outward things
Fallings from us, vanishings;
Blank misgivings of a creature
Moving about in worlds not realized,
High instincts before which our mortal Nature
Did tremble like a guilty thing surprised….
We are not talking Piaget here and Wordsworth was not a Lutheran last time I checked. However, something seems to happen to that heaven-born freedom when one grows older. This is a time in a persons' life when responses represent not ignorance, but a spontaneous manner of thinking about the world qualitatively different from the way adults think.
This thinking, which is a sequence of development during this age of discovery, needs some kind of cognitive development since these structures are not wired in. And apparently, the older we get, the further we remove ourselves from subjective feelings and moods which is why the adolescent as philosopher "doth breed…Blank misgivings." The character who knows this best is Huckleberry Finn who was "being" confirmed in "good boy" behavior but chaffed at such conformity.
Saturday mornings, then, eight boys and eight girls assembled as in school. A blackboard in front. I don't remember much of what the minister said was teaching. We did not read the Lutheran Book of Concord; I don't remember it being mentioned. I've come to think later in life that whatever "confirmation" was, it did not consist of credal documents taught as authoritatively Lutheran. What I did learn about that Book of Concord came in college. Creeds were yardsticks and the "Augsburg Confession" is steadfastly Lutheran.
I do remember how for an hour or more during the session the girls would be separated from the boys and hied off to another room with that minister. The boys would sit in a circle and the point was to "open up" about whether we were doing the Lord's bidding, coming forth into the newness of life. We were supposed, one-by-one, to pray and talk about when we would start receiving communion.
When the girls returned, it was easy to see they had been crying. I've been thinking about this for years and have become convinced the minister was misusing confirmation unless confirmation involves humiliation. He may have been inflicting harm even if his intentions were good. Young persons are vulnerable and if their time together with that minister brought them to guilt, shame on him with his bullying fear: The flesh corrupt to the spirit; the risks and consequences of petting…
It wasn't physical abuse but I believe it a misuse of the minister's clerical position. I've asked myself over the years "why" but if "confirmation" is understood to be a "rite" and if a "rite" is an "initiation," then I wonder what kind of power did he arrogate to himself less with the boys and more with the girls?
Baptism is a happy time since God does not hold back his graciousness. Why wouldn't one wish "confirmation" to be the same? And when that day arrives it's something we celebrate with thankful hearts. Shouldn't the process, those Saturday mornings, be equally joyous?
We assembled one Saturday morning for the Field Trip. Sixteen piled into that small church bus which beetled its north along Highway 71. It was an in-between time, winter leaving, spring arriving, a dingy time with melting dirty snow drifts in the roadside ditches. There was plenty of chattering about last night's basketball game which we won, the dance in the gym, the music, "Good Vibrations," "Walk Don't Run," "Save The Last Dance For Me;" and "Teen Angel," had me swooning.
We sang, "Let The Little Girl Dance," Billy Bland, that little wall-flower who gets the nerve and takes a chance, and Martha in the aisle, doomed a few years later to be the Homecoming Queen, dancing and smiling with "Delight and liberty," as Wordsworth calls it.
We were to visit a hospital in Willmar, Minnesota, about which we knew little. We found it after a few hours and drove the bus through the open metal gates and stopped in front of a building that looked like the central hall of a college campus with two building wings left and right. There was brownish ivy covering part of the facade, winter kill. There were decaying steps leading up to the building which had three floors total, a large cupola on top, and nothing suspect until one noticed all the windows were covered with heavy metal mesh screens. A paper sign on the door said, "Tours Start Here."
We arrived at the main building of the Willmar State Hospital for the Insane, our field trip, an asylum for inebriates one time, but now for the so-called hopeless custodial cases sent to Willmar from other state hospitals. There were outbuildings, dormitories: six for women, an equal number for men, separated by a good distance.
It was dingy; I learned later that at one time the population was about 1500 but by 1960 was half. In its heyday, these forgotten people were crowded together to the point of sleeping in the attic spaces. If the history is correct, like other psychiatric hospitals, they were secretive about what went on there.
We assembled and walked up the steps followed by the minister through the front door which had an oval-shaped window above and glass windows on both sides, all with wire mesh. A man in a white outfit came out and welcomed us; he would be our guide. He started with a bit of history including the time when the "clients" did daily menial work on the campus farm, now gone, the equipment sold off.
We huddled at the "threshold" at the far end of that entry, where hallways branched off left and right, a man poked his head around the corner and yelled, "Get the hell out of here." He said it again and then again until another man in a white outfit wrestled him away.
We huddled closer. We walked past the crossing and through a narrow hallway and into the empty and cavernous dining hall/kitchen, and through another door he keyed open which led to some steps going down. We entered the tunnels. He explained the campus was designed with tunnels for heating and electrical purposes and connecting the buildings. It was dimly lit with bulbs in heavy wire cages.
We huddled along and made a turn to the left; and after a short walk, turned right and up the stairs to another door he keyed open. We walked into what he called the, "Service Building," a chapel at one time and also what he called the, "movie hall." It was empty and dingy, dust motes, the place no longer used, chairs and tables stacked.
We stood for a bit and looked at the grimy windows with the mesh screens and then turned back through the door and back into the tunnel. To the right was the tunnel to the women's cottages; he keyed open a door and we walked along. We looked down the tunnel connecting the women's "cottage." There were "clients." They wore the same shapeless grayish washed-out shifts. Some were standing; many were lying on the cement floor next to a heating pipe, their faces turned toward the wall. The walls were scrawled with what looked like hieroglyphics, but in no language anyone could understand unless one belonged to this cadre of forgotten people.
We took the stairs to another door which did not need to be keyed open and another set of stairs, and out of that tunnel and another door and onto the first floor of the nearest women's cottage. We walked the hallway; the rooms were large with beds, most of which were occupied by women wearing the same shapeless shifts. Some were not. Mattresses were rolled up. One woman with no legs was seated on a heavy oak chair in the hallway. She was rocking back and forth and chanting, "Da popa da, da popa da, da popa da."
The guuide keyed another door he open and we were outside. As we walked down the connecting sidewalk, our guide pointed out the old agricultural buildings including the slaughter house, the machine sheds, and an open area with a leaning simple wooden cross, Oak Knoll Cemetery. Dingy….
We walked past the Service Building. He pointed out what he called the, "Superintendent's Cottage." Up steps to the first of the men's cottages. He keyed open the front door. It was much the same: men in monotonous drab shirts and pants, some standing with hands in their pockets, some sitting on the floor, some in heavy oak chairs with hands on their knees staring listlessly. Some paced; one man was scraping his feet along the floor as if dancing to music only he heard. On the floors above there was yelling.
We left and he keyed the door to lock it; As we walked, he pointed out the abandoned green house, the water gravity tank still in use, the laundry room from which steam was escaping, and the power house, the origin of all those tunnels.
And back to the main entry, the main building. The yelling man had disappeared but we could hear screaming from above, a bedlam of sounds. We learned that the building's wings, those left and right of the main building, were also dormitories and housed the serious cases; the explanation for the yelling, the seriously disturbed. We would not visit those floors, would not or could not….
Our guide took us to the second floor of that main building where we walked down a hallway with closed rooms to the right and left, treatment rooms, some used some not in use, and another door he keyed open. We saw a series of cabinets which housed the patient records which he called the "inventory," and up-to-date from 1907 to 1960. Everything was in there: statistical records; inmate property records, he said, forgetting the word "client;" tuberculosis records; and surgical records. This made it pretty clear that a good deal went on in this hospital over time. Private information was closed for 75 years from the last date of entry. The whole thing looked like a library card catalog for the mentally ill. I thought of this years later when reading Kafka.
The guide pointed to one set of drawers at the end that contained death records, autopsy reports, and burial records. The last of the drawers was for Oak Knoll Cemetery.
Years later I researched this a bit: There are 865 forgotten people buried in Oak Knoll Cemetery. This is not a cemetery per se since there are no grave markers other than those that are same-sized, and monotonous, and even with the ground. They bear nothing more than a name; sometimes no birth date. Just the ubiquitous, "Unknown," a death date, and all with the same monotonous chiseling. It's the sameness I find disturbing.
Alma Marsh was buried first in 1926. What followed were plots in units of ten, but with Catholics separated from Protestants. Space still exists but the last burial was in 1973, Victor Berdan. The cemetery is owned by the State of Minnesota. Mabel Bjork was buried on March 22, 1941. But about her, her parents, siblings, nothing seems to be known. Blanche Boyd, the same, December 1957. Fred Burdo, February 1950. Elizabeth Engelgow – and the list goes on. There are very few with any lists of siblings, or photographs, or anything to associate with the human being buried beneath those headstones of monotony and drabness blending one to another un-memorably.
In September 1939 Rose Freshette was laid to rest in Protestant Grave 239. She may have been a Lutheran. Some mornings I say a prayer for Rose Freshette, she of the lovely name. If I had time, I would do the same for as many of those forgotten that I could remember. And that, I think these latter days of my life, is the true purpose of my "confirmation." For Rose, let the little girl dance.
That field trip came to end, and the fellow in the white outfit thanked us for coming. We had no questions. The ride back home was quiet. Martha wasn't dancing and didn't look up or out a window the whole time. The rest of us sat and stared out the windows at the dingy landscape feeling that dinginess deep inside our own young hearts grown just a bit cold. We got out in the church parking lot and one-by-one walked away, the town kids to their homes, the farm kids to their cars. I can see it in my mind's eye to this day, that disbursement. The minister said nothing, explained nothing, and never in the Saturday morning sessions remaining explained away the nothing.
What was the point? Was he coercing some kind of submission to something doctrinal? Were we supposed to say at the end of that field trip something about how but by the grace of God we escape such? Well-intentioned? Perhaps his idea of pre-destination?
I know a gulf opened between his sixteen confirmands and him. The remaining Saturday sessions were more quietly sober than not. The group was largely sullen, going through the motions.
I had not read Joseph Campbell at this time; but when I did in later years, I came to understand some things about, "Crossing a thresh-hold" with the usual warnings from some unusual figure about staying the hell out of there.
And at one time, I became caught up with theories of the absurd and how individuals are supposed to embrace the absurd; but that was nothing more / nothing less than philosopher talk in a college dormitory room The efforts of humanity to find inherent meaning in life will fail and thus, it is best to maintain ironic distance. Reject hope, too. And by rejecting hope, fearing nothing and fearing nothing. Free….
With this, one could head into a sort of life of study, reading Albee, Beckett, Genet, Kafka, Sartre, Heller, Pynchon, Ionesco, those black and white movies of Bergman, and a whole library of cuckoo's nest absurdism.
When it came time to be confirmed on a Sunday as part of the service, we assembled and stood together and he asked us a series of questions which began with a prelude: "You have been baptized and you have been taught the faith according to our Lord's bidding. The fulfillment of His bidding we now celebrate with thankful hearts. Do you intend to remain steadfast in this confession and church and to suffer all, even death, rather than fall away from it?
Do you desire to be a member of the Lutheran Church and of this congregation? There were other questions but if I remember right, every question was answered with a monotone, "Yes."
And we were confirmed and had a picture taken.
I've not seen the folks in that picture for years. Three, I know are dead. Three moved away a couple of years after the field trip. As time passed, everyone entered into adult reality. But I wonder today if we were supposed to understand that reality is hostile. Still, what kind of conclusion could a 13-year old take away from a confirmation field trip to an asylum housed with forgotten people and an experience much like a bad dream?
Were we supposed to think that all of spiritual life was like a dingy mood of self-condemnation? Is that what it means to mature? To cross from one world to another which would suggest that life's maturing processes are not for the faint of heart? We had gotten in that bus and traveled north leaving the familiar behind. Was that journey north and into those tunnels a life experience we were supposed to understand as a sort of belly of the whale metaphor? We being swallowed into an unknown, consumed by irrational energies.
I do believe life's road is a road of trials. And I know that all of those confirmands would at one time or another find themselves going somewhere dangerous, including one who would be swallowed by the jungles of Vietnam, an abyss of death. And then home and different.
I do know this: In the years that followed, I never again saw that little girl dance with the same abandonment as she did that Saturday morning in the aisle of the church bus which beetled its way north….
Daniel James Sundahl is Emeritus Professor in English and American Studies at Hillsdale College, where he taught for thirty-three years
PreviousSTREETS OF LOVE BY DIANA RADOVAN
NextNearly Invisible Pollen By Mario Duarte
MY CITY OF NEW YORK BY JOHN BONANNI
DOLINA NOTTURNA, TRANSLATION BY WALLY SWIST
THE BUZZ BOMB BY JEFFREY FEINGOLD
Kenneth Patchen's "23rd Street Runs into Heaven:" Extolling an Immemorial Poem by Wally Swist

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Searching for a healthy and "guilt free" dip to serve at your next party?! This easy and flavorful corn dip is definitely an option to explore!
1- In a food processor, process together all the ingredients till you get the desired texture.
Serve with veggies or chips!
I added some garlic and ate it with pizza 😀 Whole dish wasn't guilt free, but… tasted great!


Of all William Shakespeare's enduring lines, perhaps the one that has resonated most through the generations comes from "Henry VI": "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." Taken out of context, it's a great lawyer joke, as if the Bard knew modern society would blame lawyers for everything from inscrutable contracts to ridiculous consumer warning labels. (My favorite: an admonition against running at night on my son's glow-in-the-dark Frisbee.) A lawyer-free world conjures a society free of hair-splitting and hucksterism - in other words, Utopia.
Or does it? In Texas, we're learning what happens when you can't turn to a lawyer for help. Two strong forces are making it nearly impossible to seek redress for injury in state courts: sweeping tort reform laws and a Texas Supreme Court with an activist conservative bent. The results aren't pretty.
Consider the case of Michelle Gaines, who in June 2006 was a popular Palestine teenager with a bright future when an 18-wheeler hauling an oil rig smashed into her car, causing severe brain damage. A Tyler jury ordered the driver who caused the wreck and a businessman involved with the oil rig to pay her $8 million - money Gaines' family desperately needs to provide for her rehabilitation and care for the remainder of her life.
A Tyler appeals court overturned the jury's decision, claiming there was no evidence to support the verdict, and the Texas Supreme Court recently declined to consider Gaines' appeal.
And yet trial testimony showed that the men had destroyed crucial evidence demonstrating joint ownership of the rig and that the driver had been bribed to alter his story. Gaines' attorneys say the court's decision violates precedent that evidence should be construed in a light favorable to a jury's verdict.
"It's an outrageous decision," said University of Texas law professor Steve Goode, a member of Gaines' legal team. (The Gaineses' attorneys have asked the court to reconsider.) "It's astounding that they refused to consider this as evidence against this defendant."
But it's not just attorneys involved in specific cases who believe the court is engaging in wrong-headed activism. Tea party activists are beginning to question whether Texas Republicans have dismantled the Seventh Amendment - the right to a jury trial - in their slavish devotion to limiting lawsuits.
Former Harris County District Judge John Devine, who recently defeated Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina with tea party support, has criticized the court's willingness to overturn jury verdicts. And two independent studies suggest that the Texas Supreme Court - once criticized as biased for trial attorneys - has swung to the opposite philosophical pole.
UT law professor David Anderson, in a 2007 study of 69 opinions written by the court in 2004 and 2005, found that defendants - the parties accused of causing injuries - won 87 percent of the time.
Is that different from other states? Anderson examined all state appellate cases involving Wal-Mart between 1998 and 2005. The Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of the discount chain in all 12 cases it received. There were 81 other cases in other states, but Wal-Mart prevailed in only 56 percent of them.
Texas Watch, reviewing cases involving consumer complaints from 2004 to 2010, found the court overturned jury verdicts an amazing 74 percent of the time. Wrote the study's authors: "The Texas Supreme Court is expected to respect reasonable jury verdicts. … In the final analysis, the court fails this test, impermissibly usurping the authority of juries and demonstrating contempt for their verdicts."
Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips uses Texas as a cautionary tale against Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's plan for federal tort reform. "Texans are losing their Seventh Amendment rights because they can't get lawyers to take cases anymore," Phillips wrote in a recent blog post.
He cited the case of Charles Caldwell, who died in October 2008 in a Dallas-area nursing home when attendants tried to force medications down his throat, but instead filled his lungs. When his son tried to sue, he could not find a willing lawyer.
Why? Texas tort reform legislation put such low caps on damages that no lawyer could afford to take the case. Yet, earlier this year, the Texas Board of Nursing issued a reprimand against the nurse for committing major medical errors.
Houston attorney Mark McCaig, has been warring with Texans for Lawsuit Reform, which lavishes campaign contributions on friendly politicians, by urging the Republican Party to rethink its stance. He's often dismissed as a phony conservative since he works for trial lawyer Steve Mostyn, a prominent Democratic campaign contributor.
But McCaig believes the rise of the tea party will challenge tort reform. "What you have seen happen is (that) it has taken away the rights of people with legitimate claims. It goes against the notion of personal responsibility." In our society, that means access to the courts, and to lawyers.
But Shakespeare knew that. The speaker of the famous line from "Henry VI" wanted to replace the rule of law with the personal whims of despots. In a society bereft of legal boundaries, there's no need for lawyers.


text:
Eva Sofia Stenbock, född 16 mars 1728 i Tallinn, död 19 september 1807 i Stockholm, var en svensk grevinna och brodör.

Hon var dotter till lantrådet greve Bengt Ludvig Stenbock och friherrinnan Beata Sofia Creuts och från 1752 gift med friherren Fredrik Rosenhane. För Husby-Oppunda kyrka broderade hon 1766 en kalkduk av vitt siden med silkesbroderier i flera färger efter en ritning av Fredrik Vilhelm Hoppe, kalkduken förvaras numera i Vitterhetsakademiens bibliotek.

Tryckta källor
Svenskt konstnärslexikon del V, sid 256, Allhems Förlag, Malmö.

Svenska textilkonstnärer under 1700-talet
Födda 1728
Avlidna 1807
Kvinnor
Personer från Tallinn
Eva Sofia

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Anybody who knows me knows I love coffee and coffee shops. They also know I'm incredibly good looking and probably the greatest lover on Earth. Maybe the greatest lover to have ever lived. You know what, let's forget the review and just focus on how great of a lover I am. What's that? Pass? Your loss.
Kit Coffee is the newest, coolest, coffee shop in Newport Beach. If you took Kinfolk Magazine and Cereal Magazine and then stuck them in a blender with a coffee shop, you'd get a giant pile of shredded paper and concrete and basically junk. But if you did it metaphorically, you'd get Kit Coffee. Want to look like you're eating inside a Kinfolk editorial? This is the place for you. Need some great Instagram photos? Right here, baby.
And while a lot of places tend to be style over substance, Kit Coffee backs it up. They serve Coava Coffee, which comes from Portland so you know it's cool. And while their coffee is perfectly adequate, their London Fog is where it's at. They also serve a small selection of food that fits 100% with the ambiance. And by that I mean they serve avocado toast, because look at the place. Of course they serve avocado toast. What else are you going to take that overhead picture of to post on Instagram? Your feet?
Tips: Get the London Fog. The Avocado Toast and Cilantro Bacon Fried Rice were also pretty great, as were the Cinnamon Sugar Brulee Toast and Sweet Matcha Brulee Toast. Basically everything except the mocha was good. Don't get the mocha.


Keep your important tabs active in the background for easy access.
Let's be honest: there are a handful of sites that you visit a lot, open in tabs in Safari.
The sites you pin will stay active in the background, pinned to the left side of your tab bar. Here's how to create (and get rid of) pinned tabs in Safari.
Get YouTube up on the big screen.
Ever wish you could watch all those great Key & Peele or Inside Amy Schumer clips from YouTube on the big television in the living room?
Sometimes the small screen on your MacBook just isn't large enough to contain all that hilarity. It's times like these that you'll want to send video to that massive HDTV, and El Capitan makes it even easier with a new AirPlay feature.
Here's how to beam your favorite clips to your favorite screen.
OS X El Capitan promises to redefine the Mac experience with a host of new improvements that make working (and playing) smoother than ever.
There's a lot to learn about all the new goodies in El Capitan, which finally became available to the public for free today. Everything from Notes to Safari, from AirPlay to Spotlight, has seen gains both big and little.
After spending a lot of time with the new OS, which has been in beta for months, we've found 13 killer features every Mac owner needs to know to get the most out of El Capitan. Here they are!


The estate vineyard has been farmed by three generations in Mazan, a village located in the heart of Provence at the foot of the Mont Ventoux.
We strongly believe that this wonderful terroir, loved and respected by our parents and grandparents, should be given more value and optimized. Just like them, we attach great importance to the respect of traditions and environment. Thanks to the "savoir-faire" they taught us, we refer to the lunar calendar for some vine and wine works.
Our vines benefit from an exceptional microclimate: sunny, dry and windy thanks to "the Mistral" which is favorable to the natural protection of the vines.
The Mont Ventoux proximity gives us cool nights which optimize the natural acidity of the grapes and provide balance and ageing potential to the wines.
In 2011, we decided to widen the estate by the purchase of 8 hectares of hillsides parcels. In total, our vineyard is now 28 hectares. We called this acquisition "La Grange" which means here in Provence "The Mas" and represents for us the cradle of the Delay family.
With this land grapes, grown from the noblest Rhône Valley varieties, we produce "majestic" wines with a great fineness and richness.


text:
Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.
Top Places in Chicago
The Museum of Holography
First-Class Relic of Padre Pio
Named after the Wicker brothers, this small park has played an outsized role in Chicago history.
Once containing a man-made lake, the lake was replaced with the lawn in 1890. The park continued its evolution through the installation of a granite-cut fountain in the early 20th century that was later replaced with a wading pool. Fieldhouses were then installed in the mid-1980s, around the same time that the surrounding neighborhood was experiencing an upswing in the real estate market.
The areas surrounding the park were once called "The Polish Gold Coast" as they were home to numerous Polish immigrants and the Polish downtown. The neighborhood itself has gone through several cycles of negligence and renovation. According to the official neighborhood website the neighborhood has gone through two distinct periods. "The first from the mid 1800s through 1929 was the establishment and growth period. The second from 1930 to approximately 1973-5 was a steady, slow decline culminating in a depressed community. Then a slow rebirth was followed by an explosion of development that continues today."
The park includes a water playground, basketball court and a gym among other facilities.
Old Joliet Prison: History and Hollywood
Joliet, Illinois
intriguing environs ecosystems
http://www.wickerparkbucktown.com/the-neighborhood/history
1425 N. Damen Avenue
Chicago, Illinois, 60622
The Violet Hour
Championship Vinyl in "High Fidelity"
Nelson Algren's Last Residence
A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.
Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.
"No writer ever gave more to a city and got back less."
Former location of Sophie's Busy Bee
Site of a once beloved Polish diner, and location of a famous Hillary Clinton soundbite.
South Kolan, Australia
Mystery Craters
The 25-million-year-old cavities have perplexed people for decades.
Bovey, Minnesota
Marcell Experimental Forest
A futuristic climate change study is nestled deep within this public land.
Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
Cerro de las Campanas (Hill of Bells)
When struck, the strange stones in this park ring like bells.
Guelta d'Archei
Camels and crocodiles share the black waters of this stunning Saharan oasis.


With our continued focus on security, we regretfully will no longer be able to authenticate tickets generated from an email sent into Support. The only method for account verification, will be to create a ticket from within your Hostway Customer SiteControl portal.
2. Navigate to the "Contact Us" tab on top.
3. Find a link on the bottom of the page which reads "Create Trouble Ticket" and click on it.
4. Select one of the verified email addresses and click on "Use This Email".


Joey Crawford's strength as an official can also be a weakness, as we saw in the episode involving Tim Duncan in Sunday's San Antonio Spurs-Dallas Mavericks game.
Crawford has a strong presence on the court, leaving no doubt as to who is in charge. That's a critical quality for a referee to possess because inevitably there will be bad calls made on the floor that will upset both teams.
The best officials acknowledge their errors without giving up their authority. Crawford's flaw is that he occasionally allows his court presence to turn into anger, as it did in the Duncan case.
By losing his temper and reportedly challenging Duncan to a fight, Crawford crossed the line that officials simply can't cross -- the one that lets personal issues get in the way of calling a good game. By challenging Duncan, and then tossing him from a game for something so trivial as sarcastic laughter from the bench, Crawford made a horrible mistake that he is now paying for.
I suspect that Crawford will get another chance from commissioner David Stern, but remember, he had a similar experience in the 2003 playoffs when he called four technical fouls and ejected Mavericks coach Don Nelson from a game against the Spurs. That incident -- like this one -- prompted a harsh reprimand from Stern, who considered Crawford's rant over the top. No doubt the commissioner is extremely upset over this (hence the suspension) and Crawford may have to prove to the league that he can control his temper.
My guess is that Stern will give Crawford a chance to come back next season. He is normally a terrific official and the league doesn't want to lose him. But if he doesn't learn to control his anger, Crawford, who comes from a family of baseball umpires, could be looking at strike three.


I bought a brick of this at a good price a few weeks ago and took a roll out for a test run. I must say, I like it. It's gritty for a 100 speed film, but it appears plenty sharp and develops easily in the common chems. The final negative looks oddly/eerily like a German film of considerable fame that it would be sacrilege for me to compare it too. There are no markings in the rebate. It has significant lateral curl, that a week in a book won't quite break...but there are worse. Souped in D76.
send me some in both 35 and 120 from Thailand.
I've never seen a 120 shot with this film, thanks for posting this. The in focus areas look plenty sharp. I like the 2nd shot also.


text:
Category: Audio Drama Review
Audio Drama Review, BBC, Golden Age Article, Podcast
Audio Drama Review: Wizard of Oz
Big Finish's adaptation of the Wizard of Oz harkens goes back to L. Frank Baum's original novel. Dorothy (Ally Doman) is thrown into Oz along with her dog Toto where she kills the Wicked Witch of the East when her house lands on the witch.
The adaptation is faithful to the novel and its darker tone rather than the more universally known 1939 film version. People who have only seen the film will be surprised by Dorothy getting the Wicked Witch of the East's Silver Slippers, and even more shocked by the grisly tale of how the tin woodsman was changed from a normal woodsman to his tin form.
That's not to say that the story is oppressively dark or over-accentuates these elements. It only does enough to convey what was in the original. The story moves at a good pace from one fantastical scene and setting to another, and the characters develop throughout. The score is nice, doing a good job setting the tone without overwhelming the story.
While Big Finish is a British company, the accents were very good for the most part. Canadian Actor Stuart Milligan was good as the Wizard and the narrator throughout the rest of the story. They did decide to make the lead flying monkey a British "Jobsworth" character, but I actually enjoyed it.
Overall, this an enjoyable take on a classic story.
Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0
If you enjoyed this post, you can have new posts about Detective stories and the golden age of radio and television delivered automatically to your Kindle.
This post contains affiliate links, which means that items purchased from these links may result in a commission being paid to the author of this post at no extra cost to the purchase
Audio Drama Review, Golden Age Article
Audio Drama Review: Red Panda Adventure, Season 4
The Fourth Season of the Red Panda Adventures moves forward from the finale of Season Three. The Red Panda (Gregg Taylor) and his sidekick/driver the Flying Squirrel/Kit Baxter (Clarissa Der Nederlanden Taylor) finally admit their feelings for each other.
The series dealt with it well. I liked that the characters moved immediately from hero/sidekick to engaged rather than giving us an extra season or two of romantic tension. Given how much they 've been through and how much they know each other already, it makes sense to get on with it. The series tone remains light and fun but acknowledges the challenges they face in this transition of their relationship.
The stories remain fun, with a lot of great action and adventure. The influence of pulp magazines, old time radio shows, and comics is clear. The influence of Batman: The Animated series can be seen in the episode, "Trial by Terror" where the Red Panda is held and tried by the criminals he 's put in prison. However, despite the obvious inspirations, Taylor manages to put his own unique spin on the story and on each story in the season.
Some of my favorite episodes from Season 4 included, "Murder in the Castle" in which impossible murders are committed at a castle. It had a strong Shadowesque feel. "The Boy in Blue" was good as one of the Red Panda's most trusted operatives appears to have gone bad, and it's interesting to see how he responds. "Jungle of Terror" finds the Red Panda and Kit flying to South America to respond to a call for help from one of the Red Panda's allies and ends up in an adventure involving monsters and a trip to another dimension. The season finale, "Operation Cold Feet" finds a villain planning to strike as the wedding day approaches. Kit's not sure about the planned month-long honeymoon and there have been sightings of the Red Panda and Flying Squirrel that Kit knows nothing about. It's a good story with a nice payoff, including the reveal of the Red Panda's true name, a twist spoiled by Wikipedia. Thanks, Internet.
Beyond that, the series' ongoing plotlines continued to recur and involved supernatural incursions and fascist plans to gain a foothold in the City. The series has a good way of handling them. If you'd never heard these stories before, you won't get lost listening to them. If you've been listening since the start, you'll have a sense this is all heading somewhere big as the scale of these stories escalates from season to season.
If I had one nitpick, it's that there's two different stories in Season 4 that have our heroes teaming up with a mad, evil supervillain to stop another mad, evil supervillain. That's a bit much for the number of episodes, but that's also pretty minor, all things considered.
Overall, this is a solid season that manages to build upon the foundation of previous seasons, have fun, and not get lost in its own continuity.
Rating: 4.25 out of 5
The Red Panda Adventures Season 4 is available for download for free.
Audio Drama Review: Night of the Triffids
In Night of the Triffids from Big Finish productions, the survivors' great advantage against the Triffids appears to be thrown in jeopardy by the coming of a worldwide darkness. David Masen, the son of the protagonist in Day of the Triffids leaves the Isle of Wight by airplane to investigate.
The Production has some commendable elements. The cast is strong, particularly Sam Troughton and Nicola Bryant. The effects do a good job of bringing the Triffids to life. The sound design helps create tense scenes, particularly the part with David and Marmi swimming and battling Triffids who have evolved to survive underwater.
The writing is the challenge. Night of the Triffids is a good adaptation of a so-so book. The story has some interesting ideas such as finding out how the United States fared in the catastrophic blindness, the encroachment of the Triffids, and the aftermath. Yet, the story's inciting incident fades from importance and resolves itself in the last two minutes. At the same time, the story asks us to follow a lot of wild and improbable plot twists. Most notably is the attempt to take a character from the original book and turn him into the prime villain of this story when this story is set mostly in America. They have to explain how the character survived probable death, got across the ocean in a post-apocalyptic future, and rose to be a major leader.
This is not horrible, but it isn't a worthy successor for the original.
Audio Drama Review: Day of The Triffids
Day of the Triffids is a 1968 Radio Dramatization of John Wyndham's classic British Sci-Fi novel by the same name.
The programs begins as believably as possible in explaining of how Earth came to have giant, walking, aggressive plants. It begins with the Soviets developing the Triffids to gain a competitive advantage in food production over the West. Due to a bit of espionage and misadventure, the Triffid seeds being spread across the globe.
The good news is the Triffids can be controlled and managed. Humanity has one advantage over them: Humans can see. Unfortunately, an astronomical event is seen across the Earth and the media urges every person to stare up at it. This stupidity leads to almost the entire human race going blind.
The hero of the story Bill Masen (Gary Watson) worked in Triffid management and knows their dangers. Due to an accident, he'd ended up in the hospital with bandages over his eyes,making him one of the few people who still have eyesight. He's left to navigate the perils of a post-apocalyptic world.
While the inciting event is a bit silly, the action that takes place after that makes for a compelling drama of what might happen if society in England collapsed due to a sudden cataclysm. Some interesting ideas are explored as plague and disease grips the country. Society crumbles and is unable to cope. Some loot existing stores and try to live off them while others try to figure out how to rediscover old ways of doing things that don't require technology. Others sees the collapse as a reason to change social mores to suit various goals. Some folks band together to start a fascist state.
The soundscape is about average for the era, with enough sound effects used to aide the listener's imagination. The cast turns in believable performances with the main cast being pretty likale.
Perhaps, the most remarkable thing about Day of the Triffids is that the titular creatures are far from the greatest peril that Bill Masen and friends face. Though certainly the Triffids are menacing when they appear.
However, after disease, bandits, well-intentioned people who do things that make things worse, and the self-appointed military, the Triffids barely make the top five of the most perilous challenges that the survivors face.
Terry Nation did this story practically beat for beat in his 1970s TV series Survivors which was essentially Day of the Triffids without the Triffids. In Survivors, humanity was decimated by a plague and it worked as well if not better. So how much the Triffids contribute to the story is open to debate.
Overall, though, this is a sold 1960s adaptation of a Science Fiction classic that holds up fairly well for the most part.
Audio Drama Review: Christmas Eve 1914
The story of the Christmas truce in 1914 during World War I is an emotionally powerful and resonant event to anyone who hears about it. I've seen and/or heard several dramatic presentations of it. The Audible Originals audio drama Christmas Eve 1914 is the best dramatization of the event I've experienced.
The production focuses on a group of young lieutenants in a company whose captain has died. They've rotated in on Christmas Eve and expect a quiet night, but get word from the Colonel at HQ that a German attack is expected and they need to prepare. At the same time, a fresh young Sub-Lieutenant, who lied about his age to get into the Army, joins them on the front lines.
The play is well-written. Christmas Eve 1914 takes listeners in the thick of conflict and immerses us in the war-weary world of these young officers. The play focuses on the horrors of war and the way they relate to the war and each other for most of the run-time. The truce only comes into play in the last twenty minutes. As a result, we feel the bittersweet impact of the event, knowing, in a day, our heroes will return to the nightmares of war.
The acting is solid. Almost every character is well-characterized, and the best drama comes from hearing them interact and play off each other.
The sound design and music are superb, doing a great job creating a realistic feel and atmosphere. The sound design and music never overwhelm the listeners or the story.
The Colonel was written as a stereotypical clueless and hypocritical senior officer who was gung ho about putting other people in danger. The Colonel's best skills is not-too-subtly trying to play the lieutenants' ambition to become the next captain against one another. Thankfully, while important, the Colonel's part is relatively small.
Overall, Christmas Eve 1914 is a great Christmas Story, a great drama, and a great example of how good modern Audio Drama can be.
Christmas 1914 is available as one of the free Audible orignal selections for Audible subscribes during the month of December.


text:
New Food Pantry Location to Provide Better Accessibility
News October 25, 2017 / 10:22 PM October 25, 2017
By Jambar Contributor
Tre Mastran
The Student Government Association at Youngstown State University will be relocating their food pantry this month in hopes of better serving members of the student body.
On Apr. 20, 2016, SGA put a program into effect to provide goods to students who could not afford them from a space in Kilcawley Center. Since its installation, the pantry has made non-perishables and toiletry items available to any student with a YSU ID.
Ernie Barkett, SGA's executive vice-president, briefly explained where the pantry will be located.
"[It is] currently located on the first floor of the Kilcawley Center across from Wendy's," Barkett said. "The new location will be next to Wendy's where the National Guard was formerly located."
Just a short move from its current place of operation, the desire for the pantry's initial presence came after some discussion.
"We always knew there was a need for the pantry," Barkett said. "It was just a matter of finding the room and resources."
Improvements to the food pantry initiative come on the heels of Ohio's most recent poverty report conducted by the Ohio Developmental Services Agency. Reiterated is the 2015 statistic revealing the poverty rates of Ohio's 10 largest cities, with Youngstown leading the pack with 38.3 percent of people living in poverty.
Since 1999, poverty rates in Youngstown have increased by 13.5 percent, resulting in an economic climate that overshadows much larger cities such as Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati in terms of percentages. With such a poverty epidemic on the rise, the desire for a food pantry at YSU does not come as much of a surprise.
SGA's president, Rayann Atway, also addressed the steadily growing need for a food pantry on YSU's campus.
"In Spring of 2017, we had 80 visits and 35 of them were unduplicated students," Atway said. "This semester, we expect to see that number grow."
Atway and the rest of YSU's SGA have been working diligently toward adding to their list of contributors while preparing for the change in locale.
"We plan on moving all of our donations and everything that we have in the current pantry to our new space … sometime before November, which is quickly approaching," Atway said. "We've gotten some donations from the YSU PD and the honors college. So, we're always happy that we are increasing our partnership and we hope to spotlight them in our press release."
YSU Provost Martin Abraham also acknowledged the food pantry, expressing its necessity for the success of students without the means to otherwise acquire their meals.
"Unfortunately, we have students at YSU who don't have the means to purchase sufficient food," Abraham said. "Hungry students generally are less able to succeed in the classroom. The food pantry provides a tremendous service to help those students get the food that they need so that they can be successful."
The food pantry will be open at its new site on Mondays from 10 a.m. to noon and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
"We are deeply indebted to the SGA for initiating this effort and keeping it going," Abraham said. "It is a tremendous service for our students."


Huawei finally joins the smart speaker party at IFA 2018 with its AI Cube.
Powered by Alexa, the Huawei AI Cube allows users to play music, control smart home devices and access more than 50,000 skills hands-free with their voices.
The AI Cube also doubles as a 4G router; it requires a 4G SIM card to establish a high speed internet connection at LTE CAT 6 speeds (download speeds of up to 300Mbps). It is compatible with the 802.11ac WiFi standard and is dual-band.
On the audio aspect, the AI Cube has a 400ml sound cavity and an aluminum diaphragm to deliver high quality audio with crystal clear midrange and highs, as well as full, rounded bass. The audio quality is also enhanced by Huawei's proprietary audio solution, Huawei Histen which enriches the smart speaker's set of features by including virtual bass, linear phase equalizer, adaptive gain control, far-field voice recognition.


text:
package neptulon.client;

import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.JsonElement;

/**
 * Response context.
 */
public class ResCtx {
    private final String id;
    private final JsonElement result; // result parameters
    private final Message.ResError error; // response error (if any)
    private final Gson gson;

    public final boolean isSuccess;
    public final int errorCode;
    public final String errorMessage;

    public ResCtx(String id, JsonElement result, Message.ResError error, Gson gson) {
        if (id == null || id.isEmpty()) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("id cannot be null or empty");
        }
        if (gson == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("gson cannot be null");
        }

        this.id = id;
        this.result = result;
        this.error = error;
        this.gson = gson;
        this.isSuccess = (error == null);
        if (!this.isSuccess) {
            this.errorCode = this.error.code;
            this.errorMessage = this.error.message;
        } else {
            this.errorCode = 0;
            this.errorMessage = null;
        }
    }

    public String getID() {
        return id;
    }

    public <T> T getResult(Class<T> classOfT) {
        if (!isSuccess) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot read result data since server returned an error.");
        }
        if (result == null) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Server did not return any response data.");
        }

        return gson.fromJson(result, classOfT);
    }

    public <T> T getErrorData(Class<T> classOfT) {
        if (isSuccess) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot read error data since server returned a success response.");
        }
        if (error.data == null) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Server did not return any error data.");
        }

        return gson.fromJson(error.data, classOfT);
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Tina Boonstra, Guy Called Greg, John Farrington: Handyman Brewery, Liverpool
By Peter Goodbody on	 16th June 2019 Live reviews
Tina Boonstra
Tina Boonstra rocked the room at Handyman Brewery in south Liverpool tonight, Getintothis' Peter Goodbody was drinking it all in.
This is the third of a short four date tour for Tina and her band.
Previous dates in London and Manchester as well as tomorrow's trip to Derby see Tina on the road for the first time, which is a surprise as she's been making music for a while and starting to get noticed.
She grew up as a songwriter in a missionary family and expected her songs to find their home in the church halls she was so familiar with. It wasn't until she began performing on the London open mic circuit that she cut her teeth as a performer and honed her craft to draw comparisons with bands such as PJ Harvey, Wolf Alice and John Mark McMillan.
Last year saw the release of six track EP My Concrete Heart (Will Beat Again). And this year has seen a trio of singles in a series dubbed Underrated Animals, the most recent, Second Chance being only two weeks old.
We thought this was worth checking out. Plus, it's in the Handyman Brewery – a venue that sells decent beer. So, what's not to like.
There's a good crowd in here as we arrive in time to catch John Farrington. Tina was at university in Liverpool, so that's probably helped get the numbers in.
John Farrington has a richness to his melodic piano playing that has the audience well on side. There's a bit of chatter at the back to start with, but it's quickly hushed by those who would rather listen to the music.
These were songs full of emotion and feeling, many about love and relationships. It was a talented set and half an hour well spent.
Guy Called Greg reminds us a lot of Stephen Langstaff. Both have similar sounding voices and guitar playing styles. And that's all good.
It's difficult to stand out from the crowd as a solo singer guitarist, there are so many of them about, but this set was nicely done.
There's an album called Simple Life which was funded on PledgeMusic (before it effectively went bust). Go check it out.
Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures turns 40: Sublime, glacial perfection
Immediately Tina Boonstra launches into her first song of the set we get the Polly Harvey reference. Guitar, piano and drums are making a fair racket in the small room at the back of the brewery.
The guitar leads the way, but the piano and drums (with a tambourine sitting on top one of the cymbals) give a dark and hard edge to proceedings. On top of this is Tina's voice – strong when it needs to be, soft when it doesn't.
She has a technique at times of standing back from the mic and bellowing at the top of her voice, so it's not all picked up through the sound desk. But the room is left in no doubt as to the emotion going on.
She plays Find You, the first single in the Underrated Animals trilogy. It's about how small things can actually be great and have an impact not related to their size. It's a slow burn, but at the end, "I find you, I find love, I find peace" are shouted out with all her energy.
Prodigal from the Concrete Heart EP is no less emotional, even if she did start it in the wrong key. Nobody was much bothered.
What we're getting from tonight is a bill who are all singing about feelings, emotions and relationships. Whether with an individual or the world as a whole, it's powerful stuff. Especially from Tina, whose set has been spectacular. A real revelation and another addition to our iPod.
For Occupy, Tina manages to get the audience joining in. "Take my skin and bone and call it home". It works ok, although apparently Manchester last night were better. Ouch.
That aside, this was a top quality gig. It was a fiver in to see three top drawer acts, of which one of the three was simply excellent. We've made this point before. Good gigs don't always cost big money. Tonight was a case in point.
Images by Getintothis' Peter Goodbody
John Farrington
Guy Called Greg
Previous ArticleGetintothis top five #11: most read music, gigs, features and stories of the week
Next Article Liverpool Central Business District Redevelopment Scheme joins long list of confusing acronyms
John Digweed, Leftfield, Friendly Fires, Greg Wilson: Camp and Furnace, Liverpool Liverpool Sound City 2012: The Heartbreaks, Alkaline Trio, Tina, In The Green Dress: The Shipping Forecast, O2 Academy, Bombed Out Church Unknown Pleasures #54 feat. Tina Refsnes, Matt McKee, Martha Ffion OVVLS, LUNA, Post Romantics: Handyman Pub, Smithdown Road, Liverpool Villagers and The LaFontaines add Liverpool dates as Psycho Comedy prepare for event at Cains Brewery Liverpool's Cains Brewery Village to host huge free August Bank Holiday music festival Greg Holden, Ogo, Tibi and her Cello: Eric's, Liverpool DJ Greg Wilson to play at The Very Big After Party at Liverpool's Pier Head


35 years of coaching football at St. Timothy DC, Riverview Gabriel Richard, Mt. Carmel, Servite, Holy Redeemer, Napoleon, North Adams-Jerome, Melvindale High Schools. Record: 211-99. MHSFCA Regional Coach of the Year in 1981, 1997 and 1998, MHSFCA Assistant Coach of the Year in 2002.MHSFCA Coaching Service Award 35 Years.


Can Mindfulness Help Weight Loss?
No one can deny that the feeling of fall can't be beat. With temperatures finally going down and the prospect of apple picking right around the corner, it's hard not to love the season. For some, though, the winding down of summer can also be a stressful time. Whether it be going back to school, the end of vacation, or changes at work as everyone returns from break and buckles down, fall introduces disruptions for most people that can throw off even the most resolute nutrition and wellness routines, and trigger weight gain.
A great way to decrease stress and control your weight and eating during times of transition is through mindful meditation. Although we at InsideTracker have found the research on weight loss to be too limited to make mindful meditation an official recommendation, we believe that it has great potential to help, and we are keeping a close eye on this exciting, developing field.
Just breathe. Chances are, you've heard that advice before. Chances also are, you're not doing it correctly. Whether you're involved in competitive sports and looking to maximize your performance, or just looking to feel better and more focused throughout your workday, breathing properly can help.
Joe DI, Director of Sport at Spartan Race, returns as our guest blogger for the third installment in a series of posts featuring his training expertise. This time, Joe discusses why breathing has become a focus of the performance world, why he ensures his athletes and coaches practice it, and how he integrates proper approaches to breathing into their routines in a practical way. In fact, studies have shown that diaphragmatic breathing can help workplace stress by reducing cortisol levels1.
From the recent events of the Biogenesis case to this summer's IAAF World Championship in Athletics where nearly a dozen athletes were missing due to doping violations, it's clear the drug problem in sports is still far from being fixed. Sunday's night game against the Yankees here in Boston featured another symbol of the problem, when countless Red Sox fans booed Alex Rodriguez's home run off of Ryan Dempster.


Being a video game enthusiast isn't easy for anyone. Whether you're an adult working a 9-5 and have to pay rent or a bond. Or a student with no 9-5 job, saving up for the next big AAA title. Nevertheless, whoever you are, saving up and spending on your passion and hobby aint an easy task. Which is why many of us limit or restrict our purchases to a handful of titles per year. Sure, if we're lucky enough we could find a few video games on sale or even second hand. BUT for certain games, waiting a few months to a year before it goes on sale just isn't an option. Especially titles that possess online play and co-op. Titles such as Monster Hunter World or more recently The Division 2. Don't get me wrong, these are titles that can be played a year later. However, most of the time, we as consumers and in turn video game enthusiasts love riding the wave of a newly launched multiplayer title. It's easy to find co-op partners. It's all the talk around the web, YES FOMO is a real thing. And of course, the developers are pushing out content and support for player at full throttle during this time.
So, is there a solution to make sure you're ready for the year's releases. Yes and No. Sadly, from my experience, there isn't any concrete solution. All we can do, is set reminders and make a list of our highly anticipated games coming out within the year. And even after making a list, there'll still be surprises after shows like E3 and Gamescom. Nevertheless, we can try and I've created a list down below for my top 5 anticipated video games of 2019.
Released in February. Anthem was a highly anticipated title for me. With aspects that reminded me of games such as Destiny 2 and The Division, I knew it would be a blast to get into with friends and family. Sadly, after the BETA's (I was lucky enough to receive a code from BioWare for the closed BETA) I was completely disheartened. The game itself was gorgeous, and flying and piloting a Javelin in combat was insanely entertaining. But sad to say the servers were a mess, and I glitched like a ghost through a ton of my missions. The enemies felt like sponges at times just as the enemies in The Division and finding a team to play with was a mission on its own. I am definitely still considering getting the game later on in the year. But this decision is of course due to me waiting on the servers to be better maintained or more stable in the future. I have heard in recent reports that the game has improved from launch till now drastically, and I've seen a ton of people enjoying it. However, for myself, personally, I'll be singing this Anthem with a few friends who've made the same decision, a bit later on in the year.
Released in March. Coming off Monster Hunter World and being a huge fan of the first The Division, my friends and family were not going to pass on this title. We've already in the two weeks of release have in a combined total number of play hours of around 400 hours. Which may not sound as impressive as many out there, but I'd like to remind you all that each one of the three Division agents I play with work a 9-5 as well as have life commitments outside of our daily missions within Washington D.C. The game itself has given us another reason to log on every night, take on enemy control points and missions that force us to think in a tactical way. This is one title I do not regret purchasing. The Division 2 has offered us a well detailed playground within the city. You'll never know when you may run into an enemy patrol. Or even a bounty that's offered as weekly challenges. The gear and weapons are also quite intricate. And we find ourselves looting at every chance we get. Equipping new guns and then modifying them for more damage output is quite rewarding. Let alone, increasing your armour with specific mods that'll give you and the team an added advantage against any and every heavily armoured hostile. A word of warning though, and this is more of a confession as well. The Division 2 just as the first game, didn't offer us much of an interest within its story. Heck the game itself doesn't even confirm to players at the beginning as to why you're a Division agent running around saving hostages or taking on enemies across the city. No, this title is all about the multiplayer aspect. Or at least it is for myself and friends. Yes, I'd agree, many out there play the game for different reasons. But from my personal opinion I would say, if you're looking at getting into The Division 2. Make sure you have friends or family that are willing to take the journey with you. It's the best way to experience a game such as this. And on that same note, please check out my Twitch streams on The Division 2 and follow me. You can find my twitch channel right here. And be sure to check out the awesome review from my editor over at SaGamer.
The next Fire Emblem title is set to release on the 26th of July for the Nintendo Switch. If you know me, you'll know that I'm a huge Fire Emblem fan. The Fire Emblem games have always stolen my attention with their heart wrenching, well scripted stories of betrayal, loss, love and courage. Also, I loved playing chess back in high school and I'm a huge fan of RPGs so naturally a Tactical Role-Playing title with a good story, mind challenging battles and good animated cut-scenes is a sure guarantee for me. The Fire Emblem titles also have a knack for creating a sort of bond between you and its characters. Lose one or two characters in battle whilst playing, and you'll feel like you've lost a love one. This is one title I cannot miss and have already starting saving up for it.
Gotta play em all. There are three franchises that I hold close and dear to my passion and my heart. Those are, Monster Hunter, Fire Emblem and yep that's right Pokémon. I've been playing Pokémon since the late 90's. I've played every iteration and instalment within the franchise and watched the anime since I was in school. I've also entered a few competitive tournaments in both the trading card game as well as the video game championships. Although I may not have the capacity and time to continue within the tournaments, the games and anime itself holds a special place in my life. One of my dreams is to one day travel to Japan and visit their Pokémon Centres. Pokémon GO also gave me my first television interview as well as three radio interview appearances. To say that the Pokémon franchise has a special place within my life is an understatement. And if there's any game I want to play more in my 2019 year, it's Pokémon Shield. The formula may remain the same, having the player run through the country, defeat eight gym members and challenge the elite four or Pokémon champions but every Pokémon fan knows, it's the journey that you take with your Pokémon team across every challenge of the region that makes these games so special. Raising your Pokémon and taking on opposing trainers with just as much skill is the joy of these games. What's more is that once you're done with the game itself, make sure to log onto the Pokémon Global Link website. There is an entire community of Pokémon fans waiting to challenge you. It's up to you though to show them that you can be the very best. Pokémon Shield promises not only a new adventure, but new Pokémon, a new world to explore and tons of new challenges from trainers and the Pokémon world itself. Make sure you check out the Pokémon Direct that was recently aired showing off the games.
I've recently picked up for the Nintendo Switch Hollow Knight. Well, when I say recently, I mean a few months ago. Little did I know, that this 'tiny little' game would be one of the largest and most epic adventures and tales I'd be playing. Hollow Knight may be a game about bugs but the lore that is within this game is vast. Something went wrong when a King tried to protect his people. This calamity has left the world known as Hallownest in a state of destitute beyond words. You as the player will take control of a Knight. Equipped with a nail that acts as the Knights sword, it's up to the Knight to discover what exactly brought the calamity about and also try and save any remaining survivors within the kingdom. Of course, Hollow Knight was released two years ago and to Hollow Knight fans across the world, Team Cherry, the creator of the game announced a sequel. A sequel that stars the heroine Hornet. A character introduced in Hollow Knight with a mysterious past. A past which we'll soon discover. Check out the reveal trailer below.
Well there you have it, my current top 5 titles for 2019. Let me know in the comments below as to what your top 5 looks like. And to everyone that's reading this, sharing this and just being epically awesome in supporting me across my social channels, I thank you!!


The I went to the about page of her blog where she shared what she calls her "Green Tomato times of life" and I was transfixed and inspired. I immediately sought her out on twitter and left several messages for her telling her about how inspiring I found her to be. I think I also left my trademark trail of comments on her blog as well….lol. And graciously, ever so graciously, she responded to every missive I sent. She even offered to give me free photographuy lessons!!
I don't want to give too much away. Please read about this special lady below.
Your blog is so beautiful with captivating pictures and pretty interesting recipes, how long have you been into blogging and photography?
I have been a photographer for over 20 years. I started in portraits and then moved on to documentary and finally food. I found my passion in food photography but still enjoy documentary, fine art and nature photography as a hobby! I officially began blogging in 2008 and have not stopped since.
I truly love how the blog has evolved and allowed me to meet interesting people all over the globe.
Despite, what I imagine is a busy life, you also manage some health challenges. Could you please share a little about it and how you cope?
Oh my goodness! Yes, I don't think I ever sit still! I run a very busy household and a busy business. I enjoy both and I believe that is part of how I keep going through my health issues. I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis several years ago. To say they slow me down would be an accurate statement, but they do not control my zeal for life. I learned to lean on the Lord for everything in my life, including these two illnesses. It is through Him that I find the strength to keep going and do what I enjoy doing. My family and my business are both beautiful gifts from Him so I do not take them for granted. Instead I seek ways to show the Lord how much I do appreciate every aspect of my life, including my illnesses.
You seem have an amazing relationship with God and speak freely about it in fact it is one of the things that drew me to your blog. How long have you been a Christian? And what has the journey been like?
I have known about Christ since I was a small child, but my personal true relationship with Him did not start until later in life. I grew up in a Christian family and have always loved Jesus as long as I could remember. I did not get serious about walking with Him until my 30s. I went through the defiant phase of life from my teens to my 20s and lived a very miserable existence. I knew the Lord was there and I knew I loved Him, but I did not have a true understanding of what it meant to really know Him.
When I truly gave my life to Him and began a daily walk with Him my life changed dramatically. I have felt true peace and happiness ever since!
Based on what you know about life now, what will you tell your 16-year-old self?
I would tell her to put Jesus first and stick to that walk with Him. I really wish I could do so because I would have saved myself an awful lot of struggle and pain, but then again, we grow and learn strength in our sufferings so maybe they were all needed for me to be the woman I am now!
Do you prefer to shop in super markets or farmers markets and why?
I adore farmers markets and will shop at one any chance I get! I enjoy talking with the people who have grown the foods. They are fascinating to listen to and you can feel the love they pour out over every single piece of food they grow. I also find that there are more choices for organic foods at the farmers markets than the supermarket.
What are your go to recipes when you cook for a large family gathering?
I am from the south and family gatherings there usually revolve around BBQ. While I have been known to BBQ some awesome chicken and beef, my talent is found more in the side dishes! I love to make potato salad and have an amazing secret family recipe for that! I also enjoy eating vegan and vegetarian meals and find that the majority of my meals fall into that category lately and because of that I have come up with an amazingly delicious fruit salad recipe that is usually a winner at gatherings as well. Taking that dish allows me to eat my vegan dish without cutting out the BBQ that everyone else loves so much.
Pizza!!!! I love a good homemade vegetarian pizza with fresh veggies and herbs!!!
What is your favourite meal of all time?
I would have to say my Chickenless Parmesan recipe! Before removing meat from my diet I loved chicken parmesan so I had to adapt in such a way I could still enjoy my favorite meal! I have to say I enjoy the meatless version better!!
By now you must be buzzing with encouragement and inspiration :-)…Told you!
Please visit and follow her blog – www.thegreentomatoexperience.com; you will be glad you did.
See you again soon with another refreshing post.


text:
Canadian Prairies
Title: Canadian Prairies
Subject: List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Saskatchewan, Geography of Canada, List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Manitoba, Manitoba, Geography of Alberta
Collection: Canadian Prairies, Geography of Alberta, Geography of Manitoba, Geography of Saskatchewan, Grasslands of Canada, Great Plains, Prairies, Regions of Canada, Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Prairies canadiennes (French)
The Prairies
Farm on the prairies near Hartney, Manitoba
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
- elevation 3,747 m (12,293 ft)
- elevation 0 m (0 ft)
1,780,650.6 km2 (687,513 sq mi) [1]
5,886,906 (2011) [1]
Map of Prairie Provinces
The Canadian Prairies is a region in western Canada, which may correspond to several different definitions, natural or political. Notably, the Prairie provinces or simply the Prairies comprise the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, as they are partially covered by prairie (grasslands). In a more restricted sense, the term may also refer only to the areas of those provinces covered by prairie. Prairie also covers portions of northeastern British Columbia, though that province is typically not included in the region in a political sense.
Definitions 1
Main climates 2
Physical geography 3
Prairies 3.1
Growth 4.1
Culture and politics 6
Historiography 8.1
The word prairie usually refers to a type of grassland, and true prairies occur only in the southern reaches of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Contrasted to this are other biomes such as the boreal forest taking up the majority of the Prairie Provinces, or the aspen parkland.
However "the prairies" may also refer to all of the Interior Plains region within Canada, in contrast with the Rocky Mountains and the Canadian Shield, and is a continuation of the Great Plains region of the United States.
It may also refer to all of the farmland in the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, a definition based on human use, which includes all of the aspen parkland biome.
Main climates
Native grasslands in southern Saskatchewan
According to the Köppen climate classification the Canadian prairies generally experience dry semi-arid climates (Köppen Bsk) in the brown soil regions, and somewhat dry Humid Continental climates (Köppen Dfb) in the outer dark brown and black soil areas. The Canadian prairies typically experience about 12 to 15 inches (300 to 380 mm) of annual precipitation in the semi-arid areas while they experience 16 to 20 inches (410 to 510 mm) in the continental regions. Manitoba is generally the coldest and most humid of the three prairie provinces.
Average climates for selected cities in the Canadian Prairies[2][3]
Lethbridge AB 26C/11C (79F/52F) −2C/-14C (28F/7F) 386 mm (15.2 in) 4A
Calgary AB 23C/9C (73F/48F) −3C/-15C (27F/5F) 413 mm (16.3 in) 3A
Medicine Hat AB 27C/12C (81F/54F) −5C/-16C (23F/3F) 334 mm (13.2 in) 3B
Edmonton AB 23C/12C (73F/54F) −7C/-16C (19F/3F) 477 mm (17.6 in) 3A
Regina SK 26C/12C (79F/54F) −11C/-22C (12F/-8F) 388 mm (15.3 in) 2A
Saskatoon SK 25C/11C (77F/52F) −12C/-22C (10F/-8F) 350 mm (13.8 in) 2B
Prince Albert SK 24C/11C (75F/52F) −13C/-25C (9F/-13F) 424 mm (16.7 in) 2A
Brandon MB 25C/11C (77F/52F) −13C/-24C (9F/-11F) 474 mm (18.7 in) 2B
Winnipeg MB 26C/13C (79F/55F) −13C/-23C (9F/-9F) 514 mm (20.2 in) 2B
Although the Prairie Provinces region is named for the prairies located within Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, the physical geography of the three provinces is quite diverse, consisting of portions of the Canadian Shield, the Western Cordillera and the Canadian Interior Plains. The plains comprise both prairies and forests while, with the exception of Arctic tundra along the Hudson Bay, the shield is predominantly forested.
Gimli, Manitoba is located on Lake Winnipeg, a very large fresh water lake in the eastern prairies.
The northern short grasslands (WWF terminology) shown here on a map of North America in green, is a type of true prairie (grassland) which occurs in the southern parts of the Prairie Provinces.
Three main grassland types occur in the Canadian prairies: tallgrass prairie, mixed grass prairie, and fescue prairie (or using the WWF terminology, northern tall grasslands, northern mixed grassland, and northern short grasslands). Each has a unique geographic distribution and characteristic mix of plant species. All but a fraction of one percent of the tallgrass prairie has been converted to cropland. What remains occurs on the 6,000 square kilometres (2,300 sq mi) plain centred in the Red River Valley in Manitoba. Mixed prairie is more common and is part of the dry interior plains that extend from Canada south to the U.S. state of Texas. More than half of the remaining native grassland in the Canadian prairies is mixed. Though widespread in southern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta, because of extensive cattle grazing, it is estimated that only 24% of the original mixed prairie grassland remains. Fescue prairie occurs in the moister regions, occupying the northern extent of the prairies in central and southwestern Alberta and west-central Saskatchewan.[4]
Palliser's Triangle, delineating prairie soil types in the Prairie provinces
The southwestern Canadian prairies, supporting brown and black soil types, are semi-arid and highly prone to frequent and severe droughts. The zones around the cities of Regina and immediately east of Calgary are also very dry. Most heavy precipitation quickly dissipates by the time it passes Cheadle on its way heading east. In an average year, southern Saskatchewan receives between 30-51 centimetres (12–20 in) of precipitation, with the majority falling between April and June. Frost from October to April (and sometimes even early May) limits the growing season for certain crops.
The eastern section of the Canadian prairies in Manitoba is well watered with several large lakes such as Lake Winnipeg and several large rivers. The area also gets reasonable amounts of precipitation. The middle sections of Alberta and Saskatchewan are also wetter than the south and have better farmland, despite having a shorter frost-free season. The areas around Edmonton and Saskatoon are especially notable as good crop land. However, Edmonton and Saskatoon both lie far enough north that they are surrounded by aspen parkland rather than fescue prairie.
Further north, the area becomes too cold for most agriculture besides wild rice operations and sheep raising, and it is dominated by boreal forest. The Peace Region in northwestern Alberta is an exception, however. It lies north of the 55th Parallel and is warm and dry enough to support extensive farming. Like the area around Edmonton, aspen parkland is a major biome in the Peace Region. The long daylight hours in this region during the summer are an asset despite having an even shorter growing season than central Alberta. In fact, agriculture plays a major economic role in the Peace Region.
Census metropolitan areas in the Canadian Prairies
Census metropolitan area
1 Calgary 1,214,839 1,079,310 Alberta
2 Edmonton 1,159,869 1,034,945 Alberta
3 Winnipeg 730,018 694,668 Manitoba
4 Saskatoon 260,600 233,923 Saskatchewan
5 Regina 210,556 194,971 Saskatchewan
In the Canada 2011 Census, the Canadian prairie provinces had a population of 5,886,906, consisting of 3,645,257 in Alberta, 1,208,268 in Manitoba, and 1,033,381 in Saskatchewan, up 8.9% from 5,406,908 in 2006.[1] The three provinces have a combined area of 1,780,650.6 km2 (687,513.0 sq mi), consisting of 640,081.87 km2 (247,136.99 sq mi) in Alberta, 552,329.52 km2 (213,255.62 sq mi) in Manitoba, and 588,239.21 km2 (227,120.43 sq mi) in Saskatchewan.[1]
Location of communities in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba which comprise Canada's Prairie Provinces.
Some of the prairie region of Canada has seen rapid growth from a boom in oil production since the mid-20th century.[5]
A canola field in the Qu'Appelle Valley in Southern Saskatchewan.
Primary industries include agriculture (wheat, barley, canola, brassica, oats), and cattle and sheep ranching. Also, natural resources such as oil sands (Fort McMurray, Alberta) and other forms of oil production can be found on the plains. Secondary industries consist of the refinement of oils and agriculture processing.
Culture and politics
The Alberta badlands.
The Prairies are distinguished from the rest of Canada by cultural and political traits. The oldest influence on Prairie culture are the First Nations, who have lived in the area for millennia. The first Europeans to see the Prairies were fur traders and explorers from eastern Canada (mainly present-day Quebec) and Great Britain via Hudson Bay. They gave rise to the Métis, working class "children of the fur trade." Not until the Canadian Pacific Railway was built did widespread agricultural settlement occur. During their settlement, the prairies were settled in distinct ethnic block settlements giving certain areas distinctively Ukrainian, German, French, or Scandinavian Canadian cultures.
Some areas also developed cultures around their main economic activity. For example, southern Alberta is renowned for its cowboy culture, which developed when real open range ranching was practiced in the 1880s. Canada's first rodeo, the Raymond Stampede, was established in 1902. These influences are also evident in the music of Canada's Prairie Provinces. This can be attributed partially to the massive influx of American settlers who began to migrate to Alberta (and to a lesser extent, Saskatchewan) in the late 1880s because of the lack of available land in the United States.
The Prairie Provinces have given rise to the "prairie protest" movements, such as the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, the first general strike in Canadian history. These political movements (both of the left and right) tend to feed off of well established feelings of Western alienation, and each one represents a distinct challenge to the perceived Central Canadian elite.
The Prairies continue to have a wide range of political representation. While the Conservative Party of Canada has widespread support throughout the region, the New Democratic Party holds seats at the provincial level in all three provinces, forming the government in two, as well as holding seats at the federal level in Alberta and Manitoba. The Liberal Party of Canada presently holds federal seats in urban areas of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, while the Alberta Liberal Party holds a provincial seat in Alberta and the Manitoba Liberal Party holds a seat in Manitoba.
List of regions of Canada
Dominion Land Survey
Natural Resources Acts
Terrestrial ecozone
High Plains (United States)
Llano Estacado
Shortgrass prairie
Corner Gas – TV show featuring the sparseness of the plains as a major theme
Online (2005)Alberta Encyclopedia
Archer, John H. Saskatchewan: A History (1980)
Barnhart, Gordon L., ed. Saskatchewan Premiers of the Twentieth Century. (2004). 418 pp.
Bennett, John W. and Seena B. Kohl. Settling the Canadian-American West, 1890-1915: Pioneer Adaptation and Community Building. An Anthropological History. (1995). 311 pp. online edition
Danysk, Cecilia. Hired Hands: Labour and the Development of Prairie Agriculture, 1880-1930. (1995). 231 pp.
Emery, George. The Methodist Church on the Prairies, 1896-1914. McGill-Queen's U. Press, 2001. 259 pp.
U. of Regina Canadian Plains Research Center, 2005. onlineThe Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan: A Living Legacy. 1071pp in print edition
Fairbanks, C. and S.B. Sundberg. Farm Women on the Prairie Frontier. (1983)
Hodgson, Heather, ed. Saskatchewan Writers: Lives Past and Present. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 2004. 247 pp.
Jones, David C. Empire of Dust: Settling and Abandoning the Prairie Dry Belt. (1987) 316 pp.
Keahey, Deborah. Making It Home: Place in Canadian Prairie Literature. (1998). 178 pp.
Langford, N. "Childbirth on the Canadian Prairies 1880-1930." Journal of Historical Sociology, 1995. Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 278–302.
Langford, Nanci Louise. "First Generation and Lasting Impressions: The Gendered Identities of Prairie Homestead Women." PhD dissertation U. of Alberta 1994. 229 pp. DAI 1995 56(4): 1544-A. DANN95214 Fulltext: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
Laycock, David. Populism and Democratic Thought in the Canadian Prairies, 1910 to 1945. (1990). 369 pp.
Melnyk, George. The Literary History of Alberta, Vol. 1: From Writing-on-Stone to World War Two. U. of Alberta Press, 1998. 240 pp.
Morton, Arthur S. and Chester Martin, History of prairie settlement (1938) 511pp
Morton, W. L. Manitoba, a History University of Toronto Press, 1957 online edition
Norrie, K. H. "The Rate of Settlement of the Canadian Prairies, 1870-1911," Journal of Economic History, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Jun., 1975), pp. 410–427 in JSTOR; statistical models
Palmer, Howard. The Settlement of the West (1977) online edition
Pitsula, James M. "Disparate Duo" Beaver 2005 85(4): 14-24, a comparison of Saskatchewan and Alberta, Fulltext in EBSCO
Rollings-Magnusson, Sandra. "Canada's Most Wanted: Pioneer Women on the Western Prairies." Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology 2000 37(2): 223-238. Issn: 0008-4948 Fulltext: Ebsco
Swyripa, Frances. Storied Landscapes: Ethno-Religious Identity and the Canadian Prairies (University of Manitoba Press, 2010) 296 pp. ISBN 978-0-88755-720-0
Thompson, John Herd. Forging the Prairie West. (1998)
Wardhaugh, Robert A. Mackenzie King and the Prairie West. (2000). 328 pp.
Waiser, Bill, and John Perret. Saskatchewan: A New History (2005)
Wardhaugh, Robert A., ed. Toward Defining the Prairies: Region, Culture, and History. (2001). 234 pp.
^ a b c d
^ http://www.mb.ec.gc.ca/nature/whp/prgrass/df03s56.en.html
^ reportonbusiness.com
Pre-colonization
New France (1534–1763)
British Canada (1763–1867)
Post-Confederation (1867–1914)
World Wars and Interwar Years (1914–1945)
Modern times: 1945–1960
Crown & Aboriginals
Former colonies & territories
National Historic Sites
Persons of significance
Parliament (Senate
House of Commons)
Prime Minister (list)
Courts (Supreme Court)
(west to east)
Coast Mountains
Interior Plateau
Columbia Mountains
Canadian Shield
Central Canada
Saint Lawrence Lowlands
Arctic Cordillera
Extreme communities
Adolescent sexuality
Top 100s
Metro areas and agglomerations
Population centres
Nationalisms
Provincial and territorial
Regional tartans
Royal symbols
Articles needing additional references from February 2014
Articles to be expanded from April 2013
All articles to be expanded
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Grasslands of Canada
Geography of Alberta
Geography of Saskatchewan
Geography of Manitoba
Calgary, Edmonton, Canada, Northwest Territories, Montana
Ontario, Nunavut, Winnipeg, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories
Canada, Saskatoon, Manitoba, Alberta, Northwest Territories
Ontario, Quebec City, Quebec, Ottawa, Aboriginal peoples in Canada
Alberta, Canada, France, United States, Provinces and territories of Canada
List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Saskatchewan
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Canadian Prairies, Parks Canada, North-West Rebellion, Western Canada
Geography of Canada
Alaska, Canadian Prairies, Greenland, Northwest Territories, Yukon
List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Manitoba
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Winnipeg, Western Canada, Parks Canada, Canadian Prairies
Alberta, Precipitation, Environment Canada, Calgary, Saskatchewan


text:
Gabriel Vinicius Menino (* 29. September 2000 in Morungaba) ist ein brasilianischer Fußballspieler, der beim Erstligisten Palmeiras São Paulo unter Vertrag steht. Der Mittelfeldspieler ist seit Oktober 2018 brasilianischer U20-Nationalspieler.

Karriere

Verein
Der in Morungaba, einer Kleinstadt im Umland São Paulos, geborene Gabriel Menino begann seine fußballerische Ausbildung beim Guarani FC. Der Nachwuchsabteilung des Vereins aus Campinas trat er im Jahr 2013 als Innenverteidiger bei. Bereits kurz nach seiner Ankunft wurde er jedoch aufgrund seiner offensiven Qualitäten nach vor gezogen und spielte anschließend im Mittelfeld. Mit 16 Jahren wechselte er in die Jugendakademie von Palmeiras São Paulo, wo er sich zu einem der talentiertesten Spieler des Vereins entwickelte.

Zum Jahresbeginn 2020 wurde er in die erste Mannschaft befördert. Am 22. Januar 2020 debütierte er beim 4:0-Auswärtssieg gegen den Ituano FC in der Campeonato Paulista. Innerhalb kürzester Zeit etablierte er sich in der Startformation von Cheftrainer Vanderlei Luxemburgo und auch in der Ligameisterschaft behielt er diese Rolle inne. Sein erstes Tor gelang ihm am 17. September 2020 beim 2:1-Heimsieg gegen den Club Bolívar in der Copa Libertadores. Mit der Copa Libertadores 2020 gewann Menino im Januar 2021 den wichtigsten südamerikanischen Klubtitel. Dem schloss sich Anfang März 2021 die Copa do Brasil 2020 an. Am 27. November 2021 konnte er mit Palmeiras den Titel in der Copa Libertadores gegen Flamengo Rio de Janeiro verteidigen. Nach dem Sieg in der Staatsmeisterschaft 2022, konnte Menino mit Palmeiras im November deren elften nationalen Meistertitel feiern.

Nationalmannschaft
Seit Oktober 2018 ist Menino für die brasilianischer U20-Nationalmannschaft im Einsatz. Mit dieser Auswahl nahm er an der U20-Südamerikameisterschaft 2019 in Chile teil, wo er in sechs Partien zum Einsatz kam.

Im September 2020 wurde Menino erstmals in den Kader der A-Nationalmannschaft berufen. In den Spielen für die WM-Qualifikation 2022 im Oktober 2020 gegen die Nationalmannschaften von Bolivien und Peru kam er aber zu keinen Einsätzen.

Im Juni 2021 wurde Menino in den Kader der Olympiaauswahl für das Fußballturnier der Olympischen Sommerspiele 2021 berufen. Am Ende des Turniers konnte die Auswahl die Mannschaft Spaniens im Finale mit 2:1 besiegen und Menino die Goldmedaille feiern.

Erfolge
Palmeiras São Paulo
 Staatsmeisterschaft von São Paulo: 2020, 2022
 Copa Libertadores: 2020, 2021
 Copa do Brasil: 2020
 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol: 2022
 Supercopa do Brasil: 2023

U-23 Nationalmannschaft
 Olympiasieger: 2021

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Fußballspieler (Palmeiras São Paulo)
Copa-Libertadores-Sieger
Copa-do-Brasil-Sieger
Brasilianischer Meister (Fußball)
Olympiateilnehmer (Brasilien)
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 2020
Olympiasieger (Fußball)
Brasilianer
Geboren 2000
Mann


Calling Naruto ! If you are interested in cosplay Naruto Shippuden Tenten ,how can you neglect this Naruto Shippuden Tenten White and Red Cosplay Costume? Now you can be among their ranks with this fantastic Tenten costume! It's strictly made to be 100% faithful to the anime Naruto and delights you by really desirable comfort. We promise each small item has been exquisitely designed and placed at the right place.–just like the characters in the Naruto series wear! To do well in Naruto cosplay, you have found the deal you really need.
Make you the same as character in this Naruto Shippuden Tenten Costume for cosplay show.


text:
Bringing back the small-town grocery store
The Iowa Dish
By Terri Queck-Matzie
A small-town grocery store is more than a place to buy food. It's where people gather, share the news of the day and revel in being part of a community.
In Lenox, shoppers can get all that and more at Ramsey's Market.
In 2012, Theo and Bonnie Ramsey brought a new concept to the southern Iowa town of 1,400, one that would earn them the 2018 Iowa Farm Bureau Renew Rural Iowa Entrepreneur Award.
"We've always been nuts about grocery shopping. It's sort of a hobby," says Bonnie Ramsey, who grew up in the Lenox area. "When we first met, we would go to grocery stores just for fun." Bonnie and Theo, a Seattle native, met in California while serving in the U.S. Air Force, where they were both members of the USAF choir.
They were stationed in St. Louis, managing events for military brass, when they began to evaluate their careers. "We missed our family and the small town," says Bonnie. "And we were in Lenox about once a month," adds Theo.
When Lenox's long-time family-owned grocery store, with roots dating back nearly a century, came on the market, the Ramseys made a decision to follow their dream.
"We envisioned a way to combine entertainment with retail," says Theo.
At Ramsey's Market, the registers are considered stage front. Shelf stocking takes place backstage. Customers are guests, and it's not unusual to hear someone break into song.
Sometimes the entertainment is more planned, with live local musicians on the stage near the front door. Local artwork and photography line the walls.
"This is what's needed in a small town," says Bonnie. "Retail is disappearing. So we set out to provide an experience with the retail, to make this a destination."
Ramsey's Market offers a wide selection of fresh and packaged grocery items, along with a deli counter. Daily and weekly specials are posted on the store's website and Facebook page, with online shopping coming soon. Ramsey's offers free curbside pick-up of your grocery order or delivery in Lenox for a minimal charge.
"We cater to our customers," says Theo. They will gladly order items by request. Their main product supplier is a co-op out of Kansas City, where they pool with 800 other stores to keep prices competitive.
"The grocery business is the hardest type of retail," says Bonnie, who admits they faced, and continue to face, a steep learning curve. "There is such a small margin for profit, and everything that comes in the door is a ticking time bomb with an expiration date."
Some items are sourced close to home. A local home baker supplies fresh bread, and local growers provide specialty garlic, pumpkins, and other produce.
They offer Cruz Burritos, over-sized creations stuffed full of fresh ingredients, named for the Ramsey's son, Cruz — a burrito lover extraordinaire. Beef sticks and summer sausage come from Doug's Smokehouse in Bedford, owned by Bonnie's brother.
Ramsey's sells Iowa beers and is in talks with an Iowa winery, all part of Theo and Bonnie's plans for expansion.
A second building is under development. Plans are for a multi-purpose venue, with a bar area where shoppers can kick back, listen to some good music, and have a brew while staff do their shopping. "We want the place to feel like home," says Theo, "where folks can relax at the end of a hard day."
For now, they are happy to be part of the community that holds their heart, and supports their business venture.
"We're lucky to be here," says Bonnie. "This is a great community, and it's good to be home. We're excited to bring our dream to our friends and neighbors."
Queck-Matzie is a freelance writer from Greenfield.
Return to The Iowa Dish
Grateful for our food (and toilet paper!) in 2020
Sustainability on the farm
Don't ignore holiday food safety


Press key P or key Esc to pause the game.
Jet Velocity 3D unblocked is a magnificent full-screen racing game where you have a chance to test your racing skills. In this game, you will take control of the awesome spaceship and race it through tough tracks to beat off other opponents. Accelerating is an important factor to help you touch glory. Hence, you should try to pick-up power-up to boost your speed and try to get to the finish zone before other rivals as soon as possible. Wish you luck and have a great time!