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Even though we implemented a lot of changes, many new and exciting features are to be released soon. In the meantime, check out our post about VivifyScrum winning two major project management software awards.


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On the James Bond set with Roger Moore
By Ray Bennett
LONDON – Roger Moore, who died on May 23 aged 89, told me that really he was a frustrated bank robber. "It's only fear that's stopped me from robbing banks, and that's why I'm a movie actor. I'd get caught. I've never been caught acting."
I spoke to him at Pinewood Studios on Dec. 10, 1984, on the set of his last James Bond picture, "A View to a Kill". He had just been shooting an action scene with co-star Tanya Roberts. Unruffled, he sat on a director's chair in the middle of a very cold soundstage smoking the first of several Davidoff cigars he would enjoy through the day.
"The boilers are gone. This centre of the British film industry on a Monday morning is freeze-your-bollocks-off time."
The debonair star did not look it, but he was 57 years old at the time and so I asked if there would be an eighth 007 outing for him.
"The answer is always the same," he said. "No."
"Until it's yes," I said.
"Until it's yes. One thing you can be sure about me is that I always tell the truth until I open my mouth. Then, I lie."
As it turned out, "A View to a Kill" (above) was Moore's final appearance as James Bond so I was pleased to catch him before it all ended. I spent the best part of an hour talking to the star who had been famous in the United Kingdom since the Fifties when he picked up a sword in the title role of the TV series "Ivanhoe" (pictured below).
Signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the mid-Fifties, he made a clutch of Hollywood pictures without huge success: "The Last Time I Saw Paris" (1954) starring Elizabeth Taylor and Van Johnson, "Interrupted Melody" (1955) starring Glenn Ford and Eleanor Parker, "The King's Thief" (1955) starring Ann Blyth and David Niven and "Diane" (1956) starring Lana Turner.
Television proved more fruitful and right after 39 episodes of "Ivanhoe" (1959-60), Moore dug for gold in "The Alaskans" with Dorothy Provine and took over from James Garner in "Maverick" for 16 shows.
Moore told me: "'The Alaskans' was almost a Western: a frozen Western. I didn't want to do 'Maverick' at all. I didn't want to replace Jim Garner (pictured below with Moore). They said I wasn't replacing him, that it was an entirely different character [cousin Beauregard] but I noticed all the trousers had J. Garner written inside."
It was about that time that I saw a quote in which Moore said he always blinked when guns went off. I asked him how he'd gotten over it.
"I haven't," he said. "Everybody blinks, actually. You see Western stars, they're always squinting their eyes. That's because they're pinching the muscles to stop themselves from blinking. The trouble with me is that I blink before it goes off because I know it's going to go off. But there you are. I'm getting better."
Moore hit pay dirt as the suave and ruthless Simon Templar in ITC's hit series "The Saint" (below left), which ran for 118 episodes from 1962 to 1969. He was fairly used to replacing people, he said: "George Sanders played 'The Saint' long before me. Louis Hayward did, too, and Hugh Sinclair, an English actor, in some films. People said Tom Conway also did but he didn't. He played 'The Falcon', a lift from 'The Saint'."
By the time that series finished its run, Sean Connery had made five James Bond films and it looked as if he would finally quit the role. Almost everyone agreed that Roger Moore was the natural choice to take over. I asked him if it had been that simple. "Well, I don't suppose anybody else worked as cheap as me or turned up on time," he said.
In fact, he had been asked to play Bond earlier when it appeared that Connery would leave. Moore said he discussed one project as 007 but it was set in Cambodia and events made it impossible to shoot there so the story was dropped. The Bond producers went on to another one and by that time Moore had decided to do 'The Persuaders' with Tony Curtis on TV. "Sean went back and did another one and when he finally took a powder, they came back to me. I have no pride whatsoever. Always ready."
Moore's first appearance in the role was in "Live and Let Die" (1963) and it was a very different James Bond as he continued to show in "The Man With the Golden Gun" (1974), "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977), "Moonraker" (1979", "For Your Eyes Only" (1981) and "Octopussy" (top, 1983).
I suggested to him that he played the character much more as the man I saw in Ian Fleming's novels, very much from the playing fields of England as a man who often got into trouble but was always able to get out of it.
"No. I've never gone back to the books to find out what it's all about. I just play it the way I see it," Moore said. "I always want humour in the films. 'The Spy Who Loved Me' (below), I think, had all the right ingredients in it. 'Octopussy' worked, too, in terms of the humour that I tried to get in. A lot of the time, it's impossible to get any humour in. There are moments when you have to be serious and they're the moments when I really want to laugh my head off. You think, 'This is a load of cobblers.'"
Was it really a tussle to introduce humour into the films? "Well, no, not a tussle. Sometimes, it's written in the script, sometimes it's not there at all. Whoever's directing, John Glen*, say, or in the past Lewis Gilbert*, would say, 'Come on, then, let's have a joke here.' Or I'll say I think we need a joke. Then we make them up. Even if they're written, we change them. As Cubby Broccoli always says, 'Bonds are made by committee.' We basically all work together to make it the best we possibly can and then it's up to the director to adjudicate what he things is best."
When "Octopussy" (below) came out in 1983, Sean Connery returned to Bond in a remake of "Thunderball" titled "Never Say Never Again". That wasn't a problem, Moore said: "I was delighted! Everybody's working. Making two films at the same time, you double the amount of people who have work. Cubby, of course, was pissed off but it didn't worry me."
I asked about Christopher Walken, the villain in "A View to a Kill": "Lovely fella. Very interesting. Good actor. Very pleasant to work with too. Mind you, all my villains that I've had in Bond have been very good. I envy them all because they've got the best part. They really do. Bloody villains!"
In the centre of the Pinewood soundstage, an assistant director approached us, "Roger, when you're ready?"
Moore said, "When I'm ready? I'm not ready. I don't want to go. Oh, well. Excuse me."
He did a fight scene in three sides of a hotel room and after a few takes, it was time for lunch. Moore ate along with everyone else in the studio commissary sitting with his son Christian and Dudley Moore, who was dressed as an elf because he was shooting "Santa Clause: The Movie" at the studio. My table was next to theirs.
After lunch, Roger Moore joined me again on the soundstage: "Did you have a good lunch?" he said. "Where did you eat? So. What were we talking of? What boring subject was I on about? Bond. Yes. Bond and boredom. Yes."
Mick Jagger had said recently that it was odd to be a rock star at 40 so I asked Moore if he felt it was odd to be an action hero at his age: "I dunno. I play heroes, you know? Sometimes I jump around; sometimes I don't. The last movie I made, I got the shit kicked out of me. I was the hero but he was not an athletic hero."
That was "The Naked Face" (above, 1984), written and directed by Bryan Forbes and based on the first thriller written by Sidney Sheldon. Moore played a psychiatrist suspected of murdering one of his patients. Was that a stretch? "Well, Bond doesn't say much, you know? Playing a psychiatrist, you listen a lot but you also have a lot to say. But in no way is he a hero. When he finally gets the shit kicked out of him, there's very little to do about it, which made a change."
Was it a risk for him to play a villain? "It depends. You know, leading film actors have a persona when they play heroes so there are things they don't do. I would love to play villains but they won't let me. Nobody casts me as a villain. In a certain sense I can see why. There are people who go to see you for the type of thing you do and you might piss them off by being nasty. But being rotten, they're the best parts. That would be natural to me. This is acting. Being a nice guy is acting because really underneath, I'm a shit."
"Tell me more about that," I said. "Exactly what is the truth underneath this charming exterior?" Moore said: "A monster! A monster!"
Was there a moment, in fact, when he became aware that he had the kind of good lucks and charm that made people like him?
"Well, by answering that question it means that I accept what you've said and, of course, how right you are. Er, no. I don't think so. I've always been rather surprised, actually, that I was employed. I didn't expect not to be employed but I'm always surprised when I am. I've been very lucky. It's luck in the first place to be there at the right time. It's luck that the part comes along. It's luck that you're accepted in it. It's luck that they come back for more. And it's their bad luck because they've got to watch it."
Was it ever a worry that audiences would be unwilling to accept him in other roles? "No, it's no worry. I've always had that question asked ever since I did things that I became known in, you know, things like 'Ivanhoe'. I finished 'Ivanhoe' and went to Warner Bros. and made some movies there and a couple of TV series and I was not afraid I would be stuck there. I've been lucky. I've been able to move back and forth from TV to movies."
I suggested that he's one of those actors whose work is described as effortless. Did he resent that?
"No," he said. "That's the way it should be."
But did he feel he was not given credit for the hard work that makes it appear easy?
"I don't give a shit. I get paid. If acting shows onscreen then it's wrong. Film acting is listening and re-acting. Unless, of course, you're playing what I call the lovely character parts where you wear a false nose and beard and hide behind things. As a leading man, you have no physical things to hide behind. You haven't got the hump, you know? You can't do, 'The bells! The bells!', all that crap. Which is fun, you know, fun to do."
Had he ever wished his career had gone in other directions. "I would be an ingrate, if I did," he said. "It's about those crossroads you come to in life. At the beginning of my film career, literally within the same week as I signed for MGM, I was offered The Old Vic. Well, I might have gone on carrying a spear for 40 years or I might have gone on to be a classical actor. Who knows? I have a feeling I'd have been carrying a fucking spear. But I only say things like that because I'm modest."
As it was, Moore's career brought fame and riches and he was grateful for both. "The joy of having money is that you can give your children what you want to," he said. "Financial security is a great state. I used to have ulcers but I've noticed since I have no financial worries to speak of that I don't have ulcers any more."
Had he ever been flat broke?
"Oh, sure, but I hate doing a story like, 'Oh, god, you have no idea how I suffered.' Bullshit! But, yeah, I wasn't born rich. I've always had to work. Our profession is very dodgy and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Quite often you get asked what advice you'd give to young people who want to go into acting and I say, 'You've really got to like it. You've really got to be prepared not to have any success and put up with an awful lot of crap from people dropping it on you from great heights. Because even when you're lucky enough to become successful, they're still dropping it on you. And they're trying to to knock away the rungs on the ladder underneath you. The first ones are the critics who love to hate you. I would have made an ideal critic. I can be as rude about myself as critics are. And I can be even ruder about them."
Moore's humour was always self-deprecating and I suggested that was borne of a great deal of self-confidence.
He smiled, "I presume so. Obviously. I must be self-confident to say this. You see through me."
Was there a time when he lack that self-confidence? "Oh, yes. I used to be terribly timid. I would rather not eat than go into a restaurant on my own. Even now, I hate that. I sort of covered up my timidity by being ingratiatingly charming. Which is why I got away with murder with teachers at school. Smiled a lot. I recall when I came out of the army and started in repertory, a director, or producer as we used to call them, said, 'You're not very good. Smile a lot when you come on.' So, I smile a lot."
Was it hard to muster the same energy for a new Bond? "Well, no," he said. "It's the same as doing any new picture because there's a new script, a new cast. It's usually most of the same crew but most of the pictures I do are with the same crew anyway. They're the only ones who will work with me."
In fact, Moore made other entertaining films in between 007 outings including George S. Cosmatos's World War II adventure "Escape to Athena" (1979) and "Shout at the Devil" (1976) by Peter Hunt, who had edited and directed an episode of "The Persuaders", edited three Connery Bonds – "Dr. No" (1962), "From Russia with Love" (1963) and "Goldfinger (1964) – and directed "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969) with George Lazenby as the secret agent.
His co-star in "Shout at the Devil", set during World War I, was Lee Marvin (pictured above). "I loved working with Lee," Moore said. "A great character. He's rich; a fruity actor. There's a lot going on there."
I mentioned that I had recently interviewed American director Andrew V. McLaglen, with whom Moore had made three films: "The Wild Geese" (1978) with Richard Burton and Richard Harris, "Ffolkes" (1980 a.k.a. "North Sea Hijack") with James Mason and Anthony Perkins, and "The Sea Wolves" (1980) with Gregory Peck and David Niven.
"Oh, Andy is a lovely fellow," Moore said. "I'd love to do another with him. He's great, a beaut to work with. I mean, bang! He's a wonderful man. He says, 'They think there's something wrong with me as a director in Hollywood because I bring movies in on time.' And he does. He just drives it through. He's really good. A funny fellow, too."
Moore was already friends with Peck and Niven: "Working together was our idea. 'Sea Wolves' was great fun to do because there was a bunch of mates such as Trevor Howard (pictured above with Peck, Moore and Niven) and Patrick MacNee." He lived in Switzerland, he said, because David Niven, who had died in 1983, invited him to visit and he decided to stay.
"Miss him," Moore said.
I told him that a colleague and I had been promised an interview with Niven many years earlier but through no fault of his own he had to cancel it at the last minute. He told us, "Write anything you like, I'll swear I said it."
"Ha!" said Moore. "Typically David."
I asked if he, Connery and Michael Caine, contemporary movie spies, really were mates: "Oh, yes. Ours is a very small profession and actors are inclined to congregate together. At one time, when Michael and I were both very stable and Sean was here, all three of us would see one another a lot. Now, it's when we happen to be in the same place. I probably see Sean more in California than I do here because I go there to rest."
The Bond films are famously international so I asked if he enjoyed all the travelling: "I'm fed up with travelling," he said. "I think I'm going to become a hermit and not move anymore. This week, I had a few days off. Every weekend, I go home to Switzerland, which is only an hour and a half's flight but there's the two-hour drive at the other end and you've always got that 45 minutes to be at an airport. Then, on Tuesday we went to Paris. On Friday, to Amsterdam. Then yesterday back in London. I mean, phew! But that wasn't for work. It was because I had a few days off so it's my own damned fault!"
Our time together was coming to an end but I wanted to know if he had strong political views.
"Hmmm," he said.
Did he care to talk about them?
"I avoid expressing them," he said, "I'm slightly to the right of Attila the Hun, that's all. If everybody knew my views, I'd make a lot of enemies. I believe in dictatorship as long as I'm the dictator. A benevolent dictatorship. I suppose I started off, as most young people do when they start thinking of politics, they're communists. Then you become socialist. Then Labour. Then Liberal when you don't know which fucking direction you're going, and then you end up being Conservative."
The A.D. came over to fetch Moore and our time was over.
"Excuse me," he said. "You can make up the rest, as David said. What I like, I'll take credit for. What I don't, I'll deny."
*John Glen, now 85, directed the Bond films "For Your Eyes Only" (1981), "Octopussy" (1983), and "A View to a Kill" (1985) with Moore and "The Living Daylights" (1987) and "Licence to Kill" (1989) with Timothy Dalton as 007. He edited "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Moonraker" (1979) as well as Moore's films, "Gold" (1974), "The Wild Geese" and "Sea Wolves". Lewis Gilbert, now 97, directed "You Only Live Twice" (1967) with Connery and "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Moonraker" with Moore. His other films included "Reach for the Sky" (1956), "Sink the Bismarck!" (1960), "Alfie" (1966), "Educating Rita" (1983) and "Shirley Valentine" (1989).
A version of this story appeared in the Bigscreen section of TV Guide Canada in June 1985.
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Fenugreek seeds are used in traditional medicine to treat kidney aliments and colds and to alleviate pain associated with arthritis. Several medical studies suggest that powder derived from the seeds may benefit auto-immune diseases such as arthritis. However, always seek the advice of a physician before starting any new treatment for a medical condition.
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Trigonella foenum graecum, commonly known as fenugreek, has been widely cultivated for the culinary and medicinal values of its seeds. Experimentally, it has been demonstrated that the seeds possess antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective properties. The powder has been subject of medical research to investigate and manage metabolic syndromes associated with arthritis and other inflammatory diseases.
Arthritis describes over 100 conditions involving damage to the joints of the body. Osteoarthritis, the most common form, is a result of trauma to the joint, infection, age or immunity-related disorders. Other forms of the disease include rheumatoid, psoriatic and septic arthritis. All are considered autoimmune diseases, where the body's immune cells destroy its own tissues because of the breakdown of cartilage that normally protects the joints. Fenugreek has been shown to stall auto-immune disorders by acting as a mimic of estrogen, which is know to inhibit this condition. Therefore, fenugreek has been investigated as a possible estrogen replacement in the treatment of arthritis.
Arthritis describes over 100 conditions involving damage to the joints of the body.
Osteoarthritis, the most common form, is a result of trauma to the joint, infection, age or immunity-related disorders.
Estrogen-like compounds have been known to inhibit inflammation of tissue by activating pathways that counteract the effects of autoimmunity disorders. The June 2010 edition of the "Indian Journal of Medical Research" included a study that investigated the estrogenic effect of fenugreek to assess its capacity as an alternative to estrogen replacement therapy, which has been shown to treat inflammation associated with arthritis. The researchers found that fenugreek bound to estrogen receptors and acted as estrogen by influencing genetic activities and inducing the expression of estrogen-responsive proteins. The researchers claim to have provided evidence for estrogenic activities of fenugreek seeds as an alternative to estrogen replacement therapy in diseases influenced by estrogen such as arthritis.
Estrogen-like compounds have been known to inhibit inflammation of tissue by activating pathways that counteract the effects of autoimmunity disorders.
The June 2010 edition of the "Indian Journal of Medical Research" included a study that investigated the estrogenic effect of fenugreek to assess its capacity as an alternative to estrogen replacement therapy, which has been shown to treat inflammation associated with arthritis.
The September 2010 issue of the "Journal of Clinical Immunology" included a study that investigated the pathology of increased concentrations of estrogen metabolites found in rheumatoid arthritis, RA, patients. The researchers used blood samples from RA patients and a healthy population of participants, as a control group, to monitor estrogen-dependent DNA activation. They found increased DNA activity in the RA patients as compared to the controls. The authors concluded that binding of estrogen metabolites to DNA might explain possible roles of estrogen-like compounds and act as an alternative indicator in the diagnosis of the disease.
The September 2010 issue of the "Journal of Clinical Immunology" included a study that investigated the pathology of increased concentrations of estrogen metabolites found in rheumatoid arthritis, RA, patients.
The authors concluded that binding of estrogen metabolites to DNA might explain possible roles of estrogen-like compounds and act as an alternative indicator in the diagnosis of the disease.
Mutations of chromosomes lead to disruption of molecular processes and are often seen in arthritic conditions. In an article appearing in the May 2007 issue of the "Journal of Ethnopharmacology," researchers used an aqueous extract of fenugreek traditionally used to treat inflammations and arthritis. Since arthritis is an autoimmune disorder, the toxicological properties and potential antimutagenic effects of fenugreek were investigated. The study showed that treatment with fenugreek extract significantly reduced the percentage of dead cells, but increased the frequency of chromosomal mutations. The authors concluded that aqueous extracts of the herb have neither protective nor antimutagenic activity, but rather a mutagenic potential leading to the development of other disorders.
Mutations of chromosomes lead to disruption of molecular processes and are often seen in arthritic conditions.
The study showed that treatment with fenugreek extract significantly reduced the percentage of dead cells, but increased the frequency of chromosomal mutations.
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Sam Lupica began scientific writing in 2007, specializing in physiology, toxicology and reproductive biology. He teaches chemistry and biology, and has published several journal articles in "Aquaculture Research" as well as informational articles in online publications. Lupica is finishing a Ph.D. in medical science and has a Master of Science in physiology and pharmacology from the University of Toledo College of Medicine.


This is the sixth of my Los Angeles videos, and it's from the California Muni Weekend 2018. This is the whole group riding the Hummingbird trail after lunch Friday October 26. It starts with some follow-video of me, but there's a lot of great riders in this video.


Newspaper weed control is a great sheet mulching technique to use in urban organic backyard farming and small farms gardens. This is a useful strategy to thwart weeds in any situation. However, the method is particularly good as a no-dig way of converting areas of weeds or lawn into garden beds while growing a potato crop.
Here we describe, step-by-step, just how to do this!
Newspaper is a handy sheet mulch. You can also make equally effective use of other throw-away materials including cardboard, old carpet and under-felt.
Large pieces of carpet or underfelt are especially handy for reclaiming large areas of weedy land, where newspaper mulching can become a bit tedious!
Choose a day that is not too windy to do your newspaper sheet mulching.
Then soak your intact newspapers for a few minutes (don't pull them apart). You will have to wet small piles at a time for good water penetration. A handy container to soak the papers in is a water-tight wheelbarrow, an old baby's bath, or the laundry sink.
The idea of newspaper weed control is to lay the newspaper in an overlapping pattern. Open up a newspaper flat on the ground and then peel off about 10 pages (more is often better to suppress vigorous lawns). Lay it on the area to be mulched, and continue adding more similar wads ensuring that you overlap each sheet on all sides by at least a third.
If you are sheet mulching bare soil, you can plant seedlings into holes that you make in the newspaper mulch. A great no-dig way to deal with areas of lawn or weeds – if you have time to wait – is to plant it to potatoes. I spread a couple of bags of sheep manure on the area before laying the newspaper, and then just plant a potato here into holes made in the layer of sheets. This way you can get a crop while waiting for the mulch to smother the weeds.
If you leave it as it is, the newspaper will eventually dry out and start to blow around. So it makes sense to mulch over the lot with straw.
As newspaper has a high carbon content, a good complementary mulch is pea or lucerne hay. But you could use straw instead if you have a lot of green material under the paper, or have sprinkled a layer of similarly high nitrogen stuff like chicken manure.
As one of the great advantages of this newspaper weed control method, the spuds (potatoes) will be formed on top of the paper, making for easy harvest (no need to dig for them) and keeping them nice and clean. To get a bigger crop, keep heaping straw up around the growing potato plant leaving only the top leaves protruding. Once the potato plant dies and dries out, your spuds are ready to harvest.
If you are instead planting seedlings, you might find it easier to lay the straw mulch first, and make little holes in it through to the soil underneath to plant into. Keep a circle around the seedling clear of straw to deter slaters (wood lice).


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British retailer Tesco has announced that it is introducing new contracts for lamb farmers in the UK as part of a multimillion-pound investment strategy.
As with its recent announcement regarding beef, this is part of the Tesco Sustainable Farming Group initiative, which seeks to guarantee a price above the standard market rate to farmers by establishing multi-year contracts with the retailer.
The various sustainable farming groups promote discussion around sustainable production, customer needs, quality standards, and ways to foster communication between Tesco and its suppliers. They are also a way of maintaining supply, increasing efficiency, and enhancing animal welfare.
Speaking about the announcement, George Wright, Tesco's commercial director for fresh food, said, "We know many lamb farmers are looking for stability to overcome the uncertainty surrounding CAP payments, so we're delighted to be offering these industry-leading COP contracts to 160 lamb farmers across the UK.
"Through our ten sustainable farming groups, we're building transparent, long-term partnerships with our farmers and producers, and our cost-of-production model is the next stage in ensuring our farmers have the confidence to invest in their businesses and build for the future. The door is open for more British lamb farmers to join us and take advantage of the new model," added Wright.
Around a third of the farmers included in this new deal are Welsh, and the company is currently seeking out more farmers to join the programme.
For Welsh farmers Richard and Sarah Wilde, from Welshpool, the new contract means that lamb farmers in Wales and across the UK "can invest and plan for the future with confidence, and ensure we continue to provide Tesco customers with the very best British lamb".


With an average of 91% on Metacritic, FORZA Horizon 3 has been lauded by the entire game press as the new visual benchmark for the Xbox One. What could be the best looking racing game of the year on PC as well, is also a great achievement for us: the Substance tools have been used extensively to create the game.
In the meantime, and while you may or may not be busy enjoying the game, we can't help but share a selection of some of the best comments from the press.


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I got an email last week from Marca who told me about their website Guzzle.It.
I was using it for a while and I actually quite like it. Basically, what you do is customise your page and select a number of different topics that you are interested. Then it search through feeds and brings you the information about that topic. The good thing about it is that it gives you good information.
Guzzle.it isn't the only service like this that's on the internet. There are others such as Google News, iCurrent, DailyMe, PopURLs which are all great other services.
Have you used Guzzle.it before? What do you think of it?


When Jeff Rodgers arrived in Denver as the Broncos' new special-teams coordinator on John Fox's staff in 2011, he couldn't help noticing David Bruton on game video.
As the Broncos draw closer to setting their season-opening roster, it certainly pays to get noticed on special teams, where Bruton has played since they drafted him in the fourth round in 2009. He might be fighting for a spot as the No. 4 safety, but Bruton is at the top of the special-teams depth chart on every return and coverage unit.
With Brian Dawkins out because of a neck injury, Bruton started the Broncos' two playoff games last season, ahead of rookie Rahim Moore. Bruton made 11 tackles in those games, despite playing with an extremely sore Achilles tendon. That, combined with Dawkins' retirement, had Bruton thinking he would compete to be a full-time starter in 2012.
Instead, he has been on the second line of the depth chart all camp, taking backup reps behind Moore and free-agent addition Mike Adams. Second-year pro Quinton Carter, who started 12 games last season, and newly signed veteran Jim Leonhard will push for playing time too, when they are recovered from knee injuries.
So Bruton again knows making the team most likely depends on special teams.
Bruton made a strong case to retain his spot on the 53-man roster in last weekend's preseason game against Seattle. In the first half, he blocked one punt, deflected a second and made an open-field tackle as soon as the Seahawks' returner caught the Broncos' first punt.
It showed why Denver coaches frequently describe Bruton as a mismatch on the special-teams units because of his size (6-foot-2, 220 pounds) and speed (4.41 in the 40-yard dash).
Bruton isn't the only player counting on special teams to be his ticket to the roster. Reserve running backs, wide receivers, safeties and linebackers especially need to show coaches Sunday against San Francisco and then Thursday at Arizona that they can fill additional roles on the roster.
"The young players have got to understand that it's not just having success on offense or defense, but what you do in the kicking game. We'd always like to keep an extra running back here or there, or tight end, whatever it's going to be, but it doesn't happen," said offensive coordinator Mike McCoy.
No. 12 pick overall, running back Knowshon Moreno: Nearly recovered from an ACL injury suffered last season, Moreno is competing for the No. 2 or No. 3 tailback job.
No. 18, defensive end Robert Ayers: A starter last year, Ayers is now playing with the second-team base defense and should be part of the Broncos' defensive line rotation.
No. 114, safety David Bruton: Fighting for a backup job on defense, Bruton remains a top special-teams contributor.
No. 37, cornerback Alphonso Smith: Traded to Detroit at the end of the 2010 preseason for tight end Dan Gronkowski.
No. 48, safety Darcel McBath: Cut by the Broncos after training camp last season. Now with the 49ers, he will play against the Broncos on Sunday.
No. 64, tight end Richard Quinn: Cut by the Broncos at the end of the 2011 preseason, Quinn is playing for Mike Shanahan and the Redskins.
No. 129, guard Seth Olsen: Released by the Broncos in 2010, Olsen now plays for the Colts.
No. 141, wide receiver Kenny McKinley: Died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 2010.
No. 171, quarterback Tom Brandstater: Cut by the Broncos before training camp in 2010. Spent last season on the Rams' practice squad.
No. 225, center Blake Schlueter: Didn't make the Broncos or the practice squad as a rookie in 2009.


Belgium has a long and illustrious history as a prosperous and cosmopolitan country for commerce and culture. It is a great mixing pot of language and culture that encapsulates what Europe is all about.
Dubbed the "Battleground of Europe", Belgium has seen centuries of warfare including the World Wars of the twentieth century. Our tours enable students to experience the WW1 battlefields of Flanders to enhance their understanding of events that shaped our world.


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Ronald Olley (b.1923) - c. 2000 Etching, Female Nude in Hat
A fine etching by the listed British artist Ronald Olley (b.1923). Well-presented in a card mount. Signed. On wove.
In very good condition overall. Minor marks to the page.
12.4 x 8.5cm (4.9" x 3.3")
Sheet: 35.5 x 25.6cm (14" x 10.1")
Sulis Fine Art is proud to present this fine collection of works from the studio of the British artist Ronald Olley. Some of the works bear the stamp 'ORO', which stands for Owen Ronald Olley, the artist's birth name.
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Ronald Olley was born in 1923, and studied at both the Harrow Art School and the Central School, London. His father served as a soldier throughout the First World War, and Olley joined the army in 1942. He witnessed the bombing of Bath, England, before being stationed at El Alamein in Egypt, and Italy.
As well as landscape and figure painting, Olley has had numerous commissions for portraits, mainly of women and children. As one of the last artists to paint World War II from personal experience, a significant part of his portfolio depicts battlegrounds and war-torn landscapes. These have been painted using significant research and photographs, alongside Olley's own knowledge of the front line.
His work has been shown at the Royal Academy and the Royal Society of British Artists, as well as in exhibitions at the Medici Gallery and at Duncan Campbell. His pictures have been bought by collectors in Europe, the USA, Australia, Africa and Japan.
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The garden strawberry,Fragaria�ananassa,is a hybrid species that is cultivated worldwide for its fruit,the (common) strawberry.The fruit (which is not actually a berry,but an aggregate accessory fruit) is widely appreciated for its characteristic aroma,bright red color,juicy texture,and sweetness.It is consumed in large quantities,either fresh or in prepared foods such as preserves,fruit juice,pies,ice creams,and milk shakes.Artificial strawberry aroma is also widely used in all sorts of industrialized food products. The garden strawberry was first bred in Brittany,France,about 1740 via a cross of Fragaria virginiana from eastern North America, which was noted for its flavor,and Fragaria chiloensis from Chile and Argentina brought by Amedee-Francois Frezier,which was noted for its large size.
Cultivars of Fragaria*ananassa have replaced,in commercial production,the woodland strawberry,which was the first strawberry species cultivated in the early 17th century.The strawberry is,in technical terms,an aggregate accessory fruit, meaning that the fleshy part is derived not from the plant ovaries but from the receptacle that holds the ovaries.Each apparent seed (achene) on the outside of the fruit is actually one of the ovaries of the flower,with a seed inside it.In both culinary and botanical terms,the entire structure is called a fruit.
liability to disease and constitution of plant.Some vary in foliage,and some vary materially in the relative development of their sexual organs.In most cases the flowers appear hermaphroditic in structure,but function as either male or female.For purposes of commercial production,plants are propagated from runners (stolons)and,in general,distributed as either bare root plants or plugs.Cultivation follows one of two general models,annual plasticulture or a perennial system of matted rows or mounds.A small amount of strawberries are also produced in greenhouses during the off season.
The bulk of modern commercial production uses the plasticulture system.In this method, raised beds are formed each year,fumigated,and covered with plastic to prevent weed growth and erosion. Plants,usually obtained from northern nurseries are planted through holes punched in this covering, and irrigation tubing is run underneath.Runners are removed from the plants as they appear,to encourage the plants to put most of their energy into fruit development.At the end of the harvest season,the plastic is removed and the plants are plowed into the ground.Because strawberry plants more than a year or two old begin to decline in productivity and fruit quality,this system of replacing the plants each year allows for improved yields and denser plantings.
.However,because it requires a longer growing season to allow for establishment of the plants each year,and because of the increased costs in terms of forming and covering the mounds and purchasing plants each year,it is not always practical in all areas.The other major method,which uses the same plants from year to year growing in rows or on mounds,is most common in colder climates.It has lower investment costs and lower overall maintenance requirements.Yields are typically lower than in plasticulture.
A third method uses a compost sock.Plants grown in compost socks have been shown to produce significantly higher oxygen radical absorbance capacity ORAC,flavonoids,anthocyanins fructose,glucose,sucrose,malic acid,and citric acid than fruit produced in the black plastic mulch or matted row systems.Similar results in an earlier 2003 study conducted by the US Dept of Agriculture,at the Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville Maryland,confirms how compost plays a role in the bioactive qualities of two strawberry cultivars.Strawberries are often grouped according to their flowering habit. Research has shown recently that strawberries actually occur in three basic flowering habits:short-day,long-day, and day-neutral.These refer to the day length sensitivity of the plant and the type of photoperiod that induces flower formation.Day-neutral cultivars produce flowers regardless of the photoperiod.Strawberries may also be propagated by seed,though this is primarily a hobby activity,and is not widely practiced commercially.A few seed-propagated cultivars have been developed for home use,and research into growing from seed commercially is ongoing.Seeds are acquired either via commercial seed suppliers,or by collecting and saving them from the fruit.Strawberries can also be grown indoors in strawberry pots.
Most strawberry plants are now fed with artificial fertilizers,both before and after harvesting, and often before planting in plasticulture.The harvesting and cleaning process has not changed substantially over time. The delicate strawberries are still harvested by hand.Grading and packing often occurs in the field,rather than in a processing facility.In large operations strawberries are cleaned by means of water streams and shaking conveyor belts.


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VFF Vice President sends wishes on Lord Buddha's birthday
Vice President and Secretary General of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Hau A Lenh visited Most Venerable Thich Bao Nghiem in Ba Da Pagoda, Hanoi on May 24 to extend congratulations on Lord Buddha's birthday.
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Vice President and Secretary General of the VFF Central Committee Hau A Lenh (second from left) extends congratulations on Lord Buddha's birthday.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Vice President and Secretary General of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Hau A Lenh visited Most Venerable Thich Bao Nghiem in Ba Da Pagoda, Hanoi on May 24 to extend congratulations on Lord Buddha's birthday.
Most Venerable Thich Bao Nghiem is Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Executive Council, Head of the VBS's Faith Popularization Committee, and Head of the Executive Committee of the Buddhist Sangha of Hanoi and the central province of Ha Tinh.
Lenh sent his best wishes to Most Venerable Thich Bao Nghiem as well as Vietnamese Buddhist dignitaries, monks, nuns and followers both at home and overseas on the 2562nd birthday of Lord Buddha and the annual Buddhist Rains Retreat this year. He hoped they were having a joyful and peaceful celebration of the Lord Buddha's birthday.
He spoke highly of the VBS as it has stayed united in harmony with the entire nation. At the same time, as an important member of the VFF, the VBS has actively taken part in many patriotic movements, charity events and activities to promote environmental protection and adaption to climate change, he said.
The VFF official thanked the VBS for its contribution to the country in recent years, saying he expects Most Venerable Thich Bao Nghiem and the VBS will continue serving as a bridge between the State, Party and VFF and Buddhist followers.
On the behalf of the VBS, Most Venerable Thich Bao Nghiem expressed his gratitude towards the VFF Central Committee's gesture and affirmed that the VBS together with Buddhist monks, nuns and followers will continue maintaining and promoting the good traditions of the sangha and complying with the State's policies and regulations. -VNA
Vice President and Secretary General of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Most Venerable Thich Bao Nghiem Ba Da Pagoda Lord Buddha's birthday congratulations annual Buddhist Rains Retreat Vietnam News Agency Vietnamplus
Ice and snow have been spotted on Mount Fansipan, the highest mountain in Vietnam, as a result of widespread rain and freezing temperatures on early January 21.
Procuracy proposes upholding first-instance sentences for defendants in Sabeco case
The High-Level People's Procuracy in Hanoi on January 21 suggested upholding the first-instance trial's sentences for four defendants in the case that occurred at the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), Saigon Beer - Alcohol - Beverage JSC (Sabeco) and Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnamese people in US applauds resumption of int'l commercial flights
Many Vietnamese people and businesses in the US have shown their support for the homeland's restoration of international commercial flights, describing the move as a good start for the New Year.
Appeal trial for ex-Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang resumes
The High-Level People's Court in Hanoi on January 21 reopened an appeal trial for the case that occurred at the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), Saigon Beer - Alcohol - Beverage JSC (Sabeco) and Ho Chi Minh City, causing a loss of over 2.7 trillion VND (119.25 million USD) for the State, despite the absence of defendant ex-Minister of MoIT Vu Huy Hoang.
Man imprisoned for anti-State propaganda, explosive storage
The People's Court of central Phu Yen province on January 21 sentenced a man to six and a half years in prison for distributing anti-State materials and illegally storing explosive materials.


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Stevie Nicks to honor Prince during upcoming US tour
NEW YORK (AP) — Stevie Nicks is trying to whittle down the set list for her upcoming solo tour, but one song that definitely made the cut is her 1983 hit "Stand Back" with Prince. Originally written as a compliment, now it will be a tribute.
The Fleetwood Mac singer, who heard Prince's "Little Red Corvette" on her car radio and loved it so much she decided to write an answer song, hasn't played "Stand Back" since Prince died in April.
"I will be singing it for the first time without Prince being on the planet," she said. "That is going to be horrible, but it doesn't mean that I don't want to pay homage to my 'Little Red Corvette' friend. I'll sing it forever for him now."
Nicks' two-month tour with The Pretenders kicks off Oct. 25 in support of her 2014 album, "24 Karat Gold: Songs From the Vault." She never got a chance to promote the CD since she spent most of the last three years on the road with Fleetwood Mac.
Nicks promises songs from "24 Karat Gold" as well as old favorites like "Dreams," ''If Anyone Falls," ''New Orleans," ''Bella Donna," ''Rooms on Fire" and "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around."
"Stand Back" will be there, fueled by the memory of her having lured Prince into the recording studio to play keyboards on the song he inspired. She said one of her deepest regrets is never getting him to join her onstage for a live version.
Though Nicks and Prince were friends, the two didn't hang out much. One thing they disagreed on was drug use. "He hated them. And he hated that I did drugs and that's probably why we didn't hang out more," she said.
"He was worried that I would die of an accidental drug overdose and my sadness is that he did die of an accidental drug overdose. He's up there looking down, saying to me, 'Sweetie, I can't believe it happened either.'"
Nicks has no current record deal — "I'm free to do whatever I want" — after delivering "24 Karat Gold" to Warner Bros. It's an album of orphan songs, demos mostly written between 1969-1987.
"These were written during the days when everybody was pretty high and crazy and there was a lot of love affairs going on and a lot of breakups going on and just a lot of emotion going on," she said.
The 68-year-old singer-songwriter said that there were many reasons why the songs never got on any of her albums or those by Fleetwood Mac. In some cases, she didn't like the arrangements and pulled them. Or they came out soulless.
So in 2014, she and producers Dave Stewart and Waddy Wachtel went to Nashville, Tennessee, and re-recorded the songs in a matter of weeks. When they were finished, she put one CD in a gold box, wrapped it in a red bow and delivered it to the front desk of Warner Bros. Then she rejoined the Fleetwood Mac reunion tour.
Now she's getting ready to hit the road again, one of the few legendary acts like the Rolling Stones or Bruce Springsteen to be able to deliver a three- or four-hour set because they never stopped making music.
"I am very aware that artists over 50 don't — and are never going to — sell a lot of albums any more. It took me years to accept that," she said. "Now we can just pretend we're like 15 and start over and make records just because we want to."
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Indian consulting company 2S Consulting has chosen the Helsinki region for the location of its new European research and development center. The company is running a pilot project with the Helsinki University Central Hospital and plans to leverage the new R&D hub to target the European and US markets. 2S Consulting intends to hire at least 10 employees in Finland in its first year.
2S Consulting is a Mumbai-based company, whose leadership team's background is in Deloitte US and UK. The company delivers solutions for high-impact performance management, analytics, and business intelligence across a variety of industries. Its analytics product HCare360, originally developed to address the operational challenges of healthcare organizations, has evolved into an enterprise-wide healthcare BI solution that integrates financial and strategic information with operational drivers.
"HCare360 will transform our business model from consulting services and solutions to a provider of leading BI products and solutions. Following strong support from initial customers, we wanted to build the solution into a world-class leader in healthcare analytics. We already have our EU consulting headquarters in Switzerland but decided that we also needed a European research and development base for HCare360," says Managing Partner Rajeev Surana from 2S Consulting.
2S Consulting was essentially looking for a supportive market with the right mix of capital and resources. Finland was introduced as an option to 2S Consulting by Indian business development consultancy PrEver, with whom Helsinki Business Hub partners to identify Indian companies that could potentially expand to the Helsinki area. Helsinki Business Hub invited 2S Consulting to visit Finland, and after two visits, the company was convinced that Helsinki was the right place for its new R&D hub.
"The visits enabled us to really discover the Finnish innovation ecosystem. Helsinki Business Hub helped us connect with various players in the Finnish healthcare industry, and we were also able to visit the Upgraded Life Festival, which gave us a good overview of the industry. Helsinki Business Hub also organized meetings for us with Espoo Innovation garden, recruitment experts, as well as with Tekes for funding support," Rajeev Surana says.
Another important factor in the company's decision to choose the Helsinki area was a piloting opportunity with the Helsinki University Central Hospital. A meeting with Health Capital Helsinki crystallized the collaboration possibilities.
"HCare360 product strategy includes close collaboration with initial customers to ensure the right fit to the industry and region. Our pilot with the Helsinki University Central Hospital is currently in the launching stage. Working closely with a local healthcare provider is an important factor for us, allowing us to weave the voice of our customers into HCare360," says Surana.
Rajeev Surana expects 2S Consulting's new Finnish R&D hub to be operational in the first quarter of 2017. The company is currently searching for an office and recruiting employees, with a plan to staff the new unit with a world-class R&D team based in Finland while providing back-end support from India. The new unit intends to hire at least 10 employees in its first year.
"The healthcare analytics market is growing at a 26.5 % compound annual growth rate and is expected to reach 18.7 billion dollars by 2020. The North American market dominates this spend and Europe is the second largest market. These markets are our primary focus for HCare360, our target customers being mainly large and medium hospital chains, specialty clinics, and care providers," Surana says.


Protect yourself From the Sun: Wear sunscreen every day, all year round. Sun protection is the foundation of every anti-aging skin care routine. UVB rays cause sunburns and uneven pigmentation, UVA and infrared radiation penetrate more deeply into the skin to damage existing collagen and reduce collagen production, resulting in wrinkles and sagging skin. To protect yourself from photoaging, apply sunscreen with an SPF of 30 or higher with broad-spectrum UVA, UVB and infrared protection. We recommend seeking shade and covering up in style with wide-brimmed hats and sunglasses. We recommend sunscreens containing the active ingredients zinc oxide or titanium dioxide, such as Silverberg Ultramatte BB Cream SPF 55, EltaMD sunscreens, Alastin HydraTint Pro Mineral SPF 36 or SkinMedica Total Defense + Repair.
Eat Healthy Food: Think of your diet as your internal skincare regimen. Research suggests that a diet high in refined sugars, processed carbohydrates and unhealthy fats promotes skin aging. Eating a diet filled with fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats and nuts help promote healthy, beautiful skin and overall good health.
Drink More Water: Staying hydrated is extremely important to your skin's health. If your body is not adequately hydrated, the skin cells will not function properly and the skin will become dry, tight and flaky. Dry skin is less resilient and is more prone to wrinkling. Consuming at least 8 glasses a day will hydrate and detoxify the body. Remember to consume more water if spending time outdoors or exercising. For additional skin hydration, apply a product containing hyaluronic acid prior to your SPF. Hyaluronic acid is a naturally occurring molecule in the body that holds 1,000 times its weight in water and helps keep the skin hydrated. Try SkinMedica HA5 Rejuvenating Hydrator or Silverberg Advanced Hyaluronic Acid Serum.
Get Enough Sleep: Sleep gives your body time to refresh and renew itself. Poor sleep can lead to increased stress hormones in the body, which leads to inflammation. Increased inflammation can also lead to the breakdown of collagen and hyaluronic acid, the molecules that give the skin its glow and bounce. It's called beauty rest for a reason!
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The Bulwark of Our Independence
Citizen rebellions against the tyranny of big governments have been common throughout history. For instance, historians interested in momentous events that reversed government tyranny turn to the Magna Carta, 1215. The Magna Carta was a contract for constitutional law imposed by the people's representatives and signed by England's King John. The American Constitution was likewise a written contract for limited government agreed upon by the people. Citizen rebellions against oppressive governments also include the Great Reformation that began in 1517, the English Bill of Rights, 1689, and the American Declaration of Independence from the King of England on July 4, 1776.
American historian Sydney E. Ahlstrom credits ministers from various evangelical denominations for supporting the Great Awakening that began in the 1730s. Bible Churches were voicing the principles of the Declaration of Independence hundreds of years before the Declaration was written. Although openly denied by educators and the media on the left, political freedom for churches is American. There is even what was called the "black robed regiment," an appellation for ministers who valiantly led their local congregations in the American War for Independence. If Christian ministers had not preached and prayed, there might have been no revolution as yet—or had it broken out, it might have been crushed ([7] Bibliotheca Sacra [BRITISH PERIODICAL], 1856).
Most American leaders were not committed to Christian ministries; but because of their knowledge of the Bible and reliable renditions of history, their judgment (as laymen) was exceptional. As true statesmen, they filtered the shifting principles of worldly philosophy through the grid of Scripture. The signers of the Declaration of Independence pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. Of the 56 signers, five were captured by the British as traitors and tortured; twelve had their homes ransacked and burned; two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; and another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships in the Revolutionary War. In spite of the suffering, not one of the Founding Fathers ever reneged on his commitment to independence.
Upon the recommendation of John Adams, George Washington served as Commanding General of the Continental Army. From 1775 to 1783, the eight-year War for Independence from authoritarian rule was waged. The victory's a monumental achievement that cannot easily be explained. George Washington offered his perspective with "I am sure there never was a people who had more reason to acknowledge a Divine interposition in their affairs than those of the United States; and I should be pained to believe that they have forgotten that Agency which was so often manifested during our revolution, or that they failed to consider the omnipotence of the God who is alone able to protect them."
On this subject Abraham Lincoln said, "What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not our frowning battlements, our bristling seacoasts, the guns of our war steamers, or the strength of our gallant and disciplined army. These are not our reliance against a resumption of tyranny in our fair land. Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms. Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit that prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit, and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors." Keep the spirit alive, friends. Keep the spirit alive.


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Q: How to exit NSTimer?
Possible Duplicate:
NSTimer doesn't stop

I am using [NSThread exit] to leave the NSTimer thread.
It stops the application entirely.
How do you stop or exit NSTimer thread?

A: [timer invalidate];
timer = nil;

A: If you want to definitely stop a NSTimer you may use
[timer invalidate];

However, if you want to temporary prevent the timer to fire you may consider using
[timer setFireDate:[NSDate distantFuture]];

From Apple Documentation:

Once scheduled on a run loop, the timer fires at the specified interval until it is invalidated. A non-repeating timer invalidates itself immediately after it fires. However, for a repeating timer, you must invalidate the timer object yourself by calling its invalidate method. Calling this method requests the removal of the timer from the current run loop; as a result, you should always call the invalidate method from the same thread on which the timer was installed. Invalidating the timer immediately disables it so that it no longer affects the run loop. The run loop then removes and releases the timer, either just before the invalidate method returns or at some later point. Once invalidated, timer objects cannot be reused.

A: You should double check to make sure your timer is valid before invalidating it.
if ([timer isValid]) {
    [timer invalidate];
    timer = nil;
}

A: I am not sure what you mean by NSTimer thread, but to stop NSTimer instance you scheduled, you can call [NSTimer invalidate].

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First off, Mrs. Hickson and I want to THANK YOU all for such an amazing school year! We are both so grateful for your awesome kids and all the support you all provided in volunteering, participating in school events, dressing up your kids for spirit activities, chaperoning and driving for field trips, holding your kids accountable to homework reading, and of course bringing your kids each day for the learning, relationship-building and fun! We have both said numerous times to each other and other parents what an outstanding group of families and students we were able to have in our 206 family!
Our last 2 days were very special and fun! We both wanted to thank you for the summer bag of fun! We will both be using our beach bags, flip-flops and hats while we enjoy the pool, or beach or sunny days of fun with our families!
We will miss each of you, but hope you have a great summer! Take a lot of time to play outside, enjoy your time together, try some new foods/activities and of course read some awesome books! Create a summer bucket list full fun activities, along with some productive check-offs and some acts of generosity! Make the most of your time together before we come back to school for the Fall!
The last day was so much fun! We said goodbye to our last morning routines, cleaned up our room had our last "Friday/Monday Fun," signed yearbooks/memory books and then voted on a movie choice. The winner was Adventures in Zambezia! They each enjoyed the movie along with a snack!
During our movie, I snapped a quick shot to mark the "Last Day of TK" for each child present. Shown below are both the "First Day of TK" and "Last Day of TK" so you can download and stitch together if you wish!
Before our year finished we had 2 more students reach new goals in the Before School Running Club!
If you didn't get to participate this year, I highly encourage your to try it out next year. It starts at 8:15 everyday! It promotes healthy exercise, goal setting/milestones, and creates friendships! I'll be out there each Monday as well! At the end of the year there is a before-school awards ceremony to award every participant for their achievements over the year!
This summer there will be some organized playdates for incoming TK and K Students. If you will be around, come and join the fun to see familiar faces and welcome in any new Kindergarten friends to EBS! Contact our own Megan McGarry-Black for more information. See the flyer below.
It's been a true pleasure and we thank you again. Have a great summer!
Welcome to Week 37! This post includes: •Donuts with Daddies •End of the Year Party: Fun in the Sun •What to expect the last two days…. •Summer Playdates •The Last Two Days!
On Thursday we had many of our daddies, mommies and grandparents come to celebrate the love we have for our daddies! Students wrote about the "Top 3 Reasons Why They LOVE Their Daddies," and left them as a treat on the tables. We then listened to the students sing What a Wonderful World by Louie Armstrong. (so sweet) After our song, the fun began! The kids and their daddies played Minute to Win It Games! The students played first and then the daddies got a turn.
The first game was stacking as many pennies as you can using only 1 hand.
The second game was using 1 hand to push cheerios onto a pipe cleaner.
Finally, we divulged in donuts and juice! Delish! Thank you to all the family members that came out to participate and hope that each family enjoy celebrating those daddies we love so much!
This past Friday we went up to the Run Club Field to set up our tent, towels and wait for the fun to begin! Many families came out to join in and watch the kiddos have a fantastic time! J.W. Tumbles set up 6 stations for each of our classes to rotate through. Each station involved water and fun! After the games, the students each got pizza, fruit, a juice box and some Otterpops to fill up with! What a fantastic way to spend one of our last days!
Below you can read about some details about our last two days. Please send backpacks and folders both days as they may be used to send items home. Feel free to send yearbooks for signing.
HIGH HEAT WARNING: The temperatures are expected to be very high these 2 days. Students will be eating and playing inside. Please dress appropriately and send water bottles.
This summer there will be some organized playdates for incoming TK and K Students. If you will be around, come and join the fun to see familiar faces and welcome in any new friends! Contact our own Megan McGarry-Black for more information. See the flyer below.
Tuesday – 6/21 LAST DAY!!!!
This date is coming very soon! Thank you for all who have signed up to bring items needed for this day! Please make sure to send in your money for Pizza/Activities.
This week is Spirit Week! Don't be caught without your decor! Get creative each day with the topic of the day. This is school wide and I plan on doing my best to also participate!
Every year EBS is a patriotic part of the Scripps Ranch 4th of July Parade. Many teachers and students and of course Ms. Sloan will come out to show spirit for our country and our school. If you thin you will be in town and would like to be a part of this school and country spirit, please fill out the form sent home and return it. In addition there are EBS shirts available for purchase in case you need one to wear for the parade!
This week our school participated in the Western BBQ! We had many parents come out and eat lunch with their kiddo! What a great day with beautiful weather! Giddyup!
This past Tuesday, the books that we collected (along with many other donated books) were set up at my friend's school. She said the students had the best day! The staff and families just couldn't believe their eyes and didn't understand why so many people would be so generous to perfect strangers! This is true generosity folks! The kids all took home 5 books each and were elated and begin reading their books immediately!
She plans to do this book drive again next spring, so if you have more books that you are giving away, bring them by Room 206 next year!
This sweet boy received a ribbon this week to celebrate his achievement and dedication of running 200 laps this year! Congrats!
Just a reminder for this upcoming Thursday! If you daddy is not able to make it (we completely understand). Please feel free to send another loved one in Daddy's place if you and your child decide!
This Wednesday we are so lucky to have a day with one of the EBS PE Coaches. Make sure your child is wearing their tennis shoes that day, with sunscreen and dressed appropriately for that day's weather forecast. Thanks! It will be a little intro to next year!
I'll still take any boxes if you have some at home. We are starting to move this week if you happen to have any boxes to donate! Thank you!
This summer our very own Megan McGarry-Black is hosting summer playdates for any new incoming K's or current TK's. See the info. below! This is a time to join and bond as a new kindergarten community. This will be a great time to see some familiar faces and branch out to meet some new faces! Come on out and join the fun!
Spirit Week – PAJAMA DAY!!
Spirit Week – COLLEGE DAY!!!!
P.E. with EBS PE teacher – wear your tennis shoes!
Spirit Week – Time Travel Day or MisMatch Day!
This week we, 13 adults and 22 kids, headed up to our Escondido destination to visit the San Diego Children's Discovery Museum! I can start off by saying this place was awesome! We were warmly welcomed by Miss Elizabeth (who was previously a TK teacher herself). She told them about the day they were about to enjoy and established clear rules for the facility.
We were then led back to their outdoor classroom! She led the students in an "All About Me" art piece in which they got to draw with markers, cut out their drawing, watercolor and finger paint a background and then glue their picture on! So much fun!
After the students ate their snacks and they explored the grounds! They loved this! There was so much to do in their indoor/outdoor discovery center! Check out the pics to see the fun! Super successful day to recap our year of full of art (thanks to Mrs. Hickson and Fine Artists).
This week, Ann Tran-Lien came in to teach the students about loyalty! She gave positive and negative examples to help explain what loyalty is! Then she showed the examples using the student favorite….puppets! After the kids made a badge that said, "You can count on me!" for the kids to decorate and wear to give to a friend. Later in the day we did some writing about what Loyalty means and who they could be loyal too! These kids are too sweet!
We finished our Book Drive at EBS to send up to Central Elementary this week! As a class and school we collected 900 books for these kiddos to take home! This is so exciting! I believe my friend Emily already raised over her 2000 so our donations will ensure that every student in the school may get to take 3 books home each (including their site preschool)! Thank You so much for giving and making a difference in the lives of other communities right here in San Diego!
This week is our last week of Book Borrow and our last reading log! All book borrow books will be due next Friday, June 10th. A flyer will go home to help remind families. Though we all know this doesn't mean the reading will stop for the summer, give your last big effort to get your 20 minutes of reading completed and logged each night! Let's see if we can get everyone to return the final reading log next Friday!
This week is the Western BBQ. This is at 12:30 after school like the one in December, so if you'd like to join return the slip that went home this week. The slip was due on Friday, but you can check with the office if they will still accept them on Monday morning. All the information is on the flyer that went home below.
To participate, come to pick up your child at the gate and go through back through the office to eat lunch up at the lunch tables.
We are also calling this Western Day (an extra spirit day)! Dress a little Western on Wednesday to participate in the fun!
Spirit Week is almost here! Get your outfits ready! These are school-wide Spirit Days so all will be participating! We made a modification on Wednesday, June 15th so that their is a choice for all those participating! Don't be embarrassed! Join the fun! See the details below!
Unfortunately due to the big flood this past year, our floor was damaged and will need to be completely repaired, meaning we have to move out and back into Room 206 this summer. If you have any extra boxes that you don't need bring them by the last week of school as we will be packing up this summer!
Official flyers (see sample below) will go home Monday, June 6th, but as stated in last week's blog post, we will be celebrating our Daddies with Donuts on Thursday, June 16th! We'd love for all the daddies to join us at 8:45 am for a little treat and activity with your student. We are starting first thing in the morning and will make it quick as we know that work schedules are busy. If your child's daddy isn't able to make it and you would like to come or send another family member to join in Daddy's place, please know they are more than welcome.
Please RSVP on the whiteboard: by Monday, June 13th if you plan on having a family member attending!
Yellow "Fun in the Sun" flyers went home this week to inform families about this End of the Year celebration on Monday, June 20th. JW Tumbles will be coming out to create water game activity stations for the K/TK classes to rotate through. Students will likely get very wet (and fortunately its Hawaiian Day) so feel free to dress in swim wear or clothes you are comfortable getting wet. I might recommend sending an extra pair of clothes to change your TK kiddo into before they get into your car as they could likely be drenched. Students will also need a towel to dry off and to sit on as we have our pizza lunch after.
This whole event will all take place up at the Run Club field (which is likely where our dismissal for the day will be as well). You are welcome to come and watch! Sign-ups are on the whiteboard to bring fruit and a few other items for this day!
Don't be left without one! I already bought mine and one for my very own EBS student as well! These are fun to look back, remember and to hold on to the signatures of these sweet 5 year old hands! Click below to get to the website!
PLC Meeting day for TK/K teachers. Mrs. Leatherwood will be present.
Western Day!!! – Dress with some western pride!
Mrs. Miller will be out this day. Ms. Sugden will be here again! The students loved her!


Hundreds of thousands filled the streets of Barcelona as a general strike was called Oct. 3 to protest "grave violation of rights and freedoms" by Spanish security forces during the vote on independence for Catalonia two days earlier—when close to a thousand people were injured as Civil Guard troops dispatched by Madrid used rubber bullets and tear-gas in an attempt to prevent the poll from taking place. The strike was widely honored; the city's port was shut down, and Barcelona's metro lines cut to a 25% service during rush hour and no trains at all at other times. Street traffic was snarled by barricades erected by protesters on major arteries, with hand-painted banners reading "Occupation forces get out!"
The Constitutional Court of Spain on Dec. 2 declared unconstitutional (PDF) a resolution by the Parliament of Catalonia that proposed a plan for the region's independence from Spain by 2017. The resolution was approved by Catalonian lawmakers in November, and stated that parliament would take the "necessary steps" to effect the separation from Spain in a peaceful and democratic manner and in a way that would empower citizens. The court held that the resolution violated Articles 1.1, 1.2 , 2, 9.1 and 168 of the Constitution and Articles 1 and 2.4 of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia. The resolution states that the separation of Catalonia from Spain is not subject to the decisions of the Constitutional Court.


Where do they get their advice from? | Cui bono?
Where do they get their advice from?
Our editor looks like a fairly fierce old guy but he said I could write that, so I guess he's pretty open-minded. Anyway here goes.
A big item in the news yesterday was the death of Hakimullah Mehsud, leader of the Taliban in Pakistan, or at least in Waziristan. Whether Waziristan was ever officially and constitutionally incorporated into the parts alleged to be ruled by Britain and later taken over by Pakistan is not completely clear (and for what it's worth if it happened it certainly didn't happen democratically). But that is not the point here.
Whether you are basically favourable or unfavourable to America, what is amazing is that a country with such huge resources and such legions of highly trained officials for dealing with other countries can arrive at policy decisions that seem so blatantly against her own interests. Apparently the official view is that Hakimullah's demise was a great victory in the (undeclared) drone war, because under Hakimullah's leadership over the past few years – nine, was it? – the Taliban had upped their numbers from 8,000 to 20,000. This may not be a case of putting the telescope to your blind eye; if anything it's more like using no telescope and looking in the wrong direction. What else has been happening over the time the numbers are said to have gone from 8,000 to 20,000? The answer is a campaign of using drones to bomb what (with uncertain reliability) are said to have been enemy targets (and with extensive civilian casualties). Where else has something like that happened? You don't have to look far. In the Yemen a very similar campaign of bombing by drones has been proceeding. What has happened there? Numbers of active supporters of the armed groups hostile to America are said to have soared from around 300 to over 1,000. Even if we leave out the moral and legal issues, history is strewn with examples where what were intended to be campaigns of merciless suppression were not just unsuccessful but actually produced massive counterproductive results. One highly visible instance is France in the Second World War. When the Nazi armies marched in the resistance consisted of scattered groups, and even adding them all together its numbers were tiny. The Nazis who had the advantage of overwhelming power and continuous control of the population on the ground launched a programme of brutality intended to eradicate resistance by intimidation and outright elimination. The result? Four years later the active members of the resistance numbered around 200,000 with a further 300,000 providing support; and large numbers of German soldiers had been killed.
I wonder if anywhere in his writings Sun-Tzü makes the point that the most reliable way to win a war, and with the least cost to your own army, is to make the enemy not want to fight you.


On December 7, a court in Alexandria is scheduled to hear an appeal from fourteen women who were sentenced to 11 years in jail following their participation in a peaceful pro-Morsi demonstration. Another appeal by seven girls who were arrested at the same protest — all of whom are under 18, the youngest of whom is 15 — will be heard by a separate court for juveniles on the same date.
The prosecutor general's office in Alexandria alleged that the female protesters fought with guns and knives during October 31 clashes between Morsi supporters and Morsi opponents. According to Amnesty International, however, "the only evidence the prosecutor presented to court were two banners with the words 'anti-coup' written, some stones, and 25 signs bearing the image of a hand holding up four fingers." While the women were each sentenced to 11 years and one month in prison, the seven female protestors under 18 were placed in a juvenile detention facility, where they were to remain until they turned 21.
"[The harsh jail sentences are] a strong signal that there will be no limit to the authorities' efforts to crush opposition and that no one is immune to their iron fist... These women and girls should have never been arrested. They are now prisoners of conscience and must be released immediately and unconditionally."
Last week, an adviser to Egypt's interim president Adly Mansour said in as statement that the president would "issue a full pardon to the Alexandria females after the final judicial process is completed in accord to the constitution." It's extremely relieving to see an egregious injustice reversed after international pressure, but it's far from an indication that dissenters in the future will be treated fairly.


Parents have recently asked about the dress code. Ridgeline encourages clothing without licensed characters. We also ask that tank tops have a wide strap (no "spaghetti straps" or bra/camisole style tops). Thank you for helping enforce the dress code at home before your child leaves each morning.
The ramps, marble runs and measurements from last month's homework were amazing! We invited guests from other classes to see all the amazing work. The next round of homework is going out on Friday. Contact me with any questions!
Our tomatoes mummified in salt, baking soda and natron worked out great. In less than a week, we were able to weigh the dried out tomatoes. Many of the older students then calculated how much water weight the tomatoes had lost and wrote their own word problems about the data.
Pairs of students are working on designing a sarcophagus for an ancient Egyptian. We've learned about Egyptian society, beliefs and even how to write in hieroglyphics. The most fun part of this project, for me, has been seeing all the ways that the children negotiate and compromise as they work together to plan their projects. Next week we will paint the life sized sarcophaguses and start preparing for Ancient Egypt Day (date TBA).