Always on the look-out for interesting yarn crafts, upcycing projects and people who are using / passing on traditional skills, I was delighted to come across this project via social media. Michelle Baggerman is based in the Netherlands and one of her projects is 'Precious Waste' - textiles made entirely from carrier bags which have been spun into yarn and woven. I loved the look of the video I first saw (find it at the bottom of this post) and got in touch with Michelle to find out more.
Can you tell us how this project started and what was your inspiration?
"The project started as my graduation project from Design Academy Eindhoven. I had recently gone on a trip to Japan and was astounded by how many plastic bags I had consumed in the month I was there. Everything I bought, even something tiny like a pack of gum would be bagged at the counter! (I'm currently in Japan again and I can say this hasn't changed at all.) I thought I was doing much better back home, always trying to bring a reusable bag or basket to the supermarket, but when I really started looking I discovered that the bags that I had stashed away in various places around the house amounted to a much bigger pile than I thought. When I asked other people about it, it turned out they were doing the same thing. This raised a lot of questions for me. Why were we hanging on to these worthless things? What would happen if we disposed of them? What is the life-cycle of a plastic bag anyway? Questions very interesting for a designer, so I thought I'd address them in my graduation project.
Once I found out more about how terrible it really is to make oil based materials, turn them in to a product with an average use of just 15 minutes and then landfill or incinerate them (or worse, dump them in nature), I started looking into recycling. But that wasn't as good as I thought it was. Of course it is better to recycle than not to recycle, but plastic recycling is done in big plants that consume lots of energy and water, use toxic chemicals to treat the plastic, release filthy emissions and so on. And plastic degrades every time it is recycled. After about three cycles it is useless. So I decided I should focus on extending the life-span of those plastic bags that we already have consumed."
So how did you end up making textiles? Had you been spinning with fibre already?
"I never set out to make textiles, but that's where I ended up after lots of material experiments and many failures. I was inspired by people knitting and crocheting their bags (I've been knitting and crocheting myself since I was a child) but I didn't like the way the final products looked. Despite all the hours of loving labor people put in, the products still looked like the cheap waste they were made of. I thought maybe if I went back to the very first step in textile production, I could make something better and that's when I started experimenting with spinning yarns. That was something I'd never done before, so I had to learn a lot about it. I started by making a drop spindle and kind of took it from there. Now I'm happily working on a second hand Louët.
Do you have to do much to prepare the plastic before spinning it?
What's the future for the 'Precious Waste' project?
So yarns lead me to weaving, and weaving led me to Mexico (although it took a few years!). That is where I'm working on the future of this project with Anudando. As the whole process is done by hand, it's super sustainable, but not feasible in a country like the Netherlands, where time is expensive and we're so industrialised that few people still possess the skills of hand-making textiles. Whereas in Mexico spinning, weaving, knitting, crochet and other textile crafts are still proper occupations. They also have a lot of plastic bags. Mexico consumes the largest number of plastic bags per person in the world. The traditional crafts are under great pressure, so this project is a wonderful way to help preserve those, creating opportunities for craftsmen to earn a fair income, and create awareness about waste and set up a grass-roots recycling system at the same time.
Michelle Baggerman - Precious Waste from Robert Andriessen on Vimeo.
There is still a lot of learning, developing and growing to do. Anudando is only a small and young company, and it's not exactly smooth sailing, but we're starting to see the first signs that our efforts are paying off. Hopefully in the future, we can support many craftsmen and put all this plastic waste to good use by making it into beautiful products. I would also love to see how this would work in other countries that still have craft textile production."
Visit the Bureau Baggerman blog to follow Michelle's journey. You can also read more about the Precious Waste initiative in Mexico here and here. Dutch readers can find some of the textiles at a recycling exhibition at Museum Boerhaave in Leiden until the end of January 2016.
I love that finished textile - so beautiful. Thanks for introducing me to the project!
You're welcome. I'm happy to have found it, quite by accident!
Could you tell me what plastic is best to use in the UK - most of the plastic bags now seem to turn into little pieces or even powder with time - is this because they are recycled already?
I would so love to try spinning plastic into yarn. One question. Now do you attach your next piece of plastic? When spinning wool you just add in and the cuticle of the wool catches and makes the join. Isnt plastic too smooth to do this?


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Pipeline Debate Prompts Raymond Beach Protest
Climate, Global Warming & Air Pollution, Maine Environmental News, Tar Sands Oil
Posted on July 26, 2012 by NRCM
By John Balentine
Lakes Region Weekly news story
RAYMOND – Residents unmoved by a company's claims that a pipeline project impacting the Lakes Region has been scrapped formed a human oil spill on Raymond Beach Monday to protest what they say could be an environmentally disastrous initiative.
The companies in charge of a pipeline that delivers crude oil from Portland to Montreal say they have no immediate plans to reverse the flow in order to carry Canadian tar sands oil to Maine ports.
But the two-dozen activists, many dressed in black, showed up in Raymond Monday as part of a series of protests organized by the Natural Resource Council of Maine, which believes the companies are not being forthright in their plans for the pipeline.
The July 21 rally was held on the two-year anniversary of a major spill of tar sands oil into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan. Tar sands, which are dug from the ground in central Canada, are the dirtiest form of oil in the world, said Dylan Voorhees of the Natural Resources Council of Maine. It has a thick consistency and must be delivered at high speeds, which can wear down the pipes and cause a spill, he said.
Raymond's event was held near a section of the pipeline that crosses underground near Sebago Lake. The protesters's goal is to prevent a tar sands spill from happening near the lake or tributaries which feed the lake, which serves as Portland's drinking water source. Protesters say the Portland-Montreal Pipeline Co. is working behind the scenes with a Canadian company, Enbridge, to transport tar sands oil through Maine.
Voorhees said the 70-year-old pipeline – which begins at the tanks farms in South Portland, travels underground along the Presumpscot River, up the eastern shore of Sebago Lake and along Route 121 to Casco and Waterford and then west toward the New Hampshire border and beyond – is too old and fragile for the coarse tar sands oil.
"When the tar sands leak happened near the Kalamazoo River, it happened on a dinky little creek and then flowed a mile into the river," Voorhees said. "And, within two or three days, 30 miles of the river was contaminated with oil. So the capacity for it to spread is pretty great."
Voorhees said tar sands oil is heavier than crude, so a spill begins to sink into sediment quickly and is difficult to extract.
"It's impossible to clean up," he said.
Protesters at the Raymond Beach event were adamant that tar sands not be shipped through the area.
Mary Jane Swanson, of Meadow Road in Raymond, owns property adjacent to the pipeline.
"It's not just my well I'm worried about, but we have a stream and a swamp and it feeds into Panther Pond, which feeds into Sebago Lake, so why wouldn't everybody be upset and worried?" Swanson said. "If I were in Windham drinking Sebago Lake water, I would be here today at this rally."
Patricia and Charles Allen, summer residents of Casco, came dressed in black because of the dangers they believe the prospect of tar sands pose.
"I think it's dangerous," Patricia Allen said. "I don't like what it does to the environment, where they're getting it from, and it's an extremely dangerous commodity being pushed through the pipes at high temperature under a lot of pressure, and all you need is one spill."
She said while some say tar sands may aid the economy, it could wipe out the local and regional economy since individual wells, and Sebago Lake could be destroyed if a spill happened nearby.
"Even the new pipes, they're having spills on, and these pipes are 60 years old," Charles Allen said.
Patty O'Day-Senior, who drove from Parsonsfield to be a part of the demonstration, said, "We cannot risk it. Maine has good water, and we hope we can keep the good water. There are so many places with drought right now, we are extremely lucky. And I don't want to take the barest chance."
Helyne May, of Windham, was one of the organizers of the Raymond Beach event and believes more people will join the movement once they hear about the potential environmental impact of tar sands.
"The goal is to make sure there is public input into this. Enbridge and Portland Pipeline Company are denying that it is going to happen, but their denial isn't very credible considering they've had a plan in place," she said.
Companies respond
The Natural Resources Council of Maine points to permitting applications from Enbridge seeking the reconstruction of pumping stations across the border in order to reverse the flow of tar sands oil from the western oil fields toward Montreal.
But Enbridge spokesman Graham White says the company has no intention of piping tar sands through Maine.
"The reversal is for Canadian refineries in Montreal, it has nothing to do with U.S. supply or lines," said White.
White said a former project, named Trailbreaker, was considered to reverse the flow, but it was nixed when the economy turned sour in 2008 and is no longer in the works.
"We are not considering the project and we haven't been for nearly five years now," White said. "We have been consistent and clear in this position repeatedly to news media on both sides of the border, stakeholders, the public and regulators."
Enbridge had been in talks regarding tar sands conveyance with Portland Montreal Pipeline Co., whose public relations firm, Portland-based Garrand Advertising and Marketing, echoes Enbridge's statements regarding the pipeline reversal project.
"There is no active project to do that now, and the company's policy continues to be that they're not going to engage in speculation about what may have been proposed in the past or what may happen in the future," said spokesman Ted O'Meara. "There is no current project to reverse the flow in either of the lines."
O'Meara said the companies involved wouldn't rule out a project that would bring tar sands to Maine in the future, if demand rises.
"If there was demand for it, the company is certainly going to be very forthcoming about that and talk to all the stakeholders involved, as it has in the past," O'Meara said.
The company wouldn't want any spills and would take all necessary precautions if it were to ship tar sands, he said.
"This is a company that's been around for 70 years, is a good neighbor, has a great track record in terms of environmental protection and operational integrity," O'Meara said. "It's been recognized by its industry, by the Coast Guard, so no one's trying to hide anything here. There simply is no project at this point and we're not going to engage in a lot of speculation with [Natural Resources Council of Maine] when there's really nothing on the table."
O'Meara said the company has always acted in a "safe and responsible manner" with regard to the pipeline.
"So if there's an additional use in the future or if there were a proposal to reverse it, they're going to look at it the same way they've always done it: Can we do this safely and in a responsible way?" he said.
Voorhees interprets the companies's remarks as misleading. He says there are actions afoot in Canada to reverse the pipeline and he says the only reason for those reversals is to continue on to Portland, where the tar sands would be shipped via oil tanker to domestic refineries.
"It remains true that the company is denying that the reversal for the Montreal to Portland stretch is not happening at this time," Voorhees said. "So what does 'not at this time's mean? It means not at this time. 'Not at this time's and 'no active proposal's doesn't mean anything.
"So what I want to know is if they are trying to suggest people should go home and stop being concerned about this, then they need to promise this isn't going to happen. And if that's not going to happen, then their statements are not going to appease anyone."
Perhaps the least appeased were the protesters at Raymond Beach on Monday, who were motivated to sound the alarm that tar sands oil could devastate the region's environment and economy.
"With any movement, people have to be the ones to generate it," said Helyne May. "And then leaders end up jumping ahead of the parade. But the citizens have to be proactive and form the parade. And once people know about it and are interested in it, I think they'll show up."
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Modern extended reach, horizontal and multilateral wells are often drilled out of closely placed template slots. This situation has resulted in large numbers of wells drilled in close proximity in order to access oil and gas reserves and maximise production. An example of where this need is particularly evident is for the artificial islands project in the Upper Zakum field. With this type of scenario in mind, the demands for precision well positioning have become ever greater in order to enhance production through improved reservoir drainage, as well as increase safety through minimising the likelihood of collision with a producing well and so reduce the risk of a blowout leading to lost revenue and, most significantly, injury to operating personnel and loss of life.
The value in achieving the best possible trajectory information therefore becomes very clear. This paper examines two possible approaches to well positioning; the conventional approach based on magnetic MWD including in-field referencing aiding versus the relatively new all-attitude gyro. The paper highlights the key features of the newer all-attitude gyro technology which is described in SPE paper SPE-168052. Both methods are capable of providing survey data at any attitude, but each is subject to performance limitations resulting from a variety of causes.
Wellbore position uncertainty estimation (error modelling) is a key element in safe and cost effective drilling. The understanding of error modelling has improved greatly over the last 20 years largely through the publication of SPE papers like SPE-67616, 90408, 103734, 105558 and 140192. The principle sources of error associated with both the MWD and gyro survey systems are described in this paper; the resulting propagation of errors and the final positional uncertainty for each case is compared.
Some example case studies, relating to wells drilled in different parts of the world, are presented which illustrate the relative performance of the two approaches to surveying wells. The increase in well positioning accuracy achievable using the all-attitude gyro over MWD is illustrated, an improvement that is particularly evident when drilling high angle sections close to an easterly or westerly direction. A factor of two or more enhancement in accuracy is offered by the application of gyro technology in such cases.
Where well positioning accuracy is so vital to the financial success of an oil field and the safety of operating staff, this capability should not be ignored.


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Star reporter detained, interrogated by Chinese police for taking photo
By Bill SchillerForeign Affairs Reporter
Mon., April 11, 2011timer6 min. read
BEIJING—He was young, smiling, wearing purple track suit pants.
She was middle-aged — old enough to be his mother — and wore a print jacket, with dark slacks and a white sun hat.
"Are you here for the church service?" the young Chinese man inquired.
Yes she was, the Chinese woman nodded.
"Well you'll have to register over here," he said, and pointed off toward a waiting police van.
The woman hesitated for a moment and seemed to totter. Then several men, who also looked like plainclothes police, surrounded her and corralled her toward the van.
Just as she was getting in and about to be driven off, I decided to take a picture.
That's when police surrounded me.
I was filmed, photographed, asked for my passport with my journalist's visa, as well as my press card, and handed them over.
All were returned — except for my press card. An officer said, there "might" be a problem with it. No explanation was given.
It was about 8:30 a.m. Beijing time when I arrived in the city's northwest precincts to see a group of Chinese Christians conduct a planned Sunday service outdoors, in plain view — a rarity in this country.
But followers of Beijing's Shouwang Church said they had no choice but to worship outdoors since they had been evicted from their rented premises — and blocked from occupying a new site that they'd purchased with the equivalent of $4 million of their own hard-earned money 15 months ago.
The government was "interfering" with their constitutional rights of religious freedom, they claim on their website.
In Chinese terminology Shouwang is an "underground church," because its 1,000 followers worship without the blessing of the Communist Party government.
The government allows some Christian worship in China — but only churches it approves and oversees.
Still, tens of millions of Chinese Christians daringly worship independently of Communist control, and Shouwang is among them.
"You'll have to come with us," a policeman said after I had taken my photo.
"Under what law or regulation are you preventing me from doing my work?" I asked.
"I will tell you," he said.
"Well I'd like it if you'd told me now," I replied. "I have the right to do my proper job as a journalist."
"I will tell you," he said with greater volume. "Now come with us!"
I was not roughed up, but a group of police held, pulled and "guided" me out from the plaza where the aborted service was supposed to take place. We walked a couple of blocks to a nondescript building and down a grotty stairwell toward a basement room. A suitable table and set of chairs couldn't be found there, so we headed up and out toward 15 Zhongguancun Rd., a private building with a small security room.
Along the way we passed scores of police, both uniformed and plainclothes who were shooting video of anyone who passed by.
Finally, I was seated in a tiny room, a camera was set up and turned on, one policeman sat at a desk to take notes, another asked questions and a third observed.
I asked if I could tape the interrogation and was told that I could not.
Then, despite having filmed or photographed all of my documents, we began with a review of all of their contents again.
Then I was asked, why did you come here today?
I had heard an event was about to take place, I said, and I wanted to observe it.
How did I know about it, I was asked.
I had read the church's website, I said.
Did I know it was illegal to interview people without their permission?
I was not interviewing people, I said.
But did I understand that it was illegal to interview people in Beijing without their permission or the permission of the people for whom they work.
I was not interviewing anyone, I repeated, and I would seek clarification from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about its regulations.
At one point I asked one of the police, "Am I being detained?"
No, the officer said, you are not being detained.
Well if that was the case, I said, then I'd be heading off.
It was made plain — in no uncertain terms — that I was not going anywhere.
Well, if I wasn't being detained, I said, we could take this session across the street to a restaurant and continue it there.
Again, it was made plain: no one would leave the room.
The policeman doing the questioning was wearing an earpiece and communicating with someone off-site who was passing on questions from time to time.
Then the policeman said: We'd like you to delete the photographs you took today.
I had taken several photographs, including of policemen photographing me, and those photographing my documents.
I was not keen to comply. But I also understood that I had none of the rights that I would have in a similar situation in Canada or the United States or any Western country for that matter. In such countries, I wouldn't expect to be kept in a room in a private building either for showing up at an event and taking a photograph.
I deleted the photographs as the policeman leaned over to verify that they were in fact deleted. And then he demanded that I quickly review all the photographs currently on the camera to reassure him that the photos I had taken Sunday were in fact deleted.
I complied with that demand, too.
When it came time to review the contents of my interrogation, it was read out loud to me and included a phrase that said I took all "legal responsibility" for the contents of the interview — and it was then that my ears really perked up. Everything would have to be reviewed with utmost care.
And so I did for each of the four pages.
The imagined or mistaken part in which the transcribing policeman had me apologizing for doing my job was then deleted. I had not done so and would not do so, I said. And so the detailed review of my "interrogation" proceeded.
Until a fourth policeman showed up and began shouting.
You're wasting our time, he said. You don't need to read this back three or four times. This is ridiculous! Ridiculous, he shouted.
It wasn't in the least ridiculous, I said. If I, as an employee of my company, was to take legal responsibility for the contents of a policeman's notes, I had a responsibility to take proper care.
This has nothing to do with your company, he shouted. This is about you, he said, waving his finger.
I reviewed the transcription for a final time, and then they asked me to sign the statement.
Will I get a copy for my records, I asked?
No you won't, the loud speaking policeman said.
"This isn't bargaining," he shouted. "You're not at the market."
But how can I be expected to sign a statement and not leave with a copy, I asked.
That's the way it's done in China, I was told.
Chinese citizens don't get copies, he said. You're not getting a copy either.
Then, suddenly, he left the room and returned moments later demanding my camera.
I had deleted the photos, I said, and those deletions were verified.
He didn't care and grabbed for my camera and there ensued a little tug-of-war.
After a few minutes he said I could remove the battery as well as the disk.
We only want to take a photo of it, he said.
I complied again, but insisted I come with him.
But no, I was told, I would not be allowed to come with him.
The camera was returned in a few minutes. Whether anything odd was done with it, I can't say.
But after complying with all the requests, I was informed I'd be leaving without my government-issued press card.
I called the Foreign Ministry and spoke with official, Zhou Li, informing her that the police had confiscated my press card.
"That really shouldn't be possible," she said, saying that she would look into it.
The card is issued by the Foreign Ministry and is, in fact, their property.
I had been detained for three hours, interrogated, asked to delete photos and had my press card seized.
An interesting day, but still — nothing compared to the detention of dozens of churchgoers, and the detentions, arrests and disappearances of lawyers, writers, activists and an artist named Ai Weiwei in recent weeks.


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La competizione dei 3000 metri siepi di atletica leggera ai Giochi della X Olimpiade si tenne nei giorni 1º e 6 agosto 1932 al Memorial Coliseum di Los Angeles.

Durante la finale per una svista dell'addetto al contagiri viene fatto percorrere ai concorrenti un giro in più. Alla fine della gara i giudici propongono agli atleti la ripetizione della prova, ma siccome quasi tutti gli atleti sono impegnati anche su altre distanze, si decide di convalidare il risultato.

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James Herriot lived and worked in North Yorkshire, England, for over fifty years, first and foremost as a vet, but in his later years as one of the world's most successful authors. Twenty years ago, the bestselling book, James Herriot's Yorkshire combined hundreds of color photos with a moving essay highlighting the places he loved so much - from the lush valley meadows in the springtime to the remote villages during the depths of winter. Complete with an introduction by James Herriot's son, Jim Wight, James Herriot's Yorkshire Revisited brings together never-before-seen photos with evocative excerpts from Herriot's eight major works.


In Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh, India—home to Asia's largest tomato market—most farmers plant hybrid tomato seedlings. Raising hybrid seedlings is expensive; to be profitable, a nursery owner must convert every seed into a healthy seedling.
To help nursery owners adopt quality nursery management practices, WorldVeg South Asia held a nursery management workshop on 17 July 2018 for 25 nursery owners in and around Madanapalle. The workshop demonstrated efficient ways to grow healthy seedlings using improved nursery management techniques.
Srinivas, WorldVeg scientific officer based at Hyderabad, explained to participants the need to test the quality of cocopeat in which they grow seedlings and the water they use for irrigation as well. He showed how to use an EC (electrical conductivity) meter to measure the salts in water, and a pH meter to test the acidity or alkalinity of the growing medium and water.
Srinivas also highlighted the advantages of installing a double-door system in a nursery to keep out pests, sterilizing the cocopeat, and using UV stabilized 40-mesh insect-proof net and raised beds.
For proper seedling management, it's important to test water quality and the growing medium.
While explaining how to choose the right kind of planting trays and how to identify quality seeds, Karthik, scientific officer at Madanapalle, also emphasized the use of weed matting to keep the seedlings from contact with the soil.
"I have been doing my nursery business for many years, and I never attended any workshops where I get a chance to talk to my fellow nurserymen," said Madhusudhan, one of the nursery owners who participated in the workshop.
The day-long interactive session aimed to improve the practices of nurseries in the area and lead to the creation of several model nurseries in the coming years.
The WorldVeg South Asia team—Bharathi, Srinivas, Karthik and Srikanth Babu—organized the workshop with support from APMAS, in particular Vinayak Reddy and Jegan Mohan Reddy. The GIZ-funded GIC project "Technical partnership to support Green Innovation Center for the Agriculture and Food Sector, India – Tomato Value Chain" supported the activity.
Discussing the necessary elements of a model vegetable seedling nursery.


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Continental drift and climate change have played an important role in the creation of the Earth's rainforests.
The distribution of plants and animals in the tropics today is strongly influenced by continental drift that has occurred over the last 140 million years.
At first, there was a great southern land mass, Gondwana and a northern one, Laurasia.
Between about 140 and 120 million years ago Africa, South America, Antarctica, India and Australia began to split apart.
India then split off and moved north. It collided with Asia about 55 million years ago collided. Today it continues to underthrust the Asian margin, forming the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau.
The southern landmasses continued to drift apart.
About 53 million years ago, Australia split from Antarctica.
15 million years ago, the northern and southern continents collided to form the Malay Archipelago.
The extent of the tropical rainforests has waxed and waned with climate fluctuations.
During the Pleistocene period, glacial and interglacial episodes alternated, with profound effects on the range of tropical organisms.
During glacial episodes, sea levels are lower. The climate in the tropics is more seasonal.
During interglacial episodes, sea levels are higher and tropical climates are wetter and more uniform.
Interglacial episodes have occupied only a fraction of the last two million years. We are living in an interglacial episode right now.


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"Hocus Pocus" stars gather for Freeform's "Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary BASH"
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Posted on October 8, 2018 October 8, 2018 by Sean Sposato
Last Tuesday, Freeform celebrated the 25th anniversary of Disney's "Hocus Pocus" with the "Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary BASH," a star-studded TV special that featured cast members from the original film. Here are some images from the spooky special's taping.
Premiering on Freeform October 20, during the cable channel's "31 Nights of Halloween," the special featured all of the main stars from the original film, including Omari Katz (Max), Thora Birch (Dani, Max's kid sister), the town bullies Tobias Jelenik (Jay) and Larry Bagby (Ernie "Ice"), Doug Jones (Billy Butcherson), Vinessa Shaw (Allison), Amanda Shepherd (the ghost of young Emily, a child murdered by the Sanderson sisters in the days of the Salem witch trials), and one of the famous Sanderson sisters, Kathy Najimi (Mary Sanderson).
Source: EW
The special began with a warm welcome from the film's director, Kenny Ortega, who said that the taping had received such a massive turnout of audience members that they had to turn people away at the door.
The show also included special musical performances. Jordan Fisher did a performance of Frank Sinatra's "Witchcraft" and Jordin Sparks joined Disney Channel stars Sofia Carson and Dove Cameron (from Ortega's Descendants films) to sing the film's iconic song "I Put a Spell on You" with a cast of costumed dancers. Additionally, Emily Estefan performed "Black Magic Woman," and the boy bands PrettyMuch, and Junior New System also sang at the special event.
The ghoulish celebration also included appearances by Sharon and Kelly Osbourne, who judged the event's costume contest. Below you can see one of the highlights from the competition.
When speaking to EW about the special's taping, Ortega described the event as "wish fulfillment," and overall it was "an absolutely incredible anniversary celebration."
Be sure to tune into Freeform on Saturday, October 20, during Freeform's 31 Nights of Halloween to see the special for yourself.
Are you going to tune into Freeform to see this anniversary special? Let us know in the comments below!
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The man-made wetland park of the Mansfield Mullum Wetlands is a popular place for those who wish to enjoy a walk through bushland at their own pace. It is on the western edge of the township and extends along the north side of the Maroondah Highway all the way to Bonnie Doon.
Go for a peaceful walk through the wetlands and enjoy native birds, plants and animals.
The walking trail begins right next to the Visitor Information Centre and seating is available along the route. Allow 45 minutes for the 1.5 kilometre return trip.
Please drop in to the Mansfield Visitors Information Centre, next to the start of the walk, to obtain your free map and ask about the Rail Trail which continues to Bonnie Doon, or visit the Rail Trail website.
Friends of the Mansfield Mullum Wetlands Inc. maintain the Wetlands. Their aim is to develop and maintain an aesthetically pleasing and effective educational wetlands ecosystem through community involvement.
While the surface of the path is adequate for most wheelchair users, some assistance may be required as some areas are a little soft. The gradient is suitable along the path.
Please note that access could change at any time due to the weather.
Visitors are strongly advised to contact the Visitor Information Centre – on 1800 039 049 – prior to visiting.
Walking trails, birdlife, native flora and fauna, and the start of the Rail Trail, a few minutes from the Mansfield township.


I'm so sad to reach my last post in France! What will I post about now? Haha…back to reality around here until our next adventure! We will be back in Charleston for Thanksgiving so hopefully I'll be able to post about a few favorite spots there. We are getting a dog this December so we aren't sure what or when we will take our next vacation since we will have a little more responsibility our hands! I also don't want to miss out on the puppy days because they go so fast! I am debating on doing a Portugal/Spain trip or a trip to Greece next summer…We'll see! What was your favorite trip you've taken so far?
I look back on these pictures from France and I can't help but want to travel back in time to this beautiful place. We had planned to go to Versailles during out time in Paris but I was pretty much over the long lines and museums by the time we reached our last day. I wanted our final day to be relaxed without much planned. After breakfast we hopped on the metro to check out the Instagram-worthy Palais Royal, then walked to Place des Vosges, and finally saw the Bastille. After an un-memorable lunch in Le Marais we headed up to Montmartre to see the cathedral. The cathedral area itself was pretty touristy but once you get away from that area you can find quiet little streets worth getting lost in.
PS: I love a good floral dress and I stumbled upon this Y.A.S dress at ASOS before our trip and I fell in love. You need to check out the brand Y.A.S at Asos. I am obsessed!
Hi there! How was your weekend? We got back from a fun weekend in Charleston, SC last night – it was hard to leave! It was nice to see a little beach and enjoy some awesome food with family + friends! We will heading back for Thanksgiving so I am glad we get to look forward to that.
Another day, another Paris post..This will be my second to last post from Paris (last one on Wednesday!). The weather on our second to last day was a lot more promising than our first full day (as I blogged about here) so we were able to knock out a lot of things. We started the day at the Louvre. We sort of quickly breezed through this massive museum – catching the highlights like the Mona Lisa of course. To be honest I was pretty pooped from museums at this point from the trip so we only spent about an hour and a half there.
After leaving the museum I had been dying to have a crepe so we headed back to one of our favorite neighborhoods (St. Germain) and enjoyed lunch at Little Breizh. I ordered the Teddy Breizh which was a chocolate/caramel filled crepe topped with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, and marshmallow teddy bears on top. It was SO good and satisfied my crepe craving!
Next we walked off our lunch and headed to the Luxembourg Gardens to walk around the beautiful gardens and grounds. It is a short walk from St. Germain so it is worth checking out if you can. Next, we made our way to see Notre Dame Cathedral and happened to walk in while a real mass was going on. It was a special experience to actually see a mass in the pretty cathedral.
After checking off Notre Dame, we made our way to check out Le Marais – a neighborhood I had heard great things. We spent about an hour walking around mostly window shopping all the unique boutiques and observing more cute Parisian cafes. To me it is a more "hip" part of town that is filled with less of that tourist feel. The next time we find ourselves in Paris I would definitely make a point to spend more time in this quaint area!
This was the perfect outfit to wear during a chilly Paris. I am sure you have been seeing some version of this blazer on many bloggers – the plaid over-sized blazer is a huge trend right now! The one I am wearing is out of stock but there are so many extremely similar versions. Shop them below!
Our second day in Paris was a rainy one. The weather in Paris is certainly unpredictable so be sure to pack a raincoat, umbrella, rain boots, and a large enough cross-body bag that will hold a lot and withstand the rain. All of which came in handy when we were there. It is true what they say about Paris when it rains – it is still beautiful. However it is miserable to walk around in ALL day in the pouring rain. When it rains in Paris it is the perfect excuse to check out the museums, cafes, and shop!
On this particular day the rain held off in the morning so we walked from our hotel (we stayed at Marriott Champs Elysees Hotel – it was a nice hotel that has great service and breakfast buffet but if I were to go back I would stay in a hotel closer to the museums. I ended up really loving the St. Germain area so I would probably stay there next time!). Our hotel was close to the Arch de Triomphe so we headed there first to pick up our museum passes. I would recommend buying a museum pass (we got a two-day pass) so you avoid having to buy tickets for every single museum you visit. We walked all the way up to the top of the monument and took in impeccable views of the city. I actually liked this view a lot better than Montmarte. It also wasn't so crowded – it might have been because we got there on the earlier side and the weather was a little gray.
Next we walked all the way to the Tuileries Gardens after checking out the Musee de l'Orangerie to see Monet's famous waterlily paintings. The Musee de l'Orangerie is pretty small so it is worth quickly checking out before moving on to your next spot. The Tuileries Gardens were gorgeous even on a rainy day! It was my favorite garden we went to in Paris so it is definitely a must-see. I bet it looks even better in the spring.
Once it started to down-pour rain and Brett's umbrella broke (the rain in Paris was/is no joke) we headed to lunch. After lunch we headed to Musee d'Orsay. We waited in line for about 30-40 mins so I would recommend getting their early to avoid the lines. Once we got in, I headed straight to the 6th floor to see the Impressionist paintings – my favorite! I sure hope they are original paintings…sometimes I feel like I am getting fooled at the art museums. They were amazing to look at though! This was hands down my favorite museum of the trip so if you need to pick one – this is it (especially if you like art).
We were pretty pooped from walking around the museum so we headed to St. Germain for a little pre-dinner drink and snack. We sat ourselves down outside of Cafe de Flore which is your quintessential/typical Parisian cafe to enjoy a drink or a small bite and people watch. It is definitely on the pricier side – 19 euro for a spritz! But it was well worth it for the ambiance and Parisian experience. I could have sat there for hours but we decided to make our way to our dinner spot.
We happened to randomly stumble upon a restaurant called Kult. Its not often you "stumble" upon a restaurant that ends up being the best of the trip. But it miraculously happened for us! I guess it was a little 1 year anniversary magic. It was everything I had hoped for in a French meal. The service was amazing to start and they even offered up a free small bite as we waited for our bottle of wine to arrive. The overall ambiance is very intimate, quaint. and romantic. The food was the best part because it was SO unique and delicious. They had a 5 course meal option that is made special for you based on the food you are desiring at the moment. We unfortunately passed on it not thinking we had the appetite. But if you go to this restaurant – work up an appetite and get the 5 course meal! I am guarantee you will not be disappointed!
After a long day in a moody Paris we made our way back to our hotel after dinner to relax. There is nothing better than getting cozy in a robe and slippers after a full day of exploring.


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Crying Out To God
I wonder if you are in distress in one way or another as we meet here today. In a group like this, some of us will be in distress. That may be because of something that others are aware of, or it may be something known only to you. Your distress may be caused by something for which you have no responsibility, but it's having a big impact on your life. On the other hand, you may be all too aware that what's causing your distress is basically your fault. You've brought it on yourself in some way, and if anything that just magnifies your distress. Either way, if you're in distress, then today's section of the Bible is especially for you.
We've come to the second episode in our mini-series on the Book of the Prophet Jonah. It would be great if you could have that open in front of you. You'll find it on page 774 in the Bibles. And we're looking at chapter 2, which begins with Jonah in very great distress. And it's his fault. Let's remind ourselves why. What's been happening so far?
Jonah the prophet was commanded by God to go to the great and pagan city of Nineveh and preach against their wickedness. Jonah says 'no', runs off in the opposite direction, and boards a ship to take him out of reach – or so he hopes. God will not take no for an answer, so he arranges, by means of a great storm and some terrified sailors, to have Jonah thrown overboard and then swallowed by a fish. But instead of dying, Jonah is kept alive in the fish. Then after three days, Jonah is sicked up on the beach - rescued. But that is to get ahead of ourselves. Episode One in chapter 1 ends with Jonah being swallowed. Jonah 1.17:
"And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights."
Then Episode Two is taken up with what Jonah says to God from inside the fish, before he is vomited up on the beach. So it begins (Jonah 2.1):
"Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, saying…"
And the rest of the chapter, apart from the very last verse, is all his prayer. So you'll see on the back of the service sheet that my title today is 'Crying Out To God'. And I have four simple headings that we'll go through as we think about this. First, Jonah's distress; secondly, Jonah's cry; thirdly, God's answer; and finally, Jonah's thankfulness. And you can see all of that there in verse 2, the beginning of Jonah's prayer, which is a kind of quick overview of what the whole thing's going to be about:
"I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol [that's death] I cried, and you heard my voice."
The distress; the cry; the answer; and the thankfulness. We'll look at each in turn. So:
First, Jonah's Distress
By the way, before we go any further, let me make a comment in case you're thinking to yourself, "This could not possibly have happened. Nobody gets swallowed by a great fish and lives inside it for three days to tell the tale." Some people do take this little book of Jonah as a parable – that is, a story from which we can learn a lot, but which didn't actually happen. Jesus, of course, often taught using parables. I am not persuaded that's right way to read Jonah. To my mind, we should be reading this as history. It happened. What it teaches only really has force if that is so.
To be sure, Jonah's experience was miraculous. But God can and does make miracles happen. In fact the repentance that this book records – the change of heart, first of Jonah himself and then of the City of Nineveh to which he preaches – is perhaps a greater miracle than the fish, such is the hardness of our hearts. But what seals it is the reference that Jesus makes to Jonah when he is asked for a sign to prove himself. This is Matthew 12.39-40:
"But [Jesus] answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."
So Jesus draws a parallel between Jonah's experience and his own coming death and resurrection. If we believe in the resurrection, as we must do, then what's a few nights B and B in a great fish? So, back to where we were – my first heading: Jonah's Distress. "I called out to the Lord, out of my distress …" Jonah says. This prayer is the outpouring of Jonah's heart and soul from the depths of his distress. He is, as he puts it in verse 3, "in the belly of Sheol". Just as he is in the belly of the fish, so he feels as if he has been swallowed up by death. He describes what he's been going through there in verse 3:
"For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and billows passed over me."
And he continues in verses 5-6:
"The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head at the root of the mountain. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me for ever …"
What a graphic account this is. Down, he goes, through the waves, the seaweed entangling him around his head, down almost it seems to the ocean floor, imprisoned by death, never to escape – or so he thought. Jonah gets about as close to physical death as it is possible to get, without actually dying. And there's another kind of death represented here too – spiritual death; the death of losing God. Because he has run "away from the presence of the Lord," as chapter 1, verse 3 puts it. He has cut himself off from God. He is in deep distress.
Who is responsible for his plight? Jonah could blame the sailors. He could blame God. After all, if God hadn't come up with this ridiculous plan for him to go to Nineveh, none of this would have happened. And it was God who had whipped up this deadly storm. So Jonah says to God, "For you cast me into the deep". But Jonah needs to point the finger at himself. He is the rebel on the run. He is the one fleeing from the presence of the Lord of the universe. You cannot do that with impunity. That is a deadly dangerous way to live your life, as Jonah was discovering.
I'm reminded of the day that I passed my driving test. We're going back some time. It had taken a while, and I felt as if I'd won Olympic gold. That evening I took my parents car out into the countryside to enjoy my newfound freedom. I became careless. On a winding country lane I took a bend too fast, and as I rounded the bend on the wrong side of the road I realised that there was a car headed straight for me. I couldn't get over to my side. Time seemed to stand still. I thought, "This is my fault. And this is the end. There is no way out of this." I was in distress. A moment later I realised that I was still alive. We had not collided. To this day I don't know how. It seemed like a miracle to me. I pulled over, switched off the engine, and sat there shaking, trying to take in the lesson that God was teaching me. That could so easily have been the end of my life – not in the depths of the ocean, but on a country lane.
That was a moment of distress that felt like a lifetime. Sometimes our distress is a lot more long drawn out. Sometimes it is our fault in the final analysis. Sometimes it isn't. Are you in distress? If so, the very first thing we need to know is this. We are not alone. God sees. God hears. Even if our distressing circumstances are part of God's discipline, as they were for Jonah, we need to know that God knows what we're going through. He loves us still. And in our distress, we need to cry out to him. That's just what Jonah does. And that's my next heading. So:
Secondly, Jonah's Cry
In the depths of his distress, a miracle takes place in Jonah's heart. Remember what his state of mind has been up to now. He is a rebel on the run. He has been fleeing from the presence of the Lord, says Jonah 1.3, trying to get as far away from the presence of the Lord as he can. But in the nick of time, he comes to his senses and turns back to God. He sees that God has done an amazing miracle of grace in his life, and is rescuing him from the depths through his providential control of this great fish. And Jonah turns back to God, stops running away from God in his heart, and cries out to him. That is the miracle of grace, the work of the Holy Spirit, in his heart. You can see how he prays in verses 4 and then 7. Verse 4:
"Then I said, 'I am driven away from your sight; yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.'"
And verse 7:
"When my life was fainting away, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple."
You might say that Jonah's cry is faithful, vocal, and hopeful. It's faithful in the sense of full of faith, because he comes to his senses like the Prodigal Son and looks to God to be his saviour. It's vocal in that he puts into words what's on his heart and tells God. He directs his cry to God. How easy that is to do in the belly of a great fish I don't know – one way or another that's what he does. He cries out to God. And it's hopeful, in that he has found a fresh confidence in God's saving mercy that he knows will bring him back into God's presence, into the dwelling place of God – his holy temple, the very place from which he had been fleeing.
A New Testament example come to mind, from the experience of the apostle Paul who finds himself in great distress, not through disobedience but through his obedience to the call of Jesus. 1 Corinthians 1.8-10:
"For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again."
How clearly we can see there Paul being faithful, and hopeful even though in the deepest distress. Are you in distress? Like Jonah, and like Paul, we need to turn to God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – faithfully, vocally and hopefully. Jonah could see the beginning of his salvation. He realised that the fact that he was alive in the fish was the saving work of God, and that God would bring to completion what he had begun. We too can see God's saving work for us – the cross and resurrection and promised return of his Son. Are you in distress? Like Jonah, cry out to God. And when we do, as we have seen, God hears us. So to my next heading:
Thirdly, God's Answer
Even as Jonah cries out, God is already acting to rescue him from his distress. From a New Testament perspective we could say that Jonah's cry itself is an aspect of God's grace at work in his heart, softening it and turning it back towards God. So Jonah's prayer, inspired as it is by God, is heard and answered by God. Look at verse 2 again:
"I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice."
"I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me for ever; yet you brought up my life from the pit, O Lord my God."
"… my prayer came to you…"
Are you in distress? Cry out to God, and know that God will answer and rescue. He is a God who brings life from death. He is the God of resurrection. Through the resurrection of his Son, he brings resurrection into our lives – where we were spiritually dead, he raises us to new life with Christ; where we are physically dying – and in the end we all are – he promises us resurrection to eternal life through Christ. When we are in distress, we should cry out to God, and God will answer our cry and rescue us. And what then? Well finally and:
Fourthly, Jonah's Thankfulness
Look at verses 8-9, where first Jonah acknowledges the trap that he has so narrowly avoided:
"Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love. But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the Lord!"
The old Book of Common Prayer speaks of our 'sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving', following Hebrews 13.15 that urges us:
"Through [Jesus] then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name."
The only possible response we can make to the gift of salvation that we cannot deserve – the gift of Jesus – is thankful obedience. While we wait for resurrection, we're a bit like Jonah in the fish. We have been saved, but our salvation has not yet been completed. We know it's coming. Jonah's rescue too was in two stages. Stage one, he gets swallowed. Stage two, he gets spewed up on the beach, and his rescue is completed. The life of faith in Christ is like life in the fish, so to speak. The resurrection life is yet to come. But we are safe in the hands of Jesus.
Are you in distress? I would say that there is a sense in which we are all in distress to some degree or another. Life is hard this side of heaven. Jonah's story is everyone's story. Are you in distress? Cry out to God, look out for his answer, and be wholeheartedly thankful as you experience God's saving grace in Jesus. So let's drink in deep this lesson that Jonah learns and remember it when the going is tough. What an amazing experience he had. Jonah would never have forgotten this lesson – would he? Come back in two weeks and find out.


Others would rather base policy on evidence. That higher marginal tax rates for the wealthy can reduce unemployment. That a higher minimum wage won't necessarily result in job losses or higher prices. Or that healthcare for all Americans actually would save money.
These are the stories we need to be telling.
OK this was choice one. Here's the other one.


By his own admission, Doug Robinson is neither a veteran association management executive nor a government affairs specialist ? he's simply a knowledgeable IT professional. But that's what NASCIO wanted at its helm.
This month marks Robinson's one-year anniversary as executive director of the Lexington, Ky.-based National Association of State Chief Information Officers. Previously, he was executive director of the Governor's Office for Technology for Kentucky's Office of Policy and Customer Relations, one of several key IT management posts he has held in Kentucky state government.
Robinson met with Washington Technology Senior Writer William Welsh at NASCIO's midyear meeting in Washington earlier this month to discuss the hot button items facing state CIOs and the ways contractors can help.
WT: What are the unique challenges of running an organization that includes both government and industry representatives?
Robinson: It's a balancing act. In many cases, you have to remind folks that it is the National Association of State CIOs ? and that is the thrust. So they have to assume center stage.
If there is one surprise that I've had over the last year, it is that the amount of interaction that I've had with our corporate members has by far exceeded what I thought it would be. I thought I would be spending most of my time with the public CIOs and with staff and committee work, but I probably have spent just as much time with our corporate members.
WT: You seem to be more visible and outspoken than your predecessor. Is that a conscious decision on your part?
Robinson: It was clearly a conscious decision from the executive committee that they wanted someone who had a lot of experience with content and domain expertise. But it was as much my interest in the position that I be afforded that opportunity.
WT: What are two or three issues facing state CIOs that could benefit from industry assistance?
Robinson: The state fiscal situation is improving, but states will be much more cautious than they were before the economy turned. CIOs are introducing more discipline in project management, portfolio management, investment analysis and return on investment. It will cause them to do more "rationalized procurement" than in the past. They need help with business case development.
The corporate community also can bring more business process improvement strategies to the CIOs, as opposed to just technical solutions, and make the case for introducing business disciplines like project management.
WT: How could industry members be of even greater service to state CIOs than they are right now?
Robinson: We could use more help on our government transformation and innovation, information security and enterprise architecture committees.
WT: Are there any types of IT companies that are not well represented in NASCIO that you would like to see become more involved?
Robinson: Areas where we are under-represented are document management, knowledge management and Web management. Another area is wireless voice solutions.
WT: What is the benefit to IT companies in participating in NASCIO?
Robinson: It's the relationship and the direct connection to the CIO at a fairly high-level event that would give them entree. It is highly unlikely that any direct deals are struck in the hallways. During our meetings, we have longer breaks and a lot of after-hours social events, so there can be a strong amount of one-to-one networking. The benefit they get is that they can establish relationships and target states where they want to do business development. They can do it all in one place, and it's cost-effective. They don't have to do cold calls and try to find someone in a state capital building.
WT: What other benefits are there for corporate members?
Robinson: Our corporate members are involved in producing the [research] products. They are not paying their [sponsorship] money just to have their logo up on the sign. We listen to them.
WT: What steps are you taking to ensure you're meeting the members' needs?
Robinson: We have instituted a program management office with performance measurements we are tracking. Of all the different things NASCIO does, the peer networking and conferences came out No. 1 with a majority of CIOs. And we heard the same thing six months ago from the corporate side.
WT: What are the lessons learned from this year's DC Fly-In where the state CIOs met with their congressional representatives?
Robinson: [NASCIO President] Tom Jarrett and [Vice President] Matt Miszewski said they wanted to pull the message together and have a common thread. Probably in the future, we are looking to improve that with more targeted meetings with specific members of Congress who can come through with us on specific requests.


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All I infer from studies like these is that high cholesterol is healthy if you eat SAD. Here's a study that shows a diet of moslty beef fat and no grains, milk, or sugar caused TC to drop from 263 to 189 at the same time the trigs went from 113 to 74, and HDL rose from 21 to 32. So, the idea that animal fat causes disease is nonsense. Get rid of the refined sugar, corn syrup, flours, and milk sugars (esp pasteurized), and those problems may all go away.
You might be interested to see this debate sponsored by Unilever, in which Dr Briffa took part.


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S06E01 - 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: UNC-Wilmington vs. Duke Air Date: 17 March 2016 16:00 -
The UNC-Wilmington Seahawks make their fifth appearance in the NCAA tournament against the defending champion Duke Blue Devils. The Seahawks and Blue Devils have not faced each other since 1982.
S06E02 - 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Yale vs. Baylor Air Date: 17 March 2016 18:30 -
The Yale Bulldogs head to the Big Dance for the first time in 54 years, taking on the Baylor Bears in the first round of the NCAA tournament. This is the first time that Baylor has played Yale.
S06E03 - 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: UT-Chattanooga vs. Indiana Air Date: 17 March 2016 23:00 -
Coach Tom Crean's Indiana Hoosiers, led by senior guard Yogi Ferrell, used a late-season surge to win the Big Ten regular season title. They take on the Chattanooga Mocs, who finished the season with five straight wins, in the first round.
S06E04 - 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Stony Brook vs. Kentucky Air Date: 18 March 2016 01:30 -
Tyler Ulis, Jamal Murray and the Kentucky Wildcats look to ride the momentum of their SEC tournament victory into the first round when they take on the Stony Brook Seawolves, who are making their first-ever appearance in the NCAA tournament.
S06E05 - 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Syracuse vs. Dayton Air Date: 18 March 2016 16:00 -
Thought by many to be a surprise at-large selection, the Syracuse Orange enter the tournament as a No. 10 seed and face Dayton in the first round. These teams met in the 2014 tourney, with the Flyers advancing in a 55-53 thriller.
S06E06 - 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Middle Tennessee State vs. Michigan State Air Date: 18 March 2016 18:30 -
Big Ten tournament champion Michigan State, led by Player of the Year candidate Denzel Valentine, rides a nine-game winning streak into the first round when the Spartans take on the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders from Conference USA.
S06E07 - 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Stephen F. Austin State vs. West Virginia Air Date: 18 March 2016 23:00 -
Coach Bob Huggins led the No. 3 seed West Virginia Mountaineers to a second-place finish in the difficult Big 12. They take on Stephen F. Austin State in the first round. The Lumberjacks earned an automatic bid by winning the Southland Conference.
S06E08 - 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Michigan vs. Notre Dame Air Date: 19 March 2016 01:30 -
The Michigan Wolverines outlasted Tulsa Wednesday night thanks in part to some clutch shooting from Zak Irvin to move on to play Notre Dame in first round action. The Irish hope to rebound from a 31-point loss to North Carolina in the ACC tournament.
S06E09 - 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Second Round: Wichita State vs. Miami Air Date: 19 March 2016 16:00 -
Wichita State and Miami meet in second round action from the NCAA tournament. The Shockers held a potent Arizona offense to 55 points in their first round upset, while the Hurricanes relied on Angel Rodriguez in their 79-72 win over Buffalo.
S06E10 - 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Second Round: Yale vs. Duke Air Date: 19 March 2016 18:30 -
Fourth-seeded Duke meets surprising Yale in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Balanced scoring lifted the Blue Devils over pesky UNC-Wilmington, and No. 12 Yale got 31 points from Makai Mason in its upset of Baylor.
S06E11 - 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Second Round: Indiana vs. Kentucky Air Date: 19 March 2016 21:00 -
Second round action from the NCAA tournament has the Hoosiers taking on the Wildcats. Yogi Ferrell recorded a 20-point, 10-assist double-double for Indiana, while Kentucky placed all five starters in double figures.
S06E12 - 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Second Round: Connecticut vs. Kansas Air Date: 19 March 2016 23:30 -
Former champs Kansas and UConn collide in second round action from the NCAA tournament. The No. 1 seeded Jayhawks ripped Austin Peay, 105-79, while the No. 9 Huskies used a big second half to eliminate Colorado.
S06E13 - 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Second Round: Iowa vs. Villanova Air Date: 20 March 2016 16:00 -
Top-seeded Villanova and No. 7 Iowa collide in second round action from the NCAA tournament. The Wildcats cruised in their first game, winning by 30, while the Hawkeyes needed a buzzer-beating putback in overtime to advance.
S06E14 - 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Second Round: Stephen F. Austin State vs. Notre Dame Air Date: 20 March 2016 18:30 -
Upstart Stephen F. Austin collides with Notre Dame in the second round of the NCAA tournament. The Lumberjacks got 33 points from Thomas Walkup in their upset of West Virginia, while the Irish used 18 points from V.J. Beacham to oust Michigan.
S06E15 - 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Second Round: VCU vs. Oklahoma Air Date: 20 March 2016 21:00 -
VCU takes the floor against Oklahoma in second round action from the NCAA tournament. Buddy Hield poured in 27 in the Sooners' easy win, while Mo Alie-Cox netted 20 in the Rams' upset of Oregon State.
S06E16 - 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Second Round: Teams TBA Air Date: 20 March 2016 21:00 -
S06E17 - 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Regional Semifinal: Teams TBA Air Date: 24 March 2016 23:00 -
S06E21 - 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Regional Final: Teams TBA Air Date: 26 March 2016 22:00 -
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Are generic drugs as good as the brand names?
If your doctor has been using scare tactics to encourage you to use brand name medications for your heart, you're probably listening to him or her. Chances are, you're spending the extra money on the exact drugs used in the studies. After all, who wants to risk a heart attack?
Don't blame this all on your doctor. Drug companies are spreading inaccurate rumors to doctors, to the media, to anyone who will listen. Some drug manufacturers have suggested that generic drugs could be less effective and less safe. They would like you to believe that brand name drugs are superior to their generic counterparts.
Generic drugs for the heart were clinically equivalent to brand names 100% of the time for beta blockers, statins, and other heart-related conditions.
Still, when they looked at dozens of medical-journal editorials, these same researchers found that more than 50% suggested that generic drugs weren't as good as brand name drugs. And doctors pay attention to these comments.
However, I'm not so sure they would embrace these negative views of generics if they knew one important factor: The authors of some of these editorials receive financial compensation from pharmaceutical companies that make brand name drugs. If they knew this, would they believe the comments? It's hard to say. But some undoubtedly would not.
Here's what you can do if your doctor prescribes a medication for your heart. Ask whether it's a brand name or generic. Then ask about its bioequivalence rating from the FDA. When two drugs are bioequivalent, it means their active ingredients act the same. If that's the case, the generic drug is just as good as — but cheaper than — the brand name drug.
Of course, before you go to this trouble, I suggest you look at options other than any drugs at all. I've written extensively on nutrients, formulas, and lifestyle changes that can eliminate the need for medications. Go to my website and search for these articles. Make a few lifestyle changes. Then ask your doctor whether or not you really need a drug.
If you've waited too long and do need medication immediately, do a little research on natural solutions, add them to your regime, and get another evaluation from your doctor in six months. Work with your physician to get healthy enough so you don't need medications — either brand names or generic.
"Clinical Equivalence of Generic and Brand-Name Drugs Used in Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta- analysis." Aaron S. Kesselheim; Alexander S. Misono; Joy L. Lee; Margaret R. Stedman; M. Alan Brookhart; Niteesh K. Choudhry; William H. Shrank. JAMA. Vol 300, No 21, pp 2514-2526, December 3, 2008.


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JPMorgan Chase reportedly in talks to buy minority share in Twitter
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is reportedly in talks to buy a stake in Twitter.
The investment could be made using money from a $1.2-billion "digital growth fund" that JPMorgan recently disclosed in a regulatory filing, according to reports -- all citing unnamed sources -- from the Associated Press, the Financial Times, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
A Twitter spokeswoman declined to comment on the reports. Officials at JPMorgan Chase were not available for comment.
None of the rumors about the potential deal say whether JPMorgan would invest in Twitter directly or buy shares from current investors.
Just weeks ago, there was speculation that Google and Facebook were interested in buying Twitter for about $10 billion -- rumors that Twiter founder Biz Stone and Chief Executive Dick Costolo both have denied.
Menlo Park, Calif.-based venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz invested $80 million in Twitter this month by purchasing stock on secondary markets from investors.
In December, Twitter raised $200 million in a round of funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which valued the company at $3.7 billion.
In January, research group eMarketer projected that Twitter could triple its advertising revenue to $150 million in 2011 and $250 million in 2012.
JPMorgan reported last month that its profit rose 48% to $17.4 billion in 2010.
Twitter founder Biz Stone: Twitter is not for sale
Twitter's Dick Costolo denies talks with Google, won't talk about Facebook
-- Nathan Olivarez-Giles
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Photos: (Top) People walk past the JPMorgan Chase headquarters in New York on March 17, 2008. Credit: Don Emmert / AFP/Getty Images. (Bottom) A Twitter sign at the company's headquarters in San Francisco. Credit: Jeff Chiu / Associated Press


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Every thing seems to depend upon Sir Thomas's return. " "You will find his consequence very just and reasonable when you see him in his family, I assure you. I do not think we do so well without him.


The best way to cook corn on the cob is in the husk directly on the coals. The husk protects the cob from incinerating, while the embers impart a smoky, fire charred flavor. Smother the sweet corn with classic elote toppings—crema, mayo, chile-lime seasoning and cilantro—for the ultimate summer snack or side dish.
Light a chimney full of natural hardwood charcoal. When it's white hot, dump into the bottom of a charcoal grill. Tap the coals lightly to get rid of some of the ash.
Carefully pull back the husks of the corn, leaving them attached at the base, and remove the silks. Put the husks back into place around the ear of corn and lay them directly on the coals. Cook, turning occasionally, until the husk is completely charred and the corn is cooked, about 10 minutes.
Remove the corn from the grill. Pull back the husks from the corn and tie them together with kitchen twine to form a handle. Stir together the mayonnaise and Mexican crema. Generously coat each corn cob on all sides with the mayo and crema mixture. Sprinkle with chile-lime seasoning and crumbled cotija cheese. Place on a platter and garnish with fresh chiles and cilantro. Squeeze a couple wedges of lime over the top and serve!